Rank 01Why this
Shares sandbox mode with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 30)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
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Also Programming and Steampunk, like Alan's Automaton Workshop.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
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Also Programming and Education, like Alan's Automaton Workshop.
- $12.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Verified
- 2019
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Alan's Automaton Workshop
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- 88% of 3,144 reviews
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Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- 78% of 233 reviews
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Laputa Labs
- Price: $14.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 69% of 68 reviews
- Genres: Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Flowchart interface feels intuitive for non programmers
- Puzzles scale from beginner to expert difficulty
- Sandbox mode allows creative experimentation
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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About Alan's Automaton Workshop
The closest matches to Alan's Automaton Workshop: The Signal State, Opus Magnum, while True: learn(), Human Resource Machine, and Kaizen: A Factory Story. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Alan's Automaton Workshop is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Signal State, Opus Magnum and while True: learn() — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its finite state machine design and flowchart based programming. 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.
About Alan's Automaton Workshop: Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Start a new business with Alan Turing and his groundbreaking innovation: the Turing Machine. Build unique automatons, and solve all kinds of problems from clients.
Is Alan's Automaton Workshop worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 69% of 68 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $14.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 15 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Flowchart interface feels intuitive for non programmers
- Puzzles scale from beginner to expert difficulty
- Sandbox mode allows creative experimentation
- Steampunk automata designs are visually satisfying
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“While the game looks great, I do not recommend it. I love the art and feel of this game, the narrative did not grab me but I only played to level 2-3. AAW uses a variation of block coding, e.g. Human Resource Machine, used to teach coding…”
“The UI feels more challenging than the puzzles. Trays slide in and out randomly. Devices blend into the busy background and are too large to see all at once. Manipulating edges, conditions, and actions starts to feel really tedious by…”
People who play it also play: The Signal State, Opus Magnum, while True: learn()
Frequently asked about Alan's Automaton Workshop
Can I run it?
Does Alan's Automaton Workshop run on Steam Deck?
Alan's Automaton Workshop is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Alan's Automaton Workshop cost?
Alan's Automaton Workshop is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Alan's Automaton Workshop?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alan's Automaton Workshop are The Signal State, Opus Magnum, while True: learn().
Who developed Alan's Automaton Workshop?
Alan's Automaton Workshop was developed by Laputa Labs.