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Games like Elegy for a Dead World

2014PC63 % positivefree

A quiet writing game where you wander three abandoned worlds inspired by Romantic poetry and use prompts to compose your own stories about their vanished civilizations.

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Elegy for a Dead World are Umurangi Generation, In Other Waters and The First Tree. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Elegy for a Dead World special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Umurangi Generation

90 %Match

2020PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive12.49 €

  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Accessible and relaxed
  • Sci-fi setting

A first-person photography game set in a bleak near future in Tauranga, New Zealand. As a courier you capture photos in stylized scenes using unlockable lenses and gear, while an looming crisis and political themes simmer in the background.

In Other Waters

Sci-fi setting

You guide biologist Ellery Vas's diving suit across an alien ocean planet entirely through a minimalist map interface. Calm exploration, sample collecting and light puzzles drive an atmospheric story about loss and ecology.

The First Tree

Accessible and relaxed

A calm, emotional exploration game where you play a fox searching for her family while a parallel story about a grieving couple unfolds through collected mementos. It focuses on mood and narrative rather than challenge.

Cloudpunk

Sci-fi setting

You play delivery driver Rania over one night in a rain-soaked, voxel-built neon megacity, picking up many small and large stories along the way. The focus is on atmosphere, dialogue and narrative rather than combat.

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.

Blippo+

Accessible and relaxed

Blippo+ is a live-action TV simulator where you channel-surf the programming of Planet Blip, from soaps and news to talk shows and weather, uncovering a quirky world that gets stranger the longer you watch.

Exo One

Sci-fi setting

You pilot an alien craft that shifts shape and manipulates gravity, rolling, gliding and flying across strange planets. It focuses on momentum, atmosphere and discovery rather than combat.

Despelote

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Harold Halibut

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven adventure with a handcrafted, stop-motion look: as clumsy janitor Harold you explore a stranded ark ship beneath an alien ocean and uncover its secrets. It focuses on dialogue, characters and dry humor rather than action.

Paper Beast

Cosy, great for unwinding

A poetic VR experience from Eric Chahi: in a desert world born from forgotten code, you guide paper creatures using wind, sand and water while solving gentle environmental puzzles.

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