Themes
Best Coming of age Games
Growth, identity, self-discovery
48 games ranked by coming of age intensity
Persona 5 Royal
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Windows
PlatformingSkill masteryOpen worldExplorationSolo contemplative
DELTARUNE
WindowsmacOS
FranticLinear storyPixel artWhimsicalSolo contemplative
Persona 4 Golden
Windows
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Papo & Yo
WindowsmacOSLinux
PlatformingExplorationLinear storyPuzzle solvingSolo contemplative
Amnesia: Rebirth
WindowsLinux
StealthCosmic horrorExplorationPuzzle solvingLinear story
Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
WindowsmacOSLinux
Wholesome friendshipAsync communityWhimsicalMeditativeCozy
Seen
Windows
PlatformingTenseExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
The Beginner's Guide
WindowsmacOSLinux
Linear storyExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative5-minute runs
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesTenseExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
What Remains of Edith Finch
Windows
Dialogue choicesLinear storyMeditativeExplorationSolo contemplative
Detroit: Become Human
Windows
Dialogue choicesLinear storySolo contemplativeSci-fi technologyExploration
This War of Mine
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesStealthBase managementCraftingResource management
Wylde Flowers
Windows
CozyMeditativeCraftingLinear storyDialogue choices
Summer in Mara
Windows
ExplorationWholesome friendshipDialogue choicesAnime/mangaSandbox
Venba
WindowsmacOS
CraftingExplorationLinear storyDialogue choicesPuzzle solving
Neva
WindowsmacOS
PlatformingAnime/mangaSkill masteryExplorationMeditative
A YEAR OF SPRINGS
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeMeditative
In Stars And Time
Windows
Turn-based combatPixel artDialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear story
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
WindowsmacOS
Local multiplayerExplorationLinear storyWhimsicalPuzzle solving
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
WindowsmacOS
Pixel artDialogue choicesAnime/mangaMeditativeLinear story
Revue Starlight El Dorado
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeExploration
Otome * Domain
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeWhimsical
planetarian HD
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeExploration
Stella of The End
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeExploration
Moss: Book II
Windows
PlatformingExplorationPuzzle solvingPick-up-and-playLinear story
Unicycle Pizza Time!
WindowsmacOS
ExplorationPlatformingSkill masteryDialogue choicesTense
Happenlance
Windows
PlatformingMelee combatPhysics puzzlesTenseSkill mastery
Indie Game: The Movie
WindowsmacOS
Anime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeLevel-basedExistential dread
Free to Play
WindowsmacOSLinux
Competitive rankedPhotorealisticLinear storyComing of ageExistential dread
The Book of Distance
Windows
ExplorationDialogue choicesLinear storySolo contemplativePhotorealistic
That Dragon, Cancer
WindowsmacOSLinux
Anime/mangaLinear storyExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
Antipsychotic
Windows
Open worldDialogue choicesExplorationSolo contemplativeDeep systems
Portal 2 - The Final Hours
WindowsmacOS
Linear storyPuzzle solvingExplorationSolo contemplative5-minute runs
Gone Home
WindowsmacOSLinux
ExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative5-minute runsLinear story
Before Your Eyes
WindowsmacOS
Linear storyDialogue choicesExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
Mundaun
Windows
ExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplativeTenseStylized 3D
Coffee Talk
WindowsmacOS
Pixel artDialogue choicesAnime/mangaCraftingLinear story
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
WindowsmacOSLinux
ExplorationLocal multiplayerPlatformingLinear storyResource management
Before I Forget
WindowsmacOSLinux
ExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative5-minute runsMystery and detective
Wandersong
WindowsmacOS
ExplorationPlatformingLinear storyWhimsicalPick-up-and-play
Beyond: Two Souls
Windows
Dialogue choicesTenseExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
It Takes Two
Windows
Local multiplayerPlatformingCo-op chaosPuzzle solvingExploration
To the Moon
WindowsmacOSLinux
Linear storyPixel artExplorationSolo contemplativeDialogue choices
Forgotton Anne
WindowsmacOS
PlatformingDialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storyFantasy mythology
Terra Nil
WindowsmacOSLinux
City/empire buildingNature and ecologyResource managementMeditativePuzzle solving
The Walking Dead
WindowsmacOS
Dialogue choicesLinear storyExplorationSolo contemplativeTense
Life is Strange: True Colors
Windows
Dialogue choicesLinear storyExplorationSolo contemplativeMystery and detective