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Oxenfree

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

What works

  • Engaging narrative with meaningful choices
  • Realistic and well-voiced characters
  • Atmospheric art and soundtrack
  • Multiple endings and replayability
  • Unique dialogue system with real-time choices

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow walking speed and backtracking
  • Dialogue options sometimes fade too quickly
  • No option to adjust music volume
  • Some minor bugs and pacing issues
  • Requires good english comprehension

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • PEPPERED: an existential platformer

  • Zeliria Sanctuary

  • Decarnation

  • Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

  • OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition

  • The Midnight Walk

Less expressive

Games that feels like Oxenfree but with less self-expression and customization

  • 子归 - Blossom

  • The Forgotten City

  • The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

  • American Arcadia

  • Shardlight

  • Meg's Monster

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Oxenfree but with less survival pressure

  • OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

  • The Last Campfire

  • The First Tree

  • Kujlevka

  • Port of Call

  • The Norwood Suite

Less intimate

Games that feels like Oxenfree but with less focus on close relationships

  • Radiolight

  • Planet of Lana II

  • Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition

  • Call of Cthulhu®

  • Someday You'll Return: Director's Cut

  • Esoteric Ebb

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Oxenfree but with a stronger sense of community

  • Winds of Change

  • Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition

  • The Forest of Drizzling Rain

  • Minds Beneath Us

  • Road 96 🛣️

  • A House of Many Doors

Choose your own criteria ->

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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).

Oxenfree: 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, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026