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.
98% of 242 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
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Runo
A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.
Relaxing, Atmospheric, Story-driven
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A beautiful legend filled with magic, bravery and amazing adventures!
Relaxing, Story-driven
93% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$2.99The Darkened Northern Lights
A storybook role-playing game for the whole family, inspired by Finnish mythology. Read tales, free enchanted gnomes, gather companions, and play gentle turn-based dice combat. Make choices that matter, tend your garden, and rekindle the darkened northern lights at your own pace.
Relaxing, Atmospheric, Story-driven
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The spirit of a little girl wanders the pages of a magical story book, searching for her lost memories, painting the world around her as she uncovers the fragments of her forgotten life.
Cinematic, Relaxing, Atmospheric
85% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Wanderlust: Travel Stories
Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.
Relaxing, Atmospheric, Story-driven
82% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Them's Tale - The Road To Her
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Cinematic, Atmospheric, Story-driven
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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.
Cinematic, Relaxing, Atmospheric
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A first-person horror trip through the Swedish woods, where the creatures from old folklore are real and hungry. You carry matches, solve what stands in your way and hide from things that sing, stomp and whisper. Dark, tense and built on sound.
Cinematic, Atmospheric, Story-driven
82% of 1,440 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Skábma™ - Snowfall
The rhythm of nature is in danger! You are Áilu, a young Sámi whose ordinary reindeer herding day turns into an adventure. Learn the old ways of the Noaidis, Sámi Healers. Harness the powers of the Noaidi Drum and the Familiar Spirits to fight against a disorder spreading across the land!
Cinematic, Relaxing, Atmospheric
81% of 198 Steam reviews are positive$19.99The Frostrune
Unravel a mystery inspired by Viking myth and legend in The Frostrune, a classic point-and-click adventure based on historically accurate Norse culture and environments.
Cinematic, Relaxing, Atmospheric
92% of 299 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Midvinter
Midvinter is a cozy little point-and-click game, which invites you to explore Swedish folklore using puzzles and riddles as well as compelling music and voice over. In it, you as a player take on the role of gnome - the guardian of the farm - and get to interact with various dark and fantastical creatures.
Relaxing, Atmospheric, Story-driven
89% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Firebird
Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.
Relaxing, Atmospheric, Story-driven
100% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Hidden gems like Tale Smiths
Judero
A handmade action/adventure game based on the rich folklore of the Scottish Borders.
98% of 361 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Farewell North
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland.
95% of 585 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$23.99
Near-Mage
Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
88% of 187 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Them's Tale - The Road To Her
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Runo
A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.
91% of 596 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Northern Journey
Wander a strange Norwegian wilderness, shoot bugs and dragons, and let the mood swing from dread to dark humor on the way to the cold mountains.
96% of 3,545 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.99
Welcome to Elk
True stories told by real people. Welcome to Elk transforms the weird, wonderful, dark and desperate tales of the road less-traveled into an…
95% of 245 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Skábma™ - Snowfall
The rhythm of nature is in danger! You are Áilu, a young Sámi whose ordinary reindeer herding day turns into an adventure.
81% of 198 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Röki
Play as Tove, explore a snowy world of Nordic folklore creatures and solve puzzles to save your family.
89% of 2,475 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Seers Isle
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
91% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$4.19
Spirit of the North
A quiet adventure about a red fox whose path crosses with the guardian of the Northern Lights.
84% of 5,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99
Newest games like Tale Smiths
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Explore the miniature universe filled with Eastern mythology, forgotten folk tales and surprising historical events in this puzzle adventure game.
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Them's Tale - The Road To Her
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Tales from The Dancing Moon
Tales from the Dancing Moon is a mystery adventure game set in a world inspired by portal-fantasy novels and UK culture.
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Near-Mage
Attend a magic school, learn spells, and explore a folklore-rich Transylvania in this hand-crafted narrative adventure.
88% of 187 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Tails of the North
Explore northern lands and it's inhabitants as a young cat. Begin unraveling the mystery of a spirit's disappearance.
78% of 40 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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.
98% of 242 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Judero
A handmade action/adventure game based on the rich folklore of the Scottish Borders.
98% of 361 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Farewell North
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland.
95% of 585 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$23.99
It Sleeps Below the Haar
A short exploration game, set in a secluded coastal village in North East Scotland.
86% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Firebird
Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale.
100% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Niflhel's Fables: The Book of Gypsies
A visual novel with a fabulous atmosphere where your every choice matters.
91% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$8.99