Games like The Way Back
Looking for games like The Way Back? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Some Distant Memory, Lacuna or No Longer Home.
1 94%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsmonetization94% User Score 248 reviewsYou play as the Professor, on a mission to find the sunken city of Houston. Things have been getting worse for the few surviving colonies of Earth as their resources dwindle and a corrupting algae bloom threatens all that remains. For years you've been systematically exploring the wastes without any sign of the ruins. Your main companions on your mission are ARORA, an AI who's been humanity's guid…
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89%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, optimization93% User Score 984 reviewsCritic Score 84%8 reviewsA murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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70%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, grinding67% User Score 215 reviewsCritic Score 71%6 reviews"No Longer Home" is a semi-auto-biographical point and click game, about two recent graduates preparing to move out of their flat.
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77%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, character development83% User Score 491 reviewsCritic Score 63%4 reviewsLeaving Lyndow is a short, first-person exploration adventure game, set in the Eastshade universe. It's Clara's last day on the island where she grew up. With high honors, she's graduated and fulfilled her childhood dream of joining the Guild of Maritime Exploration. She needs to complete preparations, visit her favorite places, and say her goodbyes - before leaving on a journey she may not retur…
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91%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storygameplay, grinding91% User Score 253 reviewsIt's hard to be a kitten if you have such a clumsy owner! Yesterday she lost a lot of things in the park and now it's up to you to find them! Memories of that day can be helpful – you should remember where have you seen that thing last and search there. And finally you can climb up a tree and ask a big cat for a hint – you will see all the events of that day again.
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90%Game Brain Scorestory, musicreplayability, grinding96% User Score 35,756 reviewsCritic Score 83%8 reviews"Then we can always regroup on the moon, silly! "
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69%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding71% User Score 112 reviewsCritic Score 65%8 reviewsStay is a nail-biting tale of abduction and isolation, where every single second counts. A pixel-art adventure game with multiple routes and endings, your computer is tethered to a PC inside an abandoned house... where an abducted man finds himself trapped and in desperate need of help.
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92%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsoptimization, grinding92% User Score 1,402 reviewsSummerland 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.
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View Game93%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability93% User Score 4,361 reviewsMarie'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?
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97%Game Brain Scorestory, musiccharacter development, stability97% User Score 212 reviewsMinotaur is an adventure game set in a new world called The Universe of Seven. Here’s what we hope you’ll love about it: Story and characters Minotaur’s story is mainly focused on nine...
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