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Games like Lost Words: Beyond the Page

If Lost Words: Beyond the Page is your kind of game, the closest matches are Forgotten Spirits, A Juggler's Tale and Hue — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dual stories intertwine seamlessly, emotional weight resonates deeply and atmospheric. 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.

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About Lost Words: Beyond the Page: A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Sketchbook Developments, Fourth State, Sketchbook Games
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Players who liked Lost Words: Beyond the Page also play

Steam players who put hours into Lost Words: Beyond the Page also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Forgotten Spirits

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Lost Words: Beyond the Page fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Discover the secrets of an abandoned world as two companions have to work together, using their unique abilities to solve puzzles - Enjoy this 2D Adventure game on your own or with a friend.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. A Juggler's Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Second-strongest match for Lost Words: Beyond the Page fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hue

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Lost Words: Beyond the Page fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

    2016IndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Schein

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Ranked #4 for Lost Words: Beyond the Page fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Schein is a 2D precision side-scrolling puzzle platformer. Use the magic of light to explore hidden worlds, solve challenging puzzles, and defeat deadly beasts in this award-winning atmospheric action-adventure game.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Soulless: Ray Of Hope

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Ranked #5 for Lost Words: Beyond the Page fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Soulless: Ray of Hope is a 2D story-driven platformer focused on atmosphere, exploration, and emotional storytelling in a dark, minimalist world.

    2016IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Pedestrian

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Ranked #6 for Lost Words: Beyond the Page fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Golf Club Nostalgia

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Ranked #7 for Lost Words: Beyond the Page fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.

    2021SportsIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sunblaze

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Ranked #8 for Lost Words: Beyond the Page fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lost Words: Beyond the Page at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Lost Words: Beyond the Page on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Lost Words: Beyond the Page on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Lost Words: Beyond the Page on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Lost Words: Beyond the Page on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Lost Words: Beyond the Page on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Lost Words: Beyond the Page on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Lost Words: Beyond the Page on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Lost Words: Beyond the Page on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. A Juggler's Tale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Pedestrian

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Golf Club Nostalgia

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

    Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.

    2021SportsIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Is Lost Words: Beyond the Page verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Lost Words: Beyond the Page 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 Lost Words: Beyond the Page cost?
Lost Words: Beyond the Page is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Lost Words: Beyond the Page?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lost Words: Beyond the Page are Forgotten Spirits, A Juggler's Tale, Hue.
Who developed Lost Words: Beyond the Page?
Lost Words: Beyond the Page was developed by Sketchbook Developments, Fourth State, Sketchbook Games and published by Sketchbook Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

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