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Games like The Music Machine

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  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked The Music Machine also play

The closest matches to The Music Machine: The Moon Sliver, A Wolf in Autumn, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, The Path, and Layers of Fear (2016). Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Same atmospheric mood as The Music Machine.

    • $0.81 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • 2014
  1. Rank 04

    The Path

    • $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2009
  2. Rank 06

    Homesick

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • 2015

The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Music Machine

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    The Moon Sliver

    Same atmospheric mood as The Music Machine.

    • 79% of 903 reviews
  2. 2
    A Wolf in Autumn

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 75% of 383 reviews
  3. 3
    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    Shares note reading with The Music Machine.

    • 65% of 4,318 reviews
  4. 4
    The Path

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 77% of 567 reviews
  5. 5
    Layers of Fear (2016)

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 87% of 5,082 reviews
  6. 6
    Homesick

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 74% of 717 reviews
  7. 7
    Penumbra Overture

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 1,939 reviews
  8. 8
    Still Wakes the Deep

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 6,408 reviews
  9. 9
    The Lightkeeper

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 80% of 559 reviews
  10. 10
    Little Nightmares

    Genres: Adventure

    • 95% of 18,797 reviews
  11. 11
    Mundaun

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 93% of 894 reviews
  12. 12
    Husk

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 59% of 54 reviews
  13. 13
    DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 90% of 1,278 reviews
  14. 14
    Infliction

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 79% of 393 reviews
  15. 15
    The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2

    Shares environment exploration with The Music Machine.

    • 90% of 1,057 reviews
  16. 16
    Luto

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 84% of 558 reviews
  17. 17
    Year Walk

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 93% of 916 reviews
  18. 18
    SOMA

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 96% of 23,563 reviews
  19. 19
    Rise of Insanity

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 76% of 330 reviews
  20. 20
    Visage

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 86% of 3,985 reviews
  21. 21
    Ad Infinitum

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 78% of 384 reviews
  22. 22
    Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 88% of 2,994 reviews
  23. 23
    The Norwood Suite

    Shares dialogue driven storytelling with The Music Machine.

    • 96% of 536 reviews
  24. 24
    Neverending Nightmares

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 72% of 834 reviews
The Music Machine — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2015
  • Developer: David Szymanski
  • Price: $0.99−80%checked Oct 31
  • 88% of 480 reviews
  • Genres: Indie, Adventure
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Minimalist aesthetic heightens immersion
  • Relationship between possessed girl and ghost drives narrative
  • Slow unraveling of mystery and dread
  • Atmospheric
  • Contemplative
  • Melancholic

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More from David Szymanski

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

  • DUSK

    Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Music Machine.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2018
  • Iron Lung

    Why this: Same unsettling mood as The Music Machine.

    • $7.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2022
  • Gloomwood

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2022
  • Squirrel Stapler

    Why this: Also Dark Humor and Walking Simulator, like The Music Machine.

    • $7.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2023

About The Music Machine

The closest matches to The Music Machine: The Moon Sliver, A Wolf in Autumn, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, The Path, and Layers of Fear (2016). Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If The Music Machine is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Moon Sliver, A Wolf in Autumn and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic, and single out its dialogue driven storytelling and environment exploration. 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.

About The Music Machine: A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

Is The Music Machine worth buying?

  • 88% of 480 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.9 h played before their negative review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: The Moon Sliver, A Wolf in Autumn, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

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Frequently asked about The Music Machine

Can I run it?

How much does The Music Machine cost?

The Music Machine is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to The Music Machine?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Music Machine are The Moon Sliver, A Wolf in Autumn, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.

Who developed The Music Machine?

The Music Machine was developed by David Szymanski.