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20 games like Lost in the Roots
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Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
After scraping out a bleak existence in the post-apocalyptic wastelands, you thought you were prepared for anything. But now there’s no way to run. The choices you make determine how everything plays out in this…
Point-and-clickAdventureIndie- PC
- Mac
- 2
Slender Threads
Slender Threads is a point-and-click thriller adventure where unseen forces bind the fate of an unremarkable traveling salesman to the peculiar town he one day arrives in.
Point-and-clickAdventureIndie- PC
- Switch
- Mac
- +3
- 3
Allogloom
Chaos has descended upon the town of Gruesome Grove and its fate rests in Nora’s hands. Join her on an oftentimes gory journey through a beautifully hand-drawn world. Discover forgotten truths, make peculiar friends…
Point-and-clickAdventureIndie- PC
- 4
Sally Face
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Point-and-clickAdventureIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +7
- 5
Stray
Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amidst the detailed neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly. Roam surroundings high and low, defend against unforeseen…
AdventureIndieScience fiction- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +5
- 6
Terraria
Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build…
AdventureIndieScience fiction- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- +10
- 7
Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth…
AdventureIndieScience fiction- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +3
- 8
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is a sandbox open-world MMO "SpaceSim" by Cloud Imperium Games. Explore the 'verse, fight, trade, and more when you play Star Citizen!
AdventureIndieScience fiction- PC
- 9
No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade…
AdventureIndieScience fiction- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +6
- 10
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium is a role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM. It is set in the fictional city of Revachol, where players assume the role of an amnesic detective investigating a murder. The game emphasizes…
AdventureIndieMystery- PC
- Mac
- 11
Undertale
A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through…
AdventureIndieHorror- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- +4
- 12
Deltarune
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters.
AdventureIndieMystery- PC
- PS5
- Switch 2
- +3
- 13
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and…
AdventureIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +6
- 14
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based…
AdventureIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- 15
Control
Control is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive U.S. government agency that studies paranormal phenomena. Players control Jesse Faden, who arrives at the Bureau's…
AdventureScience fictionHorror- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +2
- 16
Cuphead
Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz…
AdventureIndie- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- +2
- 17
Hades
A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers…
AdventureIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +5
- 18
Half-Life
Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player…
AdventureScience fictionHorror- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 19
Hollow Knight
A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly…
AdventureIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +7
- 20
Detroit: Become Human
Detroit: Become Human is an interactive narrative adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and released in 2018. Set in a near-future Detroit where androids serve humans, the story follows three android…
AdventureScience fictionMystery- PC
- PS4