Chaos on Deponia similar games & best alternatives

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Chaos on Deponia

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2012

Should you play it?

With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.

What works

  • Engaging and humorous story
  • Challenging and creative puzzles
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art style
  • Memorable characters and voice acting
  • Good value especially in trilogy or sales

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles require trial and error or guides
  • Occasionally illogical puzzle solutions
  • Minor bugs and translation issues
  • Protagonist can be irritating to some
  • Some players find certain humor offensive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

  • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Dry Twice

  • Helheim Hassle

  • NAIRI: Tower of Shirin

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

  • Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside

Less expressive

Games that feels like Chaos on Deponia but with less self-expression and customization

  • Voodoo Detective

  • Runaway, A Road Adventure

  • Deponia Doomsday

  • Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • The Inner World

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Goodbye Deponia

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

  • Deponia Doomsday

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - Anniversary Edition

Similarity map

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Chaos on Deponia. These titles are not in What to play next.

Chaos on Deponia: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026