Games like Amanda the Adventurer
If you like Amanda the Adventurer (analog horror, puzzles and short), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
SOMA
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want an unsettling sci-fi story that makes you think, in sessions of one or two hours.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy being properly scared with the lights off, in hour-long sessions.
In Sound Mind
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy psychological horror in chapters: each tape lasts a couple of hours and has its own boss.
The Talos Principle
- In common: short sessions and thinking
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want to think calmly through well-designed puzzles and reflect a little along the way.
Return of the Obra Dinn
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy feeling like a real detective and your mind is sharp. Every confirmed deduction is a small victory.
Outer Wilds
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: more exploring
When you feel like exploring and thinking calmly, with at least an hour ahead of you. Every loop ends with a discovery.
Little Nightmares
- Difference: more action
When you want an unsettling experience you can finish in one or two sessions.
Her Story
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want a mystery you can solve in a single evening with a notebook and some curiosity.
INSIDE
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you have a free afternoon and want a short, polished work you can play in one sitting.
What Remains of Edith Finch
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you have a quiet afternoon and want a complete, moving experience with no difficulty at all.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Amanda the Adventurer
You inherit a house and find VHS tapes of a kids' cartoon in the attic, whose star, Amanda, talks to you through the screen. You answer her questions and solve puzzles using clues from the tapes, and your answers change the ending.
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