Games like ProxOS
If ProxOS is your kind of game, the closest matches are OCTOPTICOM 3D, The Farmer Was Replaced and SHENZHEN I/O — 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.
Get personalized picks →About ProxOS: Step into a time portal to 1993. While your friends are battling it out in the latest FPS adventures, you got the opportunity to learn the newest trend, programming. Turn on your CRT monitor and learn to write code, compete with others in challenges or write minigames.
Players who liked ProxOS also play
Steam players who put hours into ProxOS 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.
OCTOPTICOM 3D
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Top pick for ProxOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ProxOS.
OCTOPTICOM 3D is a major upgrade to your favorite open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Featuring 3D graphics and gameplay, refined ui, rewritten simulation, all original levels and components plus new additions, histograms and more.
The Farmer Was Replaced
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Second-strongest match for ProxOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ProxOS.
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ProxOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ProxOS.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Comet 64
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Ranked #4 for ProxOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ProxOS.
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
while True: learn()
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Ranked #5 for ProxOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ProxOS.
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Kaizen: A Factory Story
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Ranked #6 for ProxOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ProxOS.
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
AI Learns To Drive
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Ranked #7 for ProxOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ProxOS.
Train AI to drive! Create your own neural network and watch it evolve from chaos to mastery with the power of evolutionary algorithms and natural selection. Fine-tune the learning process to craft the ultimate AI driver, and test your creation in campaign challenges or on custom-built tracks.
Opus Magnum
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Ranked #8 for ProxOS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with ProxOS.
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!
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Frequently asked about ProxOS
- Does ProxOS run on Steam Deck?
- ProxOS is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is ProxOS free to play?
- Yes — ProxOS is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to ProxOS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ProxOS are OCTOPTICOM 3D, The Farmer Was Replaced, SHENZHEN I/O.
- Who developed ProxOS?
- ProxOS was developed by slojanko.
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 ProxOS.
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