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Games like Automaton Lung

If Automaton Lung is your kind of game, the closest matches are Harold's Walk, Demon Tides and Yooka-Replaylee — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hypnotic synth soundtrack, atmospheric and hypnotic. 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 Automaton Lung: Make use of your special abilities to skate, shoot, and fly through over 40 unique locations. In a strange land with almost no information you must be resourceful and clever. Question everything you see and trust nothing you hear.

2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby Luke Vincent
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Steam players who put hours into Automaton Lung 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. Harold's Walk

    WHY THIS

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

    Harold's Walk on Steam is a remaster of the original Harold's Walk game that debuted on the Nintendo 3ds in 2020. Odd and unusual spaces comprise most of your journey as you venture through this surreal collectathon.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Demon Tides

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Automaton Lung.

    Second-strongest match for Automaton Lung fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Automaton Lung.

    Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!

    2026ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Yooka-Replaylee

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Automaton Lung.

    Third-strongest match for Automaton Lung fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Automaton Lung.

    Embark on an epic 3D platforming collectathon adventure with Yooka and Laylee! Yooka-Replaylee is packed with new moves, more story, exciting challenges, hidden secrets, and more than double the collectibles to uncover. Can you help them rescue the world’s biggest treasure?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Orbo's Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Automaton Lung.

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

    Hop into Orbo's shoes! Run, jump and drill around your boss's office, make some new friends, and uncover terrifying secrets about the company you work for in this comedically surreal 3D platformer!

    2023ActionAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Pru the Pigeon

    WHY THIS

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

    Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Big Hops

    WHY THIS

    Shares momentum based movement with Automaton Lung.

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

    Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. A Hat in Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Automaton Lung.

    Ranked #7 for Automaton Lung fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Automaton Lung.

    A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

    2017IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. ReCore: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Automaton Lung.

    Ranked #8 for Automaton Lung fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Automaton Lung.

    From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.

    2018ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Automaton Lung on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Automaton Lung.

    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 Automaton Lung on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Automaton Lung.

    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 ~55% under Automaton Lung on Steam right now. Shares Action with Automaton Lung.

    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 ~50% under Automaton Lung on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Automaton Lung.

    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 ~50% under Automaton Lung on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Automaton Lung.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Automaton Lung on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Automaton Lung.

    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 ~70% under Automaton Lung on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Automaton Lung.

    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 ~50% under Automaton Lung on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Automaton Lung.

    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 Automaton Lung.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 Automaton Lung.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Automaton Lung.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Luke Vincent

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

  1. Willful

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Luke Vincent, the studio behind Automaton Lung. Shares Adventure with Automaton Lung.

    Willful is a fast paced shooting/exploration game that takes place over ten worlds. Explore ruins, forests, other dimensions, and take down an evil organization as a small rabbit Will.

    2017Adventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Harold's Walk

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Luke Vincent, the studio behind Automaton Lung. Shares Action and Indie with Automaton Lung.

    Harold's Walk on Steam is a remaster of the original Harold's Walk game that debuted on the Nintendo 3ds in 2020. Odd and unusual spaces comprise most of your journey as you venture through this surreal collectathon.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Automaton Heart

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Automaton Lung.

    Another title from Luke Vincent, the studio behind Automaton Lung. Shares Action and Indie with Automaton Lung.

    Automaton Heart is an RPG with platforming elements where you visit obscure and interesting places while upgrading your organs and strategizing about which items to bring along.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure13.49 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Harold's Walk

    WHY THIS

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

    Harold's Walk on Steam is a remaster of the original Harold's Walk game that debuted on the Nintendo 3ds in 2020. Odd and unusual spaces comprise most of your journey as you venture through this surreal collectathon.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Demon Tides

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Automaton Lung.

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

    Race across open oceans and uncover a kingdom’s dark secrets. Expressively platform your way across dozens of locales, upgrading your gear and modifying your move-set every step of the way!

    2026ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Yooka-Replaylee

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Automaton Lung.

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

    Embark on an epic 3D platforming collectathon adventure with Yooka and Laylee! Yooka-Replaylee is packed with new moves, more story, exciting challenges, hidden secrets, and more than double the collectibles to uncover. Can you help them rescue the world’s biggest treasure?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Orbo's Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Automaton Lung.

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

    Hop into Orbo's shoes! Run, jump and drill around your boss's office, make some new friends, and uncover terrifying secrets about the company you work for in this comedically surreal 3D platformer!

    2023ActionAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Big Hops

    WHY THIS

    Shares momentum based movement with Automaton Lung.

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

    Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. A Hat in Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Automaton Lung.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Automaton Lung.

    A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

    2017IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Automaton Lung

Is Automaton Lung verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Automaton Lung is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Automaton Lung cost?
Automaton Lung is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Automaton Lung?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Automaton Lung are Harold's Walk, Demon Tides, Yooka-Replaylee.
Who developed Automaton Lung?
Automaton Lung was developed by Luke Vincent.

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 Automaton Lung.

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