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Games like Cyclical Redundancy

If Cyclical Redundancy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Haven Moon, Manifold Garden and Obduction — 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 Cyclical Redundancy: Cyclical Redundancy is a photorealistic, point-and-click puzzle adventure that shifts between dream, waking life, and parallel universes. The game blends immersive ambient music, challenging observation-based puzzles, and an overarching mystery that itself is a meta-puzzle to decode.

IndieAdventureCasualWindowsby Charles Bryan
Cyclical Redundancy — Steam game cover

Players who liked Cyclical Redundancy also play

Steam players who put hours into Cyclical Redundancy 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. Haven Moon

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cyclical Redundancy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyclical Redundancy.

    Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure. In this Myst-like game inspired by Jules Verne’s universe, use your senses and intelligence to find your way through secret passages and curious machinery.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Cyclical Redundancy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyclical Redundancy.

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Obduction

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Cyclical Redundancy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyclical Redundancy.

    A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

    2016IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Zof

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cyclical Redundancy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Cyclical Redundancy.

    Zof is a first person point and click puzzle game with a difference. The solutions are always simple, but hidden more and more carefully as the game goes on.

    2020Adventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. War Of Being

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Cyclical Redundancy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyclical Redundancy.

    War of Being is a single-player VR sci-fi adventure with standard mode playability, based on the music and concept for TesseracT's 2023 full length album. Explore 'The Strangeland' filled with surreal landscapes and characters. Solve puzzles and find hidden objects that unlock TesseracT's new music.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Éalú

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Cyclical Redundancy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyclical Redundancy.

    A cozy, handmade stop-motion adventure... unless the maze takes a darker turn... Guide your wooden mouse through a labyrinth full of puzzles & unknown dangers in search of an exit to a happier place.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo

    WHY THIS

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

    The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo is a whimsical point’n’click adventure with a surrealist story, astounding hand-drawn animations and hilarious puzzles. Mr. Coo is trapped and broken into pieces. But most of all, he has no idea of what’s going on. Is that a giant chicken over there?

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Search

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cyclical Redundancy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyclical Redundancy.

    Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!

    2017IndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  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 Cyclical Redundancy.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Cyclical Redundancy.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Casual with Cyclical Redundancy.

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

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

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Éalú

    WHY THIS

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

    A cozy, handmade stop-motion adventure... unless the maze takes a darker turn... Guide your wooden mouse through a labyrinth full of puzzles & unknown dangers in search of an exit to a happier place.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo

    WHY THIS

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

    The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo is a whimsical point’n’click adventure with a surrealist story, astounding hand-drawn animations and hilarious puzzles. Mr. Coo is trapped and broken into pieces. But most of all, he has no idea of what’s going on. Is that a giant chicken over there?

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cyclical Redundancy

What games are most similar to Cyclical Redundancy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cyclical Redundancy are Haven Moon, Manifold Garden, Obduction.
Who developed Cyclical Redundancy?
Cyclical Redundancy was developed by Charles Bryan and published by Mind's Clay Productions.

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 Cyclical Redundancy.

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