Games like Valley
If Valley is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slender: The Arrival, Mik and Firewatch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful graphics and soundtrack, movement feels amazing and nostalgic and chill experience. 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 →Valley is a 2016 first-person action-adventure game developed by Blue Isle Studios. Set in a vast open world, players navigate the environment using an exoskeleton suit that grants enhanced speed and agility while solving environmental puzzles and collecting items scattered throughout the landscape. The game emphasizes exploration and fast-paced running and jumping mechanics. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, and relaxing, with particular praise for the graphics and soundtrack creating a nostalgic chill atmosphere. The solo-only adventure runs at a medium length with a chill difficulty curve. Valley holds a 91% positive rating from over 4,300 Steam reviews and is not currently supported on Steam Deck.
About Valley: Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.
Players who liked Valley also play
Steam players who put hours into Valley 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.
Slender: The Arrival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Top pick for Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Mik
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
Mik is an atmospheric, narrative-driven platformer, set in a post-apocalyptic world. What was once a thriving megastructure is now a rotting corpse of a facility, where you find yourself exploring fragments of the past.
Firewatch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Third-strongest match for Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
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.
Downward: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Ranked #4 for Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Ranked #5 for Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Valley.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
RiME
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Ranked #6 for Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Valley.
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Ranked #7 for Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Ranked #8 for Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Valley
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.
Graveyard Keeper
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Core Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Reviewers of Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Rune Factory 5
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Valley.
As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!
Submerged
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Reviewers of Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Valley.
Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat.
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Reviewers of Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Roots of Pacha
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Valley.
Reviewers of Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Valley.
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Travellers Rest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Reviewers of Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
My Time at Portia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Reviewers of Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Valley at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valley.
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 Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action with Valley.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Valley on Steam right now. Shares Action with Valley.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valley.
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 Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
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 Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valley.
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.
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 Valley.
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 Action and Adventure with Valley.
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 Action and Indie with Valley.
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 Valley.
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 Valley.
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 Action and Indie with Valley.
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
More from Blue Isle Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Blue Isle Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Slender: The Arrival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Another title from Blue Isle Studios, the studio behind Valley. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
Citadel: Forged with Fire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Another title from Blue Isle Studios, the studio behind Valley. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
LEAP
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Another title from Blue Isle Studios, the studio behind Valley. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
LEAP is a fast-paced, multiplayer first-person shooter featuring epic large scale battles, each with players armed to the teeth. Fight for either the United Earth Defense Coalition (UEDC) or the rebel Exo-Terrans - whoever pays the most, wins your trigger finger and excessive arsenal.
Guardians of the Wild Sky
WHY THIS
Another title from Blue Isle Studios, the studio behind Valley. Shares Action and Indie with Valley.
Survive, build, craft and explore a vast magical world as you capture and bond with powerful Guardians. Captain your own airship and sail the cloud seas. Build everything from cozy homes to flying castles. Explore this world solo or with friends; the skies are yours to conquer!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Firewatch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
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.
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Valley.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
RiME
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Valley.
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
A Story About My Uncle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Valley.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley.
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Frequently asked about Valley
- Does Valley work on Steam Deck?
- Valley is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Valley cost?
- Valley is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Valley?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Valley are Slender: The Arrival, Mik, Firewatch.
- Who developed Valley?
- Valley was developed by Blue Isle Studios and published by Blue Isle Publishing.
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 Valley.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.