and Roger similar games & best alternatives

and Roger

Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

It was a morning like all others, until she realized her dad wasn't home. In his place, a stranger who speaks nonsense and insists she "takes her medicine". Who is he? Where is dad?

What works

  • Powerful emotional storytelling
  • Innovative and meaningful gameplay mechanics
  • Beautiful art and music
  • Short and impactful experience
  • Thought-provoking and empathetic narrative

Things to keep in mind

  • Short playtime may limit replay value
  • Some players find controls occasionally clunky
  • Religious themes may not appeal to all
  • Gameplay can be frustrating by design
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Draw

  • THE NORMAL THING

  • Buddy Simulator 1984

  • No Case Should Remain Unsolved

  • Press Any Button

  • OMORI

More fantastical

Games that feels like and Roger but with more imaginative fiction

  • Changed

  • BirdGut

  • My succubus Kukula

  • 白花 the white flower

  • Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo

  • Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

Less intimate

Games that feels like and Roger but with less focus on close relationships

  • Thought Experiment Simulator

  • The Horror Of Salazar House

  • The Room Syndrome

  • Time Flies

  • Landlord of the Woods

  • The White Door

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and Roger: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026