Games Like The Longest Road on Earth

Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.

Why similar: Narrative 45.8% ★, Emotional 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Story Rich 6.9%

Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!

Why similar: Cozy 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Emotional 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Point & Click 9.3%

Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.

Why similar: Narrative 37.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Emotional 9.9%, Visual Novel 6.4%

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: Music 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Point & Click 16%, Relaxing 9.4%, Cute 9.1%

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: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Point & Click 18.6%, Emotional 16.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Relaxing 8.7%

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: Narrative 33.4% ★, Side Scroller 18.8%, Emotional 16.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Relaxing 6.4%

Blue Wednesday is a relaxing and lovely adventure game focused on story, music, and characters. Explore the city, meet various characters, and have conversations. Listen to their stories, play mini-games, collect music albums, and play music.

Why similar: Narrative 28% ★, Music 26%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 59.8%, Emotional 16.5%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 6.1%, Story Rich 4.5%

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: Narrative 41.4% ★, Life Sim 18.9%, Point & Click 13.4%, Emotional 12.6%, Story Rich 5.9%

Home is where the stars are. An interactive bedtime story, for anyone who needs one. Take the bear and the little one on a deeply meaningful journey, as you experience stories of togetherness, of letting go and of finding a place you belong.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Cozy 11%, Narrative 10.6% ★, Emotional 10.2%

A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Story Rich 22.5%, Emotional 14.8%, Relaxing 14.6%, Indie 11.4%

Moon River is a short RPG adventure with an emphasis on music and atmosphere. Perhaps some secrets too... Explore the remains of an quiet, empty world & find the river's end.

Why similar: Music 39.6%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Emotional 10.8%, Casual 5.5%

What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.

Why similar: Life Sim 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Point & Click 13.1%

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: Interactive Fiction 21%, Point & Click 20.9%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Emotional 12.7%, Story Rich 10.1%

Simpler Times is an experiential, interactive meditation that rewards patience and attention with poignant moments that can be replayed like a favorite song.

Why similar: Life Sim 34.5%, Cozy 27.1%, Relaxing 13%, Story Rich 9.1%, Cute 7%

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: Cozy 23.4%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Emotional 10.9%, Visual Novel 7.8%

HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Emotional 31.5%, Relaxing 17.3%, Casual 6.4%, Indie 3%

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: Narrative 28% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Emotional 13.4%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%

a short but incredibly touching experience.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Point & Click 18.8%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Cute 7%

Share your thoughts and discover those shared by others, in Fireside Feelings. Gather around the welcoming warmth of the campfire and take part in conversations between real people separated in space and time. Sometimes, we all need a good talk under the stars.

Why similar: Cozy 31.1%, Life Sim 18.6%, Emotional 15.6%, Relaxing 8.2%, Cute 8.1%

Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Noir 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Emotional 14%, Relaxing 6.2%

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Narrative 37.8% ★, Point & Click 37.7%, Story Rich 9.8%, Indie 6.9%, Visual Novel 3.2%

Evergreen Blues is a suite of interactive songs by David Su and Dominique Star. All the world's a stage 🎶🎭

Why similar: Music 39.6%, Casual 17.8%, Emotional 14.5%, Indie 13%, Relaxing 8.1%

Wayward Strand is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Hop aboard an airborne hospital and meet its fully-voiced cast of eclectic characters. As time passes for everyone on board, explore the interwoven lives of the patients and staff; discover something new on each and every playthrough.

Why similar: Narrative 37.2% ★, Cozy 27.2%, Emotional 16.6%, Relaxing 8.7%, Story Rich 7.5%

A Walk with Yiayia is a heartfelt solo-developed, bite-sized adventure game about taking your Greek grandmother on a walk after she's lost her confidence from a scary fall. Connect through engaging conversations, explore a relaxing environment, and complete microquests in this thoughtful adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Cute 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

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: Point & Click 27.9%, Emotional 19.9%, Casual 13%, Cute 10.8%, Relaxing 10.6%

Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.2%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Emotional 19.6%, Casual 5.7%

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 36.5%, Emotional 21.9%, Relaxing 13.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Cute 10.3%

South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Narrative 21.4% ★, Emotional 13.6%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%

Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.

