Games Like A Story About My Uncle

Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.

Why similar: Adventure 59.8%, Parkour 19.4%, First-Person 7.1%, Atmospheric 2.3%, Great Soundtrack 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like A Story About My Uncle, it mixes story-driven exploration with exhilarating first-person movement across large, beautiful environments.

Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.

Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Parkour 27.7%, First-Person 6.7%, Platformer 4.5%, 3D Platformer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes first-person parkour, ruins to traverse, and a light narrative framework in a way that feels very adjacent to My Uncle.

After a difficult awakening, you stumble upon the Grip, a mysterious artifact and grappling hook. Climb up the Mountain to bring back the Grip to the top and unravel the mystery surrounding the Grip. Bon voyage!

Why similar: Adventure 53.7%, Parkour 20.7%, First-Person 7.3%, Platformer 6.4%, 3D Platformer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its lonely first-person climbing and grappling-focused traversal captures the same momentum-driven exploration and atmospheric adventure vibe.

Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.

Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Parkour 31.7%, 3D Platformer 7.1%, First-Person 6.4%, Platformer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Though more minimalist, it delivers the same relaxing first-person platforming flow and clean movement-focused progression.

Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.

Why similar: Parkour 53.2%, First-Person 14.4%, 3D Platformer 12.8%, Platformer 11.7%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more arcade-like take on the same grappling-and-swinging first-person movement that makes the seed game so memorable.

Fractured Horizon is a fast-paced parkour game, where you use Gravity Fields to traverse through a shattered world. Manipulate gravity, leap between the platforms and overcome obstacles in this speedrunning 3D platformer.

Why similar: Adventure 70.3%, Platformer 7.3%, First-Person 7%, 3D Platformer 6.6%, Atmospheric 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person traversal focus and grappling-heavy movement make it a strong pick for players who loved the seed game's mobility.

An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.

Why similar: Adventure 46%, Parkour 31.2%, 3D Platformer 6.6%, Platformer 5.4%, First-Person 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more eerie and surreal, but its first-person climbing, traversal, and environmental mystery line up well with the seed's exploratory feel.

A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.

Why similar: Adventure 66.6%, Parkour 12.2%, First-Person 6.6%, Platformer 4.4%, Great Soundtrack 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: If the best part for you was swinging through open spaces, this VR platformer offers a very similar grappling-driven sense of freedom.

In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.

Why similar: Parkour 37.9%, Adventure 31.6%, First-Person 8%, Platformer 6%, 3D Platformer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It trades the fantasy setting for a cityscape, but its first-person momentum, platforming, and elegant movement are an obvious fit.

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Adventure 31.8%, First-Person 20.9%, 3D Platformer 17.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Platformer 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its whimsical first-person puzzle-platforming and family-adventure framing make it a natural fit despite being more puzzle-heavy.

Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.

Why similar: Adventure 73.5%, First-Person 10%, 3D Platformer 4.8%, Platformer 4.5%, Puzzle 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This one blends first-person exploration, platforming, and playful world design in a way that scratches a similar discovery-driven itch.

Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

Why similar: Adventure 43.9%, Parkour 26.8%, Platformer 7%, 3D Platformer 6.6%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its combat cards change the formula, but underneath is one of Steam's best first-person movement games with speed, platforming, and replayable flow.

DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?

Why similar: Parkour 39.4%, Platformer 18.3%, First-Person 10.4%, 3D Platformer 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a tighter and tougher first-person platformer, but the emphasis on precision movement and vertical traversal is very close in spirit.

The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

Why similar: Adventure 44.2%, Parkour 29.3%, 3D Platformer 6.9%, First-Person 6.9%, Platformer 6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on fluid first-person platforming through imaginative spaces, capturing the same toy-like exhilaration of movement.

Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.

Why similar: Parkour 59.8%, First-Person 10.8%, Adventure 9.7%, 3D Platformer 7.3%, Platformer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more level-based and chaotic, it is another first-person platformer where momentum, timing, and movement mastery are everything.

Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

Why similar: Adventure 40.5%, Parkour 35.1%, 3D Platformer 11%, Platformer 8.3%, Fantasy 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Even in third person, it offers the same pleasure of mastering movement through a mysterious, airy 3D platforming space.

A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.

