Games like LEAVES - The Return
Below are 26 hand-picked alternatives to LEAVES - The Return for fans of indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in LEAVES - The Return also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from ZAR 21. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About LEAVES - The Return: Mononino and the Treefruities fared well without you - until another disaster scattered the leaves of their home tree. Once more, take on the journey and challenging puzzles along the way.
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The Witness
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Shares an atmospheric mood with LEAVES - The Return.
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You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
The Stanley Parable
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Shares an atmospheric mood with LEAVES - The Return.
Reviewers of LEAVES - The Return cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
The Talos Principle
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Shares an atmospheric mood with LEAVES - The Return.
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The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
The Room
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Shares an atmospheric mood with LEAVES - The Return.
Reviewers of LEAVES - The Return cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Die With Glory — Point and Click Adventure Game
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Shares a whimsical mood with LEAVES - The Return.
Reviewers of LEAVES - The Return cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Die With Glory is a humor-packed adventure game with a rich, non-linear storyline where your ultimate goal is to die.
LEAVES - The Journey
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Shares an atmospheric mood with LEAVES - The Return.
Reviewers of LEAVES - The Return cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Travel to the mystic lands of Mononino and help the Treefruities to recover the lost leaves of their home tree. Search for clues to master the many puzzles and challenges on your journey.
Myst
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Shares an atmospheric mood with LEAVES - The Return.
Reviewers of LEAVES - The Return cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below LEAVES - The Return at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under LEAVES - The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under LEAVES - The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under LEAVES - The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
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
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Priced ~80% under LEAVES - The Return on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under LEAVES - The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie with LEAVES - The Return.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under LEAVES - The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under LEAVES - The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~80% under LEAVES - The Return on Steam right now. Shares Indie with LEAVES - The Return.
"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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
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!
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
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.
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
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.
The Supper
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
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.
Samsara Room
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Samorost 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
The incredible Mr. Rabbit invites you all to a mysterious magic show! Celebrate 10 years of Rusty Lake with a new free-to-play point-and-click adventure that promises to delight and… shock you with its sleight of hand!
Sprout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.
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LEAVES - The Journey
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Shares an atmospheric mood with LEAVES - The Return.
Another title from ZAR 21, the studio behind LEAVES - The Return. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Travel to the mystic lands of Mononino and help the Treefruities to recover the lost leaves of their home tree. Search for clues to master the many puzzles and challenges on your journey.
VELONE
WHY THIS
Another title from ZAR 21, the studio behind LEAVES - The Return. Shares Indie with LEAVES - The Return.
VELONE is a creative automation game in which you assemble and program mechanisms to solve logic puzzles. Both relaxing and highly replayable, you save the planet VELONE by creating automated constructs that move and assemble according to your masterplan.
LEAVES 3
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and an atmospheric mood with LEAVES - The Return.
Another title from ZAR 21, the studio behind LEAVES - The Return. Shares Indie and Adventure with LEAVES - The Return.
Dive into the enchanting world of LEAVES 3, a handcrafted adventure full of mysteries and wonders. Explore a 3D world crafted with love and imagination, solve puzzles and free the Treefruities.
Frequently asked about LEAVES - The Return
- Does LEAVES - The Return run on Steam Deck?
- LEAVES - The Return is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does LEAVES - The Return cost?
- LEAVES - The Return is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed LEAVES - The Return?
- LEAVES - The Return was developed by ZAR 21 and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
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