Games like The Signal State
If The Signal State is your kind of game, the closest matches are SHENZHEN I/O, ABI-DOS and CODING ROBO — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Signal State: Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
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Steam players who put hours into The Signal State 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.
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Signal State.
Top pick for The Signal State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
ABI-DOS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Signal State.
Second-strongest match for The Signal State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
CODING ROBO
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Signal State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Learn programming in a fun way! An educational game that teaches the basics of programming and algorithmic logic. No prior knowledge of programming is required to play.
Comet 64
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Signal State.
Ranked #4 for The Signal State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
EXAPUNKS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Signal State.
Ranked #5 for The Signal State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
Hexahedra
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Signal State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Hexahedra is a puzzle game about beautiful efficiency. Design, program, and optimize factories to build cubes, used galaxy-wide as crates, satellite housing, even chic coffins. Rewind the action to hunt for improvements. Compete with friends, and help a tiny octopus with a nightmare family visit.
Escape From Hard Drive
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Signal State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
EFHD is a game where programs change how game works. Modify and run the source files to create, destroy and move other objects.
Bots Are Stupid
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Signal State.
Ranked #8 for The Signal State fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them. Master the campaign levels or create and share your own. “It’s Mario Maker with coding” - Lewis Brindley, Yogscast.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Signal State
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SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Signal State.
Reviewers of The Signal State cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
100$
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Signal State.
Reviewers of The Signal State cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Money rules the world! This is a casual puzzle for all who loves to get his wallet full of cash. Embark on an unforgettable journey to parallel worlds - to regain the most important thing in the modern world - money.
SpaceChem
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Signal State.
Reviewers of The Signal State cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
Turing Complete
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The Signal State.
Reviewers of The Signal State cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Signal State at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Signal State on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Signal State on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Signal State on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Signal State on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
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.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Signal State on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
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.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Signal State on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under The Signal State on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Don't Starve
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Signal State on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Signal State.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Frequently asked about The Signal State
- Does The Signal State run on Steam Deck?
- The Signal State 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 The Signal State cost?
- The Signal State is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Signal State?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Signal State are SHENZHEN I/O, ABI-DOS, CODING ROBO.
- Who developed The Signal State?
- The Signal State was developed by Reckoner Industries and published by iterco, indienova.
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 The Signal State.
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