Nodal

Games Like Tracing Decay

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Design & Illustration, VR, Simulation, 3D.

Tracing Decay header art

Tracing Decay is a dark dystopian simulation, that revisits impactful art that revolves around themes of decay, memory loss and recollection. The experience allows the player to explore the environment freely in search for several galleries within the ruins.

Reviews: Mixed — 59% — of 17 reviews
Released: 2022-08-26
Developer: Art in Reverb
Genres: Free To Play, Simulation
Platforms: Windows

Similar Games

View all 27 recommendations
  1. #1 Wind Tunnel Simulator
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Magerux Game
    Windows

    Wind Tunnel Simulator is a creative physics sandbox game that combines intuitive 3D sculpting with realistic aerodynamic simulation. Design and test your own experimental shapes using clay-like modeling tools, then watch them come alive in a state-of-the-art virtual wind tunnel.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 61.5%, Simulation 21.1%, Stylized 12.3%, 3D 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  2. #2 Portrait Painter
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: APirateHat
    Windows · Linux

    Help a struggling art museum by painting portraits in this creative art game.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 86.7%, Simulation 10%, 3D 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  3. #3 ABC Paint
    88% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
    Dev: Futuruum VR
    Windows

    A VR drawing app as easy as ABC. No clever hologram-menus or impressive lazer-pointer interactions - just You, the brush, palette and an endless canvas. Suitable for any age.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 100%

  4. #4 Red Bull Doodle Art - Global VR Gallery
    79% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2017
    Dev: Red Bull Media House
    Windows

    Where does the mind take you? In June 2017 the best doodlers from around the world were invited for the global finals of Red Bull Doodle Art, in San Francisco, where they could take doodling to the next dimension, literally. The resulting VR artworks were combined into the Global VR Gallery.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 83.2%, Simulation 16.8%

  5. #5 House Designer 2
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Karate Goose Studio
    Windows

    House Designer 2 is the perfect choice for those who want to test their design skills and create their dream home. With great graphics and ray tracing, tons of mechanics and challenges, and the ability to work on different styles of houses, the game is sure to keep you busy for hours.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 56.5%, Simulation 17.6%, Cinematic 15.6%, Realistic 4.6%, 3D 2.9%

  6. #6 Scrapped
    75% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
    Dev: Page MurrayPub: USC Games
    Windows · Mac

    Gestalt Industries, Ltd. is looking for a qualified candidate for the Art Generator role. Complete your work orders by creating collages using an array of snippets: from photographs to posters to Victorian etchings. Hang out by the virtual water cooler for fun, company sanctioned small talk!

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 49.2%, Dystopian 30.2%, Cinematic 15%, 3D 3.4%, Simulation 2%

  7. #7 VMVA - Virtual Museum for Virtual Art
    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 18 reviews2023
    Dev: Tristan Isak Bendixen
    Windows

    Welcome to Virtual Museum for Virtual Art! It is a freely accessible museum, which exclusively exhibits virtual art. The museum has five main rooms, with four of them following the ”white cube” format. In the main hall visitors can get orientations about the current exhibition.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 41.7%, 3D Vision 15.3%, Cinematic 13.2%, Nonlinear 9.4%, Simulation 9.3%

  8. #8 Paper Dawn: Slumbering wind
    74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: pixscrib
    Windows

    A peaceful paper plane flight simulator with soft piano music — drift through dreamy skies, forests, and lakes where every breeze can lift or fold you. A cozy, meditative journey meant to calm you to sleep.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 57.6%, Cinematic 17.5%, Simulation 17.4%, Realistic 4.5%, Atmospheric 2.6%

  9. #9 Handmade Harmony
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GWG
    Windows · Mac

    Handmade Harmony is a renovation simulator and sandbox game where you completely transform the interior of your home! Create unique spaces by combining 3D shapes with ready-made decor items to achieve extraordinary results!

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 65.2%, Simulation 22.9%, Realistic 6.7%, 3D 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  10. #10 Memory Keeper
    73% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Doru.best
    Windows

    Create cozy, realistic rooms and save them to your digital album. A relaxing interior design simulator with no rules or restrictions.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 56.9%, Simulation 17.6%, Cinematic 15%, Realistic 4.4%, 3D 3%

  11. #11 Oakrot - it's literally a book
    73% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2021
    Dev: louis morel
    Windows

    A world consumed by a dark forest - filled with strange creatures, strange cultures and even stranger people - and two wannabe intellectuals desperately trying to make sense of it all. This book was their best attempt.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 63.6%, Simulation 19.6%, Stylized 8.8%, 3D 4.2%, First-Person 3.3%

  12. #12 Bus Flipper: Renovator Simulator
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 547 reviews2025
    Dev: Project ZimaPub: Polden Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Have you ever wondered “What if I buy an old bus and convert it into a camper? Or maybe a cafe on wheels?”. This bus conversion simulator will give you that! You will get a variety of different buses and vans to convert. Clean, destroy, create, customize, test it, sell and make profit!

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 67.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Realistic 6%, First-Person 3.9%, 3D 3.7%

  13. #13 Pixel Artist
    72% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2022
    Dev: Potion Junkies
    Windows

    Pixel Artist is a relaxing PIXEL PAINTING game. Complete 48 unique and fun paintings in a variety of themes, art styles, and sizes in preset colors. Brush sizes, magic fill, selection color options, and more make this a soothing and calming way to spend your time. Zone out and join us in coloring!

