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Games like The Five Cores Remastered

If The Five Cores Remastered is your kind of game, the closest matches are Obduction, Taiga and Riven — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautifully crafted empty landscapes, atmospheric and chill. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Five Cores Remastered: Heavily inspired by the 90s graphic puzzle games, The Five Cores Remastered is a surreal and poetic adventure that you can explore in VR.

2019IndieAdventureFree To PlayFree to playWindowsby Matthieu Gouby
The Five Cores Remastered — Steam game cover
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Beautifully crafted empty landscapesIsland hopping via colored crystals feels freshMinimalist storytelling through journals and lettersAtmosphericChillContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into The Five Cores Remastered also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Obduction

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Top pick for The Five Cores Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

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  2. Taiga

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Five Cores Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Taiga is an atmospheric first person horror game with elements of survival. Explore the maze like forest, Uncover dark secrets that lay beneath pine and spruce. Save your colleagues if you can, but most importantly. Escape with your life.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Riven

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Third-strongest match for The Five Cores Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Ranked #4 for The Five Cores Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Wakamarina Valley, New Zealand

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Five Cores Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    A short exploration/photography experience set in the idyllic forested landscape of the Wakamarina Valley, located near Queen Charlotte Sound on New Zealand's South Island. Playable in both VR and Desktop modes.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Ranked #6 for The Five Cores Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land full of secrets! Answer the call of exploration as you travel to Amerzone, a forgotten Latin American country, to fulfill the last wishes of a late explorer.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares first person exploration and an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Ranked #7 for The Five Cores Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Ranked #8 for The Five Cores Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    You receive an invitation on a "special" dating app, get excited and then get involved in an endless cycle of couples' hotels. You have to watch carefully for any unusual information. Can you solve these puzzles?

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Five Cores Remastered

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Myha: Return to the Lost Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Reviewers of The Five Cores Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    MYHA is a First Person Adventure game (Myst-like), part of a sci-fi series named The Black Cube (ASA: A Space Adventure...). Visit Myha, a moon in a far away solar system, and try to understand why you were teleported there.

    2019IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Reviewers of The Five Cores Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Riven

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Reviewers of The Five Cores Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Riven

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares first person exploration and an atmospheric mood with The Five Cores Remastered.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Five Cores Remastered.

    MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Five Cores Remastered

Is The Five Cores Remastered free to play?
Yes — The Five Cores Remastered is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to The Five Cores Remastered?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Five Cores Remastered are Obduction, Taiga, Riven.
Who developed The Five Cores Remastered?
The Five Cores Remastered was developed by Matthieu Gouby.

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