Games Like Stray

You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?

Why similar: Cats 64%, Cute 10.6%, Exploration 8.8%, Open World 6.7%, Adventure 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the closest match to Stray’s appeal by letting you explore a detailed city as a cat, using playful traversal and curiosity-driven objectives.

A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.

Why similar: Cats 66%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Third Person 5.5%, Exploration 5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Stray, it centers on being a cat separated from home, pairing feline perspective with a story-driven emotional journey.

A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 45%, Open World 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Third Person 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Stray’s neon-soaked cyberpunk atmosphere and sense of wandering through a layered futuristic city, even if the gameplay is more narrative-driven.

A Tale of a street cat left alone

Why similar: Cats 72.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 6.2%, Cute 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Stray’s vulnerable stray-cat perspective and survival-through-exploration feel, with the same core theme of trying to find safety and belonging.

Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!

Why similar: Cats 31.8%, Cyberpunk 27.2%, Dystopian 13.9%, Exploration 6.1%, Atmospheric 6%

Why You'll Like It: This offers a similarly moody cyberpunk mystery with robots, puzzles, and a strong focus on exploring a dense futuristic world.

Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.

Why similar: Third Person 22.6%, Atmospheric 21.7%, Exploration 20.5%, Cute 17.4%, Adventure 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its animal-based exploration and emphasis on uncovering a forgotten world through movement and atmosphere make it a strong tonal match.

As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award winning experience.

Why similar: Dystopian 19.4%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Cute 14.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Another emotional animal journey about family and survival, it matches Stray’s melancholy tone and exploration-first structure.

Part interactive fiction, part Felis domesticus adventure, “Cats and the Other Lives” explores the reunion of a broken family from the perspective of their house cat, Aspen.

Why similar: Cats 73.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Mystery 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Playing from a cat’s point of view while uncovering a human mystery gives it a similar blend of feline observation and environmental storytelling.

Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 64% ★, Atmospheric 12.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Mystery 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Stray, it’s built around smooth movement through a lonely, beautiful world where the atmosphere tells as much of the story as the plot does.

Spirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. Play as an ordinary red fox whose story becomes entwined with the guardian of the Northern Lights, a female spirit fox.

Why similar: Beautiful 33.2% ★, Adventure 20.2%, Exploration 12.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its solitary animal protagonist, quiet exploration, and beautiful ruined world echo Stray’s meditative and atmospheric side.

In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Why similar: Atmospheric 21.7%, Beautiful 21% ★, Puzzle 15%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Adventure 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic sci-fi atmosphere and environmental puzzle progression will appeal to players who liked Stray’s mysterious worldbuilding.

In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.

Why similar: Atmospheric 20.7%, Cute 17.5%, Puzzle 17.2%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Adventure 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic puzzle adventure mirrors Stray’s mix of traversal, environmental storytelling, and a beautiful sci-fi world shaped by mysterious machines.

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: Atmospheric 18.9%, Open World 18.4%, Exploration 17.9%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Puzzle 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its relaxed exploration, vertical traversal, and striking sci-fi setting make it a great fit if you loved simply moving through Stray’s world.

Play as a tiny lil' mushroom who's lost in the forest and can't find its way home. Explore unique areas freely at your own pace, chat with friendly inhabitants, and take on different adventures to get back home!

Why similar: Cute 21.8%, Open World 18.8%, Exploration 16.2%, Third Person 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its cozy third-person exploration and heartfelt getting-home premise evoke the gentler, more playful parts of Stray.

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: Beautiful 73.1% ★, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 4%, Puzzle 3.2%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It trades the city for surreal landscapes, but its emotional, visually driven platforming adventure hits a similar atmospheric note.

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: Puzzle 24.2%, Cute 24.1%, Atmospheric 22.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Singleplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on gentle puzzles, lonely exploration, and a soft emotional tone that lines up well with Stray’s quieter moments.

Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.

Why similar: Third Person 16.5%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Cute 15.1%, Exploration 15%, Puzzle 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Stray was traversal through a quiet, abandoned place, this delivers that same meditative climb-and-discover rhythm.

A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.

Why similar: Exploration 20.2%, Atmospheric 19.8%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 15.1%, Open World 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly emotional blend of light puzzles, platforming, and environmental storytelling in a gorgeous, melancholic setting.

Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Why similar: Robots 37.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Cute 12.4%, Sci-fi 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its wordless robot-city adventure and puzzle-driven exploration capture a lot of the same charm and mystery as Stray’s world.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Cats 66.6%, Adventure 7.9%, Cute 7.2%, Exploration 4.9%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the cat-meets-sci-fi hook, though it leans more toward action and metroidvania progression than Stray does.

