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2019PC, PlayStation, Steam Deck verified71 % positive19.99 €

Vane is a wordless, atmospheric adventure where you shift between a bird and a child, crossing a desert of ruins and solving environmental puzzles. Its story is told purely through imagery and mood.

  • Emotional impact
  • Lots to discover
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

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In short: Games like Vane

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

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Best match

The Last Campfire

96 %Match

2020USK 0PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive14.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Vane: emotional impact, puzzles to figure out and lots to discover.

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.

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AER: Memories of Old

Strong soundtrack

As the shape-shifting Auk you turn into a bird and glide across a world of floating islands. Instead of combat, it focuses on calm exploration, light puzzles in ancient ruins and a moody low-poly art style.

Jusant

Emotional impact

Jusant is a calm climbing adventure where you scale a colossal tower using rope and pitons. Route-finding, a moody dried-up world and a small water companion create a meditative experience.

The Unfinished Swan

Emotional impact

You splatter paint across a blank white world to reveal shapes and spaces as you chase a swan through a surreal storybook kingdom. A short, inventive, fairy-tale experience built on discovery rather than combat.

RiME

Emotional impact

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.

Paper Beast

Puzzles and brain teasers

A poetic VR experience from Eric Chahi: in a desert world born from forgotten code, you guide paper creatures using wind, sand and water while solving gentle environmental puzzles.

Spirit of the North

Strong soundtrack

A quiet, wordless adventure where you roam Iceland-inspired landscapes as a fox and solve environmental puzzles. Its Nordic folklore tale of a lost civilization is told purely through atmosphere and the world itself.

Omno

Puzzles and brain teasers

A relaxed 3D puzzle-platformer where you wander an abandoned world of secrets through forests, deserts and tundras, all the way up to the clouds. Calm atmosphere, puzzles and the joy of discovery take center stage, with no real combat.

Far: Changing Tides

Emotional impact

A quiet, atmospheric adventure where you steer a transforming ship through a flooded world. Visuals and music, not dialogue, tell a tale of loss and hope while you solve environmental puzzles.

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