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Games like Far Away

If Far Away is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty, Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring and The Jewel of Monostructure — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 Far Away: Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.

2021IndieAdventureRPGCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Gratesca
Far Away — Steam game cover
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Cantonese voice acting enhances immersionDense lore and world building reward explorationEight interconnected storylines reveal the citys secretsAtmosphericContemplativeImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Far Away 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. The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Top pick for Far Away fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Second-strongest match for Far Away fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?

    2021IndieAdventureRPG13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Jewel of Monostructure

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Far Away fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.

    2021IndieAdventure2.03 USDSteam ↗
  4. 真夜的居所 - Chanye's Home

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Far Away fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Far Away.

    Lam ChoTung, who runs a maid cafe in Shenzhen, discovered a girl sitting unconscious on the ground at the storefront as she prepared to return home from the shop. This girl not only had unclear consciousness but was also dressed in peculiar maid attire. This is a love story about these two girls.

    2023IndieRPGCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Uberich: Advent Sinners

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Ranked #5 for Far Away fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Ranked #6 for Far Away fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Sumire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Far Away.

    Ranked #7 for Far Away fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shanghai Summer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Ranked #8 for Far Away fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?

    2024IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Far Away

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. 428: Shibuya Scramble

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Reviewers of Far Away cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Far Away.

    A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.

    2018Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Reviewers of Far Away cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Far Away.

    When Lloyd Bannings is assigned to Crossbell's Special Support Section, he and his new teammates must prove themselves as they fight to overcome the injustice of a city gripped by corruption.

    2022RPG27.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Noctuary

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Reviewers of Far Away cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Two young illuminators, Fancia and Alina, start their adventure in the bright and fascinating Inlixaland... ...in pursuit of becoming trustworthy "The Arborangers."

    2023IndieAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Far Away at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Far Away on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Far Away.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Far Away on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Far Away.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Far Away on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Far Away.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Far Away on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Far Away.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Far Away on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Far Away.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Far Away on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Far Away on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Far Away.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~54% under Far Away on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Far Away.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Far Away.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Far Away.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Far Away.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Far Away.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Far Away.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?

    2021IndieAdventureRPG13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Away.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sumire

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Far Away.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Far Away.

    One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Far Away

Does Far Away run on Steam Deck?
Far Away is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Far Away cost?
Far Away is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Far Away?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Far Away are The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty, Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring, The Jewel of Monostructure.
Who developed Far Away?
Far Away was developed by Gratesca.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Far Away.

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