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2019PCXboxNintendo Switch79 % positive

Stela is a dark, cinematic platform adventure that guides a young woman through a collapsing, mysterious world. Chases, light puzzles and strong atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for Stela are Deadlight, Inside and Limbo. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Stela special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Deadlight

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2012PCXboxSteam Deck playable79 % positive11.99 €

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Dread and tension

A gloomy 2.5D platformer set in zombie-ridden 1980s Seattle, where you run, climb and fight to survive while searching for your family as Randall Wayne. Comic-style cutscenes and a silhouette look give it an oppressive, cinematic mood.

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Inside

Dread and tension

A wordless, oppressive puzzle-platformer in which a boy slips through a bleak dystopia, controlling bodies with his mind along the way. Masterful atmosphere and a disturbing finale make it unforgettable.

Limbo

Dread and tension

A wordless puzzle-platformer rendered in stark black and white, following a boy through a hostile shadow world full of deadly traps learned through trial and error. Its oppressive atmosphere and minimalist art make it a haunting, memorable experience.

I Am Alive

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim survival adventure set in a dust-shrouded ruined city where limited stamina, scarce resources and risky climbing define the experience. Instead of constant gunplay it relies on bluffing with an empty weapon and tension while searching for the hero's family.

The Cub

Lavish presentation

A wild child grows up among the ruins of humanity in a hand-painted, old-school platformer inspired by classic Sega games. Moody synth-tinged music and quietly told stories give this Jungle Book-style post-apocalypse a melancholic atmosphere.

Vesper

Pure single-player experience

You guide a small android through a ruined world hunted by relentless machines. Along the way you harness the power of Light and shape the fate of his kind.

The Final Station

Dread and tension

An atmospheric 2D side-scroller where you ride a train through a collapsing world, scavenge stations for supplies, fight off the infected, and keep your passengers alive. The shift between tense, ammo-scarce station raids and quiet train upkeep creates a bleak, oppressive mood.

Mushroom 11

Distinctive, stylised art style

You guide a shapeless organism by erasing its cells, and that is how you move through a ruined world. The unusual control scheme turns each puzzle into a creative experiment.

Monochroma

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric puzzle platformer set in a bleak, monochrome industrial world with striking red accents. Two brothers work through clever physical puzzles, with carrying the younger sibling shaping how challenges are solved.

Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition

Dread and tension

As Six, a small girl, you sneak and climb through the nightmarish vessel the Maw, evading grotesque giants. The Enhanced Edition sharpens the visuals while keeping the same dense, wordless, oppressive atmosphere.

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