Games like The Medium - A Wanderhome Playbook

From the world of Wanderhome... They were supposed to be with you to the end. Now they're gone... and here you remain. But they are out there. You feel it in your bones. Come hell or high water, you will find them. You are alive. Your care is guarded, longing, and fierce. The Forsaken is a playbook about exploring the trauma associated to having a relationship taken from you. How does it shape you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forsaken - a playbook for Wanderhome.

Everyone needs a home; a place to feel comfortable and safe; somewhere they can always return to no matter the time spent away. Someone has to build these homes. You are alive. Your care is fortified, stable, and tailored to the occupant. The Home Builder Playbook asks the player to take on the humble role of the construction worker. In a game so focused on finding somewhere to settle, you now get… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Home Builder Wanderhome Playbook.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

49% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel. FEATURES - Mystery, Psychological & Horror - 9 Endings & Unlockable Gallery - Rated Teen 13+ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Train of Afterlife.

43%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

63% User Score Based on 19 reviews

What doesn't kill you...kills someone else, and leads you down an ethical rabbit hole. Can you do what's right in a world where vice is a virtue? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rent-a-Vice.

Look, up there. See that one? That’s your sign. It will point you true, keep you safe, and always remind you who you are. Everyone has stared up at the night sky at one time or another and felt a connection there. Whether they see a familiar shape in the stars or feel awed by the sheer vastness of that inky black, there is always something smilin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars Above: Wanderhome Supplement.

The Collector is a playbook for the fantastic Wanderhome tabletop role-playing game. Wanderhome is a game about how we heal our traumas.  This playbook explores the burdens of carrying a trauma, your own and others', while working toward healing. When the war was over, some things did change. For example, recently, you discovered that you have inherited your late uncle’s Antiques Shoppe.  You also… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Collector - a playbook for Wanderhome.

After many long years drifting in space, you were found. Where you came from or how you were made has never been explained. Everything around you is so small, and yet some things, you will never outgrow. Are you alive? You need care that is patient, understanding, and longer lasting than anyone can give. The Iron Giant is a set piece from the World of Wanderhome, inspired by The Iron Man by Ted Hu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Iron Giant - a set piece for Wanderhome.

From the world of Wanderhome... The past follows you down the road. Those you’ve left behind remain with you. Echoes of memories you long to forget. Your melody is woven with words left unspoken and some that were better left unsaid. You are alive. Your care is elusive, brooding, and familiar. The Haunted is a playbook about exploring the trauma associated to having hurt someone. How does it shape… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Haunted - a playbook for Wanderhome.

The Prognosticator is a playbook for the fantastic Wanderhome tabletop role-playing game. Wanderhome is a game about stories of the past meeting the search for the future.  The Prognosticator playbook explores our wanting certainty about predicting our futures, and the writing of the astrological Almanacks which can guide our plantings. You bring the future into reach, gathering the paths of the s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Prognosticator - a playbook for Wanderhome.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

89% User Score Based on 162 reviews

Closer the Distance is a deeply moving, slice-of-life sim that tells a story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Following a fatal car accident, players take on the role of Angela, a young girl from the town of Yesterby, who finds herself watching over her loved ones as they navigate the grieving process. Using her ethereal ability to influence the townspeople … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Closer the Distance.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

75% User Score Based on 68 reviews

The Summoning This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... It looks like a game, but it's as real as it gets... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Bloody Mary, Candy Man, even the modern day Slender Man? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Summoning.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

95% User Score Based on 130 reviews

Critic Score 54%Based on 4 reviews

A visual novel with multiple endings set in a fantasy world. "Enigma is a mystery visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ENIGMA:.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

83% User Score Based on 92 reviews

Taking over a beach resort sounded like a great idea, until you arrived and found it was filled with bad decisions of the past, all of which you will need to overcome to make it a success. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beach Girls.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 900 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 4 reviews

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back. From the creator of Coffee Talk, in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam, the creator of Rage in Peace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Comes After.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

100% User Score Based on 34 reviews

A planet with nobody on it. A village of machines who thought they were human. The last machine still 'alive' - a child - borrows the bodies of the other villagers and says farewell to each of them by fulfilling their last wishes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farewell Planet.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

94% User Score Based on 232 reviews

Floral Aroma in the Shrine is a short Vision Novel Touhou Project Fan Fiction game. The main story is about a love story of Reimu and Marisa. Player will be playing as Marisa and experience her side of the story happened in Hakurei Jinja. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Floral Aroma in the Shrine.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

99% User Score Based on 250 reviews

A story-driven adventure game about a haunted bed & breakfast. A dead & breakfast! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corinne Cross's Dead & Breakfast.

