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Games like Manifold Garden

Closest overall match: Etherborn (★ 3.4). Highest rated: Psychonauts 2 at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Etherborn at about 2 hours.

These 10 games score highest on our similarity model for Manifold Garden — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Full controller support and Singleplayer.

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  1. Etherborn

    1. Etherborn

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; same release year.

    Year
    2019
    Rating
    ★ 3.4
    Metacritic
    69
    Playtime
    2h
    Finish rate
    65%
    Shared genres
    3, Indie

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  2. Observation

    2. Observation

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.

    Year
    2019
    Rating
    ★ 3.9
    Metacritic
    77
    Playtime
    4h
    Finish rate
    79%
    Shared genres
    3, Indie

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  3. Afterparty

    3. Afterparty

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.

    Year
    2019
    Rating
    ★ 3.7
    Metacritic
    74
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    60%
    Shared genres
    3, Indie

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  4. Exo One

    4. Exo One

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2021
    Rating
    ★ 3.8
    Metacritic
    79
    Playtime
    2h
    Finish rate
    64%
    Shared genres
    3, Indie

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  5. Song of Horror

    5. Song of Horror

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; same release year.

    Year
    2019
    Rating
    ★ 3.5
    Metacritic
    73
    Playtime
    4h
    Finish rate
    69%
    Shared genres
    3

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  6. 60 Parsecs!

    6. 60 Parsecs!

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; released within 1 year.

    Year
    2018
    Rating
    ★ 3.4
    Metacritic
    68
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    54%
    Shared genres
    3, Indie

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  7. Psychonauts 2

    7. Psychonauts 2

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 8h longer; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2021
    Rating
    ★ 4.4
    Metacritic
    88
    Playtime
    11h
    Finish rate
    77%
    Shared genres
    3

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  8. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

    8. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; same release year.

    Year
    2019
    Rating
    ★ 3.5
    Metacritic
    82
    Playtime
    3h
    Finish rate
    32%
    Shared genres
    3, Indie

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  9. Mini Motorways

    9. Mini Motorways

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.

    Year
    2021
    Rating
    ★ 4.2
    Metacritic
    83
    Playtime
    5h
    Finish rate
    56%
    Shared genres
    Indie

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  10. A Short Hike

    10. A Short Hike

    Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.

    Year
    2019
    Rating
    ★ 4.4
    Metacritic
    84
    Playtime
    2h
    Finish rate
    91%
    Shared genres
    3, Indie

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What is the best game like Manifold Garden?

On our similarity model, Etherborn is the closest match to Manifold Garden — shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; same release year.

Which game like Manifold Garden is rated highest?

Psychonauts 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 398 players.

How this list is built

Every game in our catalog is scored against Manifold Garden 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.

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