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2025 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 13.99 € 👍 98 % Very positive, 238 reviews on Steam

Despelote follows eight-year-old Julián through everyday life in Quito as Ecuador chases World Cup qualification. It is less about competitive football and more about kicking a ball around streets and parks and meeting the people along the way.

What defines Despelote:

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Lots to discover
  • Lavish presentation

The closest matches for Despelote are Season: A Letter to the Future, Wayward Strand and Forever Ago. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Despelote special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Season: A Letter to the Future

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2023 PCPlayStation −60 % 24.99 € 9.99 € until tomorrow 👍 93 % Very positive, 1,863 reviews on Steam

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Accessible and relaxed
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

A quiet, melancholic bicycle journey where you document memories with a camera, journal and sound recorder before an looming cataclysm erases everything. Mood, art style and music matter far more than challenge.

Wayward Strand

Accessible and relaxed

As teenage journalist Casey, you spend a summer aboard an airborne hospital ship, freely following the intertwined stories of its residents as they unfold in real time. A calm, warm, hand-drawn narrative game about aging, friendship and farewells.

Forever Ago

Strong, story-driven narrative

A quiet single-player road trip adventure in which Alfred heads north after a personal tragedy, photographing memories and making friends along the way. The focus is on narrative and mood rather than combat.

Dordogne

Cosy, great for unwinding

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The First Tree

Accessible and relaxed

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Flower

Cosy, great for unwinding

You play as the wind, sweeping petals across rolling fields and bringing faded landscapes back to vibrant life. A short, wordless and meditative experience from thatgamecompany, carried by a gorgeous score.

Firewatch

Strong, story-driven narrative

An intimate first-person narrative adventure in the Wyoming wilderness, built around witty, heartfelt radio conversations between Henry and Delilah. Its painterly look and a slowly creeping mystery make it memorable.

Beyond Eyes

Cosy, great for unwinding

You guide Rae, a blind girl searching for her lost cat, through a world that only appears in watercolor-like colors as she senses it through sound and touch. A gentle, emotional exploration adventure with no combat.

Welcome to Elk

Strong, story-driven narrative

A handcrafted narrative adventure on an island where every resident shares a true-life story, ranging from quirky to sombre. Its stop-motion-style look and dry humour give it a distinctive charm.

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