Games like Old Skies
Below are 27 hand-picked alternatives to Old Skies for fans of adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Old Skies also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, more from Wadjet Eye Games, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Old Skies: A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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If Fusion Were That Easy
Top pick for Old Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
"If Fusion Were That Easy" is a humorous 2.5D point-and-click adventure about cold fusion and preventing the apocalypse. Explore a diverse world, master tricky puzzles and stop the inevitable.
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The World After
Second-strongest match for Old Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV adventure game experience that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.
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Doki Doki AI Interrogation
Third-strongest match for Old Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
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Regular Factory: Escape Room
Ranked #4 for Old Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
You don't work in a regular assembly line. In this escape room, you will investigate what is really being manufactured in a secret factory, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles. Will you discover the truth?
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Ranked #5 for Old Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Ranked #6 for Old Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Ranked #7 for Old Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
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Heavy Rain
Ranked #8 for Old Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Old Skies
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.
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Blackwell Unbound
Reviewers of Old Skies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.
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The Shivah
Reviewers of Old Skies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
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Unavowed
Reviewers of Old Skies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Old Skies at current Steam store prices.
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The World After
Priced ~40% under Old Skies on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV adventure game experience that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.
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Doki Doki AI Interrogation
Priced ~83% under Old Skies on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
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Regular Factory: Escape Room
Priced ~50% under Old Skies on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
You don't work in a regular assembly line. In this escape room, you will investigate what is really being manufactured in a secret factory, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles. Will you discover the truth?
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Wadjet Eye Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Wadjet Eye Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Unavowed
Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Old Skies. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
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The Blackwell Legacy
Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Old Skies. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
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Blackwell Epiphany
Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Old Skies. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The last game in the Blackwell series.
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Shardlight
Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Old Skies. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
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Blackwell Unbound
Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Old Skies. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.
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Blackwell Convergence
Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Old Skies. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The third game in the Blackwell series
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Blackwell Deception
Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Old Skies. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.
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Emerald City Confidential™
Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Old Skies. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
<p>Work with the world's most cunning detective in the shadowy underbelly of the Emerald City of Oz! As Petra, you'll be lured deep into mysteries involving new foes and familiar faces; Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto included. This is Oz as you've never seen it before!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Regular Factory: Escape Room
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
You don't work in a regular assembly line. In this escape room, you will investigate what is really being manufactured in a secret factory, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles. Will you discover the truth?
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
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Heavy Rain
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Old Skies.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Frequently asked about Old Skies
- Is Old Skies verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Old Skies 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 Old Skies cost?
- Old Skies is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Old Skies?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Old Skies are If Fusion Were That Easy, The World After, Doki Doki AI Interrogation.
- Who developed Old Skies?
- Old Skies was developed by Wadjet Eye Games.
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