Games Like All Our Asias

Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .

Why similar: Atmospheric 25.9%, Adventure 25.5%, Story Rich 24.7%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Singleplayer 5.1%

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Surreal 47.8%, Walking Simulator 39.3%, Adventure 6.8%, Atmospheric 5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.

Why similar: Experimental 24.2% ★, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Surreal 19.9%, Psychological 17.4%, Story Rich 8.9%

An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.5%, Psychological 25.2%, Emotional 14.7%, Surreal 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.8%

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.2%, Linear 13.4%, Emotional 10.2%, 3D 8.8%, Adventure 8.3%

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 24.2%, Walking Simulator 18%, Surreal 16.7%, Experimental 16.6% ★, Emotional 8%

Explore and unravel the mall of your mind in this surreal adventure game.

Why similar: Philosophical 47%, Walking Simulator 32.9%, Surreal 20.1%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Psychological 28.1%, Surreal 27.7%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 6.5%

Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.

Why similar: Surreal 41%, Walking Simulator 33.8%, Adventure 8.7%, 3D 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%

A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Surreal 32.2%, Linear 13.6%, Emotional 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.1%, Story Rich 29%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Adventure 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%

A 3D third person narrative exploration game, set in a frozen wasteland where an ancient civilization fell. Centered around movement puzzles and dealing with environment mechanics.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Third Person 17%, Linear 14.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 7.6%

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: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Experimental 20.3% ★, Psychological 19.9%, Emotional 11.4%, Story Rich 9.6%

You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Surreal 29.8%, Story Rich 16%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 7%

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 61.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, 3D 5.3%

What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Emotional 20.1%, Story Rich 15.5%, Linear 14.5%, Surreal 9.6%

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 31.1%, Walking Simulator 27%, Story Rich 11.9%, Linear 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.4%, Psychological 20.2%, Story Rich 8.5%, Emotional 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers

Why similar: Philosophical 24.2%, Surreal 17.7%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Emotional 10%, Supernatural 9.8%

Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

Why similar: Philosophical 29.7%, Walking Simulator 21.1%, Psychological 14.2%, Surreal 13.7%, Story Rich 10.5%

Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope.

Why similar: Surreal 27.5%, Emotional 17.9%, Third Person 17.3%, Adventure 16.5%, 3D 9.3%

The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.4%, Story Rich 17.3%, Surreal 9.2%, Adventure 7%, Emotional 6.9%

Explore the sandbox, collect treasures, and find your way off of the island.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Story Rich 25.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, 3D 7.9%

Step into a radiant dimension where souls reboot as data. Recover your reincarnation machine from alien terrorists and explore glowing temples of memory, logic, and light. A surreal odyssey through death, rebirth, and the beauty of being lost.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Surreal 26%, Story Rich 10.7%, Experimental 10.3% ★, Sci-fi 9.2%

Bodyless is a VR journey set during Taiwan’s martial law era. You inhabit the ghost of a political prisoner, moving through fragmented spaces where folklore and surveillance intertwine. As environments distort, the line between memory and reality begins to dissolve.

Why similar: Experimental 40.8% ★, Historical 20.5%, Story Rich 18.4%, Adventure 11.5%, Atmospheric 7%

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: Philosophical 19.6%, Experimental 17.7% ★, Surreal 17.1%, Psychological 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.3%

Discover the tale of two peculiar characters: the Old Pilgrim and the Little Star, as they embark on a journey up the Great Mountain of Wonders. Guide them both simultaneously with a single controller. Join this poetic adventure that will challenge your mind and skills!

Why similar: Story Rich 30.5%, Linear 28.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Third Person 9.6%, Emotional 6.4%

Syke is a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mysterious and beautifully warped reality. You play as an individual making their way through areas of strange geometry; solving puzzles to piece together the story of their love.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, Psychological 25.7%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, 3D 7.6%

Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.9%, Emotional 21.6%, Linear 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 8.4%

Explore the shifting manor of the enigmatic Henri Villemaine and uncover the truth behind his family’s sudden disappearance. Bend reality to recreate the scenes from his diary and expose long-buried secrets. What if your role in this case went beyond that of a simple investigator?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.8%, Psychological 19.5%, Emotional 16.9%, Linear 10.1%, 3D 5.2%

Open the door and step into someone's memories. Platonica Space is a sci-fi exploration adventure where you search countless rooms to recover lost memories.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Sci-fi 23.9%, Story Rich 18.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%, 3D 8.2%

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 42.6%, Emotional 15.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Story Rich 8.6%, Adventure 7.3%

Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?

