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Games like Riven

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Riven
Riven

Like Riven

30 games, the closest first

  1. 1

    The Witness

    Riven, but open world, and harder

    Liked · 84%Puzzle · Walking Simulator

  2. 2

    Call of the Sea

    Riven, but Lovecraftian

    Liked · 88%Puzzle · Mystery

  3. 3

    Dimhaven - The Lost Source

    Riven, but darkly funny

    Liked · 87%Walking Simulator · Mystery

  4. 4

    Quern - Undying Thoughts

    Much the same as Riven

    Loved · 91%Mystery · Walking Simulator

  5. 5

    What Remains of Edith Finch

    Riven, but a quarter of the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%Walking Simulator · Mystery

  6. 6

    The Forgotten City

    Riven, but a detective game, and your choices matter

    Loved · 96%Mystery · Investigation

  7. 7

    The Talos Principle 2

    Riven, but sci-fi, and three times the hours

    Loved · 95%Philosophical · Puzzle

  8. 8

    Obduction

    Riven, but more divisive

    Liked · 80%VR · Puzzle

  9. 9

    SCP : Secret Files

    Riven, but a horror game, and half the hours

    Liked · 88%Mystery · Walking Simulator

  10. 10

    Firmament

    Riven, but steampunk, and more divisive

    Mixed · 71%Puzzle · Walking Simulator

  11. 11

    The Inheritance of Crimson Manor

    Riven, but nonlinear, and horror

    Liked · 87%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  12. 12

    The Painscreek Killings

    Riven, but a detective game, and horror

    Loved · 91%Investigation · Mystery

  13. 13

    Escape Simulator

    Riven, but co-op

    Loved · 94%Puzzle · Mystery

  14. 14

    SOMA

    Riven, but a psychological horror game, and darker

    Loved · 96%Walking Simulator · Exploration

  15. 15

    Left Alone

    Riven, but a survival horror game, and a third of the hours

    Mixed · 75%Walking Simulator · Logic

  16. 16

    The Talos Principle

    Riven, but with robots, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%Philosophical · Puzzle

  17. 17

    MIND Path to Thalamus E.Edition

    Riven, but a third of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 65%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  18. 18

    INFRA

    Riven, but horror, and twice the hours

    Liked · 89%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  19. 19

    Mundaun

    Riven, but a psychological horror game, and hand-drawn

    Loved · 93%Walking Simulator · Mystery

  20. 20

    Blacksad: Under the Skin

    Riven, but a detective game, and noir

    Liked · 83%Puzzle · Logic

  21. 21

    OneShot: World Machine Edition

    Riven, but an interactive fiction game, and pixel art

    Loved · 99%Puzzle · Exploration

  22. 22

    Taiji

    Riven, but top-down, and nonlinear

    Loved · 91%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  23. 23

    Killer Frequency

    Riven, but a horror game

    Loved · 93%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  24. 24

    The Incident at Galley House

    Riven, but nonlinear

    Loved · 94%Logic · Mystery

  25. 25

    God's Basement

    Riven, but psychological horror, and a third of the hours

    Mixed · 74%Walking Simulator · Mystery

  26. 26

    Aporia: Beyond The Valley

    Riven, but horror

    Liked · 82%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  27. 27

    Kairo

    Riven, but a third of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 74%Puzzle · Exploration

  28. 28

    Islands of Insight

    Riven, but open world

    Mixed · 72%Logic · Puzzle

  29. 29

    Firewatch

    Riven, but open world, and half the hours

    Loved · 91%Walking Simulator · Mystery

  30. 30

    Marie's Room

    Riven, but free to play, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 93%Walking Simulator · Exploration

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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