- #1 Starship Commander: Arcade
97% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Human Interact
Windows
Award winning experimental AI experience where you speak directly to NPCs and get intelligent responses. Bust out that Microphone or VR headset for a comfortable yet exciting VR experience, where you'll go on an adventure with SGT. Sarah Pearson
Why similar: Voice Control 72.5% ★, Artificial Intelligence 16.5%, Sci-fi 3.6%, Experimental 3.4%, Adventure 2.5%
- #2 Acolyte
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: SuperstringPub: Pantaloon
Windows
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 33%, Detective 29.2%, Investigation 25.1%, Strategy 5.3%, Simulation 4.7%
- #3 Border Bots VR
96% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: Paw Print Games Ltd.Pub: Team17
Windows
As a human border agent, you begin a new role as a booth operator at an AI travel border. Interact and check over a variety of robots as they try to get through security.
Why similar: Robots 55.1%, Simulation 15%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Indie 7.2%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #4 OBEY
95% matchVery Positive85% of 439 reviews2020
Dev: DezPub: The Lo-Fi Apocalypse, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
OBEY is an asymmetrical multiplayer game. In many games you send commands to teammates or AI units. In OBEY you command your (human) opponents, or are commanded by them. Players are always free to obey/disobey. And everyone deals with the consequences of their own decisions.
Why similar: Robots 48.7%, Strategy 24.8%, Indie 11.8%, Experimental 11.1%, Funny 3.6%
- #5 Speaking Simulator
94% matchVery Positive80% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Affable Games
Windows
The hilarious game about the complexity of conversation. Move your tongue and lips to make your words come out and try not to let your face explode.
Why similar: Robots 51.4%, Simulation 28.1%, Indie 14.8%, Casual 5.8%
- #6 CONSORTIUM Remastered
94% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Interdimensional Games Inc
Windows
You are Consortium Bishop Six, a celebrity peacekeeper in the year 2042. Choose to speak out loud using your own voice to shape relationships and navigate the story. Experience a murder mystery thriller aboard a futuristic aircraft with a narrative twist. Every choice counts.
Why similar: Voice Control 72.7% ★, Investigation 9.7%, Immersive 7.7% ★, Sci-fi 5.1%, Simulation 4.8%
- #7 Acolyte: Prologue
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: SuperstringPub: Superstring
Windows
Acolyte: Prologue is the first act in a dynamic narrative detective/puzzle game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely without pre-defined dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Investigation 33.3%, Artificial Intelligence 32.3%, Experimental 17.6%, Adventure 8%, Detective 5%
- #8 Interrogation Simulator
92% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 45%, RPG 12.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Text-Based 10%, Simulation 9.2%
- #9 Doki Doki AI Interrogation
90% matchVery Positive82% of 508 reviews2024
Dev: YAMADA
Windows · Mac
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 35.1%, Detective 29%, Investigation 17.4%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Adventure 4.8%
- #10 Mars Colony:Challenger
91% matchMixed65% of 119 reviews2014
Dev: HyperKat Games
Windows
Mars Colony: Challenger is a 3D first / third person game that offers you the challenge of setting up a remote base on the surface of Mars. At its core, the game was derived from a simulator where everything is interactively tied together.
Why similar: Simulation 43.2%, RPG 24.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 12.9%
- #11 Uncover the Smoking Gun
89% matchVery Positive95% of 437 reviews2024
Dev: ReLU Games, Inc.
Windows
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Investigation 36.1%, Detective 34.7%, Text-Based 8.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 6.5%
- #12 Whispers from the Star
89% matchVery Positive82% of 1,614 reviews2025
Dev: Anuttacon
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Save a stranded astronaut on a mysterious alien planet through real-time AI conversations, where your words are her only lifeline. Guide her through Gaia's dangers and forge an enduring bond in this interactive story with voice-controlled, open-ended dialogue.
Why similar: Voice Control 67.9% ★, Artificial Intelligence 21.7%, Simulation 2.8%, Sci-fi 2.7%, Adventure 2.4%
- #13 Turlock Holmes
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 954 reviews2024
Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Detective 63.4%, Strategy 12%, Adventure 7.8%, Puzzle 7.7%, Casual 5.9%
- #14 MyRobot
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: sgthale
Windows
MyRobot is a robot sandbox game with optional AI features!
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 39.7%, Robots 18.9%, Simulation 13%, RPG 12.8%, Adventure 10.2%
- #15 Replikant Chat
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Replikant
Windows
Engage with unique AI characters, each with distinct personalities, in immersive 3D environments. Currently in Early Access, a subscription is required for the full experience. Discover a growing roster of educational, entertaining, gaming, narrative, and creative interactions.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 73.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Funny 8.9%
- #16 BatteryNote
85% matchVery Positive99% of 210 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Robots 71.5%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Text-Based 6%
- #17 AI Roguelite
86% matchVery Positive83% of 607 reviews2023
Dev: Max Loh
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
World's first RPG in which all entities are AI-generated and all game mechanics are AI-directed.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 45.7%, Robots 21.4%, RPG 10.8%, Text-Based 10%, Adventure 6.5%
- #18 Nucleares
84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,103 reviews2023
Dev: Iván Marcelo PrettiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Nuclear Reactor Simulator: Take Control. Prevent Disaster. Power the World.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 24.8%, Robots 22.2%, Investigation 19.2%, Experimental 11.5%, Simulation 7%
- #19 Astro Colony
82% matchVery Positive81% of 2,634 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Simulation 28.5%, Strategy 27.4%, Adventure 17.6%, Casual 13.6%, Indie 12.9%
- #20 Midnight Protocol
84% matchVery Positive86% of 448 reviews2021
Dev: LuGus StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
Why similar: Investigation 29.2%, Strategy 18.8%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Experimental 15%, RPG 12.1%
- #21 Penkura
83% matchVery Positive90% of 198 reviews2018
Dev: LionsArt
Windows
Penkura is a sci-fi base-building survival game where you construct a colony from a top-down command system, explore an alien world in first person, and use programmable bots to gather resources, build, repair, and keep your base alive.
Why similar: Robots 58.4%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Strategy 14.8%, Adventure 9%
- #22 Hymer 2000
80% matchVery Positive90% of 1,060 reviews2025
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Hymer 2000 is an interactive text puzzle game, where players freely converse with the "Hymer" and use an open "Search" function to retrieve past conversations. By discovering keywords, gathering clues, and collecting "Faces", players uncover Hymer's secrets and ultimately shut it down.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 43%, Detective 27.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, RPG 9.1%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #23 Therapy Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Jemboy
Windows
Step into the chair of a therapist in Therapy Simulator! Guide your patients through emotional journeys with branching dialogue choices. Balance humor, humanity, and the chaos of therapy!
Why similar: Simulation 45.9%, Funny 20.4%, Casual 20.3%, Indie 13.5%
- #24 Blind Touch
81% matchNo user reviews90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Flygogo Games
Windows
A "Blind" simulator that lets you experience a new perspective and immersive sensory journey. Step into a world of darkness using your guide cane.
Why similar: Experimental 39.3%, Simulation 24.5%, Indie 12.2%, Casual 8.2%, Adventure 8%
- #25 Cryptmaster
79% matchVery Positive93% of 2,251 reviews2024
Dev: Paul HartPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Can you conquer the crypt and uncover the mystery at the heart of CRYPTMASTER?
Why similar: RPG 66.7%, Funny 33.3%
- #26 Trackless
82% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2017
Dev: 12 East Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trackless is an atmospheric first-person exploration and puzzle game set in the distant future. Trackless uses text input that allows you to interact with characters and objects. Using your in-game phone will help you find clues and give you special abilities.
Why similar: Adventure 24.6%, Casual 19.8%, Experimental 17.2%, Indie 16.7%, Text-Based 13%
- #27 Buddy Simulator 1984
79% matchVery Positive93% of 4,268 reviews2021
Dev: Not a Sailor Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
Why similar: RPG 22.2%, Simulation 20.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Indie 15.1%, Adventure 12.7%
- #28 Adaptory
77% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Simulation 44.9%, Sci-fi 34.6%, Indie 20.5%
- #29 Icaria
76% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
Windows
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.
Why similar: Robots 62.1%, Simulation 17.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Strategy 10%
- #30 Vaudeville
77% matchMixed52% of 325 reviews2025
Dev: Bumblebee Studios
Windows · Linux
Vaudeville is an experimental whodunit game based on the latest AI technologies to generate dialogues in real time. This tale of murder, suspense and absurdity unfolds as you play, and you are the protagonist.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 33.3%, Detective 30.2%, Investigation 23.3%, Experimental 13.2%
- #31 Microtopia
75% matchVery Positive87% of 943 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Robots 65.6%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 9.4%
- #32 Autonauts
76% matchVery Positive90% of 4,938 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Robots 33%, Simulation 28.6%, Casual 14.7%, Indie 13.9%, Strategy 9.8%
- #33 There Came an Echo
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 383 reviews2015
Dev: Iridium Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
There Came an Echo is a real-time strategy game in which the player assumes command of a small squadron, using an advanced voice recognition system to issue orders. It features a character-driven sci-fi narrative that stars Wil Wheaton, Ashly Burch, Laura Bailey, Yuri Lowenthal, and more!
Why similar: Voice Control 75.4% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Indie 4.7%
- #34 Idle Colony
74% matchVery Positive82% of 569 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Simulation 22.9%, Casual 22.4%, Funny 13.4%, Indie 8.2%
- #35 Space Control
74% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: MoonMonster Studios
Windows
You've been abducted by an intergalactic megacorporation, Glorpo Inc! Work off your debt with your alien crew - abduct new recruits, take care of alien babies and cook up some questionable space snacks!
Why similar: Simulation 29.7%, Adventure 21.6%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Casual 13.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #36 Subsurface Circular
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,932 reviews2017
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Robots 27.5%, Detective 26.5%, Investigation 24.8%, Text-Based 6.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #37 Escape Machines
78% matchMixed41% of 690 reviews2015
Dev: Mint Age StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Escape Machines is an addictive Science Fiction single/multi-player/co-op adventure shooter in the near future! Artificial intellect and robots fight against their creators. You must take control of the robots and save people.
Why similar: Robots 38.4%, Strategy 17.2%, RPG 15.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 9.1%
- #38 Justice.exe
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Late Game ClutchPub: Gameclaw Studio
Windows · Mac
Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.
Why similar: Detective 58.5%, Simulation 15.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 8.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #39 Manufactoria 2022
73% matchVery Positive96% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: PleasingFungus Games
Windows · Mac
Manufactoria 2022 is a constructive puzzle game about pushing robots around. (It's okay, they don't complain.) Use simple parts to engineer solutions to open-ended problems, then rebuild 'em better! Take a company from your backyard to the soaring heights of success! How hard could it be?
Why similar: Robots 66%, Simulation 12.3%, Puzzle 7.6%, Funny 7.2%, Indie 6.9%
- #40 Rebots
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: FlatPoniesPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Robots 77.3%, Simulation 15.5%, Adventure 7.2%
- #41 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
71% matchVery Positive94% of 255 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Investigation 38.9%, Detective 30%, Experimental 13.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Adventure 6.1%
- #42 Beyond the Breach
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: rubickanov
Windows
Discover a world overrun with robots, and play as a defective bot who tries to find a way to flee the facility. Find others who are the same kind, free them, and escape the laboratory!
