Games Like Letters - a written adventure

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: Word Game 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Colorful 8.1%

Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.7%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Cute 11.5%, Family Friendly 10.7%, Funny 8.7%

Teacup is a short and wholesome narrative adventure game with a focus on exploration and non-linear progression. Help a small and shy frog on her journey to find the ingredients she needs for her tea party!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 22%, Cute 15.2%, Funny 13.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Family Friendly 11.9%

Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Family Friendly 10.6%, Hand-drawn 8.6%

Become a ghostwriter and write on the behalf of others--everything from love letters to apologies! There's just one catch in this crazy adventure game: the most important words in your writings are decided by roulette.

Why similar: Word Game 44.5%, Funny 14.5%, Cute 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Adventure 6%

Monorail Stories is an adventure game focusing on extraordinary things happening to ordinary people. Board the monorail and experience a special story about humanity, friendships, and intertwined destinies manifesting during the everyday commute.

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.5%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Funny 13.5%, Story Rich 9.9%

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: Female Protagonist 22.6%, Hand-drawn 21.4%, Cute 13.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Colorful 9.8%

Join Selene in a charming platforming and puzzle adventure, where her ability to absorb and emit light from various flowers is key to activating mechanisms, overcoming obstacles, and navigating through environments that adjust depending on how you wield the light.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Family Friendly 9.5%, Cute 8%

Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.

Why similar: Word Game 35.2%, Choices Matter 18%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Puzzle 7.9%

Down the Rabbit Hole is an adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Cute 9.7%

Join Anna on an amazing adventure to a magical world full of puzzles and fairytale characters!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.2%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Colorful 12.1%, Family Friendly 11.1%, Funny 10.6%

Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.

Why similar: Colorful 15.6%, Funny 15.1%, Puzzle 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.6%

She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.8%, Cute 11.1%, Adventure 11%, Family Friendly 10%, Story Rich 9.5%

Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure. Flow with Naiad across a mysterious river and interact with its fauna and flora to discover little secrets. Enjoy a wholesome experience with an original and dreamy visual style.

Why similar: Cute 18.7%, Family Friendly 16.2%, Colorful 14.5%, Puzzle 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.4%

Harmony’s Odyssey is a 3D fantasy adventure puzzle game set on mythical dioramas full of riddles, perky creatures and magic. Embark on a fantastic journey through remote fabled lands tangled by a rowdy cat and bring peace to its inhabitants.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Family Friendly 14.9%, Funny 12.1%, Cute 11.8%

It's Mail Time! As a newly trained Mail Scout, put on your pack, grab those letters, and deliver them across Grumblewood Grove! The forest animals eagerly await the sight of your mushroom hat in this cozy, cottagecore light-platformer adventure!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.7%, Funny 19.6%, Cute 17.9%, Story Rich 13.7%, Colorful 13.4%

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

Why similar: Cute 17.4%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, Family Friendly 10.4%

A beautiful girl 2-choice quiz adventure game where you can experience a little variety of languages! Enjoy multi-end collection and online ranking in Challenge Mode!

Why similar: Word Game 41.5%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Adventure 8.5%, Cute 8.1%

Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.

Why similar: Word Game 37.2%, Hand-drawn 23.9%, Family Friendly 12.2%, Cute 10.7%, Puzzle 8.3%

Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, Rain, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl by the name of Mila on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office. Together, they search for a letter containing the last words of someone who seemingly never existed.

Why similar: Family Friendly 20.8%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Cute 13.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Colorful 9.4%

Play as an adorable chicken in this relaxing platformer. Jump, climb and solve puzzles to find the answer to the ULTIMATE question a chicken can ask...

Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.4%, Cute 12.7%, Funny 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Family Friendly 10.8%

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: Female Protagonist 31.8%, Multiple Endings 28%, Story Rich 12%, Adventure 7.4%, Atmospheric 7%

Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 15%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%

Their faces are the playing pieces. The rules are their emotions!Ridiculously charming puzzles, wrapped around an epic tale of love and danger, topped off with an authentic old-time stringband soundtrack!The goal is to put every one next to their friends.But you can't please everybody all the time.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 18%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Funny 11.9%, Family Friendly 10.6%, Cute 10.5%

Join Clef on an adventure set on a magical sky island where her family once lived. Solve puzzles, discover secrets, and experience a story of sisterly love – and something more, if you are willing to dig deeper…

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.5%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Family Friendly 12%, Cute 11.6%, Puzzle 10.2%

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.7%, Story Rich 19.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Indie 12.1%, Casual 11.9%

Craft spells by combining floating fragments of words in Leximan, a whimsical adventure that uses creative wordplay to summon countless weird and wonderful solutions to puzzles. Alongside an awkward assembly of basement-wizards, save Academy Elementinia and become the hero nobody asked for!

Why similar: Word Game 33.4%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Funny 12%, Story Rich 8.9%, Cute 8.6%

CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.1%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Puzzle 9.2%

Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.4%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Family Friendly 14.3%, Cute 11.9%, Story Rich 9.5%

Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!

Why similar: Multiple Endings 33.7%, Story Rich 18.7%, Puzzle 18%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.8%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Puzzle 15%, Colorful 14.9%, Atmospheric 14.3%

Unwording is a short but powerful exploration of overcoming negative self-talk. Solve word puzzles, explore the neighborhood through multiple perspectives, and help Tom have a better day through a challenging yet cathartic experience.

Why similar: Word Game 34.1%, Hand-drawn 20.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, Cute 9.2%, Colorful 7.2%

Play as a turnip with a big juicy bum delivering mail to a cast of colourful characters on an Australian island. Get the mail where it needs to go by reading residents’ letters, solving puzzles, and exploring the island’s sun-soaked beaches.

