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Games like Obrum

If Obrum is your kind of game, the closest matches are CTR, Pawn.OS() and Orbital Upgrade — 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 Obrum: OBRUM is a strategic logical puzzle roguelite where you manage an unstable system, trigger devastating chain reactions, and fight to keep the board from collapsing. OBRUM rewards pattern recognition & long-term planning. You are not solving a puzzle, you are engineering outcomes.

2026StrategyIndieCasualWindows · Linuxby Lars-Peter Eriksson
Obrum — Steam game cover

Players who liked Obrum also play

Steam players who put hours into Obrum 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. CTR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Obrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obrum.

    You are a robot. Reflect the ball exactly N times. Route it to the exit. Arrange the pieces, build the logic, meet your quota.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Pawn.OS()

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Obrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obrum.

    Pawn.OS() is a programming puzzle game where you use a custom scripting language to control a pawn on a grid. Solve 30 puzzles, learn logic step-by-step, and optimize your code to climb the leaderboard—even without any prior coding experience.

    2025StrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Orbital Upgrade

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Obrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obrum.

    As the AI of a space station, you control programmable bots and solve automation puzzles. Plan precise processes, optimize your strategies, and watch your solutions execute autonomously.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Axon Hero

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Obrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obrum.

    Axon Hero is more than just a puzzle game - it's a creative playground where logic meets imagination. Build, code, and conquer your way through many hand-crafted challenges, each one more mind-bending than the last.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Regex Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Obrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obrum.

    Regular Expressions (Regex) are a powerful text pattern-matching tool used for searching, replacing, and validating strings. The game wraps Regex into text-based puzzle, allowing players to gradually master regular expressions as they progress through levels.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Stuck in the Sewers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Obrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Obrum.

    Stuck in the Sewers is a puzzle-adventure game where you push, turn and reshape pipes to carve your way forward. Unlock new abilities, discover areas with unique mechanics and tools, and explore a world interconnected by a vast sewer system.

    2026IndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. DiegoTC Toolbox

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Obrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obrum.

    A Puzzle-Platformer with tons of unique puzzles and mechanics.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. PromptCrafter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Obrum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obrum.

    Command line crafting game with procedurally generated crafting trees and programming-like automation.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗

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.

    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. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Obrum

What games are most similar to Obrum?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Obrum are CTR, Pawn.OS(), Orbital Upgrade.
Who developed Obrum?
Obrum was developed by Lars-Peter Eriksson and published by Just me!.

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 Obrum.

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