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Machinarium is awesome no doubt about it...Ive pre ordered and cant wait to play the whole thing.
So I started looking for games similar to this masterpiece to tide me over until release date.
I found a few gems that I think are comparative in style and game play.
Listed in chronological order of when I discovered and played them:

Shift 2-different but good in a somber way
Little Wheel- Very short but entertaining
Alchemia-Longer than Little Wheel and has the feel of samorost and machinarium, very enjoyable
Haluz-Made by same people that made Alchemia (springtail studio)
Haluz 2-see above

These games are all free to play, and I hope its okay that I'm posting other (free)  games in the machinarium forum. :)
Please comment on other point and click gems you have found.
Also SpringTail Studio List Amanita Design On their website as a fellow indie designer.

Since Im currently stuck on a puzzle in Machinarium, I'm googling these games you suggested. Just passed a few minutes with Shift 2...nice puzzler-really makes your mind grind!! Now Im going to try Little Wheel...thanks for posting about these!!!

Played Little Wheel and Alchemia liked them both real well!!!!Now off to play Haluz...

I bought Machinarium specifically because it reminded me of The Neverhood, one of my all time favorite games. It too was a series of puzzles in a beautifully created world, but it was done entirely with claymation. Its old now (I think circa 1996) and I don't know if it would even run on a modern OS (it was "Designed for Windows 95"). Also like Machinarium it had an incredible soundtrack - very organic and a perfect fit for the game - but it was more vocal than Machinarium's synthesized sounds.

Neverhood happens to be one of JD's faves also (http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=332.msg2401#msg2401).   ;)

thanxxxxxxxxxxxxx  very sweet gamess

http://pixelate.de/games/the-black-forest/episode/3

The black forest is very short, but fun game...different mechanics each time, graphics and sound are great...different but great...just don't buy into the "emotionalism" of it ha ha. had fun playing through the first three episodes.

The black forest is great :) 1st and 4th are my favourites.

I toke a tray but how do ik plat wehn I go to the left out of the screen??
I dont see were I go

Greeds Fred

I'm not sure where this happens...
On the first one you can only leave the screen at the bottom, and on the fourth you can only go right.

Haha, level 4 is so cute if you get them to meet :)

can i have the site of those game?

Hope I get these right.

Shift 2 (http://armorgames.com/play/964/shift-2)
Little Wheel (http://www.fastgames.com/littlewheel.html)
Alchemia (http://www.alchemiagame.com)
Haluz (http://www.haluz.eu)
Haluz 2 (http://www.haluz2.net)
The Black Forest (http://pixelate.de/games/the-black-forest)

The Neverhood is a mid-90's PC game, and I couldn't find anywhere to play it online.

I'm not sure that this is like Machinarium, but it is very atmospheric: Closure (http://www.closuregame.com/closure.php)

Thanks for all these great game suggestions  ;)

Alchemia looks beautiful, and I am off to try Closure now. Only thing is, I'm never going to get ANY work done now!

If you are into atmospheric games I'd like to give a shout-out to Knytt. Not a puzzle game, but a very minimalistic platform-adventure, full of feeling. http://nifflas.ni2.se/ (http://nifflas.ni2.se/)

A collaboration between Amanita and Nifflas would be a dream come true. :)

The Blue Beanie is also fine  :)

http://jayisgames.com/games/the-blue-beanie/

And do you know http://www.wogger.de/

It's not out yet, but The Tiny Big Bang Story looks quite a bit like Samorost without being a clone.
http://www.colibrigames.com/

If you check my HTML Menu wich can be found below...

http://machinarium.net/forum/index.php/topic,1178.0.html

...you'll also find cool games. Some links are sites with games so there are a lot. Amanita Design is included too.

This post is non-self-promotion post. I just wanted to show you other games like Machinarium. :)

Hope you'll like them all! ;)
RainingTip

I think "DayMare town" (http://www.pastelportal.com/stories/game.php?id=dmt1) by Mateusz Skutnik is also a cool game.

you can try bamba snack quest 1&2

http://bamba.co.il/quest (http://bamba.co.il/quest)
http://bamba.co.il/quest2 (http://bamba.co.il/quest2)

they are point and click game with cute graphic (sometimes very hard)

Thanks for all the great leads! You made a night in very interesting.

Dear Mr. Baboon.
Stop eating BAMBA! XD
And start eat Doritos!

Here are some games that you should try if you like Machinarium:

Braid (it's a must!)
World of Goo
Governer of Poker 2 (for the poker fans)
Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of Spooky Manor
Mortimer Beckett and the Time Paradox

I hope you like them :]

Oh, I almost forgot - the TellTale's version of Monkey Island, it's more than amazing!

Gomo by Fishcow Studios looks Amanitaish: http://www.fishcowstudio.com/games

And it's made by Slovakians, so it's geographically close too!
(Fun Fact - I manage to have trouble not saying "Czechoslovakia" even though it probably dissolved before I knew it existed. Moral: Don't trust maps that are older than you.)

These are much simpler than Machinarium and Samarost, but inspired by the art, music and gameplay I created two games!

Music, art and jquery by ME :)

My hope is to create something more tangible in the future. Please let me know what you think!

SwordAndSource
http://kolbaba.com/uploads/projects/sas/ (http://kolbaba.com/uploads/projects/sas/)

oolo
http://www.kolbaba.com/games/oolo/ (http://www.kolbaba.com/games/oolo/)

Have you seen Lilly Looking Through?

Started a Greenlight the other day; this link will take you to Greenlight (to vote "yes," please!) and a new trailer and a demo!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=165484187

Yes, indeed.  Here is the discussion topic: http://forum.amanita-design.net/index.php?topic=3904.msg11598.html

i have just ordered  machinarium and waiting badly for this game.

And about games you listed i played shift 2 and i love it.

Maybe you could like Hero of Many which is more like Botanicula but different genre.

Another game that crossed my mind is Hamlet or Mimpi.

If you like point and click type games similar to Machinarium, I highly recommend The Tales of Monkey Island games. Very funny and good puzzle solving.

All of these Machinarium like games look amazing, time to start at the top and work my way through, hat off to everyone with suggestions! There is also a decent list here, that I've already played for: http://gameslikefinder.com/games-like-machinarium/ It might be useful for others though.

Maybe this one? - Varenje (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=615074756)

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Hi, I just released my short puzzle/adventure about lonely fruits&veggies with emotional problems. A lot of people say that it reminds them of Amanita's work, which was also my main inspiration. It's quite different too, however... It's my first game. I hope someone will appreciate it:)
It's free, web game. Check it out:
https://holypangolin.itch.io/karambola

fb: https://www.facebook.com/karambolagame/

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anyone tried superhot?
undertale?
they are great.

SUPERHOT looks really good. I'll pick it up at some point.

Played Undertale for a couple of hours. I didn't really see the appeal. :/

undertale has an insane twist at some point.
you probably didn't get to that point.

I hear a lot about Undertale, and a huge part of the internet seems crazy about
the game, didn't play it yet.

Deponia is a neat adventure point-and click.

https://kapitanmakk.blog/2018/02/15/trailer/

Kapitán Makk (Captain Makk), an upcoming stopmotion adventure game developed by Czech students and seems similar to Amanita Games (primarily to Samorost).

Story: Captain Makk lives in unknown universe. To deliver a mail takes really long time there, so when he finally recieves the answer from his love that she wants him to come, he is old and his rocket as well. He has to repair the rocket and on other planets make right decisions, so the date will be successfull. Is captain going to make it? Will captain be accepted by his love? All it’s up to the player.