- #1 As Long As You're Here
97% matchVery Positive100% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Autoscopia Interactive
Windows · Mac
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: Emotional 25.3%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Mystery 11.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Exploration 8.5%
- #2 Before Your Eyes
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 22,221 reviews2021
Dev: GoodbyeWorld GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Why similar: Emotional 41.3%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, First-Person 9.8%, Mystery 8.5%, Indie 5.7%
- #3 Drizzlepath: Glass
96% matchMixed63% of 186 reviews2017
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your husband is dead and you want to visit his grave. There is an abondoned house in a village, and in that house you will find a red rose. You don't want to go to your husband's grave empty handed.
Why similar: Beautiful 30.4% ★, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Mystery 9.9%, Exploration 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #4 Bottle: Pilgrim Redux
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 262 reviews2017
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bottle: Pilgrim is a story of loss, regret and redemption, which reminds us that while we cannot change the things we have done, we can always learn from our mistakes.
Why similar: Beautiful 31.7% ★, Walking Simulator 21%, Emotional 11.1%, Exploration 7.8%, Atmospheric 7%
- #5 The Almost Gone
94% matchVery Positive80% of 1,195 reviews2020
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
Why similar: Beautiful 44.3% ★, Emotional 13.9%, Mystery 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Stylized 5.8%
- #6 Home is Where One Starts...
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 712 reviews2015
Dev: David Wehle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Indie 8.9%
- #7 Forgotten Hope
92% matchVery Positive89% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Black Hammer StudiosPub: Games by IGE
Windows
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Exploration 15.5%, Atmospheric 13%, First-Person 12.3%, Mystery 10.1%
- #8 Once Alive
91% matchVery Positive85% of 441 reviews2024
Dev: Cem Boray YıldırımPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Mystery 16.4%, Emotional 14.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 10%
- #9 Gone Home
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 18,234 reviews2013
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.2%, Exploration 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%, First-Person 6.1%, Indie 4.2%
- #10 I Won't Forget Hue
90% matchVery Positive91% of 203 reviews2023
Dev: Hostile Kiwi Games
Windows
Disorganized and alone, a woman finds herself crafting new glasses in order to look at her own home with different shaded views. I won’t forget Hue is a psychedelic thriller experience. You’ll go searching for new lenses, try to figure out what is happening to her home and why she is all alone.
Why similar: Exploration 20.6%, Mystery 15.3%, Stylized 14.9%, First-Person 14.3%, Atmospheric 13.3%
- #11 Don't Forget
89% matchVery Positive96% of 260 reviews2024
Dev: Evie VerstappenPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don’t Forget is a 3D singleplayer story and exploration game inspired by dementia. Recollect your memories by looking for clues and playing brain-stimulating minigames whilst battling the effects of dementia. Explore three different key events of your life to figure out what has happened.
Why similar: Emotional 31.6%, Walking Simulator 31.2%, Exploration 15%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #12 What Remains of Edith Finch
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 49,863 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 8.9%
- #13 Memorrha
89% matchMixed66% of 151 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Mystery 12.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%, First-Person 8.8%
- #14 Back to Hearth
85% matchVery Positive100% of 275 reviews2025
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac
Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.9%, Exploration 17.6%, Atmospheric 16%, First-Person 12%, Adventure 6%
- #15 looK INside - Chapter 1
86% matchVery Positive88% of 446 reviews2020
Dev: Unexpected
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In a book found in the attic, Manon discovers the past of her family members through their memories, their gestures, their quirks and their little secrets.
