Games like Some Distant Memory
If Some Distant Memory is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Great Perhaps, Journal and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bittersweet post apocalyptic setting, atmospheric and contemplative. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Some Distant Memory: A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
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Steam players who put hours into Some Distant Memory 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.
The Great Perhaps
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Top pick for Some Distant Memory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
Journal
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Second-strongest match for Some Distant Memory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Third-strongest match for Some Distant Memory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
Voyage
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Some Distant Memory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
To find their way home, two survivors journey to unravel the mysteries of the past.
The Station
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Ranked #5 for Some Distant Memory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Tacoma
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Ranked #6 for Some Distant Memory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Gone Home
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Ranked #7 for Some Distant Memory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Ranked #8 for Some Distant Memory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
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Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Reviewers of Some Distant Memory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
The Thaumaturge
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Reviewers of Some Distant Memory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Deep Down
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Some Distant Memory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
Embark on an epic mining adventure in "Deep Down," an Action RPG with procedurally generated caves, real-time mining, crafting, and combat. Upgrade your tools, manage resources, and uncover hidden secrets as you delve deeper into the earth.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Some Distant Memory at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Some Distant Memory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Some Distant Memory.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Some Distant Memory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Some Distant Memory.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Some Distant Memory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Some Distant Memory.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Some Distant Memory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Some Distant Memory.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Some Distant Memory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Some Distant Memory.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Some Distant Memory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Some Distant Memory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Some Distant Memory.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Some Distant Memory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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 Some Distant Memory.
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 Some Distant Memory.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Some Distant Memory.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
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 Some Distant Memory.
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 Some Distant Memory.
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 Some Distant Memory.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Galvanic Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Galvanic Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wizard with a Gun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Another title from Galvanic Games, the studio behind Some Distant Memory. Shares Indie and Adventure with Some Distant Memory.
Wizard with a Gun is an online sandbox survival game for 1 - 4 players set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with a friend to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown.
Rapture Rejects
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Some Distant Memory.
Another title from Galvanic Games, the studio behind Some Distant Memory. Shares Indie with Some Distant Memory.
The Rapture Has Happened. You didn't make the cut. Rapture Rejects is a top down isometric last man standing game set in the apocalyptic Cyanide & Happiness universe.
Gurgamoth
WHY THIS
Another title from Galvanic Games, the studio behind Some Distant Memory. Shares Indie with Some Distant Memory.
Gurgamoth is a flying fighting game where the level is your weapon. Each match is lightning quick and focuses on intense flying combat and getting in your opponent's head. The controls are simple, but the mechanics and interesting levels bring out the game’s depth.
Frequently asked about Some Distant Memory
- How much does Some Distant Memory cost?
- Some Distant Memory is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Some Distant Memory?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Some Distant Memory are The Great Perhaps, Journal, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
- Who developed Some Distant Memory?
- Some Distant Memory was developed by Galvanic Games and published by Way Down Deep.
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