Goodbye Deponia similar games & best alternatives

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Goodbye Deponia

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2013

Should you play it?

More chaos, more destruction, more Rufus. Not one, not two, but three Rufuses cause all kinds of crazy mayhem in the long-awaited adventure comedy Goodbye Deponia!

What works

  • Engaging and humorous story
  • Unique characters and voice acting
  • Challenging and creative puzzles
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art and music
  • Strong narrative conclusion to trilogy

Things to keep in mind

  • Some illogical or frustrating puzzles
  • Controversial and bittersweet ending
  • Lack of localization in some languages
  • Some humor lost in translation
  • Minor technical bugs reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • Return to Monkey Island

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

Less thrilling

Games that feels like Goodbye Deponia but with less suspense and thrill

  • Deponia

  • The Inner World

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • Darkestville Castle

More expressive

Games that feels like Goodbye Deponia but with more self-expression and customization

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - Anniversary Edition

  • Whispers of a Machine

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

  • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

  • Simon the Sorcerer Origins

  • The Night of the Rabbit

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • Deponia Doomsday

  • Deponia

  • Anna's Quest

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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  • 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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  • 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 Goodbye Deponia. These titles are not in What to play next.

Goodbye 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. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026