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 69.3%, Stylized 14.4%, Simulation 10.3%, Atmospheric 5%, Singleplayer 1%

  14. #14 Craftia Regency
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Oatland Studio
    Windows

    Create your own Regency world with Craftia, a cozy painting and crafting experience. Relax with calming painting sessions, coloring and crafting decor, ornate walls, tea sets, beading and luxurious cakes! There is no right or wrong with Craftia!

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 73.2%, Simulation 15.8%, 3D 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%

  15. #15 Neat Particles
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wunarg
    Windows

    Neat particles is a small particle simulation toy in which you explore and play around with randomly generated interesting/weird/preety particle behaviors and patterns. (Does not use AI or machine learning of any kind)

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 71.6%, Simulation 23.8%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  16. #16 Dream Home Designer
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hazel Interval
    Windows

    Dream Home Designer is a game where you get to create your dream house. Select a plot, build, furnish and customize every detail according to your visions in this sandbox style experience.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 75.1%, Simulation 16.8%, Realistic 4.6%, 3D 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  17. #17 Graffism VR - Graffiti Simulator
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 76 reviews2025
    Dev: VRiteLabs
    Windows

    Advanced Graffiti simulator where you can paint everywhere in the map with different tools as cans, markers and fire extinguisher.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 65%, Simulation 19.9%, Realistic 6.5%, 3D 4.2%, First-Person 3.9%

  18. #18 Hotel Renovator Simulator
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: CGI LAB GmbH
    Windows

    In Hotel Renovator Simulator, you take on the role of a master renovator and manager. Your task is to restore an old hotel, transforming it from a pile of rubble into a five-star establishment. Progress from first room to managing a massive hotel complex with 24 unique rooms across multiple floors.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 65.5%, Simulation 22.3%, Realistic 4.7%, Atmospheric 2.6%, First-Person 2.2%

  19. #19 Underwater
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Adam BiggsPub: BiggsGames
    Windows

    Set in the Mariana Trench inside a marine biology research laboratory, where everything goes wrong. Discover, scavenge, collect, and hide. Find out what happened and how to escape, if you can. Will you survive?

    Why similar: Dystopian 23.7%, 3D Vision 20.5%, Cinematic 19.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Stylized 10.2%

  20. #20 Deconstruction Simulator
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,366 reviews2025
    Dev: Games Incubator
    Windows
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Deconstruction Simulator is the ultimate demolition simulator, offering you complete freedom of action and a wide array of contracts to complete. Get ready for spectacular destruction.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 55.3%, Cinematic 17.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Realistic 7.9%, First-Person 3.5%

  21. #21 Palette Forge
    69% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Midlife Hobbies
    Windows

    Palette Forge is a tool to test and perfect your color palettes for your real miniature painting hobby. But it’s also a fully capable, fun and relaxing way to paint miniatures digitally and share the results with your friends and Steam Community!

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 67.1%, Dystopian 27.9%, 3D 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  22. #22 Room Flow
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Not, Sure
    Windows

    ROOMFLOW is a creative sandbox game that sets your imagination free. Here, you are placed directly onto a pristine 3D canvas. With just the intuitive touch of your fingertips—like casting a spell—you can make your ideal space flow into reality.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 61.7%, Simulation 15.7%, Realistic 12.5%, 3D 5.1%, Atmospheric 3.6%

  23. #23 The Donut Gallery
    67% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
    Dev: DRSS
    Windows

    The showcase of student donuts and other 3d models from their stemmersion class. Walk through an art gallery filled with their donut renders from the blender donut tutorial and other 3d models inspired by the other half of their stemmersion... fencing! Come back every year to see an updated museum

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 77.1%, Nonlinear 8.9%, Atmospheric 4.8%, 3D 4.6%, First-Person 3.8%

  24. #24 Nook
    68% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2024
    Dev: Cozy Nook Games
    Windows

    Step into the charming world of Nook, a relaxing and delightful interior design game that lets your creativity shine effortlessly! As an aspiring interior designer, you'll have the opportunity to transform rooms into stunning masterpieces, tailored perfectly to your clients' tastes and preferences.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 82.6%, Stylized 16.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  25. #25 OceanScape
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pixel Forest GamesPub: Pixel Forest Games
    Windows

    In OceanScape you can create your own underwater scene simply by painting. Choose different scapes, corals and creatures to create your own little paradise, then adjust your camera for that perfect photo.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 57.6%, Cinematic 23.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Simulation 5.9%, 3D 4.7%

  26. #26 V-Art- VR Painting Studio
    67% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2023
    Dev: Bolt-Scripts
    Windows

    A casual VR painting simulation. It's free. And goofy.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 72.6%, Simulation 26.3%, Singleplayer 1%

  27. #27 Flappy Box
    67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Atelier 58l0
    Windows

    Atelier 58l0, in collaboration with designer Saul Kim, presents "Architecture Anomaly" in the virtual environment of Flappy Box. A single-player, exploration game of architecture and design, Flappy Box invites visitors to explore the intersection of creativity, curiosity, and design philosophy.

    Why similar: Design & Illustration 61.7%, Cinematic 18.4%, Simulation 5.8%, Atmospheric 5.4%, 3D 2.8%

Based on tag similarity + player behavior
Loading graph...