Among the Heavens similar games & best alternatives

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Among the Heavens

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

Up in the sky in a fantasy world, two friends Cid and Markus decided to bring an old tavern back to life in Among the Heavens!

What works

  • Challenging and engaging time management gameplay
  • Cute fantasy setting and characters
  • Achievements and collectible cards
  • Affordable price
  • Progression through upgrades and new taverns

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive gameplay and music
  • Technical issues like crashes and aspect ratio
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Limited customization and creativity
  • Stressful pace may not suit casual players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Burger Shop

  • Farm Frenzy Collection

  • The Chef's Shift: First Course

  • Burger Shop 2

  • Abra-Cooking-Dabra

  • Not The Robots

More exploratory

Games that feels like Among the Heavens but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Ember

  • Fae Farm

  • The Magical Mixture Mill

  • Dream Engines: Nomad Cities

  • Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands

  • Epistory - Typing Chronicles

More expressive

Games that feels like Among the Heavens but with more self-expression and customization

  • Tavern Keeper 🍻

  • Two Point Museum

  • Winkeltje: The Little Shop

  • Rain on Your Parade

  • Lemon Cake

  • The Sims™ Legacy Collection

More violent

Games that feels like Among the Heavens but with more combat and destruction

  • Dust & Neon

  • Leap of Fate

  • Tower Factory

  • Cuisineer

  • Fieldrunners 2

  • The WereCleaner

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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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.
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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).

Among the Heavens: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Exploration, Creativity, Story, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Idle.

Last update: 04/08/2026