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2017USK 6PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified90 % positive34.99 €

A wordless, beautifully stylized adventure where a boy explores a mysterious island and solves environmental puzzles. The meaning of the journey only reveals itself near the end, as a moving story about grief and loss.

  • Emotional impact
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lavish presentation

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In short: Games like RiME

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes RiME special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best match

Arise: A Simple Story

96 %Match

2019USK 6PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified91 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about RiME: emotional impact, a strong soundtrack and lavish production.

A wordless platform adventure that tells a couple's life story through memories, from old age back to childhood. You bend time to get past obstacles, backed by a moving orchestral soundtrack.

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The Last Campfire

Emotional impact

A calm, atmospheric puzzle adventure where you guide a small lost ember through melancholy lands and uncover why its people vanished. The puzzles are approachable, and the mood is both wistful and comforting.

Abzu

Lavish presentation

A meditative dive through vibrant ocean worlds where you swim alongside huge schools of fish and uncover the wordless story of an ancient civilization. Carried by Austin Wintory's gorgeous score, it's a short, stress-free journey built around awe and discovery.

Hue

Emotional impact

A minimalist puzzle platformer where you change the background colour of the world to make obstacles vanish and open new paths. The search for the protagonist's missing mother provides a quiet, simple story.

Shady Part of Me

Lavish presentation

An atmospheric puzzle-platformer where you switch between a girl and her shadow, using light and shadow to escape a dreamlike world. Its painterly look and emotional story carry the experience.

Etherborn

Emotional impact

A calm puzzle platformer where shifting gravity lets you walk across the walls and ceilings of surreal structures. A poetic narrator and meditative visuals accompany your quest to understand your own existence.

The Gardens Between

Emotional impact

A calm, wordless puzzle adventure where you scrub time forward and backward to guide two friends across small garden islands built from childhood memories. Clever time-manipulation puzzles, a dreamlike look and a gentle soundtrack make it a relaxing, touching journey.

Bound

Lavish presentation

Bound is a short, poetic 3D platformer where you dance through an abstract, faceted world that mirrors a pregnant woman's memories. Its strength lies in art direction, music and emotional storytelling rather than challenge.

Monument Valley II

Emotional impact

A gorgeous puzzle game where you guide a mother and child through impossible architecture by rotating structures and exploiting optical illusions. Calm, emotional, and carried by striking art and gentle music.

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