Choose The Living Remain
Choose The Living Remain if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. The Living Remain launched in 2025.
The Living Remain vs Lost Contact
The Living Remain and Lost Contact both land in Action, 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 Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam. Lost Contact (2022) is 3 years older than The Living Remain (2025). Lost Contact is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than The Living Remain (9.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD). 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 Lost Contact
Choose Lost Contact if you want an Early Access experience. On Steam, it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. Lost Contact launched in 2022.
Both The Living Remain and Lost Contact sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Tracked Controller Support and VR Only, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Living Remain |  Lost Contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure | Action, Indie, Adventure, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 79.3% positive (179 reviews) | 1 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Five Finger Studios | VR Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Lost Contact (2022) is 3 years older than The Living Remain (2025).
- Lost Contact is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than The Living Remain (9.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
The Living Remain vs Lost Contact — FAQ
- Should I play The Living Remain or Lost Contact first?
- If you want chronology, Lost Contact (2022) came out before The Living Remain (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 The Living Remain and Lost Contact similar?
- They overlap on Action, 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.