Games like Spiral
If Spiral is your kind of game, the closest matches are Across, The Frosts: First Ones and Back Then — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emotional, melancholic and poignant. 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 Spiral: Spiral is a third-person narrative exploration game that shares a poetic vision of cognitive degeneration. Step into the shoes of Bernard as you help him and support him while braving his unravelling mind and reliving his most treasured moments.
Players who liked Spiral also play
Steam players who put hours into Spiral 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.
Across
WHY THIS
Top pick for Spiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Explore a world filled with mystery, ruins and unknown creatures as you reveal the memories of the Cub’s owner Estelle and her parents as they make their way to the city while a war approaches the kingdom.
The Frosts: First Ones
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Spiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
An adventure about searching for a missing hunter and meeting with alien beings! Explore wild nature, climb on a rock, lure out a boar, meet a wolf, survive in a rockfall. Heal a deer and trick a creature! Meet the Unknown and find mystery!
Back Then
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Spiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Back Then is a first-person narrative game taking place in the mind of Thomas Eilian, an elderly writer diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Into A Dream
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Spiral.
Ranked #4 for Spiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Spiral.
Ranked #5 for Spiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.
Copycat
WHY THIS
Shares a poignant mood with Spiral.
Ranked #6 for Spiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
Firmament
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Spiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Firmament is a new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms… and beyond!
LOST EMBER
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Spiral.
Ranked #8 for Spiral fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spiral at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Spiral on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spiral.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spiral on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spiral on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spiral.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Spiral on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spiral.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Spiral on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spiral.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Spiral.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spiral.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spiral.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Spiral.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Spiral.
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.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Spiral.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.
Copycat
WHY THIS
Shares a poignant mood with Spiral.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
Firmament
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Firmament is a new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms… and beyond!
LOST EMBER
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Spiral.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spiral.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Frequently asked about Spiral
- Does Spiral work on Steam Deck?
- Spiral is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Spiral cost?
- Spiral is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Spiral?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spiral are Across, The Frosts: First Ones, Back Then.
- Who developed Spiral?
- Spiral was developed by Folklore Games and published by Folklore Games, SpaceJazz.
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 Spiral.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.