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Games like KAPIA

If KAPIA is your kind of game, the closest matches are AL Potato - Nowhere near Vegas, Cleo - a pirate's tale and Lucy Dreaming — 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.

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About KAPIA: Dive into the funky universe of KAPIA to help Stefan and Reny on their adventure to solve the mystery of dome survivors. Play as both characters and uncover the origin of crisis that divided the world.

2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby 2 FOR 2
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Clever mini games and puzzlesDual protagonists offer contrasting worldviewsEmotional depth in intergenerational storytellingAtmosphericContemplativeMelancholic

Players who liked KAPIA also play

Steam players who put hours into KAPIA 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. AL Potato - Nowhere near Vegas

    WHY THIS

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

    A LucasArts-inspired point-and-click adventure. Help AL Potato and his orange buddy Pancho collect and combine items, solve absurd puzzles, and charm desert weirdos — all in a desperate quest to reach Las Vegas. Hand-drawn art and offbeat humor throughout.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Cleo - a pirate's tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

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

    Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lucy Dreaming

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

    Third-strongest match for KAPIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with KAPIA.

    Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.

    2022Adventure18.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Broken Age

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

    Ranked #4 for KAPIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KAPIA.

    A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. tERRORbane

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

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

    tERRORbane is a comedic adventure where bugs are your FRIENDS! Enjoy exploring a crazy and outlandish world, full of unique, quirky characters and homages to the history of videogaming, challenge the Developer with your creativity and be the Bane of Errors!

    2022IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

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

    From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

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

    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...

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Escape from Monkey Island™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with KAPIA.

    Ranked #8 for KAPIA fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with KAPIA.

    Fourth in the legendary Monkey Island series of graphic adventures!

    2018Adventure6.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under KAPIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with KAPIA.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under KAPIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KAPIA.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under KAPIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with KAPIA.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under KAPIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KAPIA.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under KAPIA on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with KAPIA.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under KAPIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KAPIA.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under KAPIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KAPIA.

    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 ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under KAPIA on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with KAPIA.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 KAPIA.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 KAPIA.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Cleo - a pirate's tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

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

    Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Broken Age

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

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

    A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. tERRORbane

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with KAPIA.

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

    tERRORbane is a comedic adventure where bugs are your FRIENDS! Enjoy exploring a crazy and outlandish world, full of unique, quirky characters and homages to the history of videogaming, challenge the Developer with your creativity and be the Bane of Errors!

    2022IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about KAPIA

Does KAPIA run on Steam Deck?
KAPIA 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 KAPIA cost?
KAPIA is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to KAPIA?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside KAPIA are AL Potato - Nowhere near Vegas, Cleo - a pirate's tale, Lucy Dreaming.
Who developed KAPIA?
KAPIA was developed by 2 FOR 2.

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 KAPIA.

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