Games Like To the Moon

Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.

Why similar: Emotional 23.6%, Story Rich 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Romance 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: The direct follow-up to To the Moon follows the same memory-traveling doctors and delivers another heartfelt, music-led story about regret, love, and fulfilling a final wish.

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: Emotional 28.5%, Story Rich 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, RPG 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: From the same creator, this story-heavy pixel adventure combines To the Moon's emotional character writing and surreal science-fiction premise with a more mystery-focused structure.

An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.8%, Story Rich 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%, Emotional 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This short, nearly wordless prequel uses the same pixel-art style, wistful music, and memory-centered emotional storytelling as To the Moon.

A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.

Why similar: Emotional 33%, Story Rich 28.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Indie 5.2%, RPG 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A gentle RPG Maker adventure about a hospitalized child entering a fantasy world, it similarly balances whimsical imagery with devastatingly sincere themes of family, illness, and acceptance.

The Beach Episode™ of To the Moon, Finding Paradise, and Impostor Factory. But something's off.

Why similar: Emotional 31.2%, Story Rich 27.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Indie 6.1%, RPG 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This lighthearted installment reunites To the Moon's core cast for another charming, dialogue-rich pixel adventure with their characteristic humor and warmth.

A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.

Why similar: Emotional 30.5%, Story Rich 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Romance 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its pixel-art coming-of-age story gradually becomes a deeply emotional tale about friendship, loss, memory, and the desire to change painful outcomes.

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: Great Soundtrack 41.7%, Story Rich 25.5%, Romance 8.4%, Emotional 8.2%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This dialogue-free narrative adventure has players repeatedly revisit and alter key memories in an attempt to prevent a tragedy, making it an especially close thematic match.

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: Emotional 40.4%, Story Rich 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Indie 6.1%, Psychological 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This brief narrative experience uses an inventive blink-controlled mechanic to move through a dying man's memories, creating a similarly personal and tearful reflection on a life lived.

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 43.7%, Great Soundtrack 35.4%, Emotional 7.4%, Indie 4.2%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its collection of inventive memory vignettes turns a family history into a moving meditation on death, imagination, and the stories people leave behind.

Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.

Why similar: Emotional 34.9%, Story Rich 28%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Indie 6.2%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully scored science-fiction visual novel about two travelers chasing lost songs across space, with a strong emphasis on romance, memory, and bittersweet sacrifice.

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: Story Rich 29.3%, Romance 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Indie 11.6%, Emotional 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, accessible interactive story about first love and heartbreak whose simple mechanics make ordinary relationship moments feel personal and affecting.

A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats.

Why similar: Emotional 35.6%, Story Rich 33.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Psychological 10.5%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric pixel adventure explores adolescence, romance, depression, and supernatural journeys into other people's minds with exceptional empathy.

An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.3%, Emotional 25.5%, Story Rich 24.8%, Indie 7.2%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply personal interactive memoir about parents caring for their terminally ill son, offering the same unflinching yet compassionate emotional impact.

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: Great Soundtrack 48.6%, Story Rich 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Indie 5.3%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fourth-wall-aware pixel adventure with a lovable protagonist, haunting atmosphere, and an emotional central choice that gives its story unusual personal weight.

In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.

Why similar: Story Rich 29.1%, Emotional 27%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Indie 7.9%, Psychological 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tense interactive drama about a woman reliving a traumatic day and confronting her relationship with her mother, built around memory, regret, and emotional healing.

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 50.8%, Story Rich 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Indie 5.7%, Emotional 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This pixel RPG blends whimsical dream imagery with a heavy story about memory, friendship, guilt, and confronting an unbearable past.

Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.

Why similar: Emotional 32.1%, Story Rich 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Indie 7.9%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This melancholy post-apocalyptic adventure follows two lonely survivors preserving the memories of the dead, supported by reflective exploration and a moving soundtrack.

Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

Why similar: Story Rich 38.7%, Emotional 36%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, RPG 7.2%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Behind its charming pixel RPG surface is a time-loop story that repeatedly revisits relationships, trauma, and the emotional burden of trying to save the people you love.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.2%, Story Rich 18.6%, Emotional 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This hand-drawn visual novel uses erased diary pages to tell an intimate, music-rich story of identity, friendship, family conflict, and a collapsing world.

UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 56.6%, Story Rich 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Indie 3.9%, RPG 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its minimal pixel presentation hides remarkably memorable characters, expressive music, and player-driven emotional consequences that reward empathy.

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: Great Soundtrack 69.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Indie 7.1%, Adventure 3.4%, Female Protagonist 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This visually striking platforming journey conveys grief and recovery through color, music, and symbolic environments, with very little mechanical pressure.

Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.

Why similar: Story Rich 28.3%, Great Soundtrack 28.1%, Indie 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, RPG 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A grounded RPG Maker narrative about rebuilding a life and reconnecting with a lost love, with choices focused on everyday hardship rather than combat.

Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.

Why similar: Story Rich 28.5%, Emotional 27.4%, Great Soundtrack 26.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its wordless cooperative-control adventure tells a simple but powerful family story whose emotional climax lands through play and atmosphere rather than exposition.

