Games, even remotely, resembling Eastshade Too

A continuation of my earlier guide "Games, even remotely, resembling Eastshade", however not neglecting mature content this time.

Intro

Opposite to my guide “Games, even remotely, resembling Eastshade”, this guide will contain games with “mature content”, ranging from mild to excessive.

This guide is a continuation of the discussion thread started by Fezza0808, listings in the thread provided by Athhar, and other contributors. Thanks to all, you deserve the credits!

As in the other guide, there will be a limited number of tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, First-Person, Horror, Martial Arts, Medieval, Mythology, Open World, Platformer, Point & Click, Post-Apocalyptic, Puzzle, Quests, RPG, Space, Survival, Third-Person.

I have decided to list games which have been released in series, such as Assassin’s Creed and The Elder Scrolls, in separate sections.

If you want to add a game to this guide, provide a link to the game in Steam’s Store in your comment.

Latest update: February 20, 2023, references to 74 games and 9 series

NEW: Elden Ring, Sable

Games without any mature content can be found in https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2102982281

List of games in this guide

Alchemist's Awakening Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Animallica Aporia: Beyond the Valley Argonus and the Gods of Stone Arx Fatalis	The Book of Unwritten Tales The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Bottle Bottle: Pilgrim	Caligo Cions of Vega Cradle
DEEMO -Reborn- Drizzlepath Drizzlepath: Deja Vu Drizzlepath: Genie Drizzlepath: Glass	Elden Ring ELEX Empathy: Path of Whispers Enderal: Forgotten Stories Ever Forward Everybody's Gone to the Rapture	Firewatch
Ghost of a Tale	Hollow Steps Horizon Zero Dawn	In the Valley of Gods
Jewel of Kuru A Juggler's Tale	KINGDOMS	Lili: Child of Geos The Line Lost Brothers Lost Sands
Maquette Medieval Dynasty Miasmata MIND: Path to Thalamus Mindmist	Natural Instincts Nephise Nephise Ascension Nephise Begins Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) No Man's Sky Novus Inceptio	Old Gods Rising Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Painscreek Killings Pathologic 2 Project Grove	Raji: An Ancient Epic Relicta Return of the Obra Dinn RiME	Sable Selfloss Shenmue I & II Shenmue III Skully Soul Valley
Tamarin theHunter: Call of the Wild Thief	Valheim Valley The Vanishing of Ethan Carter	Waking What Never Was What Remains of Edith Finch The Wild Eternal Windbound

Series/Sequels

• Assassin's Creed
  
• The Elder Scrolls
  
• Fallout
  
• Far Cry
  
• Gothic
  
• Risen
  
• The Talos Principle
  
• The Witcher
  
• ZORK

Games A

Alchemist’s Awakening

https://store.steampowered.com/app/431450/Alchemists_Awakening/
Tags: Action, Adventure, First-Person, Open World, Survival
Released: June 2019

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

https://store.steampowered.com/app/536270/Ancestors_The_Humankind_Odyssey/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, Survival, Third-Person
Released: August 2020

Animallica

https://store.steampowered.com/app/638850/Animallica/
Tags: Action, Adventure, First-Person, Open World, Survival
Released: July 2017

Aporia: Beyond the Valley

https://store.steampowered.com/app/573130/Aporia_Beyond_The_Valley/
Released: July 2017
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Puzzle

Argonus and the Gods of Stone

https://store.steampowered.com/app/699540/Argonus_and_the_Gods_of_Stone/
Tags: Adventure, First-Person, Mythology, Puzzle
Released: October 2019

Arx Fatalis

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1700/Arx_Fatalis/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Horror, First-Person, Open World
Released: November 2002

Games B

The Book of Unwritten Tales

https://store.steampowered.com/app/215160/The_Book_of_Unwritten_Tales/
Released: July 2012
Tags: Adventure, Point & Click, Puzzle

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/279940/The_Book_of_Unwritten_Tales_2/
Released: February 2015
Tags: Adventure, Point & Click, Puzzle

Bottle

https://store.steampowered.com/app/463030/Bottle/
Released: April 2016
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person

Bottle: Pilgrim

https://store.steampowered.com/app/735350/Bottle_Pilgrim/
Released: November 2017
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Puzzle

Games C

Caligo

https://store.steampowered.com/app/629840/Caligo/
Tags: Adventure, Horror, First-Person, Parkours
Released: September 2017

Cions of Vega

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1577240/Cions_of_Vega/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First Person
Released: April 2021

