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2015PC71 % positive12.99 €

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.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lavish presentation

The closest matches for Cradle are Tacoma, The Talos Principle II and Deliver Us the Moon. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cradle special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Tacoma

95 %Match

2017PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified86 % positive−72 % 19.50 € 5.46 €

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

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.

The Talos Principle II

Lavish presentation

A philosophical first-person puzzle game set in a post-human world, where you solve clever logic puzzles in striking environments while pondering consciousness and humanity. The story and conversations with fellow robots matter as much as the puzzles.

Deliver Us the Moon

Lavish presentation

A story-driven sci-fi adventure where you play a lone astronaut exploring abandoned lunar bases, solving environmental puzzles and uncovering what happened to humanity's last hope. Atmospheric and linear, focused on mystery and narrative rather than combat.

Some Distant Memory

Sci-fi setting

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.

The Station

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric first-person adventure aboard a space station where you play a recon specialist uncovering what happened to the crew and the secrets of an alien civilization. Exploration, logs and light puzzles drive the story, with no combat.

Opus: Rocket of Whispers

Accessible and relaxed

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

Sci-fi 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.

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Lots to discover

A quiet exploration game set in an empty English village, where you piece together what happened to its residents through ghostly light figures, radio voices and environmental details. It relies on atmosphere, music and intimate human stories, with no combat at all.

Alone With You

Sci-fi setting

As the last survivor of a collapsing terraforming colony, you have a few weeks to repair a broken escape pod. You explore pixel-art planets, solve puzzles and build relationships with the dead colonists through their AI echoes, in a story-driven, emotional adventure.

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