Samorost 1 similar games & best alternatives

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Samorost 1

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

What works

  • Unique and charming art style
  • Relaxing ambient music
  • Free to play
  • Short and accessible gameplay
  • Whimsical and imaginative world

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short length
  • Simple and easy puzzles
  • Limited replayability
  • Lack of depth or complexity
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Karambola

  • Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy (1999)

  • Morphopolis

  • Papetura

  • Tukoni: Prologue

  • Jivana

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Samorost 1 but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition

  • Samorost 3

  • Seasons after Fall

  • Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

Less value-seeking

Games that feels like Samorost 1 but with less emphasis on value for time or money

  • Tiny Echo

  • Lilly Looking Through

  • Fire: Ungh’s Quest

  • LostWinds

  • A Story About My Uncle

  • LEAVES - The Return

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Samorost 2

  • Samorost 3

  • Machinarium

  • Phonopolis

  • Pilgrims

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Samorost 1. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • 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).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • 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 Samorost 1. These titles are not in What to play next.

Samorost 1: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026