Games like Echoes of the Sun
If Echoes of the Sun is your kind of game, the closest matches are Riven, 'n Verlore Verstand and The Assembly — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →About Echoes of the Sun: This is a moving puzzle adventure story about a teenage girl, Mia, who witnessed the tragic fall of her homeland and the explosion of the Sun. A heavy burden fell on her fragile shoulders - she must restore light to the land and peace in her heart. Will she succeed?
Players who liked Echoes of the Sun also play
Steam players who put hours into Echoes of the Sun 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.
Riven
WHY THIS
Top pick for Echoes of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
'n Verlore Verstand
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Echoes of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?
The Assembly
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Echoes of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
Dead Secret
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Echoes of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
The Last Campfire
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Echoes of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
The Crow's Eye
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Echoes of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.
Arise: A Simple Story
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Echoes of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
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.
Papo & Yo
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Echoes of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Echoes of the Sun at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Echoes of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Echoes of the Sun.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Echoes of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Echoes of the Sun.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Echoes of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
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?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Echoes of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Echoes of the Sun.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Echoes of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Echoes of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Echoes of the Sun.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Echoes of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Echoes of the Sun.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Echoes of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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 with Echoes of the Sun.
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 Echoes of the Sun.
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 Echoes of the Sun.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
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 with Echoes of the Sun.
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 Echoes of the Sun.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Echoes of the Sun.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Echoes of the Sun.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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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.
Riven
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
The Assembly
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
The Last Campfire
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Arise: A Simple Story
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Echoes of the Sun.
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.
Frequently asked about Echoes of the Sun
- How much does Echoes of the Sun cost?
- Echoes of the Sun is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Echoes of the Sun?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Echoes of the Sun are Riven, 'n Verlore Verstand, The Assembly.
- Who developed Echoes of the Sun?
- Echoes of the Sun was developed by Outer Realms.
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 Echoes of the Sun.
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