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Games like ALAN-13 Reformation

If ALAN-13 Reformation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Anton, Droning On and IT MOVES! - Build Your Own Robot — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its developer actively fixes issues, atmospheric and challenging. 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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About ALAN-13 Reformation: An isometric puzzle game, that makes you think like a programmer.

2022StrategyIndieCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Viktor Kovács
ALAN-13 Reformation — Steam game cover
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Circuits feel like real programming without the syntaxDeveloper actively fixes issuesPuzzles escalate in clever waysAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into ALAN-13 Reformation 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.

  1. Anton

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ALAN-13 Reformation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    Help a sentient robot escape an oppressive society through your abilities to hack and reprogram devices & automatons in the world

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Droning On

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for ALAN-13 Reformation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    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.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. IT MOVES! - Build Your Own Robot

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for ALAN-13 Reformation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    Build working robots by wiring visual signal graphs, then watch, diagnose, and tune them in deterministic simulations. Grow a repair shop from its first piston to PID control, autonomous navigation, robot arms, and a walking humanoid.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Dreamjob: Programmer Simulator - Learn Programming Games

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for ALAN-13 Reformation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    A programmer's career sim. Acquire actual coding skills while playing! Learn programming from zero, earn skill points, change your office, create devices and games with visual programming. Our code learning game is a perfect introduction to Python, C++, C#, Java, or JavaScript.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Cyborg Earthworm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for ALAN-13 Reformation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    Make a Snake AI using simple visual commands. Develop a strategy, let the computer do the hard work, sit back and watch it play the game for you.

    2026IndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. SIGNOS: AI Robot Builder

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for ALAN-13 Reformation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    Build the robot. Design the tactics with Thought Tiles. Then just watch. Assemble the 18cm-tall autonomous hobby robot “SIGNOS” and program its behavior logic with flowchart-style “Thought Tiles.” No controls during battle — SIGNOS fights on its own, guided solely by the logic you designed.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Pawn'd Chess

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ALAN-13 Reformation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    Play, study, and improve at your own pace in a chess trainer with human-like, skill-matched AI, full FEN tools, local hotseat, and ranked play or pressure-free practice.

    2026SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. If Red Then Stop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for ALAN-13 Reformation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    Program traffic lights, barriers, and more to solve your city’s traffic problems! Improve your coding skills by learning to control time-dependent processes with realistic state machines.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ALAN-13 Reformation at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under ALAN-13 Reformation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under ALAN-13 Reformation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ALAN-13 Reformation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under ALAN-13 Reformation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under ALAN-13 Reformation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ALAN-13 Reformation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under ALAN-13 Reformation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under ALAN-13 Reformation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Aircar

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. South Scrimshaw, Part One

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ALAN-13 Reformation.

    South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

    2023IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. PlanetSide 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.

    2012ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fallout Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    2017SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ALAN-13 Reformation

Does ALAN-13 Reformation run on Steam Deck?
ALAN-13 Reformation 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 ALAN-13 Reformation cost?
ALAN-13 Reformation is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to ALAN-13 Reformation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ALAN-13 Reformation are Anton, Droning On, IT MOVES! - Build Your Own Robot.
Who developed ALAN-13 Reformation?
ALAN-13 Reformation was developed by Viktor Kovács and published by smithandcherryapps.

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 ALAN-13 Reformation.

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