Games like Dear Child
Looking for games like Dear Child? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with That Dragon, Cancer, Hindsight or The Novelist.
1 83%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalgameplay, stability88% User Score 1,896 reviewsCritic Score 78%12 reviewsAn 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.
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73%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, replayability77% User Score 81 reviewsCritic Score 90%12 reviewsEnter and explore memories from long ago. Relive moments frozen in time.Hindsight is a narrative exploration game spanning the entirety of a woman’s life, from birth to present day, as she tries to make sense of it all. Revisit her childhood home, sort through personal belongings, and step through windows to memories frozen in time.
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70%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, character development79% User Score 886 reviewsCritic Score 61%10 reviewsThe 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.
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98%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalcharacter development, grinding98% User Score 1,275 reviewsReconnect with your mother’s culture through food while navigating a train that goes deeper and deeper in time.
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79%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygraphics, grinding88% User Score 43 reviewsCritic Score 75%7 reviewsA mature 3D visual novel about sisterhood, motherhood, grief and survival.
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95%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaycharacter development, atmosphere95% User Score 82 reviewsEVERY WINTER GIVES WAY TO SPRING. FOR MOST PEOPLE, THIS IS A PASSIVE EVENT: SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS NATURALLY THANKS TO THE POSITIONS OF HEMISPHERES AND STARS.BUT I KNOW THE REASON WHY WINTER ENDS. I KNOW BECAUSE THE WIND TOLD ME. At Winter's End is a cozy narrative dice-rolling RPG about 12-year-old Noel growing up in the forest of spirits. Explore the forest and complete quests while rolling dic…
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76%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, character development76% User Score 124 reviewsCritic Score 79%2 reviewsReaching for Petals is a poetic adventure about love, loss, and ambition. You will travel to the peak of the ever-reaching mountain to uncover the true nature of your mysterious and seemingly unguided journey.
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81%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalreplayability92% User Score 434 reviewsCritic Score 69%8 reviewsA story-focused adventure game about a little girl in the world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
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90%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalatmosphere, replayability96% User Score 360 reviewsCritic Score 85%10 reviewsOne Day, One Life.Sumire is an indie narrative adventure game about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
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86%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalreplayability, grinding92% User Score 900 reviewsCritic Score 73%4 reviewsWhat Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back. From the creator of Coffee Talk, in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam, the creator of Rage in Peace.
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