Rank 01Why this
Shares environmental puzzles with Arise: A Simple Story.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 30)
- Deck Verified
- 2018
Games like Arise: A Simple Story
- 19 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Arise: A Simple Story also play
The closest matches to Arise: A Simple Story: Candleman: The Complete Journey, The Last Campfire, Aspire: Ina's Tale, Neva, and The Gardens Between. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Also Puzzle-Platformer and 3D Platformer, like Arise: A Simple Story.
- $1.49 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Verified
- 2021
Rank 03Why this
Also Puzzle-Platformer and Drama, like Arise: A Simple Story.
- $2.59 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
Rank 04 
Neva
Why this: Also Puzzle-Platformer and Nature, like Arise: A Simple Story.
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The Gardens Between
Why this: Also Time Manipulation and Surreal, like Arise: A Simple Story.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Arise: A Simple Story
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- 1Candleman: The Complete Journey
Shares environmental puzzles with Arise: A Simple Story.
- 89% of 144 reviews
- 2The Last Campfire
Also Puzzle-Platformer and 3D Platformer, like Arise: A Simple Story.
- 97% of 5,416 reviews
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- 5The Gardens Between
Also Time Manipulation and Surreal, like Arise: A Simple Story.
- 93% of 955 reviews
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- 11Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Also Nature and 3D Platformer, like Arise: A Simple Story.
- 93% of 6,769 reviews
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- 20Hourglass
Shares time manipulation and environmental puzzles with Arise: A Simple Story.
- 81% of 144 reviews
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- Released: 2020
- Developer: Piccolo Studio
- Price: $3.99−80%checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 92% of 831 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 79
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Beautiful timeless art design
- Fitting and soulful soundtrack
- Atmospheric
- Emotional
- Peaceful
- Environmental puzzles
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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.
Candleman: The Complete Journey
Why this: Shares environmental puzzles with Arise: A Simple Story.
The Last Campfire
Why this: Also Puzzle-Platformer and 3D Platformer, like Arise: A Simple Story.
Neva
Why this: Also Puzzle-Platformer and Nature, like Arise: A Simple Story.
The Gardens Between
Why this: Also Time Manipulation and Surreal, like Arise: A Simple Story.
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Why this: Also Puzzle-Platformer and Drama, like Arise: A Simple Story.
About Arise: A Simple Story
The closest matches to Arise: A Simple Story: Candleman: The Complete Journey, The Last Campfire, Aspire: Ina's Tale, Neva, and The Gardens Between. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Arise: A Simple Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Candleman: The Complete Journey, The Last Campfire and Aspire: Ina's Tale — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, emotional and peaceful, and single out its environmental puzzles and memory replay. 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.
About Arise: A Simple Story: Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
Is Arise: A Simple Story worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 92% of 831 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Beautiful timeless art design
- Fitting and soulful soundtrack
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“100% oh so touching cliché. The art design is minimalistic but beautiful (though simply not my type). The story is minimalistic and cliché (and also not my type). The gameplay is okay but lacks precise controls. The music is rather generic…”
“One of the few games I gave up on relatively quickly due to the awkward, imprecise, clunky controls and nonsensical, annoying camera angles. The camera angles cannot be changed, nor can the keyboard controls. The result is a platformer…”
People who play it also play: Candleman: The Complete Journey, The Last Campfire, Aspire: Ina's Tale
Frequently asked about Arise: A Simple Story
Can I run it?
Is Arise: A Simple Story verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Arise: A Simple Story 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 Arise: A Simple Story cost?
Arise: A Simple Story is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Arise: A Simple Story have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Arise: A Simple Story supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Arise: A Simple Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Arise: A Simple Story are Candleman: The Complete Journey, The Last Campfire, Aspire: Ina's Tale.
Who developed Arise: A Simple Story?
Arise: A Simple Story was developed by Piccolo Studio and published by Untold Tales.