Why similar: Adventure 76.1%, Atmospheric 4.4%, Great Soundtrack 3.9%, Puzzle 3.6%, 3D Platformer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is less movement-driven, but its emotional fantasy journey, environmental storytelling, and airy platforming should resonate with fans of the seed's atmosphere.

Master the gibbon’s art of movement with a unique moveset that lets you swing, slide and somersault through a lush jungle canopy, and experience a free-flowing story of family and survival as you search for a home that may be lost forever.

Why similar: Adventure 77.4%, Platformer 7.6%, Atmospheric 5.2%, Story Rich 5.2%, Family Friendly 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its movement is built around flowing swings through lush spaces, making it a good lower-ranked fit for players who loved traversal rhythm above all else.

Embark on a cozy climbing adventure in Valley Peaks, a ribbiting first-person platformer where each mountain is like a puzzle. Install Radio Towers at the top of every ridge to connect the froggy inhabitants to the wider world, venture further into the Valley, conquer peaks and unravel mysteries!

Why similar: Adventure 45.2%, Parkour 26.5%, First-Person 7.3%, Platformer 6.7%, 3D Platformer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is cozier and more grounded, but its first-person climbing and vertical exploration echo the seed game's playful traversal focus.

Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

Why similar: Parkour 68.7%, First-Person 16.7%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Action 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its campaign regularly delivers superb first-person wall-running and traversal that should appeal to anyone who loved moving through My Uncle's world.

Like a bastard child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reaction.

Why similar: Parkour 49.3%, First-Person 13.6%, 3D Platformer 11.6%, Platformer 11.2%, Difficult 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a faster, harsher version of the seed game's movement-first appeal, centered on first-person platforming and momentum chains.

You are Tiny, a nerdy inventor, who tries to reclaim his most beloved possession - Grandpa's underpants!

Why similar: Adventure 64%, Platformer 11.2%, 3D Platformer 7.7%, Indie 5.5%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its traversal, whimsical tone, and environmental interaction make it a good fit for those who liked the seed game's lighthearted adventure feel.

From the creators of the award-winning Hyper Light Drifter comes the high-speed and gravity-bending world of Solar Ash.

Why similar: Adventure 76.5%, Platformer 8.5%, 3D Platformer 7.6%, Atmospheric 3.3%, Sci-fi 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures that exhilarating sensation of gliding through a surreal world, with traversal and atmosphere carrying much of the experience.

Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

Why similar: Adventure 64.9%, Platformer 12%, 3D Platformer 10.8%, Atmospheric 4.7%, Fantasy 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This one shifts to third person, but its atmospheric world and challenging platforming give off a similar adventurous, otherworldly energy.

Jump and dash your way to the top in this challenging first-person platformer. Unlock new air jumps and dashes at every milestone as you master your movement abilities and climb through a mysterious, atmospheric world.

Why similar: Adventure 48.3%, Parkour 22%, 3D Platformer 7.1%, First-Person 6.3%, Platformer 6.3%

Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.

Why similar: Platformer 36.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Relaxing 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Family Friendly 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Although 2D, its joyous swinging traversal and lighthearted adventure spirit mirror the grappling-hook fun of A Story About My Uncle.

Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world.

Why similar: Adventure 84.4%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Great Soundtrack 2.3%, Relaxing 2.3%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its sense of floating freedom, fantasy worldbuilding, and quiet exploration make it a strong tonal companion piece.

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Adventure 67%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 6%, Parkour 5.8%, Platformer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: For players who mainly want first-person atmospheric exploration and abstract platforming spaces, this is a fascinating mood match.

Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.

Why similar: Adventure 82.9%, 3D Platformer 5.9%, Atmospheric 2.5%, Platformer 2%, Indie 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more playful third-person alternative, but its vertical exploration, gadget-assisted movement, and whimsical discovery feel closely aligned.

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

Why similar: Adventure 72%, 3D Platformer 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.3%, Puzzle 4.1%, Story Rich 3.8%

Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.

Why similar: Adventure 82.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%, Story Rich 3.4%, Puzzle 2%, Fantasy 1.8%

The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.

Why similar: Adventure 74.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Atmospheric 7%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Why similar: Puzzle 45.7%, Adventure 42%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Story Rich 3.1%, Family Friendly 1.7%

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Adventure 68.1%, Platformer 12.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Puzzle 5.3%, Indie 3.9%

Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.

