Space Between Worlds similar games & best alternatives

Space Between Worlds

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

Did you ever pay attention to the importance of space? Space Between Worlds is a short puzzle game that expresses the concept of proximity and lets the player interpret the context and arc of the story.

What works

  • Deeply moving and emotional experience
  • Meaningful minimalistic art style
  • Soothing and emotive soundtrack
  • Free to play
  • Short and accessible

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay length
  • Minimal puzzle challenge
  • Some audio quality issues
  • Lack of replay value for some
  • No customization or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Mind of Marlo

  • A Normal Lost Phone

  • Another Adventure

  • Biphase

  • Come out, cat

  • Draw

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Space Between Worlds but with less narrative immersion

  • qop

  • Lines X

  • qop 2

  • Shrimp

  • 🔴 Circles

  • qop 3

More fantastical

Games that feels like Space Between Worlds but with more imaginative fiction

  • Yume Nikki

  • Have a Nice Dream

  • There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

  • Plug & Play

  • Life Tastes Like Cardboard

  • 6180 the moon

Choose your own criteria ->

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).

Space Between Worlds: 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 Fantasy, Continuation, Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026