Games like Dear Mom
Looking for games like Dear Mom? Here are top casual simulation recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Home is Where One Starts..., Purpose 1951 or Reaching for Petals.
1 76%Game Brain Scorestory, musicreplayability, grinding76% User Score 684 reviewsHome is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
View GameView Game
2 
50%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay52% User Score 46 reviews"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart. Prepare to venture through the wilderness and beyond, guided by narration and complemented by enchanting music. Leveraging Unreal Engine 5's Lumen and Virtual Shadow Maps technologies, the game boasts stunning graphics. If you have an hour to…
View GameView Game
3 
76%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, grinding76% 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.
View GameView Game
4 
67%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsoptimization, gameplay67% User Score 519 reviewsCaligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.
View GameView Game
5 
89%Game Brain Scorestory, musicreplayability, grinding89% User Score 208 reviewsCeress is sentenced to death, because she's in love with the 'wrong' person. But stubborn as she is, she calls out to an old deity, demanding a chance to change this unrighteousness. Can Ceress overcome death to be reunited with the woman she loves?
View GameView Game
6 
77%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability76% User Score 2,013 reviewsCritic Score 79%7 reviewsA beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own. Uncover artifacts from the young couple’s life as they too become intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
View GameView Game
7 
84%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, grinding84% User Score 225 reviewsShe and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game inspired by fairy tales, accompanied by beautifully hand-drawn art and acoustic folk musics.
View GameView Game
8 
62%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospheregameplay, monetization70% User Score 40 reviewsCritic Score 60%1 reviewsThis is a short story in a sci-fi setting with a top-down view, telling the story of a nameless man lost in routine in the middle of a cold world and soulless machines. But what if it could be different?
View GameView Game
9 
52%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalgraphics, gameplay52% User Score 221 reviewsComing home after visiting your doctor for the last time, you are told that you only have three more days to live. A sequence of short memory fragments flashing through as you try to run away from what you have done.
View GameView Game
10 
93%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, musicgameplay, replayability98% User Score 426 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsThe family was ready to visit the amusement park, but plans are cancelled due to weather. This is a story about an ordinary family spending time at home during the rain.
View GameView Game
