Games Like The Red Lantern

The Red Lantern

The Red Lantern is a narrative, dog sledding game about survival. You play as the Musher who, along with her team of 5 sled dogs, must find her way home. Care for your dogs, discover their stories, and learn how to navigate the unknowns of the Alaskan wilderness and prepare for your new life.

★ BIRDHOUSE ★ THALASSA: EDGE OF THE ABYSS ★ CONDO ★ THE DREAM LIBRA HAD ★ CONTROL, I'M NOT COMING BACK ★ MUTAZIONE ★ DEAR ESTHER ★ RAINY SEASON ★ ÉTÉ ★ DEAR ESTHER: LANDMARK EDITION ★ HOW WE GOT HERE ★ BEFORE YOUR EYES ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss

89% 👍 OF 356
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Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.

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Control, I'm Not Coming Back

98% 👍 OF 4.9K
About This Game

Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

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Mutazione

95% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

In this game, you can…

  • …plant a garden, then sit inside it and listen as the plants build a full soundscape.
  • …trade rare seeds, then keep your cloud garden open on the main menu just to let it play music.
  • …use a day split into dawn through late night, where time only moves when you finish that segment's tasks.
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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

75% 👍 OF 7.5K
About This Game

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

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Before Your Eyes

98% 👍 OF 23K
About This Game

Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.

In this game, you can…

  • …blink in real life to advance time, instantly skipping minutes, months, or years inside a memory.
  • …hold your eyes open to keep a moment from ending, or close them to let a scene rush ahead while you just listen.
  • …use your gaze to pick objects marked with an eye symbol and make choices that reshape how a memory plays out.