Choose Motherless - Season 1
Choose Motherless - Season 1 if you want a Free To Play and Casual experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Motherless - Season 1 launched in 2022.
Motherless - Season 1 vs Firelore: Short Tales
Motherless - Season 1 and Firelore: Short Tales both land in Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Indie games on Steam. Motherless - Season 1 (2022) is 3 years older than Firelore: Short Tales (2025). Motherless - Season 1 is free; Firelore: Short Tales is paid (5.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Firelore: Short Tales
Choose Firelore: Short Tales if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Firelore: Short Tales launched in 2025.
Both Motherless - Season 1 and Firelore: Short Tales sit in Indie on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Motherless - Season 1 |  Firelore: Short Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | 5.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 76.9% positive (467 reviews) | 9 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Mr. Mister | Lucas Molina |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Motherless - Season 1 (2022) is 3 years older than Firelore: Short Tales (2025).
- Motherless - Season 1 is free; Firelore: Short Tales is paid (5.99 USD).
- Motherless - Season 1 is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Firelore: Short Tales has no Deck rating yet.
Motherless - Season 1 vs Firelore: Short Tales — FAQ
- Should I play Motherless - Season 1 or Firelore: Short Tales first?
- If you want chronology, Motherless - Season 1 (2022) came out before Firelore: Short Tales (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Motherless - Season 1 and Firelore: Short Tales similar?
- They overlap on Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Is Motherless - Season 1 free?
- Yes — Motherless - Season 1 is a free-to-play Steam title. Firelore: Short Tales is paid (5.99 USD).