Ayahuasca similar games & best alternatives

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Ayahuasca

SteamVR • 2020

Should you play it?

In the jungle at night, a journey awaits for you... are you ready to embrace the experience? Ayahuasca, the vine of the soul, and how to find your inner space.

What works

  • Immersive and visually stunning psychedelic experience
  • Authentic representation of ayahuasca-like trip
  • Relaxing and meditative for some users
  • Unique vr artistic expression
  • Good audio including shamanic chanting

Things to keep in mind

  • Short duration (~20 minutes)
  • Minimal to no interactivity
  • Performance issues reported on some systems
  • Price considered high for content length
  • Some users find imagery unsettling or inducing nausea

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Conscious Existence - A Journey Within

  • ISLANDS: Non-Places

  • Caligo

  • Surge

  • Senza Peso

  • Burning Daylight

More autonomous

Games that feels like Ayahuasca but with more freedom over how you play

  • How Fish Is Made

  • 0°N 0°W

  • LAVALAMP

  • Nature Treks VR

  • [Chilla's Art] Jisatsu | 自撮

  • The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Ayahuasca but with less of an idle filler feel

  • InMind VR

  • SHE WAS 98

  • Toran

  • Hostil

  • The Frostrune

  • Papetura

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).

Ayahuasca: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Intimacy, Value.

Last update: 04/08/2026