Games like INSIDE
Discover new adventures that match what you love.
NarrativePuzzleAtmosphericSingle Player
Playdead's wordless dystopia: a boy slips through a monochrome regime of drones and experiments toward one of the most discussed endings in games. Three flawless hours of puzzle-platforming where atmosphere does all the talking.
Similar-game research
In INSIDE, you control a boy evading capture, solving environmental puzzles, and advancing a dark narrative. The recommendations below shift that core in different ways: some keep stealth and puzzles but swap in companion teamwork, others switch to time manipulation or simultaneous dual-character control, and one adds co-op and a brighter story.
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Planet of Lana
EmotionalPuzzleAtmosphericPublic similarity
- Why it's similar
- You still sneak past patrolling enemies and chain environmental interactions to solve puzzles; getting caught resets the sequence, with pacing driven by chase and hiding.
- Choose it when
- Would rather spend an extra command cycle having a partner hold a switch or lure a machine away than rely only on solo rolling and box dragging.
- But
- Adds a commandable animal companion that must stand on pressure plates or distract enemies to progress. Checkpoint areas read more open, and puzzles layer an extra coordination step on top of single-character actions.
Somerville
EmotionalAtmosphericAdventurePublic similarity
- Why it's similar
- Sneak, hide, and path-find through a hostile environment where puzzle solving often means reading the terrain and repositioning or triggering switches.
- Choose it when
- A session spent investigating rooms and traces, deciding which creatures can be negotiated with, rather than constant sprinting and tight corridor chases.
- But
- Shifts from escape to locating family and interpreting alien motives, with dialogue choices and interactions leading to multiple endings. The map favors ruined countryside, and some moments let you communicate with non-hostile entities instead of evading everything.
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
EmotionalAdventureStory RichPublic similarity
- Why it's similar
- Guide a character through hazardous scenes while managing multiple mechanisms; many routes require luring enemies away or using the environment to create an opening.
- Choose it when
- Ready to split single-character movement and grabbing into two-handed parallel tasks, and willing to trade dark industrial hideouts and stealth chases for a fairy-tale structure.
- But
- Switches to controlling two brothers with separate thumbsticks, so movement and interaction must be split between hands. Puzzles and boss fights are built on each brother's distinct abilities, and the world is divided into fantasy villages and caves instead of industrial interiors.
Neva
EmotionalAtmosphericActionPublic similarity
- Why it's similar
- Cross decaying environments, jump platforms, and defeat enemies; taking damage or falling forces an immediate retry of that section.
- Choose it when
- Prefers frequent sword swings and wolf-assisted breakthroughs over long crouch-walks and waiting for guards to turn.
- But
- Combat revolves around syncing with a wolf that grows and unlocks new moves, making attacks and dodges far more proactive than INSIDE. Levels are continuous woodlands and ruins, and difficulty settings are adjustable.
Unravel Two
EmotionalPuzzleCo-opPublic similarity
- Why it's similar
- Every scene requires grabbing, swinging, and using environmental props to build a path; falling or mis-timing sends you back to a recent safe point.
- Choose it when
- Planning to play with someone else and divide rope pulls or boosts, and willing to trade oppressive chases for upbeat cooperative jumping.
- But
- Forces control of two yarn characters, either solo or in co-op; rope length and mutual pulling become the central puzzle mechanic. The tone shifts from grim threat to bright natural and urban areas, with a dedicated two-player mode.