Games like Adrift in the Blue

Vaarn! I curse each letter of the name.  I curse the blue sand that infiltrates every pore of my body, the creeping sand, which each night swallows a little more of the final camp we have erected upon the face of this pitiless azure desolation. I curse the red sun that rises each morning to scorch the skin from our scalps; that great and gory globe, which the sages tell us is dying, yet seems to m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VAULTS OF VAARN #3.

The sun is dying and the wreckage of countless eons litters the parched wastes of Vaarn, the desolate country that common folk call the blue ruin. It is said that these sky-coloured sands hide the graves of the Autarchs; have swallowed the buried arcologies in which the true seed of humankind was preserved through the Great Collapse; conceal forgotten crypts of memory, decaying crystalline lattice… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VAULTS OF VAARN #1.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

64% User Score Based on 100 reviews

"This is the Gunjo Broadcasting Club. Is there anyone left out there?” CROSS†CHANNEL is now available to the whole world for the first time ever. Eight students relive an eternally looping week as tensions rise. Can they mend their broken friendships, or are they too far gone to salvage...? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cross Channel.

STARPHAGE takes the outbreak strategy of Plague-like games beyond planet earth and into an entire galaxy. Begin with one colonized star, shape a galactic pathogen through evolution, and turn isolated stellar outbreaks into a galactic extinction event before the galaxy can mount a response. In an age where life claims the stars, two forces compete for the galaxy.INTELLIGENCE - born of cooper… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STARPHAGE: Galactic Plague Simulator.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

82% User Score Based on 88 reviews

A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The List.

Battlefield with Many Enemies and Allies. Your soldiers will fight or retreat in battle using their own discretion. You watch over the actions of your troops and can either move characters that are in danger to safety or send a strong character to help defeat enemies and lead your army to victory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FirstQueen1 NEXT.

Recipe on Kmiydish Paper is a one-player game about delicious food and the communities who prepare it. We’ve all been told that some recipes have been handed down through generations, or kept in restaurant safes for decades, or are only known and cooked by mysterious figures. These recipes, and the food they create, are well-loved historical relics, mirroring a region’s geography, politics, and pe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Recipe on Kmiydish Paper.

This game is a course project that we're excited to launch and experiment with in the Steam world. We're telling a story with great enthusiasm and hope that it reaches many people who can appreciate the world in which it unfolds. The game is based in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a pandemic called Lavender, which infects simply by breathing it. The story takes place two years after the pande… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blooming Ashes.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:character development

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

87% User Score Based on 71 reviews

GET NEWEST VERSION About the Softwarearticy:draft is a visual environment for the creation and organization of game content. It unites specialized editors for many areas of content design in one coherent tool. All content can be exported into various formats, including XML and Microsoft Office. Things you can do with articy:draft Non-linear story design Branching conversations Screenplays wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to articy:draft.

Inspired by games like Daggerfall, AI Dungeon, and Dwarf Fortress, this project aims to blend emergent storytelling, open-ended gameplay, and richly simulated worlds. It offers an innovative RPG system, allowing you to forge any character, from wandering poet to hardened warrior. Every choice carves your path through a rich and dense world, procedurally generated with deep lore and endless possibi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jellyfish Egg.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

97% User Score Based on 60 reviews

A strange and deadly pollen is spreading around the world, and you’ve been hired to track down its source. But the secrets you discover in the fabled kingdom of Floralia are much darker than you imagined... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Parables: Ballad of Rapunzel Collector's Edition.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

(This game is also available on Steam) Running on Empty is a minimal yet deep post-apocalyptic role-playing game with resource management mechanics (in 64x64 retro pixel graphics!)Your sole mission is to retrieve the package from the place far away.Go through the cruel world.Run between settlements, help residents, deal with raiders to complete the mission. Features Managing your resources to s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Running on Empty.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

83% User Score Based on 81 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 4 reviews

A-Train, the classic urban development simulation game that allows you to create the city of your dreams, is now available on the Nintendo Switch! Become the president of your very own railroad company, laying tracks and running your trains as you see fit. However, you will be responsible for more than the railroad. You'll also be tasked with managing subsidiaries, playing the stock market, and pa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A-Train All Aboard! Tourism.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

75% User Score Based on 314 reviews

Critic Score 58%Based on 23 reviews

In the shadow of a massive earthquake, you must brave a destroyed city where your choices will determine who survives. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

