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Children of Silentown: Prologue

2020

Should you play it?

Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

What works

  • Beautiful and unique art style
  • Intriguing and well-written story
  • Engaging atmospheric music and sound design
  • Accessible and smooth point-and-click gameplay
  • Interesting puzzle mechanics involving music notes

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short prologue/demo length
  • Some dialogue translation and flow issues
  • Limited gameplay complexity and depth
  • Lack of customization or expression options
  • No multiplayer or social interaction features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • THE NORMAL THING

  • The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

  • Bye Sweet Carole

  • Röki

  • A New Beginning - Final Cut

  • Call of the Sea

Less intimate

Games that feels like Children of Silentown: Prologue but with less focus on close relationships

  • Isle of Ewe

  • Monolight

  • Varenje

  • Slender Threads

  • Oknytt

  • Knock-knock

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Children of Silentown: Prologue but with less survival pressure

  • Children of Silentown

  • Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened

  • Poco

  • Detective Grimoire

  • Sumire

  • The Last Campfire

More violent

Games that feels like Children of Silentown: Prologue but with more combat and destruction

  • The Drifter

  • Sally Face - Episode One

  • Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition

  • Evoland Legendary Edition

  • Slender Threads: Prologue

  • BEKKOUAME

More expressive

Games that feels like Children of Silentown: Prologue but with more self-expression and customization

  • Paper Lily - Chapter 1

  • Nihilumbra

  • Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

  • Typoman

  • Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

  • Trick & Treat

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Similarity map

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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).
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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).

Children of Silentown: Prologue: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026