Games like Monument Valley
If Monument Valley is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monument Valley 2, Find Us Cats and Droplette — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and hypnotic. 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 →Monument Valley is a puzzle game developed by ustwo games that tasks players with navigating impossible geometry through environmental puzzle-solving and perspective manipulation. Set across surreal architectural landscapes, the experience emphasizes optical illusion mechanics where players shift viewpoints to reveal hidden pathways through monuments. Players describe it as atmospheric and contemplative, with silent storytelling that enhances immersion and visuals reviewers compare to art installations. The game supports short-burst sessions and runs verified on Steam Deck. Reviewers highlight the calming music, the hypnotic quality of the puzzle design, and the short but replayable structure. It released in 2022 at $7.99 USD and maintains a 97% positive rating from 1872 Steam reviews.
About Monument Valley: Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Players who liked Monument Valley also play
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Monument Valley 2
WHY THIS
Shares perspective shifting and a hypnotic mood with Monument Valley.
Top pick for Monument Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
Discover illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of The Sacred Geometry. Follow the heart warming story of Ro in her journey through motherhood. Rediscover independence through manipulating monuments and evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Find Us Cats
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Monument Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
Find Us Cats 😸 is a new hidden object game starring our favorite feline friends! Find dozens of cats in each level and aim for a high score in the Planetarium and San Francisco. Don't forget to try out the Painting mode! 🖌️🎨
Droplette
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Monument Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
Droplette is a cozy puzzle platformer where a spirited girl named Droplette learns and uses element-based abilities on the environment around her to rescue the droplet boy, Driplet! Shoot versatile projectiles and transform through obstacles in this watery world.
Abi and the soul
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Monument Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
Abi is a girl who wakes up lost and without memory on a magical island, but finds a small celestial light that will accompany her in this wonderful adventure of love and friendship. She discovers the mystery of the island and recovers all your memories.
FlippedDream
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Monument Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
Changing the direction of global gravity, finding the exit in a number of 3D-platformer mazes.
Stack,Clack,Clock!
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Monument Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
A toy for stacking bricks. Be the creative you always were.
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Monument Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
Pirate heroine Nelly Cootalot takes on the villainous Baron Widebeard in this point and click adventure game. Meet a hilarious cast of characters including Tom Baker (Dr Who) and face perplexing challenges in your search for the Treasure of the Seventh Sea.
Torn Away
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Monument Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Monument Valley
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FEZ
WHY THIS
Shares perspective shifting and an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Reviewers of Monument Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Monument Valley.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
The Bridge
WHY THIS
Shares perspective shifting and an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Reviewers of Monument Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
The Witness
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Reviewers of Monument Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
The Talos Principle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Reviewers of Monument Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
The Room
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Reviewers of Monument Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
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.
Back to Bed
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Reviewers of Monument Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Monument Valley.
Guide Bob the sleepwalker to the safety of his bed by taking control of his subconscious guardian, Subob. Explore a surreal and hand-painted dream world, avoid dangers and get Bob safely back to bed.
Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Monument Valley.
Reviewers of Monument Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Gorogoa
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Reviewers of Monument Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Monument Valley at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Monument Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Monument Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monument Valley.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Monument Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Monument Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
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 ~81% under Monument Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
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 ~88% under Monument Valley on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Monument Valley.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Monument Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Monument Valley.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Monument Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 and Casual with Monument Valley.
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 Monument Valley.
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 Monument Valley.
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 Monument Valley.
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 Monument Valley.
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 and Casual with Monument Valley.
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 Monument Valley.
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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Head-to-head comparisons
More from ustwo games
Other recommendable Steam games by ustwo games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Assemble with Care
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Monument Valley.
Another title from ustwo games, the studio behind Monument Valley. Shares Indie and Casual with Monument Valley.
Repair old-school objects in this cozy puzzle game. Join antique-restorer Maria, as she arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva and set out on a journey of helping the townsfolk reconnect.
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Another title from ustwo games, the studio behind Monument Valley. Shares Adventure and Casual with Monument Valley.
Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.
Monument Valley 2
WHY THIS
Shares perspective shifting and a hypnotic mood with Monument Valley.
Another title from ustwo games, the studio behind Monument Valley. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
Discover illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of The Sacred Geometry. Follow the heart warming story of Ro in her journey through motherhood. Rediscover independence through manipulating monuments and evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Monument Valley 3
WHY THIS
Shares perspective shifting, environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Another title from ustwo games, the studio behind Monument Valley. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
Set sail for a world-changing adventure as you guide Noor in their quest through a series of mind-bending illusions and atmospheric puzzles. Can you unlock the secrets of the mysterious world – and the meaning behind the Sacred Light?
Desta: The Memories Between
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Monument Valley.
Another title from ustwo games, the studio behind Monument Valley. Shares Strategy and Casual with Monument Valley.
Fall into a beautiful and puzzling dreamworld. Find your friends, unlock spectacular abilities and overcome the odds in a surreal tactical dodgeball adventure to uncover the mysteries of a broken world from the creators of Monument Valley.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Monument Valley 2
WHY THIS
Shares perspective shifting and a hypnotic mood with Monument Valley.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monument Valley.
Discover illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of The Sacred Geometry. Follow the heart warming story of Ro in her journey through motherhood. Rediscover independence through manipulating monuments and evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
Pirate heroine Nelly Cootalot takes on the villainous Baron Widebeard in this point and click adventure game. Meet a hilarious cast of characters including Tom Baker (Dr Who) and face perplexing challenges in your search for the Treasure of the Seventh Sea.
Torn Away
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monument Valley.
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Frequently asked about Monument Valley
- Is Monument Valley verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Monument Valley is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Monument Valley cost?
- Monument Valley is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Monument Valley?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Monument Valley are Monument Valley 2, Find Us Cats, Droplette.
- Who developed Monument Valley?
- Monument Valley was developed by ustwo games.
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