Cradle

https://store.steampowered.com/app/361550/Cradle/
Released: July 2015
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Puzzle

Games D

DEEMO -Reborn-

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282210/DEEMO_Reborn/
Tags: Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-Person

Drizzlepath

https://store.steampowered.com/app/355760/Drizzlepath/
Released: March 2015
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person

Drizzlepath: Deja Vu

https://store.steampowered.com/app/860650/Drizzlepath_Deja_Vu/
Released: May 2018
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person

Drizzlepath: Genie

https://store.steampowered.com/app/438340/Drizzlepath_Genie/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person
Released: February 2016

Drizzlepath: Glass

https://store.steampowered.com/app/581370/Drizzlepath_Glass/
Released: February 2017
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person

Games E

Elden Ring

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/
Released: February 25, 2022
Tags: Action RPG, Dark Fantasy, Open World, Single/Multiplayer, Third Person

ELEX

https://store.steampowered.com/app/411300/ELEX/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Open World, Post-Apocalyptic, RPG, Third-Person
Released: October 2017

Empathy: Path of Whispers

https://store.steampowered.com/app/291690/Empathy_Path_of_Whispers/
Tags: Adventure, First-Person, Puzzle
Released: May 2017

Enderal: Forgotten Stories

https://store.steampowered.com/app/933480/Enderal_Forgotten_Stories/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, First-Person, Open World, Third-Person
Released: February 2018
Note: complete overhaul of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Ever Forward

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220370/Ever_Forward/
Tags: Adventure, First-Person, Platformer, Puzzle

Everybody's gone to the rapture

https://store.steampowered.com/app/417880/Everybodys_Gone_to_the_Rapture/
Released: April 2016
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World

Games F

Firewatch

https://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/Firewatch/
Released: February 2016
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World

Games G

Ghost of a Tale

https://store.steampowered.com/app/417290/Ghost_of_a_Tale/
Released: March 2018
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, Open World, Third-Person

Games H

Hollow Steps

https://store.steampowered.com/app/802900/Hollow_Steps/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Puzzle
Released: February 2018

Horizon Zero Dawn

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151640/Horizon_Zero_Dawn_Complete_Edition/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Post-Apocalytic, Third-Person
Released: August 2020
Note: multiplayer support

Games I

In the Valley of Gods

https://store.steampowered.com/app/687440/In_The_Valley_of_Gods/
Tags: Adventure, First-Person

Games J

Jewel of Kuru

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1370310/Jewel_of_Kuru/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: August 2020

A Juggler's Tale

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1252830/A_Jugglers_Tale/
Tags: Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-Person

Games K

KINGDOMS

https://store.steampowered.com/app/409590/KINGDOMS/
Tags: Action, Adventure, First-Person, Open World, Survival
Released: October 2015

Games L

Lili: Child of Geos

https://store.steampowered.com/app/266490/Lili_Child_of_Geos__Complete_Edition/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, Third-Person
Released: May 2014

The Line

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368770/The_Line/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person
Released: July 2020

Lost Brothers

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1202790/Lost_Brothers/
Released: August 2020
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person

Lost Lands: Redemption

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1483570/Lost_Lands_Redemption/
Tags: Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle
Released: December 2020

Games M

Maquette

https://store.steampowered.com/app/762840/Maquette/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Platformer

Medieval Dynasty

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129580/Medieval_Dynasty/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Medieval, Open World, RPG, Survival

Miasmata

https://store.steampowered.com/app/223510/Miasmata/
Tage: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Multiplayer, Open World, Survival
Released: November 2012

MIND: Path to Thalamus

https://store.steampowered.com/app/296070/MIND_Path_to_Thalamus_Enhanced_Edition/
Released: November 2015
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Puzzle

MINDMIST

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455040/MINDMIST/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Puzzle
Released: April 2021

Games N

Natural Instincts

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1168610/Natural_Instincts/
Tags: Exploration, Open World

Nephise

https://store.steampowered.com/app/606860/Nephise/
Released: March 2017
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Puzzle

Nephise: Ascension

https://store.steampowered.com/app/803150/Nephise_Ascension/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Puzzle
Released: February 2018

Nephise Begins

https://store.steampowered.com/app/628950/Nephise_Begins/
Released: April 2017
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Hidden Object, Puzzle

Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/295790/Never_Alone_Kisima_Ingitchuna/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-Person
Released: November 2014
Note: local co-op support

No Man’s Sky

https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Space
Released: August 2016

Novus Inceptio

https://store.steampowered.com/app/386590/Novus_Inceptio/
Tags: Action, Adventure, First-Person, Open World, Post-Apocalyptic, RPG, Survival
Released: October 2015

Games O

Old Gods Rising

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084990/Old_Gods_Rising/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Mythology
Released: May 2020

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1057090/Ori_and_the_Will_of_the_Wisps/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-Person
Released: March 2020

Games P

The Painscreek Killings

https://store.steampowered.com/app/624270/The_Painscreek_Killings/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World
Released: September 2017

Pathologic 2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/505230/Pathologic_2/
Tags: Adventure, First-Person, Horror, Open World, RPG
Released: May 2019

Project Grove

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1175600/Project_Grove/
Tags: Adventure, First-Person, Platformer, Puzzle

Games R

Raji: An Ancient Epic

https://store.steampowered.com/app/730390/Raji_An_Ancient_Epic/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-Person
Released: October 2020

Relicta

https://store.steampowered.com/app/941570/Relicta/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Platformer, Puzzle
Released: August 2020

Return of the Obra Dinn

https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra_Dinn/
Tags: Adventure, First-Person, Horror, Puzzle
Released: October 2018

RiME

https://store.steampowered.com/app/493200/RiME/
Released: May 2017
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, Open World, Platformer, Third-Person, Puzzle

Games S

Sable

https://store.steampowered.com/app/757310/Sable/
Released: September 22, 2021
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, Open World, Platformer, Puzzle, Third Person

Selfloss

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086620/Selfloss/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle

Shenmue I & II

https://store.steampowered.com/app/758330/Shenmue_I__II/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Open World, Martial Arts, Third-Person
Released: August 2018

Shenmue III

https://store.steampowered.com/app/878670/Shenmue_III/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Open World, Martial Arts, Third-Person
Released: November 2020

Skully

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249110/Skully/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Platformer, Puzzle, Third-Person
Released: August 2020

Soul Valley

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041780/Soul_Valley/
Released: April 2019
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Puzzle, Survival

Games T

Tamarin

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1064840/Tamarin/
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, Open World, Platformer, Third-Person
Note: contains mature content

theHunter: Call of the Wild

https://store.steampowered.com/app/518790/theHunter_Call_of_the_Wild/
Tags: Action, Adventure, First-Person, Open World, Survival
Released: February 2017
Note: online multiplayer and co-op support

Thief

https://store.steampowered.com/app/239160/Thief/
Tags: Action, Adventure, First-Person, Open World
Released: February 2014

Games V

Valheim

https://store.steampowered.com/app/892970/Valheim/
Tags: Adventure, Building, Crafting, Exploration, Open World, Survival
Released: February 2021
Note: supports (multiplayer) (online) co-op, partial controller support

Valley

https://store.steampowered.com/app/378610/Valley/
Released: August 2016
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Platformer

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

https://store.steampowered.com/app/258520/The_Vanishing_of_Ethan_Carter/
Released: September 2014
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Puzzle

Games W

Waking

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1068600/Waking/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-Person
Released: June 2020

What Never Was

https://store.steampowered.com/app/866440/What_Never_Was/
Released: January 2019
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Point & Click, Puzzle
Note: contains mature content

What Remains of Edith Finch

https://store.steampowered.com/app/501300/What_Remains_of_Edith_Finch/
Released: April 2017
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Puzzle
Note: contains mature content

The Wild Eternal

https://store.steampowered.com/app/554810/The_Wild_Eternal/
Released: April 2017
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World

Windbound

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162130/Windbound/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Open World, Survival, Third-Person
Released: August 2020

Assassin's Creed

Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag

https://store.steampowered.com/app/242050/Assassins_Creed_IV_Black_Flag/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: November 2013

Assassin’s Creed Liberation

https://store.steampowered.com/app/260210/Assassins_Creed_Liberation_HD/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released:

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

https://store.steampowered.com/app/812140/Assassins_Creed_Odyssey/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: October 2018

Assassin’s Creed Origins

https://store.steampowered.com/app/582160/Assassins_Creed_Origins/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: October 2017

Assassin’s Creed Revelations

https://store.steampowered.com/app/201870/Assassins_Creed_Revelations/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: December 2011

Assassin’s Creed Rogue

https://store.steampowered.com/app/311560/Assassins_Creed_Rogue/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: March 2015

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

https://store.steampowered.com/app/368500/Assassins_Creed_Syndicate/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: November 2015

