Silence similar games & best alternatives

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Silence

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

Should you play it?

Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.

What works

  • Beautiful art style and animation
  • Emotional and engaging story
  • Relaxing atmosphere and music
  • Well-voiced characters
  • Innovative puzzle mechanics with character spot

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Easy and few puzzles
  • Linear gameplay with limited player freedom
  • Long loading times and autosave only
  • Some narrative and character development feels incomplete

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pinstripe

  • The Last Campfire

  • Call of the Sea

  • Dreamfall Chapters

  • The Dark Eye: Memoria

  • Anna's Quest

Less intimate

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

  • Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

  • The Frostrune

  • Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

  • Dreamscapes: The Sandman - Premium Edition

  • Conarium

  • J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • The Dark Eye: Memoria

  • The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

  • Anna's Quest

  • The Whispered World Special Edition

  • Deponia

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).

Silence: 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 Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Value.

Last update: 03/08/2026