Antenna similar games & best alternatives

Antenna - Trailer
Antenna - antenna_1.avif
Antenna - antenna_2.avif
Antenna - antenna_3.avif
Antenna - antenna_4.avif
Antenna - antenna_5.avif
Antenna - antenna_6.avif

Antenna

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

A machine ponders its loneliness. It scans the radio spectrum for an answer to its question.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Unique atmospheric audio puzzles
  • Short and accessible
  • Nice minimalist art style
  • Easy achievements

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay
  • Lack of guidance or instructions
  • Minimal story or narrative
  • Some puzzles confusing or unintuitive
  • Limited replay value

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • GET OUT!

  • Trikaya

  • Evo Explores

  • Missing Translation

  • Unmechanical

  • Plazma Being

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Antenna but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • 重明鸟 Bright Bird

  • Flood of Light

  • Monolight

  • NightSky

  • Through Abandoned: The Forest

  • Sheepy: A Short Adventure

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Antenna but with a stronger survival pressure

  • INSIDE

  • Hellevator

  • Lightmatter

  • Soulless: Ray Of Hope

  • Reveal The Deep

  • Aspire: Ina's Tale

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Antenna: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Exploration, Creativity, Story, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Survival.

Last update: 03/08/2026