Games like Erma: The Game
Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to Erma: The Game for fans of indie, adventure, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Erma: The Game also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Erma: The Game: Erma's here and she has a.....science fair project to finish? As your project goes explosively awry, look through your hometown in this point-and-click adventure game to gather all the pieces. Figure out how to find the remains of your project to get them back in time to finish for the science fair!
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Polda
Top pick for Erma: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!
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Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Second-strongest match for Erma: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
Save a peaceful world from being annihilated by machines in this oldschool point&click tale, inspired by classic animated movies and adventure games of the 90s.
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Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Third-strongest match for Erma: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while attempting to find your place in the world.
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Polda 7
Ranked #4 for Erma: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
Polda Pankrác v podání Luďka Soboty se vrací již posedmé. A je to návrat jaksepatří. Záhadná zpráva Temného lorda Vedra a havárie kosmické lodi odstartují kolotoč událostí, které může vyřešit jen náš elitní detektiv Pankrác.
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怕不怕趴喵霸霸 Ghost Party Nyanbaba
Ranked #5 for Erma: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Erma: The Game.
Lovely find hidden items game! Investigate strange hidden objects to prevent nyambaba's illusion from succeeding. Please find all hidden points within the time, otherwise the villain nyanbaba will jump out and frighten the players with a very cute Chinese voice!
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Universe For Sale
Ranked #6 for Erma: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
A space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. A bizarre bazaar where a young, worried woman crafts entire universes in the palm of her hand. A mysterious cultist who's stripped the flesh from his bones in order to reach enlightenment. Here, there's a universe for sale. You buying?
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CHUCHEL
Ranked #7 for Erma: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Ranked #8 for Erma: The Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
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怕不怕趴喵霸霸 Ghost Party Nyanbaba
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Erma: The Game.
Lovely find hidden items game! Investigate strange hidden objects to prevent nyambaba's illusion from succeeding. Please find all hidden points within the time, otherwise the villain nyanbaba will jump out and frighten the players with a very cute Chinese voice!
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Universe For Sale
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
A space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. A bizarre bazaar where a young, worried woman crafts entire universes in the palm of her hand. A mysterious cultist who's stripped the flesh from his bones in order to reach enlightenment. Here, there's a universe for sale. You buying?
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CHUCHEL
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Erma: The Game.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
Frequently asked about Erma: The Game
- Does Erma: The Game run on Steam Deck?
- Erma: The Game is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Erma: The Game cost?
- Erma: The Game is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Erma: The Game?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Erma: The Game are Polda, Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard, Perfect Tides: Station to Station.
- Who developed Erma: The Game?
- Erma: The Game was developed by Outcast Studio Games.
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 Erma: The Game.
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