Games Like The Almost Gone

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: Beautiful 37.8% ★, Puzzle 19.6%, Point & Click 11.9%, Mystery 7%, Atmospheric 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like The Almost Gone, this game uses perspective and diorama-style panel manipulation to tell a deep, wordless story.

I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.

Why similar: Beautiful 29.7% ★, Adventure 13.4%, Puzzle 12.8%, Mystery 8.6%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core theme of exploring the lives of the deceased through intimate, puzzle-filled environments.

The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.

Why similar: Emotional 19.2%, Mystery 17.2%, Surreal 14.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Story Rich 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features beautiful, self-contained dioramas and time-manipulation mechanics that mirror the reflective, memory-focused nature of the seed game.

When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.4%, Surreal 17%, Puzzle 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click adventure that uses beautiful hand-drawn art to explore themes of love and letting go.

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: Point & Click 22.5%, Puzzle 19.2%, Isometric 17%, Story Rich 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game tells a profound life story through the simple act of organizing objects in a space, much like uncovering memories in The Almost Gone.

Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.

Why similar: Beautiful 35.3% ★, Puzzle 15%, Mystery 9.4%, Emotional 8%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its recursive, perspective-based puzzle mechanics provide a similar sense of scale and discovery within a contained, story-driven world.

The Forest Quartet is a puzzle adventure about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls.

Why similar: Mystery 15%, Isometric 14.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, Minimalist 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric puzzle game that explores grief and memory through music and environmental storytelling.

Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Story Rich 16.4%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Adventure 11%, Stylized 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, emotionally resonant narrative experience that uses minimalist, interactive puzzles to depict the highs and lows of a relationship.

How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.

Why similar: Isometric 23.1%, Emotional 20.1%, Mystery 18.7%, Puzzle 16.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game deals directly with the theme of moving on and saying goodbye, matching the somber yet beautiful tone of the seed game.

A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

Why similar: Emotional 26.6%, Puzzle 19.5%, Female Protagonist 15%, Story Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It integrates narrative and puzzle-platforming seamlessly, focusing on the emotional journey of its protagonist.

Guide brush strokes and solve a variety of puzzles to help an aspiring artist complete her masterpiece amid her brusque neighbor’s gaze and his pesky cat. As her painting starts to take shape, uncover an emotional tale of chance and artistry revealed behind unrelated yet familiar moments.

Why similar: Point & Click 29%, Puzzle 18.6%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Story Rich 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines point-and-click puzzle solving with a deeply emotional, artistic narrative about memory and passion.

Röki is a stunning adventure set in the snowcapped wilderness. As Tove, you must explore an uncharted world of hidden legends and forgotten monsters. Solve puzzles, collect curiosities, and uncover a tale of tragic loss, as you chart your path to redemption.

Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Puzzle 15.6%, Beautiful 14.1% ★, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Story Rich 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This adventure game balances challenging puzzles with a heartfelt story about family and folklore.

A quiet game of life and loss. One by one, everyone left the village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life tending to her homestead, surviving, subsisting, whilst increasingly disturbing letters arrive from her family in the city.

Why similar: Beautiful 36.7% ★, Point & Click 14.2%, Emotional 9.1%, Adventure 8.4%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, atmospheric experience that focuses on the quiet, lonely aspects of life and loss.

Repair old-school objects in this cozy puzzle game. Join antique-restorer Maria, as she arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva and set out on a journey of helping the townsfolk reconnect.

Why similar: Beautiful 41.7% ★, Puzzle 15.9%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Indie 8.2%, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, narrative-driven puzzle game where you repair objects to help characters mend their personal relationships.

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: Point & Click 23.1%, Puzzle 14%, Story Rich 12.1%, Emotional 11.3%, Stylized 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, atmospheric puzzle game that centers on a life-spanning narrative about regret and reconciliation.

Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

Why similar: Puzzle 15.2%, Mystery 14.3%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Story Rich 9.6%, Investigation 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy adventure game that uses environmental puzzles to tell a personal story of love and obsession.

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: Beautiful 44.5% ★, Emotional 13.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 7%, Stylized 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, poignant walking simulator that explores the experience of living with dementia.

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: Story Rich 22%, Mystery 21.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Puzzle 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more exploration-focused, it is the gold standard for uncovering a family's history through intimate, interactive vignettes.

Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics

Why similar: Point & Click 22.5%, Mystery 17.4%, Puzzle 14%, Isometric 12.4%, Investigation 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes an isometric, diorama-like perspective to solve mysteries in a small, abandoned town.

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 66.9% ★, Atmospheric 7.6%, Female Protagonist 7%, Puzzle 3.7%, Story Rich 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A stunningly beautiful game that uses color and platforming to navigate the stages of grief.

Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?

Why similar: Beautiful 26.8% ★, Point & Click 16.9%, Emotional 12.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A character-driven, point-and-click adventure that balances complex puzzles with a deeply emotional narrative.

Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!

Why similar: Point & Click 22%, Puzzle 12.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Surreal 12.8%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A contemplative, puzzle-filled journey through a surreal landscape that mirrors the protagonist's internal state.