Why similar: Adventure 98.9%, Fantasy 0.3%, Great Soundtrack 0.2%, Indie 0.2%, Story Rich 0.2%

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Adventure 78.4%, Platformer 6.2%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Puzzle 4.1%, Family Friendly 2.2%

Skybound is a 3D exploration platformer focused on fun, fluid movement mechanics, parkour and environmental puzzle solving.

Why similar: Adventure 59.6%, Parkour 20.9%, Platformer 6.9%, First-Person 4.7%, Atmospheric 2.3%

Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

Why similar: Adventure 96.7%, Puzzle 1.1%, Story Rich 0.7%, Great Soundtrack 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%

You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!

Why similar: Adventure 71.3%, Story Rich 6.6%, Difficult 5.5%, Puzzle 4.7%, Family Friendly 2.9%

Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.

Why similar: Casual 75.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Fantasy 7.4%, Family Friendly 3.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Why similar: Indie 48.5%, Adventure 44.6%, Story Rich 2.5%, Atmospheric 2.4%, Puzzle 1.1%

Get LIFTED! Play as slacker Ari, the accidental wingman in his professor's manic, love-fueled time heist. Swing, climb, and puzzle through history to outsmart rival tomb raiders in a cinematic '80s blockbuster adventure!

Why similar: Adventure 85.1%, Story Rich 6.8%, Platformer 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%, Great Soundtrack 1.1%

A befuddling mishap has made you COMPLETELY STRETCHY! Stretch, swing and stick around the delightfully odd and vibrant Grombi Isles in this eccentric and light-hearted 3D platformer.

Why similar: Adventure 56%, Parkour 21.4%, First-Person 6.1%, Platformer 5.4%, 3D Platformer 4.7%

Tiny: is a first-person platformer. Your goal is to reach the top and achieve a good speedrun.

Why similar: Parkour 32.3%, First-Person 19.3%, 3D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 14.2%, Atmospheric 5.5%

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Why similar: Sci-fi 56.5%, Singleplayer 32.5%, Multiplayer 10.9%

Desert Parkour is a first-person 3D platformer game, where player progress through levels using parkour skills and by throwing a rope with a grappling hook.

Why similar: Parkour 55.7%, 3D Platformer 15.2%, First-Person 15.2%, Platformer 9.2%, Indie 1.9%

A serene first-person 3D platformer where you use a magical rope to traverse the body of a dormant ancient colossus in order to heal its wounds and awaken it once again. Embark on a relaxing journey of melancholy to rekindle one of nature's long-lost wonders.

Why similar: Adventure 69.9%, Parkour 11.4%, First-Person 3.4%, 3D Platformer 3.2%, Platformer 3.1%

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Why similar: Adventure 71.3%, Great Soundtrack 6%, Story Rich 5.5%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Difficult 3.6%

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Adventure 73%, Platformer 9%, Puzzle 3.6%, Atmospheric 3.4%, Indie 3.1%

Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses.

Why similar: Action 87.1%, Indie 10.5%, Multiplayer 2.4%

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Why similar: Adventure 93.3%, Story Rich 1.8%, Indie 1.6%, Puzzle 1.3%, Atmospheric 1.2%

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

Why similar: Adventure 74.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 5.2%, Indie 4.1%, Great Soundtrack 3.8%

Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!

Why similar: Adventure 64.9%, Fantasy 21.3%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Great Soundtrack 3.6%, Atmospheric 3.5%

VHOLUME is a melancholic first-person parkour adventure set in a dystopian brutalist city where bureaucracy turns a simple task into an odyssey.

Why similar: Parkour 43.4%, Adventure 19.4%, First-Person 11.1%, 3D Platformer 7.6%, Platformer 7.2%

Verlet Swing brings you energetic swinging in a world that would be best described as a fever dream. Swing fast, don't crash and reach the goal as fast as possible!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 36.1%, First-Person 21.9%, Indie 19.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Action 7.3%

MEANDERS is a sparkling adventure through a series of funny and relaxing challenges in a colourful setting.

Why similar: Adventure 46.8%, Parkour 23.3%, First-Person 6.2%, 3D Platformer 5.6%, Platformer 3.4%