98% User Score Based on 96 reviews

You have crash-landed on Notrium. Your food supplies are running low, and a pack of predatory aliens have your scent. You're out of bullets for your pistol, your only weapon a handful of rocks. A freezing night is setting in, and you are desperately looking for firewood. Can you survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Notrium.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

91% User Score Based on 578 reviews

Critic Score 51%Based on 2 reviews

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Understand.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

95% User Score Based on 130 reviews

A visual novel with multiple endings set in a fantasy world. "Enigma is a mystery visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ENIGMA:.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

62% User Score Based on 97 reviews

An Interactive graphic novel and a Kinetic Graphic novel to enjoy, Set within a cyber punk dystopian future. With full professional voice acting for every line and steam achievements. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echo Tokyo: Intro.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

91% User Score Based on 34 reviews

A forest is a family and families have secrets. Talk to the trees, solve detective-style puzzles and make your way to the heart of a dying forest and experience a story of tragedy and hope. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Senna and the Forest.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

70% User Score Based on 200 reviews

Talisman: The Horus Heresy is a digital board game based on the Talisman rule system and set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, during the cataclysmic events of the Horus Heresy. Up to four players will be able to take control of one or more of the galaxy's greatest heroes or most notorious villains. Taking the side of either traitor or loyalist, these Warlords will form vast companies of Space Mar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Talisman: The Horus Heresy.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

98% User Score Based on 55 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 2 reviews

The Last Birdling explores Bimonia and Tayo's struggle to remain friends against all odds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Birdling.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

49% User Score Based on 35 reviews

Zombie Strike is a strategy RPG with AFK gameplay and various elements. Survivors can recruit heroes, transform zombies, build a mighty team to defend their home! This game has high intelligence AI automatic play. Let's say goodbye to manual operation, free your hands! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Strike.

Challenge yourself in this 3rd-person TD game by rushing waves to get huge rewards and optimizing your cash production. Or enjoy casually powering up your towers and growing your small person into the largest in the world! FEATURES 30+ endless levels with tutorials Mazing levels, sandbox mode, and leaderboards 5 different characters 6 unique weapons 6 towers with power ups 20+ enem… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Small People Defense.

About the Game Black Skies is a grounded, narrative survival experience set in the frozen aftermath of a global collapse. You play John Walker, a ranger isolated in the Wyoming wilderness when the world went dark. No signal. No rescue. Only the cold, the wind, and your own thoughts for company. What begins as a search for warmth and safety becomes a slow realization that something deeper … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Skies.

On the table before you sits a set of books containing magic worlds and cryptic secrets. Open a book, explore its pages, and enter into varied landscapes of procedurally generated terrain and resources. Pay careful attention to the hints that litter the pages. Unlocking their meaning is the key to mastering the game. Each world is a randomized puzzle. Learn optimized building arrangements,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Weeks Till Winter.

BUILD YOUR OWN GALAXY! The Galaxy Builder Decks Series Galaxy Builder Decks are a series of system-neutral cards for worldbuilders and GMs to quickly create scifi settings and cultures right on your table. Pair Planet Trait cards with Planet cards for making planetary locations and encounters. Each deck is designed to work with others in the series to help fully flesh out your galaxy. I creat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galaxy Builder Decks: Planet Traits.

Climb, Smash, and Shatter your way to the top! The Sky Climber is a very fun and simple game where you have to reach the top by wrecking and exploding anything in your way! Warning: avoid falling to the bottom of the construction site! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colosio Run.

Polity Painter: Your World, Your Canvas Ever dreamed of shaping continents and forging empires with the stroke of a brush? Dive into Polity Painter, a unique sandbox experience where you become the cartographer of your own history! Choose from a diverse selection of world maps – from historical regions like  Japan, and the British Isles to entire continents like Asia, Europe, Africa, and the A… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Polity Painter.

A fresh twist on the familiar block stacking formula where every piece sticks immediately on contact! Master the challenge of arranging tetrominos and strategically growing vines to fill gaps as the pace grows increasingly frantic in this sticky, nature-themed puzzler. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stick and Stack.