Why similar: Exploration 26.8%, Adventure 26.1%, Indie 23.7%, Casual 16%, Singleplayer 7.3%
- #16 Lost Brothers
88% matchMostly Negative38% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: BitLight
Windows
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Emotional 22.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Mystery 8%
- #17 Arise: A Simple Story
84% matchVery Positive92% of 2,975 reviews2020
Dev: Piccolo StudioPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
Why similar: Emotional 53.5%, Exploration 25.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #18 Nephise Begins
86% matchMixed62% of 1,390 reviews2017
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Beautiful 21.3% ★, Mystery 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 8.2%
- #19 Condo
82% matchVery Positive98% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: FlubbedMachina
Windows · Mac
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 37.8%, Emotional 13.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 9.5%
- #20 Portrait of a Torn
83% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: Firenut Games
Windows
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Emotional 16.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 10%
- #21 The Berlin Apartment
80% matchVery Positive94% of 281 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Backpack
Windows
One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Mystery 13.9%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #22 There The Light
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2019
Dev: CasualBebop
Windows · Mac
Explore an unknown and abandoned world. Each step, each puzzle, brings you closer to discovering the history and secrets of a lost civilization. Can you find the light?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Emotional 18%, Mystery 15.4%, Stylized 8.9%, Exploration 7.8%
- #23 Spiral
81% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Folklore Games
Windows
Spiral is a third-person narrative exploration game that shares a poetic vision of cognitive degeneration. Step into the shoes of Bernard as you help him and support him while braving his unravelling mind and reliving his most treasured moments.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Emotional 26.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Stylized 8.2%
- #24 Forgetmenots
81% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Forgetful Studios
Windows
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: Emotional 59.8%, Atmospheric 13.5%, 3D 10.8%, Indie 7.3%, Casual 5.2%
- #25 Homesick
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,436 reviews2015
Dev: Lucky Pause
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Mystery 15.1%, Exploration 15%, First-Person 10.8%
- #26 Lost Words: Beyond the Page
78% matchVery Positive95% of 823 reviews2021
Dev: Sketchbook DevelopmentsPub: Sketchbook Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
Why similar: Emotional 53%, Atmospheric 22.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Casual 5.8%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #27 Marie's Room
78% matchVery Positive93% of 6,612 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 37.9%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Exploration 11.9%, Mystery 11.1%, First-Person 8.3%
- #28 SEASON: A letter to the future
76% matchVery Positive93% of 1,993 reviews2023
Dev: Scavengers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.
Why similar: Emotional 28.9%, Mystery 24.1%, Exploration 13.7%, Stylized 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%
- #29 The August Before
75% matchVery Positive94% of 253 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Little GamesPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!
Why similar: Emotional 34.7%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Stylized 13.4%, Exploration 13.2%, 3D 7.5%
- #30 Fragments of Him
79% matchVery Positive84% of 146 reviews2016
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Emotional 21%, Atmospheric 12.1%, First-Person 9.4%, Indie 6.5%
- #31 When The Past Was Around
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,309 reviews2020
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Why similar: Stylized 38.9%, Atmospheric 35.8%, Casual 13.8%, Singleplayer 11.5%
- #32 Reaching for Petals
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 199 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Entropy Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Reaching for Petals is a poetic adventure about love, loss, and ambition. You will travel to the peak of the ever-reaching mountain to uncover the true nature of your mysterious and seemingly unguided journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Indie 13.8%, Casual 9.4%
- #33 Faded Grey
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Derek Golliher
Windows
A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Emotional 30.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 8.3%, Mystery 6%
- #34 A Mortician's Tale
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,410 reviews2017
Dev: Laundry Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Indie 16.8%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Stylized 12.8%, Casual 12%
- #35 The Haunting of Joni Evers
73% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Emotional 19.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #36 The August Before: Chapter One
72% matchVery Positive93% of 497 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Little GamesPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!
Why similar: Emotional 38.8%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Stylized 10.3%, Casual 9%, 3D 7.2%
- #37 Forgotten Fields
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Frostwood InteractivePub: Dino Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Emotional 25.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Stylized 10%, Adventure 8.7%
- #38 A Memoir Blue
74% matchVery Positive85% of 491 reviews2022
Dev: Cloisters InteractivePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A song from years ago triggers a flood of memories for champion swimmer Miriam. Embark on an evocative journey through her turbulent childhood and the complicated relationship she shared with her devoted mother.
Why similar: Emotional 36.4%, Adventure 19.6%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Casual 10.8%, 3D 9.5%
- #39 Some Distant Memory
74% matchVery Positive94% of 303 reviews2019
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Mystery 19.8%, Adventure 15.9%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Indie 11%
- #40 What Comes After
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,011 reviews2020
Dev: PikselnesiaPub: Rolling Glory Jam
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.
