Choose A Long Road Home
Choose A Long Road Home if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's currently about 72% cheaper on the Steam Store. A Long Road Home launched in 2017.
A Long Road Home vs In a Bit of Tales
A Long Road Home and In a Bit of Tales both land in Indie, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam. A Long Road Home (2017) is 8 years older than In a Bit of Tales (2025). Both sit near 91% positive on Steam (A Long Road Home: 21 reviews, In a Bit of Tales: 11). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose In a Bit of Tales
Choose In a Bit of Tales if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. In a Bit of Tales launched in 2025.
Both A Long Road Home and In a Bit of Tales sit in Indie and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (90.5% vs 90.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 A Long Road Home |  In a Bit of Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Indie, Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 1.99 USD | 6.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 90.5% positive (21 reviews) | 90.9% positive (11 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | One Bit Studio | Daybloom Project |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- A Long Road Home (2017) is 8 years older than In a Bit of Tales (2025).
- Both sit near 91% positive on Steam (A Long Road Home: 21 reviews, In a Bit of Tales: 11).
- A Long Road Home is currently ~72% cheaper on Steam than In a Bit of Tales (1.99 USD vs. 6.99 USD).
A Long Road Home vs In a Bit of Tales — FAQ
- Should I play A Long Road Home or In a Bit of Tales first?
- If you want chronology, A Long Road Home (2017) came out before In a Bit of Tales (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are A Long Road Home and In a Bit of Tales similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.