An atmospheric vehicle adventure that follows the emotional journey of a boy and his ship as he embarks on a voyage to find a new home.

Why similar: Atmospheric 37.5%, Puzzle 25.8%, Adventure 20.4%, Mystery 5.9%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is another solitary journey through a haunting post-collapse world, emphasizing movement, machinery, and environmental problem-solving.

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 28.3%, Exploration 21.8%, Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Singleplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its lonely trek through a ruined landscape captures the same sense of vulnerability, momentum, and discovery that makes Stray memorable.

A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.

Why similar: Third Person 16.8%, Cute 16.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Puzzle 12%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Stray’s focus on peaceful exploration, elegant movement, and uncovering the secrets of a beautiful, mostly quiet world.

From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.

Why similar: Beautiful 38.3% ★, Atmospheric 19.6%, Exploration 15.6%, Adventure 8%, Third Person 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Although underwater rather than urban, it offers the same kind of immersive, wordless exploration through a strikingly atmospheric environment.

Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.

Why similar: Open World 22.8%, Exploration 22.4%, Atmospheric 21.2%, Mystery 17.7%, Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its reflective exploration and environmental storytelling capture the same gentle curiosity and sense of place that define Stray.

Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world.

Why similar: Exploration 21.3%, Open World 17.8%, Adventure 16.8%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Third Person 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its freeform exploration of mysterious ruins and minimal-combat structure make it a good fit for Stray fans who want more airy discovery.

Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

Why similar: Exploration 29.5%, Puzzle 23.2%, Cute 22.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Colorful 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its cute-animal lead and exploration-heavy structure may appeal to Stray fans, though it is much more combat-focused and challenging.

From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.

Why similar: Exploration 20.4%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Open World 17.9%, Third Person 15.4%, Adventure 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its fluid movement and exploration of a mysterious, evocative world make it a strong option if Stray’s travel and atmosphere mattered most to you.

Navigate through challenging platforming levels, testing your feline reflexes and determination — all to find your way back home. Falling is never the end; place beds to use as checkpoints, which you may return to whenever you please.

Why similar: Cats 53.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Third Person 10.6%, Cute 10.3%, Adventure 8.2%

As a cat, explore a nostalgic Japanese summer island filled with strays. Solve puzzles, uncover mysteries, and share an intimate, unhurried adventure with the heroine.

Why similar: Cats 48.2%, Third Person 11.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Cute 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%

NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

Why similar: Cats 58.9%, Atmospheric 11%, Exploration 10.2%, Mystery 8.7%, Adventure 7.9%

PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.

Why similar: Beautiful 32.1% ★, Atmospheric 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Stealth 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This combines beautiful alien-world traversal with stealth and sci-fi tension, giving it some of the same exploratory pull as Stray.

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.

Why similar: Adventure 21.1%, Exploration 17.4%, Open World 17.1%, Puzzle 16.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Exploring a ruined mechanical world full of environmental puzzles and hidden pathways gives it some overlap with Stray’s discovery-driven design.

Cat's Request is a fantastic detective story about an extraterrestrial cat named Ash and his virtual assistant, living in a metropolis governed by artificial intelligence.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 35.2%, Robots 26.7%, Exploration 9%, Puzzle 8.4%, Adventure 7.1%

Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman.

Why similar: Cats 57.2%, Cute 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Adventure 7.1%, Exploration 6.9%

[Adventures of House Cat Cinnamon]*A street cat's tale 2 is a narrative-led puzzle adventure game about the struggles of stray cats.

Why similar: Cats 70.4%, Cute 11%, Adventure 8.2%, Puzzle 6.3%, Indie 2.7%

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Beautiful 29.2% ★, Exploration 13.4%, Mystery 9.4%, Atmospheric 9%, Open World 8.2%

This is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle game with a cat as the main character. The game takes place in a villa, where you play as a cat that has just entered the house. You meet animals with different personalities, solve one problem after another, and finally resolve the crisis at home.

Why similar: Cats 56.5%, Cute 10.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 6.5%, Adventure 5.7%

Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.

Why similar: Beautiful 32.8% ★, Robots 22.3%, Cyberpunk 14.8%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%

A short story inspired by Robert Heinlein's:The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Why similar: Cats 30%, Cyberpunk 16.4%, Robots 12.3%, Third Person 5.3%, Cute 4.9%

A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.

Why similar: Cats 66.5%, Adventure 14.5%, Cute 10.1%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 2%

Cat and Ghostly Road is an atmospheric point-and-click quest in which you play as a white cat. You have to go on a dangerous journey to the world of ghosts and demons. Not all things are what they seems.

Why similar: Cats 60%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Adventure 7.1%, Cute 7%, Puzzle 7%

Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel thrown into a perilous adventure. Through stealth and cunning you’ll be able to explore the secrets of Dwindling Heights Keep and navigate its dangers.

Why similar: Stealth 21.9%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Cute 14.9%, Adventure 14.3%, Third Person 10.7%

An ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower has forced the world’s population to settle underground. As Shell, a feline child who awakens to find her mother missing, drill downward from the surface layer through a tile-based underground and discover the Everdeep.

Why similar: Cats 59.6%, Cute 9.9%, Exploration 8.7%, Adventure 6.3%, Mystery 5.8%

"Paws Trail" is an enchanting adventure game where players guide a charming black cat through a mystical forest and unlocking secrets along the way. Experience a vivid world filled with engaging challenges and endearing forest companions.

Why similar: Cats 68.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Cute 8.4%, Adventure 6.6%, Exploration 4.1%

It's hard to be a kitten when you have such a clumsy owner! Yesterday she lost a lot of things in the park and now it's up to you to find them! Memories of that day can be helpful - you should remember where you've seen these things last and search there.

Why similar: Cats 47.3%, Cute 16.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 8%

Discover all the different worlds with Simba The Cat. Find all the things that Simba the cat likes, you will unlock extra levels.

Why similar: Cats 60.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Third Person 6.7%, Exploration 5.9%, Open World 5.4%

Explore this amazing steampunk world finding cute cats and paint black - white locations with colored paints.

Why similar: Cats 51.8%, Adventure 17.5%, Puzzle 10.7%, Cute 8.5%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.

Why similar: Cats 48.3%, Atmospheric 12%, Exploration 10.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Adventure 8.6%

Still It Runs is a stealth adventure where you play as a cat, alone in a strangely silent house. Collect scattered memories, uncover what once happened here—and try to stay unseen.

Why similar: Cats 57.9%, Stealth 10.5%, Horror 8.8%, Mystery 7.9%, Exploration 7.1%

Portal with cats - Become entangled in a quantum puzzle adventure! Mittens gains the incredible power to be in two places at once. Explore twisted test chambers, make mischief and evade capture by a whisker! 🐈🐈‍⬛

Why similar: Cats 55.5%, Cute 8.7%, Exploration 8.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.5%

🤖🦾🐾100 Robo Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Robot-themed 🔩🦿 locations full of cats! Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of the Robo places and Cats as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

Why similar: Cats 56.4%, Robots 25.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Cute 7.3%, Exploration 1.2%

"Light" is a 3D adventure puzzle game, in which you play as a cat. You will help a little girl who has lost her memory escape by leading her through four-level mazes with different style.

Why similar: Cats 44.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Third Person 7.2%, Horror 7.1%, Cute 7.1%

The best sim game about adventures of an urban cat in the village.

Why similar: Cats 61.3%, Cute 9.6%, Third Person 8.4%, Adventure 6.2%, Atmospheric 3.9%

explore a cat notebook

Why similar: Cats 53.7%, Adventure 14%, Exploration 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Cute 8.1%

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: Atmospheric 24.7%, Exploration 17.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Open World 13%, Third Person 10.8%

In this game, you will have to explore the whole city to find all the cats (and various secrets) and get closer to the goal of making this world and the lives of the cats living in it a little better, and restore their faith in people!

Why similar: Cats 43.1%, Exploration 21.6%, Puzzle 16.2%, Cute 14.7%, Atmospheric 3.2%

Welcome to "Stray of Lost Cat", a story centered around a peculiar little feline. Follow the kitten's journey as it escapes the pursuit of "Meowdes" while collecting soul fragments, striving to reunite with its beloved owner.

Why similar: Cats 58.9%, Cute 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Puzzle 7%, Exploration 6.3%

Welcome to Cozy Town, where every day is International Cat Day! Be part of a village community where every stray is respected, loved and fed. Explore the charming streets and alleys to discover all the stray cats in this hidden-object game.

Why similar: Cats 77.6%, Puzzle 9.2%, Adventure 5.5%, Cute 3.1%, Singleplayer 3%

STRAY KITTEN - is a short 2D platformer with surviving and hardcore elements where it is described a story about one lost kitten Silver.

Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Exploration 24.2%, Atmospheric 23.5%, Indie 11.3%, Action 4.2%