Games like Pentiment
Closest overall match: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (★ 4.4). Quickest to finish: Erica at about 2 hours.
We compared Pentiment against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. The strongest common threads are Full controller support, Choices Matter and Steam Achievements. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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58%
1. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Shares Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Mystery, Exploration and Full controller support and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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53%
2. 11-11 Memories Retold
Shares Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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53%
3. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Shares Investigation, Detective, Historical, Choices Matter and Mystery and 3 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3
-
52%
4. A Plague Tale: Requiem
Shares Interactive Fiction, Medieval, Historical, Mystery and Exploration and 3 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3
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51%
5. Erica
Shares Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Detective, Multiple Endings and Choices Matter and 3 more tags; rated 1.1 lower.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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51%
6. Call of the Sea
Shares Investigation, Historical, Mystery, Exploration and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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50%
7. Unpacking
Shares 2D, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- Casual
-
50%
8. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Shares Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter and Full controller support and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3
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50%
9. Little Misfortune
Shares 2D, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 57
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
-
50%
10. Observеr
Shares Interactive Fiction, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Exploration and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
-
50%
11. Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Shares Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Mystery, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3
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49%
12. The Darkside Detective
Shares Detective, Mystery, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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49%
13. Citizen Sleeper
Shares Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Hand-drawn, Multiple Endings and Choices Matter and 4 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3
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49%
14. Road 96
Shares Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter and Mystery and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3
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49%
15. The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Shares Mystery, Exploration, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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49%
16. Dredge
Shares Stylized, Mystery, Exploration, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; about 6h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3
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49%
17. Grounded
Shares Exploration, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 3
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48%
18. The Invincible
Shares Investigation, Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Multiple Endings and Choices Matter and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3
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48%
19. Bugsnax
Shares Investigation, Multiple Endings, Exploration, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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48%
20. Life is Strange: True Colors
Shares Choose Your Own Adventure, Stylized, Multiple Endings, Choices Matter and Mystery and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 9h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 3
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48%
21. Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Shares Investigation, Hand-drawn, Medieval, Historical and Choices Matter and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- Casual
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48%
22. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Shares Detective, Mystery, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 25h longer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 27h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual
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48%
23. The Sinking City
Shares Investigation, Detective, Multiple Endings, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3
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48%
24. Life is Strange 2
Shares Choices Matter, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3
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47%
25. The Outer Worlds
Shares Choices Matter, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 lower; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Pentiment?
On our similarity model, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is the closest match to Pentiment — shares Multiple Endings, Choices Matter, Mystery, Exploration and Full controller support and 2 more tags; same release year.
Are there games like Pentiment on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 18 games like Pentiment on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Pentiment 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.