The Best Philosophical Games for Xbox One - Page 2

Update : The Master\'s Pupil added at rank #10.
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Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

As a hitchhiker with no memory or destination, you catch a series of rides across a strange and beautiful landscape, tracking the mysterious disappearance of a person close to you. • Hitchhike across a strange and beautiful landscape in five rides with five total strangers who will challenge your grasp on reality... And maybe your philosophy on life. • Solve environmental puzzles, and keep an eye out for clues, in order to uncover your mysterious past.


  • well-written
  • mystery
  • philosophical
  • narration
  • short
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • emotional
  • mature
  • story
  • conversation
  • first-person
  • puzzle
  • drama
  • surreal

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Manifold (2021)

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The game takes place in a "universe with a different set of physical laws" where the player can manipulate gravity, being able to "turn walls into floors".[6] The player must solve puzzles using the world's geometry in addition to devices within the architecture of the world.[6] To aid the player, the world's tone takes on one of six colors depending on which direction they have manipulated gravity. Several facets of the game's world may only be interacted with when the gravity is oriented directly, with these objects sharing one of the six colors.


  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • 3d
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • experimental
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • artificial
  • intelligence

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Dreaming Sarah (2015)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Linux Xbox One PC Windows

Dreaming Sarah is a surreal adventure platformer game with puzzle elements, an engaging environment, an incredibly diverse cast of characters, and of course, a young girl named Sarah. Sarah has been in an accident and is currently in a coma. It's up to you to help her wake up by exploring her dream world. Features: * Explore mysterious psychological areas * Collect, equip and use items * Interact with a vast cast of weird characters * Solve brain-teasing puzzles


  • surreal
  • philosophical
  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • psychological
  • psychedelic
  • walking-simulator
  • puzzle
  • abstract
  • supernatural
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • adventure

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Afterglitch (2022)

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Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X

Afterglitch is an experimental third-person exploration sci-fi video game. The player is an astronaut whose multidimensional journey to find an extraterrestrial civilization is more important than the destination!


  • time
  • philosophical
  • travel
  • sci-fi
  • surreal
  • futuristic
  • aliens
  • atmospheric
  • space
  • manipulation
  • retro
  • procedural
  • exploration
  • 3d
  • third-person

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The Sojourn (2019)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.


  • philosophical
  • stylized
  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • walking-simulator
  • dark
  • family-friendly
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • first-person
  • colourful
  • 3d
  • cookie
  • mystery
  • chess

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Aery - Heaven & Hell (2023)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

Discover the passions and fears of the human race as a flying god-like creature.


  • flight
  • philosophical
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • atmospheric
  • god
  • simulation
  • family-friendly
  • casual
  • abstract
  • adventure
  • story

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Metal Black S-Tribute (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

Collect NEWALONE to level up your beam, then release energy! The home console version of the incredible side-scrolling shooter Metal Black is back with online rankings. Two players can play together!


  • 2d
  • philosophical
  • space
  • arcade
  • satire
  • military
  • futuristic
  • shooter
  • action
  • shoot-em-up
  • platform
  • war

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Even the Ocean (2016)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

The game includes platforming and story elements, putting the player in the role of Aliph, a Power Plant engineer working for the game's central city of Whiteforge.


  • 2d
  • platform
  • beautiful
  • philosophical
  • nonlinear
  • capitalism
  • scroller
  • lgbtq
  • stylized
  • nature
  • hand-drawn
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • action-adventure
  • story

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Dreamo (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

The plane crashed, bringing an abrupt end to your journey. You regain consciousness in a strange lucid dream filled with interactive cube puzzles, where a mysterious voice guides you through the changing landscape. What is happening? Who are you? Do you have what it takes to wake up?


  • philosophical
  • nonlinear
  • puzzle
  • walking-simulator
  • colourful
  • story
  • surreal
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • narration
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • open-world

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Life of Fly 2 (2021)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Life of Fly 2 features 13 short stories each revolving around the life and weird thoughts of another fly. Be prepared to experience some very unusual content, some interesting thoughts that go way beyond the normal life of a fly, and some entertaining short stories with a twist.


  • philosophical
  • walking-simulator
  • flight
  • narrative
  • life
  • simulation
  • spanish
  • story
  • third-person

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