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Games like Plateman

If Plateman is your kind of game, the closest matches are F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, Constance and Teslagrad — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Plateman: Explore the steampunk world in Plateman. Fly over the world of machines full of gimmicks and monsters. Uncover the secrets of Shaman and the difference engine. Try to change this decaying world by Shaman Drum and the special lightning power.

2024ActionIndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDWindowsby 柠檬弓工作室
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Steam players who put hours into Plateman 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. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Plateman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.

    2021ActionSportsIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Constance

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Plateman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Teslagrad

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Plateman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Plateman.

    A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

    2013Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. TUNIC

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Plateman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Plateman.

    Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. SteamWorld Dig 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Plateman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. SteamWorld Dig

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Plateman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. GRIME

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Plateman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. ANIMAL WELL

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Plateman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plateman on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Plateman.

    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 ~44% under Plateman on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Plateman on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plateman.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plateman on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Plateman.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plateman on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Plateman.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Plateman on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Plateman on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plateman on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Plateman.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plateman.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plateman.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Plateman.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.

    2021ActionSportsIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Constance

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. TUNIC

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Plateman.

    Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. SteamWorld Dig 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. SteamWorld Dig

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. GRIME

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. ANIMAL WELL

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Plateman

How much does Plateman cost?
Plateman is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Plateman?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Plateman are F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, Constance, Teslagrad.
Who developed Plateman?
Plateman was developed by 柠檬弓工作室 and published by East2West Games.

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 Plateman.

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