Games like A Highland Song
If A Highland Song is your kind of game, the closest matches are Destinata RED, The Stanley Parable and Upstream — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic. 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 A Highland Song: Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.
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Destinata RED
WHY THIS
Top pick for A Highland Song fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
"The Moon has been broken, its parts fall and threaten the world, Ladia must eliminate five targets in order to avoid the end times."
The Stanley Parable
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Second-strongest match for A Highland Song fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
Upstream
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for A Highland Song fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
Play as a salmon journeying home in this challenging physics based platformer using only two buttons! Remember that on a voyage through innumerable obstacles and constant danger, it is your reaction to adversity that determines your success.
Glisten to your heart: The courage within you
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for A Highland Song fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
Based on the “Glistening Virtues: Courage finds true courage” novel, embark on an emotional story-focused interactive game about magical beings who live above the clouds and whose purpose is to help us learn how to express virtues like courage or friendship
Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Ranked #5 for A Highland Song fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with A Highland Song.
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Ranked #6 for A Highland Song fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Letters - a written adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Highland Song.
Ranked #7 for A Highland Song fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
Letters is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. Follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. Use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Ranked #8 for A Highland Song fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
A classic platform with a twist: A dynamic soundtrack and funny lyrics that sings the player's actions and responds to what is happening during the adventure.
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Celeste
WHY THIS
Reviewers of A Highland Song cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Heaven's Vault
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Reviewers of A Highland Song cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Overboard!
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Highland Song.
Reviewers of A Highland Song cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Highland Song at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under A Highland Song on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Highland Song.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under A Highland Song on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under A Highland Song on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Highland Song.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under A Highland Song on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Highland Song.
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 ~56% under A Highland Song on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
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 with A Highland Song.
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 A Highland Song.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Highland Song.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
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 with A Highland Song.
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 A Highland Song.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Highland Song.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from inkle Ltd
Other recommendable Steam games by inkle Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Heaven's Vault
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind A Highland Song. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
80 Days
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind A Highland Song. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
TR-49
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind A Highland Song. Shares Adventure with A Highland Song.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind A Highland Song. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Overboard!
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Highland Song.
Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind A Highland Song. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Expelled!
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind A Highland Song. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind A Highland Song. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.
Sorcery! Part 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind A Highland Song. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Stanley Parable
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
Letters - a written adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with A Highland Song.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
Letters is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. Follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. Use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Highland Song.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Highland Song.
A classic platform with a twist: A dynamic soundtrack and funny lyrics that sings the player's actions and responds to what is happening during the adventure.
Frequently asked about A Highland Song
- Is A Highland Song verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — A Highland Song 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 A Highland Song cost?
- A Highland Song is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Highland Song?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Highland Song are Destinata RED, The Stanley Parable, Upstream.
- Who developed A Highland Song?
- A Highland Song was developed by inkle Ltd.
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