Games like Syberia: The World Before
If Syberia: The World Before is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Empty Desk, Syberia: The World Before - Prologue and Dimhaven - The Lost Source — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its parallel timelines intricately woven, atmospheric and cinematic. 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 →Syberia: The World Before is a story-driven adventure released in 2022 by Microids Studio Paris, available at $7.99. Players guide protagonist Kate Walker through parallel timelines using point-and-click mechanics, solving puzzles and progressing through dialogue-driven sequences. Reviewers highlight the art nouveau and steampunk aesthetics, while players describe the narrative as atmospheric, melancholic, and cinematic, with the interwoven storylines evoking strong emotions. The game holds an 86% positive rating from 1267 Steam reviews and runs at playable status on Steam Deck.
About Syberia: The World Before: Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
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The Empty Desk
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Top pick for Syberia: The World Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Syberia: The World Before - Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Second-strongest match for Syberia: The World Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Discover the prologue of the next instalment of Syberia: The World Before, which returns to the origins of the Syberia saga.
Dimhaven - The Lost Source
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Syberia: The World Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
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Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Ranked #4 for Syberia: The World Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
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Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Ranked #5 for Syberia: The World Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Ranked #6 for Syberia: The World Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Ranked #7 for Syberia: The World Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
The Operator
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Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Ranked #8 for Syberia: The World Before fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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Syberia II
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Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Reviewers of Syberia: The World Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Having searched Eastern and Western Europe for a missing heir, Kate Walker finally completed her long and arduous journey, obtaining the signature of Hans Voralberg and closing the automaton factory buyout.
The Room
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Reviewers of Syberia: The World Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Syberia
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Shares dialogue driven progression, point and click and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Reviewers of Syberia: The World Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Quern - Undying Thoughts
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Reviewers of Syberia: The World Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Myst
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Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Reviewers of Syberia: The World Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Life is Strange Remastered
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Shares a cinematic mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Reviewers of Syberia: The World Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Syberia 3
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Reviewers of Syberia: The World Before cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
The next generation in adventure games, Syberia 3 takes you inside an enchanting, mysterious universe full of life for you to explore in 3D. Plunged into the heart of a world inhabited by a cast of interesting characters, you'll discover and experience a fabulous tale as imagined by Benoit Sokal.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Syberia: The World Before at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Syberia: The World Before on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
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?
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under Syberia: The World Before on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Syberia: The World Before on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Syberia: The World Before on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Syberia: The World Before on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
A Short Hike
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Priced ~50% under Syberia: The World Before on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Sally Face - Episode One
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Priced ~63% under Syberia: The World Before on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~50% under Syberia: The World Before on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Microids Studio Paris
Other recommendable Steam games by Microids Studio Paris, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Syberia - Remastered
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Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Another title from Microids Studio Paris, the studio behind Syberia: The World Before. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Rediscover the clockpunk universe of Benoît Sokal in this fully remastered version of the first Syberia game. Join Kate Walker and Oscar, a strange and charming automaton, in pursuit of the brilliant inventor Hans Voralberg, and embark on an adventure more immersive and poetic than ever.
Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy
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Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Another title from Microids Studio Paris, the studio behind Syberia: The World Before. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land full of secrets! Answer the call of exploration as you travel to Amerzone, a forgotten Latin American country, to fulfill the last wishes of a late explorer.
Flashback 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Another title from Microids Studio Paris, the studio behind Syberia: The World Before. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Immerse yourself in an action-packed cyberpunk universe where the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance. The Morphs are preparing their final attack, determined to enslave every civilization in the Solar System — and it's your mission to fight back!
Syberia: The World Before - Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Another title from Microids Studio Paris, the studio behind Syberia: The World Before. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Discover the prologue of the next instalment of Syberia: The World Before, which returns to the origins of the Syberia saga.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Syberia: The World Before - Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Discover the prologue of the next instalment of Syberia: The World Before, which returns to the origins of the Syberia saga.
The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Syberia: The World Before.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Syberia: The World Before.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Frequently asked about Syberia: The World Before
- Does Syberia: The World Before run on Steam Deck?
- Syberia: The World Before 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 Syberia: The World Before cost?
- Syberia: The World Before is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Syberia: The World Before?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Syberia: The World Before are The Empty Desk, Syberia: The World Before - Prologue, Dimhaven - The Lost Source.
- Who developed Syberia: The World Before?
- Syberia: The World Before was developed by Microids Studio Paris and published by Microids.
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