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Games like Crazy Machines VR

Below are 27 hand-picked alternatives to Crazy Machines VR for fans of indie, simulation, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Crazy Machines VR also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Fakt Software. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

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About Crazy Machines VR: With Crazy Machines VR the award winning puzzle game classic enters the Virtual Reality! Complete many crazy chain reactions and experience a rousing adventure surrounding the odd Clumsycorns! Or just mess around in the ingenious new interactive toy rooms.

2018IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDWindowsby Fakt Software
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Crazy Machines VR

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Stanley Parable

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Crazy Machines VR.

    Reviewers of Crazy Machines VR cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Crazy Machines VR.

    The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Modbox

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines VR.

    Reviewers of Crazy Machines VR cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Crazy Machines 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Crazy Machines VR.

    Reviewers of Crazy Machines VR cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Fantastic Contraption

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines VR.

    Reviewers of Crazy Machines VR cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crazy Machines VR at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Crazy Machines VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crazy Machines VR.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Crazy Machines VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crazy Machines VR on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 ↗
  2. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Aircar

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

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

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. One-armed cook

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    One-armed cook is a chaotic co-op cooking game for up to 4 people. Work as a team or cook on your own, set your own pace, and don't let the stress of a full restaurant catch up to you. The goofy physics-based aspect of the game gives this cooking game a new twist.

    2022SimulationFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Learn to Fly 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crazy Machines VR.

    Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Viridi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    Nurture a small pot of succulents that grow in real time. Viridi is a safe haven, a place you can return to for a moment of peace and quiet whenever you need it.

    2015IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Rock Life: The Rock Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    Built from the ground up, Rock Life is the next generation of immersion and simulations. Live, do, and experience what it is like to truly become one with nature... as a rock!

    2022IndieSimulationCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Fakt Software

Other recommendable Steam games by Fakt Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Crazy Machines 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Crazy Machines VR.

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines VR. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines VR.

    Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Crazy Machines 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines VR.

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines VR. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Crazy Machines

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines VR.

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines VR. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Crazy Machines 1.5

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines VR. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Crazy Machines 1.5

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines VR. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crazy Machines 1.5

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines VR. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crazy Machines Elements

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Crazy Machines VR.

    Another title from Fakt Software, the studio behind Crazy Machines VR. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines VR.

    GET YOUR BRAIN BUZZING with each new challenge in the latest installment of the multi award-winning wacky contraption series - CRAZY MACHINES ELEMENTS. Play with Fire, harness the power of water and control the wind to set off the most insanely creative chain reactions!

    2012StrategyCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Crazy Machines VR

How much does Crazy Machines VR cost?
Crazy Machines VR is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Who developed Crazy Machines VR?
Crazy Machines VR was developed by Fakt Software and published by Wild River Games.

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