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Games like DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1

If DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Neon Cipher, ZERONE - First Encounter and The Secret of Retropolis — 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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About DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1: Deus ex Machina is a VR room escape game where you solve puzzles in the lab of a crazy scientist. Become a member of DEM ( Deus Ex Machina ) and save the world in danger.

2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDWindowsby Looksten Inc.
DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 — Steam game cover

Players who liked DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 also play

Steam players who put hours into DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 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. Neon Cipher

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Neon Cipher is an action-packed puzzle-platformer designed for smooth and engaging gameplay. Across 50 levels, you'll use third- and first-person mechanics to solve intricate puzzles and battle enemies blocking your path.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. ZERONE - First Encounter

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    ZERONE is a PC-based high-quality VR game, and it is a Hyper FPS game that competes with the enemy units of the mechanic series.

    2023Action12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Secret of Retropolis

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    The Secret of Retropolis is a VR narrative game of a new kind, a blend of classic point-and-click adventure with immersive cinematography. Embody the witty protagonist of a film noir plot. Meet unforgettable characters. Solve puzzles. Lose yourself in the retro-futuristic atmosphere.

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Crimepunk Detective

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Step into the shoes of an old-school detective in a neon-lit Victorian city, where ornate buildings conceal dark secrets and the depths of human depravity. Connect the dots and unravel the mystery. Is there any truth to the legends of notorious technovampires? Trust no one. Question everything.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Cybernetic Fault

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files places you directly in the shoes of Detective Cole Phelps as you solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real cases from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history.

    2017ActionAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Shadows of Doubt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    2021IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    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 ~50% under DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Action with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from Looksten Inc.

Other recommendable Steam games by Looksten Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Archery Land

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Looksten Inc., the studio behind DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1. Shares Action with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Archery Land is a single, multiplayer VR shooting game, and Enjoy the thrilling feeling of hitting the target in our Archery Land by aiming the bow at the wide land.

    2022ActionSportsCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. SHOOTING STAR VR

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Looksten Inc., the studio behind DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1. Shares Action with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Become a hero in SHOOTING STAR VR! Choose from 4 themes and 100 stages to save the goddess of Archery Land with your magic bow. Travel through forests, lava pits, icy mountains, and space to defeat monsters and restore peace. Get ready for thrilling challenges and heroic feats. Play now!

    2023ActionSportsCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. LOVE ON

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Looksten Inc., the studio behind DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1. Shares Adventure with DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

    Become the main character in a romantic comedy game. Set in a fresh summer, a hot romance between two people begins. From light touches to an exciting massage, she needs your skills now.

    2024AdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1

How much does DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 cost?
DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 are Neon Cipher, ZERONE - First Encounter, The Secret of Retropolis.
Who developed DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1?
DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1 was developed by Looksten Inc..

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 DEUS EX MACHINA: Episode 1.

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