Games like Night in the Woods
If you like Night in the Woods (narrative, adventure and slice of life), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
OXENFREE
- In common: story
When you want a mystery story you can play through in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
What Remains of Edith Finch
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: longer sessions
When you have a quiet afternoon and want a complete, moving experience with no difficulty at all.
Finding Paradise
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
When you fancy a moving story in calm sessions: it's over in a few afternoons.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
- In common: story
- Difference: more thinking
When you fancy a short, moving story, in sessions of one or two hours.
To the Moon
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
When you fancy a moving story for one or two afternoons, with no challenge or pressure.
Firewatch
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
When you want a grown-up, lovely story you can finish in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
Until Then
- In common: story
When you fancy a long, calm story to follow chapter by chapter, like a TV series.
Pentiment
- In common: story
- Difference: more thinking
When you fancy reading at a leisurely pace and weighing up difficult decisions.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
- In common: story
When you fancy a moving story in instalments: each episode lasts a few hours.
Wandersong
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
When you want a gentle adventure that doesn't punish you: if you mess up a section, you retry it almost instantly.
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 Night in the Woods
Mae drops out of university and returns to her declining mining town. She wanders around, chats with friends, plays bass in her band and discovers something dark is happening in the woods. A story about growing up, mental health and where you come from.
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