Games like CHR$(143)
If CHR$(143) is your kind of game, the closest matches are ProBelt, Kaizen: A Factory Story and Sublime element — 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 CHR$(143): A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!
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Steam players who put hours into CHR$(143) also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
ProBelt
WHY THIS
Top pick for CHR$(143) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
ProBelt is a game in which you calculate results by using mathematical operators. Conveyor belts are used to transport numbers between operators.
Kaizen: A Factory Story
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CHR$(143).
Second-strongest match for CHR$(143) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with CHR$(143).
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
Sublime element
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CHR$(143) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
Sublime Element is a logic-based automation game, where you build and program mechanisms to combine elements and create new ones.
Crayon Computer
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for CHR$(143) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with CHR$(143).
Crayon Computer is a 2D physics-based open-ended programming puzzle game. (if you call that programming)
Block Motion
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CHR$(143) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Block motion is a puzzle / design game where you place functional blocks to design a working factory. Build your design, press play and watch your factory in action. You have the freedom to solve the challenges any way you want; The only limit is your imagination.
Block Machine
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for CHR$(143) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
A difficult programming puzzle game about building parallel computing machines by placing blocks to solve surprisingly hard problems.
Great Permutator
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with CHR$(143).
Ranked #7 for CHR$(143) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Great Permutator is a puzzle. Hard and tricky. One in which you will have to build a complex system of conveyors and various devices so that the colored boxes can travel across the factory and arrive at right places and in right order. If you are into clever engineering puzzles, this game is for you.
Droning On
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for CHR$(143) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Write code that looks and feels just like Python to guide Gizmo through hazardous mazes, devious puzzles, and procedurally generated runs that push you, and your code, to the limit. Learn to code, climb the leaderboards, and customize your robo-homie.
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Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with CHR$(143).
Reviewers of CHR$(143) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Lode Runner Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CHR$(143).
Reviewers of CHR$(143) cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Lode Runner Legacy is the latest edition in the popular Lode Runner series. Players control “Runner” to recover stolen gold while avoiding enemies and minefields. Enjoy the ingenious balance of puzzle and action gameplay, an updated Voxel visual style and powerful game editors. Ver.2.0 Update is out now!
Baba Is You
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with CHR$(143).
Reviewers of CHR$(143) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Boulder Dash Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CHR$(143).
Reviewers of CHR$(143) cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Boulder Dash® Gem collecting puzzle action in an update of the classic game!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CHR$(143) at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under CHR$(143) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under CHR$(143) on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under CHR$(143) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CHR$(143) on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under CHR$(143) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under CHR$(143) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CHR$(143) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under CHR$(143) on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with CHR$(143).
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frequently asked about CHR$(143)
- How much does CHR$(143) cost?
- CHR$(143) is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CHR$(143)?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CHR$(143) are ProBelt, Kaizen: A Factory Story, Sublime element.
- Who developed CHR$(143)?
- CHR$(143) was developed by Nicolas Jean.
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