Games like The Journey Back
If The Journey Back is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darkstone Bay, Eschaton and Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! — 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 The Journey Back: The Journey Back is a first person exploration experience. You gain consciousness after being involved in a car crash. Explore a colorful, stylized 3d world, solve puzzles and find out what happened along the way.
Players who liked The Journey Back also play
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Darkstone Bay
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Journey Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
A shipwreck has been hidden on this island for 300 years. Nobody has found it. You arrive at Darkstone Bay determined to change that. Cross the island by solving ancient puzzles, navigate rocky beaches, caves and dense jungles in an escape room inspired adventure. Will you be the one to find it?
Eschaton
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Journey Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Journey Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Journey Back.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
The Norwood Suite
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Journey Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.
Obduction
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Journey Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Journey Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Journey Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Journey Back fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Journey Back at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Journey Back on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Journey Back on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
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 ~67% under The Journey Back on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Journey Back.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Journey Back on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Journey Back.
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 ~67% under The Journey Back on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Journey Back.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Journey Back on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Journey Back.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Journey Back on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Journey Back.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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 and Casual with The Journey Back.
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 Adventure with The Journey Back.
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 Indie with The Journey Back.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Journey Back.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
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 and Casual with The Journey Back.
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 and Adventure with The Journey Back.
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.
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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.
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Journey Back.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
Frequently asked about The Journey Back
- How much does The Journey Back cost?
- The Journey Back is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Journey Back?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Journey Back are Darkstone Bay, Eschaton, Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!.
- Who developed The Journey Back?
- The Journey Back was developed by Erwin Wolf and published by MarWin Studios.
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 The Journey Back.
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