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Games like Dog in the Machine

If Dog in the Machine is your kind of game, the closest matches are CUEQUENCE, NeoRunners and Alethra — 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 Dog in the Machine: Train an AutoDog to escape a dystopian mecha-city in this tactical roguelite. Craft powerful modular attacks, plan every move with stress-free real-time previews, and unleash devastating chain reactions to outsmart hordes of killjoy robots!

2026StrategyIndieWindowsby Studio Chahut
Dog in the Machine — Steam game cover

Players who liked Dog in the Machine also play

Steam players who put hours into Dog in the Machine 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. CUEQUENCE

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dog in the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.

    CUEQUENCE is a single-player roguelite billiards card battler set in Q-LAND. Aim with precision, build your deck, unlock powerful cues, and use magical cards to control the table.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. NeoRunners

    WHY THIS

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

    NeoRunners is a cyberpunk roguelite deckbuilder where you mod cards, collect relics, and chain Burn, Volt, and Flow reactions into broken combo engines. Read enemy intents, survive tactical turn-based fights, and push deeper into a neon city that wants you dead.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Alethra

    WHY THIS

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

    A roguelike dice-battler where you build a dice pool, chain deadly combos, and roll devastating attacks to drain your opponent. Draft rare dice, collect powerful poker chips, and strategize every roll.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Borrow or Rob

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dog in the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.

    A 1990s-analog sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder built on time inversion. Fight the battle with enemies rewinding the time backward — then you can rewind the time, fight in time inverted environment. Get hints while the first encouter, and revenge them with your own strategy.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Zoominoes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dog in the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.

    Build the ultimate Zoo in this number-go-up roguelike deckbuilder. Find powerful mythical animals, boost them with snacks, and even manipulate the board itself. Break the game by scoring millions (and more) with insane combos.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Cybrogue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dog in the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.

    Cybrogue is a Deck Building Roguelike where moment to moment gameplay is chess-like focused on calculations ahead.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Cyber Tile

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dog in the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.

    Cyber Tile is a turn-based strategy game, mixing rogue-like gameplay with building your deck. Time your moves right, upgrade your skills, and combine them to prepare for challenging encounters with various enemies and the final boss!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Coinborne

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dog in the Machine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.

    Coinborne is a unique Coinbuilder auto-battler. Here, everything is a coin. Clutch the chips of destiny as you traverse a crumbling wasteland. Collect, mint, and throw—amidst the clinking metal, will you tame the chaos with logic, or gamble everything on the brink of madness?

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. of the Devil

    WHY THIS

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

    Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. 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 Dog in the Machine.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Dog in the Machine

What games are most similar to Dog in the Machine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dog in the Machine are CUEQUENCE, NeoRunners, Alethra.
Who developed Dog in the Machine?
Dog in the Machine was developed by Studio Chahut and published by Goblinz Publishing.

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 Dog in the Machine.

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