Rank 01Why this
Shares environmental puzzle solving with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
- $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2021
Games like Faraway: Puzzle Escape
- 22 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Faraway: Puzzle Escape also play
The closest matches to Faraway: Puzzle Escape: Escape Machine City: Airborne, Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room, Kairo, Aporia: Beyond The Valley, and Quern - Undying Thoughts. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02- $12.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
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Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
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The Eyes of Ara
Why this: Shares hidden object search with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Faraway: Puzzle Escape
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- 1Escape Machine City: Airborne
Shares environmental puzzle solving with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
- 86% of 78 reviews
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- 10Dream Cage
Shares note collection and hidden object search with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
- 63% of 109 reviews
- 11Strange Jigsaws
Shares hidden object search and environmental puzzle solving with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
- 100% of 2,800 reviews
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- 16Neyyah
Shares environmental puzzle solving and inventory management with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
- 86% of 154 reviews
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- 24Strange Antiquities
Shares hidden object search and inventory management with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
- 96% of 1,956 reviews
- Released: 2021
- Developer: Pine Studio
- Price: $4.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 65% of 69 reviews
- Genres: Adventure, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Minimalist storytelling enhances immersion
- Notes and clues drive narrative piecing
- Photography aids puzzle solving
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Mysterious
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Faraway: Puzzle Escape at current Steam store prices.
Dream Cage
Why this: Shares note collection and hidden object search with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
Why this: Shares environmental puzzle solving and inventory management with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Reversed Escape Room
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
3D Escape: Chinese Room
Why this: Shares hidden object search and environmental puzzle solving with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
More from Pine Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Pine Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Escape Simulator
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Faraway: Jungle Escape
Why this: Shares note collection and environmental puzzle solving with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
Faraway: Arctic Escape
Why this: Shares note collection with Faraway: Puzzle Escape.
About Faraway: Puzzle Escape
The closest matches to Faraway: Puzzle Escape: Escape Machine City: Airborne, Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room, Kairo, Aporia: Beyond The Valley, and Quern - Undying Thoughts. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Faraway: Puzzle Escape is your kind of game, the closest matches are Escape Machine City: Airborne, Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room and Kairo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious, and single out its environmental puzzle solving and hidden object search. 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 Faraway: Puzzle Escape: Faraway is an adventure game, a modern tribute to Myst. In Faraway you're an adventurer exploring ruins of ancient temples full of challenges and mysterious riddles.
Is Faraway: Puzzle Escape worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 65% of 69 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 7 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 5 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Minimalist storytelling enhances immersion
- Notes and clues drive narrative piecing
- Photography aids puzzle solving
- Puzzles require environmental observation
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This was fun until I got to level 18 and had to get 6 lights (3 each side) on a 2-sided panel all lighted simultaneously. Although some people in the discussion were able to accomplish this and go on to the next level, I don't have the…”
“Not for anyone thinking a puzzle should be more than just artificial cognitive load of working memory and arbitrarily having to go look everywhere where the developer might've "hid" a piece.”
People who play it also play: Escape Machine City: Airborne, Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room, Kairo
Frequently asked about Faraway: Puzzle Escape
Can I run it?
Does Faraway: Puzzle Escape run on Steam Deck?
Faraway: Puzzle Escape is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Faraway: Puzzle Escape cost?
Faraway: Puzzle Escape is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Faraway: Puzzle Escape?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Faraway: Puzzle Escape are Escape Machine City: Airborne, Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room, Kairo.
Who developed Faraway: Puzzle Escape?
Faraway: Puzzle Escape was developed by Pine Studio and published by Snapbreak.