Games like What Never Was: Chapter II
If What Never Was: Chapter II is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darkstone Bay, Rescue the Enchanter and Treasure Islands — picked from the ranked list below. 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 What Never Was: Chapter II: Sarah finds herself having been magically whisked away to a strange place. Where did the magical clock take her? What more did her eccentric grandfather hide from her? What Never Was: Chapter II is the anticipated sequel to the short free adventure-game What Never Was.
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Steam players who put hours into What Never Was: Chapter II 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.
Darkstone Bay
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Top pick for What Never Was: Chapter II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
A shipwreck has been hidden on this island for 300 years. Nobody has found it. You arrive at Darkstone Bay determined to change that. Cross the island by solving ancient puzzles, navigate rocky beaches, caves and dense jungles in an escape room inspired adventure. Will you be the one to find it?
Rescue the Enchanter
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Second-strongest match for What Never Was: Chapter II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
Continue the adventure of The Enchanted Worlds in this much longer point-and-click style puzzle adventure game. Find clues, solve puzzles, explore exotic worlds and rescue the enchanter.
Treasure Islands
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Third-strongest match for What Never Was: Chapter II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
Take to the seas with Nick and Pippa on an exciting isle hopping adventure, as you search for new exhibits for their old Museum!
Bridge to Another World: The Christmas Curse Collector's Edition
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Ranked #4 for What Never Was: Chapter II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with What Never Was: Chapter II.
Can you travel to the North Pole and stop Krampus time?
Quern - Undying Thoughts
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Ranked #5 for What Never Was: Chapter II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
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.
Mystic Academy: Escape Room
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Ranked #6 for What Never Was: Chapter II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
Today is the day of your final exam to become a wizard. Within this enchanting escape room, you'll navigate a wizardry school, unravel puzzles, master new spells, and put your magical skills to the ultimate test. Will you emerge triumphant?
Nordlicht
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Ranked #7 for What Never Was: Chapter II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
Nordlicht is an adventure-game where you accompany an unusual family on its fascinating journey to the cold north. During the journey, they encounter mysterious star-signs of the polar night, and have to overcome nature's dangers to confront their fears.
Obduction
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Ranked #8 for What Never Was: Chapter II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with What Never Was: Chapter II.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
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. Shares Indie with What Never Was: Chapter II.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with What Never Was: Chapter II.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with What Never Was: Chapter II.
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 Indie and Adventure with What Never Was: Chapter II.
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.
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Frequently asked about What Never Was: Chapter II
- What games are most similar to What Never Was: Chapter II?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside What Never Was: Chapter II are Darkstone Bay, Rescue the Enchanter, Treasure Islands.
- Who developed What Never Was: Chapter II?
- What Never Was: Chapter II was developed by Acke Hallgren.
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 What Never Was: Chapter II.
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