Games like The Fall

This is a dark, atmospheric side-scrolling adventure game with puzzle-solving and combat. Players control an AI protecting an unconscious pilot, exploring and interacting with the environment.

88% positive from 3,701 · 2014 · 35% finish it · Steam Deck Playable · $9.99 $4.99 -50% · Lowest ever $0.99 (2019-12-12)

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Six games like The Fall

The Swapper

94% positive from 7,548 reviews2013Deck Verified

Narrative puzzle game with a sci-fi setting. Players swap consciousness into clones to solve environmental challenges.

What players likedPlayers praise its unique puzzle platformer mechanics, particularly the innovative swapping device, visuals, and thought-provoking story.

The catchThe mouse cursor does not work on modern PCs, leaving menus unusable without a beta fix.

Both are tagged Sci-fi, Atmospheric and Puzzle.

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Metal Garden

96% positive from 3,525 reviews202561% finish itDeck Playable

Short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS with a sci-fi mystery and an injury system. Explore a nature-overgrown megastructure, fight factions, and manage body part health.

What players likedPlayers praise its atmospheric megastructure exploration and Half-Life/Rain World-like brutalist FPS gameplay, with outstanding level design and gunplay.

The catchCombat is the weak point, with unsatisfying guns and enemies dumb enough to strafe past.

Both are tagged Sci-fi, Atmospheric and Action.

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Ghost Song

83% positive from 1,438 reviews202230% finish itDeck Verified

This is a 2D Metroidvania adventure game with atmospheric exploration and combat. Players explore an alien world, acquire abilities, and battle creatures using a heat-based blaster and melee system.

What players likedPlayers praise Ghost Song as a beautiful, atmospheric Metroid-style game with intriguing story and characters.

The catchMovement is sluggish and forced backtracking without fast travel drags the game out.

Both are tagged Sci-fi, Atmospheric and Action.

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KARMA: The Dark World

92% positive from 4,412 reviews202550% finish itDeck Verified

This is a first-person psychological thriller where players investigate memories using advanced tech. It features a dystopian 1984 East Germany setting with a focus on espionage and betrayal.

What players likedPlayers praise its deep, emotional, and thought-provoking psychological horror story, often compared to "1984," "Still Wakes The Deep," and "Observer: System Redux."

The catchThe story starts strong then collapses into a confusing ending that explains nothing.

Both are tagged Sci-fi, Atmospheric and Adventure.

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Arctic Eggs

96% positive from 3,867 reviews2024Deck Verified

A narrative cooking simulator where players cook eggs for inhabitants. The core loop involves listening to stories or quickly cooking, with realistic physics.

What players likedPlayers praise Arctic Eggs as a unique, atmospheric, and philosophical cooking simulator with satisfying physics and jazzy music.

The catchCore frying mechanic feels unrefined and tedious

Both are tagged Sci-fi, Atmospheric and Adventure.

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STASIS

82% positive from 2,349 reviews201539% finish itDeck Playable

This is an isometric point-and-click sci-fi horror adventure game. Players solve puzzles and interact with the environment to uncover a gruesome narrative.

What players likedPlayers praise STASIS as a solid, spooky, and engaging point-and-click puzzle game with a cool, dark, industrial art style, reminiscent of "Alien" and "Dead Space."

The catchPuzzles run on moon logic and pixel hunting, pushing most players to a walkthrough.

Both are tagged Sci-fi, Atmospheric and Adventure.

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More about The Fall

What players liked

Players praise its interesting concepts and vibey experience, though puzzles can be confusing.

The catch

Clunky controls force you to sweep a flashlight around hunting for hidden interactables.

Reviews: 88% positive from 3,701
Released: 2014
Finish it: 35% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Playable
Price: $9.99 $4.99 -50% · Lowest ever $0.99 (2019-12-12)
Play: Single-playerFull controller support

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 88% positive, but with 3,701 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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