Games like Spirit of the North
If Spirit of the North is your kind of game, the closest matches are Spirit of the North 2, Dragon Bobby - The Story of a Life and LOST EMBER — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful graphics, calming soundtrack and challenging yet approachable puzzles. 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 →Spirit of the North is a wordless puzzle-platforming adventure released in 2020, priced at $19.99 USD and verified on Steam Deck. Players guide a red fox through Nordic ruins in a linear rail adventure that emphasizes environmental storytelling. The game offers a medium-length experience designed for relaxed, seated solo play with normal difficulty. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and relaxing, with players highlighting beautiful graphics, a calming soundtrack, and puzzles that are challenging yet approachable. The adventure holds an 84% positive rating from 2391 Steam reviews.
About Spirit of the North: Spirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. Play as an ordinary red fox whose story becomes entwined with the guardian of the Northern Lights, a female spirit fox.
Players who liked Spirit of the North also play
Steam players who put hours into Spirit of the North 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.
Spirit of the North 2
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Spirit of the North.
Top pick for Spirit of the North fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
Unveil the mysteries of a beautiful ancient world in this breathtaking 3rd-Person Adventure, a sequel to the acclaimed ‘Spirit of the North.’ Take on the role of an isolated fox with a raven companion on a quest to restore the lost guardians and return home.
Dragon Bobby - The Story of a Life
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Spirit of the North fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
A uniquely beautiful game with third-person exploration and puzzles that tells the story of a man's life from birth. You control a dragon who is an analogy of this man in the story. A true reflection on life.
LOST EMBER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spirit of the North.
Third-strongest match for Spirit of the North fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Foxes' Festival
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Spirit of the North fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
It's festival day! and there's lots to do around the town to get ready. Help the villagers out around town to get ready for the festival by doing various tasks including fishing, farming, and painting. Maybe you'll earn some cool shirts, hats, and glasses along the way!
Foxen Island
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Spirit of the North fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
A charming and casual single-player 3rd-person game of exploration and discovery; mysteries abound on Foxen Island! As the titular Foxen you prance and leap your way across the enchanting and atmospheric environment of the Island, while solving the puzzles left behind.
Drizzlepath: Deja Vu
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spirit of the North.
Ranked #6 for Spirit of the North fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
A man embarks on a journey toward the top of a mountain, to discover the truth of his existence. Along the way, he ponders the nature of life itself. Drizzlepath: Deja Vu is a spiritual revisitation of Tonguç Bodur's very first game, Drizzlepath.
What's Your Gender?
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Spirit of the North fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit of the North.
An antichamber inspired educational puzzle game, that allows you to simultaneously explore a non-euclidean maze and concepts and terms related to gender, identity and expression in a playful and reassuring manner.
Proteus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spirit of the North.
Ranked #8 for Spirit of the North fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
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The First Tree
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spirit of the North.
Reviewers of Spirit of the North cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spirit of the North.
Reviewers of Spirit of the North cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Stray
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spirit of the North.
Reviewers of Spirit of the North cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spirit of the North at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Spirit of the North on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit of the North.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Spirit of the North on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spirit of the North on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit of the North.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Spirit of the North on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit of the North.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Spirit of the North on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit of the North.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Spirit of the North.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spirit of the North.
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 Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Spirit of the North.
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 Indie and Adventure with Spirit of the North.
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.
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Frequently asked about Spirit of the North
- Is Spirit of the North verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Spirit of the North 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 Spirit of the North cost?
- Spirit of the North is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Spirit of the North?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spirit of the North are Spirit of the North 2, Dragon Bobby - The Story of a Life, LOST EMBER.
- Who developed Spirit of the North?
- Spirit of the North was developed by Infuse Studio and published by Silver Lining Interactive.
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