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Games like The Last Campfire

If The Last Campfire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Arise: A Simple Story, Planet of Lana and Echoes of the Sun — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cozy, melancholic and relaxing. 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.

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The Last Campfire is a short indie puzzle-adventure from Hello Games. Set in a mysterious, overgrown world, players guide a small lost ember through interconnected puzzles while collecting fragments of a bittersweet narrative. Reviewers note the puzzles are satisfying but not overwhelming, with no time pressure allowing for relaxed exploration. Players describe the experience as cozy and melancholic, praising the whimsical art style and voice acting that evokes a bedtime story atmosphere. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and holds a 97% positive rating from over 5,400 Steam reviews.

About The Last Campfire: The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 80Windowsby Hello Games
The Last Campfire — Steam game cover
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Art style is adorable and soothingNo time limits or stressPuzzles are satisfying but not overwhelmingCozyMelancholicRelaxing

Players who liked The Last Campfire also play

Steam players who put hours into The Last Campfire 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.

  1. Arise: A Simple Story

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Last Campfire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Planet of Lana

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving with The Last Campfire.

    Second-strongest match for The Last Campfire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Echoes of the Sun

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Last Campfire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    This is a moving puzzle adventure story about a teenage girl, Mia, who witnessed the tragic fall of her homeland and the explosion of the Sun. A heavy burden fell on her fragile shoulders - she must restore light to the land and peace in her heart. Will she succeed?

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Papo & Yo

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a melancholic mood with The Last Campfire.

    Ranked #4 for The Last Campfire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.

    2013IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Beggar's Ride

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a whimsical mood with The Last Campfire.

    Ranked #5 for The Last Campfire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    The Beggar’s Ride is a unique and innovative Platform Puzzle Adventure Game where the player can manipulate the environment to solve puzzles in a deep and intriguing story of discovery.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and puzzle solving with The Last Campfire.

    Ranked #6 for The Last Campfire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Two best friends, one wild adventure. Join best friends Nunu and Willump on an adventure across the frozen wilds of the Freljord. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story is a single-player story adventure developed by Tequila Works.

    2023Adventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. It Takes Two

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with The Last Campfire.

    Ranked #7 for The Last Campfire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

    2021ActionAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Tinykin

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a cozy mood with The Last Campfire.

    Ranked #8 for The Last Campfire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Last Campfire

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. A Highland Song

    WHY THIS

    Shares a melancholic mood with The Last Campfire.

    Reviewers of The Last Campfire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.

    2023IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Heaven's Vault

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Last Campfire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

    2019IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sable

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with The Last Campfire.

    Reviewers of The Last Campfire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Forgotten City

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving with The Last Campfire.

    Reviewers of The Last Campfire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Metroidvania Maker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Last Campfire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Monument Valley

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with The Last Campfire.

    Reviewers of The Last Campfire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Journey

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Last Campfire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and a melancholic mood with The Last Campfire.

    Reviewers of The Last Campfire cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Last Campfire at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Last Campfire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Last Campfire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Last Campfire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Last Campfire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Last Campfire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Last Campfire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Last Campfire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Last Campfire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Last Campfire.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Last Campfire.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Last Campfire.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Last Campfire.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Hello Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Hello Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. No Man's Sky

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and a cozy mood with The Last Campfire.

    Another title from Hello Games, the studio behind The Last Campfire. Shares Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Joe Danger

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with The Last Campfire.

    Another title from Hello Games, the studio behind The Last Campfire. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    Can you put the world’s most determined stuntman back into the limelight? Combo, boost and pull ludicrous stunts as Joe attempts to race his way back into the record books in over 100 eye-popping levels. Leap school buses full of screaming kids and pools of ravenous sharks! Dodge spikes and mousetraps!

    2013ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Joe Danger 2: The Movie

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hello Games, the studio behind The Last Campfire. Shares Indie with The Last Campfire.

    Joe Danger, the world’s most determined stuntman, returns to embark on a death-defying thrill-ride across the set of the greatest blockbuster movie ever made. Across 100 crazy levels he’ll chase crooks by police bike, destroy laser-firing robots with a stolen jetpack, escape giant boulders in a minecart, time-travel to punch dinosaurs...

    2013ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Arise: A Simple Story

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Planet of Lana

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving with The Last Campfire.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares exploration and puzzle solving with The Last Campfire.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Two best friends, one wild adventure. Join best friends Nunu and Willump on an adventure across the frozen wilds of the Freljord. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story is a single-player story adventure developed by Tequila Works.

    2023Adventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. It Takes Two

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with The Last Campfire.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

    2021ActionAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Tinykin

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a cozy mood with The Last Campfire.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Last Campfire.

    Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Last Campfire

Is The Last Campfire verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — The Last Campfire 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 Last Campfire cost?
The Last Campfire is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Last Campfire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Last Campfire are Arise: A Simple Story, Planet of Lana, Echoes of the Sun.
Who developed The Last Campfire?
The Last Campfire was developed by Hello Games.

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 Last Campfire.

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