Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition similar games & best alternatives

Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition

2020

Should you play it?

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

What works

  • Emotional and therapeutic storytelling
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art and music
  • Relaxing and calming gameplay
  • Meaningful character connections
  • Cozy management and exploration

Things to keep in mind

  • Some repetitive resource gathering
  • Slow pacing at times
  • Minor bugs reported
  • Missable achievements requiring multiple playthroughs
  • Limited challenge for players seeking difficulty

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Spirittea

  • Snacko

  • Born of Bread

  • Maid Cafe on Electric Street

  • Dropsy

  • Amber Isle

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition but with less leadership over others

  • Little Witch in the Woods

  • Lost Nova

  • Wuppo: Definitive Edition

  • Cozy Grove

  • Wanderstop

  • Newfound Courage

Less intimate

Games that feels like Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition but with less focus on close relationships

  • Merchant of the Skies

  • ShantyTown

  • Summer in Mara

  • Chicken Journey

  • Hotel Galactic

  • Mineko's Night Market

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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).

Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Fellowship, Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026