The Best Atmospheric Games

Update, 20 February 2023: Golgotha added at rank #29.

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Shapik: The Moon Quest (2020)

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SHAPIK: The Moon Quest is a touching and atmospheric quest, the story of which unfolds in a mysterious world after a nuclear war.

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beautiful
casual
point-and-click
touch-friendly
hand-drawn
cute
atmospheric
nature
post-apocalyptic
surreal
puzzle
dark
adventure
family-friendly
story

Know By Heart (2022)

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Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.

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emotional
atmospheric
narration
story
romance
retro
multiple-endings
visual-novel
minimalist
adventure
3d

UNREAL LIFE (2020)

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And now, for today's story.

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pixel
scroller
atmospheric
adventure
multiple-endings
point-and-click
story
puzzle
dark
exploration

The Hand of Glory (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The challenge of a dangerous serial killer plummets detective Lazarus Bundy’s career into a chasm with no way out. In a desperate attempt at a comeback, Lazarus decides to secretly investigate the disappearance of Kathrin Mulzberg.

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thriller
point-and-click
atmospheric
mystery
third-person
first-time
comedy
story
adventure
inventory
funny
single-player
dark
in-depth
hand-drawn

The Wild Case (2021)

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The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.

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hand-drawn
puzzle
point-and-click
story
detective
adventure
atmospheric
crafting
exploration
mystery
text
2d
colourful
survival
supernatural

Machinika Museum (2021)

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Android PC Windows IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Come discover beautiful mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins and use your logic and sense of observation to fix them; and uncover a galaxy-spanning story. Machinika Museum is a puzzle game for people who like to have their brain teased and love a nice story to go along.

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science
investigation
puzzle
hidden-object
mystery
logic
point-and-click
short
sci-fi
narration
atmospheric
futuristic
aliens
pattern-matching
first-person

Papetura (2021)

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Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.

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point-and-click
puzzle
psychedelic
stylized
hand-drawn
surreal
exploration
atmospheric
family-friendly
2d
relaxing
beautiful
adventure
moth
thought

Fatum Betula (2020)

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Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.

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ghibli
atmospheric
abstract
exploration
casual
puzzle
adventure
retro
instrument

INMOST (2020)

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Inmost is an action-adventure platform indie game developed by Lithuania-based[1] developer Hidden Layer Games, published by Chucklefish, and released on October 11, 2019 for iOS on the App Store,[2] then later ported to other platforms on August 21, 2020.[3][4] The game follows the story of a young girl, a stoic knight, and a man in search of answers.[5] These stories are interconnected to a creature which feeds on pain, and is set in two different worlds.[1]

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platform
pixel
puzzle
atmospheric
narrative
horror
story
metroidvania
exploration
2d
narration
adventure
grief
platform-action
action-adventure

Archaica: The Path of Light (2017)

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Archaica is an atmospheric puzzler with lasers and mirrors, that introduces a mystical and ancient world, full of challenging puzzles. In this game, we become the Light Bearer who is sent on a quest to walk the legendary Path of Light and save the world from impending disaster.

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