Games like Proteus
Looking for games like Proteus? Here are top open world simulation recommendations with a fantasy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Dear Esther, Mountain or TIMEframe.
1 75%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, grinding78% User Score 3,067 reviewsCritic Score 70%3 reviewsTwo years in the making, the highly anticipated Indie remake of the cult mod Dear Esther arrives on PC. Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: "Dear Esther..." - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent year…
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86%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygrinding, stability86% User Score 9,812 reviewsAmbient procedural mountain game.
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63%Game Brain Scoremusic, storygrinding, replayability63% User Score 528 reviewsTime is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction.
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87%Game Brain Scoremusic, storygrinding, stability93% User Score 17,870 reviewsCritic Score 82%42 reviewsAbzu is an exploration game where you are a lone diver in a lush ocean world. The diver descends deeper and deeper into the depths, where she will encounter majestic creatures, discover ancient secrets, and search for her true purpose. Abzu roughly translates to "The Ocean of Wisdom" from ancient Sumerian.
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80%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsoptimization, stability79% User Score 1,649 reviewsCritic Score 81%6 reviewsESCAPE TO A DREAMLIKE WORLD From the studio behind the genre-bending titles Journey and flOw comes Flower, a unique gaming experience that lets you soar through a dreamlike world of luscious fields and rolling hills. Control the wind to carry a stream of flower petals around each landscape and watch as it comes to life. Every level has its own unique aims and little mysteries – but you don’t hav…
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92%Game Brain Scoremusic, storyoptimization, grinding93% User Score 20,916 reviewsCritic Score 91%20 reviewsFeaturing stunning visuals and a Grammy-nominated musical score, Journey delivers a breathtaking experience like no other. Originally released on PlayStation.
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalreplayability, optimization77% User Score 20,826 reviewsCritic Score 82%14 reviewsA first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home. Katie must explore the mansion to put together the stories of where her parents have gone and why Sam has decided to leave.
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84%Game Brain Scoremusic, storyoptimization, replayability89% User Score 1,104 reviewsCritic Score 60%1 reviewsThe sequel to Off-Peak, The Norwood Suite is a surreal first-person adventure game by Cosmo D. Journey to the secluded Hotel Norwood, where odd characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await.
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77%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding87% User Score 4,022 reviewsCritic Score 67%20 reviewsTransform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world. AER puts you in the shoes of Auk, a magical shape-shifting girl who can transform between human and bird.
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78%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstory, grinding84% User Score 2,164 reviewsCritic Score 73%20 reviewsEverything is an interactive experience where everything you see is a thing you can be, from animals to planets to galaxies and beyond. Travel between outer and inner space, and explore a vast, interconnected universe of things without enforced goals, scores, or tasks to complete. Everything is a procedural, AI-driven simulation of the systems of nature, seen from the points of view of everything …
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