Games like Elroy and the Aliens
If Elroy and the Aliens is your kind of game, the closest matches are Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged, Case Solved: The London Files and Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emotional, lighthearted and nostalgic. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Elroy and the Aliens: Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
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Shares inventory based puzzles and an emotional mood with Elroy and the Aliens.
Top pick for Elroy and the Aliens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
Case Solved: The London Files
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Second-strongest match for Elroy and the Aliens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A cozy noir puzzle game where you must investigate the dark underbelly of London. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and alibis aren’t adding up. Everyone has a motive, only logic reveals the truth.
Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Elroy and the Aliens.
Third-strongest match for Elroy and the Aliens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...
The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares point and click exploration and inventory based puzzles with Elroy and the Aliens.
Ranked #4 for Elroy and the Aliens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged
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Ranked #5 for Elroy and the Aliens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.
Escape Everlit
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Elroy and the Aliens.
Ranked #6 for Elroy and the Aliens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
A narrative-driven sci-fi mystery. Switch between four playable protagonists trapped in an island mansion to explore, investigate, piece together clues from their mysterious past, and uncover the truth behind their predicament.
UnQuollified
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Ranked #7 for Elroy and the Aliens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
A charming Australian point & click detective mystery about a struggling artist investigating the mysterious death of his childhood best friend. Explore the small town of Bridgegully, interrogate quirky locals, & sketch clues to expose the truth. Are you ready to solve a crime years in the making?
Syberia: The World Before
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Shares dialogue driven progression with Elroy and the Aliens.
Ranked #8 for Elroy and the Aliens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Elroy and the Aliens.
Reviewers of Elroy and the Aliens cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Elroy and the Aliens.
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Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Elroy and the Aliens.
Reviewers of Elroy and the Aliens cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...
Return to Monkey Island
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Elroy and the Aliens.
Reviewers of Elroy and the Aliens cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Elroy and the Aliens at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~44% under Elroy and the Aliens on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
PEAK
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Priced ~56% under Elroy and the Aliens on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
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Priced ~56% under Elroy and the Aliens on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Elroy and the Aliens on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~94% under Elroy and the Aliens on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Papers, Please
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Elroy and the Aliens on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Elroy and the Aliens.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Elroy and the Aliens
- Is Elroy and the Aliens verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Elroy and the Aliens is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Elroy and the Aliens cost?
- Elroy and the Aliens is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Elroy and the Aliens?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Elroy and the Aliens are Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged, Case Solved: The London Files, Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town.
- Who developed Elroy and the Aliens?
- Elroy and the Aliens was developed by Motiviti.
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