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2017PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified90 % positive34.99 €

A wordless, beautifully stylized adventure where a boy explores a mysterious island and solves environmental puzzles. The meaning of the journey only reveals itself near the end, as a moving story about grief and loss.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lavish presentation
  • Lots to discover
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for RiME are Arise: A Simple Story, The Last Campfire and Abzu. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes RiME special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Arise: A Simple Story

95 %Match

2019PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified91 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about RiME: lavish production, a strong story and lots to discover.

A wordless platform adventure that tells a couple's life story through memories, from old age back to childhood. You bend time to get past obstacles, backed by a moving orchestral soundtrack.

Abzu

Lavish presentation

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.

Papo & Yo

Strong, story-driven narrative

A poetic puzzle platformer in which a boy navigates a dreamlike favela alongside a monster who stands in for his father's addiction. The puzzles and the personal, autobiographical story are tightly intertwined.

Creaks

Lavish presentation

A hand-painted-looking puzzle adventure where you discover a hidden world of bird folk and living furniture monsters behind your bedroom wall. Its puzzles revolve around learning creature behavior patterns, and are fair and atmospheric with a lovely soundtrack.

AER: Memories of Old

Fantasy setting

As the shape-shifting Auk you turn into a bird and glide across a world of floating islands. Instead of combat, it focuses on calm exploration, light puzzles in ancient ruins and a moody low-poly art style.

Etherborn

Cosy, great for unwinding

A calm puzzle platformer where shifting gravity lets you walk across the walls and ceilings of surreal structures. A poetic narrator and meditative visuals accompany your quest to understand your own existence.

The Unfinished Swan

Distinctive, stylised art style

You splatter paint across a blank white world to reveal shapes and spaces as you chase a swan through a surreal storybook kingdom. A short, inventive, fairy-tale experience built on discovery rather than combat.

Scarf

Lots to discover

A calm 3D platformer adventure where you play Hyke and use a shape-shifting scarf to explore a storybook world and solve puzzles. Light platforming and relaxed exploration are wrapped in a poetic tale about nature and belonging.

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