Games like Cogmind
If Cogmind is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sword of the Stars: The Pit, Golden Krone Hotel and ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) — 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.
Get personalized picks →Cogmind is a traditional roguelike developed by Grid Sage Games, released in 2017 at $24.99 USD. Players control a modular robot that can dismantle and repurpose components from destroyed machines, building themselves into increasingly specialized forms. The game features turn-based tactical combat alongside stealth and hacking mechanics across a sprawling facility. Reviewers highlight the game's immense scope and replayability, with runs capable of lasting thousands of turns. Players describe it as atmospheric and story-rich, navigating procedurally generated environments where multiple approaches to obstacles are available. The difficulty is deliberately steep and the experience is designed for extended sessions, earning a 96% positive rating from over 1,300 Steam reviews. It is playable on Steam Deck and supports only solo play.
About Cogmind: Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Players who liked Cogmind also play
Steam players who put hours into Cogmind 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.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cogmind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cogmind.
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
Golden Krone Hotel
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Cogmind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cogmind.
Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cogmind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cogmind.
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
The Doors of Trithius
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cogmind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cogmind.
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Rift Wizard
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Cogmind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cogmind.
Rift Wizard is a tough as nails fantasy roguelike featuring challenging turn based combat and deep open ended character building. Craft your spellbook from over 100 unique spells and abilities and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated challenges to defeat your nemesis.
Tales of Maj'Eyal
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Ranked #6 for Cogmind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cogmind.
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Vulture for NetHack
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Ranked #7 for Cogmind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cogmind.
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
Approaching Infinity
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cogmind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cogmind.
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cogmind at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cogmind on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cogmind.
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 ~60% under Cogmind on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cogmind.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Cogmind on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Cogmind.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cogmind on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cogmind.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cogmind on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Cogmind.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Cogmind.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cogmind.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cogmind.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cogmind.
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.
Samsara Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cogmind.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cogmind.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
of the Devil
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cogmind.
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.
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Frequently asked about Cogmind
- Does Cogmind run on Steam Deck?
- Cogmind 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 Cogmind cost?
- Cogmind is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cogmind?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cogmind are Sword of the Stars: The Pit, Golden Krone Hotel, ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery).
- Who developed Cogmind?
- Cogmind was developed by Grid Sage Games.
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 Cogmind.
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