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Games like Alien Machine Glow

If Alien Machine Glow is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ostrich Run, Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier and Detective Penguin — 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 Alien Machine Glow: A "identify-and-destroy" game using evasive tactics and featuring the acid wit from an elderly, grumpy WWII veteran Old Man Gill. Identify the aliens that hide among us from the humans, and call your helicopter-flying friend Gummer to eliminate them at the end of each level.

ActionAdventureCasualWindowsby Plutonium Powered
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Steam players who put hours into Alien Machine Glow 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. Ostrich Run

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Alien Machine Glow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    Ostrich Run is a game where you guide a horde of ostriches out of a lab. Take every ostrich you can and avoid the multiple hazards on your way out. The ostriches will help you break harder windows and rescue more ostriches. Make sure to save them all!

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  2. Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Alien Machine Glow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    You, Slippy the Slug, must fly across levels filled with increasingly difficult obstacles by using only the kickback from your weapons. Collect parcels, deliver the goods, and defeat bosses on your way. Be the best Cosmic Courier and win the space race of postal work.

    2023ActionAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Detective Penguin

    WHY THIS

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

    Detective Penguin is the first and only physics-and-penguin-based detective game on the market. Solve cases in your own way. Interrogate suspects, find clues, or use your flippers to punch your way to the answers.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Just Crow Things

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Alien Machine Glow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    You're a little crow trying to prove herself to the world. Make new animal friends, poop on unsuspecting hoomans, and steal all the shiny trinkets! Each level is a little sandbox full of fun items to discover and puzzles to solve, while leaving a bit of chaos behind. Why? Just caws!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Tinykin

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Alien Machine Glow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Zorro The Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Alien Machine Glow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    Zorro The Chronicles is an exciting and humorous game featuring combat and exploration gameplay inspired by the best action games in class.

    2022ActionAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Kao the Kangaroo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Alien Machine Glow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    Inspired by the golden age of 3D Platformers, Kao The Kangaroo returns in a whole new adventure! Embark on an epic journey, master magical gloves, explore lush environments and take Kao through his most grand tale yet!

    2022ActionAdventureCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. CHUCHEL

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Alien Machine Glow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Alien Machine Glow.

    CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!

    2018IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Casual with Alien Machine Glow.

    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 Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    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 Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    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 Action with Alien Machine Glow.

    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.

    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 Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    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 Casual with Alien Machine Glow.

    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 Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    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. Just Crow Things

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    You're a little crow trying to prove herself to the world. Make new animal friends, poop on unsuspecting hoomans, and steal all the shiny trinkets! Each level is a little sandbox full of fun items to discover and puzzles to solve, while leaving a bit of chaos behind. Why? Just caws!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Tinykin

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Kao the Kangaroo

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alien Machine Glow.

    Inspired by the golden age of 3D Platformers, Kao The Kangaroo returns in a whole new adventure! Embark on an epic journey, master magical gloves, explore lush environments and take Kao through his most grand tale yet!

    2022ActionAdventureCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. CHUCHEL

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Alien Machine Glow.

    CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!

    2018IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Alien Machine Glow

What games are most similar to Alien Machine Glow?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alien Machine Glow are Ostrich Run, Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier, Detective Penguin.
Who developed Alien Machine Glow?
Alien Machine Glow was developed by Plutonium Powered and published by YerStory Inc..

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 Alien Machine Glow.

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