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Games like Elara And the Machine

If Elara And the Machine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Clan monsters, Climb Challenge - Find Items 4 and Scream or Die — 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 Elara And the Machine: Elara And the Machine is a first-person parkour game where your goal is not only to escape, but to hunt down your pursuers. Travel through the anti-utopian world and enjoy the strategic and maneuvering challenges of going from fleeing to hunting through subtle movement and stomping.

2025ActionIndieAdventureRPGCasual4.99 USDWindowsby 晦涩弗里曼
Elara And the Machine — Steam game cover

Players who liked Elara And the Machine also play

Steam players who put hours into Elara And the Machine 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. Clan monsters

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Elara And the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Elara And the Machine.

    Clan monsters is a game in which you have to use your dexterity and reliable weapons to destroy monsters that appear from portals. Different types of weapons will be given you for completing levels. Fire, monster a lot of levels with different platforms! There is easy controls system.

    2023ActionSportsStrategy0.79 USDSteam ↗
  2. Climb Challenge - Find Items 4

    WHY THIS

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

    Hidden-object adventure game. The player needs to run around the location and look for objects in secret places, climbing into them along walls and ledges.

    2024ActionSportsStrategy199.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Scream or Die

    WHY THIS

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

    Horror game. The player needs to get out of the maze with animatronics.

    2023ActionSportsStrategy199.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Rogue Runner

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Elara And the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elara And the Machine.

    Stop running and you die. Combine fluid parkour mechanics with roguelite TPS combat in a procedurally generated world. Master the movement, break the loop, and escape the Machine of Improbability.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure4.97 USDSteam ↗
  5. Freaked Fleapit

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Elara And the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elara And the Machine.

    Hell never looked this good! Save your soul in a wild cocktail of rhythm-based dungeon crawling and date sims, and dance your way through 9 circles of Hell to heart-pumping music. Which lady of the Fleapit will be the one to join you on your trip out of Purgatory?

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. My Slime Garden

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Elara And the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elara And the Machine.

    Raise, nurture, and breed adorable slimes in a relaxing adventure where each slime is unique! Mix traits to create new slime companions and explore endless islands filled with secrets and surprises. Your perfect slime squad is waiting—how far can they go?

    2025ActionIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Hypotheses on the Symmetry between Vision and Hands

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Elara And the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elara And the Machine.

    The hypothesis regarding vision-hands symmetry is a validation experiment where separate characters are controlled with the left and right hands. It measures the connectivity and enhancement of cognitive character recognition through both hands and vision.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Hypercore

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Elara And the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Elara And the Machine.

    Hypercore is a Party Platformer made both with and without multiplayer in mind. Over 1 Billion runs possible with up to 4 players locally. Use Numerous Items against dangerous enemies, scale Golden Cliffs and Barren Landscapes and do what is considered impossible.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Elara And the Machine at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Elara And the Machine on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Elara And the Machine.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Elara And the Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elara And the Machine.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Elara And the Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elara And the Machine.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Elara And the Machine on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Elara And the Machine.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Elara And the Machine on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Elara And the Machine.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Elara And the Machine on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Elara And the Machine.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Elara And the Machine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Elara And the Machine.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Elara And the Machine on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Elara And the Machine.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Elara And the Machine.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elara And the Machine.

    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 ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Elara And the Machine.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Elara And the Machine.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Elara And the Machine.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Elara And the Machine

How much does Elara And the Machine cost?
Elara And the Machine is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Elara And the Machine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Elara And the Machine are Clan monsters, Climb Challenge - Find Items 4, Scream or Die.
Who developed Elara And the Machine?
Elara And the Machine was developed by 晦涩弗里曼.

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 Elara And the Machine.

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