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Games like The Trials 2

If The Trials 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fernbus Simulator, OFFROAD Recovery: Yoho Trails and Tourist Bus Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and chill. 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 The Trials 2: The Trials 2 is a mesmerizing puzzle and exploration game that will challenge your mind This game takes you on an unforgettable journey through an island-filled stunning environment. Master the art of teleportation, time manipulation, and moving between alternate worlds to solve intricate puzzles.

2025AdventureCasual6.99 USDWindowsby BLUE LIFE
The Trials 2 — Steam game cover
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Abilities like switch freeze and teleport enable creative solutionsBeautiful environments and soothing musicCollecting blue crystals and tangram piecesAtmosphericChallengingChill

Players who liked The Trials 2 also play

Steam players who put hours into The Trials 2 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. Fernbus Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with The Trials 2.

    Top pick for The Trials 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    The world of coach drivers awaits you! Drive along motorways and country roads to the bus stations in over 40 cities in Germany. Thanks to the cooperation with FlixBus and true-to-the-original MAN buses, you will experience the game world in a realistic way.

    2016SimulationCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. OFFROAD Recovery: Yoho Trails

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Trials 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    Recover stranded vehicles, clear routes, and keep remote access open in a terrain‑first off‑road recovery sim set in the near‑future, weather‑engineered Rockies. Use recovery tools and work‑focused driving across an isolated, semi‑autonomous region of flood‑damaged, fire‑scarred frontier terrain.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Tourist Bus Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with The Trials 2.

    Third-strongest match for The Trials 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    Create your own bus empire on Fuerteventura now! Thanks to the economy system in the new Tourist Bus Simulator, you will be able to found your own bus company on the popular holiday island Fuerteventura.

    2018SimulationCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Gentoo Rescue

    WHY THIS

    Shares checkpoint system, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with The Trials 2.

    Ranked #4 for The Trials 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Trials 2.

    Ranked #5 for The Trials 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Trials 2.

    The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Restore Your Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares collectible hunting, exploration, relaxing and a chill mood with The Trials 2.

    Ranked #6 for The Trials 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Trials 2.

    Heal a scarred island, rebuild habitats, play with your dog, design your sanctuary, and relax by the fire. Turn this broken, trash-filled island into a thriving sanctuary — one clean sweep at a time.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Little to the Left

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with The Trials 2.

    Ranked #7 for The Trials 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.

    2022IndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Universe Sandbox

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with The Trials 2.

    Ranked #8 for The Trials 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

    2015IndieSimulationCasual29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Trials 2

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. The Witness

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Trials 2.

    Reviewers of The Trials 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

    2016IndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Talos Principle

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Trials 2.

    Reviewers of The Trials 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

    2014ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Trials - Chapter One

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Trials 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.

    2025IndieAdventure3.24 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Trials 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under The Trials 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under The Trials 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under The Trials 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under The Trials 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under The Trials 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Trials 2.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under The Trials 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under The Trials 2 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under The Trials 2 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Trials 2.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Trials 2.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Gentoo Rescue

    WHY THIS

    Shares checkpoint system, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with The Trials 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Trials 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Trials 2.

    The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. A Little to the Left

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with The Trials 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with The Trials 2.

    A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.

    2022IndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Trials 2

How much does The Trials 2 cost?
The Trials 2 is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Trials 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Trials 2 are Fernbus Simulator, OFFROAD Recovery: Yoho Trails, Tourist Bus Simulator.
Who developed The Trials 2?
The Trials 2 was developed by BLUE LIFE.

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 The Trials 2.

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