Games like The End of the Sun
If The End of the Sun is your kind of game, the closest matches are PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE, Rusts Of Corruption and A Storied Life: Tabitha — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 The End of the Sun: You are the Ashter – a Slavic fire mage and tracker of mythical beings. Following a legendary creature, you reach a village caught in a time rift. Embark on a magical investigation – travel through time, explore the ancient land, and bond with fire to shape villagers’ fate and uncover the mystery.
Players who liked The End of the Sun also play
Steam players who put hours into The End of the Sun 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.
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE
WHY THIS
Top pick for The End of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
Something's hiding in the cassette. Rearrange the words of your enemies to investigate a small-town conspiracy in this mystery puzzle game.
Rusts Of Corruption
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The End of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?
A Storied Life: Tabitha
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and a melancholic mood with The End of the Sun.
Third-strongest match for The End of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The End of the Sun.
A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. Complete a loved one's damaged memoirs by exploring their home and packing away their things.
Dimhaven - The Lost Source
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The End of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The End of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Dahlia View
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The End of the Sun.
Ranked #6 for The End of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Riven
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The End of the Sun.
Ranked #7 for The End of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The End of the Sun.
Ranked #8 for The End of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The End of the Sun at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The End of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The End of the Sun.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The End of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The End of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The End of the Sun.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The End of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The End of the Sun.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under The End of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
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 The End of the Sun.
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 End of the Sun.
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 The End of the Sun.
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 The End of the Sun.
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 with The End of the Sun.
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 End of the Sun.
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 End of the Sun.
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.
A Storied Life: Tabitha
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and a melancholic mood with The End of the Sun.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The End of the Sun.
A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. Complete a loved one's damaged memoirs by exploring their home and packing away their things.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Dahlia View
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The End of the Sun.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Riven
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The End of the Sun.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The End of the Sun.
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Frequently asked about The End of the Sun
- Is The End of the Sun verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The End of the Sun 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 The End of the Sun cost?
- The End of the Sun is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The End of the Sun?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The End of the Sun are PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE, Rusts Of Corruption, A Storied Life: Tabitha.
- Who developed The End of the Sun?
- The End of the Sun was developed by The End of the Sun Team and published by The End of the Sun Forge.
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 End of the Sun.
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