Games like The Book of Distance

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

96% User Score Based on 1,112 reviews

It was a morning like all others, until she realized her dad wasn't home. In his place, a stranger who speaks nonsense and insists she "takes her medicine". Who is he? Where is dad? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to and Roger.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

94% User Score Based on 18,415 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the family members themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Remains of Edith Finch.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

82% User Score Based on 168 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 7 reviews

Fragments of Him is a narrative game played in the first person. The story revolves around a tragic accident, and the life of the victim and his loved ones before and after the incident. The player plays through the events and the locations as if they were the spirit or intellect of the characters, making decisions and starting actions that progress the story. Through this snapshot of their lives … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fragments of Him.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

94% User Score Based on 420 reviews

Allumette tells a story about love, sacrifice and a deep bond between a young girl and her mother. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Allumette.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization

97% User Score Based on 795 reviews

"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly uplifting story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wednesdays.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

88% User Score Based on 1,896 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 12 reviews

An 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to That Dragon, Cancer.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 35,756 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 8 reviews

"Then we can always regroup on the moon, silly! " If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to To the Moon.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

92% User Score Based on 434 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 8 reviews

A story-focused adventure game about a little girl in the world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lydia.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

93% User Score Based on 486 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 6 reviews

"The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion -- in order to untangle the dark truth at its heart." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Invisible Hours.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

95% User Score Based on 1,880 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 1 reviews

A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adios.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

77% User Score Based on 20,826 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 14 reviews

A 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gone Home.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 259 reviews

Join a Lancaster bomber crew during a raid over Berlin in World War Two. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1943 Berlin Blitz.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 466 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

Lost Words is a 2D narrative adventure game where players move words to solve puzzles. The game features a story written by Rhianna Pratchett and ties the narrative into the gameplay in an unusual way, by having the player running on and interacting with words to solve puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Words: Beyond the Page.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

98% User Score Based on 14,431 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Play with your eyes If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before Your Eyes.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability

87% User Score Based on 857 reviews

9.03m, is a short, first person, art/empathy game for PC. Not a game in the traditional sense of the word; it aims to humanise, and remember the victims of the 2011 Japanese tsunami. The media is quick to put figures to death tolls in such disasters, and 9.03m tries to remind people of the individuals behind those figures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 9.03m.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

95% User Score Based on 555 reviews

A slice-of-life adventure about childhood, community, and soccer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to despelote.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

98% User Score Based on 5,690 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 6 reviews

A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rakuen.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, humor

96% User Score Based on 4,925 reviews

Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a truly daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dagon.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

84% User Score Based on 3,779 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 11 reviews

From the creator of To the Moon: A simple, wordless 1-hour short about a boy who found an injured bird, told through a blur between reality and imagination. A Bird Story is an interactive pixel animation with the sole purpose of telling a simple story. It is a standalone narrative, with its own beginning and ending. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Bird Story.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

97% User Score Based on 1,077 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 3 reviews

You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goodnight Universe.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 5,618 reviews

Delve into a hyper-cinematic adventure. You are a clone. You live at the world's end. You worship the last surviving human: the Allmother. When a dangerous rumour shatters your faith, you phase through time and memory—to expose a 1000-year-old lie. Relive. Reclaim. Resist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1000xRESIST.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

94% User Score Based on 4,336 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 2 reviews

Florence is the story of the highs and lows of a young woman’s very first love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Florence.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

76% User Score Based on 2,013 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 7 reviews

A 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The First Tree.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

88% User Score Based on 1,895 reviews

Waking up naked in a slaughterhouse, you must escape and travel through a dystopian world to uncover the truth of your origins. Burning Daylight is a sci-fi adventure game, set in a dystopian future with light puzzle elements and environmental storytelling. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Burning Daylight.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

92% User Score Based on 1,402 reviews

Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Summerland.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

90% User Score Based on 929 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 2 reviews

Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rumu.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

87% User Score Based on 2,906 reviews

Critic Score 40%Based on 3 reviews

Inmost is an atmospheric, story-driven puzzle platformer, following three playable characters within one dark, interconnecting story. In an old abandoned castle, you’ll need to explore every nook and cranny, avoid detection, slice your way through enemies and spring deadly traps in order to escape the evil that lurks within… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INMOST.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, optimization

90% User Score Based on 196 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 7 reviews

Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled. A game about dementia and what happens when you can't hold onto the things you've done or the people you've loved. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before I Forget.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

94% User Score Based on 16,215 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 18 reviews

This is one journey you will never forget... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

98% User Score Based on 358 reviews

Age of Sail VR is the story of William Avery (Ian McShane), an old sailor adrift and alone in the North Atlantic. When Avery rescues Lara, who has mysteriously fallen overboard, he finds redemption and hope in his darkest hours. Directed by ACADEMY AWARD-winning filmmaker John Kahrs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Google Spotlight Stories: Age of Sail.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

