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Games like I have no nose, and I must smell

Games like I have no nose, and I must smell

Games like I have no nose, and I must smell

Looking for games like I have no nose, and I must smell? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Outer Wilds, Opus: The Day We Found Earth or Distant Lands: Earendel.

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  1. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 72,832 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 29 reviews

    The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and travels across their solar system to get to the bottom of its mysteries by exploring the cosmos and gathering the knowledge hidden within each of the system's planets, left behind by another civilization in the distant past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outer Wilds.

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  3. Distant Lands: Earendel is a 3D clicker about knowledge, memory and reality Based on a future world where a strange and undefined disaster took place, we are chosen for unknown reasons to complete the mission of "hiding" stars, cleaning the astral view to watch further and discover new and random stars. You'll have to unveil why we shoot stars, why are we chosen and why everything lo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distant Lands: Earendel.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 2,240 reviews

    RODINA is an immersive space exploration game with allows players to seamlessly travel across an entire, full-scale solar system. Seamless means your character can travel anywhere - in space, on planets, and in your ship - with no loading screens! Walk around your space ship, or anywhere on full-size planet landscapes. Fly through a planet's atmosphere to its surface, or out into deep space. Des… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RODINA.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 878 reviews

    The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fermi Paradox.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    99% User Score Based on 197 reviews

    Second Stellar is a horde roguelike that focuses on engaging gameplay and buildcrafting. Fight through swaths of enemies and powerful bosses as two characters simultaneously, wielding unique weaponry and discovering potent combinations in pursuit of the galaxy's many secrets. Tactics Twofold Cosmic voyages require a powerful arsenal; the Starfarers can draw upon the memories of other world… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Second Stellar.

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  7. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 131 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II.

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  8. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    91% User Score Based on 75 reviews

    Infinite Stars is a science fiction series played as an interactive visual novel. It is meant to give humanity hope in the current time of fear and uncertainty. It is meant to make us dream about our future as we mingle with other species, their cultures and beliefs that we have yet to encounter. The game and it’s assets are licensed under the Creative Commons license. We want our fans to write… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infinite Stars.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    57% User Score Based on 94 reviews

    De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to De-Void.

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  10. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    67% User Score Based on 770 reviews

    Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out There: Ω Edition.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 1,327 reviews

    Price is a free puzzle game. Ivry woke up from nightmare, finding himself in a wierd chamber. He had to seek for truth as well as his sister Iva so as to escape from darkness and get out of terror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PRICE.

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  13. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    87% User Score Based on 90 reviews

    Across the Grooves is an interactive graphic novel for PC/Mac/Linux, set in a magical-realism universe, where your decisions affect the destiny of Alice, the main character, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Across the Grooves.

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  14. Welcome to Lone Planet: start a journey on your lonely planet to discover the birth and fate of the universe. While in search of the meaning of life, live this light adventure playing with unusual physics, in a puzzle platform manner. The game offers (but is not limited to): Moments of contemplation (Bad) humor Deep lore Easy platform sections Slightly harder platform sections Science… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lone Planet.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    The year is 1975, humanity can travel to the stars thanks to a mysterious civilization, and the Cold War is getting hotter by the minute. The new and old powers alike are expanding on Neoproxima, the new frontier, looking for what's left of the alien technology. You are Farah, the leader of a team of treasure hunters who got a bit too bold and pressed the wrong button. Trapped in a time loop, you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neoproxima.

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  16. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 464 reviews

    A short, minimalist, experimental open-world adventure about guilt and grief. BEWARE PERMADEATH.It all started when you left…In "It Comes In Waves", you'll play as a lone outcast on a dangerous desert planet, trying to grow a specimen to bring to The Sanctuary. How can you grow anything in a world this barren?It is a very personal, experimental and minimalist game.The WorldEremar Prime is a harsh … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It Comes In Waves.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 5,261 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 34 reviews

    Pyre is a party-based RPG in which you lead a band of exiles to freedom through ancient competitions spread across a vast, mystical purgatory. Who shall return to glory, and who shall remain in exile to the end of their days? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pyre.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    91% User Score Based on 122 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 6 reviews

    Growbot is a 2D point and click adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a beautiful biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens, you play as Nara, a growbot in training to become a captain. When your station home is attacked by rapidly growing crystals, it's down to you to save it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Growbot.

