Games like Neon Noodles
If Neon Noodles is your kind of game, the closest matches are ChipWits, The Signal State and ABI-DOS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, 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 →About Neon Noodles: In a future where food is the ultimate symbol of status, you are a recipe programming technician for a ruthless aristocracy. Create, test and optimize your culinary machines in this deliciously dark zach-like!
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Steam players who put hours into Neon Noodles 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.
ChipWits
WHY THIS
Shares conditional logic and a contemplative mood with Neon Noodles.
Top pick for Neon Noodles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
Program a robot to solve logic puzzles in ChipWits, an open-ended programming game for beginners and experts alike! Inspired by the 1980s original, ChipWits combines the best of puzzle games, automation, and programming to introduce a new generation of players to a classic gaming experience.
The Signal State
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Neon Noodles.
Second-strongest match for Neon Noodles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Neon Noodles.
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
ABI-DOS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Neon Noodles.
Third-strongest match for Neon Noodles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
Block Line Engineer
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Neon Noodles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
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.
EXAPUNKS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Neon Noodles.
Ranked #5 for Neon Noodles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
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.
World of Contraptions
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Neon Noodles.
Ranked #7 for Neon Noodles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
World of Contraptions is a physics-based building game in which you build the most varied contraptions to solve the most diverse types of puzzles. Win dozens of levels with different types of obstacles. Design the best contraption for each challenge using a giant collection of blocks.
Virtual Circuit Board
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Neon Noodles.
Ranked #8 for Neon Noodles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Neon Noodles.
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
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Opus Magnum
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Neon Noodles.
Reviewers of Neon Noodles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
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!
Infinifactory
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Neon Noodles.
Reviewers of Neon Noodles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
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.
Factorio
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Neon Noodles.
Reviewers of Neon Noodles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
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.
Last Call BBS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Neon Noodles.
Reviewers of Neon Noodles cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Neon Noodles at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Neon Noodles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
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 Neon Noodles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Noodles.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Neon Noodles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Neon Noodles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Noodles.
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 Neon Noodles on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Neon Noodles.
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 Neon Noodles on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Neon Noodles.
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 Neon Noodles.
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 Neon Noodles.
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 Neon Noodles.
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 Neon Noodles.
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 Neon Noodles.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Neon Noodles.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Neon Noodles
- How much does Neon Noodles cost?
- Neon Noodles is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Neon Noodles?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Neon Noodles are ChipWits, The Signal State, ABI-DOS.
- Who developed Neon Noodles?
- Neon Noodles was developed by Vivid Helix.
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