Games Like Thirty Flights of Loving

To make it in Nuevos Aires, one needs nerves of silk and the filthiest of hands.

Why similar: Experience 25% ★, Experimental 18.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 10%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor to the seed game, it shares the same unique low-poly aesthetic and rapid-fire, non-verbal narrative style.

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Surreal 24.5%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, First-Person 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Exploration 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developer, this game excels at surreal, first-person exploration and environmental storytelling.

Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

Why similar: Comedy 30.7%, Surreal 29.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same surreal, comedic, and experimental energy found in the seed game's world-building.

On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?

Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Surreal 18.1%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the tradition of surreal, first-person exploration with a focus on quirky characters and atmospheric world-building.

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Surreal 32.5%, Walking Simulator 31.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similarly surreal, dreamlike atmosphere that rewards players for exploring every corner of its strange environments.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Experimental 37% ★, Surreal 24.7%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its fragmented, surreal narrative and lo-fi visual style create a disorienting and memorable experience similar to the seed game.

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 29.8%, Experimental 21.2% ★, Surreal 11.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, First-Person 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a quintessential experimental narrative game that explores the relationship between the creator and the player through a meta-fictional lens.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.9%, Story Rich 12.1%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished, first-person narrative experience that focuses on character development and atmospheric exploration.

June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Narrative 24.6% ★, Exploration 6.5%, First-Person 6.2%, Story Rich 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational narrative-driven walking simulator that excels at telling a compelling story through environmental clues.

SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, FPS 17.2%, Comedy 13.2%, First-Person 12%, Exploration 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a gritty, lo-fi aesthetic and a focus on open-ended, surreal exploration that feels very much in line with the seed game.

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 35.9%, Comedy 21.2%, First-Person 14.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Story Rich 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in experimental, meta-narrative storytelling that subverts player expectations at every turn.

SLUDGE LIFE 2 is the grimiest first-person vandalism sim since the first SLUDGE LIFE—but, like, twice as dense. Explore a huger, weirder, gnarlier open world loaded with secrets, weirdos, jokes, and, of course, plenty of spots to tag.

Why similar: Exploration 24.9%, First-Person 22.6%, Comedy 20.1%, Adventure 15%, Atmospheric 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the surreal, first-person exploration of its predecessor with even more bizarre environments and narrative depth.

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, First-Person 14.9%, Exploration 14.8%, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, first-person exploration experience with a focus on environmental storytelling and atmospheric detail.

A sci-fi exploration sim for people who like to wander. Get lost in an alien city, hang out with locals, see some sights. There’s no goal but to stroll. Where will your feet take you?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, First-Person 14.8%, Exploration 14%, Comedy 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This experimental, first-person experience focuses entirely on atmospheric exploration and observing the strange life of a city.

Umurangi Generation is a first person photography game in the shitty future. Set in Tauranga Aotearoa off the back of an impending crisis you are a courier for the Tauranga Express. Throughout the game you will unlock a variety of lenses and equipment.

Why similar: Experimental 39.1% ★, Surreal 14%, First-Person 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Exploration 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a distinct visual style and first-person perspective to tell a story through photography and environmental observation.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Surreal 40.8%, First-Person 22.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes surreal, perspective-based puzzles to create a dreamlike experience that feels experimental and fresh.

The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

Why similar: Narrative 28.8% ★, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Surreal 14.1%, Exploration 8.6%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental, and surreal horror experience that focuses on atmosphere and unconventional narrative delivery.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.6%, Comedy 19.4%, Story Rich 14.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, quirky, and narrative-driven game that shares the seed game's sense of humor and unconventional gameplay mechanics.

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

Why similar: Exploration 30.8%, Walking Simulator 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Adventure 12%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This charming, short-form experience focuses on exploration and discovery, capturing a similar sense of wonder in a compact world.

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Surreal 30.6%, Walking Simulator 29.6%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%, Exploration 6.6%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a surreal, retro-inspired world that encourages exploration and discovery.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Surreal 39.3%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, narrative-heavy game that captures a specific retro-aesthetic and rewards players for digging into its strange world.

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 41.9% ★, Surreal 24%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, non-Euclidean geometry and first-person exploration offer a highly experimental and visually striking experience.

Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.

Why similar: Noir 30.5%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person adventure that offers a unique perspective and experimental puzzle-solving.

A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.

Why similar: Narrative 37.6% ★, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Comedy 8.8%, Story Rich 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game prioritizes a surreal, narrative-heavy journey with a strong focus on visual style and atmosphere.

Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.

Why similar: Experimental 90.7% ★, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental game that breaks the boundaries of its own window, offering a unique and meta-fictional experience.

Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.

Why similar: FPS 41.7%, Surreal 34.6%, First-Person 20.1%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, its surreal, fast-paced, and lo-fi aesthetic shares a similar experimental energy.

Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.8%, Exploration 17.1%, First-Person 13%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, first-person game that uses a unique lidar-scanning mechanic to reveal its environment.

EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.

Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Walking Simulator 25.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract and surreal narrative experience that challenges the player's perception through its atmospheric storytelling.

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 24.7%, Noir 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, First-Person 9.9%, Exploration 8.7%

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Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Experimental 16.3% ★, Comedy 13.3%, FPS 10.9%, First-Person 10.5%

A short exploration game about poking around a convenience store and finding a gift with the help of its owner. But sometimes the perfect gift finds you.

Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Adventure 23.6%, Surreal 16.9%, Walking Simulator 9.8%, First-Person 9.8%

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Surreal 14.7%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.

Why similar: Narrative 26.3% ★, Noir 22%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, First-Person 6.5%

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 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Surreal 17.7%, Exploration 11.2%, First-Person 9.9%

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.9%, First-Person 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Exploration 7.4%, Adventure 6.4%

A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.

Why similar: Narrative 27.6% ★, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Comedy 13.6%, First-Person 9.8%, Exploration 7.6%

An elaborate puzzle challenge combined with an unconventional story.

Why similar: Experimental 66.1% ★, Adventure 11.1%, First-Person 8.4%, Indie 7.1%, Story Rich 4%

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Experimental 39% ★, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Surreal 17.3%, First-Person 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Story Rich 18.7%, Noir 17.4%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, First-Person 12.1%

Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.

Why similar: Experimental 31.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Surreal 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%

it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

Why similar: Adventure 83.3%, Walking Simulator 4.6%, Interactive Fiction 3.6%, First-Person 2.3%, Great Soundtrack 1.6%

A "Blind" simulator that lets you experience a new perspective and immersive sensory journey. Step into a world of darkness using your guide cane.

Why similar: Experimental 38% ★, Walking Simulator 28.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%

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: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Story Rich 18.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Exploration 9.3%

Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.'

Why similar: Comedy 46.2%, Adventure 25.1%, Exploration 10%, Indie 8.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%

One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, First-Person 17.2%, Story Rich 12.8%, Exploration 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.

Why similar: Noir 23.9%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Comedy 10.7%, Story Rich 8.8%

A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Surreal 23.6%, Comedy 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Adventure 8.4%

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 30.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Adventure 10%, Atmospheric 9.5%

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 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 10.7%, Story Rich 6.1%

The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.

Why similar: Experimental 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, First-Person 10%, Story Rich 9.1%

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.

Why similar: Narrative 42.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Comedy 13.1%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%

A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Comedy 21.5%, Experimental 18.2% ★, First-Person 16.2%, Story Rich 4%

A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.

Why similar: Experimental 41.6% ★, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Surreal 8.5%, First-Person 7.8%

A claustrophobic anomaly-horror game where you can only turn, blink, and decide: is it real or not? Survive five endings and uncover Mike’s story.

Why similar: Surreal 38.6%, Story Rich 17.2%, Exploration 16.7%, Adventure 12.3%, Casual 5.5%

The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.

Why similar: Narrative 40.8% ★, Walking Simulator 23%, Story Rich 7.9%, First-Person 6.6%, Comedy 6.1%

It started in your foot. Now it’s in your head. All that remains is the command: GO UP. Meet strange neighbors. Make bad trades. Every ascent teaches you what you should have done differently.

Why similar: Narrative 40.4% ★, Walking Simulator 17%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%

"Boxes are the most wonderful things ever! Truly they are, didn’t you know?" A Game About Boxes is a quirky little adventure that shifts from minimalist aesthetics to uncanny atmospheres, all while you jump around, summon boxes, and slowly learn to love them. :) or else <3

Why similar: Narrative 46.2% ★, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Surreal 15.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Adventure 4.5%

Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, First-Person 15.8%, Exploration 14.4%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 11%

You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27%, Comedy 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 5.7%