Games like Watch&Run
If Watch&Run is your kind of game, the closest matches are Timeworks, Magnetism and The Janus Problem — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Timeworks
WHY THIS
Top pick for Watch&Run fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.
Magnetism
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Watch&Run fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Watch&Run.
We are recruiting new test subjects for a new in-house experiment at our facility. We ask that new recruits have good jumping skills and good logical thinking. For those interested, please report to the main lobby to receive further instructions.
The Janus Problem
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Watch&Run fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Watch&Run.
A first-person 3D puzzle game where the player can reverse time.
TIME BREAKER
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Watch&Run fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
TIME BREAKER is a first-person puzzle game with time control. Players tackle impossible puzzles by thinking how and when the time can be slow down to complete a room. This game features a strange brutalist world, an voice codec narrative, and things that are really weird.
MagnetoBotty
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Watch&Run fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Watch&Run.
MagnetoBotty is a modern remake of the ingenious "Kiki the Nanobot", which won several awards at the uDevGame Programming contest. Give it a try if you're in the mood for a good, challenging, 3D Sokoban-like puzzle game offering new concepts in a series of 50 increasingly difficult levels.
Reality Rifts
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Watch&Run fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Watch&Run.
3D platformer with a portal gun! Solve puzzles, exciting levels, become a master of portal travel.
The Ball
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Watch&Run fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Watch&Run.
As a swashbuckling archaeologist, unlock the mystery of the ancient ruins that have been hidden for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball.
Super Marble Brothers
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Watch&Run fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Precision 3D platform game with cooperative or single player challenges above the clouds.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Watch&Run at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Watch&Run on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Watch&Run on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Watch&Run on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Watch&Run.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Watch&Run on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Watch&Run.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Watch&Run on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Watch&Run.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Watch&Run on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Watch&Run on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Watch&Run on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Watch&Run.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Watch&Run.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Watch&Run.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Watch&Run.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Watch&Run.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Watch&Run.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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Frequently asked about Watch&Run
- How much does Watch&Run cost?
- Watch&Run is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Watch&Run?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Watch&Run are Timeworks, Magnetism, The Janus Problem.
- Who developed Watch&Run?
- Watch&Run was developed by BovinoSoftware.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Watch&Run.
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