Games like Crazy Machines 3
If Crazy Machines 3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bridge Constructor Portal, 9.8 and Poly Bridge — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its build absurdly complex contraptions, challenging 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.
Get personalized picks →Crazy Machines 3 is a physics-based puzzle and contraption-building game developed by Fakt Software and released in 2016 for $9.99. The core gameplay centers on constructing elaborate machines through cause-and-effect chains, with puzzle-solving built around a physics simulation engine that lets players experiment with multiple viable solutions to each challenge. Reviewers highlight the robust physics engine and the satisfying feeling of watching complex contraptions spring to life. The game includes a level editor and workshop support for sharing creations, and players describe the experience as both challenging and contemplative, with a whimsical tone. The game holds a 93 percent positive rating from over 2,400 Steam reviews and is not currently supported on Steam Deck.
About Crazy Machines 3: Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
Players who liked Crazy Machines 3 also play
Steam players who put hours into Crazy Machines 3 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.
Bridge Constructor Portal
WHY THIS
Shares physics simulation, puzzle solving and a challenging mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Top pick for Crazy Machines 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
9.8
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crazy Machines 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
A 2D space agency simulator where every object follows the same orbital physics. Land on moons, build colonies, deploy satellites, and reshape entire planetary systems. Deorbit a moon if you want.
Poly Bridge
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Third-strongest match for Crazy Machines 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Ranked #4 for Crazy Machines 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.
Poly Bridge 2
WHY THIS
Shares physics simulation and a relaxing mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Ranked #5 for Crazy Machines 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
ABRISS - build to destroy
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Ranked #6 for Crazy Machines 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
ABRISS is an atmospheric physics-destruction building game.Build structures from parts to let them crash into your targets. Unlock new parts, destroy more, witness entropy at its worst in digital-brutalist cityscapes. Build to destroy.
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Shares physics simulation and a challenging mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Ranked #7 for Crazy Machines 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Ranked #8 for Crazy Machines 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crazy Machines 3 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 3 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Crazy Machines 3 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
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.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Crazy Machines 3 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Fakt Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Fakt Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Crazy Machines 2
WHY THIS
Shares contraption building and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 3. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.
Crazy Machines
WHY THIS
Shares contraption building, puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 3. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.
Crazy Machines 1.5
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 3. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.
Crazy Machines 1.5
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 3. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.
Crazy Machines 1.5
WHY THIS
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 3. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.
Crazy Machines Elements
WHY THIS
Shares contraption building, physics simulation and a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 3. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
GET YOUR BRAIN BUZZING with each new challenge in the latest installment of the multi award-winning wacky contraption series - CRAZY MACHINES ELEMENTS. Play with Fire, harness the power of water and control the wind to set off the most insanely creative chain reactions!
Crazy Machines VR
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines 3. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
With Crazy Machines VR the award winning puzzle game classic enters the Virtual Reality! Complete many crazy chain reactions and experience a rousing adventure surrounding the odd Clumsycorns! Or just mess around in the ingenious new interactive toy rooms.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Bridge Constructor Portal
WHY THIS
Shares physics simulation, puzzle solving and a challenging mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Crazy Machines 3.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Frequently asked about Crazy Machines 3
- Does Crazy Machines 3 work on Steam Deck?
- Crazy Machines 3 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Crazy Machines 3 cost?
- Crazy Machines 3 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Crazy Machines 3?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crazy Machines 3 are Bridge Constructor Portal, 9.8, Poly Bridge.
- Who developed Crazy Machines 3?
- Crazy Machines 3 was developed by Fakt Software and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
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 Crazy Machines 3.
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