Games like Going the Distance
If Going the Distance is your kind of game, the closest matches are IN SILICO, Deer & Boy and 永夜镇EternalNightTown — 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.
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IN SILICO
WHY THIS
Top pick for Going the Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
In a distant future humanity is enslaved in a simulation. Now that you are awake, can you escape from reality too?
Deer & Boy
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Going the Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.
永夜镇EternalNightTown
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Going the Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
Eternal Night Town is a horror game. Protagonist Xu Fan unexpectedly got a lawyer's letter about his great - aunt's inheritance. Curious, he went to her hometown. In the village, the people seemed oddly strange. Then, he entered a journey he couldn't escape.
Hunger Lane
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Going the Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Going the Distance.
A story-driven horror platformer about a boy uncovering the secrets of a quiet city where monsters hunt humans after dark. Will you discover what lies behind the disappearances before it finds you?
Best Month Ever!
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Going the Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
🚗 Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter! ✅
妄生 - Wandering Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Going the Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
"Wandering Souls" is a visual novel game set in modern China. It tells a touching story about love, sacrifice, and repentance. Through delicate narrative and profound character creation, it brings players an immersive audio-visual experience.
Goodnight Universe
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Going the Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
From the creators of Before Your Eyes — You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.
Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: Closure Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Going the Distance fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Going the Distance at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Going the Distance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Going the Distance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Going the Distance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Going the Distance on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Going the Distance.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Going the Distance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Going the Distance.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Going the Distance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Going the Distance on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Going the Distance on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Going the Distance.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 Going the Distance.
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 Going the Distance.
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 Going the Distance.
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 Going the Distance.
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?
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 Going the Distance.
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 Going the Distance.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Going the Distance.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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More from Mahelyk
Other recommendable Steam games by Mahelyk, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dread X Collection 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Mahelyk, the studio behind Going the Distance. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
Dread X Collection
WHY THIS
Another title from Mahelyk, the studio behind Going the Distance. Shares Indie and Adventure with Going the Distance.
10 Tales of Terror from 10 Twisted Minds. Made in only 7 Sleepless Nights. The Dread X Collection is a series of small games created by some of the most talented indie devs around, all with the same mission: create the P.T. for the horror project of their dreams.
GlitchSPANKR
WHY THIS
Another title from Mahelyk, the studio behind Going the Distance. Shares Adventure with Going the Distance.
GlitchSPANKR is a comedy-driven narrative adventure full of secrets, chaos, minigames, and unexpected choices. Spank, spare, or smooch your way through a corrupted 90s game haunted by a lonely, unstable virus. Every level is different. Every choice matters. Your future is in your wiggly hand.
SCP: Blackout
WHY THIS
Another title from Mahelyk, the studio behind Going the Distance. Shares Indie with Going the Distance.
A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.
Frequently asked about Going the Distance
- How much does Going the Distance cost?
- Going the Distance is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Going the Distance?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Going the Distance are IN SILICO, Deer & Boy, 永夜镇EternalNightTown.
- Who developed Going the Distance?
- Going the Distance was developed by Mahelyk, Jory, TheClassifiedX and published by None.
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