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like Charlie · 2022 · Windows, macOS

Steam: 82 % positive of 179 reviews, as of Oct 28

An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

24 games that play like Ghost on the Shore and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Call of the Sea, Oxenfree and Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

Player tags

  • Adventure
  • Atmospheric
  • Exploration
  • Story Rich
  • Singleplayer
  • Walking Simulator
  • Romance
  • Mystery
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Plays and looks like Ghost on the Shore

Close to it by gameplay and by look, so it appears in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Ghost on the Shore

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Night in the Woods93 % positive of 17,896Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Mystery
  2. Gone Home77 % positive of 13,653Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Walking Simulator
  3. Decollate Decoration93 % positive of 504Shared: Story Rich · Mystery · Female Protagonist
  4. A Story Beside95 % positive of 241Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Romance
  5. Seers Isle91 % positive of 170Shared: Story Rich · Mystery · Emotional
  6. OXENFREE II: Lost Signals88 % positive of 1,979Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Walking Simulator
  7. Adventure of a Lifetime95 % positive of 816Shared: Romance · Adventure · Singleplayer
  8. Tides of Tomorrow 🌊85 % positive of 548
  9. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden83 % positive of 6,535Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Emotional
  10. The Suicide of Rachel Foster68 % positive of 5,338Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Walking Simulator
  11. Emily is Away Too93 % positive of 5,360Shared: Story Rich · Romance · Choices Matter
  12. The Moon Sliver77 % positive of 997Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Walking Simulator

By look

Looks like Ghost on the Shore

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. DYSMANTLE90 % positive of 11,073
  2. Survival: Fountain of Youth84 % positive of 4,131
  3. Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints93 % positive of 4,745
  4. Black Book: Prologue93 % positive of 1,246
  5. Radiolight89 % positive of 439
  6. Impasto89 % positive of 273
  7. Mad Experiments: Escape Room67 % positive of 299
  8. Dread Fields98 % positive of 569
  9. The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker83 % positive of 896
  10. Kujlevka91 % positive of 600
  11. ECO HOLE87 % positive of 232
  12. realMyst: Masterpiece Edition88 % positive of 1,394

At a glance

What games like Ghost on the Shore have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Ghost on the Shore: Story Rich (22 of 24), Exploration (13) and Walking Simulator (12).
  • They came out between 2013 and 2026, 6 of them after Ghost on the Shore (2022).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Scarlet Hollow (97 % positive of 4,950).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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