Games like Gadgeteer
If Gadgeteer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Escape the Lab, Handy Machines VR and Builder VR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its intuitive vr controls, open ended puzzle solutions and atmospheric. 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 Gadgeteer: Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game where you build chain reaction machines to solve fun, intricate puzzles. Your machines will use gadgets to launch, bump, twist, and turn—creating chain reactions that may even end up tearing apart the fabric of space-time.
Players who liked Gadgeteer also play
Steam players who put hours into Gadgeteer 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.
Escape the Lab
WHY THIS
Top pick for Gadgeteer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
“Escape the Lab” – Virtual Reality experience of an Escape Room that focuses on realistic chemical experiments.
Handy Machines VR
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Gadgeteer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
Send the balls into the hat. You can go through the levels or create your own ways according to your ideas.
Builder VR
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Gadgeteer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
Simply build what you want in virtual reality. You are the first in the world ready to experience an original and revolutionary component joining system. Plus your work of art can be moved in a unique method.
Loop One: Done
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Gadgeteer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
Record loops with drones and robots by hand, to build up an efficient automated factory in this physics-based VR game.
House Flipper VR
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Gadgeteer.
Ranked #5 for Gadgeteer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
Virtual makeovers were never more real! Thanks to VR technology, you will be able to single-handedly take care of ruined properties, gaining your clients' appreciation and satisfaction from a job well done! Put on your goggles, take a firm grip on the controllers and become a master of renovation!
Bartender VR Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gadgeteer.
Ranked #6 for Gadgeteer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
Step behind the virtual bar and flair your way to the stars! Enter the exciting world of bartending and master the art of dazzling mixology in VR.
BONEWORKS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Gadgeteer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
Tentacular
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Gadgeteer.
Ranked #8 for Gadgeteer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
Tentacular is a VR game about a gigantic but good-hearted tentacled beast trying to figure out its place in the world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gadgeteer at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Gadgeteer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Gadgeteer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
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 ~47% under Gadgeteer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
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?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Gadgeteer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Gadgeteer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Gadgeteer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Gadgeteer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Gadgeteer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Gadgeteer.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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!
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
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.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Sprout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.
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Frequently asked about Gadgeteer
- How much does Gadgeteer cost?
- Gadgeteer is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Gadgeteer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gadgeteer are Escape the Lab, Handy Machines VR, Builder VR.
- Who developed Gadgeteer?
- Gadgeteer was developed by Metanaut.
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 Gadgeteer.
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