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2018PCSteam Deck verified85 % positive7.15 €

Heartbound is a narrative-driven pixel-art RPG about a boy and his dog that constantly shifts genres, mixing dialogue, minigames, puzzles and bullet-hell-style fights. It tackles dark, personal themes like trauma and mental health, backed by a quirky atmosphere and a strong soundtrack.

Choices with consequences
Strong, story-driven narrative
Dark, serious atmosphere
Lots of humour

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The closest matches for Heartbound are Undertale, Life Is Strange and The Coffin of Andy and Leyley. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Heartbound special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Undertale

89 %Match

2015PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable97 % positive9.99 €

Choices with consequences
Strong, story-driven narrative
Lots of humour

A charming indie RPG where every fight can be resolved without violence, blending turn-based menus with bullet-hell dodging. Its quirky humor, memorable monsters and a story that remembers your choices made it a cult classic.

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Life Is Strange

Choices with consequences

As photography student Max, you discover you can rewind time and dig into a disappearance in a sleepy coastal town, with your choices shaping friendships and fates. It's a heartfelt coming-of-age drama with an unforgettable indie soundtrack.

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

Choices with consequences

A dark, story-driven RPG Maker horror about two siblings starving in a quarantined apartment. Your choices lead to disturbing, macabre and often darkly funny turns across many endings.

OneShot

Distinctive, stylised art style

A pixel-art puzzle adventure in which you help a child named Niko relight the dead sun of his world. The game breaks the fourth wall, involving your computer and your own decisions in touching and clever ways.

Fall of Porcupine

Distinctive, stylised art style

A story-driven adventure following young doctor Finley through his first stressful weeks at a provincial hospital. Workplace pressure, conversations, and light puzzle and platforming sections shape the experience.

Pocket Mirror: GoldenerTraum

Lots to discover

A gothic horror adventure in RPG Maker style where you explore an eerie mansion, solve puzzles and uncover an emotional story of self-discovery. The remaster adds new visuals, a new ending and animated sequences.

Papers, Please

Choices with consequences

As a border inspector in the fictional Eastern Bloc state of Arstotzka, you scrutinize paperwork under time pressure while balancing duty, your family's survival, and the fates of desperate travelers. A bleak, morally gripping game with many endings.

Road 96

Choices with consequences

A narrative road-trip adventure set in an authoritarian, fictional version of America, where you play different teens trying to flee across the border. Your choices shape the story and the fate of its characters, backed by a strong 90s-style soundtrack.

Burnhouse Lane

Choices with consequences

A dark point-and-click adventure about agency nurse Angie, who must complete five impossible tasks to win her life back. Puzzles, odd characters and horror moments shape her trip to another world and back.

Norco

Distinctive, stylised art style

A dark, poetic point-and-click adventure set in a warped South Louisiana, blending grief, industrial decay and sci-fi strangeness into a dense, text-heavy tale. The search for your missing brother leads through surreal, atmospheric pixel-art settings.