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More about this game →If E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial left you wanting more, this list of 48 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 6 attributes. Maniac Mansion comes closest (72/100).
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The closest game to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is Maniac Mansion — scoring 72/100 on our similarity scale. Chaos on Deponia and Syberia follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Each one has been evaluated across 6 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.
✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping visual isometric
Released 5 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual isometric
Released 30 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and vibe casual, while skipping visual isometric
Released 20 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual isometric
Released 34 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual isometric
Released 31 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, deep RPG systems and visual novel storytelling, while skipping visual isometric
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 32 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, single-player focus and visual isometric
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, vibe casual and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi
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Released 10 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, strong narrative focus and fantasy world, while skipping visual isometric
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 33 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and punishing difficulty, while skipping visual isometric
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 15 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting cyberpunk, while skipping visual isometric
In the future world, androids do almost everything that people do - they even start to think and feel. Although no one taught them this. The plot of "Become Human" is built around three characters, each with a separate storyline, but they eventually merge into a single picture.
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 36 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, single-player focus and visual pixel
≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, visual novel storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: setting.
Released 32 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, horror tension and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual isometric
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 40 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world, while skipping visual isometric
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 35 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, single-player focus and visual 2d
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, vibe casual and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi
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Released 16 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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