60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Singleplayer, Adventure, Atmospheric.
Life on the Hook - is a short story about the life of a lonely fisherman named Hrafn, who lives his life in a small house on a lake with a dock and an old boat.
Home is Where One Starts...
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.
The Berlin Apartment
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.
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 30.7%, First-Person 11%, Narration 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Drama 8.4%
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 19.1%, Narration 12.4%, Drama 11%, First-Person 8.9%, Story Rich 8.5%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Exploration 12.2%, Philosophical 11.1%, First-Person 9.7%
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Narration 17.6%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.9%, Linear 9.3%
What are the most important moments in your life? Lost At Sea is a game about life and death, about coming to terms with your past and about family. Set on a beautiful island, this game will force you to face your fears and take stock of your life through imaginative puzzles and a relatable story.
Why similar: Narration 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Drama 14.9%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 10%
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 20%, Narration 13.6%, Emotional 11.8%, Drama 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%
HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.
Why similar: Relaxing 49.2%, Family Friendly 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Singleplayer 6.1%
my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.2%, Drama 13.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Relaxing 8.3%
A calm and atmospheric "walking'n'watching simulator" about the beauty of nature. Use your gaze and attention in diverse gameplay experiences: Connect the stars, watch the grass grow, fly with the birds and remember many more of the wonders surrounding us each day.
Why similar: Hidden Object 15.3%, Philosophical 13.6%, Emotional 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Relaxing 11%
Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Narration 16.2%, Drama 13.3%, First-Person 9.2%, Linear 9.1%
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Emotional 19.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Stylized 9.7%
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: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Narration 13.3%, Hidden Object 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Drama 9.1%
A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Drama 22.5%, Emotional 17.7%, Relaxing 11.2%, Story Rich 9.3%
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Emotional 14.9%, Story Rich 13.6%, Exploration 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%
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: Philosophical 18.3%, Emotional 14.9%, Narration 14.6%, Relaxing 9.8%, Story Rich 8.3%
Bottle is a very short game in which you play as an alcoholic man of solitude.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Emotional 12.7%, Drama 12.1%, Linear 11.7%, Exploration 11.3%
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 19.6%, Narration 14%, Drama 11.3%, Emotional 10%, Story Rich 8.9%
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 24.2%, Story Rich 15.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Narration 9.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Narration 17.4%, Emotional 16.9%, Story Rich 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%
Relax, and fish in a very strange lake.
Why similar: Adventure 46.9%, Colorful 41.6%, Singleplayer 11.4%
Lake Minnewaska is a narrative driven first person fishing game. Fish, explore, and uncover the secrets of Lake Minnewaska as you guide Sosa's journey in becoming a better father.
Why similar: Narration 22.8%, Stylized 12.8%, Story Rich 12.8%, Linear 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%
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: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Narration 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Relaxing 9.7%
Clawfish is a fishing claw machine game. Visit an isolated train station with a fishing arcade. Explore the dock, play the machines, and take some time to relax by the water.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.8%, Atmospheric 21%, Stylized 17.2%, Colorful 10.2%, Adventure 3.9%
This is a short story in a sci-fi setting with a top-down view, telling the story of a nameless man lost in routine in the middle of a cold world and soulless machines. But what if it could be different?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Stylized 12.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%
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 35%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Emotional 11.5%, Atmospheric 11.4%
Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.4%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Story Rich 14.7%, Stylized 10.9%, Drama 10.7%
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Narration 19.9%, Story Rich 10.5%, Philosophical 10%, Atmospheric 7.3%
You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Emotional 14.6%, Narration 13.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
An adventure game following the story of a young boy at sea. A story told purely through animation with no sound or script.
Why similar: Emotional 26.6%, Story Rich 26.5%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Cute 15.7%, Adventure 11.7%
Paperbark is a charming game that tells a beautiful short story of a wombat, the bush and a very hot Australian Summer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Relaxing 12%, Stylized 11.4%, Hidden Object 10.4%, Family Friendly 7.5%
A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.
