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Games like Small Town Robot

If Small Town Robot is your kind of game, the closest matches are Telling Lies, Paradise Killer and Bohemian Killing — 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 Small Town Robot: Explore the small town of ShadeCreek in this Indie point-and-click adventure.

2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDWindowsby Brandon Weeks
Small Town Robot — Steam game cover

Players who liked Small Town Robot also play

Steam players who put hours into Small Town Robot 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. Telling Lies

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Small Town Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Paradise Killer

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Small Town Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Bohemian Killing

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Small Town Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.

    2016IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Operator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Small Town Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Small Town Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

    2014Adventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Small Town Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.

    2021ActionAdventure44.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Back to the Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Small Town Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Post Mortem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Small Town Robot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Small Town Robot at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Small Town Robot on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Small Town Robot on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Small Town Robot on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Small Town Robot on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Small Town Robot.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Small Town Robot on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Small Town Robot.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Small Town Robot on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Small Town Robot.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Small Town Robot on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Small Town Robot.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Small Town Robot on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Small Town Robot.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Small Town Robot.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Small Town Robot.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Small Town Robot.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Paradise Killer

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Operator

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

    2014Adventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Back to the Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Post Mortem

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Small Town Robot.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Small Town Robot

How much does Small Town Robot cost?
Small Town Robot is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Small Town Robot?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Small Town Robot are Telling Lies, Paradise Killer, Bohemian Killing.
Who developed Small Town Robot?
Small Town Robot was developed by Brandon Weeks.

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 Small Town Robot.

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