Games like Kona
If Kona is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kona II: Brume, Kholat and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and dark. 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 →Kona is an indie adventure game set in Northern Canada during a harsh winter in 1970. Players take on the role of a detective investigating mysterious events in a small village devastated by an unnatural blizzard. The gameplay blends survival mechanics including warmth management and vehicle navigation with traditional detective work, as players gather clues through environmental exploration, document reading, and case journaling. Reviewers highlight how the detective story unfolds naturally through environmental storytelling, and players describe the winter atmosphere as oppressively immersive. The game runs approximately six hours, costs $14.99, and is verified on Steam Deck. It received 82% positive reviews from 1473 Steam users and holds a 73 on Metacritic.
About Kona: Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
Players who liked Kona also play
Steam players who put hours into Kona 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.
Kona II: Brume
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Top pick for Kona fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
Kholat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Second-strongest match for Kona fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Third-strongest match for Kona fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Ranked #4 for Kona fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Ranked #5 for Kona fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
The Painscreek Killings
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Kona fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Ranked #7 for Kona fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Visage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Ranked #8 for Kona fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Kona
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.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Reviewers of Kona cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Shadows of Doubt
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Reviewers of Kona cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
This Bed We Made
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Reviewers of Kona cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Killer Frequency
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Reviewers of Kona cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Arctic Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Reviewers of Kona cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.
Firewatch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Reviewers of Kona cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Reviewers of Kona cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kona at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Kona on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kona.
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 Kona on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kona.
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 Kona on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
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 Kona on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kona.
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 Kona on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
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 Kona on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kona.
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 Kona on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kona.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Kona on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
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 Kona.
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 Kona.
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 Kona.
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 Kona.
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 Kona.
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 Kona.
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.
Narrow it down
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.
Kona II: Brume
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
Kholat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Kona.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kona.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Frequently asked about Kona
- Is Kona verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Kona 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 Kona cost?
- Kona is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Kona?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kona are Kona II: Brume, Kholat, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
- Who developed Kona?
- Kona was developed by Parabole and published by Parabole, Ravenscourt.
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 Kona.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.