Games like The Eternal Cylinder

90% positive from 1,235 reviewsReleased 2022Steam Deck Unsupported

What it is

Survival game with creature adaptation and evolution. Explore a dangerous alien world threatened by a giant rolling cylinder.

What players liked

Players praise its unique, fever-dream-like art direction, creature designs, and soundscape, offering a special action-adventure experience focused on movement and puzzles.

The catch

Billed as open world but it plays as a linear, repetitive trudge between areas.

Why it is here

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 90% positive, but with 1,235 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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Six games like The Eternal Cylinder

Outcast - A New Beginning

79% positive from 1,677 reviews202417% finish itDeck Playable

This is a non-linear open-world action-adventure game where you use a jetpack and customizable weapons to save an alien planet. It features exploration, combat, and a story focused on freeing an alien culture.

What players likedPlayers praise its fun, upgraded jetpack traversal and RPG shooter combat, typical of modern open-world games with collectibles and challenges.

Both are tagged Open World and Action.

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YAR: Forgotten Throne

90% positive from 1,325 reviews20263% finish itDeck Playable

Open-world RPG with class choice and questing. Explore Borea, craft items, and fight darkness across diverse biomes.

What players likedPlayers praise this wanky, weird, and loving game for its fun despite some translation issues.

The catchThe English translation is patchy or missing, making quests and menus hard to follow.

Both are tagged Narration, Open World and Action.

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Curious Expedition 2

89% positive from 4,114 reviews202110% finish itDeck Verified

Turn-based narrative roguelike about managing resources and party sanity on procedurally generated islands. Explore, survive, and compete for glory in a dice-based adventure.

What players likedThis procedurally generated tropical island exploration game with enjoyable dice-based combat is great on Steam Deck.

The catchA slower, more bloated sequel that strips out much of what made the first work.

Both are tagged Exploration and Adventure.

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Fractal Block World

98% positive from 1,443 reviews2021Deck Playable

Fractal Block World is a surreal exploration game with size-shifting mechanics. Players fly through procedurally generated worlds, battling monsters and collecting treasure to rescue a friend.

What players likedPlayers praise its unique fractal exploration and deep lore, akin to an absurdist, esoteric puzzle-solving action RPG.

The catchThe art and sound design are crude enough to undercut a genuinely unique concept.

Both are tagged Surreal, Open World and Exploration.

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Hyperbolica

83% positive from 1,317 reviews202225% finish itDeck Verified

A first-person exploration game featuring non-Euclidean geometry puzzles and traversal. It offers a surreal experience with mind-bending spatial mechanics.

What players likedPlayers praise its unique exploration of hyperbolic geometry, unlike anything seen in other games.

The catchGameplay rarely uses the non-Euclidean geometry meaningfully

Both are tagged Surreal, Open World and Exploration.

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A Juggler's Tale

92% positive from 2,213 reviews202151% finish itDeck Verified

A 2D puzzle-platformer where players use puppet strings to navigate obstacles in a grim fairytale world. It features a story of escape and empowerment with lyrical narration.

What players likedPlayers praise this beautiful, simple, and lovely narrated platformer about a puppet's freedom.

The catchInteractable objects blend into the scenery, so puzzles turn into trial and error.

Both are tagged Narration, Story Rich and Action.

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