Games Like The Silent Swan

The Silent Swan

The Silent Swan is a contemplative first-person narrative experience across a megalithic, derelict world. Mixing elements from both walking simulator and open levels.

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The Suicide of Rachel Foster

68% 👍 OF 6.9K
About This Game

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore a Snowbound Hotel
  • …Investigate Family Secrets
  • …Talk by Radio Phone
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The Fabled Woods

65% 👍 OF 324
About This Game

Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story. Despite the picturesque beauty, ugly and terrible secrets lurk among the shifting boughs, darkness that no amount of dappled sunlight can erase. Take the first step, and experience an unforgettable journey.

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Home is Where One Starts...

77% 👍 OF 720
About This Game

Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Southern Countryside
  • …Collect Childhood Objects
  • …Hear Memory Fragments
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Firewatch

91% 👍 OF 99K
About This Game

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …walk into a remote research outpost and find transcripts of your private radio conversations already written down.
  • …follow a strange lake signal to a hidden site, get knocked out, and wake up to a mystery that suddenly feels personal.
  • …start by making life-defining choices in a text-only prologue before you ever step into the woods.
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Last Days of Lazarus

89% 👍 OF 194
About This Game

After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.

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As Long As You're Here

100% 👍 OF 558
About This Game

What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Follow Daily Reminders
  • …Tend Plants and Knit
  • …Explore Family Keepsakes
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The Stalked 3

85% 👍 OF 168
About This Game

A late-night thrill turns into a nightmare. Olivia sneaks into Creepwood Wonderland Carnival with her boyfriend, expecting a fun night alone in the park. But something feels off. Distant footsteps. Faint whispers. Someone else is here… Watching.

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The Beginner's Guide

88% 👍 OF 23K
About This Game

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Unfinished Game Worlds
  • …Follow a Narrated Story
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

67% 👍 OF 2.2K
About This Game

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Empty Yaughton
  • …Follow the Strange Light
  • …Uncover Residents’ Memories
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Once Alive

84% 👍 OF 501
About This Game

A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Search a Deserted Village
  • …Hear Past Conversations
  • …Uncover Survivor Stories
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The First Tree

75% 👍 OF 5.9K
About This Game

A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Search for Missing Cubs
  • …Explore as a Fox
  • …Uncover Personal Memories