Reminiscence similar games & best alternatives

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Reminiscence

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.

What works

  • Creative time travel mechanic
  • Strong atmospheric horror and jump scares
  • Engaging narrative and story
  • Free to play
  • Well-executed environmental design

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay duration
  • Some bugs and technical issues reported
  • Limited puzzle complexity
  • Lack of replay value
  • Ending considered unsatisfying by some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Decay: The Mare

  • Paper Bride

  • Luto

  • Golgotha

  • A Place, Forbidden

  • Dead Take

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Reminiscence but with a stronger survival pressure

  • SCP: Daybreak

  • CAPTURED 2

  • SCP: Ground Zero

  • Shadows 2: Perfidia

  • Backrooms: Found Footage

  • We Went Back

Choose your own criteria ->

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).
  • 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).

Reminiscence: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Continuation, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026