Games like The Big Journey
If The Big Journey is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lilly's rescue, Super Phantom Cat and Semblance — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bright colorful environments, collect dumplings and bugs and take playful screenshots. 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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Players who liked The Big Journey also play
Steam players who put hours into The Big Journey 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.
Lilly's rescue
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Big Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Big Journey.
Lilly's Rescue is a Action RPG game, play it your way, improve your skills throughout the game and find your kitten and bring him home.
Super Phantom Cat
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Big Journey.
Second-strongest match for The Big Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
A retro-casual platformer game! No matter who you are! Get your cat ears ready, BRING IT ON! Set off on the crazy journey to rescue your sister!
Semblance
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Big Journey.
Third-strongest match for The Big Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
CATO: Buttered Cat
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with The Big Journey.
Ranked #4 for The Big Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!
Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with The Big Journey.
Ranked #5 for The Big Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Meet Lumote, the squishiest bioluminescent creature, in this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer. Take control of the world’s inhabitants on a quest into the Great Depths to seize control from the Mastermote.
Omno
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with The Big Journey.
Ranked #6 for The Big Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.
MagiCat
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Big Journey.
Ranked #7 for The Big Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
MagiCat is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the retro games from 16-bit era. The game features a cute magical cat adventuring 63 levels, each with their own unique boss battle spread across 7 worlds.
My Memory of Us
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Big Journey.
Ranked #8 for The Big Journey fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.
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Sonic Generations Collection
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Big Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
Pikuniku
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Big Journey.
Reviewers of The Big Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Big Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Big Journey.
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Sushi Cat - Tower Defense
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Big Journey.
Reviewers of The Big Journey cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Big Journey.
Battle back waves of rogue sushi in this cute-but-chaotic roguelite tower defense! Build, upgrade, and reshape the battlefield each run.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Big Journey at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Big Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Big Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Big Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Big Journey on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Big Journey.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Big Journey on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Big Journey.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Big Journey on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Big Journey.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Big Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Big Journey.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Big Journey on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Big Journey.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Big Journey.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Big Journey.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Big Journey.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 The Big Journey.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Big Journey.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Semblance
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Big Journey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
CATO: Buttered Cat
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with The Big Journey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
Puzzle platformer where you control both the cat and the toast, based on the famous "Buttered Cat Paradox". The game features 200+ levels, 70+ skins, plus boss fights and mini-games!
MagiCat
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Big Journey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
MagiCat is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the retro games from 16-bit era. The game features a cute magical cat adventuring 63 levels, each with their own unique boss battle spread across 7 worlds.
My Memory of Us
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Big Journey.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Big Journey.
My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.
Frequently asked about The Big Journey
- How much does The Big Journey cost?
- The Big Journey is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Big Journey?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Big Journey are Lilly's rescue, Super Phantom Cat, Semblance.
- Who developed The Big Journey?
- The Big Journey was developed by Catfishbox and published by Hook 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 The Big Journey.
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