Games like The Courage to be Disliked

"Mika and The Witch's Mountain" is a fantasy adventure game following an aspiring witch who delivers packages to an island's townspeople using magic brooms. Players explore the island, build relationships with inhabitants, and upgrade brooms for better flight capabilities. The goal is to reach the mountain's top while experiencing a fulfilling flight sensation and engaging in a heartwarming story of effort, friendship, and community.

Haven Park is a cozy camping simulation where you help restore a series of campsites in a whimsical, hand-drawn world. As a park ranger, you'll gather resources, craft upgrades, and complete quests to uncover the heartwarming stories of campers who once visited. Create a memorable experience by personalizing your campsite and sharing it with friends.

Eastshade is a single-player, open-world exploration-adventure game where you play as a traveling painter on the island of Eastshade. Capture the stunning world on canvas, engage in dynamic conversations with inhabitants, and solve quests to uncover the land's secrets. With its peaceful gameplay, outstanding music, and emotional depth, Eastshade offers a memorable and immersive experience, despite some bugs and optimization issues.

"Time on Frog Island" is a sandbox-style adventure game where you, a shipwrecked sailor, must trade resources with talking frogs to repair your boat and escape the island. The game features a variety of puzzles, characters, and hidden treasures to discover as you explore the island. You can try out the prologue for free on Steam.

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Naiad is a charming single-player kids quiz game that invites players to explore a serene river filled with adorable animals and hidden secrets. With delightful visuals, spectacular music, and an intriguing, wholesome story across 16 episodes, it offers a calming journey through nature’s beauty. Enjoy playful interactions, learning, and a perfect atmosphere that nurtures growth and discovery.

In Botanicula, players explore a whimsical world of plants and creatures, helping a group of tree buddies recover their home from invasive spores. The point-and-click adventure game features charming hand-drawn graphics, innovative puzzle mechanics, and a lighthearted, quirky sense of humor. With no text or dialogue, the game is accessible to players of all ages and languages.

Sydney's World is a family-friendly JRPG. Game focus is on the intersecting story arcs of a young girl seeking her father and a king in search of redemption.

The Last Campfire is a single-player Fantasy Action game with an intriguing story of a lost ember on a journey to find meaning and a way home. Explore a beautiful yet puzzling world, discover lost folk, strange creatures, and mysterious ruins, and light the last campfire to bring hope to the world. With fantastic game mechanics, awesome graphics, a wonderful soundtrack, and a delightful atmosphere, the game provides a highly emotional experience, although it can be quite grinding at times.

Labyrinthine Dreams is a short puzzle game about Beth, a young woman who is standing at Death’s Door. After a traumatic childhood and a tough entry into the world of adulthood, she was just starting to take control of her life. However, she is now up against an insidious enemy who threatens to take everything away from her. During what may be her final hours, Beth wanders through important moments…