LostWinds similar games & best alternatives

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LostWinds

Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS • 2016

Should you play it?

Wield the awesome powers of Enril the wind spirit to guide and protect young Toku through this unique platform adventure.

What works

  • Unique wind control mechanics
  • Beautiful art style and relaxing music
  • Simple and accessible gameplay
  • Charming and peaceful atmosphere
  • Well-polished port from wii

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short game length
  • Lack of difficulty and challenge
  • Some control imprecision with mouse
  • No controller support
  • Port lacks graphical options and occasional crashes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pan-Pan

  • Lilly Looking Through

  • Fire: Ungh’s Quest

  • Tengami

  • Eventide 2: The Sorcerers Mirror

  • Endless Fables: The Minotaur's Curse

More value-seeking

Games that feels like LostWinds but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Isle of Ewe

  • Project Shoreline

  • Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened

  • LAY

  • Echoed World

  • Hob

More expressive

Games that feels like LostWinds but with more self-expression and customization

  • Yoku's Island Express

  • Gecko Gods

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Beasts of Maravilla Island

  • Wenjia

  • My Brother Rabbit

More continuation-driven

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

  • XING: The Land Beyond

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • Return to Monkey Island

  • Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition

  • COCOON

  • Teslagrad 2

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias

  • Planet Coaster 2

  • Jurassic World Evolution 3

  • Planet Coaster

  • Jurassic World Evolution

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).

LostWinds: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Intimacy, Continuation.

Last update: 03/08/2026