60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Walking Simulator, Atmospheric, Experimental, Exploration.
Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!
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Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Experimental 22.8% ★, Philosophical 21.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Exploration 9.4%
A "Blind" simulator that lets you experience a new perspective and immersive sensory journey. Step into a world of darkness using your guide cane.
Why similar: Experimental 28.2% ★, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Emotional 15.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
Why similar: Experimental 23.9% ★, Philosophical 21.8%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Emotional 10.1%, Exploration 6.1%
Reflections is a real-world adventure game where every action you take has meaningful consequences that radically shape the experience. Each action you take is punctuated by flushing the black and white environment with color, illustrating your progress and providing clues to what your future might hold.
Why similar: Experimental 45% ★, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Story Rich 6.7%, Adventure 6.3%
Chionophile is a very short experience about the mood of winter in the woods.
Why similar: Experimental 43.7% ★, Walking Simulator 23.4%, Philosophical 13.6%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 4.4%
Your brain remains your own. The body does not. After a full-body transplant, your own scent starts to feel wrong. As you follow that unease, a hidden logic within the body begins to reveal itself. A short, reflective sci-fi narrative adventure.
Why similar: Experimental 24% ★, Philosophical 23.5%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Story Rich 8.1%, Exploration 7.5%
Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.
Why similar: Experimental 34.5% ★, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Philosophical 19.5%, Emotional 11%, Story Rich 4.8%
Forgetter is a destructive journey of pain, memory and artistry. In the future, creative minds can be inherited by clients’ newborns. You're hired to destroy unhealthy memories in the minds of deceased artists. Remember to smash everything. Don't let the artists’ remaining consciousness stop you.
Why similar: Experimental 31.3% ★, Philosophical 21.7%, Walking Simulator 21%, Story Rich 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%
A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.
Why similar: Philosophical 35.1%, Walking Simulator 26.4%, Exploration 13%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Atmospheric 4%
ZendoVR is a walking meditation in the woods.
Why similar: Experimental 41.9% ★, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Philosophical 17.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 4.2%
LIMEN: MoonCity is an atmospheric episodic adventure game that allows the player to traverse between memories using a system called Observe OS.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Experimental 24% ★, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 7.9%
Take on Henry David Thoreau’s classic adventure in living simply in nature as you explore this epic open world game based on the story of Thoreau’s life in the woods alone at Walden Pond.
Why similar: Philosophical 32.1%, Experimental 29.5% ★, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 8.5%
Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.
Why similar: Philosophical 26.5%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Exploration 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.8%, Experimental 22.3% ★, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Emotional 10.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
The media is quick to put figures to death tolls in such disasters, and 9.03m tries to remind people of the individuals behind those figures. 9.03m is set on Baker Beach in San Francisco, where debris from the tsunami has washed ashore in the years following the tsunami. To play, you must find the butterflies.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Experimental 26.2% ★, Emotional 14.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.1%
Consumers have power. A short walking simulator game that makes you think a little about how we usually consume.
Why similar: Experimental 27.2% ★, Philosophical 25.7%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Story Rich 7.7%, Exploration 6.8%
Three Interwoven tales ruminating on beginning and end and everything in-between.
Why similar: Experimental 55.1% ★, Philosophical 35.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
You find yourself in a utopian setting, immersed in the matrix of an omnipotent AI that holds all knowledge and wisdom. There is no clarity as to how you got here, but a mission looms before you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Philosophical 22.5%, Experimental 15.7% ★, Exploration 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.
Why similar: Experimental 48.1% ★, Philosophical 22.1%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Story Rich 9%, First-Person 4%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.6%, Exploration 15.3%, Philosophical 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Story Rich 8%
Explore an abandoned club intermittently lit by strobe lights and try to follow in the footsteps of a strange dancer. A short first-person audio-visual experience.
Why similar: Experimental 51.4% ★, Walking Simulator 26.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 4.1%, First-Person 3.6%
A thrilling, poignant story-driven experience about a daughter who returns to her childhood home after receiving a letter that her estranged mother has left something mysterious for her. Explore, interact and experience a narrative about love, hope and umm.... HAUNTING DARK PAST!? WHAT?
Why similar: Philosophical 29.9%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Emotional 10.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.
Why similar: Experimental 30.7% ★, Philosophical 29.6%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Exploration 7.4%, Story Rich 4.8%
Explore fantastic environments as Lula, as she journeys to discover the meaning of the Genie and fulfill her destiny.
Why similar: Philosophical 28.3%, Walking Simulator 25.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Emotional 9%
A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.
Why similar: Experimental 40.7% ★, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Philosophical 13%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Adventure 3.6%
Escaping isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes a timeout is all it takes to get back your peace of mind. That's why I'm here. To take a walk, row a boat, light up a campfire and write about stuff and all I need you to do is just read my letters.
Why similar: Experimental 40.1% ★, Emotional 20.1%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Step into the space between subconscious and reality. Explore strange liminal worlds, solve sound-driven puzzles, and unravel the secrets behind the enigmatic device left by a vanished scientist.
