Arise: A Simple Story
Games like Arise: A Simple Story

Games like Arise: A Simple Story

A compact, emotional adventure platformer where time manipulation and puzzle solving carry a wordless story of love and grief.

The Gardens Between
A short, relaxing puzzle adventure where two friends rewind time to traverse surreal garden islands.
2018-09-19
- Puzzle
- Adventure

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Arise: A Simple Story
Games like Arise: A Simple Story

Games like Arise: A Simple Story

A compact, emotional adventure platformer where time manipulation and puzzle solving carry a wordless story of love and grief.

The Gardens Between
A short, relaxing puzzle adventure where two friends rewind time to traverse surreal garden islands.
2018-09-19
- Puzzle
- Adventure

Fantasy

Third person

Indie

Side view

Mystery

Last Day of June

A short, melancholy interactive adventure about love and loss, built around time manipulation and a cinematic story.

2017-08-31

Puzzle
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Drama

Old Man's Journey

A relaxed, hand-drawn puzzle adventure about an old man's emotional journey, with landscape-shaping puzzles and a roughly two-hour story.

2017-05-17

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Kids
Drama

GRIS

A hand-drawn, atmospheric puzzle platformer about grief, where a girl's dress grants new abilities as she moves through a faded, dreamlike world.

2018-12-13

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Drama

OPUS: Rocket of Whispers

A compact, emotional post-apocalyptic adventure about two survivors launching a space burial in a snowy wasteland.

2018-02-07

Puzzle
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Drama
Visual Novel

A Story Beside

A gentle single-player adventure about an innkeeper in a mountain village revisiting memories through exploration and item collecting, told as a poignant story that runs about six hours.

2022-05-24

Adventure
Indie

After Us

A single-player exploration adventure through a surreal post-human world, blending sorrow and hope in a touching story, with forgiving platforming and new mechanics per zone for a roughly 19-hour journey.

2023-05-23

Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Drama

Neva

An emotionally heavy 2D action-adventure about a woman and her wolf companion crossing a dying world, with a roughly 6-hour single-player story.

2024-10-15

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Drama

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake

A short (~4-5 hour) emotional puzzle adventure guiding two brothers, playable solo or in local split-screen co-op.

2024-02-28

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Stealth
Drama

When The Past Was Around

A short, relaxed point-and-click puzzle game with a hand-drawn art style, telling a bittersweet story about love, memory, and letting go.

2020-09-22

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Point-and-click
Drama
Music

It Takes Two

A co-op-only adventure that throws two players through a hilarious, emotional, roughly 12-hour mix of puzzles, platforming, and absurd gameplay challenges.

2021-03-25

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Third person

Journey

A serene, exploration-driven desert adventure with anonymous online co-op, typically finished in about two hours.

2020-06-11

Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Side view

The Gardens Between