Games like Automation
If Automation is your kind of game, the closest matches are DumbBots, Droning On and Gearplexed — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and debugging. 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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Steam players who put hours into Automation 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.
DumbBots
WHY THIS
Top pick for Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automation.
Create an AI for your DumbBots to help them achieve victory! Learn the basics of coding with guns, explosions, and ragdolls.
Droning On
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automation.
Write real Python to guide Gizmo through hazardous mazes, devious puzzles, and procedurally generated runs that don't end well. Learn to code, climb the leaderboards, and customize your robo-homie however you like.
Gearplexed
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automation.
Enjoy playing with gears? Gearplexed is a constructive problem-solving game with a variety of gear-based puzzles ranging from opening gates to building factories. Build gears to get the right amount of speed or torque to the target gears and be careful not to lock up your gear train.
GENIUS AT WORK!
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automation.
Test your intelligence and creativity! With Genius At Work you will have your construction area where you can let your imagination fly and carry out your technical projects.
Pawn.OS()
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automation.
Pawn.OS() is a programming puzzle game where you use a custom scripting language to control a pawn on a grid. Solve 30 puzzles, learn logic step-by-step, and optimize your code to climb the leaderboard—even without any prior coding experience.
Marvellous Inc.
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a contemplative mood with Automation.
Ranked #6 for Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automation.
Marvellous Inc. is a programming puzzle game, where you program robots to solve tasks.
Kaizen: A Factory Story
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a contemplative mood with Automation.
Ranked #7 for Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Automation.
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.
Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Automation.
Ranked #8 for Automation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Automation.
The original physics building game is now on PC! Use minimal tools to build an infinite variety of puzzle-solving machines. Featuring over 70 THOUSAND user-generated levels, and includes the sequel Fantastic Contraption Classic 2!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Automation at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Automation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automation.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Automation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Automation.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Automation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Automation.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Automation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Automation.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Automation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automation.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Automation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automation.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Automation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automation.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Automation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Automation.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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. Shares Indie with Automation.
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 Indie and Simulation with Automation.
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 Automation.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Automation.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automation.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Automation.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automation.
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.
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Frequently asked about Automation
- Does Automation work on Steam Deck?
- Automation is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Automation cost?
- Automation is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Automation?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Automation are DumbBots, Droning On, Gearplexed.
- Who developed Automation?
- Automation was developed by One Tree Hill Studios.
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 Automation.
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