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More about this game →We filtered the 48 games similar to Arise: A Simple Story down to the 11 that fit the “Relaxing” category. Jusant, Smushi Come Home and Webbed top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Arise: A Simple Story.
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Within the “Relaxing” category, the closest game to Arise: A Simple Story is Jusant — scoring 68/100 on our similarity scale. Smushi Come Home and Webbed follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Arise: A Simple Story. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: melee combat, fantasy world and visual 3d, while skipping co op
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: game mode.
Released 4 years after Arise: A Simple Story.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, vibe casual and open world exploration, while skipping co op
Smushi Come Home is a cozy exploration adventure game where you play as a tiny mushroom who's trying to get back home! Play as Smushi, who was taken from its home unexpectedly and dropped into the middle of the forest.
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: game mode.
Released 4 years after Arise: A Simple Story.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: melee combat, fantasy world and visual 2d, while skipping co op
Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: visuals and game mode.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world, while skipping co op
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: game mode.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, vibe casual and punishing difficulty, while skipping co op
Minimal physical puzzle with explosions. The player's goal to keep the blue ball on the platform for 3 seconds in order to pass the level. ▪ 60+ Levels ▪ 2880 Achievements "Zup!" powered by Clickteam Fusion 2.
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: visuals and game mode.
✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d and visual 3d, while skipping co op
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D side-scrolling puzzle platformer that takes an interesting twist on the genre. It's a build-your-own-solution game with a unique art style centered around public signs, e.g., male & female bathroom symbols, elevator symbol, etc.
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: visuals and game mode.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, open world exploration and setting scifi, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: game mode.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, vibe casual and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: game mode.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Arise: A Simple Story.
✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, linear, story-driven structure and fantasy world, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
** Apple Game of the Year 2014 ** ** Winner of Apple Design Award 2014 ** In Monument Valley you will manipulate impossible architecture and guide a silent princess through a stunningly beautiful world.
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: game mode.
✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, setting anime and visual 2d, while skipping cozy, relaxing feel
Where it drifts furthest from Arise: A Simple Story: visuals and game mode.
Released 5 years after Arise: A Simple Story.