Games like The Machinist
If The Machinist is your kind of game, the closest matches are I'm not a Psycho Invader, Crop and Unsolved Case: Ash and Secrets Collector's Edition — 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Machinist: A knock at the door could save a life—or end yours. The Machinist is a psychological horror management game where you must keep a train running, manage its passengers, and survive whatever waits outside.
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I'm not a Psycho Invader
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Top pick for The Machinist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Machinist.
You've seized the university! Every floor is full of obstacles. Each hostage is valuable, dangerous, or a waste of time. Kill, search, or interrogate: everything costs time, and panic raises the price. Reach the roof before time runs out.
Crop
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Second-strongest match for The Machinist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Machinist.
A gritty farming thriller where your safety depends on the yield. Bound to a dying farm, you must dig, plant, irrigate, and cut your way through the decay. Uncover buried secrets, both in the soil and quietly brewing within the village. The only way out is through the harvest.
Unsolved Case: Ash and Secrets Collector's Edition
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Third-strongest match for The Machinist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Machinist.
Follow the trail of a mysterious amulet, expose deep-rooted corruption, and confront powerful adversaries who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets!
Undercurrent
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Ranked #4 for The Machinist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Machinist.
You are a diplomat in interstellar negotiations when a remote station on an ocean world goes quiet. Your brother works there, so you secure the mission. Something inside is wrong. The longer you stay, the harder it gets to act like yourself. What you discover may change the very nature of humanity.
The Heirloom
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Ranked #5 for The Machinist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Machinist.
Uncover the secrets of your family and your grandfather's old lighthouse as you seek the truth behind the unusual happenings in The Heirloom, a mysterious thriller adventure inspired by the atmosphere of the Hebrides and Scottish folklore!
Remnants of Dawn
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Ranked #6 for The Machinist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Machinist.
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
Frostrain 2
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Ranked #7 for The Machinist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Machinist.
Become the last conductor and rule over the final train society in a frozen world. Gather, expand, and forge your train while building powerful synergies with mighty artifacts. Your position—and the safety of your passengers—now rests in your hands.
Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
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Ranked #8 for The Machinist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Machinist.
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Machinist.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Machinist.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Machinist.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Machinist.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Machinist.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Machinist.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Machinist.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Machinist.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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- What games are most similar to The Machinist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Machinist are I'm not a Psycho Invader, Crop, Unsolved Case: Ash and Secrets Collector's Edition.
- Who developed The Machinist?
- The Machinist was developed by LazeeHaze.
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 The Machinist.
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