Games like Wireworks
If Wireworks is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rogue Voltage, Smerk: Wacky Autobattles and GOAT - Gear Optimization Auto-Battle Tactics — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, hypnotic and lighthearted. 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 Wireworks: Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.
Players who liked Wireworks also play
Steam players who put hours into Wireworks 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.
Rogue Voltage
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Wireworks.
Top pick for Wireworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.
Smerk: Wacky Autobattles
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Wireworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
A deckbuilding roguelike autobattler of chaotic combos, watching numbers go up and breaking the game.
GOAT - Gear Optimization Auto-Battle Tactics
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Wireworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
An evil goat stole all your clothes. Win them back piece by piece, auto-battle goats, create powerful gear combos, and find absurd synergies in this dress-up roguelike auto-battler.
Oaks vs Orcs
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Wireworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Wireworks.
Build a forest kingdom, bend the river through your strongest tiles, and stack broken combinations in this roguelike strategy autobattler. Adapt to the seasons, then watch your army crush waves of lumber-hungry orcs.
Spirit Links
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Wireworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Wireworks.
Awaken elemental spirits, sculpt the land into living defenses, and stand against the cursed tide. A deep, adjacency‑driven roguelike tower defense where every placement shapes your fate.
StrategySteam ↗Rogues & Fate
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Wireworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
A fast-paced two-hero inventory management roguelike. Assemble your inventory and crush bizarre creatures. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to defeat the Fate King in this RPG auto battler.
The Crab is Walking
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Wireworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
From the makers of The King Is Watching comes a roguelite city builder where your capital sits atop giant creatures. Piece together your city, rain fury with your armies and crab your way across post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Dragonhaul
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Wireworks fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
Dragonhaul is a retro roguelite autobattler where every step matters. Explore a hand-pixelled overworld, arrange powerful items in an expanding inventory and construct devastating synergies before the boss arrives, no two runs are the same.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wireworks at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under Wireworks on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wireworks.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Wireworks on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wireworks.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Wireworks on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wireworks.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Wireworks on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wireworks.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Wireworks on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wireworks.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Wireworks on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wireworks.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~64% under Wireworks on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Wireworks.
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.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Wireworks on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wireworks.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wireworks.
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.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wireworks.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wireworks.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Wireworks.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, is ready to race! Scout featured trainees and supporters as you navigate the immersive sports life simulation through the game's in-depth training system and top-of-the-line 3D graphics!
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Frequently asked about Wireworks
- Is Wireworks verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Wireworks is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Wireworks cost?
- Wireworks is listed on Steam at 5.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Wireworks?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wireworks are Rogue Voltage, Smerk: Wacky Autobattles, GOAT - Gear Optimization Auto-Battle Tactics.
- Who developed Wireworks?
- Wireworks was developed by JJJ.
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