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Games like Traces from Auralis

If Traces from Auralis is your kind of game, the closest matches are FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT: Botanical Investigator, DeTails and Eleuthera — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Traces from Auralis: Explore an alien world alongside an enigmatic companion. Follow the threads of a lost expedition while unravelling your own forgotten past. A mystery-driven adventure where knowledge is your greatest tool as you investigate interconnected ecosystems and gradually understand their rules.

IndieAdventureWindowsby Loadstar
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Steam players who put hours into Traces from Auralis 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. FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT: Botanical Investigator

    WHY THIS

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

    An exploration game about knowledge and discovery. Change the seasons, investigate plants, and discover secrets about the world to stop an ecological disaster.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. DeTails

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Traces from Auralis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Traces from Auralis.

    DeTails is a narrative adventure starring Cami, a bass player and color slinging chameleon as she travels with her band The Hexes. Explore a vibrant world bursting with a colorful cast of characters. Master mini-games, fight the man, and learn what it means to grow up without losing your edge!

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. Eleuthera

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Traces from Auralis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Traces from Auralis.

    Eleuthera is an action-adventure in a metaphysical Mediterranean: a dreamlike sea suspended between myth and reality. Play a moon-touched demigod wielding three lunar powers, unraveling the Pleiades’ myth and confronting Orion’s tyranny under de Chirico’s impossible skies.

    ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Blue Prince

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Through The Fragmentation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Traces from Auralis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Traces from Auralis.

    Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Strange Horticulture

    WHY THIS

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

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

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

    The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dimhaven - The Lost Source

    WHY THIS

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

    Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!

    2026IndieAdventure20.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 with Traces from Auralis.

    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 Traces from Auralis.

    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 Traces from Auralis.

    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 Traces from Auralis.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Traces from Auralis.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Traces from Auralis.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Traces from Auralis.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Traces from Auralis.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Blue Prince

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Traces from Auralis.

    Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Strange Horticulture

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Traces from Auralis.

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Traces from Auralis.

    The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Traces from Auralis

What games are most similar to Traces from Auralis?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Traces from Auralis are FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT: Botanical Investigator, DeTails, Eleuthera.
Who developed Traces from Auralis?
Traces from Auralis was developed by Loadstar.

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 Traces from Auralis.

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