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Games like Algo Bot

If Algo Bot is your kind of game, the closest matches are Conge's Crunch Time, God is a Cube: Programming Robot Cubes and Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and relaxing. 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 Algo Bot: Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.

2018Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Fishing Cactus
Algo Bot — Steam game cover
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Multiple solutions per level encourage creativityPuzzles scale gently with clear learning curveStep by step execution helps debug logicAtmosphericContemplativeRelaxing

Players who liked Algo Bot also play

Steam players who put hours into Algo Bot 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. Conge's Crunch Time

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Algo Bot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    'Conge's Crunch Time' is a puzzle game where you solve factory tasks through intuitive drag-and-drop programming. Write code for your robot to clear each level, delve deeper into the factory, encounter new puzzle concepts and data-structure creatures, and uncover the truth.

    2024IndieSimulationEarly Access11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. God is a Cube: Programming Robot Cubes

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Algo Bot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    An easy to start programming puzzle game where you design Artificial Intelligence with symbols, to control robot cubes and build space pyramids. Inspired by SpaceChem, Lightbot, Human Resource Machine and the Redstone from Minecraft. A game 99% made by one guy.

    2018IndieSimulationEarly Access14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Algo Bot.

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

    Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Anton

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Algo Bot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

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

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Factory Rally Madness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Algo Bot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Factory Rally Madness mixes real time action racing with puzzles and reasoning, inspired by robot programming. Robots race through factories trying to reach objectives points, having their movements programmed while racing. Chaotic, crazy, casual and also not so casual gaming.

    2020ActionIndieCasual15.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. SpaceChem

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Algo Bot.

    Ranked #6 for Algo Bot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

    2011IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Robot Programmer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Algo Bot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Hacking for Hermann

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Algo Bot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Program your team of AIs to infiltrate corporation servers and find your brother Hermann. This game is about the fun of coding and optimization. There is always something to improve.

    2022IndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Algo Bot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    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 Algo Bot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Algo Bot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Algo Bot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Algo Bot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    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 ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Algo Bot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Algo Bot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    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 ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Algo Bot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Supper

    WHY THIS

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

    The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. DOGWALK

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

    2025IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Mizi NO!

    WHY THIS

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

    In this free 2D puzzle game, you must reassemble broken objects that your cat has knocked over.

    2024IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

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

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Learn to Fly 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Fishing Cactus

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

  1. Epistory - Typing Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Algo Bot.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Algo Bot. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action/adventure game where you play a girl riding a giant fox who fights an insectile corruption from an origami world. As you progress and explore this world, the story literally unfolds and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Nanotale - Typing Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Algo Bot.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Algo Bot.

    Something is wrong with the heart of magic. Play a young archivist venturing out into a dying world, cataloging its mysteries and its wonders to unearth the truth. Nanotale is the new adventure from the Typing Chronicles franchise and the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Epistory.

    2021AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Gloomy Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Algo Bot.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Algo Bot. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ary and the Secret of Seasons

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Algo Bot.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Algo Bot. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Take control of the seasons and use them to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and discover the beautiful world of Valdi in this award-winning indie adventure.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Algo Bot.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Algo Bot. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Monkeys Ahoy

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Algo Bot.

    Join two young pirate chimps on their quest to make the Ultimate Friendship Smoothie through this bright and lively monkey world

    2017Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Urbance Clans Card Battle!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Algo Bot. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Street gangs rise up in Neo-City. Time has come to gather your own gang to take over the whole city, district after district. Takedowns will happen, show no mercy if you wanna survive.

    2018StrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Outshine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Algo Bot.

    Another title from Fishing Cactus, the studio behind Algo Bot. Shares Indie with Algo Bot.

    Unleash your powers against your oppressors in this arcade, fast-paced typing game. Avoid traps, destroy enemies, defeat bosses to seek your revenge, and rush to the top of the leaderboards.

    2022ActionIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Algo Bot

Does Algo Bot run on Steam Deck?
Algo Bot is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Algo Bot cost?
Algo Bot is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Algo Bot?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Algo Bot are Conge's Crunch Time, God is a Cube: Programming Robot Cubes, Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor.
Who developed Algo Bot?
Algo Bot was developed by Fishing Cactus and published by Plug In Digital.

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 Algo Bot.

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