Games Like Once in Flowerlake

A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Exploration 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the atmospheric, walking-simulator DNA with a strong focus on mystery and environmental storytelling.

Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

Why similar: Exploration 25.2%, Relaxing 23.5%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Nature 16.8%, Adventure 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same sense of relaxing, stylized exploration and emotional discovery in a compact, beautiful world.

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: Relaxing 24.7%, Atmospheric 24%, Story Rich 23.6%, Adventure 17.5%, Family Friendly 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a charming top-down perspective and a focus on atmospheric puzzle-solving within a poignant, story-rich environment.

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 28.5%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Relaxing 9.9%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional, atmospheric exploration game that focuses on narrative depth and a stylized visual presentation.

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: Nature 13%, Exploration 12.3%, Stylized 11.8%, Relaxing 11.8%, Top-Down 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down adventure game that emphasizes exploration and a unique, stylized aesthetic similar to the seed game.

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 36.3%, Exploration 15%, Mystery 14.1%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Stylized 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, impactful walking-simulator that excels at telling a personal, memory-focused story in a contained space.

During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Exploration 16.5%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, sci-fi exploration game that captures the sense of isolation and mystery found in the seed game.

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Exploration 13.3%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Relaxing 12.2%, Mystery 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric, sci-fi exploration through alien landscapes with a strong emphasis on movement and mood.

Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?

Why similar: Atmospheric 19%, Exploration 16.8%, Nature 15.6%, Survival 15.3%, Story Rich 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a melancholic, sci-fi journey across a desolate landscape that mirrors the cold, lonely feel of the seed game.

A man embarks on a journey toward the top of a mountain, to discover the truth of his existence. Along the way, he ponders the nature of life itself. Drizzlepath: Deja Vu is a spiritual revisitation of Tonguç Bodur's very first game, Drizzlepath.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Mystery 14.7%, Relaxing 11.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A meditative walking-simulator that prioritizes atmosphere and environmental storytelling over traditional gameplay.

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: Atmospheric 32.5%, Relaxing 15.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Walking Simulator 13%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly stylized, emotional journey that relies on atmosphere and visual storytelling rather than complex mechanics.

Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Mystery 10.8%, Stylized 10%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines puzzle-solving with exploration in a stylized, mysterious world that encourages quiet discovery.

Bottle is a very short game in which you play as an alcoholic man of solitude.

Why similar: Snow 40% ★, Walking Simulator 24.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Nature 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric walking-simulator that focuses on linear exploration and environmental storytelling.

Reaching for Petals is a poetic adventure about love, loss, and ambition. You will travel to the peak of the ever-reaching mountain to uncover the true nature of your mysterious and seemingly unguided journey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.4%, Adventure 19.5%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Story Rich 15%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, narrative-driven experience that focuses on the beauty of the environment and the weight of the story.

Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Snow 48.4% ★, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a cold, snowy setting and atmospheric exploration that aligns well with the seed game's environment.

Endless subway rides, void probes, cosmic gardens and the fate of a planet, fiction.colors is a series of short atmospheric experiences to explore at leisure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Snow 27% ★, Exploration 11.6%, Nature 9.4%, Colorful 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, stylized adventure game that emphasizes exploration and narrative choice.

Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

Why similar: Mystery 18.7%, Exploration 18.2%, Stylized 16.8%, Atmospheric 15%, Adventure 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive, atmospheric exploration game that leans into a surreal, sci-fi aesthetic.

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: Relaxing 23.4%, Atmospheric 22.9%, Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 18.6%, Story Rich 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, hand-drawn exploration game that relies on visual cues and atmosphere to tell its quiet story.

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: Atmospheric 20.5%, Story Rich 19.2%, Adventure 18.8%, Stylized 15.4%, Colorful 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused game with a beautiful, stylized art style that explores themes of life and memory.

They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.8%, Exploration 17.3%, Mystery 16.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Atmospheric 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: An indie walking-simulator that captures a similar sense of quiet, atmospheric exploration.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Story Rich 24.7%, Stylized 23.9%, Adventure 22.9%, Relaxing 15.7%, Family Friendly 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, stylized aesthetic and a lighthearted, narrative-driven approach to exploration.

It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Relaxing 20%, Story Rich 17.8%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, narrative-focused walking-simulator that emphasizes the quiet, everyday moments of a small-town life.

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

Why similar: Nature 36.3%, Relaxing 24.5%, Atmospheric 22.9%, Simulation 12.1%, Family Friendly 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, atmospheric experience that focuses on the intersection of nature and decay in a stylized setting.

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 38.4%, Nature 18.8%, Relaxing 11.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Story Rich 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, emotional walking-simulator that relies on its soundtrack and atmosphere to convey its message.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Stylized 23.7%, Atmospheric 22.4%, Mystery 17.8%, Story Rich 15.4%, Adventure 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning, narrative-driven puzzle game that uses unique mechanics to tell a deep, emotional story.

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: Relaxing 39.4%, Story Rich 19.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Colorful 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses environmental storytelling to convey a deep, personal narrative through simple, relaxing interactions.

