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Games like Number Machine: Math Factory

If Number Machine: Math Factory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Phasewright, Code Grid and Opus Magnum — 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 Number Machine: Math Factory: Number Machine is an open-ended factory and automation game with math mechanics. Design, build, and optimize factories that automatically assemble and deliver complex numerical structures. Inspired by Opus Magnum and Infinifactory.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationCasualWindows · macOS · Linuxby ARIELEK
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  1. Phasewright

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    A pulse crosses one cell per tick — the longer way arrives later. From that one rule you build machines out of light: lay conduits, split colours, hit the beat. Quiet, untimed, free.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  2. Code Grid

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Place instructions on a grid, plan the path, and let the machine follow your logic. CodeGrid is a programming puzzle game with no traditional coding required—use simple commands to build loops, conditions, and data processing, then create increasingly complex programs within a limited space.

    2027StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Opus Magnum

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

    2017IndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. IT THINKS! - Build Your Own GPU

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Design the chip that powers AI. Start with a single logic gate and build a computer: wire circuits, cast designs into reusable chips, program tiny kernels, and scale your architecture into a working GPU.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. IT MOVES! - Build Your Own Robot

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    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 ↗
  6. ChromaFlow

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Build a factory powered by color. Extract red, green, and blue, route them through conveyor networks, and mix them into an expanding spectrum. Fulfil requests for the Chroma Core, unlock new technology, and optimize every production line.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Fractal Foundry

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Dough it Yourself

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Number Machine: Math Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Create your own cozy farm and bakery, where you grow crops, care for animals, craft ingredients, and bake delicious goods entirely from your own production.

    2027IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗

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  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    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.

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  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

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  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

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  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    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?

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  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

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Frequently asked about Number Machine: Math Factory

What games are most similar to Number Machine: Math Factory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Number Machine: Math Factory are Phasewright, Code Grid, Opus Magnum.
Who developed Number Machine: Math Factory?
Number Machine: Math Factory was developed by ARIELEK.

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 Number Machine: Math Factory.

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