Why similar: Atmospheric 29%, Relaxing 27.4%, Great Soundtrack 26.7%, Story Rich 13.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%
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 60.3%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Story Rich 5.8%, Narration 5%
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: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Story Rich 13%, Atmospheric 12.1%, First-Person 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%
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 30.1%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Emotional 14.7%, First-Person 9.2%, Narration 7.3%
You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, First-Person 11.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Why similar: Hidden Object 34.5%, Stylized 13.5%, Cute 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Relaxing 11.6%
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 16.5%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Drama 15.4%, Linear 9.6%, Story Rich 9.2%
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Philosophical 34.7%, Narration 19.3%, Story Rich 14.6%, Stylized 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Loverowind is a very short experience about the wind of spring.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Emotional 13.1%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%
A radiant journey of life to fulfill Your greatest idea.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Narration 21%, Emotional 15%, Relaxing 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
Why similar: Narration 22.3%, Exploration 22.1%, Story Rich 20.8%, Atmospheric 18.2%, Adventure 11.5%
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
Why similar: Emotional 21.4%, Drama 16.7%, Dark 15.9%, Story Rich 14.6%, Philosophical 14%
Immerse yourself in a contrasted emotional journey with delicate visuals! Songs from the Iron Sea is a poetic platformer set in a whimsical aquatic universe. Guided by a kind entity, embody a creature lost in a metal nightmare and escape the foreman's gaze to regain your freedom.
Why similar: Hidden Object 27.2%, Emotional 15.8%, Exploration 14.8%, Stylized 13.5%, Colorful 8.2%
Deer Journey is a third person walking simulator game. Outcasted by the other deers, an albino fawn is forced to go deep into the forest to find a place to live. Join him on his journey through a world too big for which he may not be yet ready.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Emotional 21.3%, Relaxing 11.5%, Linear 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%
An adventure about searching for a missing hunter and meeting with alien beings! Explore wild nature, climb on a rock, lure out a boar, meet a wolf, survive in a rockfall. Heal a deer and trick a creature! Meet the Unknown and find mystery!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Narration 19.4%, Linear 11.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Exploration 9.4%
To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Stylized 14.5%, Story Rich 14%, Dark 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%
The Hunting God is a short walking simulator in which you play as Nodens the hunting god and listen to what he has been through accompanied by a white wolf named Draiochta.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Narration 16.2%, Relaxing 14.1%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%
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 21.8%, Narration 20.4%, Emotional 17.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Stylized 8.1%
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: Philosophical 18.8%, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Emotional 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Relaxing 8.5%
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 11.7%, Hidden Object 10.4%
Fishing at the Lake Full of Cats is a puzzle solving, cat collecting, fishing game where you uncover the secrets of Silly Lake in a quest to fish up every last one of its pointy eared denizens.
Why similar: Stylized 40%, First-Person 18.7%, Relaxing 13.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Colorful 12.5%
A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.6%, Story Rich 17.1%, Stylized 15.6%, Family Friendly 14.6%, Adventure 14%
Pluviophile is a very short experience about the mood of rain in the woods.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Relaxing 12.8%, Exploration 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.8%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.5%, Narration 17.2%, Drama 10.8%, Dark 10.1%, Story Rich 9.6%
Atmospheric underwater game for the whole family! Help the brave fish solve the mystery of the lights!
Why similar: Emotional 20.6%, Relaxing 14.8%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Family Friendly 14%, Cute 11.6%
Take a fishing trip to Jura, a remote and beautiful island. Explore, meet the locals, and catch delicious fish!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Exploration 13.3%, Relaxing 12.4%, Stylized 11.1%, Family Friendly 8.3%
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Philosophical 14.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Emotional 11.3%, First-Person 9.2%
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 30.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 8.9%
