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Games like That Dragon, Cancer
Numinous Games · 2016 · 89 % positive of 1,478
24 games that play like That Dragon, Cancer and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Before Your Eyes, Last Day of June and The First Tree.
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What games like That Dragon, Cancer have in common
- The tags they share most often with That Dragon, Cancer: Story Rich (19 of 24), Walking Simulator (17) and Emotional (12).
- They came out between 2014 and 2024, 19 of them after That Dragon, Cancer (2016).
- Best rated by Steam players: Before Your Eyes (97 % positive of 17,499).
- The Way of Life Free Edition and After Dreams both play and look like That Dragon, Cancer.
By gameplay
Plays like That Dragon, Cancer
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Before Your Eyes
97 % positive of 17,499
Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Walking Simulator

Last Day of June
86 % positive of 4,451
Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Walking Simulator

The First Tree
75 % positive of 5,577
Shared: Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Narration

ZED
63 % positive of 157
Shared: Walking Simulator · Indie · Adventure

EDENGATE: The Edge of Life
70 % positive of 192
Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Walking Simulator

The Fabled Woods
63 % positive of 267
Shared: Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Narration

Old Man's Journey
86 % positive of 3,970
Shared: Story Rich · Point & Click · Drama

Empathy: Path of Whispers
60 % positive of 213
Shared: Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Surreal

Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow
69 % positive of 262
Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Surreal

The Almost Gone
80 % positive of 1,135
Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Surreal

Before I Forget
91 % positive of 179
Shared: Emotional · Walking Simulator · First-Person

Gone In November
62 % positive of 395
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Indie
More matches
- Arise: A Simple Story91 % positive of 2,468Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Narration
- Coma: Mortuary57 % positive of 1,012Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Indie
- Dear Esther75 % positive of 6,122Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Walking Simulator
- A Memoir Blue85 % positive of 418Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Indie
- Closer the Distance90 % positive of 207Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Narration
- N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure67 % positive of 192Shared: Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Narration
- Summerland91 % positive of 1,712Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Walking Simulator
- Blackwood Crossing82 % positive of 429Shared: Story Rich · Walking Simulator · First-Person
- Bottle: Pilgrim Redux78 % positive of 241Shared: Story Rich · Emotional · Walking Simulator
- Dear Esther: Landmark Edition74 % positive of 6,849Shared: Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Narration
- The Way of Life Free Edition74 % positive of 6,226Shared: Story Rich · Walking Simulator · First-Person
- After Dreams74 % positive of 204Shared: Indie · Adventure · Casual
By look
Looks like That Dragon, Cancer
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

The Way of Life Free Edition
74 % positive of 6,226

Small Radios Big Televisions
71 % positive of 371

Polyball
69 % positive of 1,200

Laraan
46 % positive of 265

Master Reboot
75 % positive of 693

Rituals
63 % positive of 273

Museum of Other Realities
90 % positive of 424

Virtual Virtual Reality
91 % positive of 644

The Next Door
53 % positive of 905

Know by heart
89 % positive of 776

Blind Trust
52 % positive of 1,462

TIMEframe
65 % positive of 685
More matches
- Shape of the World78 % positive of 389
- Shelter85 % positive of 3,667
- Irrational Exuberance: Prologue85 % positive of 356
- TRIP Steam Edition45 % positive of 284
- TREE93 % positive of 2,233
- Blueshift79 % positive of 209
- Hyperbolica82 % positive of 1,259
- Darwinia80 % positive of 1,080
- Tenderfoot Tactics83 % positive of 251
- Port of Call88 % positive of 1,251
- After Dreams74 % positive of 204
- Freedom Locomotion VR86 % positive of 222
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.