Games like Opus Magnum
If Opus Magnum is your kind of game, the closest matches are SHENZHEN I/O, Infinifactory and EXAPUNKS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its obsessive optimization drives replayability, challenging and contemplative. 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 →Opus Magnum is a 2017 indie puzzle-simulation game from Zachtronics. Players design and build automated machines that transmute elements, with gameplay centered on automation design, cycle efficiency, and spatial optimization. The game challenges players to master element transmutation and machine assembly across its medium-length campaign. At 19.99 USD, it offers solo-only play with challenging puzzles that reviewers describe as contemplative and hypnotic, with whimsical alchemical themes. Players appreciate the endless puzzle solutions per level, the satisfying real-time execution of their designs, and the visual debugging of failed attempts. The game holds a 97% positive rating from 3341 Steam reviews and is playable on Steam Deck.
About Opus Magnum: Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!
Players who liked Opus Magnum also play
Steam players who put hours into Opus Magnum 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.
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Top pick for Opus Magnum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Infinifactory
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Opus Magnum.
Second-strongest match for Opus Magnum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
EXAPUNKS
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Opus Magnum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
SpaceChem
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Ranked #4 for Opus Magnum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
TIS-100
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Opus Magnum.
Ranked #5 for Opus Magnum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Kaizen: A Factory Story
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Ranked #6 for Opus Magnum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
Upalu Mundi
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Opus Magnum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Upalu Mundi is a puzzle game set in a dwarven world at the dawn of railways. Lay tracks, build stations and set switches to keep goods moving and profits soaring. Read the news to see how the public reacts as you shape the future of transportation!
Comet 64
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Ranked #8 for Opus Magnum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
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The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Opus Magnum.
Reviewers of Opus Magnum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is here! Inside you will find all seven Zachtronics solitaire games, updated with new 4K graphics, plus one brand new Tarot-themed solitaire variant only available here.
TIS-100
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Opus Magnum.
Reviewers of Opus Magnum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Factorio
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Opus Magnum.
Reviewers of Opus Magnum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Reviewers of Opus Magnum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
SpaceChem
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Reviewers of Opus Magnum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
MOLEK-SYNTEZ
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Reviewers of Opus Magnum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
Last Call BBS
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Opus Magnum.
Reviewers of Opus Magnum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!
Baba Is You
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Opus Magnum.
Reviewers of Opus Magnum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Opus Magnum at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Opus Magnum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Opus Magnum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Opus Magnum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Opus Magnum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Opus Magnum on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Opus Magnum on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
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 Opus Magnum.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Zachtronics
Other recommendable Steam games by Zachtronics, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
SHENZHEN I/O
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Another title from Zachtronics, the studio behind Opus Magnum. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
TIS-100
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Opus Magnum.
Another title from Zachtronics, the studio behind Opus Magnum. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
SpaceChem
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Another title from Zachtronics, the studio behind Opus Magnum. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
Infinifactory
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Opus Magnum.
Another title from Zachtronics, the studio behind Opus Magnum. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
EXAPUNKS
WHY THIS
Another title from Zachtronics, the studio behind Opus Magnum. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
Last Call BBS
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Opus Magnum.
Another title from Zachtronics, the studio behind Opus Magnum. Shares Indie and Simulation with Opus Magnum.
Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!
Eliza
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Opus Magnum.
Another title from Zachtronics, the studio behind Opus Magnum. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Opus Magnum.
Another title from Zachtronics, the studio behind Opus Magnum. Shares Indie with Opus Magnum.
The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is here! Inside you will find all seven Zachtronics solitaire games, updated with new 4K graphics, plus one brand new Tarot-themed solitaire variant only available here.
Frequently asked about Opus Magnum
- Does Opus Magnum run on Steam Deck?
- Opus Magnum 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 Opus Magnum cost?
- Opus Magnum is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Opus Magnum?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Opus Magnum are SHENZHEN I/O, Infinifactory, EXAPUNKS.
- Who developed Opus Magnum?
- Opus Magnum was developed by Zachtronics.
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