Games Like Nuktedan: The Forgotten Emotions

A child and a mysterious creature explore a magical world where every corner hides a surprise. Meet curious characters, experiment with inventive puzzles, and discover a story of friendship, transformation, and nature.

Why similar: Emotional 20.1%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Puzzle 8.9%, Exploration 8.4%, Story Rich 8.1%

HipWitch is a chill puzzle game that invites you to explore a beautiful nature reserve. Play as Prom, a young witch helping a cast of quirky characters. Use a variety of spells, and the power of 90s dial-up internet to solve the tasks ahead!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21%, Emotional 16%, Nature 12.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Exploration 10.8%

The Glass Sea is a narrative adventure focusing on exploring memories and discovering who you are. The game contains several unique "memory shards" each holding new objectives, friends and secrets to uncover.

Why similar: Psychological 25.7%, Emotional 23.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Top-Down 6.5%

You are a very sad bunny. You cannot stop crying. You might have to drink something gross. You are Tulip. Wander through a storybook countryside, gather ingredients for a strange brew, and get to know your adorable animal neighbors in an odd quest to alleviate your incurable sadness.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Cute 11.8%, Emotional 11%, Puzzle 10%

"Hope leads to despair." Welcome to Lethia, a paradise where dreams are forbidden. Amnesiac Jin takes up his sword to uncover the truth hidden by the cult and find his way back home. A top-down 2D pixel art action-adventure. In this lonely world, the future is yours to choose.

Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Emotional 19%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, Top-Down 9.1%

Ignore the Blackbird is a handcrafted, narrative puzzle game, illustrated in layers of traditional watercolours. Watch the scene gradually shift as you solve relaxing puzzles and uncover a story waiting to be pieced together.

Why similar: Emotional 18.2%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Puzzle 16.3%, Story Rich 12.2%, Colorful 5.3%

Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Puzzle 14%, Emotional 13.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Top-Down 11.9%, Cute 9.7%

Go Groundshel! is a puzzle adventure game in which a groundhog girl endeavors to save her male partner from the villain. However, before locating him, she needs to solve a personal issue: finding a usable toilet!

Why similar: Psychological 22.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Exploration 10%, Story Rich 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%

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 15.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Nature 10.4%, Cute 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%

"Between something and someone." U-chronia is a mysterious world constantly changing like a book whose pages are flipped out of order. You will wear the shoes of OU, the protagonist, to live through this game-shaped experience—without knowing what it really is.

Why similar: Psychological 22.2%, Emotional 21.5%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

On his usual, weary walk home from work, the tired protagonist is suddenly pulled into a strange and fantastical world. He gains the power of “Flip”, which let him unveils a hidden truth and takes one step closer to discovering himself. Uncover the truth now in the narrative puzzle game Flip Tale.

Why similar: Psychological 28.4%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Puzzle 15.6%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Story Rich 12.8%

Join Me 🦊 finding his memories on his last journey and experience a touching, emotional tale.

Why similar: Emotional 26.3%, Nature 13.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Cute 8.8%

Fallen into the sewer, a lone rat embarks on the long journey of returning home in an estranged, crumbling apartment. Navigate forgotten corners and unfamiliar spaces, befriend unlikely allies, and slip through dangers and shadows in the cracks of a broken world.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.1%, Emotional 18.4%, Psychological 16.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, Puzzle 11.1%

Discover the classic tale of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in a whole new way. A gaming experience where you get to feel what it's like to dive inside a novel as a small dot. Roll left and right, rewind time, and venture deeper through the story as you try to find your way back home.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.2% ★, Emotional 14.8%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Puzzle 8%, Physics 7.3%

One More Round is a lo-fi sci-fi time-loop adventure where you play as an alcoholic engineer aboard a space station orbiting a black hole. Relive your last moments, uncover a mystery and confront hard choices in a story of redemption and sacrifice.

Why similar: Emotional 18.3%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 12.1%, Top-Down 10.7%

There Will Be Light is a top-down puzzle adventure in a gloomy but cozy environment. To progress, you have to solve tricky logic puzzles, while defending yourself against enemies. Dive into this cozy but challenging puzzle adventure as you solve riddles and fight your way back to the light.

Why similar: Emotional 20.4%, Psychological 13.7%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 8.4%

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: Puzzle 14.3%, Exploration 13%, Top-Down 12.4%, Nature 12.2%, Cute 10.2%

You can roll the ball with three different material, And it will help your variety game play. Explore world and find your way to goal.

Why similar: Emotional 19.1%, Nature 14.1%, Relaxing 12.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Physics 10.1%

Step into a gentle, hand-drawn world in Chromascape. As Luna the hedgehog, you hold the power to absorb and share colors in a land fading into gray. Use warm hues to light fires, cool tones to freeze paths, and restore vibrancy to this heartwarming 2D adventure.

Why similar: Emotional 21.5%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Story Rich 10.9%, Cute 9.9%, Puzzle 8.9%

A psychological and atmospheric 2D puzzle-platform adventure. Solve puzzles, explore shifting environments, and follow the traces of your own story among forgotten memories.

