Games like Oxenfree
Closest overall match: Beholder (★ 3.8). Highest rated: What Remains of Edith Finch at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Minit at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like Oxenfree? Our model ranked 25 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Great Soundtrack, Horror and 2D. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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62%
1. Beholder
Shares Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Horror, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
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61%
2. What Remains of Edith Finch
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery, Female Protagonist and Horror and 6 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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61%
3. Chaos on Deponia
Shares achievements, 2D, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
60%
4. Layers of Fear
Shares Supernatural, Lovecraftian, Multiple Endings, Walking Simulator and Short and 8 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
59%
5. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shares Supernatural, Lovecraftian, Walking Simulator, Short and Mystery and 7 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
59%
6. Dex
Shares overlay, achievements, Captions available, Side Scroller and Female Protagonist and 5 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
59%
7. Sunless Sea
Shares Lovecraftian, overlay, Horror, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
59%
8. Minit
Shares 2D and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
58%
9. Moon Hunters
Shares overlay, achievements, Captions available, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
57%
10. Pathologic 2
Shares Choices Matter, Horror, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
57%
11. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
56%
12. Observеr
Shares Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Walking Simulator, Horror and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
56%
13. Firewatch
Shares Thriller, Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery and Horror and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
56%
14. Deponia
Shares achievements, Great Soundtrack, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
56%
15. The Banner Saga 2
Shares overlay, Choices Matter, Captions available, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
-
56%
16. Darkwood
Shares Lovecraftian, Horror, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
56%
17. Undertale
Shares overlay, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Horror and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
-
56%
18. Victor Vran
Shares overlay, achievements, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
55%
19. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Shares achievements, Female Protagonist, Horror, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
55%
20. Finding Paradise
Shares Horror, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 96%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
55%
21. Dungeon of the Endless
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
55%
22. Disco Elysium
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
55%
23. Gone Home
Shares Walking Simulator, Captions available, Short, Mystery and Female Protagonist and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
55%
24. The Final Station
Shares Captions available, Short, Side Scroller, Horror and Great Soundtrack and 6 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
55%
25. Crypt of the NecroDancer
Shares achievements, Captions available, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- RPG, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Oxenfree?
On our similarity model, Beholder is the closest match to Oxenfree — shares Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Horror, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; same release year.
Which game like Oxenfree is rated highest?
What Remains of Edith Finch holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,046 players.
Are there games like Oxenfree on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 25 games like Oxenfree on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Oxenfree on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 17 games like Oxenfree on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Oxenfree 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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