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: Great Soundtrack 44.4%, Story Rich 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Adventure 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This warm, hand-drawn narrative game spends time with a close-knit community processing grief, change, and inherited pain through thoughtful conversations and music.

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 40.9%, Story Rich 38.9%, Adventure 6.5%, Linear 6.2%, Female Protagonist 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its quiet puzzle design lets players manipulate time while exploring the shared memories and changing friendship of two childhood companions.

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 44.3%, Story Rich 36.1%, Indie 8.8%, Adventure 5.3%, Funny 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A compassionate management adventure about caring for spirits before helping them move on, emphasizing tender relationships, grief, and acceptance.

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: Great Soundtrack 49.2%, Story Rich 27.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Indie 4.5%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A compact cyberpunk pixel adventure built around philosophical conversations, moral choices, and emotionally complicated characters.

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: Story Rich 34.1%, Great Soundtrack 29.5%, Emotional 15.6%, Indie 7.8%, Psychological 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A reflective first-person narrative about creativity, interpretation, and the limits of understanding another person, best suited to players who valued To the Moon's introspection.

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: Story Rich 30.2%, Emotional 27%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its relaxed visual-novel structure turns late-night café conversations into a comforting, character-centered story about relationships and personal struggles.

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 61.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Indie 6.3%, Adventure 2.1%

Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.

Why similar: Emotional 35.7%, Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Story Rich 17.3%, Psychological 9.3%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This thoughtful visual novel centers on a woman working as an AI-assisted counselor, using intimate conversations to explore isolation, grief, and finding direction.

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 71.1%, Story Rich 16.5%, Indie 5.3%, RPG 2.5%, Female Protagonist 2%

Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 67.8%, Story Rich 12.8%, Indie 8.6%, Adventure 7.2%, Walking Simulator 1.8%

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: Great Soundtrack 44.7%, Story Rich 37.4%, Indie 7.2%, Adventure 3.8%, Walking Simulator 2.3%

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: Great Soundtrack 29.5%, Story Rich 29.2%, Indie 10.5%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, Emotional 7.4%

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 49.9%, Story Rich 19.9%, Indie 13.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Female Protagonist 2.1%

Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 64.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Indie 8.1%, Adventure 6.6%, Story Rich 4.7%

A cowardly ghost needs your help to find peace. Complete his final wishes, get closer to him, and unravel the mystery of his death as you search for your own freedom in this short, story-driven adventure.

Why similar: Emotional 25%, Story Rich 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Romance 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

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: Great Soundtrack 42.2%, Story Rich 37.1%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 5%, Walking Simulator 3.1%

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: Story Rich 36.4%, Emotional 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Indie 8.3%, Adventure 6.8%

The emotional journey of four developers as they sacrifice money, health and sanity to realize their lifelong dreams of sharing their games with the world.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 49.4%, Indie 19.3%, Story Rich 17%, Emotional 11%, Linear 3%

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 60.7%, Story Rich 27.6%, Indie 4.9%, Adventure 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.9%, Emotional 19.6%, Story Rich 18%, Psychological 5.4%, Indie 5.1%

A tribute to a friend who has passed — and to the adventures we still need to live. A story-driven adventure about a young polyglot traversing mystical islands and using the power of words to confront his own fate and save a world tamed by darkness.

Why similar: Emotional 25.1%, Story Rich 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Psychological 7.8%

Don't be a hero. Experience the love. Experience moon. moon is an anti-RPG steeped in story and character, mood and music.

Why similar: Emotional 33.5%, Story Rich 33.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, RPG 6.4%, Adventure 6.2%

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: Great Soundtrack 35.4%, Story Rich 22.3%, Emotional 19.4%, Romance 9.5%, Adventure 4.8%

Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.7%, Emotional 14.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, Indie 10.6%, Romance 8.9%

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 60.8%, Indie 15.1%, Story Rich 12.2%, Adventure 6%, Singleplayer 3.5%

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: Emotional 28.9%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Indie 15.4%, RPG 10.7%, Adventure 9.1%

"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.

Why similar: Emotional 30%, Story Rich 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Indie 7.2%

Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…

Why similar: Story Rich 42.3%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Adventure 7.6%, Indie 7.4%, RPG 7.2%

A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.9%, Emotional 17.1%, Story Rich 13.7%, Indie 10.7%, Adventure 6.8%

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 64.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Indie 13%, Adventure 3.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Radiant One is art. It makes you think about the meaning of human existence in today's rapidly changing world.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.2%, Story Rich 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Psychological 6.4%, Indie 6.1%

A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37.8%, Story Rich 20%, Emotional 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Indie 4.4%

A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.5%, Emotional 22.9%, Story Rich 18.4%, Indie 5.3%, Adventure 4.6%

halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.

Why similar: Story Rich 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Psychological 9.8%, Indie 6%

Evoland 2 is an unique RPG, with its graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through a deep storyline based on time travel.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.6%, Story Rich 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, RPG 10.6%, Adventure 8.4%

A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.6%, Story Rich 26.9%, Emotional 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Indie 7%