Games like 异常 | Exception
If 异常 | Exception is your kind of game, the closest matches are import robots, Brave New Wonders and Robot Programmer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its increasing complexity in puzzles, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 异常 | Exception: Exception is a game about AI programming. During the game, the player assists the units to defeat their enemies in the virtual world. However, the player needs to control the units by programming instead of controlling them directly.
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import robots
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Top pick for 异常 | Exception fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Program robots in Python to collect resources scattered across each planet, dodging hazards along the way. Sharpen your problem-solving and coding skills. No experience needed — just learn as you play.
Brave New Wonders
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Second-strongest match for 异常 | Exception fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Command a tribe of intelligent automatons that can interpret ANY customized instruction you give in Brave New Wonders, a factory automation adventure. Pioneer a post-apocalyptic world, explore ruins from the past & discover a mysterious reality as you make your automated factories thrive!
Robot Programmer
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Third-strongest match for 异常 | Exception fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Uncover your hidden programming talent! Code your own robots with simple instructions to explore 40+ logical based puzzles.
Block Line Engineer
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Ranked #4 for 异常 | Exception fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Block Line Engineer is a physics based sandbox machine building simulation game where you are challenged to create block lines that are as efficient as possible.
Anton
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Ranked #5 for 异常 | Exception fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Help a sentient robot escape an oppressive society through your abilities to hack and reprogram devices & automatons in the world
Decoherence
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Ranked #6 for 异常 | Exception fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Build robots, devise a battle plan and fight alongside them!
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
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Shares visual programming and a challenging mood with 异常 | Exception.
Ranked #7 for 异常 | Exception fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.
GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena
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Shares a challenging mood with 异常 | Exception.
Ranked #8 for 异常 | Exception fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Assemble your robot squad, construct their AI and send them in the battle arena to see your strategy play out. Iterate, improve and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online.
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POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under 异常 | Exception on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 异常 | Exception.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under 异常 | Exception on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 异常 | Exception.
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
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Priced ~63% under 异常 | Exception on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 异常 | Exception.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under 异常 | Exception on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under 异常 | Exception on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 异常 | Exception.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~50% under 异常 | Exception on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~75% under 异常 | Exception on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 异常 | Exception.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Factory Reset
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Investigate a malfunctioning robot factory. Hack them, befriend them, or dispose of them. Every choice changes what you find.
I Missed the Apocalypse
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with 异常 | Exception.
Humanity has fallen under alien control every mind but yours. Alone and immune, you must gather resources, build robots, and fortify your base against ever-larger night assaults. Grow strong enough to strike back at the purple fortress looming over Neo Roma.
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Frequently asked about 异常 | Exception
- Does 异常 | Exception work on Steam Deck?
- 异常 | Exception is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does 异常 | Exception cost?
- 异常 | Exception is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to 异常 | Exception?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 异常 | Exception are import robots, Brave New Wonders, Robot Programmer.
- Who developed 异常 | Exception?
- 异常 | Exception was developed by Kunpo Games.
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