What is the best game similar to Sumerian Six?

The closest game to Sumerian Six is Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail, scoring 56/100 on our similarity scale. They share 3 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, single-player focus and strong narrative focus. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Sumerian Six?

The three closest games to Sumerian Six are: 1. Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail (56/100, 3 shared attributes) 2. Life Is Strange (58/100, 4 shared attributes) 3. Putt-Putt Joins the Parade (57/100, 4 shared attributes). All share Sumerian Six's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 11 dimensions.

Is Life Is Strange similar to Sumerian Six?

Yes — Life Is Strange scores 58/100 similarity to Sumerian Six. They share 4 attributes, including adventure storytelling and single-player focus. There are some notable differences in pacing or mechanics.

What Adventure games are similar to Sumerian Six?

The best Adventure games similar to Sumerian Six are Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail, Life Is Strange, Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and A New Beginning - Final Cut. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Sumerian Six attributes like adventure storytelling, single-player focus and strong narrative focus.

How is similarity to Sumerian Six calculated?

We compare Sumerian Six against every game in our catalog using 11 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Sumerian Six experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

Are there free games similar to Sumerian Six?

Yes — Life is Strange 2 is free and scores well on similarity to Sumerian Six. It's a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.

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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.

Looking for games like Sumerian Six? We analyzed its gameplay DNA — adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and linear, story-driven structure — against over 6,700 titles. These 47 alternatives are ranked by real similarity, not marketing tags. Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail leads with 56/100, followed by the rest of the list.

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sumerian Six. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.

#1Google Spotlight Stories: Age of SailClosest on genre

iRank98

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeFree to Play

Steam👍 98%· 474

Year 2018Dev GooglePlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with free to play, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Age of Sail VR is the story of William Avery (Ian McShane), an old sailor adrift and alone in the North Atlantic. When Avery rescues Lara, who has mysteriously fallen overboard, he finds redemption and hope in his darkest hours. Official selection Venice Film Festival.

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiFantasyExploration

Steam👍 96%· 173KIGDB79· 7

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

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, fantasy world and exploration and discovery, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals and setting.

It predates Sumerian Six by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

iRank94

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeIsometricCasual2D

Steam👍 94%· 344

Year 1992Dev Humongous Entertainment · Nightdive StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, vibe casual and visual 2d, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Humongous Tees Now Available!Official Humongous Entertainment T-shirts featuring Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, Freddi Fish, and Putt-Putt are now available on Amazon. About the GameWhat does it take to be in a parade? Hard work, a bright shiny chassis and a little help from your friends.

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals.

It predates Sumerian Six by 32 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4A New Beginning - Final Cut

iRank68

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeHistoricalSci-FiFantasy

Steam👍 75%· 2.1KRAWG👍 50%· 126MC72IGDB75· 2

Year 2012Dev Daedalic EntertainmentPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and historical setting

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, fantasy world and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

A point-and-click adventure from Daedalic Entertainment, A New Beginning is a story of time travel and ecological cataclysms. Presented in-game future is dark, mostly due to the fact that life is possible only deep underground, in caves and crevices.

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sumerian Six.

It predates Sumerian Six by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5The Case of the Golden Idol

iRank90

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeHistoricalDarkExploration

Steam👍 98%· 10KRAWG👍 82%· 92IGDB89· 3OC88· 32

Year 2022Dev Color Gray Games · PlayStackPlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and historical setting

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and exploration and discovery, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals.

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#6Return of the Obra Dinn

iRank91

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeHistoricalHardcoreDark

Steam👍 97%· 34KRAWG👍 85%· 759MC88IGDB95· 7OC89· 56

Year 2018Dev Lucas Pope · 3909Playtime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and historical setting

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, horror tension and punishing difficulty, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

In 1802, the merchant ship "Obra Dinn" set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea.

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals.

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#7Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

iRank89

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeIsometricDark

OC89· 75

Year 2019Dev um · ZAOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut Bundle is the ultimate edition of the groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city block to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders, or take bribes.

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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, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and visual 2d, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals.

It predates Sumerian Six by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Twelve MinutesClosest on visuals

iRank75

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeIsometric3DDark

Steam👍 73%· 7.9KIGDB79· 8

Year 2021Dev Luis Antonio · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and exploration and discovery, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sumerian Six.

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#10Milo and the Magpies

iRank98

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeCozyExploration

Steam👍 98%· 3.4K

Year 2021Dev Second MazePlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, cozy, relaxing feel and exploration and discovery, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Can you guide Milo home? Milo, a curious and resourceful cat, needs to find his way back home through various gardens while trying to outsmart the pestering magpies that keep getting in his way.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 89%· 2.5KIGDB65· 3

Year 2013Dev Daedalic EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and visual 2d, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals.

It predates Sumerian Six by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 85%· 4.0KOC73· 20

Year 2016Dev Daedalic EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design and visual 2d, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals.

It predates Sumerian Six by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Detroit: Become Human

iRank87

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-FiDarkCyberpunk

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 setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, setting cyberpunk and visual third person, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals.

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#14Tacoma

iRank82

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-FiSpaceCyberpunk

Steam👍 86%· 4.8KIGDB78· 16OC77· 86

Year 2017Dev FullbrightOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

≠ Stands apart with setting space, setting cyberpunk and exploration and discovery, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Where it drifts furthest from Sumerian Six: visuals and setting.

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#15The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

iRank86

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeFree to Play

Steam👍 93%· 15KIGDB81· 7OC78· 75

Year 2018Dev DON'T NOD · Square EnixOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings free to play, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

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Adventure · Puzzle

The Council

Adventure · RPG

The Stanley Parable

Adventure · Puzzle

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Adventure · Puzzle

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Adventure · Puzzle

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Adventure · Puzzle

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Adventure · Puzzle

Indigo Prophecy

Adventure

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Adventure · Puzzle

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Adventure

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Sumerian Six?: The closest game to Sumerian Six is Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail, scoring 56/100 on our similarity scale. They share 3 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, single-player focus and strong narrative focus. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Sumerian Six?: The three closest games to Sumerian Six are: 1. Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail (56/100, 3 shared attributes) 2. Life Is Strange (58/100, 4 shared attributes) 3. Putt-Putt Joins the Parade (57/100, 4 shared attributes). All share Sumerian Six's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 47 candidates across 11 dimensions.
Is Life Is Strange similar to Sumerian Six?: Yes — Life Is Strange scores 58/100 similarity to Sumerian Six. They share 4 attributes, including adventure storytelling and single-player focus. There are some notable differences in pacing or mechanics.
What Adventure games are similar to Sumerian Six?: The best Adventure games similar to Sumerian Six are Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail, Life Is Strange, Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and A New Beginning - Final Cut. All share the Adventure genre alongside other key Sumerian Six attributes like adventure storytelling, single-player focus and strong narrative focus.
How is similarity to Sumerian Six calculated?: We compare Sumerian Six against every game in our catalog using 11 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Sumerian Six experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.
Are there free games similar to Sumerian Six?: Yes — Life is Strange 2 is free and scores well on similarity to Sumerian Six. It's a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.