In A Song in Elyel Nalore, you'll step into the shoes of a skilled protagonist who takes on a simple guild job that turns into a dangerous quest to uncover dark secrets.  This Metroidvania-style action adventure combines intense platforming, dynamic combat, and immersive world-building to create an unforgettable journey.  Key Features: Exploration & Discovery: Dive into a vast, beautifu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Song in Elyel Nalore.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Magical RPG in a rich colorful world, with tactical battles and an immersive story If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales of Nebezem RPG: Red Peril.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

96% User Score Based on 25 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 2 reviews

A fully remastered 70s-style super robot anime meets fast-paced arcade-style 2D side-scrolling shooter action. A Japanese cult classic finally available worldwide — now reborn in HD. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X.

A free version of TWILIGHT of BRONZE is currently available on Itch.io. If you’d like to try the game before purchasing, you can download it there. Purchasing the game grants access to future updates and versions that may not be available in the free release. TWILIGHT of BRONZE is a turn-based roguelike set at the height — and twilight — of the Bronze Age. The great empires of Egypt, Hatti, M… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twilight of Bronze.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:stability, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, graphics

84% User Score Based on 1,451 reviews

Solunar Fishing Times by Fishingreminder.com If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fishing Times.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development

79% User Score Based on 133 reviews

Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead In Antares.

A dark text-based RPG in which the world is consumed by an eternal race for survival. An inexorable mushroom forest corrupted all life on planet. And you are a prophet's disciple leading your clan to survival... or oblivion. Interpret misty visions, make important choices, do everything to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before They Catch Us.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

95% User Score Based on 75 reviews

Play as Shido and unravel the secrets of the mysterious spirit Ren in the visual novel follow-up to Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation, based on the acclaimed light novel and anime series. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Date A Live: Ren Dystopia.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 61 reviews

"It was a human." is a short SF psychedelic interrogation adventure game that focuses on the interrogation of a suspect in a dismemberment murder case. The game's setting begins with a murder that occurred in a hotel in Kase City, Saga Prefecture. When the police arrived, they discovered the bodies of two unidentified men. The cause of death for each was presumed to be traumatic shock d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It was a human..

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

82% User Score Based on 38 reviews

Do the bidding of your loving mechanical Mother and playfully climb, jump, and platform through a physical world full of emergent surprises. Our groundbreaking procedural generation sets a new standard, merging handcrafted design with limitless variety. Every run offers new challenges and discoveries waiting to be explored. The Mother Machine base game includes the Ashen Spores cave type, the full… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mother Machine.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

79% User Score Based on 472 reviews

An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synergy.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

76% User Score Based on 124 reviews

Critic Score 62%Based on 4 reviews

Reaching for Petals is a poetic adventure about love, loss, and ambition. You will travel to the peak of the ever-reaching mountain to uncover the true nature of your mysterious and seemingly unguided journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reaching for Petals.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 1,997 reviews

Terraformers is a 3X game with roguelite elements in which you terraform Mars. Explore the planet’s wonders, exploit its resources and expand by settling new cities. Start the terraforming... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terraformers.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

83% User Score Based on 106 reviews

Short Circuit VR is an electronics lab simulator in Virtual Reality. You can build your own electronic circuits with the components provided, learn basic electronics by completing challenges and just have fun while experimenting and making awesome projects! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Short Circuit VR.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

100% User Score Based on 34 reviews

Player One and Player Two try to stay atop the colourful, wibbly wobbly cloud, while mysterious and powerful items fall from the sky. A procedurally generated experience like no other! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cloudrift.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

97% User Score Based on 66 reviews

As a strange being from beneath the ocean, discover the beauty of the surface world. What relationship will you have with the humans? Can you survive? Will they? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Majesty of Colors.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

97% User Score Based on 814 reviews

Critic Score 92%Based on 1 reviews

Golden Treasure is a game for those who carry dragons in their hearts. Hunt, explore, survive, and become Great among the True Children of Sun and Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Golden Treasure: The Great Green.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

63% User Score Based on 528 reviews

Time is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TIMEframe.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

91% User Score Based on 350 reviews

"—I wanna marry you." Those simple words set in motion a ♀ yuri ♀ game of cat and mouse! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OshiRabu: Waifus Over Husbandos.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

67% User Score Based on 184 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

Construct the city of the 21st century with City Life! City Life 2008 is an expanded game for the next-generation city builder City Life. Its 3D game engine provides a level of detail and animation unprecedented in the city builder genre, with total freedom of construction. From superb villas in residential neighborhoods to imposing skyscrapers in the financial district, design, construct and deve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Life 2008.