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2019PCNintendo Switch93 % positive9.99 €

As the Professor, you search the ruined wastes for the sunken city of Houston while a toxic algae bloom closes in on humanity's last colonies. Its strength lies in a quiet, melancholic story and the bond with the AI companion ARORA.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Some Distant Memory are Opus: Rocket of Whispers, Beautiful Desolation and The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Some Distant Memory special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Opus: Rocket of Whispers

95 %Match

2017PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable92 % positive14.79 €

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Sci-fi setting

You wander snowy wastelands as survivors of a dying world, gathering rocket parts to send the dead off on a final journey to the stars. A calm, emotional narrative adventure with a moving soundtrack and a melancholic mood.

Beautiful Desolation

Post-apocalyptic setting

An isometric point-and-click adventure set in a surreal, post-apocalyptic Africa, where two brothers uncover a family story after a mysterious monolith appears. Its strengths are atmosphere, a striking look and exploration.

Primordia

Post-apocalyptic setting

A classic point-and-click adventure set in a decaying world of robots, where you play Horatio and his sarcastic companion Crispin solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of a vanished humanity. A bleak post-apocalyptic setting meets dry humor and philosophical themes.

Shardlight

Post-apocalyptic setting

A grim point-and-click adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world, where a young woman infected with a deadly plague hunts for a cure in an oppressive society. Inventory puzzles and conversations drive the story.

Cradle

Lots to discover

An atmospheric first-person sci-fi adventure in which you repair a mechanical companion in a desert and uncover the secret of an abandoned amusement park together.

Tacoma

Accessible and relaxed

Tacoma is a quiet narrative adventure on an abandoned space station, where you piece together the crew's fate through augmented-reality recordings. Its appeal lies in the small human details and the relationships between the characters.

Paradise Lost

Post-apocalyptic setting

An atmospheric first-person narrative adventure in which you wander a vast underground bunker in an alternate post-war world, confronting grief, loss and retrofuturistic technology. The pace is slow and gameplay takes a back seat to the story.

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