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Games like Robotex

If Robotex is your kind of game, the closest matches are Atomorf2, Atomorf and TurnOn — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and challenging. 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 Robotex: Life on Earth is unsustainable. Humanity must seek a new home but the only planet found is very hostile. You were sent on a expedition to slay the monsters inhabiting the surface of this planet. In this adventure you end up being the villain. Game contains two basic controls, many puzzles and lots of guns and enemies.

2014ActionIndieAdventureCasual0.49 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby YFYX GAMES
Robotex — Steam game cover
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Moral question about colonization subtly raisedRetro sci fi aesthetic stands outShort gameplay loops feel arcade likeAtmosphericBleakChallenging

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Steam players who put hours into Robotex 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. Atomorf2

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a high-speed platformer with rotation and jumping. Explore the mysterious world with your friend Atomorf!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Atomorf

    WHY THIS

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

    Atomorf loves radiation and collects plutonium, but is afraid of very hot and sharp objects.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. TurnOn

    WHY THIS

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

    "TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Rochard

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Robotex.

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

    Fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity

    2011ActionIndieCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Super Fancy Pants Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Robotex.

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

    Super Fancy Pants Adventure is a wild free-running adventure with buttery smooth platforming and a slick fountain pen!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eryi's Action

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Robotex.

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

    One fine day, Eryi went to eat the melon that she had been SO looking forward to... but it was nowhere to be found! Then she noticed a note on the table. She picked it up and read: "Your melon looked delicious, so I took it. From Farta X" Fuming with rage, Eryi set out from her house to get her melon back from Farta.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Legend of Dark Witch

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Robotex.

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

    -A magical world beautifully depicted through in-game graphics. -Diverse levels that provide a fair challenge. -Additional bonuses that reward those who replay the game. -3 difficulty modes.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure1.39 USDSteam ↗
  8. 1001 Spikes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Robotex.

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

    Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...

    2014ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

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 Robotex.

    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. 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 Robotex.

    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 ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

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

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

    WHY THIS

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

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    2015AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Robotex

Does Robotex work on Steam Deck?
Robotex is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Robotex cost?
Robotex is listed on Steam at 0.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Robotex?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Robotex are Atomorf2, Atomorf, TurnOn.
Who developed Robotex?
Robotex was developed by YFYX GAMES and published by My Way Games.

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 Robotex.

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