11 Similar Games Short List
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Stray. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Stray.
Release Date: 23/05/2023
Out Now: PC, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Planet of Lana is an adventure where you play a young girl Lana and her loyal animal friend Mui, on a rescue mission. Set on a planet under siege by old machines and unfamiliar creatures. Rather than the war, though, this is a game about a vibrant...
Release Date: 15/01/2019, updated in 2019
Out Now: PC and PS4
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Vane is an ethereal adventure in a ruined desert where strange golden dust transforms a free-spirited bird into a determined young child. The premise is not all that uncommon, but Vane stands out for how you soar over the desert and climb your way...
Release Date: 20/08/2019
Out Now: PS4
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
Concrete Genie is a running and jumping game about a young boy, who is isolated and bullied, in this exploration platform game with a twist. Using motion controls and buttons you can draw beautiful graffiti on the buildings, which come to life. These...
Release Date: 08/11/2018
Out Now: PC, PS4 and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
11-11 Memories Retold is a narrative adventure about two young men caught up in the first world war. A young photographer who joins the western front in Europe to impress a woman, and a German technician who's signs up in search of his son who is...
Release Date: 27/08/2020
Out Now: Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
The Last Campfire, from the same developer as Lost Winds, is an adventure about Ember who is searching for meaning and a way home. As you travel you take a flame with you to the world, lighting torches, bringing life to...
Release Date: 16/12/2021
Out Now: PC, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
The Gunk is a narrative adventure where you play one sister of a pair of space explorers struggling for resources, who find a new planet with new alien wildlife. You play by traversing the environment sucking up toxic waste, harvesting materials,...
Release Date: 26/09/2022, updated in 2023
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World
The Spirit and the Mouse is a puzzle game where you play a mouse with electrical powers who solves people's problems. You overhear conversations between townsfolk and use these hints as you explore and then solve simple puzzles to help them out of their...
Release Date: 29/08/2023
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Under the Waves is a narrative adventure where you survey the ocean depths to find leaking pipes and make repairs. As you do you also discover a story of a grieving man retreating into himself. It creates a universally familiar story by mirroring the...
Release Date: 23/05/2023
Out Now: PC, PS5 and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
After Us is an adventure game where you explore a surreal world as Gaia, who must salvage the souls of extinct animals. You play by traversing the world, dealing with hazards and reviving creatures to reveal their fate: the last whale harpooned, the...
Release Date: 15/08/2019, updated in 2023
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night and Open World
Warrior Cats: Ultimate Edition is a role-play game based on the feline adventures in Erin Hunter's Warriors books. You create and customise your cat character to join one of the clans to play your part in the cat hierarchy and adventures. It stands out...
Release Date: 28/08/2013, updated in 2021
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Shelter and its sequels are traversal games where you play as a mother animal guiding her cubs to safety. Across different environments, you need to forage for food to feed your young, protect them from predators, and get them to safety. It stands out...
43 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Stray. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Stray.
Release Date: 09/09/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Webbed is a running and jumping game with a twist - you play a spider who can make webs, swing, climb and all the while creating music as she goes. It follows the story of our happy little spider on an adventure to save her boyfriend from a big dumb...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night and Open World
Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island is a friend-making adventure game where you help the Greek gods remember their past and unravel a mysterious curse. As you explore the tropical island, you encounter rare treasures and interact with the gods, helping to...
Release Date: 24/08/2021
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Hoa is an adventure game where you walk and jump through a hand-painted world as the mysterious main character. You solve environmental puzzles and meet magical creatures while trying to find your way back home. It's unusual because of its handcrafted...
Release Date: 16/02/2018
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Fe is a platform-traversal game where you play a fox in a magical fairy tale forest. The world extends in front of you in stylised form, with trees, mountains and streams glistening with sparkles of life. You run, jump, climb and dip your paws in every...
Release Date: 28/10/2016
Out Now: PS4
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
The Last Guardian is a running, jumping and exploring adventure about a boy who befriends a giant half-bird, half-mammal creature, Trico. You work together to navigate the world, solve puzzles and reach new heights. Unusually, you have to build trust...
Release Date: 21/03/2020, updated in 2021
Out Now: Apple TV, Mac and iOS
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
Spyder is a puzzle adventure where you play as Agent 8, a small 6-legged spider-robot that was designed by a British spy agency for attempting to stop an evil organization. You explore the world and can use your sticky legs to walk over any surface or...
Release Date: 24/09/2001, updated in 2011
Out Now: PS2 and PS3
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
Ico is a running, jumping and exploring game where you rescue a princess from her evil mother. You take her hand to help her escape, guiding her along the pathways and protecting her from the hordes of enemies. Together, you jump chasms and scale walls...
Release Date: 16/10/2012
Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4 and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D First-Person
The Unfinished Swan invites you to explore a world by splashing paint on it. The tactile experience leads you into a fairy tale about an unfinished painting that leads a child back to his parent. It stands out for the unusual revealing of a world you...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
To A T is a lighthearted narrative adventure game about a teenager with a unique posture that makes parts of their life in a small coastal town challenging. With your arms permanently stretched out, you explore the beautiful town with your dog and...
Release Date: 14/02/2023
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Hand-Made
Blanc is a black-and-white adventure for two players. You play a fawn and a wolf cub stranded in a vast, snowy wilderness. As you use each other's abilities to progress through the world, you form an unlikely partnership and hope to find both their...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Farewell North is an adventure where you play a collie dog who restores colour to a desolate Scottish island. You explore with your owner who you help by uncovering hidden paths, evading monsters, and freeing wildlife. It stands out for the fluid canine...
Release Date: 18/12/2014
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Never Alone is a running, jumping and exploring game based on the traditional Iñupiaq tale, "Kunuuksaayuka". You swap between controlling an Iñupiaq girl named Nuna and her Arctic fox companion as you complete puzzles and move the story forwards.
Release Date: 05/07/2019
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Sea of Solitude is an adventure where you play a young woman, Kay, with such strong loneliness that her feelings turn her into a monster. As you explore a flooded city you discover dark creatures that you must deal with -- by uncovering their underlying...
Release Date: 09/02/2016, updated in 2018
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Unravel Two is a jumping and swinging platform game where you control a character made out of wool. As well as making him look super cute, the wool is used to swing around and interact with objects.
Release Date: 19/07/2019, updated in 2019
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Lost Ember is an animal exploration adventure game. While forward progress is relatively linear, it involves beguiling flying, swimming, digging and running to explore the mysterious world through the eyes of different animals.
Release Date: 16/03/2022, updated in 2023
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
Tunic is an action-adventure game where you play a small fox who wakes with no memory of where he is. You push through trees, pick up weapons and learn new moves to discover an expanse of forests, caves and landscapes. You can do anything from the...
Release Date: 29/06/2016, updated in 2018
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Inside is from the same developer as Limbo. As such, you play another boy in a dark dream-light and horrific world. Here though, it's more modern-day and realistic.
Release Date: 15/09/2013
Out Now: PS4
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Knack is a platform action series where you control a shape-shifting robot called Knack. Through beautiful arcade-style battles and worlds, you collect Relics that enable you to grow bigger and gain more powers.
Release Date: 05/06/2013, updated in 2015
Out Now: Android, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Wii U, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Limbo is a narrative traversal game where you control a small boy as he runs, jumps and climbs through a dark, silhouetted forest that clanks and hums with foreboding. As the age rating suggests, he is killed in all manner of gruesome ways. But this is...
Release Date: 30/11/2019
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Another World (Out of This World in North America) is a retro cinematic running, jumping and shooting game about a young scientist who, as a result of a failed experiment finds himself on a dangerous alien world where he is forced to fight for his...
Release Date: 03/10/2019
Out Now: Apple TV, Mac, PC, Switch and iOS
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Neo Cab is a narrative adventure from behind the wheel of a cab. You play as Lina, the last human driver-for-hire on the streets of Los Ojos. Your friend and only lifeline has gone missing; with no money and nowhere to stay, your only leads are the...
Release Date: 15/10/2020
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Raji: An Ancient Epic is a running and jumping puzzle game drawing on Hindu and Balinese history. Taking inspiration from tales like Mahabharata and Ramayana you play a young girl named Raji who is chosen by the gods to defend the human race.
Release Date: 17/08/2022
Out Now: PC and Switch
Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night and Hand-Made
Lost and Hound is an adventure puzzle game where you play as a scent-tracking rescue dogs, Corgi and Biscuit. You use your sense of smell to find things and solve mysteries. Your heightened hearing and senses enable you to find your goals, eventually...
Release Date: 23/06/2000, updated in 2017
Out Now: Android, Oculus, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds
Components: 3D First-Person
Deus Ex is a series of narrative-driven role-playing games where you use stealth, shoot enemies, and upgrade your character with body modifications to progress. In the latest main game, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, you explore a dystopian future on a...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Selfloss is a narrative adventure game about a kind old man in a myth-filled world. You explore the land using the light of your staff to defeat mythical creatures and help those you meet. It's unusual because of its basis in ancient Russian and...
Release Date: 27/04/2023
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
Bramble The Mountain King is a grim fairy tale adventure where you lead Ollie, a young child, through the fantastical landscape filled with hideous creatures. You play by directing your young character through the world, running from dangers and...
Release Date: 21/06/2018, updated in 2020
Out Now: PC, PS4 and Switch
Components: 3D Third-Person
Pode is a cooperative puzzle game, where two players on the same system can use different abilities to help each other unlock new areas of a beautiful world and advance a cute little story. It's a good game if you like combining abilities in clever ways...
Release Date: 13/03/2018, updated in 2019
Out Now: PC, PS4 and Xbox One
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Ghost of a Tale is a swashbuckling adventure where you, as plucky rat Tilo, take on a rich world of evil creatures. It’s another game full of lore and backstory, although here it is medieval darkness rather than technological apocalypse. The work of a...
Release Date: 25/03/2022
Out Now: PC, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Ghostwire Tokyo is set in Japan where the population has vanished, and supernatural creatures roam the streets. You explore this open world on a mission to find out what happened and to save your ill sister. To do this you develop an arsenal of...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World
Little Kitty, Big City is a traversal puzzle game where you help a curious kitten find their way home in an overwhelmingly big city. You play by exploring the city, meeting and making friends with other animals and hiding to not get caught.
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Components: 2D Side-On
Replaced is a platform game set in a grim dystopian alternate 1980s America. You play as an Artificial Intelligence trapped inside a human wanting to escape.
Release Date: 25/05/2023
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a stealth traversal game set in Tolkien's Middle-Earth where you play Gollum after he escapes from Mordor. As you hunt for the One Ring, stolen by Bilbo Baggins, you ensure you remain hidden as you dash from one bit of...
Release Date: 05/09/2017
Out Now: PS4
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Knack 2 is an action-adventure where you control a shape-shifting robot called Knack. Following the original game, you battle your way through Pixar-style enemies and solve simple puzzles using your size-shifting abilities. It's familiar territory but...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Selini is a running, jumping, and fighting game where you explore a desolate world and defeat monsters. With no dialogue or visual distractions, it's up to you to decipher the story that skirts the topics of environmental and social responsibility. It's...
Release Date: 02/10/2019
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
The Long Return is a running and jumping game where you guide an orphaned cub on a journey to retrace the steps of the last adventure that he went on with his mother. Throughout the game, you solve puzzles to progress and learn more about the cub's story.
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC, PS4, PS5 and Switch
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
Time Flies is a traversal game about being a fly. Like the insect's own life, your life in the game is short. You fly through the black and white world with the simple aim of completing your bucket list of whimsical tasks.
Release Date: 03/11/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead
Time Loader is a rolling, climbing, jumping robot puzzle game where you have travelled back in time to prevent a tragic accident. With a Back To The Future 90s vibe, you control a rover-style robot and use various tools and features to navigate the...
Release Date: 27/10/2022, updated in 2023
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Signalis is a puzzle, shooting and survival game with horror elements where you search a desolate alien planet for your missing partner. You gather resources and weapons and use them to defeat robotic enemies and solve puzzles to advance through the...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World
Snaccoon is a stealth and traversal game where you are a racoon searching the city for food. You play by moving around the world, selecting where to jump and solving some light puzzles to find a the food-stuffs not only to eat but to trade up on the...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC, PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Neva is a narrative running and jumping game about a young woman's lifelong bond with a wolf. They must work together as they embark on an adventure through a rapidly dying world in the hope of finding a new home. Like the developer's previous game,...
Release Date: 14/10/2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead
Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova is an action adventure where you run around exploring different worlds, battling enemies and solving simple puzzles. You play on your own or with someone else as Dal and Gwyn, who each have different abilities needed to...
Release Date: 12/04/2014
Out Now: Mac, PC and PS4
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Hand-Made
The Last Tinker: City of Colors is an adventure game set in the brightly painted world of Colortown. Play involves traversing the levels by climbing and battling enemies. It brings to mind classic 90s games like Banjo-Bazooie but makes the adventure...
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: 3D First-Person and Open World
Wild Yonder is a narrative adventure set in a futuristic world fallen into ruin. You play starship pilot Bordy tasked with finding and collecting emergency shipments. As you explore the world and solve environmental puzzles you uncover a story of the...
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