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209 games like Side Effect

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01 Outer Wilds Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Outer Wilds

75%

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, the player navigates a space shuttle and tra...

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75% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Mystery Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel
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02 Flutter Away Cover

2023 · Mac, Switch, PC

Flutter Away

75%

Enjoy the serenity of the Amazon rainforest in this cozy short nature exploration game. As a butterfly researcher on a five-day campaign trip, explore nearby tracks, take photos, meet animal friends, and journal the discoveries found along the way!

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75% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Palia Cover

2023 · Switch, Switch 2, PC

Palia

70%

Palia is a free-to-play life simulation MMO where players take on the role of humans who have mysteriously appeared in a world primarily inhabited by a species called the Majiri. Gameplay centers on village life activities including fishing, foraging, hunting,...

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Side Effect

70% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Fantasy Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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04 Aka Cover

2022 · Switch, PC

Aka

70%

Find inner peace in a small, open-world game. On these carefully handcrafted islands, you can take a nap on a giant monster, feed baby dragons, take care of the fauna and flora... ...but demons from your past might come back to remind you what you want to forg...

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70% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Fantasy Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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05 Paradise Marsh Cover

2022 · Mac, Switch, PC

Paradise Marsh

70%

Wander through a perfect endless wetland! Catch tadpoles, enjoy peaceful sceneries and find lost poems while restoring fallen stars in the empty night sky.

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70% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Grow: Song of the Evertree Cover

2021 · Switch, PC, PS4

Grow: Song of the Evertree

68%

Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.

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68% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Fantasy Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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07 Bugsnax Cover

2020 · Mac, Switch, PC

Bugsnax

66%

Bugsnax takes you on a journey to Snaktooth Island, home of the legendary half-bug half-snack creatures, Bugsnax. Invited by intrepid explorer Elizabert Megafig, you arrive to discover your host nowhere to be found, her camp in shambles, and her followers scat...

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66% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Fantasy Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Pine Hearts Cover

2024 · Android, Switch, PC

Pine Hearts

65%

Pine Hearts is a cosy little narrative-adventure game set in the sleepy scenery of Pine Hearts Caravan Park. Explore the great outdoors as you uncover items, unlock new paths, and discover all the little secrets stuffed throughout the Park.

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Side Effect

65% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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09 Firewatch Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Firewatch

64%

Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start t...

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64% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Mystery Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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10 Subnautica Cover

2018 · Android, Mac, Switch

Subnautica

61%

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more, all while trying to survive.

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61% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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11 No Man's Sky Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch 2, PC

No Man's Sky

59%

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 their equipment while following an overarch...

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Side Effect

59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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No description available from IGDB

12 Terraria Cover

2011 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Terraria

55%

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 structures, and fight enemies. Progression...

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55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Simulator Genre Fantasy Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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13 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Cover

2006 · PC, PS3, X360

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

54%

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the fourth game in the Elder Scrolls story, is set within the province of Cyrodiil, the heartland and Imperial capital of Tamriel. Emperor Uriel Septim VII is assassinated in flight from his own palace, but just before he dies h...

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54% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Fantasy Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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14 Far Cry 5 Cover

2018 · Stadia, PC, PS4

Far Cry 5

51%

Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult known as The Project at Eden’s Gate that is threatening the community's freedom. Stand up to the cult’s leader, Joseph Seed and the Heralds, and spark t...

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51% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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15 Far Cry 3 Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, X360

Far Cry 3

50%

Explore an island playground as stunningly beautiful as it is diverse – from mountain ranges to swampy grasslands and white sandy beaches. Fight your way through the island’s towns, temples, river ports and more. Encounter a diverse and realistic cast of char...

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50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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16 Rise of the Tomb Raider Cover

2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Rise of the Tomb Raider

50%

Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game in which players control Lara Croft as she searches for the legendary city of Kitezh and a promise of immortality. Combat involves firearms, stealth, and melee weapons, while semi-open hub areas o...

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50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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17 Gone Home Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Gone Home

50%

A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home. Kati...

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50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Grand Theft Auto V Cover

2013 · PC, PS3, PS4

Grand Theft Auto V

49%

Grand Theft Auto V is a vast open world game set in Los Santos, a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV. The game blends storytelling and gameplay in new ways as players repeatedly jump...

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Side Effect

49% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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19 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Cover

2004 · Android, Mac, PC

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

49%

Returning after his mother's murder to the semi-fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), Carl Johnson, a former gang banger, must take back the streets for his family and friends by gaining respect and once again gaining control over the streets. H...

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Side Effect

49% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Open world Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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20 Elden Ring Cover

2022 · Switch 2, PC, PS4

Elden Ring

49%

Elden Ring is an action RPG developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, released in February 2022. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with world-building contributions from novelist George R. R. Martin, the game features an expansive ope...

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Side Effect

49% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Fantasy Theme Open world Theme Single player Mode Exploration Game feel Open World World design
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