Games like Loco Motive
If Loco Motive is your kind of game, the closest matches are Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged, The Operator and Tangle Tower — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hint system prevents frustration, comedic and funny. 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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Players who liked Loco Motive also play
Steam players who put hours into Loco Motive 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.
Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged
WHY THIS
Top pick for Loco Motive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Loco Motive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
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.
Tangle Tower
WHY THIS
Shares dialogue driven, hint system and a funny mood with Loco Motive.
Third-strongest match for Loco Motive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Shares inventory based puzzles, hint system and a nostalgic mood with Loco Motive.
Ranked #4 for Loco Motive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Shares inventory based puzzles with Loco Motive.
Ranked #5 for Loco Motive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Loco Motive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
The Drifter
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Loco Motive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and a comedic mood with Loco Motive.
Ranked #8 for Loco Motive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Loco Motive
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Return to Monkey Island
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Loco Motive.
Reviewers of Loco Motive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Loco Motive.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
MANSION
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Loco Motive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Loco Motive.
Fight a real AI that thinks, adapts, and shows you its reasoning live. Battle through procedurally generated wireframe mansions or spectate five AI labs fighting each other in endless deathmatch. No difficulty settings. No hand holding.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Loco Motive.
Reviewers of Loco Motive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Loco Motive.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Thimbleweed Park™
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Loco Motive.
Reviewers of Loco Motive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
Broken Age
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Loco Motive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
Sam & Max Save the World
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Loco Motive.
Reviewers of Loco Motive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Loco Motive.
Reviewers of Loco Motive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.
Sam & Max Hit the Road
WHY THIS
Shares dialogue driven, point and click and a comedic mood with Loco Motive.
Reviewers of Loco Motive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Loco Motive.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Loco Motive at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Loco Motive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loco Motive.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Loco Motive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Loco Motive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loco Motive.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Loco Motive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Loco Motive.
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 ~56% under Loco Motive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Loco Motive.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Loco Motive.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Loco Motive.
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 with Loco Motive.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Loco Motive.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Loco Motive.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
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.
Tangle Tower
WHY THIS
Shares dialogue driven, hint system and a funny mood with Loco Motive.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Shares inventory based puzzles, hint system and a nostalgic mood with Loco Motive.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Shares inventory based puzzles with Loco Motive.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
The Drifter
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and a comedic mood with Loco Motive.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loco Motive.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Frequently asked about Loco Motive
- Is Loco Motive verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Loco Motive is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Loco Motive cost?
- Loco Motive is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Loco Motive?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Loco Motive are Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged, The Operator, Tangle Tower.
- Who developed Loco Motive?
- Loco Motive was developed by Robust Games and published by Chucklefish.
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 Loco Motive.
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