Games like Gone Home
Closest overall match: What Remains of Edith Finch (★ 4.4). Quickest to finish: Dear Esther at about 1 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for Gone Home — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Walking Simulator, Mystery and Exploration.
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64%
1. What Remains of Edith Finch
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery, Female Protagonist and Exploration and 5 more tags; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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61%
2. Resonance
Shares Interactive Fiction, Narration, Walking Simulator, Realistic and Mystery and 6 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
61%
3. Layers of Fear
Shares Interactive Fiction, Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery and Point & Click and 6 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
61%
4. Among the Sleep
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Exploration, First-Person and Full controller support and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
60%
5. Kentucky Route Zero
Shares Interactive Fiction, Mystery, Point & Click, Exploration and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
60%
6. Last Day of June
Shares Romance, Walking Simulator, Point & Click, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
59%
7. In Between
Shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
59%
8. Goetia
Shares Mystery, Point & Click, Female Protagonist, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
59%
9. The Stanley Parable
Shares Narration, Walking Simulator, Captions available, Short and Exploration and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
59%
10. Shadowgate
Shares Point & Click, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
59%
11. Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
Shares Interactive Fiction, Walking Simulator, Mystery, Point & Click and Female Protagonist and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
58%
12. Submerged
Shares Walking Simulator, Mystery, Female Protagonist, Exploration and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
58%
13. Firewatch
Shares Interactive Fiction, Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery and Exploration and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
58%
14. Draugen
Shares Narration, Mystery, Point & Click, Female Protagonist and Exploration and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
58%
15. The First Tree
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Exploration, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
58%
16. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Shares Captions available, Mystery, Point & Click, Female Protagonist and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
58%
17. The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
Shares Point & Click, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
57%
18. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery, Point & Click and Exploration and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
57%
19. Ether One
Shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, First-Person, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
56%
20. Toren
Shares Short, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 57
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
56%
21. Tacoma
Shares LGBTQ+, Walking Simulator, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
56%
22. The Beginner's Guide
Shares Narration, Walking Simulator, Captions available, Short and First-Person and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 96%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
56%
23. Dear Esther
Shares Interactive Fiction, Narration, Walking Simulator, Short and Mystery and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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56%
24. Blackwell Convergence
Shares Mystery, Point & Click, Female Protagonist, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 98%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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56%
25. ADR1FT
Shares Walking Simulator, Female Protagonist, First-Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Gone Home?
On our similarity model, What Remains of Edith Finch is the closest match to Gone Home — shares Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery, Female Protagonist and Exploration and 5 more tags; rated 0.7 higher.
Are there games like Gone Home on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 15 games like Gone Home on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Gone Home on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 11 games like Gone Home on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Gone Home on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.