10 Games with a sci-fi setting like Phoenix Springs that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Phoenix Springs down to the 10 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Somerville, Maniac Mansion and Tales from the Borderlands top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Phoenix Springs.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Phoenix Springs

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Phoenix Springs. Each one has been evaluated across 9 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1SomervilleClosest overall match

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SoloNarrativeDarkSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 70%· 1.8KIGDB68· 6OC69· 76

Year 2022Dev JumpshipOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, melee combat and horror setting, while skipping setting modern

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Phoenix Springs.

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SoloNarrativeDarkSci-FiHorror

Steam👍 88%· 221IGDB90· 1

Year 1987Dev Lucasfilm GamesOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with horror setting, fantasy world and exploration and discovery, while skipping setting modern

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: visuals and setting.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 37 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#3Tales from the BorderlandsClosest on setting

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 94%· 19KIGDB88· 11

Year 2014Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

It predates Phoenix Springs by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG Epic

#4Life Is StrangeClosest on visuals

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiThird PersonFantasy

Steam👍 96%· 173KIGDB79· 7

Year 2015Dev DON'T NOD · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and exploration and discovery, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: setting.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 90%· 3.1KIGDB80· 1OC70· 9

Year 2012Dev Daedalic Entertainment · Daedalic Studio WestOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: visuals.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 85%· 4.0KOC73· 20

Year 2016Dev Daedalic EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: visuals.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG Epic

#7Detroit: Become Human

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SoloNarrativeDarkSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 96%· 243KRAWG👍 90%· 3.3KMC79IGDB78· 13OC79· 152

Year 2018Dev Quantic Dream · Sony Computer EntertainmentPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: setting cyberpunk, while skipping puzzle design

In the future world, androids do almost everything that people do - they even start to think and feel. Although no one taught them this. The plot of "Become Human" is built around three characters, each with a separate storyline, but they eventually merge into a single picture.

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Steam Epic PS

#8Nobody Wants to Die

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