This is a small playbook designed to be compatible with the Wanderhome RPG by Jay Dragon.  Take up the mantle of the Grave-sweeper, explore the world and listen to the tales of those who have come and gone before you. Debate the meaning of life and death as you perform tea ceremonies, tell stories and dig the occasional grave. With an assortment of jangling bells, coloured masks and a warm cloak f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 'The Grave-sweeper' - A Playbook for Wanderhome.

The Broken-Hearted has been deeply hurt in love or in life, but dares to hope that they can love and be loved again. Their central conflict is about making tough choices and taking risks to grieve, heal, and find something new worth believing in. ———— Cry it out with The Broken-Hearted,  a new unofficial playbook for Thirsty Sword Lesbians. This Powered by Lesbians community playbook inc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Broken-Hearted playbook.

The Postilion is a playbook for the fantastic Wanderhome tabletop role-playing game.Wanderhome is a story about travel.  The roads of the Haeth guide those who walk or ride from place to place to place.  For some, their calling is the carrying of kith and kind from coaching inn to coaching inn, village to village, town to town.  Their bugs act as both steed and family, and they greet familiar face… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Postilion - a playbook for Wanderhome.

The Phyik is a playbook for the fantastic Wanderhome tabletop role-playing game. Wanderhome is a story about exploration and healing.  The Physik studies illness and injury in a hope to, with effort, heal what ails those around them.The Physik playbook is about playing an itinerant healer or barber-surgeon, traveling the Haeth, lessening pain, easing injury, while learning what makes pain -- and w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Physik - a playbook for Wanderhome.

UPDATE FEB23: 2 New Origins (Corporate & Maverick), New Backgrounds for each origin, new Antagonists and Monsters. Rules update. NEXT: Lovecraft inspired Creature Compendium. Adventure Builder, 6 Quickstart Adventures. __________________________________________________________ As you venture into the blackness of space, you're met with a sense of unease. The universe is collapsing, moving towards … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into the Void - A Death in Space Supplement Collection.

Content Warning: death, divorce, familial abuse, food anxieties, religion, suicide, trauma You are a traveler, alone and wandering through a world that does not care about you.  As much as you try to push on without letting hardship weigh you down, you nevertheless struggle.  And now, in the midst of your journey, you have experienced a loss whose influence will not let you be. Fla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flame In The Abyss.

1 short conversation. 27 in-depth, short-story endings. Expect to experience 4 of them, across subtly shifting starting conditions, in one 40 minute playthrough.In a world where Magical power stems from Demonic Possession, an out-of-control Mage is a disaster waiting to happen. Sylvain flees the Alchemical Institute. His old friend Celeste runs after to stop him. What happens beneath the shadow o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A talk beneath the tree.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

88% User Score Based on 116 reviews

A Toge Greenhouse ProjectProject Homecoming Haven was created during Toge Greenhouse 2023, an internal game jam held by Toge Productions to create new, innovative, and experimental games. This is a short playable rendition of the game with the intention to blossom the idea within a relatively short development time. Project Homecoming Haven At Your Service“We know how hard it is, to see your belo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Homecoming Haven.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

99% User Score Based on 78 reviews

Cultivate a balcony garden in this  cozy, witchy, semi-idle sim where life and death are both parts of growth! Leave the game running as a vibey companion in the background, or step in for more in-depth gameplay.  Steal a moment to balance water and fertilizer, ward off pests, learn spells and brew potions, and explore the narrative at your own pace. Step into the shoes of a young necromancer t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greenhearth Necromancer.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

100% User Score Based on 56 reviews

Backwater Eulogy is a stream of consciousness, autobiographical exploration of loss and the double-sided nature of grief. Told as a linear narrative, there are no choices, and there are no alternate endings. Sit and stay for a moment, before leaving. Taking the form of a short visual novel, this is a short story of sorts about grief, moving on, and life in the rural Midwest. As a "kinetic no… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backwater Eulogy.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

The Final Farewell is a cosy narrative adventure where you play as a lonely ghost. Among the shadows and echoes of the Whispering Woods, a misty Veil has fallen. Rumours abound of lost mortals who’ve had their memories stolen by the mist, and precious trinkets lie in wait, ready to be found… You’ve awoken to find you have no memory of your past - and you’re a ghost! How did you come to pass? Mem… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Final Farewell.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

84% User Score Based on 45 reviews

A game made for the ones we lost on the way. Experience a surreal, linear walking simulator that explores the themes of death and grieving the passing of a loved one. Waking up in a unknown forest, you find yourself lost and looking for answers, will you find what the clarification you have been looking for or will you find more questions then answers.Dealing with grief and lossA thing that ever… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Memento Mori.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