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  22. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    82% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    On her way to cover the biggest story of her career, Brea Tena fumbles her way into a dark mysterious town called Ash Pines, the birthplace of the tragic events that took place in Just Ignore Them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Just Ignore Them: Brea's Story Tape 1.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    63% User Score Based on 1,786 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert. The player’s task is to repair the mechanical body of his companion and solve the mystery of the neglected entertainment park located not far from the yurt toget… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cradle.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    66% User Score Based on 194 reviews

    InCell is an action/racing VR game with a bit of strategy and science thrown into the mix. You'll take an exciting journey inside the highly unusual micro world of human cell and stop the virus advance. The game is focused on VR but you can play just fine without a set. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to InCell VR.

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  25. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 1,923 reviews

    Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Machinika Museum.

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  26. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Science Simulator the science educational video game. explore, discover, learn. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Science Simulator.

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  27. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    The Little Pixel That Could is puzzle-platformer about a daring pixel on a mission to delete the browser history of its enigmatic owner. Traverse hard drives and firewalls to piece together the fragmented memories of the owner's life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Little Pixel That Could.

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  28. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    93% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    You are Dalia, a deep-space disaster specialist dispatched to the rings of Saturn. You’ll lay victims to rest, clean up alien fungus, and research its strange origins. Adapt to survive, cleanse the contamination, and escape the crisis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ambrosia Sky.

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  29. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 2,145 reviews

    Welcome to Whisper Town—a cozy and heartwarming game about decorating, organizing, and uncovering little stories. You’ll step into the role of the town’s all-around housekeeper, taking on charming, quirky tasks: moving into new homes, tidying cluttered rooms, preparing new shops, sorting through treasured keepsakes… even tracking down cats! Complete each task to earn rewards, collect furniture, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whisper of the House.

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  30. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 649 reviews

    An interactive story about connection in isolation… where your words are the lifeline of a stranded companion in space. In Whispers from the Star, there are no dialogue trees, just open-ended conversations powered by AI chat, as you stay connected across light years. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispers from the Star.

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  32. When an escapist child’s VR mask breaks, he begins to have intense nightmares. He must learn presence through his dream characters to face the shadowy beast he runs from. Play as TAC, a cyborg cyclops child living on the moon in the year 2300. TAC racks up points in virtual reality and explores the futuristic moonscape with a jetpack to avoid the struggles of family life. But when his routine is … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dream Shark - Pt. 1.

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  33. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 73 reviews

    Blankspace is an escape room visual novel with point-and-click elements. Interact with Beryl, investigate your surroundings, solve puzzles, and find your way out of a strange-looking room! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blankspace.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 167 reviews

    An Action-RPG that's (not-so) secretly a Personality Test. Use Physics-based telekinesis to make your mark on a strange world of Spirits. You will not be told when you are making decisions. You will never be judged in terms of Good or Evil. You will simply face the consequences of your actions. - Explore a strange world of Spirits! - Pick up & Throw Anything that's not nailed down!️ - Learn abou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FREERIDE.

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  36. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    83% User Score Based on 440 reviews

    Get the full version on Steam! Join our Discord! Inspired by classic space games, Underspace is an open-world space arcade dogfighting game, where every star system is crafted by hand, and every star system has something to see or do. Jump into the bizarre galaxy of Croft, step into the role you want, and thrive alone or online with friends. But beware! The storms rule the stars. Be a miner picki… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underspace.

