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Games like Crazy Machines Elements

If Crazy Machines Elements is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crazy Machines, Crazy Machines 1.5 and Crazy Machines 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and lighthearted. 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 Crazy Machines Elements: 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!

2012StrategyCasual9.99 USDWindowsby Fakt Software
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Colorful toy like art styleLarge variety of parts with multiple usesQuick solutions with optional bonusesChallengingContemplativeLighthearted

Players who liked Crazy Machines Elements also play

Steam players who put hours into Crazy Machines Elements 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. Crazy Machines

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Top pick for Crazy Machines Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Crazy Machines 1.5

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Crazy Machines Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Crazy Machines 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Third-strongest match for Crazy Machines Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Crazy Machines 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building, physics simulation and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Ranked #4 for Crazy Machines Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Crazy Machines: Golden Gears

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building and a lighthearted mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Ranked #5 for Crazy Machines Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    In this "Rube-Goldberg" style puzzle game, experiment and build your wacky contraptions with physics action like never before! Experience dazzling visuals of explosives, fire, and true to life physics behavior when you put the experiment into motion!

    2014StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Scribblenauts Unlimited

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Ranked #6 for Crazy Machines Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.

    2012StrategyAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. RUSH

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Ranked #7 for Crazy Machines Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...

    2010StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Bridge

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Ranked #8 for Crazy Machines Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Crazy Machines Elements

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Crazy Machines 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Reviewers of Crazy Machines Elements cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Crazy Machines

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Reviewers of Crazy Machines Elements cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Crazy Machines 1.5

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Crazy Machines Elements cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crazy Machines Elements at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines Elements on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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 ~50% under Crazy Machines Elements on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines Elements on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines Elements on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines Elements on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines Elements on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines Elements on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines Elements on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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?

    2010Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Fakt Software

Other recommendable Steam games by Fakt Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Crazy Machines 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building, physics simulation and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines Elements. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Crazy Machines 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines Elements. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Crazy Machines

    WHY THIS

    Shares contraption building and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines Elements. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Crazy Machines 1.5

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines Elements. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Crazy Machines 1.5

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines Elements. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crazy Machines 1.5

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines Elements. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crazy Machines VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines Elements. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2018IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Crazy Machines Elements

How much does Crazy Machines Elements cost?
Crazy Machines Elements is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Crazy Machines Elements?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crazy Machines Elements are Crazy Machines, Crazy Machines 1.5, Crazy Machines 2.
Who developed Crazy Machines Elements?
Crazy Machines Elements 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 Elements.

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