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Games like Tengami

If Tengami is your kind of game, the closest matches are Overseas, What's Your Gender? and Dragon Bobby - The Story of a Life — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its minimalist puzzles reward observation, atmospheric and cozy. 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 Tengami: Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.

2015IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Nyamyam
Tengami — Steam game cover
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Minimalist puzzles reward observationMovement reinforces the pop up aestheticMusic enhances the meditative paceAtmosphericCozyRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Tengami 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. Overseas

    WHY THIS

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

    Overseas is a collection of four short art games, or digital poems. So far, it includes four episodes: a psychedelic trip, a forest horror, a crash course on shamanic techniques, and a simulator of an identity crisis. Take a journey across worlds and figure out the obscure meaning of what is going on.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. What's Your Gender?

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Tengami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Tengami.

    An antichamber inspired educational puzzle game, that allows you to simultaneously explore a non-euclidean maze and concepts and terms related to gender, identity and expression in a playful and reassuring manner.

    2021IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dragon Bobby - The Story of a Life

    WHY THIS

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

    A uniquely beautiful game with third-person exploration and puzzles that tells the story of a man's life from birth. You control a dragon who is an analogy of this man in the story. A true reflection on life.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. RŌA

    WHY THIS

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

    Chasing colors in the void. A game we made to Zen you.

    2018IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. A Mortician's Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Tengami.

    Ranked #5 for Tengami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Tengami.

    A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

    2017IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Drizzlepath

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Tengami.

    Ranked #6 for Tengami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tengami.

    In Drizzlepath you are set on a journey to the top of the Mountain of Fire. It aims to be an atmospheric, relaxed and enigmatic experience. Downloadable soundtrack included.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Drizzlepath: Deja Vu

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Tengami.

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

    A man embarks on a journey toward the top of a mountain, to discover the truth of his existence. Along the way, he ponders the nature of life itself. Drizzlepath: Deja Vu is a spiritual revisitation of Tonguç Bodur's very first game, Drizzlepath.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Yi and the Thousand Moons

    WHY THIS

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

    Yi and the Thousand Moons is a short video game musical written and developed by David Su. Through the course of several original interactive songs, featuring a full cast and live band, the game weaves a story of the archer Yi's journey to save her village.

    2017IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Tengami

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. Portal

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Tengami cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Witness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Tengami.

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Tengami.

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Room

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Tengami.

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

    A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Qora

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Tengami.

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

    A mysterious trip to gorgeous and surreal lands, players explore the unknown and harness mystical powers which have been hidden in the valley for centuries.

    2014IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Monument Valley

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Tengami.

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

    Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Tengami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tengami.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Tengami on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tengami.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Tengami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tengami.

    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 ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Tengami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tengami.

    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 ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Tengami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tengami.

    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 ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Tengami on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Tengami.

    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 ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Tengami on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tengami.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Tengami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tengami.

    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 ↗

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 and Casual with Tengami.

    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 Tengami.

    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 Tengami.

    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 Tengami.

    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 Tengami.

    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 Tengami.

    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 and Casual with Tengami.

    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 Tengami.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Tengami

Is Tengami verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Tengami is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Tengami cost?
Tengami is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Tengami?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tengami are Overseas, What's Your Gender?, Dragon Bobby - The Story of a Life.
Who developed Tengami?
Tengami was developed by Nyamyam.

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 Tengami.

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