Games like Mainland
If Mainland is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sarawak, Love Mystery Club and The seven days i spent with you — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its short but deeply immersive, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 →About Mainland: A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
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Love Mystery Club
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Second-strongest match for Mainland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.
The seven days i spent with you
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Third-strongest match for Mainland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
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Shares a contemplative mood with Mainland.
Ranked #4 for Mainland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Roadwarden
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Mainland.
Ranked #5 for Mainland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Signs of the Sojourner
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Mainland.
Ranked #6 for Mainland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mainland.
Ranked #7 for Mainland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Wheels of Aurelia
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Mainland.
Ranked #8 for Mainland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.
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Gateways
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Mainland.
Reviewers of Mainland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mainland.
From the creative mind behind The Adventures of Shuggy comes an exciting new retro-styled 2D platformer, a winner of Dream Build Play 2012 and a top 50 game of 2012 according to Game Informer. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure.
Montague's Mount
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Mainland.
Reviewers of Mainland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
Montague's Mount is disturbing psychological thriller set in the bleakness of an abandoned Irish island, featuring exploration and challenging puzzle solving. This game is part one of a two part story, some questions are left unanswered and open to interpretation.
The Forgotten Nightmare Series
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Reviewers of Mainland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
A classic-style text adventure game spanning three chapters. Enter verb/noun commands via keyboard, mouse, or game controller to explore, collect items, and solve puzzles in a post-apocalyptic, Christian-themed story. Features an auto-drawing map and hint system.
The Lord of the Parties
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Mainland.
Reviewers of Mainland cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mainland.
The lord of the parties is a brand new game that combines an RPG with a party shoot 'em up. Explore this unique fantasy world with your own allies!
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Frequently asked about Mainland
- Is Mainland free to play?
- Yes — Mainland is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Mainland?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mainland are Sarawak, Love Mystery Club, The seven days i spent with you.
- Who developed Mainland?
- Mainland was developed by Vasily Voronkov, Ryan Joseph, Peter Kosyh and published by INSTEAD Community.
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 Mainland.
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