The Elder Scrolls

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

https://store.steampowered.com/app/22320/The_Elder_Scrolls_III_Morrowind_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: April 2002
Note: the GOTY Edition contains all DLCs, modding community

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

https://store.steampowered.com/app/22330/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV_Oblivion_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: September 2007
Note: the GOTY Edition contains all DLCs, modding community

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

https://store.steampowered.com/app/72850/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: November 2011
Note: modding community

Fallout

Fallout 3

https://store.steampowered.com/app/22300/Fallout_3/
Tags: Action, Adventure, First-Person, Open World, Post-Apocalyptic, RPG
Released: October 2008

Fallout: New Vegas

https://store.steampowered.com/app/22380/Fallout_New_Vegas/
Tags: Action, Adventure, First-Person, Open World, Post-Apocalyptic, RPG
Released: October 2010

Far Cry

Far Cry

https://store.steampowered.com/app/13520/Far_Cry/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, RPG, Survival
Released: March 2004

Far Cry 2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/19900/Far_Cry_2_Fortunes_Edition/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, RPG, Survival
Released: October 2008

Far Cry 3

https://store.steampowered.com/app/220240/Far_Cry_3/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, RPG, Survival
Released: November 2012

Far Cry 4

https://store.steampowered.com/app/298110/Far_Cry_4/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, RPG, Survival
Released: November 2014

Far Cry 5

https://store.steampowered.com/app/552520/Far_Cry_5/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, RPG, Survival
Released: March 2018

Gothic

Gothic 1

https://store.steampowered.com/app/65540/Gothic_1/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Medieval, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: March 2001

Gothic 2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/39510/Gothic_II_Gold_Edition/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Medieval, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: November 2005

Gothic 3

https://store.steampowered.com/app/39500/Gothic_3/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Medieval, Open World, RPG, Third-Person
Released: October 2006

Risen

Risen

https://store.steampowered.com/app/40300/Risen/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Medieval, Open World, Third-Person
Released: October 2009

Risen 2: Dark Waters

https://store.steampowered.com/app/40390/Risen_2_Dark_Waters/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Medieval, Open World, Third-Person
Released: April 2012

Risen 3: Titan Lords

https://store.steampowered.com/app/249230/Risen_3__Titan_Lords/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Exploration, Medieval, Open World, Third-Person
Released: August 2014

The Talos Principle

The Talos Principle

https://store.steampowered.com/app/257510/The_Talos_Principle/
Released: December 2014
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Puzzle, Third-Person

The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna

https://store.steampowered.com/app/358470/The_Talos_Principle_Road_To_Gehenna/
Released: July 2015
Tags: Adventure, Exploration, First-Person, Open World, Puzzle, Third-Person

The Witcher

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

https://store.steampowered.com/app/20920/The_Witcher_2_Assassins_of_Kings_Enhanced_Edition/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Open World, Third-Person
Released: May 2011

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

https://store.steampowered.com/app/292030/The_Witcher_3_Wild_Hunt/
Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Open World, Third-Person
Released: May 2015

ZORK

Zork Anthology

https://store.steampowered.com/app/570580/Zork_Anthology/
Includes: Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, Planetfall

Zork: Grand Inquisitor

https://store.steampowered.com/app/570680/Zork_Grand_Inquisitor/

Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands

https://store.steampowered.com/app/571060/Zork_Nemesis_The_Forbidden_Lands/

Return to Zork

https://store.steampowered.com/app/585240/Return_to_Zork/

[snoozlesloth]

The Forgotten City would be an excellent addition - it was originally a Skyrim mod and has no combat so it is very literally a "Skyrim but without combat" game.

[The Sojourner]

As of November of yesteryear, The Talos Principle now has a sequel.

[Altbert]

Added Elden Ring & Sable

[mildredbob]

Definitely check out Sable. I think its the most similar I have found.

[Altbert]

@Sky_Diamonds: Call of the Sea is mentioned in:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2102982281

[Sky_Diamonds]

I would recommend Call of the Sea which, in my opinion is similar in many ways..an absolutely beautiful game with quests, puzzles, story rich and much more

[Altbert]

@Catacomb Boy
I will have a look at the game!

[Catacomb Boy]

wonderful list, thank you for this! If I could make a recommendation the title Proteus developed by Ed Key and David Kanaga might make for a worthy addition.
It's an exploration game, without dialogue or any real "plot" but more just about discovering the secrets on a mystical and alien island

[Altbert]

It's on the list and soon in the guide.

[Barichello]

Maybe add Miasmata, it also has the same exploration theme while trying to solve a major mistery.