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Games like A Forgetful Loop

If A Forgetful Loop is your kind of game, the closest matches are REFLASER, Higgs Boson: Timed Puzzle and Higgs Boson: Challenging Puzzle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hypnotic, immersive and stressful. 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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About A Forgetful Loop: A Forgetful Loop is a time-based worker-placement puzzle game, where you need to weigh up which nodes are more important at a given moment; To get closer to the core, closer to the finish line!

2020Indie15.99 USDWindowsby bighandinsky
A Forgetful Loop — Steam game cover
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Fast paced worker assignment is addictiveFeels like youre in the lab scramblingMusic is top notch and catchyHypnoticImmersiveStressful

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Steam players who put hours into A Forgetful Loop also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. REFLASER

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for A Forgetful Loop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Reflaser is a puzzle game in which you control the laser reflections to activate various devices. Solve 72 puzzles with pleasant and soothing music.

    2019IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Higgs Boson: Timed Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for A Forgetful Loop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Higgs Boson: Timed Puzzle is a minimalist and challenging puzzle game where the player must rotate pieces considering the time limit to assemble a particle accelerator.

    2021Casual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Higgs Boson: Challenging Puzzle

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for A Forgetful Loop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Higgs Boson: Challenging Puzzle is a minimalist and challenging puzzle game where the player must rotate pieces considering the move limit to assemble a particle accelerator.

    2021Casual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. .projekt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for A Forgetful Loop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Minimalistic puzzler about silhouettes from creator of Evo Explores

    2018IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Project Android

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for A Forgetful Loop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Project Android, the solution to tomorrow's problems. Perform various experiments and raise the android Femme into humanity's savior.

    SimulationSteam ↗
  6. Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for A Forgetful Loop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    The evil Harry the Harrier wants to use his alien Brain Blobs to zombify dinosaurs and bring them into the present to take over the world. Travel around with Dexter in his time machine and get the 4-1-1 on those dinosaurs to find them before they get turned into zombies in this rad FMV adventure!

    2021AdventureCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. HyperRogue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for A Forgetful Loop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Time moves when you move in a truly non-Euclidean world

    2015Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. MirrorMoon EP

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with A Forgetful Loop.

    Ranked #8 for A Forgetful Loop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Forgetful Loop at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under A Forgetful Loop on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under A Forgetful Loop on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under A Forgetful Loop on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under A Forgetful Loop on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under A Forgetful Loop on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under A Forgetful Loop on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under A Forgetful Loop on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under A Forgetful Loop on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Forgetful Loop.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about A Forgetful Loop

How much does A Forgetful Loop cost?
A Forgetful Loop is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to A Forgetful Loop?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Forgetful Loop are REFLASER, Higgs Boson: Timed Puzzle, Higgs Boson: Challenging Puzzle.
Who developed A Forgetful Loop?
A Forgetful Loop was developed by bighandinsky.

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 A Forgetful Loop.

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