Games like Scarab Tales
If Scarab Tales is your kind of game, the closest matches are ISLANDERS: New Shores, Tumblestone and I, Zombie — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and relaxing. 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 Scarab Tales: Scarab Tales is a casual puzzle game in Egyptian theme. Lead scarabaeus bugs to safety by clicking on them and various level elements. Solve 100 original challenging levels, gain achievements and compete with other players in crossplatform score chart and global leaderboards.
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ISLANDERS: New Shores
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Scarab Tales.
Top pick for Scarab Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
Tumblestone
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Scarab Tales.
Second-strongest match for Scarab Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
I, Zombie
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scarab Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Quite a different zombie game - this time YOU are the zombie! Command your infested comrades, fight your way to freedom and let the zombie kind dominate the world! Oh, and you're able to create your own scenarios!
Dungeon Hearts
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Scarab Tales.
Ranked #4 for Scarab Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Dungeon Hearts fuses the strategy and pattern matching of puzzle games with the kinetic pace of action games. Align magical runes as they flow along the Fatestream to attack, defend, and conjure magic in frenetic battles against a bestiary of fantastic creatures out to use those same runes against you.
MouseCraft
WHY THIS
Shares level editor and a whimsical mood with Scarab Tales.
Ranked #5 for Scarab Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Ever wondered what a cross between Tetris and Lemmings would look like? Well, wonder no more, 'cause... MouseCraft is here! MouseCraft is an A to B puzzle game where players help Schrödinger, the crazy cat scientist, in completing his mysterious, mice-powered invention.
Ichi
WHY THIS
Shares level editor and a relaxing mood with Scarab Tales.
Ranked #6 for Scarab Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Ichi is an easy to play but challenging one button puzzle game. Don't be deceived by the game simplistic look, it’s a braintwister for sure! Collect golden rings by rotating objects, using teleporters, breaking blocks and more.
Pictopix
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Scarab Tales.
Ranked #7 for Scarab Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Pictopix is a puzzle game where you use logic to color squares on grids in order to reveal pictures.
My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Scarab Tales.
Ranked #8 for Scarab Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
A fun watermelon merge puzzle game! Combine various matching fruits to help Kyo gather watermelons in four different game modes!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scarab Tales at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Scarab Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scarab Tales.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Scarab Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scarab Tales.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Scarab Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scarab Tales.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Scarab Tales on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scarab Tales.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Scarab Tales on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scarab Tales.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Scarab Tales on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Scarab Tales.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Scarab Tales on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Scarab Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scarab Tales.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sprout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.
Learn to Fly 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Transformice
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scarab Tales.
Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!
BEEP
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scarab Tales.
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
In Sink: A Co-Op Escape Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarab Tales.
Play an early version of the first level for free! Work together to solve the puzzles and escape a desert island in this multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.
Picross Touch
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Find the hidden image in this fun and addictive logic puzzle game. All puzzles have unique solutions, ensuring 100% logically solvable puzzle grids.
Lines X Free
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.
Sigils of Elohim
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Sigils of Elohim is a free mini-game prelude to Croteam’s upcoming first-person puzzler The Talos Principle that challenges players to solve dozens of challenging sigil puzzles under the watchful eye of Elohim.
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More from Playito.com
Other recommendable Steam games by Playito.com, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Space Merchants: Arena
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Scarab Tales.
Another title from Playito.com, the studio behind Scarab Tales. Shares Indie with Scarab Tales.
Space Merchants: Arena is a cross-platform online multiplayer game where futuristic spaceships engage in intense dogfights.3 game modes: Free for all/Team battle/Capture the Artefact.4 different maps: Faarlands, Tristar, Jupiter, Naussike system.Online leaderboards
DeathMetal
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Scarab Tales.
Another title from Playito.com, the studio behind Scarab Tales. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarab Tales.
Not your average brick-breaker arcade game! Prepare for hardcore action, atmospheric metal guitar riffs and old-school arkanoid difficulty. 40 challenging levels in 4 episode sets. Real-time physics and effects. 11 different power-ups to spice up the gameplay. 21 Achievements, 6 Trading Cards. Casual price.
DEBUFF
WHY THIS
Another title from Playito.com, the studio behind Scarab Tales. Shares Indie with Scarab Tales.
Nine fantasy heroes await your leadership in single player campaign, multiplayer battles and raids and last but not least, killing football game! Gain experience to level up, assign skill points, purchase bonus buffs to fight DEBUFF. Oh, and don't forget to kill Hellga!
Song Beater: Quite My Tempo!
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Scarab Tales.
Another title from Playito.com, the studio behind Scarab Tales. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarab Tales.
VR rhythm game on steroids. Beat challenging songs with your bare fists in Fit Boxing, wield variety of weapons (blades, tonfas, phasers, staff, saw) in Free Style or dominate the playfield in Real 360 mode. Global and friends leaderboards, calories burnt statistics. Custom songs and videos support.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ISLANDERS: New Shores
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Scarab Tales.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
Tumblestone
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Scarab Tales.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
I, Zombie
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scarab Tales.
Quite a different zombie game - this time YOU are the zombie! Command your infested comrades, fight your way to freedom and let the zombie kind dominate the world! Oh, and you're able to create your own scenarios!
Frequently asked about Scarab Tales
- How much does Scarab Tales cost?
- Scarab Tales is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Scarab Tales?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scarab Tales are ISLANDERS: New Shores, Tumblestone, I, Zombie.
- Who developed Scarab Tales?
- Scarab Tales was developed by Playito.com.
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