Games like RiME
If RiME is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Witness, Night Stones and Valley — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful art style, challenging but fair puzzles and emotionally impactful story. 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 →RiME is a 2017 puzzle-adventure game developed by Tequila Works and QLOC, published by Grey Box and Six Foot. Players explore a mysterious island, solving environmental puzzles and uncovering a story about discovery and loss. The gameplay combines exploration with puzzle-solving and environmental interaction, with a fox companion providing guidance. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, emotional, and peaceful, with reviewers highlighting the art style and emotionally impactful narrative alongside challenging-but-fair puzzles. The game holds a positive review score of 89% from over 1,400 Steam reviews and is verified on Steam Deck. RiME offers a chill, medium-length single-player experience at $29.99.
About RiME: 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.
Players who liked RiME also play
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The Witness
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Top pick for RiME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Night Stones
WHY THIS
Shares exploration with RiME.
Second-strongest match for RiME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You awake in Mythica, a cozy island where magical stones change day to night. Explore winding paths or venture into the wilds with your trusty glider and sailboat. To return home, you must befriend quirky townsfolk, discover hidden treasures, master magic, and face enemies in clever puzzle combat.
Valley
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Third-strongest match for RiME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RiME.
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.
The First Tree
WHY THIS
Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Ranked #4 for RiME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RiME.
A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
Sable
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Ranked #5 for RiME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
ABZU
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Ranked #6 for RiME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RiME.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
WHY THIS
Shares story revelation, exploration and an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Ranked #7 for RiME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RiME.
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.
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Ranked #8 for RiME fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RiME.
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?
Reviewers mention these as similar to RiME
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Submerged: Hidden Depths
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Reviewers of RiME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Firewatch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Reviewers of RiME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RiME.
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.
The Pathless
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Reviewers of RiME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RiME.
From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Reviewers of RiME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RiME.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Jusant
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Reviewers of RiME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.
Sky: Children of the Light
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Reviewers of RiME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RiME.
A breathtaking open-world adventure awaits! Explore magical realms, restore lost light, and form wordless bonds with players worldwide. Complete quests and solve puzzles in seasonal events that celebrate kindness, discovery, and heartfelt connection.
Eastshade
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Reviewers of RiME cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Visit cities, scale summits, unearth mysteries, and discover forgotten places!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below RiME at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under RiME on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with RiME.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under RiME on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under RiME on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with RiME.
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?
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under RiME on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under RiME on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with RiME.
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...
It Takes Two
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under RiME on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
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.
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 RiME.
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.
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.
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 Adventure with RiME.
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.
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 Adventure with RiME.
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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More from Tequila Works
Other recommendable Steam games by Tequila Works, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Sexy Brutale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Another title from Tequila Works, the studio behind RiME. Shares Adventure with RiME.
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Another title from Tequila Works, the studio behind RiME. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Two best friends, one wild adventure. Join best friends Nunu and Willump on an adventure across the frozen wilds of the Freljord. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story is a single-player story adventure developed by Tequila Works.
Deadlight: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares environmental interaction and an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Another title from Tequila Works, the studio behind RiME. Shares Adventure with RiME.
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
The Invisible Hours
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Another title from Tequila Works, the studio behind RiME. Shares Adventure with RiME.
The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son
WHY THIS
Shares environmental interaction and an emotional mood with RiME.
Another title from Tequila Works, the studio behind RiME. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You’re stuck in a time loop as Phil Connors, Jr., back in Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day in this virtual reality game set in the world of the iconic hit movie. Solve puzzles and interact with branching narrative gameplay, to break the time-loop cycle to escape into tomorrow.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Night Stones
WHY THIS
Shares exploration with RiME.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with RiME.
You awake in Mythica, a cozy island where magical stones change day to night. Explore winding paths or venture into the wilds with your trusty glider and sailboat. To return home, you must befriend quirky townsfolk, discover hidden treasures, master magic, and face enemies in clever puzzle combat.
Sable
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with RiME.
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
ABZU
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with RiME.
From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with RiME.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with RiME.
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?
Frequently asked about RiME
- Is RiME verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — RiME is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does RiME cost?
- RiME is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to RiME?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RiME are The Witness, Night Stones, Valley.
- Who developed RiME?
- RiME was developed by Tequila Works, QLOC and published by Grey Box, Six Foot.
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