Games like Return to ...
If Return to ... is your kind of game, the closest matches are Project Serial, Shards of Order and Ash of Gods: The Way — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Return to ...: A loop-based text adventure where turn-based combat, exploration, and branching choices drive a haunting journey through death and memory.
Players who liked Return to ... also play
Steam players who put hours into Return to ... 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.
Project Serial
WHY THIS
Top pick for Return to ... fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to ....
This city eats people. Don the mask of a serial killer in this deckbuilding roguelike interactive story-based RPG. Become The Loner and explore the rhetoric of your mind, defuse gangs and psychopaths, massacre your enemies, and unravel the secrets of the city.
Shards of Order
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Return to ... fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to ....
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Ash of Gods: The Way
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Return to ... fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to ....
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
Master of Piece
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Return to ... fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Return to ....
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Griftlands
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Return to ... fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to ....
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Signs of the Sojourner
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Return to ... fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to ....
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?
Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Return to ... fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to ....
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
Moon Corona
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Return to ... fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Return to ....
open your eyes from the ancient temple and embark on this adventure! Embark on an RPG adventure in a dark-themed sandbox world. Explore vast lands, collect all kinds of cards, craft diverse combinations, and make pivotal choices—seeking lost truths and redemption in the chaos and danger.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Return to ... at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to ... on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to ....
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 ~50% under Return to ... on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to ....
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!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to ... on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to ....
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to ... on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to ....
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 ~50% under Return to ... on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to ....
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Return to ... on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to ....
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Return to ... on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to ....
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Return to ... on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Return to ....
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 Return to ....
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.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Return to ....
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 Return to ....
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 with Return to ....
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Return to ....
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Return to ....
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Master of Piece
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Early Access with Return to ....
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Griftlands
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Return to ....
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Return to ....
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
Frequently asked about Return to ...
- How much does Return to ... cost?
- Return to ... is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Return to ...?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Return to ... are Project Serial, Shards of Order, Ash of Gods: The Way.
- Who developed Return to ...?
- Return to ... was developed by kupstudio.
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