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Games like Riven and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Riven
Riven
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING

More like Riven

21 games closest to Riven of your picks

  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

    The Forgotten City

    Riven, but a detective game, and your choices matter

    Loved · 96%Mystery · Investigation

  4. 4

    Escape Simulator

    Riven, but co-op

    Loved · 94%Puzzle · Mystery

  5. 5

    Quern - Undying Thoughts

    Much the same as Riven

    Loved · 91%Mystery · Walking Simulator

  6. 6

    Obduction

    Riven, but more divisive

    Liked · 80%VR · Puzzle

  7. 7

    Dimhaven - The Lost Source

    Riven, but darkly funny

    Liked · 87%Walking Simulator · Mystery

  8. 8

    What Remains of Edith Finch

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

    Loved · 96%Walking Simulator · Mystery

  9. 9

    SCP : Secret Files

    Riven, but a horror game, and half the hours

    Liked · 88%Mystery · Walking Simulator

  10. 10

    The Painscreek Killings

    Riven, but a detective game, and horror

    Loved · 91%Investigation · Mystery

  11. 11

    Firmament

    Riven, but steampunk, and more divisive

    Mixed · 71%Puzzle · Walking Simulator

  12. 12

    The Last Campfire

    Riven, but cute, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%Puzzle · Emotional

  13. 13

    The Talos Principle 2

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

    Loved · 95%Philosophical · Puzzle

  14. 14

    Islands of Insight

    Riven, but nonlinear, and open world

    Mixed · 72%Logic · Puzzle

  15. 15

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    Riven, but a metroidvania, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%Emotional · Puzzle

  16. 16

    INFRA

    Riven, but horror, and twice the hours

    Liked · 89%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  17. 17

    The Inheritance of Crimson Manor

    Riven, but nonlinear, and horror

    Liked · 87%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  18. 18

    Firewatch

    Riven, but open world, and half the hours

    Loved · 91%Walking Simulator · Mystery

  19. 19

    The Talos Principle

    Riven, but with robots, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%Philosophical · Puzzle

  20. 20

    Taiji

    Riven, but top-down, and harder

    Loved · 91%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  21. 21

    The Midnight Walk

    Riven, but a horror game, and stealthy

    Loved · 93%VR · Emotional

More like ELDEN RING

9 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 22

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 23

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  3. 24

    Lies of P

    ELDEN RING, but single-player, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  4. 25

    Drova - Forsaken Kin

    ELDEN RING, but 2D, and your choices matter

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Action RPG

  5. 26

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered

    ELDEN RING, but single-player, and story-rich

    Loved · 96%Open world · Dark Fantasy

  6. 27

    God of War

    ELDEN RING, but a hack and slash game, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Souls-like · Action RPG

  7. 28

    Mortal Shell II

    ELDEN RING, but a third of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 79%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  8. 29

    Hollow Knight

    ELDEN RING, but a metroidvania, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  9. 30

    WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers

    ELDEN RING, but single-player, and a quarter of the hours

    Divisive · 57%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

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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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