Top 15 Dear Esther Alternative and Similar Games | Dec 2024

1. Cradle

Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert. The player’s task is to repair the mechanical body of his...... TpSort Score | 1,170,000

2. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Haunting, non-linear story told through first-person exploration....... TpSort Score | 234,000

3. Firewatch

Firewatch is a mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio....... TpSort Score | 145,000

4. Betrayer

Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted...... TpSort Score | 206,000

5. Thimbleweed Park

Uncover the mysteries of a forgotten town in this modern mystery adventure from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion.FEATURES5 playable characters who can work together… or get on each other’s nerves.Not a walking simulator!Satisfying puzzles intertwined with a twisty-turny story that will stay with you.A vast, bizarre world...... TpSort Score | 461,000

6. Space Quest (series)

Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection....... TpSort Score | 201,000

7. Junk Jack

Junk Jack is an iPhone and iPad 2D sandbox game where you can explore, build your home and survive in random procedurally generated worlds full of monsters, treasures and hidden secrets! The latest 1.2 update with bow & arrows, breeding system to tame and let your animals grow, jewelcrafting to...... TpSort Score | 229,000

8. Rayman Adventures

Embark on amazing adventures through legendary worlds on a quest to rescue the Incrediballs!The enchanted forest is in trouble; the ancient eggs that sustain the sacred tree have been stolen and scattered across the world.From haunted medieval castles to the mythical worlds of Olympus, Rayman, our fearless adventurer, and Barbara,...... TpSort Score | 49,200,000

9. Terraria

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.Inspired by games like Clonk and Minecraft, this 2d, sidescroller videogame provides a free world encouraging exploration of the various environments. Levels are generated procedurally and thus...... TpSort Score | 2,990,000

10. Stranded Deep

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive....... TpSort Score | 1,560,000

11. ARK:Survival Evolved

As a man or woman stranded naked, freezing and starving on the shores of a mysterious island called ARK, you must hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements. Use your cunning and resources to kill or tame & breed the leviathan...... TpSort Score | 1,340,000

12. Oolite

Oolite is a space sim game, inspired by Elite. Among Oolite's several similarities to its inspirational source, the gaming experience is enhanced by the context set in Elite's original manual, and the accompanying novella, The Dark Wheel. Almost every aspect of the game can be changed by using simple, free...... TpSort Score | 36,000

13. Syberia (Series)

Syberia is a 2002 computer adventure game designed by Benoît Sokal, developed by Microïds, and published through The Adventure Company. It follows Kate Walker, the protagonist, as she attempts to wrap up a sale on behalf of her law firm and travels across Eastern Europe and Russia. In addition to...... TpSort Score | 134,000,000

14. CAT Interstellar

Play as a DOG V4 drone, a newly activated maintenance bot who is assisting in the terraforming effort on Mars. After a predictable yet unfortunate accident DOG finds himself uncovering the past of a seemingly barren planet....... TpSort Score | 119,000,000

15. Goblin Camp

Goblin Camp is a roguelike citybuilder, inspired by Anno 1404, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper....... TpSort Score | 49,200,000