Girls Like Robots similar games & best alternatives

Girls Like Robots

Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Wii U, iOS • 2014

Should you play it?

Their faces are the playing pieces. The rules are their emotions!Ridiculously charming puzzles, wrapped around an epic tale of love and danger, topped off with an authentic old-time stringband soundtrack!The goal is to put every one next to their friends.But you can't please everybody all the time.

What works
  • Quirky and humorous story
  • Charming art style and music
  • Progressive puzzle complexity
  • Varied gameplay mechanics
  • Good value especially on sale
Things to keep in mind
  • Repetitive music
  • Some puzzles rely on trial and error
  • Last achievements can be tedious
  • Short overall length
  • Some players find puzzles frustrating

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Zenge

  • Strange Jigsaws

  • Khimera: Puzzle Island

  • Fatum Betula

  • Lowglow

  • Cat on a Diet

  • Mimpi Dreams

  • Mimpi

  • Nihilumbra
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Khimera: Puzzle Island

  • Fatum Betula

  • Lowglow
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Autonomy

    RUSH
  • Experimenting

    Snapshot
  • Competence

    The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Girls Like Robots: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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