Games Like Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

Guide two brothers on an epic journey of discovery, loss, adventure and mystery remade for the latest generation of graphics, performance, and gameplay. Play in single-player mode or local co-op with a friend. This is one journey you will never forget.

Why similar: Adventure 44.4%, Local Co-Op 36.4%, Puzzle 6.2%, Singleplayer 5.6%, Casual 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This faithful modern rebuild preserves the original's distinctive simultaneous two-brother controls, fable-like world, and emotional story.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Story Rich 27%, Local Co-Op 22%, Emotional 17.8%, Adventure 11%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Another Josef Fares-directed adventure built entirely around two protagonists whose cooperation drives both the gameplay and a dramatic story.

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard that threatens the survival of everything they have ever known.

Why similar: Atmospheric 19.8%, Local Co-Op 17.9%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 13.2%, Puzzle 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric folklore journey about a child and her animal companion, with cooperation and cultural storytelling at its core.

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 21.9%, Puzzle 15.8%, Story Rich 14%, Emotional 13.6%, Adventure 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: It turns a relationship-driven story into constantly inventive two-character cooperative puzzles, with the same filmmaker's playful cinematic sensibility.

Embark on a journey to save the prince’s eyesight in this 2D puzzle-adventure game featuring beautiful hand-drawn art and a bittersweet tale of wishes and what we’re willing to do to make them come true. Utilize your wolf and princess forms to lead the way!

Why similar: Atmospheric 23.2%, Adventure 23.1%, Puzzle 16.3%, Story Rich 16%, Fantasy 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This melancholy storybook adventure centers on guiding and protecting a vulnerable companion through a fairy-tale world of gentle puzzles.

Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Puzzle 22.6%, Local Co-Op 18.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its character-switching puzzle design and whimsical dark-fantasy journey make it a particularly close mechanical cousin to controlling the brothers separately.

Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 44.1% ★, Atmospheric 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a wordless, visually striking pilgrimage through a mythical landscape, emphasizing atmosphere, discovery, and fleeting companionship.

Blanc is an artistic cooperative adventure that follows the journey of a wolf cub and a fawn stranded in a vast, snowy wilderness. They must come together in an unlikely partnership to find their families.

Why similar: Emotional 36.3%, Atmospheric 20.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Local Co-Op 13.3%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This wordless, hand-drawn cooperative adventure follows two animals relying on each other to traverse a beautiful snowy wilderness.

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: Atmospheric 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Adventure 18.7%, Puzzle 16.9%, Fantasy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful island adventure with environmental puzzles and a deeply emotional, largely wordless story beneath its sunny fantasy surface.

Wield an ever-growing herd of quirky creatures to rebuild broken paths, battle perilous beasts, and solve peculiar puzzles in a rich, interconnected world. Join two young runaways as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm in this nostalgic storybook fantasy!

Why similar: Emotional 25.6%, Story Rich 18.3%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Puzzle 14.1%, Fantasy 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Two runaway children explore an enchanting wilderness and solve environmental puzzles by working together with magical creatures.

Three heroes make their way through a fairytale world of forgotten ruins, scheming goblins and impossible contraptions. Play alone and switch between wizard, knight and thief at will, or bring up to two friends, in online or local co-op.

Why similar: Atmospheric 20.6%, Local Co-Op 17.1%, Puzzle 15.9%, Adventure 15.3%, Fantasy 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its lush fantasy environments and character-swapping physics puzzles deliver a more action-oriented version of cooperative fairy-tale adventuring.

BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.

Why similar: Emotional 27%, Adventure 17.9%, Story Rich 17.1%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Local Co-Op 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal two-player adventure makes each participant see a different version of the world, requiring communication to solve its journey together.

The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

Why similar: Emotional 30%, Story Rich 18.8%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Adventure 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A compact and emotional puzzle adventure about friendship, using two characters and time manipulation to create a reflective journey.

