Games like ARIDA: Backland's Awakening
If ARIDA: Backland's Awakening is your kind of game, the closest matches are ARIDA 2: Rise of the Brave, Django and LOST EMBER — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emotional narrative hits hard, regionalist storytelling stands out 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.
Get personalized picks →About ARIDA: Backland's Awakening: ARIDA: Backland's Awakening. A story of survival and adventure in the brazilian backlands. Face the drought to explore the more arid regions, gather resources and discover clues about the fate of the young Cícera.
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ARIDA 2: Rise of the Brave
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Top pick for ARIDA: Backland's Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Join Cícera on an emotional journey through a vibrant yet hostile world. Uncover the secrets of a promised land, solve quests, and master crafting to survive. In the 19th-century Brazilian backlands, your courage is the only weapon against the drought!
Django
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ARIDA: Backland's Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Django, a brave doberman left behind in the woods, will he find his way back to his family? Through the dangerous and breathtaking path of forest, you will play as django and explore the nature woods of Kodaikanal with dangerous and interesting wild animals on the way and uncovers the story behind.
LOST EMBER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Third-strongest match for ARIDA: Backland's Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Shelter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Ranked #4 for ARIDA: Backland's Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Experience the wild as a badger sheltering your cubs from harm. On your journey, you will be stalked by birds of prey, encounter perils of the night, cross fierce rivers, escape forest fires and face the looming threat of starvation. Food is to be found, but is there enough for everyone?
Dordogne
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting and a melancholic mood with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Ranked #5 for ARIDA: Backland's Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.
Farewell North
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting and a melancholic mood with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Ranked #6 for ARIDA: Backland's Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
Endling - Extinction is Forever
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ARIDA: Backland's Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award winning experience.
Submerged: Hidden Depths
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Ranked #8 for ARIDA: Backland's Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ARIDA: Backland's Awakening at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under ARIDA: Backland's Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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 ~41% under ARIDA: Backland's Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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
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Priced ~56% under ARIDA: Backland's Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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 ~71% under ARIDA: Backland's Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under ARIDA: Backland's Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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 ~41% under ARIDA: Backland's Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under ARIDA: Backland's Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under ARIDA: Backland's Awakening on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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 with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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 ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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 ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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 ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
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 ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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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.
LOST EMBER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Farewell North
WHY THIS
Shares collectible hunting and a melancholic mood with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
Endling - Extinction is Forever
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award winning experience.
Submerged: Hidden Depths
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Frequently asked about ARIDA: Backland's Awakening
- Is ARIDA: Backland's Awakening verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — ARIDA: Backland's Awakening 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 ARIDA: Backland's Awakening cost?
- ARIDA: Backland's Awakening is listed on Steam at 3.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ARIDA: Backland's Awakening are ARIDA 2: Rise of the Brave, Django, LOST EMBER.
- Who developed ARIDA: Backland's Awakening?
- ARIDA: Backland's Awakening was developed by Aoca Game Lab.
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