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Games like Wireworks

If Wireworks is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rogue Voltage, GOAT - Gear Optimization Auto-Battle Tactics and Crimson Crusade — 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.

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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.

2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.59 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · Linuxby JJJ
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Creative problem solving through i o connectionsDiscovering broken overpowered combo buildsEncourages creative tinkering over rigid optimizationChallengingHypnoticLighthearted

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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.

  1. 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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.91 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. GOAT - Gear Optimization Auto-Battle Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Second-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.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Crimson Crusade

    WHY THIS

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

    Crimson Crusade is a Dark Fantasy, Deckbuilding Roguelike Auto-Battler about war, necromancers, and resurrection. Draft your dark army, summon foul creatures, and wipe the battlefield clean of your enemies. Will you end the war, or simply extend it into eternity?

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. PEGTURE: Peg Solitaire Roguelike

    WHY THIS

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

    Pegture is a peg solitaire-themed roguelike, deck-building game. Build your deck, enhance your pegs, perform frenetic combos, beat bosses, reach the highest score and get the best peg solitaire experience.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. CATARACT - Autobattler Roguelite Deckbuilder

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience JRPG-inspired autobattles featuring unique combat mechanics. Recruit characters, level them up, choose their skills, loot monsters, and achieve perfect synergy to finally free the realm from the Allseeing's gaze.

    StrategySteam ↗
  6. Brofish: Fishing Autobattler

    WHY THIS

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

    Autobattler Tower Defense Rogue-like about fishing! Reel in creatures with unique abilities and create an overpowered build to fight off waves of undead!

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Gear Up Einstein!

    WHY THIS

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

    Recruit historical figures and turn them into badass soldiers to save the world. With up to 2 friends, travel across history, find ridiculous combos and master tactical battles in this over-the-top roguelite.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Coin Tavern

    WHY THIS

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

    Coin Tavern is not your average tavern! In this roguelike game, you’ll wield a wild array of quirky coins to build your one-of-a-kind coin deck. Hoard coins, refine strategies, streamline your deck, unlock hidden treasures, and land outrageous combos in randomized runs!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. 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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. 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.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. 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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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!

    2025SportsSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. AdVenture Capitalist

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

    2015IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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, GOAT - Gear Optimization Auto-Battle Tactics, Crimson Crusade.
Who developed Wireworks?
Wireworks was developed by JJJ.

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 Wireworks.

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