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Games Like Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Exploration, Adventure, Atmospheric, Singleplayer.

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Welcome to a reimagining of Beneath the Cardboard, a fairytale-themed tale of things not so fairytale-like... Survive countless cold nights in Snow Town, a place where no one will look at you twice.

Reviews: Very Positive — 80% — of 95 reviews
Released: 2024-05-30
Developer: Lunsemo Studio
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    Why similar: Snow 57.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%, 3D 5%

  2. #2 Northern Lights
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    Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?

    Why similar: Snow 25.1%, Survival 14.5%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Sandbox 12.2%, Open World 9%

  3. #3 Penguin Lifter
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 117 reviews2026
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    Penguin Lifter is a game where you work as a penguin lifter. You'll work outdoors, far from civilization, surrounded by cute creatures - penguins. It's just you, the snow, and the penguins...

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    91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,069 reviews2016
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    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.

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    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

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    89% matchMostly Positive72% of 110 reviews2021
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    Windows

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  13. #13 Snowed Under | 雪葬
    88% matchMixed60% of 169 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    89% matchVery Positive83% of 3,670 reviews2017
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    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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  15. #15 When the Darkness comes
    86% matchVery Positive92% of 8,429 reviews2019
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    Windows
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    87% matchMixed62% of 112 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    73% matchVery Positive94% of 203 reviews2023
    Dev: Andrii Prots
    Windows

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    Windows

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    76% matchMixed41% of 5,049 reviews2021
    Dev: Proximity Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 72 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    73% matchMixed61% of 158 reviews2024
    Dev: Noirware
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,340 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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  43. #43 Pohinki Simulator
    72% matchMixed66% of 74 reviews2025
    Dev: Niphilist Studios
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive87% of 3,059 reviews2019
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    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    69% matchVery Positive89% of 123,417 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    71% matchVery Positive86% of 212 reviews2020
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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  53. #53 HELLMART
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,111 reviews2026
    Dev: GAZE IN GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,234 reviews2023
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    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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  55. #55 Kona II: Brume
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 521 reviews2023
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  56. #56 There Exists Nobody
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 923 reviews2024
    Dev: HeavyLight Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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    66% matchVery Positive97% of 95 reviews2026
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    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 880 reviews2019
    Dev: ИЛЬЯМАЗО
    Windows · Mac
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  59. #59 Winter Survivor Protocol
    66% matchMixed69% of 189 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Open World 28.5%, Survival 22%, Exploration 15.4%, Simulation 15.2%, Adventure 11.6%

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