Games Like THE LONGING

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Point & Click 18%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Dark 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures a cozy yet dark and eerie pacing as you spend long hours managing atmospheric mysteries indoors.

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: Point & Click 38.7%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 9%, Mystery 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deeply atmospheric, surreal, and slow-paced narrative journey through mysterious, shadowy environments.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Experimental 67.5% ★, Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same intensely psychological, lonely, and surreal atmosphere centered around internal monologues and mundane tasks.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 30.7%, Story Rich 20.3%, Point & Click 18.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, 2D 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the deeply atmospheric, abstract, and somber psychological journey of its predecessor.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, Experimental 12% ★, Atmospheric 10.6%, Dark 6%

Why You'll Like It: Explores profound themes of isolation, artistic creation, and a slow, narrative-driven walking experience.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Multiple Endings 22.3%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Exploration 7%, Mystery 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Plays with unconventional narrative pacing, player choice, and existential commentary.

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: Hand-drawn 19.4%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Story Rich 13.1%, Exploration 11%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on atmospheric exploration, melancholy themes, and deeply character-driven storytelling.

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Mystery 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on prolonged anticipation, psychological tension, and dialogue choices while waiting for an inevitable event.

The Graveyard is a very short computer game. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It's more like an explorable painting than an actual game. An experiment with poetry and storytelling but without words.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 88.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same ultra-slow, contemplative pacing and focus on quiet waiting and melancholic acceptance.

You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.4%, Mystery 15.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 11%

Why You'll Like It: Features a heavy, atmospheric sense of isolation and choices that matter within a dying city.

TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Dark 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a bleak, surreal, and dark point-and-click underground nightmare.

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: Underground 31.6% ★, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Experimental 14% ★, Mystery 8.7%, Story Rich 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a surreal, experimental walking simulator focused purely on dreamlike atmospheric exploration.

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.9%, Point & Click 33.8%, Story Rich 10.2%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeply reflective, slow, and cozy narrative experience driven by mood and music.

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Story Rich 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines routine, contemplative decision-making with weighty narrative consequences.

Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Dark 12.4%, Walking Simulator 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses text-based, dark narrative choices where time and waiting heavily influence the outcome.

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Why similar: Story Rich 17.1%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Atmospheric 11%, Puzzle 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Breaks traditional game conventions and features a lonely protagonist navigating a dying, melancholic world.

An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness. Originally released as a Flash game in 2010 that was featured by Extra Credits.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Experimental 14.9% ★, Point & Click 14.8%, Dark 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the seed's minimalist approach to exploring deep isolation in an abstract space.

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: Hand-drawn 22.7%, Puzzle 18.7%, Point & Click 17.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Mystery 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes silent, contemplative puzzle mechanics within a uniquely hand-drawn, surreal framework.

An auto-RPG with strategic combat, deep crafting and programming elements, animated entirely in ASCII-art. In a realm of perpetual darkness, a single stone could change everything...

Why similar: Idler 46.4%, RPG 27.4%, Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle 7%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Incorporates an idle, ASCII-art aesthetic where you watch events unfold over time in a dark world.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Hand-drawn 12%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Exploration 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes a slow-paced, meditative journey of exploration through vast, beautiful landscapes without rush or combat.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Experimental 23.6% ★, Puzzle 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Exploration 13%

Why You'll Like It: Presents an abstract, lonely architectural space meant for quiet, jaw-dropping exploration.

Century of Anticipation is a short, surreal adventure about being stuck waiting for something misterious. Explore your apartment to find increasingly unusual ways to pass the time, from cooking to throwing your head through the window, while enjoying the amazing soundtrack by Brazilian indie bands.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.4%, Hand-drawn 26.1%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on hand-drawn, relaxing, and atmospheric point-and-click exploration.

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Dark 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Builds psychological horror through claustrophobic, dark, and repetitive atmospheric exploration.

From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Exploration 17.6%, Puzzle 16.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Invites players to slowly uncover a minimalist, surreal white landscape through exploration.

Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.3%, Point & Click 19.5%, Mystery 15.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features deliberate, methodical gameplay with a strong sense of historical atmosphere and narrative consequence.

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: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Dark 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Exploration 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: Explores profound desolation, survival, and a moody narrative journey.

Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Point & Click 16%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Dark 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Immerses the player in a dark, moody environment driven by multiple endings and psychological tension.

It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Point & Click 19.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13%, Mystery 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a surreal, choose-your-own-adventure style experiment where unexpected consequences unfold from simple choices.

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 39.7%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Mystery 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Dark 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a dark, atmospheric walking simulator with a heavy emphasis on eerie exploration.

Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

Why similar: Hand-drawn 51.9%, Puzzle 33.6%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 5.9%

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Choices Matter 21%, Point & Click 19.2%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Story Rich 9.5%

Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Mystery 14.9%, Dark 13%, Exploration 10.9%, Puzzle 9.9%

A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Experimental 14.5% ★, Mystery 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Dark 10.3%

7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Point & Click 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends puzzle-solving and exploration in a narrative-heavy, text-driven format.

A surreal post-life adventure

Why similar: RPG 20.8%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Dark 12%, Story Rich 11.4%, Adventure 9.7%

A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.

Why similar: Idler 52.2%, Exploration 14.9%, RPG 11.8%, Adventure 6.7%, Story Rich 6%

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Mystery 18%, Dark 15.1%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 11.6%

You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.9%, Hand-drawn 21%, Puzzle 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Story Rich 6.9%

A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Dark 14.3%, Mystery 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Exploration 7.9%

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!

Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Puzzle 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%

Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive unforgiving Mount Kami. Discover what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve the ascent of a lifetime.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Exploration 18.7%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 7.6%

You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 28%, Exploration 22.2%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Adventure 10%

Presented by the team behind critically acclaimed "Moncage", this is a transformative adventure exploring the art of waiting. Clear the game by doing nothing, but discover the power of acceptance and patience in numerous situations from birth to death. Learn to embrace life as you wait.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, Choices Matter 33.1%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 9.1%, Singleplayer 8%

Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?

Why similar: Point & Click 34.7%, Hand-drawn 34.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, 2D 9.1%, Adventure 4%

HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.5%, Experimental 29.8% ★, Exploration 15.6%, Story Rich 14.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%

KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.

Why similar: Idler 34.6%, Point & Click 18.5%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Puzzle 9%, Exploration 8.4%

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: Point & Click 32.9%, Hand-drawn 23.4%, Adventure 10.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%

This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

Why similar: Mystery 16.4%, Exploration 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Puzzle 12%, RPG 11.5%

Are you The Rightful King™ or just a filthy peasant? The sword is waiting for you to lift it, but it gets longer and heavier each time someone else succeeds...

Why similar: Experimental 31% ★, Walking Simulator 28.1%, Exploration 13.7%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 5.9%

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Choices Matter 25.7%, Story Rich 17.4%, Dark 16.1%, Atmospheric 16.1%, RPG 13.1%

An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.7%, Exploration 17.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Story Rich 4.2%

Mondealy: Day One is a prologue for the 2D adventure game Mondealy. You can see how adventures in the magical kingdom of Dargratt begin.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Exploration 8.8%, Story Rich 8%

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Hand-drawn 24.1%, Choices Matter 17.6%, RPG 11.4%, 2D 8.9%

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.5%, Point & Click 24.2%, Story Rich 19.5%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 4.6%

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

Why similar: Point & Click 42.3%, Puzzle 16.4%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 7.5%, 2D 6.9%

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Dark 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Puzzle 8.9%

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: Point & Click 30.8%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Story Rich 15%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 11%

It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%

Mondealy is about you building relationships and exploring the world. An ordinary guy from an ordinary town on an ordinary day uncovers the secrets of an extraordinary underground kingdom located under his home. Your adventure begins!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 10.2%, Exploration 7.9%