Games like Evotales
Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to Evotales for fans of indie, adventure, simulation, 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 Evotales 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, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Evotales: Evotales is a puzzle-platformer about our gilled ancestor who decided to lead the rise of mankind

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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One Last Breath
Top pick for Evotales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
The Earth is sick and we are the disease. All hope rests on Gaia, a powerful being born from mother nature’s last breath. Use her abilities to alter the environment, escape from dangerous creatures, solve thoughtful puzzles and survive in this dying world.
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Crab Crawl
Second-strongest match for Evotales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
A short, cheerful action-adventure game where you guide a crab in search of food. Avoid a variety of predators, sea-born obstacles, litterers, rival crustaceans, and explore the hostile waters to find all the tasty treats and save the bay along the way.
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A Juggler's Tale
Third-strongest match for Evotales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?
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Arise: A Simple Story
Ranked #4 for Evotales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
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The Smurfs – Dreams
Ranked #5 for Evotales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Evotales.
The fate of the Smurf Village rests in your dreams: dive into a fantastic journey to save it in this fully immersive and magical 3D platformer!
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Monochroma
Ranked #6 for Evotales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
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FAR: Lone Sails
Ranked #7 for Evotales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
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Papo & Yo
Ranked #8 for Evotales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.
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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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A Juggler's Tale
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?
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Arise: A Simple Story
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
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FAR: Lone Sails
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Evotales.
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
Frequently asked about Evotales
- How much does Evotales cost?
- Evotales is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Evotales?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Evotales are One Last Breath, Crab Crawl, A Juggler's Tale.
- Who developed Evotales?
- Evotales was developed by TwistedNail.
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 Evotales.
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