Why similar: Psychological 27.4%, Surreal 25.1%, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Linear 5.9%

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 26%, Philosophical 24.5%, Psychological 17.6%, Story Rich 10.1%, Emotional 9.4%

A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.5%, Story Rich 13.9%, Supernatural 12.3%, Linear 10.1%, Atmospheric 10%

Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.

Why similar: Surreal 57.5%, Retro 14.5%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 11.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Moon River is a short RPG adventure with an emphasis on music and atmosphere. Perhaps some secrets too... Explore the remains of an quiet, empty world & find the river's end.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.3%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Emotional 17.3%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.

Why similar: Story Rich 44.1%, Emotional 34.1%, 3D 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.6%, Story Rich 20.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Surreal 14.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Your Personality plays the game! Help strange spirits solve their Unfinished Business... or leave them to Despair. In this highly-branching narrative adventure you'll only see about 1/3 of the full story in each playthrough, but the end is whenever you want it to be.

Why similar: Emotional 27.8%, Story Rich 24.1%, Supernatural 16.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 10.2%

Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.

Why similar: Surreal 45.3%, Third Person 25.5%, Story Rich 15.9%, Atmospheric 9%, Adventure 4.3%

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Why similar: Philosophical 70.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%

What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.7%, Third Person 18.7%, Emotional 18.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 9.2%

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.9%, Surreal 30.5%, Story Rich 11.7%, Retro 8.8%, Adventure 5.1%

3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.6%, Surreal 33.7%, Atmospheric 11.2%, 3D 6.9%, Adventure 4.6%

Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Sci-fi 23.7%, Story Rich 18.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%

A meditative experience that invites players to explore the serene beauty of a living, breathing cemetery as it changes with the seasons.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.8%, Story Rich 16%, Emotional 13.5%, 3D 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%

An experimental narrative-focused walking-simulator experience that explores dark settings and stories through multiple perspectives.

Why similar: Surreal 28.7%, Experimental 23.6% ★, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Sci-fi 15%, Story Rich 10.4%

In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Why similar: Emotional 24.4%, Story Rich 18.7%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Walking Simulator 10.5%

This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.

Why similar: Third Person 27%, Surreal 14.1%, Atmospheric 13.6%, 3D 12.6%, Adventure 12.4%

Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Surreal 26.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Adventure 8%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Surreal 31.5%, Walking Simulator 29.2%, Emotional 15%, Atmospheric 9.3%, 3D 6.4%

Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

Why similar: Psychological 25.2%, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Emotional 11.9%, Historical 11.4%, Story Rich 8%

My grandmother went to space—and came back.After that, the world began to spin, round and round...What was this country, this society, meant to be?We simply process the things that come our way.What was the world supposed to be like?I don’t know.SAYONALAIKA is an adventure game.

Why similar: Psychological 37.1%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Modern 9.6%, 3D 7%

Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.

Why similar: Experimental 56% ★, Linear 20.3%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Adventure 6.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.

Why similar: Psychological 39.2%, Emotional 16.7%, Supernatural 13.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Live the perfect day, break the cycle, and discover the truth about yourself in this short, quirky sci-fi mystery about freedom, choice, and loneliness.

Why similar: Philosophical 37.2%, Walking Simulator 25.3%, Emotional 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Atmospheric 5%

Kaisuo is a single-player puzzle game about opening Chinese puzzle boxes that unlock surreal worlds. Journey through a strange landscape and discover new uses to familiar objects. Slide open panels, discover secret compartments and change the way you see the world.

Why similar: Surreal 32.5%, Historical 21.9%, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Linear 8%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Sans Logique is a first-person game that blends puzzle and adventure gameplay. You'll explore different dreamlike worlds, discover the story of your character, and solve some original puzzles.

Why similar: Surreal 32.7%, Walking Simulator 29.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, Linear 8.5%, Adventure 8.3%