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: Emotional 25.6%, Puzzle 15.1%, Atmospheric 15%, Adventure 14%, Story Rich 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its small-scale exploration, approachable environmental puzzles, and compassionate story give it a similarly warm yet bittersweet feel.

The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.6%, Adventure 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Local Co-Op 9.2%, Story Rich 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A focused cooperative puzzle adventure where two players in different eras must share information to unravel a mysterious story.

Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated by an enigmatic force, and must use their powers to progress through a spectacular world of fantasy and adventure.

Why similar: Story Rich 25.7%, Local Co-Op 24.7%, Atmospheric 21%, Puzzle 18.9%, Platformer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its two protagonists must combine opposing elemental powers to navigate a fantasy world built around interdependent platforming puzzles.

When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. Build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.6%, Puzzle 23%, Adventure 17.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Two yarn creatures must physically support one another through gentle platforming and puzzle challenges in an intimate adventure.

In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

Why similar: Emotional 29.6%, Atmospheric 20%, Adventure 14.9%, Puzzle 14.9%, Platformer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic puzzle-platformer pairs a young girl with a loyal creature companion on a quiet, emotionally driven sci-fi journey.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Beautiful 48.4% ★, Atmospheric 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Adventure 6%, Story Rich 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its gorgeous, nearly wordless platforming journey explores grief through changing landscapes, music, and symbolic puzzle-like progression.

From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.

Why similar: Beautiful 25.4% ★, Atmospheric 23.4%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Story Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A serene, wordless voyage through spectacular underwater environments that captures the seed game's sense of wonder and visual storytelling.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Atmospheric 23.6%, Story Rich 22.1%, Adventure 17.4%, Puzzle 16.2%, Platformer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its silent environmental storytelling, unsettling atmosphere, and tightly paced puzzle traversal provide a darker counterpart to Brothers' cinematic journey.

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: Story Rich 30.1%, Atmospheric 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Emotional 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Although more exploratory than puzzle-driven, its inventive vignettes and intimate storytelling make it an excellent choice for emotional narrative adventure fans.

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

Why similar: Story Rich 26.8%, Adventure 18.2%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Emotional 14%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It follows siblings protecting each other across a dangerous medieval world, with a strong emotional bond anchoring its adventure and stealth puzzles.

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 33.4%, Story Rich 16.9%, Local Co-Op 14.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Puzzle 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A concise, wordless adventure that transforms memories and grief into striking environmental traversal puzzles.

Röki is a stunning adventure set in the snowcapped wilderness. As Tove, you must explore an uncharted world of hidden legends and forgotten monsters. Solve puzzles, collect curiosities, and uncover a tale of tragic loss, as you chart your path to redemption.

Why similar: Emotional 22%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Puzzle 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This Nordic folklore adventure offers a poignant coming-of-age story, hand-crafted puzzles, and a fairy-tale atmosphere reminiscent of Brothers.

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

Why similar: Emotional 35.1%, Story Rich 18.9%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Local Co-Op 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This beautiful, emotional journey uses exploration and caring for companions to tell an empathetic story about love and loss.

Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.

Why similar: Story Rich 21.5%, Atmospheric 21.2%, Puzzle 17.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Fantasy 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: A charming hand-animated adventure about siblings navigating an imaginative fantasy world through playful point-and-click puzzles.

Two lovers gave up everything and escaped to a lost planet to be together. Glide through a mysterious landscape, explore a fragmented world and fight against what’s trying to tear them apart in this RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom.

Why similar: Story Rich 30.5%, Atmospheric 28.4%, Local Co-Op 26.5%, Third Person 9.9%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich adventure about a devoted couple exploring an alien world together, balancing companionship, travel, and relationship-focused storytelling.

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 19.7% ★, Atmospheric 16.5%, Story Rich 15.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, wordless and heartbreaking puzzle adventure about revisiting memories to change the outcome of a personal tragedy.

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 29.7%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Puzzle 12.3%, Adventure 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A heartfelt storybook platformer that uses written words as puzzle tools while telling an emotional tale of family and loss.

