Games like Crazy Machines 1.5
Below are 23 hand-picked alternatives to Crazy Machines 1.5 for fans of strategy, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Crazy Machines 1.5 also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Fakt Software. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Crazy Machines 1.5: Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crazy Machines 1.5 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 1.5 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
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 ~50% under Crazy Machines 1.5 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 1.5 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
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 ~50% under Crazy Machines 1.5 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 1.5 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 1.5 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 1.5 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 1.5 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Learn to Fly 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Sputnika Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
A Cosmic twist on a Suika-style game with space gravity. Help our little friend Sputnik on his journey to become the Sun.
Clean Stack
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
« Clean Stack » is a little puzzle game that involves stacking odd-sized objects with fun physics without making anything touch the ground. There are lots of different objects. You'll also need to use potions on the objects to get through the levels, which makes the game even more challenging!
Monkey Party
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Merge balls, unleash adorable monkeys, and build a tower of fun in Monkey Party! Master precision placement for maximum monkey mischief. It's a charming puzzle adventure that's easy to play and hard to put down!
The Howler
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.
Boom
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Boom is a logic puzzle game with a relaxing atmosphere, which builds clear links,An exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork!
jwing - the next puzzle game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
An indie casual strategy game with fascinating gameplay mechanics. Think tetris meets a match three bubble shooter with a dynamically changing field. Easy to learn, difficult to master, with endless replay value. Develop strategies and unlock features to climb up levels and achieve the best score.
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More from Fakt Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Fakt Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Crazy Machines 3
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 1.5. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
Crazy Machines 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 1.5. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.
Crazy Machines
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 1.5. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.
Crazy Machines 1.5
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 1.5. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.
Crazy Machines 1.5
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 1.5. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.
Crazy Machines Elements
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 1.5. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
GET YOUR BRAIN BUZZING with each new challenge in the latest installment of the multi award-winning wacky contraption series - CRAZY MACHINES ELEMENTS. Play with Fire, harness the power of water and control the wind to set off the most insanely creative chain reactions!
Crazy Machines VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 1.5. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
With Crazy Machines VR the award winning puzzle game classic enters the Virtual Reality! Complete many crazy chain reactions and experience a rousing adventure surrounding the odd Clumsycorns! Or just mess around in the ingenious new interactive toy rooms.
Frequently asked about Crazy Machines 1.5
- How much does Crazy Machines 1.5 cost?
- Crazy Machines 1.5 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Crazy Machines 1.5?
- Crazy Machines 1.5 was developed by Fakt Software and published by Viva Media.
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 Crazy Machines 1.5.
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