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Games like The Land Forgotten

If The Land Forgotten is your kind of game, the closest matches are Oknytt, Leila and Samorost 3 — 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.

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About The Land Forgotten: A hand-painted adventure puzzle game where language is magic. Explore a mysterious land, decipher ancient scripts, and solve language-based puzzles to uncover the secrets of a lost civilization.

IndieAdventureWindows · macOS · Linuxby Daria
The Land Forgotten — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Land Forgotten also play

Steam players who put hours into The Land Forgotten 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. Oknytt

    WHY THIS

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

    Oknytt is an old school point-and-click adventure game where the player takes the role of a small, seemingly insignificant creature, leading it through a dark world filled with beings and areas inspired by Swedish folklore, in search of a place to belong.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Leila

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Samorost 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Lost in Play

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Rumu

    WHY THIS

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

    Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Dreamfall Chapters

    WHY THIS

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

    The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.

    2017IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. LUNA The Shadow Dust

    WHY THIS

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

    LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Dark Eye: Memoria

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Land Forgotten.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Land Forgotten.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 The Land Forgotten.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Land Forgotten.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Samorost 3

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Land Forgotten.

    Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lost in Play

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Land Forgotten.

    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 ↗
  3. LUNA The Shadow Dust

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Land Forgotten.

    LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Land Forgotten

What games are most similar to The Land Forgotten?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Land Forgotten are Oknytt, Leila, Samorost 3.
Who developed The Land Forgotten?
The Land Forgotten was developed by Daria.

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 Land Forgotten.

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