Machinarium similar games & best alternatives

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Machinarium

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2009

Should you play it?

Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

What works

  • Beautiful hand-drawn art style
  • Engaging and clever puzzles
  • Immersive steampunk atmosphere
  • Emotional and charming story
  • Excellent soundtrack and sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles can be obtuse or frustrating
  • Short game length
  • Limited player expression and customization
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some control and interaction quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Deponia

  • realMyst: Masterpiece Edition

  • Obduction

  • The Inner World

  • Through Abandoned: The Forest

  • The Whispered World Special Edition

More thrilling

Games that feels like Machinarium but with more suspense and thrill

  • True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

  • Children of Silentown

  • Foolish Mortals

  • Submachine: Legacy

  • The Secret Order 2: Masked Intent

  • TSIOQUE

More expressive

Games that feels like Machinarium but with more self-expression and customization

  • TOHU

  • My Brother Rabbit

  • Creaks

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • Quern - Undying Thoughts

  • Samorost 3

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Samorost 2

  • Phonopolis

  • Creaks

  • Samorost 3

  • Pilgrims

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Machinarium. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Machinarium. These titles are not in What to play next.

Machinarium: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026