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  37. In a world where great powers can easily manifest in material form and contracts can bestow magnificent magical powers, you can become a wizard without any effort. However, what price must you pay for it? A wizard has discovered that the power granted him by the mighty Duke Luthedor is fading, while the Duke's body is nothing but an empty shell. Will he be skilled enough to regain the magic? Will… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Argumentum ad culpam.

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  38. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay
    81% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    These dark, deep woods are home to wild creatures and wild magic, and they're only dangerous if you disrespect either one. They're also your home. Here, you're safe, loved, and free, and tonight is a very special night; a good one for a ritual. Until a stranger interrupts your plans, and turns your night, and your life in an entirely new direction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Three-Body Problem.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 103 reviews

    In Eldritchvania, you will explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men. Developed by @Scimitri and @NathanAuckett. With music by @NikSudan! Over 70 hand drawn rooms to explore! Countless enemies … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eldritchvania.

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  40. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 3,881 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 8 reviews

    Inspired by Gone Home and Dear Esther, Scanner Sombre is a cave exploration experience. With stunning visuals and a terrifying theme, it is the 6th major video game released by Introversion Software. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scanner Sombre.

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  41. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 454 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 4 reviews

    Guide young Finley through his first weeks at a provincial hospital. He is on fire for his apprenticeship as an internist. But a lot of pressure makes Finley's life difficult and our gameplay challenging. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fall of Porcupine.

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  43. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 3,038 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 7 reviews

    A single player exploration and survival experience, played in first person and developed in Unreal Engine 4. Set on a mysterious and uninhabited alien planet. With Earth on the brink of destruction, as mankind's last hope, and stranded on a deserted alien planet, the player has to survive the harsh environment and find a way to send a signal back home. Confronted with merciless weather, and dan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Solus Project.

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  44. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    81% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    A mysterious adventure with challenging puzzles follows a suspenseful story of Prophecies, Artifacts and Old Gods.FBI Agent Moreton is called to a murder scene at the Greenich Museum in New York. The grand opening of the new exhibition on African cults is just around the corner as the nightwatchman was brutally mauled with a flashlight. Not everyone is content with a fed walking around and asking … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Curse of the Old Gods Web.

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  45. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 3,472 reviews

    Starcom: Unknown Space is an action adventure RPG of space exploration, ship building and fast-paced tactical combat. Enter a vast open-world universe filled with alien factions vying for power, strange worlds to explore, mysteries to investigate, and a sinister enemy that threatens the galaxy with an ancient power.Explore Explore a fully-open world universe with over a hundred star systems filled… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starcom: Unknown Space.

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  46. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    75% User Score Based on 59 reviews

    Nevrosa is an escape room game with horror and action elements, where you are trying to find your way out of laboratory through solving puzzles while being locked with a strange creature. Mystical machines, old family curse and various endings depending on your ways of play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nevrosa: Escape.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere
    56% User Score Based on 364 reviews

    The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, Simulacra. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SIMULACRA 3.

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  48. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 434 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 6 reviews

    After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you awake to discover a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. With only hazy memories of what happened last night, explore a stranger's bedroom in search of clues and try and piece together the truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Night Stand.

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  49. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    96% User Score Based on 8,943 reviews

    SpaceEngine is a 3D astronomy program and game engine developed by Russian astronomer and programmer Vladimir Romanyuk. Using real astronomical catalogs and procedural generation, it creates a three dimensional planetarium representing the entire universe. Users can travel through space in any direction or speed, and forwards or backwards in time. It uses pseudo-random numbers to procedurally cr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SpaceEngine.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    76% User Score Based on 29 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Explore the world around you, the magic that surrounds it. Learn the ways of the nature, the mountains and caves, snow-filled tundras and seren lakes. Uncover the different courses life can take. Star Sky 2 is a sequel to the atmospheric, meditative experience of Star Sky. Walk through the landscapes, interact with the environment and learn based of the choices you make. Explore the different roa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Sky 2.

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