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2017 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 9.75 € 👍 75 % Mostly positive, 5,577 reviews on Steam

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.

What defines The First Tree:

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for The First Tree are Beyond Eyes, Season: A Letter to the Future and Lost Ember. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The First Tree special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Beyond Eyes

94 %

2015 PCPlayStationXbox 👍 68 % Mixed, 1,584 reviews on Steam

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

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.

Lost Ember

Strong, story-driven narrative

Lost Ember is a calm, emotional exploration adventure where you play a wolf who can possess other animals, flying, swimming and digging through the remains of a vanished civilization. It offers little challenge but plenty of atmosphere and storytelling.

Submerged

Lots to discover

A calm, combat-free exploration game where you sail a boat through a flooded city as Miku, climbing drowned buildings to find supplies for your wounded brother. It focuses on atmosphere and the quiet beauty of desolation.

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.

Dordogne

Strong, story-driven narrative

A calm, watercolor-styled narrative adventure in which Mimi revisits her childhood summers in the Dordogne while sorting through her late grandmother's house. Gentle puzzles, sounds and keepsakes make it a deeply emotional journey.

A Memoir Blue

Strong, story-driven narrative

A short, poetic journey through swimmer Miriam's memories of her mother, told with a blend of 3D animation and hand-drawn art. Dreamlike, tactile interactions and emotion take priority over challenge.

Abzu

Cosy, great for unwinding

A meditative dive through vibrant ocean worlds where you swim alongside huge schools of fish and uncover the wordless story of an ancient civilization. Carried by Austin Wintory's gorgeous score, it's a short, stress-free journey built around awe and discovery.

Gone Home

Strong, story-driven narrative

A quiet first-person exploration game where you piece together your family's story, especially your younger sister's coming-of-age, by rummaging through an empty house in 1995. No combat, just atmosphere, discovery and a heartfelt narrative.

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