Games like Retro Gadgets
If Retro Gadgets is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mnemonimov, SHENZHEN I/O and Kaizen: A Factory Story — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and retro. 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 Retro Gadgets: Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Players who liked Retro Gadgets also play
Steam players who put hours into Retro Gadgets 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.
Mnemonimov
WHY THIS
Top pick for Retro Gadgets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Retro Gadgets.
Mnemonimov is a fantasy console where you program in ASSEMBLY like in the 80s. Build anything from games to operating systems and understand how computers work at a low level.
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Retro Gadgets.
Second-strongest match for Retro Gadgets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Kaizen: A Factory Story
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Retro Gadgets.
Third-strongest match for Retro Gadgets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
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.
Comet 64
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Retro Gadgets.
Ranked #4 for Retro Gadgets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
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.
Charge!
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Retro Gadgets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Charge is a level-based puzzle game where you control the flow of charge around a circuit board. Arrange pre-built components into wondrous machines that take advantage of available resources and design your own modules from scratch.
EmuDevz
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Retro Gadgets.
Ranked #6 for Retro Gadgets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in real time, learn 6502 assembly, debug test ROMs, and have fun with the included homebrew games!
ProBelt
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Retro Gadgets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Retro Gadgets.
ProBelt is a game in which you calculate results by using mathematical operators. Conveyor belts are used to transport numbers between operators.
Human Resource Machine
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Retro Gadgets.
Ranked #8 for Retro Gadgets fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Retro Gadgets at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Retro Gadgets on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
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 ~50% under Retro Gadgets on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Retro Gadgets.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Retro Gadgets on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Retro Gadgets on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Retro Gadgets.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Retro Gadgets on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
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 Retro Gadgets on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
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 Retro Gadgets on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
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 Retro Gadgets on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
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.
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 Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
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 Retro Gadgets.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
The Children of Clay
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Retro Gadgets.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
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Frequently asked about Retro Gadgets
- Does Retro Gadgets run on Steam Deck?
- Retro Gadgets 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 Retro Gadgets cost?
- Retro Gadgets is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Retro Gadgets?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Retro Gadgets are Mnemonimov, SHENZHEN I/O, Kaizen: A Factory Story.
- Who developed Retro Gadgets?
- Retro Gadgets was developed by Licorice ehf, Studio Evil and published by Licorice ehf.
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 Retro Gadgets.
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