Samorost 3 similar games & best alternatives

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Samorost 3

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

What works

  • Unique and beautiful art style
  • Immersive and original soundtrack
  • Creative and varied puzzles
  • Relaxing and atmospheric experience
  • Non-linear exploration with collectibles

Things to keep in mind

  • Short gameplay length
  • Some puzzles can be vague or frustrating
  • Slow pacing may not suit all players
  • Lack of replay value beyond achievements
  • Price considered high by some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Seasons after Fall

  • Creaks

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • Queen's Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past

  • My Brother Rabbit

  • Samorost 2

Less expressive

Games that feels like Samorost 3 but with less self-expression and customization

  • Leo’s Fortune - HD Edition

  • Dreamscapes: The Sandman - Premium Edition

  • The Frostrune

  • Machinarium

  • Mythic Wonders: The Philosopher's Stone

  • LEAVES - The Journey

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Samorost 2

  • Samorost 1

  • Machinarium

  • Creaks

  • Pilgrims

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Samorost 3. 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 3. These titles are not in What to play next.

Samorost 3: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Thrill.

Last update: 21/08/2026