Rank 01Why this
Shares non linear exploration with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- $24.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Verified
- 2020
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Rank 02Why this
Shares environmental storytelling and puzzle solving with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2018
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MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Why this: Shares puzzle solving with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
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Why this: Shares non linear exploration and puzzle solving with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
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Why this: Shares day night cycle with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
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Shares environmental storytelling and puzzle solving with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- 86% of 685 reviews
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Shares puzzle solving with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- 60% of 465 reviews
- 5Empathy: Path of Whispers
Shares environmental storytelling with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- 59% of 95 reviews
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Shares non linear exploration and puzzle solving with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
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Shares non linear exploration and environmental storytelling with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- 79% of 184 reviews
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Shares environmental storytelling and resource management with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- 93% of 894 reviews
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- 19The Alien Cube
Shares puzzle solving and resource management with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- 79% of 298 reviews
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Shares non linear exploration and resource management with Aporia: Beyond The Valley.
- 88% of 2,463 reviews
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: Invisible Walls
- Price: $1.69−90%checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 82% of 273 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 71
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Ancient civilization mystery
- Haunting but brief chase sequences
- Light vial as core mechanic
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Eerie
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About Aporia: Beyond The Valley
The closest matches to Aporia: Beyond The Valley: Outer Wilds, The Station, Obduction, MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition, and Empathy: Path of Whispers. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Aporia: Beyond The Valley is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outer Wilds, The Station and Obduction — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and eerie, and single out its day night cycle and environmental storytelling. 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.
About Aporia: Beyond The Valley: CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.
Is Aporia: Beyond The Valley worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 82% of 273 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $16.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 11 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 6 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Ancient civilization mystery
- Haunting but brief chase sequences
- Light vial as core mechanic
- Open ended exploration
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Don't get this expecting Myst or anything like it. The puzzles are super basic, most of the game time is spent walking around using the single gimmick of the game. Boring and easy. It's basically just a playable story.”
“Positives: -Art design -Sound design is excellent -The horror elements are surprisingly good Negatives: -The puzzles are as complex as a potato -Constant crashes, performance issues, visual artifacts. -Level design is lacking. It is very…”
People who play it also play: Outer Wilds, The Station, Obduction
Frequently asked about Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Can I run it?
Does Aporia: Beyond The Valley run on Steam Deck?
Aporia: Beyond The Valley 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 Aporia: Beyond The Valley cost?
Aporia: Beyond The Valley is listed on Steam at 1.69 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Aporia: Beyond The Valley?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Aporia: Beyond The Valley are Outer Wilds, The Station, Obduction.
Who developed Aporia: Beyond The Valley?
Aporia: Beyond The Valley was developed by Invisible Walls.