Games Like The Stillness of the Wind

A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.5%, Point & Click 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Story Rich 14.1%, Atmospheric 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares a deep focus on character-driven narratives and the slow, rhythmic nature of rural life in a beautifully atmospheric setting.

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: Female Protagonist 31.5%, Story Rich 22.9%, Atmospheric 19%, Adventure 17.8%, Exploration 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it offers a quiet, slow-paced experience centered on rural life and the personal reflections that come with a change in lifestyle.

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

Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.1%, Point & Click 19.2%, Indie 17.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a short, contemplative, and somber look at death and the rituals surrounding it, matching the melancholic tone of the seed game.

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

Why similar: Emotional 24.7%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Story Rich 15%, Adventure 12%, Indie 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully handles themes of life, loss, and letting go through a blend of management mechanics and deeply emotional storytelling.

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 43.5% ★, Emotional 15%, Adventure 11%, Indie 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game explores the fragility of memory and the passage of time through a personal, narrative-heavy lens.

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 23.6%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at environmental storytelling and exploring the weight of family history, much like the letters Talma receives.

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 20%, Adventure 15.3%, Story Rich 15.1%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Emotional 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the essence of reflecting on a life lived, using simple mechanics to tell a poignant story about aging and memory.

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: Point & Click 32%, Emotional 25.7%, Indie 17%, Story Rich 14.8%, Casual 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its minimalist, dialogue-free approach to storytelling creates a similar sense of quiet intimacy and observational sadness.

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

Why similar: Beautiful 32% ★, Indie 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Emotional 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional visual novel that uses a unique erasure mechanic to explore themes of identity and personal history.

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 54.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its stunning visual style and focus on emotional processing make it a perfect companion for those who appreciate the atmospheric beauty of the seed game.

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 25% ★, Psychological 14.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Emotional 13%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It balances mundane daily tasks with a heavy, underlying narrative about isolation and personal history.

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 28.1% ★, Adventure 14%, Indie 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Point & Click 8%

Why You'll Like It: The unique, minimalist interface and focus on scientific observation create a meditative atmosphere similar to the seed game's farming loops.

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: Indie 18.9%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Adventure 18.2%, Story Rich 14.5%, Point & Click 13%

Why You'll Like It: A brief but powerful narrative experience that captures the emotional highs and lows of a life journey through simple, interactive vignettes.

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 31.7% ★, Indie 19%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Casual 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the restorative power of repairing objects, mirroring the quiet, tactile satisfaction of maintaining a homestead.

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

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game that uses its environment to tell a fragmented, emotional story about a person's past.

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 33.2% ★, Point & Click 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its dark, atmospheric art style and point-and-click mechanics create a sense of mystery and unease within a small, isolated community.

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 20.4%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Story Rich 16%, Indie 13%, Atmospheric 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses the simple act of organizing a home to tell a profound, life-spanning story about growth and change.

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 17.3%, Female Protagonist 16%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Story Rich 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This adventure game blends puzzle-solving with a strong, emotional narrative centered on family and loss.

Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.

Why similar: Beautiful 38.2% ★, Adventure 14.3%, Emotional 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a beautiful, emotional journey that focuses on the bond between characters and the passage of time.

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 25.1%, Adventure 22.5%, Story Rich 16.8%, Indie 16%, Exploration 10%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of solitary travel and maintenance in a desolate, atmospheric world that feels both lonely and beautiful.

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

Why similar: Beautiful 33.7% ★, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: While more optimistic, it shares the same focus on small-scale exploration and the gentle, unhurried pace of a personal journey.

When humans get too lonely, they turn into monsters… Set sail across a beautiful and evolving world of darkness and light, and discover what it means to be human.

Why similar: Beautiful 29.7% ★, Emotional 22.6%, Adventure 21.7%, Atmospheric 13%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It uses surreal, atmospheric environments to externalize the internal emotional struggles of its protagonist.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Emotional 24.7%, Atmospheric 21.7%, Story Rich 20.3%, Indie 13.1%, Simulation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing, character-focused environment where the primary gameplay involves listening to the stories of others.

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.9%, Story Rich 22.2%, Emotional 18.9%, Indie 14.5%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic narrative experience that focuses on the emotional weight of a person's life story and the desire to change the past.

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

Why similar: Atmospheric 43.5%, Simulation 20.1%, Indie 17.7%, Casual 11.3%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A meditative, slow-paced game about reclaiming abandoned spaces with nature, echoing the themes of solitude and growth.

Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.7%, Emotional 24.3%, Story Rich 14.1%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Indie 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It uses cooking and narrative to tell a story about family, heritage, and the passage of time across generations.

A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.

