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Games like Goodbye Deponia

If Goodbye Deponia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chaos on Deponia, Deponia and Deponia Doomsday — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emotionally resonant ending, writing quality is exceptional and dark. 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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About Goodbye Deponia: More chaos, more destruction, more Rufus. Not one, not two, but three Rufuses cause all kinds of crazy mayhem in the long-awaited adventure comedy Goodbye Deponia!

2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 80Windows · macOS · Linuxby Daedalic Entertainment
Goodbye Deponia — Steam game cover
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Emotionally resonant endingHumor balances dark and absurd elementsWriting quality is exceptionalDarkEmotionalWhimsical

Players who liked Goodbye Deponia also play

Steam players who put hours into Goodbye Deponia also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Chaos on Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Top pick for Goodbye Deponia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an emotional mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Second-strongest match for Goodbye Deponia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Deponia Doomsday

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Goodbye Deponia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Can you change Deponia's fate? Do you have what it takes to change Rufus' past, present and future without accidently destroying the whole planet? Fight time itself in this action-packed, platypus-tastic and insanely hilarious story.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Goodbye Deponia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Face your Destiny! In Andergast, whose inhabitants are considered to be superstitious, King Efferdan awaits a state visit from high-ranking dignitaries. For centuries the kingdom has been at odds with neighboring Nostria, but now first steps are being undertaken toward a lasting peace.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a dark mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Ranked #5 for Goodbye Deponia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Back to the Future: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving with Goodbye Deponia.

    Ranked #6 for Goodbye Deponia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Featuring a special appearance by Michael J. Fox!

    2010AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Ranked #7 for Goodbye Deponia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    The award-winning debut adventure game from the creators of Deponia and The Whispered World now on Steam. Accompany young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on a whacky attempt to escape from her padded cell. Experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and far beyond its brick walls.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Night of the Rabbit

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Ranked #8 for Goodbye Deponia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Goodbye Deponia

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Secret Files: Tunguska

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Goodbye Deponia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Unravel one of the greatest mysteries of our time! On the 30th June 1908 an explosion with the combined energy of 2000 Hiroshima bombs rocked the region of Tunguska in Central Siberia and felled over 6,000 square km of trees. The explosion could be heard from as far as 1,000km away.

    2009Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Machinarium

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Goodbye Deponia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

    2009IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Syberia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Reviewers of Goodbye Deponia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.

    2011AdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Curse of Monkey Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving with Goodbye Deponia.

    Reviewers of Goodbye Deponia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?

    2018Adventure6.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Goodbye Deponia at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Goodbye Deponia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Goodbye Deponia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Goodbye Deponia.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Goodbye Deponia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Goodbye Deponia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Goodbye Deponia.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Goodbye Deponia on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Goodbye Deponia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Goodbye Deponia.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Goodbye Deponia on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Goodbye Deponia.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Goodbye Deponia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Goodbye Deponia.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Goodbye Deponia.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Goodbye Deponia.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Goodbye Deponia.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Goodbye Deponia.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Daedalic Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by Daedalic Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an emotional mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Goodbye Deponia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Goodbye Deponia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Deponia: The Complete Journey

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Goodbye Deponia. Shares Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

    2014Adventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blackguards

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Goodbye Deponia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Deponia Doomsday

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Goodbye Deponia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Can you change Deponia's fate? Do you have what it takes to change Rufus' past, present and future without accidently destroying the whole planet? Fight time itself in this action-packed, platypus-tastic and insanely hilarious story.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Night of the Rabbit

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Goodbye Deponia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a dark mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Goodbye Deponia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Chaos on Deponia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Goodbye Deponia.

    Another title from Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind Goodbye Deponia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Goodbye Deponia.

    With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Goodbye Deponia

Does Goodbye Deponia run on Steam Deck?
Goodbye Deponia is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Goodbye Deponia cost?
Goodbye Deponia is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Goodbye Deponia?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Goodbye Deponia are Chaos on Deponia, Deponia, Deponia Doomsday.
Who developed Goodbye Deponia?
Goodbye Deponia was developed by Daedalic Entertainment.

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