30 Narrative games like Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered that you should try

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We filtered the 49 games similar to Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered down to the 30 that fit the “Narrative” category. Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Disney•Pixar Finding Nemo and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered.

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The best narrative games like Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered

30 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered. 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.

#1Alba: A Wildlife AdventureClosest on genre

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeCasualCozyNarrativeOpen WorldExploration3D

Steam👍 98%· 8.0KRAWG👍 96%· 82MC81OC82· 28

Year 2020Dev ustwo gamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, vibe casual and cozy, relaxing feel.

≠ Missing: deep simulation.

Alba: a Wildlife Adventure is a new tale from the creators of Monument Valley and Assemble with Care. When Alba visits her grandparents on a Mediterranean island, she is ready for a peaceful summer of wildlife exploration with her friend Ines.

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#2Disney•Pixar Finding Nemo

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SoloMeleeNarrativeCasualOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 217

Year 2015Dev KnowWonder · Disney InteractivePlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and fantasy world, while skipping deep simulation

Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo features two main storylines. As in the 2003 animated feature film, the clown fish Nemo is headed for his first day at school when he's captured near Australia's Great Barrier Reef by a scuba diver and winds up in an aquarium in a dentist's office.

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

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SoloMeleeNarrativeCozyOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 91%· 17KIGDB91· 15OC88· 200

Year 2021Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PC · PS5

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Stands apart with shooter, precision platforming and third-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

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#4Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeCasualOpen WorldExplorationThird Person3D

Steam👍 80%· 14KIGDB67· 8OC65· 41

Year 2016Dev Frogwares · Bigben InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping deep simulation

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeCozyOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 97%· 144KRAWG👍 89%· 1.3KMC91IGDB91· 12OC91· 178

Year 2020Dev Moon Studios · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~11hOn PC · Xbox · Nintendo

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design, while skipping deep simulation

A New Journey Begins Embark on an adventure with all new combat and customization options while exploring a vast, exotic world encountering larger than life enemies and challenging puzzles. Seek help from discoverable allies on your path to unravel Ori’s true destiny.

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: visuals.

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#6Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeCasualNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 96%· 132KRAWG👍 93%· 453OC87· 87

Year 2020Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Interactive EntertainmentPlaytime ~13hOn PC · PS

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, vibe casual and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics, setting scifi and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping deep simulation

This isn’t the Spider-Man you’ve met or ever seen before. In Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, we meet an experienced Peter Parker who’s more masterful at fighting big crime in New York City.

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#7Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeCozyOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 97%· 914RAWG👍 74%· 77

Year 1997Dev DotEmu · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, precision platforming and combat magic, while skipping deep simulation

Little Big Adventure 2, also known as Twinsen's Odyssey is the sequel of Little Big Adventure (also known as Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure) in which you've liberated the world from its evil dictator.

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: visuals and combat.

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeCasualNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 64%· 162

Year 2009Dev Boss BaddiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, vibe casual and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and puzzle design, while skipping deep simulation

Lunnye Devitsy is the story of an alien who falls from the moon onto a huge mountainside on the planet below. Explore strange locations, aid mysterious characters and find your way home.

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: visuals and tone.

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Grand Theft Auto IIIClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 15KRAWG👍 86%· 1.6KMC93IGDB95· 2

Year 2001Dev DMA Design · CapcomPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and racing gameplay

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and sandbox freedom, while skipping vibe casual

The one that established the template: a 3D open city with radio stations, missions on call and free roaming between them. Historically it matters enormously. It has aged the hardest of the era — no mission checkpoints, no map markers for much of it, a silent protagonist, and shooting that amounts to auto-aim and hoping.

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: tone and visuals.

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 79%· 14K

Year 2021Dev Grove Street Games · Rockstar GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: tone.

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#11Bully: Scholarship Edition

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SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 84%· 41KRAWG👍 86%· 765MC72IGDB80· 3

Year 2008Dev Rockstar New England · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox · Nintendo

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, deep simulation and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, dark, oppressive atmosphere and sandbox world, while skipping racing gameplay

Set in Bullworth Academy, a fictional British private school, this game tells about school bullying and the troublesome period of growing to adolescence. You assume the role of Jimmy Hopkins, a 15-year-old boy and a “problem child”, who was already kicked out of many schools for his misbehavior.

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: tone.

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Vangers

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 93%· 1.4KRAWG👍 77%· 83

Year 1998Dev K-D Lab · KranX ProductionsPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: racing gameplay, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, horror tension and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation

Special EditionVangers was originally released in 1998 and now we present you with the special reworked edition of the game with improved performance on modern operating systems. Game still runs in 800x600 resolution though, as it was intended to do. Feature List- Vast Sandbox world - do whatever you like, just don’t get caught without Rubbox.

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: visuals and tone.

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 26 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Mafia III

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 57%· 63KIGDB68· 23

Year 2016Dev Hangar 13 · 2K GamesOn PS4 · PC · Mac

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

New Bordeaux and its period soundtrack are exceptional, and the story handles race and its era with more seriousness than the genre usually manages. Driving feels heavy and right. The structure undercuts all of it — the same racket-clearing loop repeats across every district, and the mission variety runs out long before the map does.

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: tone.

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 30KRAWG👍 93%· 3.1KMC94IGDB94· 4

Year 2002Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation

Tighter and more focused than the open worlds that followed it, with a compact city you learn by heart rather than by map marker. Driving carries most of the game. The shooting has aged badly — no proper cover, stiff aiming — and missions restart from the beginning, which turns a late failure into a long redo.

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: tone.

It predates Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Sonic FrontiersClosest on visuals

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person3D

Steam👍 89%· 28KIGDB72· 8OC71· 137

Year 2022Dev Sonic Team · SegaOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, deep RPG systems and action RPG combat, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship - Remastered: tone.

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