Why similar: Robots 55.2%, RPG 23.3%, Puzzle 9%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 5.2%
- #43 TOBOR
70% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Detective 39%, Investigation 35.7%, Text-Based 10.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Adventure 6.5%
- #44 Microtopia: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Robots 60.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Strategy 15.5%, Indie 8.2%
- #45 Durka Simulator
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,713 reviews2023
Dev: Crucial ExperimentPub: Unknown Softwares Lab
Windows · Linux
A visual novel set in a universe where the orderlies are trying to take over our planet.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Adventure 22%, Simulation 19.8%, Indie 16.8%, Funny 14.1%
- #46 CaseCracker3
67% matchVery Positive88% of 371 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Detective 53.1%, Text-Based 11.3%, RPG 10.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Adventure 7.8%
- #47 AColony
70% matchVery Positive89% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Strategy 55.7%, Simulation 44.3%
- #48 Profession investigator
70% matchVery Positive99% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: Indie-Geek
Windows · Mac
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Why similar: Detective 41.3%, Investigation 16.1%, Simulation 15.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Text-Based 7.1%
- #49 Xemo® : Robot Simulation
73% matchMostly Negative37% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Xemory LLC
Windows · Mac
Xemo is a physics-based simulation of a humanoid robot. Highly detailed graphics and a refined user interface allow you to quickly create new robot motions such as crouching, crawling, jumping, rolling, walking and climbing. Combine motions in a sequence to solve the game's obstacle courses.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #50 Kairobotica
69% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Vanquish villains and lead the Kairobot Corps to glory in this spacefaring saga!
Why similar: Robots 28.6%, RPG 22.2%, Simulation 19.7%, Strategy 17%, Casual 11.3%
- #51 Word Game
66% matchVery Positive93% of 6,362 reviews2022
Dev: Team9
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Strategy 33.9%, RPG 33.9%, Puzzle 17.7%, Adventure 14.6%
- #52 HACK_IT
72% matchMostly Negative25% of 145 reviews2016
Dev: Dan_D
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
HACK_IT presents players with a fully immersive hacking experience, you’ll meet characters and find out things you never imagined. Including interactive apps that will give you the power to shutdown servers and retrieve passwords.
Why similar: Simulation 22.2%, Adventure 16.7%, RPG 16.2%, Strategy 14%, Casual 13.4%
- #53 One Hand Clapping
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,100 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Dream GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
One Hand Clapping is a vocal 2D platformer. Solve puzzles, by singing or humming into your microphone, and find confidence in the power of your voice as it changes the world around you.
Why similar: Voice Control 83.3% ★, Adventure 6.1%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 4.2%, Puzzle 2%
- #54 Roboplant
68% matchMixed66% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Rebelpug
Windows · Linux
In a future not too far away, humans are finally able to harvest food on alien planets. Embark on a new journey with your team of robots called Beebop 179. Build and manage a hydroponic farm, grow delicious plants and survive the mysterious challenges of outer space.
Why similar: Simulation 41.2%, Sci-fi 27.4%, Funny 15.9%, Indie 15.4%
- #55 Cogmind
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,970 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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.
Why similar: Robots 50.4%, Immersive 18.2% ★, Sci-fi 11.5%, Strategy 10.7%, RPG 9.2%
- #56 Lab Rat
64% matchVery Positive98% of 361 reviews2025
Dev: Chump SquadPub: Klei Publishing
Windows
A metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles in this delightfully satirical adventure.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 40%, Robots 22.3%, Sci-fi 15%, Puzzle 8%, Funny 7.1%
- #57 Conversation With A Rock
66% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Have a conversation with a rock in this comedic piece of interactive fiction.
Why similar: RPG 34.3%, Funny 20.7%, Simulation 20.6%, Casual 12.4%, Indie 12.1%
- #58 Algo Bot
67% matchVery Positive82% of 188 reviews2018
Dev: Fishing CactusPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.
Why similar: Robots 55.2%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Indie 14.4%, Puzzle 10.9%