93% User Score Based on 283 reviews

Attentat 1942 tells the story of Nazi occupation from the perspective of those who experienced it firsthand. The game is built on dialogues, interactive comics, and authentic footage. Speak to eyewitnesses, live their memories, and discover the untold story of your family! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Attentat 1942.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

96% User Score Based on 170 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 6 reviews

See the tragedy of World War 2 through the eyes of a child. Torn away from your home, you become a worker in a forced labor camp. You have to survive without losing what makes us human in this war-torn world, where only the strongest prevail. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Torn Away.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

98% User Score Based on 5,789 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A story-driven adventure spanning a lifetime. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Finding Paradise.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

95% User Score Based on 122 reviews

A first-person exploration game based on the actual memories of a 92-year-old grandmother, told to players in her own voice. Take pictures of what remains of her abandoned childhood home to uncover the dark, traumatic events that she had to fight through as a teenage girl. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brukel.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 1,078 reviews

Tree tells a story of a relationship between a boy and his tree. What starts off as a simple connection, over time it grows into something deeper. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TREE.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

92% User Score Based on 498 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 15 reviews

11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 11-11 Memories Retold.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 4,168 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 1 reviews

Amy Ferrier's first day on Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma is not exactly what she expected. Discover the story of a remote space facility and the crew that lived there in Tacoma, the new game from the creators of Gone Home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tacoma.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

82% User Score Based on 1,623 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 27 reviews

A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Day of June.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 168 reviews

A short interactive story for room-scale VR: Become Caliban, the scion of a broken lineage struggling to understand your dark inheritance. Explore the ruins of the family estate, and the incredible realm below seeking clues to your past, and to the events that severed you from your family long ago. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caliban Below.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 388 reviews

Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Story Beside.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 13,769 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 5 reviews

Valiant Hearts - The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 4,361 reviews

Marie's Room is a short-story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates, told through memories. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was 20 years ago. What happened to Marie and Kelsey all those years ago? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marie's Room.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

95% User Score Based on 532 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 3 reviews

Help Frank, a burnt out indie game developer, rediscover his love for video games while struggling to release his debut title. Reprogram objects, fix bugs and solve coding puzzles as you journey through the story of One Dreamer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Dreamer.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 101 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 3 reviews

STORY: Dilara joins her father Malik, a handyman tasked with refurbishing an old apartment in the city of Berlin, Germany. In the course of their extensive renovation work, Dilara digs deeper and deeper into the history of the apartment. Relics from past times turn out to be silent witnesses and former companions of the apartment's previous inhabitants. With each new find, Malik tells his daughter… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Berlin Apartment.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 60 reviews

OVERVIEW Spanning over 45-years, Stay Alive My Son (SAMS) is a groundbreaking virtual reality odyssey where you are transported into the life of Yathay Pin, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide to witness the world through his eyes, where every decision you make unfolds his poignant story of family separation, survival, and resilience. This narrative is based on the true events described in Y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STAY ALIVE MY SON (VR): A True Story About A Father's Relentless Search For His Son.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

82% User Score Based on 724 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 18 reviews

"Dive into this nautic adventure as curiosity will guide you through a space ship wreck on an unknown planet made up of water. When one of the lead scientists still on board tries to unriddle the possibility of a relaunch young Janitor Harold is around to assist her. Join Harold in his clumsy undertakings to stir up the ark-like ship’s stale day-to-day life and find the secrets that lie behind… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Harold Halibut.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Spiral is a third-person narratively driven exploration game sharing a poetic vision of cognitive degeneration seen from the inside. It tells the story of Bernard, a man who wishes goodbye one last time to the memories that built him from his early childhood to who he is today. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spiral.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 1,594 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 5 reviews

A semi-autobiographical 3D puzzle platformer in which a boy named Quico is transported from his abusive home into a dreamlike favela where he has to lead an easygoing creature named Monster through the world with the help of his sister and Lula, his robotic doll, while protecting himself and his companions from Monster's frenzy fits brought on by an addiction to poison frogs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Papo & Yo.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

83% User Score Based on 432 reviews

Apollo 11 VR is the story of the greatest journey ever taken by humankind. This VR experience is a recreation of the events which took place between July 16th and July 24th 1969. Now for the first time ever you get to experience this historic event through the eyes of those who lived through it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apollo 11 VR.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

73% User Score Based on 148 reviews

Thing-in-Itself is an interactive short story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant's concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter. Thing-in-Itself is not a game in a traditional sense - it doesn't have win or lose conditions and doesn't present challenge to the p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thing-in-Itself.