Why similar: Emotional 34.1%, Psychological 27.3%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Indie 14.1%, Casual 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific theme of letter-writing and emotional connection found in the seed game's narrative.

Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.4%, Adventure 19.9%, Story Rich 15.9%, Indie 13.7%, Exploration 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gentle, relaxing game about caring for the environment and the community around you.

Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

Why similar: Atmospheric 32%, Indie 27.5%, Simulation 20.7%, Casual 11.6%, Singleplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A purely minimalist, relaxing experience that focuses on the joy of creating a quiet, isolated space.

You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Visit cities, scale summits, unearth mysteries, and discover forgotten places!

Why similar: Beautiful 46.5% ★, Adventure 12.6%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes exploration and the quiet appreciation of a beautiful, peaceful world.

„The Lion's Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps.

Why similar: Indie 30.9%, Point & Click 17.2%, Adventure 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Story Rich 10.3%

Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.8%, Adventure 32.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Female Protagonist 5.2%

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: Adventure 13.8%, Emotional 13.6%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Story Rich 11.6%

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: Atmospheric 28.4%, Adventure 18.5%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Point & Click 10.5%

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Story Rich 18.4%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Indie 11.6%

It's Clara's last day on the island where she grew up. She needs to complete preparations, visit her favorite places, and say her goodbyes before leaving on a journey she may not return from.

Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Indie 20%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%

Your husband is dead and you want to visit his grave. There is an abondoned house in a village, and in that house you will find a red rose. You don't want to go to your husband's grave empty handed.

Why similar: Beautiful 31.4% ★, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Adventure 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.2%

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

Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.5%, Emotional 19.3%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Story Rich 16.2%, Adventure 12.8%

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: Psychological 18.5%, Point & Click 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 9.4%

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: Beautiful 27.4% ★, Adventure 14.3%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Story Rich 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Why similar: Psychological 19.5%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 11.8%

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Point & Click 15.8%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Psychological 13.1%, Adventure 12.1%, Story Rich 12%

From the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide comes Wanderstop, a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.

Why similar: Adventure 26.9%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Story Rich 16.8%, Simulation 15.6%, Indie 13.4%

An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.

Why similar: Adventure 23.4%, Point & Click 19.2%, Indie 19%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Get lost beneath the fog in The Wild Eternal, a reflective first-person exploration game. Embark on a meditative journey to heal the scars of your past. Can you escape the cycle of reincarnation?

Why similar: Adventure 20.6%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Story Rich 11.8%

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: Female Protagonist 22.5%, Emotional 21.6%, Story Rich 14.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Adventure 11.7%

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: Female Protagonist 23%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 14.9%, Emotional 14.6%, Atmospheric 10%

Where the Bees Make Honey tells a story about reflecting on different moments from a childhood, which are played and experienced from an adult perspective. At its core Where The Bees Make Honey is a narrative puzzle adventure game, with playable childhood moments filtered throughout.

Why similar: Beautiful 21.7% ★, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 17.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

Guide a herd of mysterious creatures on a stirring and beautiful journey into the mountains… and beyond.

Why similar: Emotional 19.4%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Story Rich 11.4%

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: Emotional 21.5%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Dystopian 11.1%

An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.3%, Female Protagonist 16%, Emotional 14.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Story Rich 12.1%

A story-driven Survival/ Farm RPG about learning to live after loss. Explore 7 emotional story arcs tackling love, grief, purpose & struggle of many kinds. Farm, Forage, Hunt and Craft to endure the deserts of 1860's Oregon (on casual/ challenge). Walk the path from mere survival to something more.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.1%, Story Rich 26.9%, Emotional 25.6%, Simulation 14.4%

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 34.3% ★, Point & Click 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Emotional 9.8%, Female Protagonist 9.1%

Blackwood Crossing is a story-driven first-person adventure game. An intriguing and emotive tale exploring the fragile relationship between orphaned siblings, Scarlett and Finn. When their paths cross with a mysterious figure, an ordinary train ride evolves into a magical story of life, love and loss.

Why similar: Adventure 40.6%, Indie 30.3%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Story Rich 12%

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: Female Protagonist 21.6%, Adventure 18%, Story Rich 14.8%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Emotional 11.9%

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: Adventure 29.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 15.8%, Atmospheric 15.7%

Experience the wild as a badger sheltering your cubs from harm. On your journey, you will be stalked by birds of prey, encounter perils of the night, cross fierce rivers, escape forest fires and face the looming threat of starvation. Food is to be found, but is there enough for everyone?

Why similar: Emotional 20.4%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Indie 8.8%

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 21.1%, Adventure 17.2%, Beautiful 16.9% ★, Atmospheric 15.3%, Indie 11.2%

A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 16.2%, Point & Click 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%