Games like Automat
If Automat is your kind of game, the closest matches are FORK BOMB: A Programming Game, Remain At Your Desk and Discord Rich Me! Engine — 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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FORK BOMB: A Programming Game
WHY THIS
Top pick for Automat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automat.
Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines.
Remain At Your Desk
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Automat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Automat.
Incremental hacker about faking productivity while stealing from your employer. Sell intel for credits or keep it and raise suspicion. One bad audit and you’re back to Intern.
Discord Rich Me! Engine
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Automat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automat.
A complete Discord Rich Presence customizer.
Code Nodes
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Automat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automat.
The server is overwhelmed by corrupted files, and it's up to you to restore order. Build an automated system, earn resources, and upgrade your network. As you play, you will naturally learn the basics of programming and problem-solving in a calm neon atmosphere.
Shaderland
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Automat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automat.
Shaderland :: a creative-programming puzzle game :: wire up nodes // create world of pixels // guide polygonal creatures // learn computer graphics
Code: Terraform
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Automat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automat.
A deep automation and programming game on a frozen alien planet. Write real code to drive rovers, run power grids, fabricate parts, and fly drone fleets across the world. Your scripts run while you plan your next move. The more you terraform, the more the planet responds.
Dreamjob: Programmer Simulator - Learn Programming Games
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Automat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automat.
A programmer's career sim. Acquire actual coding skills while playing! Learn programming from zero, earn skill points, change your office, create devices and games with visual programming. Our code learning game is a perfect introduction to Python, C++, C#, Java, or JavaScript.
Click and Slash
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Automat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automat.
The Gény are cute, but no matter how BG they are, they'll need a well-placed kick! Because yes, you have to eliminate them... while doing your job! Do your activities and boost your productivity and your number of clicks for the week, slacker.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automat.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automat.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automat.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automat.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Automat.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Automat.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Automat.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Frequently asked about Automat
- What games are most similar to Automat?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Automat are FORK BOMB: A Programming Game, Remain At Your Desk, Discord Rich Me! Engine.
- Who developed Automat?
- Automat was developed by Marek “𝖒𝖆𝖋” Rogalski.
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 Automat.
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