Games like Northern Journey
If Northern Journey is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tiny Archers VR, DragonHill VR and Bunny Hurling — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its gorgeous landscapes, rewarding set pieces and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Northern Journey is a first-person adventure developed by Slid Studio, set in a surreal Nordic wilderness spanning varied terrain from open plains to underground caves and cold mountain peaks. Players explore this world using traversal methods such as diving, flying, and ziplines while engaging in combat with over fifty unique enemy types using various weapons. The game incorporates procedural generation to create its environments and features challenging difficulty that reviewers have found rewards persistence. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, and whimsical, with critics highlighting rewarding set-pieces throughout the journey. It released in 2021 at $11.99 and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, holding a 97% positive rating from 2,875 Steam reviews.
About Northern Journey: A norwegian happysad game set in a northern land! Adventure through a beautiful and very varied wilderness. Dive, fly, use ziplines and find different weapons to aid your journey to reach the cold mountains and below. Encounter over 50 unique bosses and enemy types!
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Tiny Archers VR
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Top pick for Northern Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Draw your bow and defend your kingdom in this immersive VR tower defense archery game! Step into the role of the realm's finest archer as you face waves of attacks from cunning goblins and ruthless orcs. Test your skills, compete on leaderboards, and be part of the evolving community!
DragonHill VR
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Northern Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
This is an action-adventure game built for virtual reality. You play as an adventurer, freely roam and explore in a medieval open world. Complete a series of quests to unlock skills and upgrade equipment, and finally defeat the dragon in the hill cave.
Bunny Hurling
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Northern Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Hunt the bunnies, load the catapult and hurl them… The King demands.
The Lost
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Ranked #4 for Northern Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.
City of Graves
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Ranked #5 for Northern Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
As a soldier in a lifeless city after a disease outbreak, fight creatures and hunt for what will save the city.
Rain of Arrows
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Ranked #6 for Northern Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Fight for your life in this archery shooter! You will need all of your speed and skills as you block arrows, dodge fireballs, and battle your way through a horde of enemies and bosses. Use a variety of magical powers, purchase upgrades, and battle your way to survival!
Skeletons
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Ranked #7 for Northern Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Regurgitated into a cursed, dying world – endure peril and contend against fleeting time to fulfil your ordered purpose, in this gruelling first-person exploration game.
Breath of Spirits
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Ranked #8 for Northern Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
With the power of the Spirit, defeat the enemies and purify the land of elves. Gain different elemental abilities and various Elf`s costumes in single play mode, or cooperate with other players and survive the horde in multiplayer mode.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Northern Journey
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Lunacid
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Northern Journey.
Reviewers of Northern Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
Dread Delusion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Northern Journey.
Reviewers of Northern Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Pathologic 2
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Reviewers of Northern Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Betrayer
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Northern Journey.
Reviewers of Northern Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?
In Verbis Virtus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Northern Journey.
Reviewers of Northern Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Use your real voice to cast spells in In Verbis Virtus, a fantasy adventure unlike any other. Step into the shoes of a wizard in search of an ancient power. Explore a lost temple, making your way through forgotten chambers brimming with unspeakable beauty and terror.
The Banner Saga
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Northern Journey.
Reviewers of Northern Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Mundaun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Northern Journey.
Reviewers of Northern Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Arx Fatalis
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Northern Journey.
Reviewers of Northern Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play.
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Northern Journey at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Northern Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
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?
OneShot
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Priced ~50% under Northern Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
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Priced ~50% under Northern Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
GRIS
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Priced ~69% under Northern Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
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 ~83% under Northern Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
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?
LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga
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Priced ~58% under Northern Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!
The Room
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Priced ~58% under Northern Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
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.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~88% under Northern Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
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.
Free alternatives
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.
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 Northern Journey.
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 Northern Journey.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Northern Journey.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about Northern Journey
- Does Northern Journey run on Steam Deck?
- Northern Journey 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 Northern Journey cost?
- Northern Journey is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Northern Journey?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Northern Journey are Tiny Archers VR, DragonHill VR, Bunny Hurling.
- Who developed Northern Journey?
- Northern Journey was developed by Slid Studio.
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