Rank 01Games like Cradle
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- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Cradle also play
The closest matches to Cradle: Firewatch, The Station, Cloudpunk, Tacoma, and Phoning Home. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares environmental storytelling and puzzle solving with Cradle.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2018
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Phoning Home
Why this: Shares exploration driven progression with Cradle.
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Obduction
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Cradle.
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The Talos Principle 2
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Cradle.
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Flying Cafe for Semianimals
- Price: $12.99checked Oct 31
- 63% of 924 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 65
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
Players highlight
- Alternate future mongolian steppe setting
- Environmental storytelling reveals the world
- Philosophical mystery unfolds through exploration
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Immersive
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Cradle
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.
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Cradle.
Gone Home
Why this: Shares environmental storytelling with Cradle.
Portal
Why this: Same contemplative mood as Cradle.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cradle at current Steam store prices.
The Red Strings Club
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Cradle.
Servant of the Lake
Why this: Shares environmental storytelling and puzzle solving with Cradle.
Leaving Lyndow
Why this: Also Short and Walking Simulator, like Cradle.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Cradle, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Port of Call
Why this: Also Short and Walking Simulator, like Cradle.
Marie's Room
Why this: Shares environmental storytelling with Cradle.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Firewatch
Why this: Also Short and Walking Simulator, like Cradle.
Cloudpunk
Why this: Also Cyberpunk and Walking Simulator, like Cradle.
The Talos Principle 2
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Cradle.
About Cradle
The closest matches to Cradle: Firewatch, The Station, Cloudpunk, Tacoma, and Phoning Home. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Cradle is your kind of game, the closest matches are Firewatch, The Station and Cloudpunk — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and immersive, and single out its android repair and environmental storytelling. 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.
About Cradle: Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
Is Cradle worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 63% of 924 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $12.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Alternate future mongolian steppe setting
- Environmental storytelling reveals the world
- Philosophical mystery unfolds through exploration
- Repairing the android companion drives the narrative
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I was always kind of curious about this game. It would always pop up when searching other games and something about the thumbnails and images always drew me in and made me wonder about it. It sat in my library for years and I always wanted…”
People who play it also play: Firewatch, The Station, Cloudpunk
Frequently asked about Cradle
Can I run it?
How much does Cradle cost?
Cradle is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cradle?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cradle are Firewatch, The Station, Cloudpunk.
Who developed Cradle?
Cradle was developed by Flying Cafe for Semianimals.