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.6%, Atmospheric 20.1%, Story Rich 13.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Fantasy 9.1%

Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

Why similar: Beautiful 38.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Emotional 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Story Rich 7.4%

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Atmospheric 21.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, Adventure 11.5%, Beautiful 8.6% ★

Bound together by the magical artifact Trine, a wizard, a knight and a thief journey through a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery. Solve puzzles, overcome obstacles and battle the undead! Play solo or in 1–3 player online or local co-op.

Why similar: Atmospheric 27.1%, Local Co-Op 22.9%, Fantasy 20.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, Platformer 9.5%

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

Why similar: Atmospheric 29.1%, Puzzle 25.4%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 11.9%, Platformer 11.8%

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

Why similar: Story Rich 28.5%, Emotional 27.4%, Great Soundtrack 26.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 6.7%

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: Beautiful 19.2% ★, Adventure 19.1%, Puzzle 18.8%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Why similar: Beautiful 19.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Adventure 15.7%, Fantasy 10.7%, Platformer 9.8%

Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.2%, Story Rich 18.1%, Adventure 11%, Indie 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%

The Trine heroes in full 3D. Explore a fairytale world of breathtaking sceneries and enchanting creatures, solving puzzles as wizard, knight and thief, alone or together in online or local co-op.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.6%, Atmospheric 22.5%, Fantasy 20.6%, Puzzle 20.4%, Platformer 8.8%

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Atmospheric 25.9%, Story Rich 25%, Adventure 20.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Walking Simulator 6%

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Atmospheric 29.7%, Story Rich 16.3%, Adventure 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Puzzle 8.9%

Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.

Why similar: Beautiful 20.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 20%, Fantasy 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Adventure 11%

Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.

Why similar: Atmospheric 25.3%, Story Rich 17.9%, Adventure 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Emotional 13.1%

An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.6%, Story Rich 25.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Emotional 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%

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: Atmospheric 24.6%, Story Rich 20.3%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%

Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!

Why similar: Adventure 21.5%, Puzzle 20%, Great Soundtrack 16%, Local Co-Op 11.8%, Indie 9%

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: Adventure 25.3%, Story Rich 25.2%, Puzzle 20.5%, Fantasy 12.3%, Emotional 7.5%

A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.

Why similar: Adventure 39.4%, Story Rich 23.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Puzzle 8.9%, Indie 6.9%

Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.6%, Adventure 21.1%, Beautiful 14.7% ★, Atmospheric 13.4%, Indie 7.3%

A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...

Why similar: Adventure 82.9%, Atmospheric 4.2%, Story Rich 3.4%, Puzzle 2%, Fantasy 1.8%

An atmospheric platformer with puzzle elements and split screen, where the player takes control of two characters at once. Immerse yourself in the ethnic world of two heroes, solve puzzles and overcome obstacles together, explore the fairy forest and other locations, help each other.

Why similar: Emotional 25.5%, Local Co-Op 18.2%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Fantasy 11.3%

A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.

Why similar: Atmospheric 26.9%, Adventure 18.5%, Story Rich 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Indie 6.1%

This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Platformer 13.3%, Indie 11.4%, Beautiful 10.4% ★

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.1%, Beautiful 29.6% ★, Story Rich 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Indie 5.8%

A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

Why similar: Adventure 23.9%, Emotional 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Story Rich 11.5%, Indie 10.6%

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 17%, Puzzle 15.8%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Beautiful 13.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 11.2%

A physics-based puzzle platformer in breathtaking 2.5D. A haunted prince's nightmares are leaking into the waking world — chase him down as wizard, knight and thief, solving puzzles of fire, water, light, magnets, electricity and more. Play solo or with up to three friends, online or in local co-op.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.5%, Fantasy 21.1%, Puzzle 18.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Platformer 9.1%

Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.

Why similar: Beautiful 28.1% ★, Emotional 19%, Adventure 14%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Puzzle 7.4%