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Games like The Repairing Mantis

If The Repairing Mantis is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Hungry Fly, My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me and The Call Button — 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 The Repairing Mantis: The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

2021IndieAdventure5.99 USDWindowsby Erupting Avocado
The Repairing Mantis — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Repairing Mantis also play

Steam players who put hours into The Repairing Mantis 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. The Hungry Fly

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Repairing Mantis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Repairing Mantis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    A dreamlike, half-remembered nowhere. Quietly wander through it, solve opaque puzzles, and meet strange figures as something beautiful unwinds.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. The Call Button

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Repairing Mantis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    A short horror observation thriller. Could you tell what's real and what isn't? You stole intel from your company. Now you wake up in a hospital every day with two choices: take your medication if something looks wrong, or hit the call button if you're sure the room is safe.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Sasaeng | 사생

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Repairing Mantis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Anamorphine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Repairing Mantis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. THRESHOLD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Repairing Mantis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Necrophosis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Repairing Mantis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Stars Die

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Repairing Mantis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.

    2020IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Repairing Mantis at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under The Repairing Mantis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Repairing Mantis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Repairing Mantis.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Repairing Mantis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    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 ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Repairing Mantis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    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 ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under The Repairing Mantis on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

    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 ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Repairing Mantis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Repairing Mantis.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Repairing Mantis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Repairing Mantis.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Repairing Mantis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Repairing Mantis.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 with The Repairing Mantis.

    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 The Repairing Mantis.

    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 The Repairing Mantis.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Repairing Mantis.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Repairing Mantis.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 The Repairing Mantis.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 The Repairing Mantis.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Repairing Mantis

How much does The Repairing Mantis cost?
The Repairing Mantis is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Repairing Mantis?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Repairing Mantis are The Hungry Fly, My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me, The Call Button.
Who developed The Repairing Mantis?
The Repairing Mantis was developed by Erupting Avocado.

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 Repairing Mantis.

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