Rank 01Why this
Also Short and Post-apocalyptic, like The Great Perhaps.
- $12.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2019
Games like The Great Perhaps
- 15 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked The Great Perhaps also play
The closest matches to The Great Perhaps: Some Distant Memory, FAR: Lone Sails, The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day, Apocalipsis, and Homesick. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares environmental puzzle solving with The Great Perhaps.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Verified
- 2018
Rank 03Why this
Same atmospheric mood as The Great Perhaps.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2016
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: Caligari Games
- Price: $0.99−90%checked Oct 31
- 66% of 158 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual
- Metacritic 54
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Exploration rewards subtle environmental details
- Hand drawn art balances beauty and desolation
- Short but impactful experience
- Atmospheric
- Chill
- Contemplative
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Reviewers mention these as similar to The Great Perhaps
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Singularity™
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Great Perhaps.
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Why this: Shares narrative driven progression with The Great Perhaps.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
FAR: Lone Sails
Why this: Shares environmental puzzle solving with The Great Perhaps.
Outer Wilds
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Great Perhaps.
About The Great Perhaps
The closest matches to The Great Perhaps: Some Distant Memory, FAR: Lone Sails, The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day, Apocalipsis, and Homesick. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Great Perhaps is your kind of game, the closest matches are Some Distant Memory, FAR: Lone Sails and The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, chill and contemplative, and single out its checkpoint based platforming and environmental puzzle solving. 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.
About The Great Perhaps: The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
Is The Great Perhaps worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 66% of 158 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Exploration rewards subtle environmental details
- Hand drawn art balances beauty and desolation
- Storytelling tugs at heartstrings
- Time travel mechanic enhances emotional weight
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“In game menus are missing, something the developer is aware of and apparently fixed, but their publisher won't publish, so you'll be stuck trying to navigate that issue. Otherwise, the story isn't horrible, puzzles aren't too bad, just a…”
“i really loved the game... but then there was the ending..... yeah... really? maybe im too stupid to get the point, maybe it was the way it was presented, but for me it was a total turn off and felt like the game was unfinished.”
People who play it also play: Some Distant Memory, FAR: Lone Sails, The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Frequently asked about The Great Perhaps
Can I run it?
How much does The Great Perhaps cost?
The Great Perhaps is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Great Perhaps?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Great Perhaps are Some Distant Memory, FAR: Lone Sails, The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day.
Who developed The Great Perhaps?
The Great Perhaps was developed by Caligari Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment.