Small Radios Big Televisions similar games & best alternatives

Small Radios Big Televisions

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

Explore the inner workings of deserted factories in search of data cassettes that contain boundless virtual worlds. Collect more tapes and explore more worlds and you'll soon discover new methods of traversal and control that will take you farther than you'd ever expect.

What works

  • Unique and immersive audiovisual experience
  • Relaxing and atmospheric gameplay
  • Creative and surreal art style
  • Intuitive and accessible puzzles
  • Thought-provoking narrative and themes

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length (~2 hours)
  • Limited replay value
  • Some camera and control frustrations
  • Minimal story clarity and guidance
  • Price considered high for content amount

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pan-Pan

  • LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias

  • LostWinds

  • The Unfinished Swan

  • Discolored

  • Monument Valley 3

Less expressive

Games that feels like Small Radios Big Televisions but with less self-expression and customization

  • FORM

  • Agent A: A puzzle in disguise

  • Through Abandoned: The Forest

  • AER Memories of Old

  • Tengami

  • Journey of a Roach

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Small Radios Big Televisions but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Treasure Adventure World

  • COCOON

  • FRACT OSC

  • Sable

  • Broken Reality

  • Sword of the Sea

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Small Radios Big Televisions but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened

  • Trikaya

  • Isle of Ewe

  • The Savior From Above

  • Evo Explores

  • Californium

Choose your own criteria ->

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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.
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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).

Small Radios Big Televisions: 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 Continuation, Value, Intimacy.

Last update: 04/08/2026