Why similar: Point & Click 46.2%, Emotional 28.4%, Story Rich 14.8%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Trackless is an atmospheric first-person exploration and puzzle game set in the distant future. Trackless uses text input that allows you to interact with characters and objects. Using your in-game phone will help you find clues and give you special abilities.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.6%, Walking Simulator 29.5%, Casual 15.7%, Indie 11%, Relaxing 8%

A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.9%, Relaxing 18.1%, Story Rich 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Indie 3.9%

it's about walking

Why similar: Cozy 34.5%, Life Sim 18.9%, Point & Click 16.1%, Cute 9.7%, Relaxing 9.4%

Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Point & Click 22.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.2%, Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Relaxing 10.5%, Story Rich 7.1%, Casual 4.3%

Lovingly crafted with pen & ink, by one person over 4.5 years. In The Collage Atlas your presence, your gaze, your movements all matter. With these things you breathe life into this hand-drawn picture-book dream-world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 61%, Relaxing 20.9%, Indie 9.8%, Casual 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Uncover Grandma Rose’s extraordinary stories along with Amelia, all hidden in multiple cozy puzzles spread around the world. Dive into globetrotter adventures, discover granny’s treasures, and relax along the way.

Why similar: Cozy 23.2%, Emotional 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Point & Click 13.4%, Relaxing 8.3%

A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.

Why similar: Emotional 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, 2D 6.1%

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 56.3%, Emotional 17.2%, Relaxing 7.2%, Story Rich 6.8%, Casual 6.8%

Explore a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Casual 21.4%, Indie 17.3%, Story Rich 14%, Cute 13.3%

Zone out on an endless drive through infinite scenic landscapes. Generate a unique world, set the scene to suit your mood, and just drive...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46%, Relaxing 33.5%, Casual 16.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Dream On is a very short, atmospheric walking simulator (5-10 minutes) about making a wish. Walk through a symbolic dreamscape, explore your thoughts and feelings, and make a quiet, meaningful choice at the end of the journey.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.4%, Emotional 15.6%, Relaxing 12.3%, 2D 11.9%, Indie 1.1%

A meditative experience that invites players to explore the serene beauty of a living, breathing cemetery as it changes with the seasons.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.6%, Emotional 14.9%, Cute 14.2%, Relaxing 12.6%, Story Rich 9.2%

A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!

Why similar: Emotional 36.8%, Visual Novel 26%, Story Rich 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Indie 5.4%

A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Historical 22.7%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Indie 13.1%, Story Rich 9.7%

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.9%, Walking Simulator 23.9%, Story Rich 14.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Indie 8.6%

Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.7%, Story Rich 24%, Indie 12.3%

Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.

Why similar: Cozy 44.9%, Walking Simulator 36.9%, Point & Click 8.7%, Casual 5.3%, Story Rich 2.8%

Embark on a heartwarming journey as a home cleaning specialist.

Why similar: Narrative 44.9% ★, Emotional 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Relaxing 8.1%, Visual Novel 6.6%

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Narrative 44.9% ★, Point & Click 22.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Story Rich 7.8%

A radiant journey of life to fulfill Your greatest idea.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Emotional 26.5%, Relaxing 17.7%, Indie 5.7%, Casual 5.1%

Create your own paths combining the different elements available in this uniquely crafted world. Immerse yourself in a relaxing experience where your actions shape not only your surroundings but also your fate.

Why similar: Emotional 50.2%, Relaxing 20.8%, Indie 16.3%, Casual 8.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%

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: Narrative 38% ★, Emotional 22.8%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Story Rich 9.2%, Point & Click 5%

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 49.6%, Emotional 32.8%, Indie 8.1%, Casual 6.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%

In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

Why similar: Narrative 37.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Relaxing 6.7%, Casual 5.7%

Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

Why similar: Narrative 22.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Emotional 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Relaxing 7.8%

Open your journal, pour your coffee, your little cat is already there. While Lo-Fi sounds drift into your room, your plants grow, your moments gather into a small world of their own. Here, time flows slowly, every line belongs to you. Did you forget that peace could be this simple? 🌿🐱

Why similar: Music 37.5%, Life Sim 27.1%, Relaxing 11.2%, Cute 10.1%, Casual 4.5%

A cinematic gaming experience. Play as an animal in the spiritual realm. Explore a magical world. Collect Essence and find Artifacts. Journey across seven majestic landscapes and witness the emotional story of a family as they tackle the challenges ahead of them.

Why similar: Cozy 31.7%, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Cute 9.8%, Relaxing 9.1%