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More about this game →We filtered the 48 games similar to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial down to the 16 that fit the “Mobile” category. Syberia, Syberia 3 and A New Beginning - Final Cut top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is Syberia — scoring 70/100 on our similarity scale. Syberia 3 and A New Beginning - Final Cut 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.
✓ 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.
✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and historical setting, while skipping visual isometric
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 35 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, setting scifi and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and fantasy world, while skipping visual isometric
A point-and-click adventure from Daedalic Entertainment, A New Beginning is a story of time travel and ecological cataclysms. Presented in-game future is dark, mostly due to the fact that life is possible only deep underground, in caves and crevices.
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: setting.
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, 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.
✓ 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
≠ 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.
✓ 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, 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.
✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, single-player focus and visual 2d
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, visual novel storytelling and vibe casual, while skipping setting scifi
Released 36 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, single-player focus and visual 2d
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, vibe casual and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi
A loving family discovers that their daughter has fallen ill. While her parents set out to get her the treatment she needs, her determined older brother turns to the power of imagination to help them cope.
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 isometric
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting scifi
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 39 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping setting scifi
Can you guide Milo home? Milo, a curious and resourceful cat, needs to find his way back home through various gardens while trying to outsmart the pestering magpies that keep getting in his way.
Released 39 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, visual novel storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting scifi
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 and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, strong narrative focus and exploration and discovery, while skipping setting scifi
Portland. It's June 7, 1995. After a year of living abroad, the game's main character, 21-year-old girl Katie Greenbriar, finally returns home, waiting for a warm welcome from her family. But somehow, she finds that there is no one in the house! Where is everyone? What happened here?
Where it drifts furthest from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: visuals.
Released 31 years after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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