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: Mystery 15.6%, Emotional 13.7%, Point & Click 13.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy game that focuses on the emotional connection between the player and a ghostly companion.

LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.

Why similar: Beautiful 33.5% ★, Point & Click 25%, Puzzle 12%, Adventure 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A wordless, hand-drawn puzzle adventure that relies on atmosphere and visual storytelling.

Iris.Fall is a puzzle adventure game featuring striking visuals and a spellbinding theme of "light and shadow".

Why similar: Puzzle 43%, Adventure 19.4%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Indie 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its unique light-and-shadow puzzle mechanics create a mysterious, atmospheric experience similar to The Almost Gone.

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: Puzzle 20.8%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Story Rich 13%, Stylized 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: The world-shifting puzzle mechanics provide a unique way to explore and piece together a narrative-rich environment.

Arrog is an enigmatic puzzle adventure game featuring hand-drawn art and set in a bizarre black-and-white world with color accents.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.4%, Beautiful 20.7% ★, Adventure 8.6%, Story Rich 6.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, hand-drawn point-and-click game that uses surreal imagery to explore the transition between life and death.

GNOG is a tactile 3D puzzle game about exploring whimsical monster heads and the secret worlds inside them. Filled with eye-catching designs, lively interactions, and a rich, reactive soundtrack, the hand-crafted heads come to life as you grab, poke, spin, pull, and play with each charming contraption.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.6%, Point & Click 30.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 13%, Colorful 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactile, diorama-based puzzle game that offers a similar sense of interacting with intricate, miniature worlds.

Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle 20.1%, Point & Click 18.7%, Emotional 15.2%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Beautiful 10.2% ★

A song from years ago triggers a flood of memories for champion swimmer Miriam. Embark on an evocative journey through her turbulent childhood and the complicated relationship she shared with her devoted mother.

Why similar: Emotional 25.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Atmospheric 12%, Story Rich 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive poem that uses a mix of art styles to explore a mother-daughter relationship and childhood memories.

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 21.1%, Mystery 16.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Stylized 7.7%

This is the prologue chapter of "When the Past was Around", an upcoming adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

Why similar: Beautiful 35.2% ★, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Emotional 9%, Puzzle 8.4%

Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!

Why similar: Mystery 21.5%, Puzzle 18.6%, Emotional 18.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 9.1%

The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.3%, Mystery 14.3%, Emotional 11.5%, Investigation 11.4%, Puzzle 9.4%

Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.

Why similar: Beautiful 26.9% ★, Point & Click 15.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%, Emotional 8.5%

Lake Ridden is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game! A cozy supernatural adventure where you unravel a mysterious past, trying to find your sister. Luckily, you are not alone...

Why similar: Puzzle 26.6%, Mystery 19.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Indie 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle adventure that combines mystery-solving with a personal, character-driven story.

Explore a vast, mysterious castle riddled with secret rooms and challenging puzzles in this award-winning puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.7%, Mystery 16.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Emotional 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.9%, Mystery 14.2%, Surreal 12.7%, Emotional 11.4%, Puzzle 9.3%

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: Point & Click 25.7%, Isometric 13.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Surreal 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

Why similar: Beautiful 34% ★, Point & Click 11.2%, Mystery 8.4%, Story Rich 7.5%, Adventure 7.2%

Erin Myers is dead. But how did she die? And why did she die? Find out as you step back into her life and uncover her darkest secrets.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Mystery 21.1%, Adventure 14.6%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 10.8%

Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?

Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Female Protagonist 13%, Story Rich 11.1%, Emotional 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%

She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 40% ★, Point & Click 19.4%, Emotional 11.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 6.2%

An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a classic-style graphic adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 31%, Mystery 19.1%, Investigation 17.5%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Story Rich 9.4%

Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.

Why similar: Point & Click 19%, Emotional 15.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Puzzle 8.5%

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

Why similar: Emotional 20.3%, Beautiful 15.8% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Story Rich 11%

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 24.4%, Emotional 23.9%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 9%

The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!

Why similar: Emotional 19.9%, Puzzle 18.1%, Female Protagonist 14%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%

A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Story Rich 11%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Emotional 18.8%, Isometric 16.6%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 12%

Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.3%, Mystery 16.9%, Puzzle 12%, Investigation 11.7%, Story Rich 8.8%

Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...

Why similar: Mystery 26.7%, Puzzle 16.2%, Story Rich 14.6%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%

Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Mystery 25.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Story Rich 10.2%, Investigation 9.3%

Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.

Why similar: Emotional 15.2%, Surreal 14%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%

No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.3%, Emotional 15.4%, Minimalist 15.1%, Surreal 11.2%, Story Rich 9.2%

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 7.8%

The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.

Why similar: Mystery 17.3%, Puzzle 15.1%, Surreal 12.9%, Stylized 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Beautiful 25.7% ★, Point & Click 14.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 7.8%, Surreal 6.8%

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: Beautiful 45.6% ★, Emotional 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Story Rich 8.5%, Stylized 7.7%