Games like GRIS
If you like GRIS (platformer, artistic and emotional), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Journey
- In common: a relaxed pace
- Difference: more co-op
When you want a complete, beautiful and moving experience in a single calm afternoon.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1
- In common: a relaxed pace
When you have a free afternoon and want a fun point-and-click adventure that wraps up in about two hours.
Jusant
- In common: a relaxed pace
When you're in the mood for something calm and meditative that's over in about six hours, ideally with a controller.
FEZ
- In common: a relaxed pace and short sessions
- Difference: more thinking
When you want to explore with no pressure: nothing attacks you and a fall just sends you back to the last solid ground.
What Remains of Edith Finch
- In common: a relaxed pace
- Difference: more story
When you have a quiet afternoon and want a complete, moving experience with no difficulty at all.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
- Difference: more intense
When you fancy a short, moving story, in sessions of one or two hours.
A Short Hike
- In common: a relaxed pace and short sessions
- Difference: more exploring
When you want a complete, lovely experience with no pressure at all: it fits in one or two sessions and leaves you in a good mood.
Night in the Woods
- In common: short sessions and a relaxed pace
- Difference: more story
When you want a relatable, thoughtful story: each day in town is a short, pleasant session.
OXENFREE
- Difference: more intense
When you want a mystery story you can play through in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
Firewatch
- In common: a relaxed pace
- Difference: more story
When you want a grown-up, lovely story you can finish in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
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 GRIS
A young woman crosses a watercolour world that regains its colour as she works through grief. Gentle platforming and puzzles, with no deaths or combat, and gorgeous art direction and music.
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