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We filtered the 40 games similar to Seasons after Fall down to the 16 that fit the “Narrative” category. ANIMAL WELL, A Castle Full of Cats and Owlboy top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Seasons after Fall.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

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Within the “Narrative” category, the closest game to Seasons after Fall is ANIMAL WELL — scoring 78/100 on our similarity scale. A Castle Full of Cats and Owlboy follow close behind.

#1ANIMAL WELL78 #2A Castle Full of Cats65 #3Owlboy80 #4Ori and the Blind Forest80 #5FEZ79

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The best narrative games like Seasons after Fall

16 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Seasons after Fall. 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.

#1ANIMAL WELLClosest on genre

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ANIMAL WELL

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeRelaxingCozyExploration2D

Steam👍 96%· 24KRAWG👍 83%· 77OC89· 57

Year 2024Dev Shared MemoryPlaytime ~7hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping deep RPG systems

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter creatures both beautiful and unsettling, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: setting.

Released 8 years after Seasons after Fall.

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#2A Castle Full of Cats

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A Castle Full of Cats

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeCozyRelaxingExploration

Steam👍 99%· 4.4KRAWG👍 90%· 20

Year 2022Dev DevcatsPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Linux

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, vibe casual and horror setting, while skipping precision platforming

A Castle Full of Cats is a catvania hidden object game where you need to find all the cursed cats in the castle. Save each and every cat and unleash the power of love!

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: setting.

Released 6 years after Seasons after Fall.

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#3OwlboyClosest overall match

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Owlboy

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeCozyFantasyExploration2D

Steam👍 84%· 6.1KRAWG👍 74%· 307MC88IGDB89· 13OC88· 98

Year 2016Dev D-Pad StudioPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, setting scifi and visual pixel, while skipping deep RPG systems

Owlboy is a pixel-art platformer game about an owl-humanoid boy called Otus. When his homeland was attacked by pirates, Otus starts an adventure to protect his home and reveal the secrets of his race. He makes new friends on the way. Each of them has special powers, useful during fights.

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#4Ori and the Blind ForestClosest on setting

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Ori and the Blind Forest

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeCozyFantasyExploration2D

Steam👍 94%· 60KIGDB88· 14OC90· 97

Year 2015Dev Moon Studios · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox · Switch

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, punishing difficulty and open world exploration, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: progression.

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FEZ

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeRelaxingFantasyExploration2D

Steam👍 93%· 16KRAWG👍 80%· 1.2KMC91IGDB86· 12OC88· 50

Year 2012Dev POLYTRON · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, open world exploration and visual pixel, while skipping deep RPG systems

FEZ is a 2D and 3D game at the same time. Even though it is a platformer game in which you solve puzzles in the dimension your looking at, you can manipulate with the world itself by rotating it all around.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Progression100Visuals61Tone55

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Iconoclasts

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeCozyExploration2D

Steam👍 86%· 4.9KIGDB85· 8OC84· 57

Year 2018Dev Joakim Sandberg · Bifrost EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, setting scifi and visual pixel, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Tone85Visuals52Setting0

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Teslagrad

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeCozyExploration2D

Steam👍 84%· 2.5KIGDB79· 6OC79· 45

Year 2013Dev Rain Games · CIRCLE EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings punishing difficulty, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Tone67Setting0

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Berry

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloCozyNarrativeExploration2D

Steam👍 99%· 145

Year 2021Dev Leuns · DegicaPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Web

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, visual pixel and visual topdown, while skipping puzzle design

RPG Maker MZ Game Jam "Touch the Star"Berry won first place in the official RPG Maker MZ Game Jam "Touch the Star." About the GameBerry is a short orthogonal 3D platformer centered on delivering light bullet-hell challenges and precise projectile manipulation using its unique web-orbiting systems.

Released 5 years after Seasons after Fall.

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SHEEPO

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloCozyNarrativeExploration2D

Steam👍 97%· 578OC75· 13

Year 2020Dev Kyle Thompson · TBAPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

Sheepo is a quirky metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each living species for an intergalactic species database.

Released 4 years after Seasons after Fall.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Tone65

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The Gunk

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeRelaxingExplorationMelee

Steam👍 86%· 5.7KIGDB66· 4OC71· 75

Year 2021Dev Image & Form · ThunderfulOn Xbox · PC

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings linear, story-driven structure, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: setting and visuals.

Released 5 years after Seasons after Fall.

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#11Ato

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Ato

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeFantasyExploration2D

Steam👍 97%· 466

Year 2019Dev WolfWoot · Tiny Warrior GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Both are Metroidvanias — sharing adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings fighting mechanics, punishing difficulty and open world exploration, while skipping deep RPG systems

Ato is an Atmospheric Sword Dueling Game set in the Era of Feudal Japan. It tells a visually driven story about a father who has given up his past ways in order to live a life of peace with his wife and child. However this peace is soon disturbed as his child is taken from him...

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: tone.

Released 3 years after Seasons after Fall.

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Dead Cells

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeFantasyExploration2D

Steam👍 97%· 180KRAWG👍 88%· 1.7KMC88IGDB90· 12OC89· 151

Year 2018Dev Plug In DigitalPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, action RPG combat and punishing difficulty, while skipping puzzle design

Dead Cells is a roguelike adventure title developed by Motion Twin. ###Story Not much story is present in the game, as only bits of any information are given out to the players. The game takes place at a remote island, where the players take place of the Prisoner.

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: tone.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Progression100Visuals55Tone27

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Reventure

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeExploration2DDark

Steam👍 95%· 9.8KRAWG👍 82%· 64MC84

Year 2019Dev PixelattoPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Nintendo

✓ Fits the Metroidvanias cluster, with adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, open world exploration and visual pixel, while skipping deep RPG systems

An adventure with 100 different endings You are a wannabe hero who is supposed to do hero-ish things but sometimes blows that off and does crazy stuff instead. Features: One hundred different endings Choose your path, every decision leads to a new ending. Will you find the real one?

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: tone.

Released 3 years after Seasons after Fall.

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Steam GOG Nintendo

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qomp

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeExploration2DMelee

Steam👍 96%· 531

Year 2021Dev Stuffed Wombat · AtariPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Linux

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Its own twist: punishing difficulty, dark, oppressive atmosphere and linear, story-driven structure, while skipping deep RPG systems

You have been trapped between paddles for decades. Now it is time to take matters into your own hands and try to escape this endless torment. In qomp you use only a single button to defeat bosses, solve puzzles and overcome platforming challenges. At the end of your journey lies freedom. Or does it?

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: tone.

Released 5 years after Seasons after Fall.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Visuals57Tone28

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Aquaria

GenreAdventureSubgenreMetroidvania

SoloNarrativeFantasyExploration2D

Steam👍 88%· 1.5KRAWG👍 59%· 77MC82IGDB75· 2

Year 2007Dev FinjiPlaytime ~1hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of Metroidvanias: adventure storytelling, Metroidvania exploration and precision platforming

≠ Stands apart with combat magic and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

Aquaria is an underwater 2d sidescrolling action-adventure game with a great emphasis on exploration and solving various puzzles. Players are invited to take the place of Naija, ocean dweller, resembling a human woman with fish-like features, which allow her to swim and breathe underwater.

Where it drifts furthest from Seasons after Fall: tone.

It predates Seasons after Fall by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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