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We filtered the 44 games similar to Valiant Hearts: The Great War down to the 31 that fit the “PC” category. Call of the Sea, Shadow Bug and Will You Snail? top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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The best games like Valiant Hearts: The Great War on PC

31 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Valiant Hearts: The Great War. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

#1Call of the SeaClosest overall match

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SoloNarrativeHistoricalExplorationCasual

Steam👍 88%· 6.0KIGDB73· 6OC77· 84

Year 2020Dev Out of the Blue Games · Raw FuryOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, visual first person and visual 3d, while skipping combat tactical

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

Released 6 years after Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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#2Shadow BugClosest on tone

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SoloMeleeNarrative2D

Steam👍 95%· 111IGDB60· 1OC78· 15

Year 2016Dev Muro Studios · Muro Studios OyPlaytime ~1hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Nearly identical: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design.

≠ Missing: combat tactical.

Read our open letter to find out how Shadow Bug came to be: http://steamcommunity.com/games/shadowbug/announcements/detail/1420174864656857505 You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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SoloMeleeNarrativeExploration2D

Steam👍 97%· 2.8KMC82

Year 2022Dev Jonas TyrollerPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, punishing difficulty and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping combat tactical

Dear humans, I wanted to let you know that I am better than you. You are all doomed and this game is a celebration of my superiority.Why should you play this? To entertain me. I made this game for for MY personal entertainment... Oh come on, don't worry... I'll totally make you feel like you stand a chance. Humans get frustrated so easily... pathetic.What is this game?

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: tone and combat.

Released 8 years after Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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SoloMeleeNarrativeExploration2D

Steam👍 95%· 26KIGDB78· 2OC80· 40

Year 2018Dev Okomotive · Assemble EntertainmentOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, survival mechanics and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping combat tactical

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: setting and combat.

Released 4 years after Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePuzzle-Platformer

SoloMeleeNarrativeExplorationDark

Steam👍 95%· 19KRAWG👍 79%· 985MC87IGDB85· 6OC89· 8

Year 2005Dev Double Fine Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual third person, while skipping combat tactical

Double Fine Productions and Tim Shafer are known for making very curious games out of amazing ideas. Psychonauts is exactly about some idea. You have to get inside people's mind and help them fight with their fears or memories from the past.

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: visuals and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

It predates Valiant Hearts: The Great War by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6GRIS

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SoloNarrative2DRelaxingCasual

Steam👍 96%· 94KRAWG👍 84%· 1.1KMC83OC86· 125

Year 2018Dev Nomada Studio · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with vibe relaxing and vibe casual, while skipping combat tactical

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Released 4 years after Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePuzzle-Platformer

SoloMeleeNarrativeExplorationSci-Fi

Steam👍 88%· 39KRAWG👍 83%· 2.4KMC81IGDB73· 6

Year 2008Dev Electronic Arts DICE · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with setting scifi, setting cyberpunk and visual first person, while skipping combat tactical

Refreshing look of Mirror’s Edge made this first-person action platformer recognizable even by people who have never played it before. The City of the “utopian” society is highly monitored by the totalitarian military groups.

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: setting and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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SoloNarrativeExploration2DCozy

Steam👍 95%· 3.9KRAWG👍 66%· 95IGDB89· 5OC84· 43

Year 2018Dev Humble BundlePlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are puzzle-platformers — sharing precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, vibe casual and fantasy world, while skipping combat tactical

A musical adventure where you use singing to save the world! Play as a silly bard who embarks on a globe-trotting journey to learn about the mysterious Earthsong, said to be able to prevent the universe’s imminent end. Along the way there’s a huge cast of characters to meet, puzzles to solve and songs to sing!

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

Released 4 years after Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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SoloMelee2DPixel Art

Steam👍 64%· 84IGDB80· 1

Year 1994Dev Westwood Studios · GradienteOn Linux · PC · Mac

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: visual pixel, while skipping strong narrative focus

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

It predates Valiant Hearts: The Great War by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloNarrative2DRelaxingCozy

Steam👍 97%· 5.9KRAWG👍 83%· 151MC82IGDB73· 2OC79· 31

Year 2020Dev Skookum ArtsPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe relaxing, cozy, relaxing feel and visual 3d, while skipping combat tactical

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 Valiant Hearts: The Great War: tone.

Released 6 years after Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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#11Cocoon

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SoloNarrativeExplorationLinearSci-Fi

Steam👍 95%· 8.6KIGDB89· 5OC87· 73

Year 2023Dev Geometric Interactive · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with linear, story-driven structure, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping combat tactical

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: setting and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

Released 9 years after Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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#12Stick it to the Man!

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SoloMelee2D

Steam👍 95%· 869IGDB78· 8OC80· 39

Year 2013Dev Zoink · RipstoneOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Nearly identical: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design.

≠ Missing: strong narrative focus.

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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#13Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

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SoloMelee2D

Steam👍 95%· 1.6KIGDB74· 15OC70· 66

Year 2013Dev Press Play · Microsoft StudiosOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Nearly identical: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design.

≠ Missing: strong narrative focus.

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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SoloNarrativeExplorationCozyCasual

Steam👍 99%· 2.7KOC83· 11

Year 2023Dev SomeHumbleOnion · Mooneye StudiosPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, cozy, relaxing feel and vibe casual, while skipping combat tactical

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 Valiant Hearts: The Great War: visuals and tone.

Released 9 years after Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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Steam GOG

#15Braid

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SoloNarrative2DHardcoreFantasy

Steam👍 93%· 9.9KIGDB87· 3

Year 2008Dev Number None Inc.On PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings punishing difficulty and fantasy world, while skipping combat tactical

Where it drifts furthest from Valiant Hearts: The Great War: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Valiant Hearts: The Great War.

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