Why similar: Philosophical 38.5%, Exploration 13.2%, Walking Simulator 10%, Story Rich 10%, Emotional 9%
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Exploration 14.3%, Emotional 12%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 7%
Life on the Hook - is a short story about the life of a lonely fisherman named Hrafn, who lives his life in a small house on a lake with a dock and an old boat.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.6%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Emotional 12.3%, Exploration 9.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Experimental 19.8% ★, Philosophical 14.1%, Story Rich 12.7%, Emotional 8.6%
A garden caught in eternal recurrence. A god who forgets everything. A witness without rest. In this narrative-driven 2D exploration game, walk, listen, and read your way through four cycles to piece together a truth hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Philosophical 32.1%, Walking Simulator 19%, Emotional 14.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Story Rich 7.5%
HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE is an award winning, hour long melancholy, point-and-click narrative mystery set in the bible belt of Sweden.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Philosophical 22.2%, Emotional 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Adventure 7.2%
Two games in one! - Prove you are not human by completing 9 impossible challenges. - Explore various scenes directly inspired by a poem, solving a few riddles along the way.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Philosophical 23.1%, Exploration 15.2%, Experimental 13.1% ★, Linear 4.9%
John, a single father, inherits a collection of arcane objects from his mysterious relative named Mo. Over time, John and his daughter Charlotte begin to realise that these objects have unusual properties: the more they are exposed to them, the more their reality and memories appear to change.
Why similar: Experimental 40.6% ★, Walking Simulator 29.9%, Exploration 10.7%, Story Rich 10%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Welcome to Memphis, a city you can only visit once. A place where dreamers and the dead dance. Explore Memphis in the first person, uncover mysteries, and maybe even learn a bit more about yourself. You can’t bring any friends, but everyone you need is already here. This is the trip of a lifetime.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Philosophical 28%, Exploration 13.4%, Emotional 10.1%, Story Rich 7%
EXISTENTIAL is a first-person story-driven puzzle game that offers a unique solution that will put your existence into the game world.
Why similar: Philosophical 38.8%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Story Rich 12%, Exploration 11.1%, Linear 4.9%
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Experimental 29.5% ★, Philosophical 25.2%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Story Rich 7.3%, Exploration 7.1%
The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.
Why similar: Experimental 38.9% ★, Walking Simulator 25%, Emotional 12.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Exploration 5.2%
Lost Voice is a story-based first-person sci-fi adventure game with strong action elements, puzzles, and unique gameplay mechanics.
Why similar: Experimental 42.5% ★, Philosophical 36.6%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Story Rich 6.6%, Adventure 4.5%
Blast your way through millions of particles as you explore someone's dreams in this narrative driven adventure.
Why similar: Experimental 27.7% ★, Philosophical 23.3%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Emotional 12%, Exploration 7.3%
Your future is vaster than the cosmos.
Why similar: Experimental 55.5% ★, Philosophical 43.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Beyond Memoria is a first-person narrative journey between dream and memory. Explore a surreal world and use photography to uncover forgotten fragments and piece together your story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Philosophical 25.3%, Emotional 13.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Escaping from the dream still continues on the sequel of Dream Stone.
Why similar: Experimental 41.4% ★, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Emotional 9.5%, Atmospheric 5%
Between the veil of night and dawn, a cat once loved still wanders on. A meditative walking simulator about cats, patience, love, and loss.
Why similar: Philosophical 35.9%, Walking Simulator 23.9%, Emotional 18.3%, Exploration 9.4%, Adventure 4.2%
Hayley finds her apartment empty. The love of her life packed and gone. What starts as a search for an answer soon turns into a personal journey. Was her life as perfect as she remembers it ? With each new clue she finds, the truth becomes more and more unbelievable.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Experimental 19.4% ★, Exploration 10.7%, Story Rich 10.1%, Adventure 8.9%
An experiential linear narrative walking sim
Why similar: Philosophical 33.2%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Emotional 16.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
Explore this set of 4 distinct short experimental games and experience impossible worlds filled with audiovisual and narrative contradictions.
Why similar: Experimental 42.6% ★, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Adventure 4.1%
Set in a darkened arctic tundra, you follow the life of Jupyter, an axolotl-like creature that had to say goodbye to their partner as they chased their dreams of a better life. Brave the frozen tundra, retrace your partner’s steps, and rekindle your connection to another’s soul.
Why similar: Philosophical 39.8%, Emotional 17.5%, Story Rich 12.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Walking Simulator 8.2%
Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Experimental 19.2% ★, Emotional 15.6%, Story Rich 11.5%, Exploration 8.4%
One wish to shape a game forever. Wait 2 hours in darkness, make your request, and watch it become real for those who comes after.
Why similar: Experimental 47.9% ★, Walking Simulator 25.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Atmospheric 5.3%
Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.
Why similar: Experimental 31.3% ★, Philosophical 29.3%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%, Story Rich 6.4%
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Why similar: Experimental 27% ★, Philosophical 24.6%, Emotional 11.4%, Exploration 11.3%, Story Rich 7.3%
808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Philosophical 27.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%
In this free 3D adventure, explore someone's mind and discover their secrets in a surreal story about a father, son, Asian-America and more. Explore a dying father's "Memory World", and travel to familiar, supernatural spaces. By Melos, co-creator of Anodyne and Angeline Era.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.6%, Experimental 22.2% ★, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Emotional 8.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
Grow a beautiful island as you build a daily habit of mindfulness and meditation. Experience relaxation and learn ways to care for your mental wellbeing.
Why similar: Philosophical 31.9%, Experimental 26.1% ★, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Story Rich 8.6%, Exploration 7.3%
Life of Fly features 12 short stories each revolving around the life and weird thoughts of another fly. Be prepared to experience some very unusual content, some interesting thoughts that go way beyond the normal life of a fly, and some entertaining short stories with a twist.
Why similar: Philosophical 40.2%, Experimental 20.8% ★, Walking Simulator 14%, Story Rich 12.7%, Exploration 11.2%
The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours. Find the Memory Capsules to uncover the story of a person’s life from childhood to adulthood, all the joys, all the struggles, and all the lessons. How much can one take before they’ve had enough?
Why similar: Experimental 23.2% ★, Philosophical 21.2%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Emotional 15.9%, Story Rich 10%
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Philosophical 24%, Emotional 12%, Exploration 10.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
