Leaving Lyndow similar games & best alternatives

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Leaving Lyndow

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

It's Clara's last day on the island where she grew up. She needs to complete preparations, visit her favorite places, and say her goodbyes before leaving on a journey she may not return from.

What works

  • Beautiful graphics and scenery
  • Relaxing and calming soundtrack
  • Emotional and heartfelt story
  • Easy achievements
  • Short and accessible experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay
  • Limited replayability
  • Linear and simple gameplay
  • Minimal interaction depth
  • Character models considered odd by some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Submerged

  • Lili: Child of Geos - Complete Edition

  • Tiny Echo

  • Runo

  • Blackwood Crossing

  • Bottle: Pilgrim Redux

Less intimate

Games that feels like Leaving Lyndow but with less focus on close relationships

  • Caligo

  • One-Eyed Likho

  • The Old City: Leviathan

  • The Alien Cube

  • Pluviophile

  • Scrap Garden

More continuation-driven

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

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Three

  • Eastshade

  • CINERIS SOMNIA

  • Ether One

  • Aporia: Beyond The Valley

  • Gnomes & Goblins (preview)

Less idle-friendly

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

  • The Unluckiest Man

  • The Last Dream: Developer's Edition

  • The Last Campfire

  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

  • Postmouse

  • Metamorphosis

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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).
  • 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.
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  • 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).

Leaving Lyndow: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Competence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

Last update: 03/08/2026