The Best Philosophical Games - Page 4

Update : Newton\'s Fourth Law added at rank #16.
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Unleaving (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows j

When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning

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  • platform
  • ambient
  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • hand-drawn
  • surreal
  • 2d
  • cinematic
  • dark
  • scroller
  • physics
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • controller-support

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The Forest Quartet (2022)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows

The Forest Quartet is a puzzle adventure about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls.

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  • music
  • narration
  • philosophical
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • isometric
  • stylized
  • story
  • emotional
  • minimalist
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • colourful

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Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.


  • audio
  • production
  • meditative
  • philosophical
  • park
  • walking-simulator
  • abstract
  • nonlinear
  • conversation
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • minimalist
  • surreal

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Unwording (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Unwording is a short but powerful exploration of overcoming negative self-talk. Solve word puzzles, explore the neighborhood through multiple perspectives, and help Tom have a better day through a challenging yet cathartic experience.


  • spelling
  • philosophical
  • word
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • short
  • hand-drawn
  • fiction
  • puzzle
  • point-and-click
  • scroller
  • drama
  • psychological
  • interactive
  • story

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Remorse (2024)

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PC Windows

Remorse is a first-person psychological horror game. Where you have to get out of an unusual prison, where your jailers are your fears and awakened conscience. But is there a way out of it ...?!


  • philosophical
  • horror
  • blood
  • psychological
  • drama
  • dark
  • narration
  • simulation
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • realistic
  • mystery
  • farming
  • first-person

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The Master's Pupil (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Explore the eye of master artist Claude Monet and experience a unique biographical adventure! Test your skills and perseverance as you overcome the progressive disease that threatened Monet’s eyesight and solve puzzles to help the painter complete some of his greatest masterpieces!Throughout the game, you will encounter and overcome increasing challenges as Monet experiences loss, like the passing of his wife Camille, and struggles with the cataracts that threatened his artistic skill. Consider color, space, and timing as you traverse the world of his eye - as one wrong color combination or move can end your journey.


  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • platform
  • philosophical
  • emotional
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • linear
  • scroller
  • abstract
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • physics
  • adventure
  • surreal

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The Eightfold Path (2024)

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The path of a Buddhist monk is a path of enlightenment. Find your way through the mystical forest, encounter beautiful creatures, magical places, evil spirits and puzzling challenges that will test if you have what it takes to become a buddha.

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  • philosophical
  • psychological
  • nature
  • demons
  • nonlinear
  • top-down
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • surreal
  • retro
  • open-world
  • puzzle
  • 2d

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WordLeap (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android Mac OS Linux PC Windows

This action-based word game will test your knowledge by giving you higher rewards for less common words. Jump from tile to tile, picking up letters as you go to spell out words that can be exchanged for points.


  • word
  • spelling
  • attack
  • score
  • philosophical
  • cinematic
  • board-game
  • atmospheric
  • cartoony
  • casual
  • stylized
  • education
  • puzzle
  • emotional
  • single-player

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Belonging (2024)

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PC Windows Android

Belonging is a game about a cult and its victims. As a hacktivist breaking into a target location, the player searches an abandoned estate of a cult to find data to leak to the public and uncover uncomfortable truths about what happened to the people that lived there.


  • investigation
  • philosophical
  • walking-simulator
  • lgbtq
  • mythology
  • political
  • collectathon
  • futuristic
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • multiple-endings
  • 3d

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Lexicon (2024)

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early access Mac OS Linux PC Windows

You awaken in a sealed tomb surrounded by darkness. Your new body flows with an unfamiliar, powerful energy. Reality calls you to return from the world between worlds. You see a glimmer of light that pierces the darkness... Who will you meet? What will you discover? #duckinadungeon

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  • logic
  • faith
  • philosophical
  • spelling
  • casual
  • lore
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • single-player
  • story
  • emotional
  • surreal
  • education
  • manipulation
  • action-adventure

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