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Games like Yi and the Thousand Moons
David Su · 2017 · 82 % positive of 207
24 games that play like Yi and the Thousand Moons and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Moonless Moon, Distortions and Moonlight.
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At a glance
What games like Yi and the Thousand Moons have in common
- The tags they share most often with Yi and the Thousand Moons: Female Protagonist (14 of 24), Story Rich (12) and Music (11).
- They came out between 2012 and 2025, 17 of them after Yi and the Thousand Moons (2017).
- Best rated by Steam players: OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition (96 % positive of 8,773).
By gameplay
Plays like Yi and the Thousand Moons
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Moonless Moon
92 % positive of 195
Shared: Female Protagonist · Relaxing · Emotional

Distortions
58 % positive of 202
Shared: Music · Experimental · Female Protagonist

Moonlight
93 % positive of 241
Shared: Indie · Great Soundtrack · Atmospheric

The Pathless
91 % positive of 1,687
Shared: Music · Female Protagonist · Story Rich

Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies
95 % positive of 699
Shared: Female Protagonist · Emotional · Story Rich

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
77 % positive of 2,612
Shared: Music · Female Protagonist · Walking Simulator

The Artful Escape
92 % positive of 1,682
Shared: Music · Walking Simulator · Story Rich

The Forest Quartet
94 % positive of 381
Shared: Music · Female Protagonist · Relaxing

Journey
94 % positive of 34,512
Shared: Music · Walking Simulator · Relaxing

Shapik: The Moon Quest
93 % positive of 245
Shared: Story Rich · Family Friendly · Indie

Symphonia
93 % positive of 234
Shared: Family Friendly · Fantasy · Adventure

Wandersong
95 % positive of 3,613
Shared: Music · Experimental · Emotional
More matches
- Many Nights a Whisper97 % positive of 271Shared: Female Protagonist · Emotional · Story Rich
- Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical92 % positive of 3,338Shared: Music · Female Protagonist · Story Rich
- A Musical Story83 % positive of 258Shared: Music · Emotional · Story Rich
- Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians75 % positive of 1,183Shared: Music · Indie · Adventure
- YiYi92 % positive of 197Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Indie
- Shuyan Saga™83 % positive of 530Shared: Female Protagonist · Story Rich · Fantasy
- KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE69 % positive of 1,153Shared: Music · Female Protagonist · Emotional
- Ori and the Blind Forest94 % positive of 57,412Shared: Story Rich · Family Friendly · Fantasy
- To the Moon96 % positive of 80,261Shared: Female Protagonist · Emotional · Story Rich
- A Highland Song90 % positive of 524Shared: Female Protagonist · Story Rich · Indie
- TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight75 % positive of 541Shared: Female Protagonist · Walking Simulator · Relaxing
- OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition96 % positive of 8,773Shared: Female Protagonist · Walking Simulator · Emotional
By look
Looks like Yi and the Thousand Moons
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

Laraan
46 % positive of 265

Blade & Bones
30 % positive of 193

Tengami
80 % positive of 1,768

Furi
90 % positive of 12,204

The Next Door
53 % positive of 905

Soul Axiom
71 % positive of 245

Rodina
93 % positive of 1,327

Port of Call
88 % positive of 1,251

AER Memories of Old
85 % positive of 7,377

Catch Me If You Can
92 % positive of 167

Guiding Light
85 % positive of 160
More matches
- L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement80 % positive of 260
- That Dragon, Cancer89 % positive of 1,478
- Tenderfoot Tactics83 % positive of 251
- 404Sight85 % positive of 1,738
- The Lost Mythologies66 % positive of 1,716
- Poetry of Blood: Eclipse87 % positive of 188
- A Memoir Blue85 % positive of 418
- Ever Forward82 % positive of 270
- Face It - A game to fight inner demons75 % positive of 1,244
- I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue73 % positive of 1,204
- Museum of Other Realities90 % positive of 424
- PILLARS OF DESPAIR - Mission Valoria100 % positive of 1
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.