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Deponia Doomsday

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Can you change Deponia's fate? Do you have what it takes to change Rufus' past, present and future without accidently destroying the whole planet? Fight time itself in this action-packed, platypus-tastic and insanely hilarious story.

What works

  • Engaging story and characters
  • Creative puzzles and time travel mechanics
  • Humorous and quirky tone
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art and music
  • Satisfying conclusion for fans

Things to keep in mind

  • Confusing time travel plot for some players
  • Some puzzles too easy or unintuitive
  • Timed sequences can be frustrating
  • Minor bugs reported
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Randal's Monday

  • Deponia

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

  • The Inner World

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • The Wardrobe - Even Better Edition

More thrilling

Games that feels like Deponia Doomsday but with more suspense and thrill

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • Children of Silentown

  • Tangle Tower

  • Goodbye Deponia

  • Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

  • Voodoo Detective

More expressive

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

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - Anniversary Edition

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

  • My Brother Rabbit

  • Simon the Sorcerer Origins

  • A Guidebook of Babel

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Deponia: The Complete Journey

  • Deponia

  • Goodbye Deponia

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • Anna's Quest

Similarity map

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).

Deponia Doomsday: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Intimacy, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026