50% User Score Based on 163 reviews

Colonize is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colonize.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 76 reviews

A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Hint of Purple.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

90% User Score Based on 98 reviews

A visual novel about the ever-changing nature of relationships and the hardships of dealing with loss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Find someone else.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

88% User Score Based on 69 reviews

Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

Write down what burdens your soul or read confessions by other people. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Confessions.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

99% User Score Based on 111 reviews

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Graveyard Girls.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

88% User Score Based on 124 reviews

In the heat of deserted lands, a child and their mother weakened by sickness try to survive a harsh world. Through a kid’s perspective, take action and explore the remains of a lost past. Protect yourself from the sun’s immense intensity and help your family get back on the road. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Helpless.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

83% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Critic Score 59%Based on 9 reviews

Sym is a puzzle-platformer that explores social anxiety disorder. Play as Josh, a teenage boy trying to reconcile a maze of two contrasting worlds that coexist within the blank spaces of each other - his perception of reality, and the world he created to avoid his fears. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sym.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

97% User Score Based on 228 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A free hour long melancholy, point-and-click narrative mystery set in the bible belt of Sweden. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE.

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.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

83% User Score Based on 207 reviews

THE FULL STORY DEVELOPER MESSAGEI started developing Wait! Life is Beautiful! while I was going through one of the roughest periods of my life and perhaps I’m still here precisely because of this game. I never aim to bring you down, I just want to tell you a story about something that may affect everyone. That nearly happened to me, and may you never be that close to the edge. I don’t really hop… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wait! Life is Beautiful! Prologue.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

46% User Score Based on 102 reviews

The king is deceitful, the queen is wicked, and the bishop unholy. In every land it’s the same. Corrupted knights and power hungry pawns. It’s time for change. You've waited long enough. Be brave. Be daring. Be the last one standing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Urja.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

86% User Score Based on 178 reviews

You spend a day seeing how many coins you can fit into the hollows above your collarbones. You're losing yourself first in inches, then moments... Will you survive yourself? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shrinking Pains.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability

94% User Score Based on 1,212 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 6 reviews

Wormwood Studios' upcoming follow-up to Primordia: a point-and-click adventure game set in a morbid, otherworldly carnival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strangeland.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

57% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Where Time Stood Still is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Ocean in 1988 for the Sinclair Spectrum 128K, MS-DOS and Atari ST. The game has since been released on the Amiga in July 2014, and on Amiga CD32 in December 2014 and was converted from the Atari ST version with some enhancements which were not present in other iterations. The game was produced by Denton Designs as a follow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where Time Stood Still.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

69% User Score Based on 65 reviews

An otome visual novel - play a powerless victim of a terrifying, unfair world. 200+ choices, 50+ endings, 20+ hours of play - and only one way to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Degraman: Act I. Vincent.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

73% User Score Based on 147 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

Dead In Bermuda is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead In Bermuda.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

67% User Score Based on 516 reviews

Safehouse: Diaries is a fresh take on the zombie / survival horror genre. If you're sick of mindless shooters or generic-looking top down affairs that just don't get what the zombie genre is about, this is the game for you.About Screwfly Studios We're a two-man developer based in Australia, dedicated to creating deep, innovative strategy games for PC. Zafehouse: Diaries is Screwfly's debut title a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zafehouse: Diaries.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 198 reviews

All Eve ever wanted was to protect and preserve the land, but after five years of being a ranger in Yosemite National Park, she’s just about ready to throw in the towel. However, things start to change when she meets three spritely girls who claim to represent the National Parks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to National Park Girls: Love Our Parks Edition.

Undershadows is a darkly absurd adventure with a fully hand-drawn world, a unique real-time point-and-click combat system, and a shadow companion with more personality than you might expect. Some places you never forget. Others never let you leave. ️ A dark adventure with bite Uncover an absurd, melancholic story about loss, identity, and twisted fates – filled with dark humor, moral gray are… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Undershadows.

You are beautiful. You are loved. And above all. You are alive. YOUR CARE IS... is a collection of  six player options for Wanderhome. Each focuses one of the many ways people care, truly, deeply and profoundly, about the people and world around them. The Almanagist,  researcher for the latest issue of the Hæth Almanack. The Gravedigger, stoic and respectful in their treatment of the dead. The Sta… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Care Is...: A Wanderhome Supplement.

Most kith here are fundamentally good, but your masks can tell a cautionary tale of those who are not. Hide your features and tell your truth.  You are alive. Your care is tangible, reflective, and able to be seen through a crowd. This is dedicated to the faculty at Accademia dell’Arte and the family Patrick found there. The Artist of Masks Playbook draws directly from Commedia dell’Arte, a theatr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Artist of Masks Wanderhome Playbook.