# Games like AR-K: The Great Escape

> The closest matches to AR-K: The Great Escape: The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, SpaceVenture, The Franz Kafka Videogame, Deponia, and The Journey Down: Chapter Two. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [The Book of Unwritten Tales 2](https://imho.run/games/279940/the-book-of-unwritten-tales-2) — Also Mouse only and 2.5D, like AR-K: The Great Escape. 356 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/279940/)
2. [SpaceVenture](https://imho.run/games/1374960/spaceventure) — Shares dialogue skipping and point and click with AR-K: The Great Escape. 68 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1374960/)
3. [The Franz Kafka Videogame](https://imho.run/games/392280/the-franz-kafka-videogame) — Shares point and click with AR-K: The Great Escape. 194 Steam reviews, 54% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/392280/)
4. [Deponia](https://imho.run/games/214340/deponia) — Also Dark Humor, like AR-K: The Great Escape. 3,001 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/214340/)
5. [The Journey Down: Chapter Two](https://imho.run/games/262850/the-journey-down-chapter-two) — Shares point and click and inventory management with AR-K: The Great Escape. 248 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262850/)
6. [Escape from Monkey Island™](https://imho.run/games/730830/escape-from-monkey-island) — Same comedic mood as AR-K: The Great Escape. 391 Steam reviews, 56% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/730830/)
7. [3 Minutes to Midnight® - A Comedy Graphic Adventure](https://imho.run/games/832500/3-minutes-to-midnight-a-comedy-graphic-adventure) — Shares inventory management with AR-K: The Great Escape. 140 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/832500/)
8. [The Office Quest](https://imho.run/games/810660/the-office-quest) — Also Minigames and Narration, like AR-K: The Great Escape. 159 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/810660/)
9. [Monolith](https://imho.run/games/1542390/monolith) — Also 2.5D, like AR-K: The Great Escape. 150 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1542390/)
10. [Return to Monkey Island](https://imho.run/games/2060130/return-to-monkey-island) — Same nostalgic mood as AR-K: The Great Escape. 4,837 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060130/)
11. [Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1)](https://imho.run/games/869880/cyanide-happiness-freakpocalypse-episode-1) — Also Narration and Dark Humor, like AR-K: The Great Escape. 517 Steam reviews, 50% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/869880/)
12. [Ankh - Anniversary Edition](https://imho.run/games/353980/ankh-anniversary-edition) — A frequent pick in AR-K: The Great Escape players' libraries, and another Adventure. 55 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/353980/)
13. [Lost Horizon](https://imho.run/games/40350/lost-horizon) — Shares dialogue skipping and fast travel with AR-K: The Great Escape. 226 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40350/)
14. [Elroy and the Aliens](https://imho.run/games/1082190/elroy-and-the-aliens) — Also Narration, like AR-K: The Great Escape. 273 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082190/)
15. [Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season](https://imho.run/games/31170/tales-of-monkey-island-complete-season) — A frequent pick in AR-K: The Great Escape players' libraries, and another RPG. 458 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/31170/)
16. [Day of the Tentacle Remastered](https://imho.run/games/388210/day-of-the-tentacle-remastered) — Shares inventory management with AR-K: The Great Escape. 1,982 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/388210/)
17. [The Night is Grey](https://imho.run/games/1281490/the-night-is-grey) — A frequent pick in AR-K: The Great Escape players' libraries, and another Indie. 183 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281490/)
18. [Kelvin and the Infamous Machine](https://imho.run/games/376520/kelvin-and-the-infamous-machine) — Same comedic mood as AR-K: The Great Escape. 465 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/376520/)
19. [The Next BIG Thing](https://imho.run/games/58570/the-next-big-thing) — Shares point and click with AR-K: The Great Escape. 279 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/58570/)
20. [Chaos on Deponia](https://imho.run/games/220740/chaos-on-deponia) — Also Dark Humor, like AR-K: The Great Escape. 737 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/220740/)
21. [There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension](https://imho.run/games/1240210/there-is-no-game-wrong-dimension) — Also Narration, like AR-K: The Great Escape. 9,373 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/)
22. [Samorost 3](https://imho.run/games/421120/samorost-3) — Same atmospheric mood as AR-K: The Great Escape. 1,553 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/421120/)
23. [Syberia](https://imho.run/games/46500/syberia) — Shares point and click with AR-K: The Great Escape. 1,401 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/46500/)
24. [Eschalon: Book III](https://imho.run/games/257870/eschalon-book-iii) — Shares fast travel with AR-K: The Great Escape. 62 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/257870/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=368890&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=368890&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=368890&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=368890
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/368890
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About AR-K: The Great Escape

AR-K: The Great Escape is the third episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story, written by the 3 times Eisner award-winning writer Greg Rucka.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 368890
- **Developer:** GATO STUDIO
- **Publisher:** GATO STUDIO
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Jul 14, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 78
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/368890/ar-k-the-great-escape)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=368890&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368890/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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