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Painted Waters is a simple adventure for young children. You explore a secret miniature world on a Walker Doodle (the game's version of caterpillar) using a single button to get around and play the puzzles and challenges you find. It's unique not only because of the approachable and accessible controls and storybook visuals, but because it combines these with nuanced interactions and tests of skill.
Unfortunately, Painted Waters is not available on Android, Mac, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 28/01/2021
Price: Free
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Collecting, Traversal (Adventure, Creative and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 36 features
Components: 2D Overhead, Cartoon and Open World
Developer: Numinous Games (@Numinous_Games)
Costs: Free. Advertising
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Painted Waters. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Painted Waters.
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Flock is a cooperative traversal and collecting game where you take on the role of a flying shepherd. To play you move around the world tending to your unique herd of flying creatures.
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Skye Tales is a gentle adventure about exploring a rich playground of floating islands as a dragon called Skye.
Skye Tales is a gentle adventure about exploring a rich playground of floating islands as a dragon called Skye. Play involves traversing each chapter, meeting and interacting with different creatures and solving puzzles along the way.
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Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure where you play an everyday dog thrust into the role of wielding a magic brush.
Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure where you play an everyday dog thrust into the role of wielding a magic brush. The world starts black and white but you colour it in with your paintbrush to solve puzzles and help your animal friends.
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OCO is a sliding and jumping game set with simple colourful levels each set in a rotating planetoid.
OCO is a sliding and jumping game set with simple colourful levels each set in a rotating planetoid. Unlike other platform games, you control everything with a single button.
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The Lullaby of Life is a rhythm puzzle game where you use music as the catalyst to trigger new lifeforms.
The Lullaby of Life is a rhythm puzzle game where you use music as the catalyst to trigger new lifeforms. You float around to explore a music-driven world.
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Proteus is a narrative adventure game which takes you to a pixelated island.
Proteus is a narrative adventure game which takes you to a pixelated island. As you explore you discover that your presence changes the seasons and time of day.
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Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Painted Waters. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Painted Waters.
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Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a running and jumping game. It's a spinoff of the LittleBigPlanet series and follows Sackboy and three friends as they explore, collect and battle their way through a fantasy world.
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Yoshi's Crafted World is a running and jumping game where you control a friendly dinosaur, Yoshi in a hand-made world of paper-craft.
Yoshi's Crafted World is a running and jumping game where you control a friendly dinosaur, Yoshi in a hand-made world of paper-craft. You work through each level, eating or jumping on enemies while searching for hidden items and collectables.
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Dreams Party! is a turn-based family board game for up to 4 players.
Dreams Party! is a turn-based family board game for up to 4 players. There are two boards to choose from, Welcome Garden and Halloween.
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A Dance of Fire and Ice is a one-button rhythm game where you control a pair of spheres. You press a button to the beat of the music to progress through the mazes.
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Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game about shocking patients' hearts back in sync with their heartbeats to save their lives.
Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game about shocking patients' hearts back in sync with their heartbeats to save their lives. You press a single button on the 7th beat to defibrillate each patient.
One Button Travel is a stylish text adventure where you communicate across time to try and cancel your permanent holiday in a dystopian future.
One Button Travel is a stylish text adventure where you communicate across time to try and cancel your permanent holiday in a dystopian future. You try and save your accomplice, who's already stuck in the future, by making choices and solving puzzles.
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Pok Pok Playroom is a storybook game, filled with interactive digital toys for children to discover and explore as they scroll through a series of settings.
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Boom Blox is a puzzle game on the Wii, designed by Steven Spielberg, where motion controls are used to direct projectiles at towers in surprisingly accurate and engaging ways.
Boom Blox is a puzzle game on the Wii, designed by Steven Spielberg, where motion controls are used to direct projectiles at towers in surprisingly accurate and engaging ways. This extends beyond Jenga-style play to offer physics-based puzzles where you must keep structures standing or knock specific elements down.
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If you like the sound of Painted Waters but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.
Here are a selection of games with a similar theme to Painted Waters:
These are our hand-picked alternatives to Painted Waters. This doesn't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Labyrinth. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.
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Rhino Hero is an action game where players use cards to build a vertical tower. The aim is to place all your cards without knocking the tower down.
Fire In The Hole is a dexterity card game where you compete to throw cannonballs at a pop-up pirate ship to scavenge treasure and win the day.
Fire In The Hole is a dexterity card game where you compete to throw cannonballs at a pop-up pirate ship to scavenge treasure and win the day. The aim is to land your coloured cannonballs to form a square of four in the holes of the boat, but other players are both competing to do the same and can sabotage your attempts.
Octopie is a collecting game where you race to build an octopus by collecting eight matching-coloured Arms before anyone else.
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These are games of a similar genre mix to Painted Waters. This includes games from the Creative, Puzzle, Adventure, Traversal and Collecting genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.
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Lego City: Undercover offers an open world to explore. While most Lego games have an open-world element in at least some areas, this one keeps play open throughout so that children can enjoy exploring at their own pace.
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Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective is a traversal maze game where you guide Pierre from the bestselling children's books Pierre The Maze Detective to find a route through the city and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Play involves exploring the cities by moving around and interacting with the people and things you find.
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Paradise Marsh is an insect-collecting game where you explore a marsh to find magical bugs that bring stars back to the night sky. You wander an endless wetland and collect creatures, skim stones and eat mushrooms as the weather and seasons change.
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If you like the sound of Painted Waters but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our Painted Waters Accessibility Report.
In addition to the similar games listed above, which have been linked to this game specifically in the database, you may find games with a similar theme to Painted Waters in the following lists: