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Games Like Metonymy

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Free to Play, Indie, Story Rich.

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Metonymy follows the story of Colin, Enoch and Tracy as they travel across a dystopian version of limbo filled with a corrupt theocratic government known as the Choir and the unbreakable hordes of the disease that appose them.

Reviews: Mixed — 57% — of 67 reviews
Released: 2017-10-25
Developer: Joseph Bramlett
Genres: Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%

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    72% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2017
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    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive94% of 190 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    68% matchMixed68% of 158 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    67% matchVery Positive83% of 518 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    64% matchVery Positive99% of 185 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    68% matchVery Positive96% of 297 reviews2018
    Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
    Windows

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    71% matchMixed56% of 70 reviews2017
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    67% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2021
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    66% matchVery Positive93% of 266 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Adventure 41%, Indie 35.1%, Story Rich 23.9%

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    65% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    69% matchMixed61% of 126 reviews2015
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    Windows
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