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Games like Memoranda

If Memoranda is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost in Play, Leila and The Dark Eye: Memoria — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious. 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.

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About Memoranda: Memoranda is a 2D point and click adventure game inspired by author Haruki Murakami’s surreal short stories.The game tells the story of a young lady who gradually realizes that she is forgetting her own name. But is she really losing her memory?

2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDMetacritic 58Windows · macOS · Linuxby Bit Byterz
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Art style is vibrant and distinctiveNotebook mechanic tracks clues and memoriesPuzzles are intentionally illogical but rewardingAtmosphericContemplativeMysterious

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Steam players who put hours into Memoranda 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.

  1. Lost in Play

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Memoranda.

    Top pick for Memoranda fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Leila

    WHY THIS

    Shares hint system and an atmospheric mood with Memoranda.

    Second-strongest match for Memoranda fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Dark Eye: Memoria

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Memoranda.

    Third-strongest match for Memoranda fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    In Memoria, players travel through different time periods, following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Kathy Rain

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Memoranda.

    Ranked #4 for Memoranda fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Memoranda.

    Ranked #5 for Memoranda fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    Nelly Cootalot is the stupidly named pirate adventurer with a heart of gold. Uncover corruption and wanton punning in this HD revival of a classic freeware adventure game.

    2019IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Lucid Dream Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares hint system and an atmospheric mood with Memoranda.

    Ranked #6 for Memoranda fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.

    2018IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Memoranda.

    Ranked #7 for Memoranda fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Memoranda.

    Ranked #8 for Memoranda fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    The award-winning debut adventure game from the creators of Deponia and The Whispered World now on Steam. Accompany young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on a whacky attempt to escape from her padded cell. Experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and far beyond its brick walls.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Memoranda at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Memoranda on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Memoranda.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Memoranda on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Memoranda.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Memoranda on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Memoranda on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Memoranda.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Memoranda on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Memoranda on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Memoranda.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Memoranda on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Memoranda.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Memoranda on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Memoranda.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Memoranda.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Memoranda.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 100 Asian Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Memoranda.

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Supper

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Memoranda.

    The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Memoranda

How much does Memoranda cost?
Memoranda is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Memoranda?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Memoranda are Lost in Play, Leila, The Dark Eye: Memoria.
Who developed Memoranda?
Memoranda was developed by Bit Byterz and published by Digital Dragon.

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 Memoranda.

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