XING: The Land Beyond similar games & best alternatives

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XING: The Land Beyond

PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

You died. Welcome to XING: The Land Beyond, an atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure for desktops and virtual reality. Enjoy your peaceful escape from the chaotic world of the living, and travel the lands of the dead.

What works

  • Beautiful and immersive environments
  • Engaging and varied puzzles
  • Relaxing and meditative atmosphere
  • Good length and replay value
  • Well optimized vr and non-vr modes

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear progression limits autonomy
  • Some platforming and jumping mechanics frustrating
  • Lack of save system flexibility
  • Poetic story writing considered clumsy by some
  • High hardware requirements for vr

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • realMyst: Masterpiece Edition

  • Obduction

  • Firmament

  • Myst

  • Ether One

  • Isle of Ewe

More expressive

Games that feels like XING: The Land Beyond but with more self-expression and customization

  • Spirit of the North 2

  • Eastshade

  • Gecko Gods

  • Youropa

  • Keeper

  • Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

More thrilling

Games that feels like XING: The Land Beyond but with more suspense and thrill

  • Teslagrad 2

  • Children of Silentown

  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

  • Lake Ridden

  • Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition

  • Supraland Six Inches Under

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.
  • 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).

XING: The Land Beyond: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 04/08/2026