The Best Philosophical Games

Update, : BOLD added at rank #46.
1

Manifold Garden (2019)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Mac OS

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.


  • abstract
  • surreal
  • philosophical
  • nonlinear
  • puzzle
  • psychedelic
  • experimental
  • minimalist
  • multiple-endings
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • mystery

2

Everything (2017)

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Playstation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows vita Nintendo Switch

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.


  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • walking-simulator
  • interactive
  • relaxing
  • experimental
  • exploration
  • narration
  • grand
  • tps
  • surreal
  • true-to-my-life
  • controller-support

3

Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

While visiting his sick father, college student Wei Qiuwu accidentally encountered a girl playing a concertina. Until one day someone unveils to Wei Qiuwu the cruel truth hidden under a fairy-tale cover Features * A storyline of 8 to 12 hours, * Multiple routes and endings. * An extraordinary story, themed with love and caring in an ordinary slice of daily life.


  • 2.5d
  • philosophical
  • choices
  • emotional
  • multiple-endings
  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • beautiful
  • realistic
  • modern
  • anime
  • colourful
  • cute
  • story
  • atmospheric

4

Bear's Restaurant (2019)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone

The award-winning indie adventure game finally arrives on Steam—now with more content than ever before! A story of love, loss, and fine dining that’s sure to warm even the most jaded of hearts.


  • cats
  • pixel
  • soundtrack
  • japanese
  • philosophical
  • rpg
  • cute
  • choices
  • story
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • dark
  • linear
  • jrpg
  • puzzle-type

5

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.


  • audio
  • philosophical
  • production
  • park
  • nonlinear
  • abstract
  • conversation
  • meditative
  • stylized
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • atmospheric
  • walking-simulator
  • minimalist
  • fiction

6

Three of Cards (2021)

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PC Windows

Three Cards is a movie-like noir stealth action game. The magician has a horrible relationship with insurance company A. Help the magician to take revenge on the key characters who have plunged him into hell, and shed light on his path. Because the process will be very dark and terrible.

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  • noir
  • lore
  • philosophical
  • superhero
  • metroidvania
  • drama
  • pve
  • atmospheric
  • stealth
  • scroller
  • rpg
  • crime
  • dark
  • story
  • action-adventure

7

Locked (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Mac OS Linux

An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?

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  • philosophical
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • visual-novel
  • conversation
  • anime
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • psychological
  • fiction
  • casual
  • story
  • adventure

8

Hell is Others (2022)

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PC Windows

Hell is Others is an extraction horror PVPVE top-down shooter. Outside the safety of your apartment lies the noir hellscape that is Century City. A city of endless night that straddles the line between reality and insanity. Explore, hunt and loot in a place where blood is literally currency.

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  • top-down
  • gun
  • philosophical
  • perma-death
  • twin-stick
  • survival-horror
  • shooter
  • loot
  • shoot-em-up
  • pve
  • thriller
  • customization
  • dystopian
  • fast-paced
  • stealth

9

The Forest Quartet (2022)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows

The Forest Quartet is a puzzle adventure about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls.

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  • music
  • narration
  • philosophical
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • isometric
  • stylized
  • story
  • emotional
  • minimalist
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • colourful

10

My Dream is a Lost Memory (2022)

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My dream is a Lost Memory is a short interactive story about having Déjà vu, realizing that this Déjà vu came to you because of a dream, and then wondering if that dream is actually a memory. It's a story about work, limitations and self-respect.

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  • philosophical
  • fiction
  • lore
  • visual-novel
  • hand-drawn
  • linear
  • point-and-click
  • experimental
  • interactive
  • dark
  • minimalist
  • drama
  • 2d
  • cartoony
  • stylized

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