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Silly Little Games · 2025 · Windows
Steam: 91 % positive of 321 reviews, as of Oct 28
The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!
24 games that play like The August Before and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The August Before: Chapter One, Unpacking and Undusted: Letters from the Past.
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Plays and looks like The August Before
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like The August Before
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
The August Before: Chapter One
92 % positive of 577
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Female Protagonist
Unpacking
92 % positive of 35,424
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Female Protagonist
Undusted: Letters from the Past
95 % positive of 1,895
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Female Protagonist
Assemble with Care
90 % positive of 9,642
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Female Protagonist
Neat!
71 % positive of 570
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Female Protagonist
Whisper of the House
95 % positive of 5,497
When The Past Was Around
93 % positive of 3,946
Shared: Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Relaxing
Hindsight
80 % positive of 151
Shared: Female Protagonist · Emotional · Relaxing
When The Past Was Around - Prologue
94 % positive of 684
Shared: Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Emotional
Organized Inside
93 % positive of 2,083
Shared: Simulation · Female Protagonist · Emotional
Project Homecoming Haven
88 % positive of 179
Shared: Simulation · Emotional · Relaxing
The Almost Gone
80 % positive of 1,021
Shared: Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Emotional
More matches
- Before I Forget86 % positive of 190Shared: Emotional · Stylized · Exploration
- Gone Home77 % positive of 13,653Shared: Female Protagonist · Emotional · Story Rich
- Marie's Room93 % positive of 6,720Shared: Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Story Rich
- memories92 % positive of 1,570Shared: Simulation · Female Protagonist · Emotional
- Until Then96 % positive of 16,182Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · LGBTQ+
- Tidy Up the Halloween Shop91 % positive of 269Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Relaxing
- Arise: A Simple Story90 % positive of 2,763Shared: Emotional · Relaxing · Story Rich
- Florence93 % positive of 14,958Shared: Female Protagonist · Story Rich · Stylized
- Leila86 % positive of 552Shared: Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Emotional
- Virtual Cottage97 % positive of 11,136Shared: Simulation · Female Protagonist · Relaxing
- Our Life: Beginnings & Always98 % positive of 13,854Shared: Relaxing · LGBTQ+ · Casual
- A Little to the Left91 % positive of 17,178Shared: Puzzle · Relaxing · Wholesome
By look
Looks like The August Before
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
The August Before: Chapter One
92 % positive of 577
Marie's Room
93 % positive of 6,720
missed messages.
95 % positive of 15,574
MiSide
97 % positive of 123,039
Before Your Eyes
96 % positive of 21,451
Goodnight Universe
96 % positive of 1,404
The Star Named EOS
94 % positive of 520
Smile For Me
97 % positive of 2,092
The Gap
94 % positive of 156
Looking For Fael
97 % positive of 180
Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
97 % positive of 7,478
What Remains of Edith Finch
95 % positive of 47,566
More matches
- Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling87 % positive of 3,425
- Don't Forget96 % positive of 283
- a new life.95 % positive of 2,222
- Sister Ray94 % positive of 475
- Seraphim Slum96 % positive of 182
- As Long As You're Here99 % positive of 515
- Killer Frequency93 % positive of 5,187
- Hide and Shriek81 % positive of 5,337
- One Night Stand89 % positive of 668
- Freud Gate80 % positive of 421
- Money for Girls: Amortized98 % positive of 1,260
- Silly Polly Beast91 % positive of 2,336
At a glance
What games like The August Before have in common
- The tags they share most often with The August Before: Female Protagonist (16 of 24), Puzzle (12) and Emotional (11).
- They came out between 2013 and 2026, 3 of them after The August Before (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: Our Life: Beginnings & Always (98 % positive of 13,854).
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.