Why similar: Psychological 35.5%, Emotional 25.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 9.7%, Story Rich 8.1%

A preview for Epiphany City- a creative puzzle game where you use magical picture frames to manipulate the world. Follow Lily, a girl who's lost all hope, as she imagines new objects & reframes old ones to fulfill a sacred prophecy. Turn paintings to real life, change time, & save the world.

Why similar: Emotional 18.1%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Exploration 9.8%

Help Ace reconnect with their emotions in this 3D puzzle adventure game alongside Mark, a loudmouth magic tome. Explore the worlds of Ace's mind, solve puzzles using the abilities of their emotions and recover their memories. Guide them to make the decisions that'll take them to healing inside.

Why similar: Psychological 20.8%, Emotional 19.6%, Puzzle 10.8%, Story Rich 9%, Exploration 8.7%

Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

Why similar: Psychological 19%, Emotional 18.8%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 8.5%

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: Time Manipulation 28.7% ★, Emotional 19.2%, Nature 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Story Rich 8.1%

Use magical picture frames to manipulate the world around you in mind-bending ways. Turn paintings to life, change time, & re-imagine objects to suit your needs. Follow Lily, a girl who's lost all hope, as she steals powers from the strongest superhero, leaving it up to her to save the world.

Why similar: Emotional 23.4%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Exploration 9%

MONOWAVE is a whimsical puzzle-platforming adventure about the power of emotions. Explore beautiful worlds and empathize with quirky spirits to restore harmony.

Why similar: Emotional 20.1%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

Soul After는 삶과 죽음의 관계를 아름답게 전달하고자 하는 스토리 위주의 탑 뷰 어드벤처 게임입니다. 현생에서 죽음을 맞이한 당신은 기억을 잃은 채로 사후세계에서 영혼 사자가 되었습니다. 당신의 역할은 사후세계로 오는 망자들이 다음 생으로 환생할 수 있도록 돕는 것입니다.

Why similar: Puzzle 16.4%, Exploration 16.3%, Emotional 14.7%, Top-Down 13.7%, Psychological 13.6%

Metasweeper is a one of a kind minesweeper adventure game. Explore a land full of strange life, finding new abilities that unlock new areas and fully complement basic minesweeper clearing and flagging.

Why similar: Exploration 19.4%, Puzzle 19.3%, Action-Adventure 18.1%, Top-Down 11.9%, Cute 11%

An island in the sky, the home of a once majestic people, has fallen to earth, its magic run dry. The youngest member of this line must venture to shore in an effort to restore power to the ancient magical technology that kept the island afloat.

Why similar: Psychological 28.2%, Nature 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Top-Down 9.9%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: Psychological 38.1%, Puzzle 16.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, Emotional 10.8%, Exploration 7.8%

The Life You Missed — you achieved success, but lost yourself along the way. In an old house, you uncover someone else’s life — and your own. Relive memories and face choices in your dreams. Every decision shapes the ending.

Why similar: Emotional 30.7%, Psychological 30%, Story Rich 16.2%, Exploration 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Legends of Ethernal is a 2D single-player action adventure game where you need to explore beautiful hand-crafted environments, solve clever puzzles and battle tough creatures to uncover the truth about your parents’ disappearance.

Why similar: Emotional 19.2%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Story Rich 10%, Exploration 9.3%

10M+ downloads worldwide! Join the girl in the white cat hat in a wholesome puzzle adventure. Explore a picture-book world with 9 stages and 30+ bonus levels. Enjoy environmental storytelling, ASMR sounds, and cozy room customization. A stress-free, interactive art experience for all.

Why similar: Emotional 25.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, Story Rich 11.2%, Cute 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%

"Alma’s Search" is a cozy adventure puzzle game. Help Alma step out of her comfort zone and find her best friend, the lost bird Bert. Interact with residents, assemble objects in mini-games, and collect clues to keep the search on the right path. Will Alma be able to find Bert?

Why similar: Emotional 22.5%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Relaxing 11.7%, Cute 10.2%

Gold Lining is a narrative platformer about a teenage girl who must find her way back home from a beautiful, fantastical realm. There, she relives her memories, revealing a touching story about understanding her mother and finding meaning in life’s imperfections.

Why similar: Emotional 23.3%, Hand-drawn 17%, Story Rich 11.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Exploration 10.2%

Raster is a casual puzzle game about space. Here, you can use a variety of spatial abilities to traverse across diverse terrains, all in search of carrots for the bunny.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.8% ★, Puzzle 14.9%, Nature 10.6%, Relaxing 8.5%, Physics 7.4%

This is a story about finding courage. You will play and control two elves exploring the inner world of a girl named Ming, who suffers from depression. As you collect items to find the courage, the story of Ming gradually unfolds...

Why similar: Emotional 21.5%, Psychological 20.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Exploration 11.7%

Rope-swing your grappling hook as you explore your way out of this mysterious cave filled with strange characters and handcrafted levels

Why similar: Emotional 19.2%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Puzzle 11.7%, Cute 10.6%

Enter the wholesome Kingdom of Birds in Song of Maka. As a newborn bird, explore beautiful sky islands through song and flight. Uncover charming stories, hatch adorable companions, or simply relax to soothing melodies and breathtaking views.

