Games like Upheaval
Below are 22 hand-picked alternatives to Upheaval for fans of indie, adventure, rpg, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Upheaval also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Upheaval: Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Players who liked Upheaval also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Alcyone: The Last City
Top pick for Upheaval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
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Scarlet Hollow
Second-strongest match for Upheaval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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VIDEOVERSE
Third-strongest match for Upheaval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
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Mushroom Musume
Ranked #4 for Upheaval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.
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Esoteric Ebb
Ranked #5 for Upheaval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Upheaval.
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Ranked #6 for Upheaval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Ranked #7 for Upheaval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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The Pale Beyond
Ranked #8 for Upheaval fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Upheaval.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Upheaval.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Upheaval.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Upheaval.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Upheaval.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Upheaval.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
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Scarlet Hollow
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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VIDEOVERSE
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
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Mushroom Musume
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.
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Esoteric Ebb
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Upheaval.
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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The Pale Beyond
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Upheaval.
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Frequently asked about Upheaval
- What games are most similar to Upheaval?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Upheaval are Alcyone: The Last City, Scarlet Hollow, VIDEOVERSE.
- Who developed Upheaval?
- Upheaval was developed by Alex Leone.
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 Upheaval.
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