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Games like MotionRec

If MotionRec is your kind of game, the closest matches are Soft(A)ware, Anton and Bullet Time Agent — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emotional storytelling without words, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 MotionRec: MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.

2025ActionIndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 84Windowsby HANDSUM
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Charming minimalist robot protagonist you grow attached toDeep post game content that reveals the game has barely started at creditsEmotional storytelling without wordsAtmosphericContemplativeCozy

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Steam players who put hours into MotionRec 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. Soft(A)ware

    WHY THIS

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

    A surreal puzzle-platformer where you bend gravity, rewind time, and disrupt a virtual prison built to contain you.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Anton

    WHY THIS

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

    Help a sentient robot escape an oppressive society through your abilities to hack and reprogram devices & automatons in the world

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Bullet Time Agent

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for MotionRec fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with MotionRec.

    Bullet Time Agent is a sci-fi action-adventure bullet hell. Slow time and dodge storms of bullets as you punch your way through robot-filled arenas. Leap past laser obstacles with super-powered jumps. Take down increasingly intense bosses as you rewind your own death...again.

    2026ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Nuclear Assault

    WHY THIS

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

    Nuclear Assault is a Shoot 'em Up with all the essence of Arcades in the 90s! Equip new cannons, collect different Power-Ups, defeat the 4 Robot Kings and earn new scores! But most importantly... Shoot, shoot and don't stop shooting!

    2021ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Entering Host

    WHY THIS

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

    Take control of a robotic parasite caught in a massive conflict between man and machine. Use your unique abilities to solve puzzles, outsmart enemies, and uncover the conspiracy behind your own creation.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Halved

    WHY THIS

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

    Halved is a roguelike action RPG game with only 5 levels and 3 game modes, but innumerable possibilities for each run. Play as one of 5 characters and traverse the dangerous parts of the world with the help of the mysterious Father of all Machines against his rebel/tyrant son, S.A.N.E.D..

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Arm of Revenge Re-Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with MotionRec.

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

    "Arm of Revenge" A arcade style platform action game, get more experience, learn new skills, upgrade equipment, Touching story, smooth moves, more than 30 skills to combo, 3 types of arm to change, survival mode...and more!, quickly with the hand of revenge kill all enemies.Enjoy it!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. AIgent

    WHY THIS

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

    AIgent is 1982 style gameplay in a 1982 alternate timeline. Speedrunning 2D hand-drawn pixel art platformer where you need to destroy the satellite on each level by shooting, headshooting or knifing the enemies and collecting their elevator access codes.

    ActionSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to MotionRec

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Öoo

    WHY THIS

    Shares physics based movement, hidden object search and atmospheric with MotionRec.

    Reviewers of MotionRec cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Portal

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with MotionRec.

    Reviewers of MotionRec cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with MotionRec.

    Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rain World

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MotionRec.

    Reviewers of MotionRec cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ANIMAL WELL

    WHY THIS

    Shares hidden collectibles and an atmospheric mood with MotionRec.

    Reviewers of MotionRec cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    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 ↗
  5. ElecHead

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MotionRec.

    Reviewers of MotionRec cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    ⚡+🤖+🧩

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Leap Year

    WHY THIS

    Shares backtracking, precision platforming and atmospheric with MotionRec.

    Reviewers of MotionRec cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under MotionRec on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec on Steam right now. Shares Action with MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec.

    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 MotionRec.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 MotionRec.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about MotionRec

Is MotionRec verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — MotionRec 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 MotionRec cost?
MotionRec is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to MotionRec?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MotionRec are Soft(A)ware, Anton, Bullet Time Agent.
Who developed MotionRec?
MotionRec was developed by HANDSUM and published by PLAYISM.

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 MotionRec.

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