Games like The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
If you like The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (narrative, comedy and meta), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Firewatch
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want a grown-up, lovely story you can finish 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.
OXENFREE
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want a mystery story you can play through in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
Night in the Woods
- In common: story and short sessions
When you want a relatable, thoughtful story: each day in town is a short, pleasant session.
Undertale
- In common: story
- Difference: more action
When you want a special, short story you can finish in a few sessions.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy a moving story in instalments: each episode lasts a few hours.
Wandersong
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want a gentle adventure that doesn't punish you: if you mess up a section, you retry it almost instantly.
Tales from the Borderlands
- In common: story
- Difference: less exploring
When you fancy an episodic comedy adventure: each episode lasts around an hour and a half.
Detroit: Become Human
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want a story like a TV series where you choose the direction, chapter by chapter.
Finding Paradise
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy a moving story in calm sessions: it's over in a few afternoons.
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 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Stanley discovers his office colleagues have vanished while a narrator describes his every step. Whether you obey him or not is the whole point: dozens of endings and brilliant humour about freedom of choice in video games.
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