Why similar: Beautiful 41% ★, Emotional 27.1%, Adventure 9%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Indie 7.6%
- #41 Ghost on the Shore
73% matchVery Positive84% of 214 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Emotional 19.3%, Exploration 13.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #42 Call of the Sea
71% matchVery Positive88% of 5,866 reviews2020
Dev: Out of the Blue GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Emotional 14.3%, Mystery 14.2%, First-Person 11%, Exploration 9.9%
- #43 Memento Mori
71% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Shea KellyPub: WolfWare Studios
Windows
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 49.8%, Emotional 19.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%, First-Person 7.3%, Indie 5.9%
- #44 Deep Beyond
70% matchVery Positive89% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Avix Games
Windows
Deep Beyond Is a first-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father’s disappearance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Emotional 16.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Mystery 9.3%, Stylized 8.7%
- #45 Last Day of June
71% matchVery Positive87% of 4,640 reviews2017
Dev: OvosonicoPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?
Why similar: Beautiful 37.4% ★, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Emotional 9.3%, Adventure 9.2%
- #46 Through The Fragmentation
70% matchVery Positive96% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Mystery 19.8%, Exploration 17.4%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Stylized 12.3%
- #47 Hindsight
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Team HindsightPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.
Why similar: Emotional 33.5%, Exploration 18.8%, Stylized 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 7.3%
- #48 The Wild Eternal
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 173 reviews2017
Dev: Ilsanjo
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Get lost beneath the fog in The Wild Eternal, a reflective first-person exploration game. Embark on a meditative journey to heal the scars of your past. Can you escape the cycle of reincarnation?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Exploration 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.6%, First-Person 10.4%
- #49 When The Past Was Around - Prologue
68% matchVery Positive94% of 682 reviews2019
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 16%
This is the prologue chapter of "When the Past was Around", an upcoming adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Why similar: Beautiful 48.6% ★, Emotional 17.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Indie 5.3%
- #50 Unforgettable You
69% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: NanningsGames
Windows · Linux
Unforgettable You is a contemplating platformer game about love.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 81%, Indie 7.4%, Adventure 6.8%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #51 Pine: A Story of Loss
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 209 reviews2024
Dev: Made Up GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Emotional 58.1%, Stylized 17.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 5.4%, Casual 5.2%
- #52 EDENGATE: The Edge of Life
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 224 reviews2022
Dev: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mia Lorenson, wakes up in an abandoned hospital full of questions. What happened to her? What happened to the world? Edengate: The Edge of Life is an interactive experience reflecting on feelings of uncertainty, isolation and hope in the face of devastation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Emotional 20.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #53 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
66% matchVery Positive88% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Mystery 18.3%, Exploration 15.9%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #54 Botany Manor
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,319 reviews2024
Dev: Balloon StudiosPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.7%, Exploration 18.9%, First-Person 13.1%, Stylized 12.2%, 3D 7.7%
- #55 I Am Dead
68% matchVery Positive82% of 449 reviews2020
Dev: Hollow PondsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.
Why similar: Beautiful 30.4% ★, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 12.8%, Exploration 10%, Emotional 7.7%
- #56 12 Memory Lane
63% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Forget-Me-Not StudioPub: Rubika Supinfogame
Windows
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 37%, Emotional 22.5%, Mystery 21.3%, First-Person 8.2%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #57 Forgot
64% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Maxwell Whitebaker
Windows
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43%, Mystery 15.1%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Exploration 13.2%, First-Person 6.9%
- #58 The Longest Walk
65% matchVery Positive96% of 398 reviews2022
Dev: Alexander TarvetPub: Somewhat Unsettling
Windows
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41%, Exploration 13.5%, Emotional 12%, First-Person 9.9%, Adventure 6.9%
- #59 Maquette
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 651 reviews2021
Dev: Graceful DecayPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.
Why similar: Beautiful 35% ★, Emotional 11.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Mystery 7.9%