Choose Escape Tales: The Awakening
Choose Escape Tales: The Awakening if you want an Adventure experience. Escape Tales: The Awakening launched in 2024.
Escape Tales: The Awakening vs Threads of Karma
Escape Tales: The Awakening and Threads of Karma 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. Escape Tales: The Awakening (2024) is 1 year older than Threads of Karma (2025). Threads of Karma is currently ~85% cheaper on Steam than Escape Tales: The Awakening (1.19 USD vs. 7.99 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 Threads of Karma
Choose Threads of Karma if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's currently about 85% cheaper on the Steam Store. Threads of Karma launched in 2025.
Both Escape Tales: The Awakening and Threads of Karma 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
 Escape Tales: The Awakening |  Threads of Karma | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2024 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure | Indie, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 7.99 USD | 1.19 USD |
| Steam reviews | 3 reviews | 1 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Bluekey Games | 萝卜不长毛线公司 |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Escape Tales: The Awakening (2024) is 1 year older than Threads of Karma (2025).
- Threads of Karma is currently ~85% cheaper on Steam than Escape Tales: The Awakening (1.19 USD vs. 7.99 USD).
Escape Tales: The Awakening vs Threads of Karma — FAQ
- Should I play Escape Tales: The Awakening or Threads of Karma first?
- If you want chronology, Escape Tales: The Awakening (2024) came out before Threads of Karma (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 Escape Tales: The Awakening and Threads of Karma 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.