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Relaxing 22.4%, Simulation 19.6%, Exploration 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical exploration game that encourages players to experience the world from different perspectives.

Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!

Why similar: Relaxing 68.1%, Adventure 17.4%, Family Friendly 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, hand-drawn exploration game that rewards careful observation and patience.

3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.8%, Stylized 14.9%, Exploration 14.3%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Colorful 13.1%

A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Mystery 14.6%, Survival 14%, Exploration 12%, Story Rich 11.9%

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 38.2%, Story Rich 16.9%, Exploration 15.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Relaxing 9.2%

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.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Stylized 12.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%

For Tan Yan, there is little hope his life will change. It's like his whole life is trapped inside a snowdome, unable to escape. But, what if, one day, he's given the chance to make a change?

Why similar: Mystery 27.8%, Story Rich 22.4%, Stylized 19.3%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Adventure 11.1%

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: Walking Simulator 51%, Mystery 18.1%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Adventure 8.9%, 3D 2.6%

A 3D third person narrative exploration game, set in a frozen wasteland where an ancient civilization fell. Centered around movement puzzles and dealing with environment mechanics.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.2%, Exploration 22.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 11.2%, 3D 3.6%

OWL WATCH is a short atmospheric adventure game where you travel around in different biomes. Awaken from your slumber as you venture out to seek ancient technology to aid you in a time of darkness.

Why similar: Nature 33.7%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Adventure 18.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Colorful 9.9%

My grandmother went to space—and came back.After that, the world began to spin, round and round...What was this country, this society, meant to be?We simply process the things that come our way.What was the world supposed to be like?I don’t know.SAYONALAIKA is an adventure game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Relaxing 24.6%, Atmospheric 21.7%, Adventure 7.6%, Story Rich 6.9%

Bundle up and get cozy with this warm winter tale about one snowman's journey to the North Pole. Can he make it there before spring arrives?

Why similar: Top-Down 29.2%, Action-Adventure 22.5%, Story Rich 22.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Family Friendly 6.6%

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 34.3%, Story Rich 15%, Exploration 14.3%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Relaxing 9.6%

my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%

From a world in ruins to a world in bloom. This serene management game lets you explore an alien planet where things have gone amiss. Harness the power of plants to restore the environment and build a flourishing community with your crewmates.

Why similar: Exploration 13.9%, Relaxing 13.8%, Story Rich 12.8%, Nature 12.6%, Stylized 11.2%

Be a stone Golem and try to save Nature with the help of an adorable Fox! Reconnect ancient sources of energy in environmental puzzles. Discover secrets from a lost civilization and save animals on an emotional quest in a cozy, colorful world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Stylized 12.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Relaxing 10.7%, Story Rich 10.1%

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Mystery 15.1%, Stylized 13.2%, Colorful 12%, Exploration 11.9%

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 43.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Mystery 8%

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 8%, Relaxing 8%

Chionophile is a very short experience about the mood of winter in the woods.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Snow 23.3% ★, Exploration 13.2%, Mystery 7.7%, Nature 7.6%

Unveil the truth in a genre-blending sci-fi mystery. Awaken from cryogenic slumber you find your shelter damaged by unknown circumstances. Scavenge your surroundings, repair the shelter and explore the ruins in hopes of uncovering – or perhaps avoiding – the uncomfortable truth of what has transpired.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.3%, Adventure 20.7%, Mystery 19.7%, Story Rich 14.3%

Years after a tragic expedition, investigator Aleksei Morozov returns to the frozen mountains to uncover the truth. But some trails should never be followed...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%

While the Great Stargazer is deeply sleeping, the Celestial Guardians protect the equilibrium of the forgotten world…

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, Mystery 16.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.7%

Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Mystery 16.9%, Story Rich 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Exploration 9.8%

You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Exploration 10.6%

A first-person Walking Simulator exploring the deeper meaning of family, life goals, and personal choices (with a bit of humor and old-school sci-fi homage mixed in) – set on beautiful and lonely alien worlds.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.2%, Adventure 26.9%, Exploration 18.9%

Bottle is a short game which you play as a man of solitude. It is about the mood of melancholy in the winter nature.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Snow 19.2% ★, Mystery 11.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%

In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

Why similar: Exploration 33.3%, Adventure 22.8%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Story Rich 15.2%, Nature 13%

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 26.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Stylized 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%

In Drizzlepath you are set on a journey to the top of the Mountain of Fire. It aims to be an atmospheric, relaxed and enigmatic experience. Downloadable soundtrack included.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Relaxing 11.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Stylized 10.6%

It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Mystery 14.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Floodcore is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore an ancient civilization in a flooded world, and discover a mysterious power to overcome the temple's challenges.

Why similar: Stylized 14.6%, Exploration 13.8%, Relaxing 13.2%, Mystery 12.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%

Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33%, Exploration 13.5%, Stylized 13.2%, Colorful 10.6%, Simulation 9.5%

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 35.2%, Story Rich 14.3%, Mystery 14.1%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Exploration 10.5%