Games like Stray
Closest overall match: Planet of Lana (★ 4.0). Highest rated: It Takes Two at ★ 4.5. Newest: Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025). Quickest to finish: Rain World at about 1 hours.
We compared Stray against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. What ties them together most: Full controller support, Exploration and Singleplayer. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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62%
1. Planet of Lana
Shares Steam Trading Cards, Colorful, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7, Indie, 83
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57%
2. INSIDE
Shares Dystopian, Stealth, Mystery, Horror and Full controller support and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7, Indie, 83
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56%
3. Road 96
Shares Remote Play on TV, Dystopian, Colorful, Mystery and Exploration and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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56%
4. SteamWorld Dig
Shares Robots, Exploration, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7, Indie, 83
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56%
5. Unravel Two
Shares Steam Trading Cards, Colorful, Cute, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7, 83
-
55%
6. Little Nightmares II
Shares Steam Trading Cards, Stealth, Horror, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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55%
7. The Swapper
Shares Mystery, Exploration, Horror, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7, Indie, 83
-
55%
8. Blasphemous
Shares Exploration, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
-
55%
9. Yuppie Psycho
Shares Dystopian, Stealth, Mystery, Horror and Full controller support and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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54%
10. FEZ
Shares Cute, Mystery, Exploration, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 7, Indie, 83
-
54%
11. SteamWorld Dig 2
Shares Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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54%
12. Signalis
Shares Mystery, Horror, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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53%
13. Hollow Knight: Silksong New
Shares Exploration, Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 19h longer.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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53%
14. Tunic
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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53%
15. Rain World
Shares Stealth, Cute, Exploration, Horror and Full controller support and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
-
52%
16. Gris
Shares Cute, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie, 83
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52%
17. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shares Beautiful, Cute, Exploration, Open World and Full controller support and 3 more tags; about 6h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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52%
18. A Plague Tale: Requiem
Shares Steam Trading Cards, Stealth, Mystery, Exploration and Third Person and 4 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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52%
19. Remember Me
Shares Котики, cats, Dystopian, Cyberpunk and Cute and 8 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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52%
20. The Invincible
Shares Steam Trading Cards, Robots, Mystery, Exploration and Full controller support and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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52%
21. The Last Campfire
Shares Colorful, Cute and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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51%
22. Shovel Knight
Shares Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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51%
23. Carrion
Shares Horror, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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51%
24. It Takes Two
Shares Steam Trading Cards, Exploration, Full controller support and Steam Achievements; rated 0.3 higher; about 5h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 83
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51%
25. Hollow Knight
Shares Cute, Exploration, Open World, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Stray?
On our similarity model, Planet of Lana is the closest match to Stray — shares Steam Trading Cards, Colorful, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like Stray is rated highest?
It Takes Two holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.5/5 from 1,765 players.
Is there a new game like Stray in 2026?
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the most recent match, released September 2025.
Are there games like Stray on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 28 games like Stray on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Stray on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 5 games like Stray on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Stray 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.