Games like Microbes and Machines
If Microbes and Machines is your kind of game, the closest matches are ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH, REPLIKATOR and Kitty's Last Adventure — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its persistent progression reduces frustration, challenging and chill. 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 Microbes and Machines: Microbes and Machines is a roguelite action game where you control a little bubble robot that fights against the forces of evil.
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Steam players who put hours into Microbes and Machines 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.
ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Microbes and Machines.
Top pick for Microbes and Machines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
REPLIKATOR
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Microbes and Machines.
Second-strongest match for Microbes and Machines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Kitty's Last Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Microbes and Machines.
Third-strongest match for Microbes and Machines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
TROUBLE JUICE
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Microbes and Machines.
Ranked #4 for Microbes and Machines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Trouble Juice is a Side Scrolling Shooter Roguelike set in a TV show tournament that is broadcasted across the universe. Use your character's special abilities, and unlock prizes in the Achievement Bingo. Become the ultimate champion and earn your place in the galaxy's hall of fame!
Woodpunk
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Microbes and Machines.
Ranked #5 for Microbes and Machines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Run Build Pew!
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Microbes and Machines.
Ranked #6 for Microbes and Machines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
NIMRODS
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Microbes and Machines.
Ranked #7 for Microbes and Machines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!
Void Scrappers
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Microbes and Machines fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
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Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Microbes and Machines cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Microbes and Machines.
Reviewers of Microbes and Machines cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Enter the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Microbes and Machines.
Reviewers of Microbes and Machines cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Microbes and Machines at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Microbes and Machines on Steam right now. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Microbes and Machines on Steam right now. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Microbes and Machines on Steam right now. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Microbes and Machines on Steam right now. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Microbes and Machines on Steam right now. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
Love wish
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Microbes and Machines on Steam right now. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Love Wish is an easy, fun and challenging jigsaw puzzle.♪(^∇^*) Put the pieces together to restore the full picture of the girls. Collect their photos and animations and remember this wonderful moment❤
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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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.
REPLIKATOR
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Microbes and Machines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Kitty's Last Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Microbes and Machines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
TROUBLE JUICE
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Microbes and Machines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Trouble Juice is a Side Scrolling Shooter Roguelike set in a TV show tournament that is broadcasted across the universe. Use your character's special abilities, and unlock prizes in the Achievement Bingo. Become the ultimate champion and earn your place in the galaxy's hall of fame!
Run Build Pew!
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Microbes and Machines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
NIMRODS
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Microbes and Machines.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!
Void Scrappers
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Microbes and Machines.
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Frequently asked about Microbes and Machines
- How much does Microbes and Machines cost?
- Microbes and Machines is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Microbes and Machines?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Microbes and Machines are ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH, REPLIKATOR, Kitty's Last Adventure.
- Who developed Microbes and Machines?
- Microbes and Machines was developed by AndyzziGames.
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