Why similar: Emotional 17.5%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Relaxing 9.4%

The world has been swallowed into the grey void of time and space. The only key to the winding puzzle - a time-controling pocket-watch - lies in the hands of a clockmaker Father. The watch creates a mysterious barrier between the Father and his estranged Daughter.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.6% ★, Emotional 19.9%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Story Rich 7.6%

Wander through a secret lair. Help a young supervillain move out of his lifelong home. Think about your past, and his uncertain future. The third entry in the Violence series.

Why similar: Emotional 21.9%, Psychological 19.5%, Story Rich 16.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Relaxing 6.9%

A hand-painted adventure puzzle game where language is magic. Explore a mysterious land, decipher ancient scripts, and solve language-based puzzles to uncover the secrets of a lost civilization.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.9%, Puzzle 20.4%, Emotional 17.1%, Story Rich 16%, Cute 7.1%

Pick up what the waves wash ashore to make instruments. Use those instruments to answer the echoes heard from beyond the ocean.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.5%, Nature 14.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Relaxing 12.3%, Cute 9.7%

One day after school, a boy walks home along a white line. His curfew is 5:00 p.m. The white line is filled with treasures that spark his imagination, turning the walk home into an adventure. Become that boy and journey through Hakusen, the childhood sanctuary where imagination comes to life.

Why similar: Emotional 15.7%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Cute 8.6%

Lilith is a young Shadow that wants to be a Light. She embarks on a journey to learn how Light is made but is about to find out a horrible secret. Will you help her turn the tides?

Why similar: Puzzle 17.4%, Emotional 15.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Top-Down 10%, Colorful 8.2%

A metaphorical interactive story game which presents real mental health conditions through conversations and puzzles.

Why similar: Psychological 27.3%, Emotional 20%, Story Rich 14.2%, Relaxing 11.7%, Cute 9.9%

Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 27.1% ★, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Physics 9.5%, Relaxing 8.4%

Explore a serene world where light and darkness intertwine. As a tiny firefly spirit, journey through a quiet forest, switching between day and night to reveal hidden paths and restore brightness to a darkened lake.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 26.5% ★, Emotional 25.5%, Exploration 13.9%, Nature 12.3%, Story Rich 8.9%

A short (and free) adventure game, where you are tasked with helping a hurt, hungry, but inventive dung beetle on its journey to find something to eat near the end of the mushroom season.

Why similar: Puzzle 16%, Nature 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Cute 12.4%, Relaxing 10.9%

Elliot Thunder embarks on an adventure of self-discovery and exploration. Travel between towns, explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and use your weather-related powers to help those in need.

Why similar: Emotional 22.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Nature 10.3%, Puzzle 10.1%, Action-Adventure 10%

The Road To Recovery places you in the shoes of Ash, a recovering addict, starting at day one. Awoken by the sound of your phone ringing, you have ZERO memory of the night before. Explore Oakborough City, and "survive" day one!

Why similar: Exploration 23%, Emotional 17.7%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Story Rich 12.8%, 2D 9.8%

"Haven't seen you in forever." A narrative-driven RPG about the heart. In a peaceful world where all conflict has come to an end, is there still a chance to make up for the words left unspoken?

Why similar: Psychological 37%, Emotional 27.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, Top-Down 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Nico and the Shadows tells a story about a young man dealing with the afterlife and a mysterious will left by his late Aunt. Explore a spooky tale in this 2D style adventure made by RogueWind Studios.

Why similar: Emotional 20.6%, Story Rich 12.8%, Top-Down 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Cute 11.3%

An artistic puzzle game inspired by paper cutting art. Piece together fragments of paper cutouts to restore the nature-themed artworks in the gallery.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.5%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Nature 17.2%, Relaxing 12.8%, Colorful 7.6%

Scout doesn't speak. Neither do the Clofen. You're a recorder robot, and they're your flock. Shepherd them across a post-apocalyptic desert with one tool: Record and Replay. Capture ambient sounds, play them back—the world reacts. Bring them home through bold, stylish landscapes.

Why similar: Exploration 16.2%, Puzzle 15.3%, Nature 15.1%, Emotional 11.1%, Cute 10.4%

Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Made in Ukraine.

Why similar: Emotional 18%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Story Rich 9.8%

Tiny Delivery is a cozy adventure about a small robot courier with a big job and questionable methods. Heartfelt moments, hidden secrets, and a little chaos - all in one route!

Why similar: Emotional 22.7%, Puzzle 12.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Cute 9.3%, Relaxing 9%

A short, cute puzzle action-adventure through the tense and dangerous Forbidden Forest.

Why similar: Exploration 20%, Top-Down 16.2%, Cute 13.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Nature 11.4%

Murky is a bizarre narrative adventure where you cast spells, manipulate time, and shift between parallel realities to escape a collapsing world.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.4% ★, Emotional 16.9%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, 2D 4.9%

A scaredy cat steps into the forest alone to find a rare flower for her friends — but some journeys are more than they seem.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 15.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13%, Exploration 12.1%, Emotional 11.5%