Why similar: Funny 17.7%, Cute 16.3%, Family Friendly 15.3%, Story Rich 12.2%, Puzzle 12%

Write letters with your typewriter on behalf of others in this cozy single-player game. Compose everything from simple hellos to theater scripts and love letters, express each client’s emotions, and find your own meaning to letter writing.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 34.8%, Family Friendly 22.4%, Story Rich 16.8%, Cute 14.1%, Casual 6.1%

The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.2%, Family Friendly 18.6%, Cute 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Puzzle 11.8%

A short puzzle game where you decipher a fictional language, mix potions, and treat patients. Enjoy the thrill of understanding and the small stories that unfold from each cure.

Why similar: Word Game 45.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Cute 10.3%, Puzzle 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Explore a lively oasis city filled with charming characters, forgotten ruins and ominous conspiracies in the second chapter of NAIRI, a narrative puzzle adventure about Nairi's perilous quest to save her family.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.4%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Family Friendly 10.9%, Cute 10.5%, Story Rich 10.2%

Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.

Why similar: Family Friendly 21.6%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Story Rich 14.4%, Cute 12.1%, Puzzle 11%

Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you experience the ethereal realm and deliver messages to the spirits. Make your mark in the wordless narrative - with a Tiny Echo.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.9%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Cute 13%, Family Friendly 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%

A puzzle game that explores the emotional rollercoaster of a long-distance relationship — in a world of folding paper! Flip, fold, unfold and rotate paper puzzles to help a couple navigate the complexities of living apart.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.6%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Cute 13%, Funny 11.1%, Puzzle 9.7%

A cooking puzzle game about arranging beautiful bento lunches! Solve 120+ recipes, play with food, think inside the box and enjoy a heartwarming story in this culinary brain-teaser!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.2%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Funny 16.7%, Cute 14.5%, Puzzle 10%

Assemble a chronological puzzle of family photos to piece together their most cherished memories. Uncover the family's life story as you arrange the pictures in the correct order within carefully crafted albums. Unleash your creativity and decorate them with multiple scrapbooking tools!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 18%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Cute 13%, Story Rich 11.1%, Family Friendly 10.7%

Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.8%, Female Protagonist 18%, Cute 9.7%, Story Rich 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.9%, Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Family Friendly 9.6%, Story Rich 9.6%

Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

Why similar: Well-Written 54.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Story Rich 7.1%, Atmospheric 5.9%

You play as a postman, sorting mail for the five intriguing residents of a remote island. Pick up on their peculiar habits, discover their secrets without opening the envelopes, and try to save this peaceful haven from its fate!

Why similar: Multiple Endings 28%, Choices Matter 25.8%, Story Rich 15.8%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Puzzle 12.6%

Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 27.9%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Story Rich 11.6%, Puzzle 8.8%, Cute 8.7%

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: Hand-drawn 21.7%, Female Protagonist 15%, Family Friendly 10.8%, Funny 9.6%, Puzzle 9.2%

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: Cute 17.2%, Adventure 15%, Colorful 14.6%, Story Rich 13.4%, Indie 12.6%

A Tiny Sticker Tale is a cozy miniature adventure about changing the world, using the power of stickers!

Why similar: Family Friendly 28.9%, Cute 19.6%, Puzzle 19.4%, Colorful 11.6%, Adventure 11.5%

Solo is an introspective puzzler set on a gorgeous and surreal archipelago. Reflect on your loving relationships by exploring contemplative, dream-like islands.

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.4%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Cute 10%, Puzzle 9.9%

Dive into the charming Stories of Mara, an episodic slice of life tale about a diverse cast of characters. Get to know your neighbours and bond with them, but… Could you make them stick together to help each other?

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.8%, Hand-drawn 19.6%, Female Protagonist 19.6%, Cute 10.2%, Colorful 7.3%

2D Puzzle Game with Full Level Editor and Local Coop

Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.8%, Family Friendly 17.9%, Funny 15.6%, Cute 11.7%, Colorful 10.9%

Pieced Together is a cozy scrapbooking game that takes you on a heartfelt journey about friendship and getting older. Sort items, solve gentle puzzles, and decorate the scrapbook as you uncover the story piece by piece.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 22%, Family Friendly 13.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Cute 12.5%, Puzzle 11.2%

Follow Nairi as she uncovers a mysterious conspiracy in this gripping yet family-friendly adventure that is suitable for all ages! NAIRI: Tower of Shirin is a graphic adventure which crafts a rich 'Ghibli' inspired oasis city where animals and humans live side-by-side!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.8%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Cute 11.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Family Friendly 10.5%

"Packit List" is a short, 3D organizing puzzle game that takes about an hour to complete. You will follow the wonderful adventures of Hana, a high school girl who travels across multiple worlds to organize various themed objects in a limited space

Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.8%, Cute 19.8%, Puzzle 12.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%

A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you in your quest. There's nothing as simultaneously charming and strange as the world of Tux and Fanny.

Why similar: Funny 17%, Colorful 16.4%, Puzzle 13.9%, Cute 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%

unWorded is an innovative Narrative Puzzle Game where everything is built from letters. Use your imagination to create objects by assembling letters together and discover the story of a writer hospitalized after a serious accident...

Why similar: Adventure 56.3%, Indie 43.7%

A story-driven adventure featuring card battles, multiple-choice dialogue, and funny characters! A friendship to mend, and a cast of opponents to beat, each with a uniquely built deck. But you're in luck… yours is all ducks!

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.5%, Story Rich 17.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Funny 8.9%

Unravel enchanting stories of love and courage through captivating stained-glass puzzles.

Why similar: Funny 22.3%, Colorful 18.3%, Puzzle 17%, Story Rich 16.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%