Items20The creator’s order
  1. 1Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna (2014)Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna (2014) 7.1/10 on IGDBReleased 18 Nov 2014Following Nuna and Fox across ice and snow makes cooperation essential: each companion reaches places or helps spirits in ways the other cannot. The game adapts an Iñupiaq story through collaboration with Alaska Native elders, storytellers and community members, whose Cultural Insights videos give…0
  2. 2Mulaka (2018)Mulaka (2018) 6.7/10 on IGDBReleased 27 Feb 2018Playing a Sukurúame means seeing beyond ordinary appearances and earning animal transformations that change how you cross northern Mexican landscapes. Lienzo developed the adventure with cultural advice and engagement with Rarámuri, also called Tarahumara, representatives. Spirit vision reveals…0
  3. 3Tchia (2023)Tchia (2023) 6.4/10 on IGDBReleased 21 Mar 2023Awaceb turns its founders' New Caledonian childhood memories and local shapeshifting tales into an original archipelago adventure. Soul-jumping gives that influence a playful form: become a bird, fish or object and reconsider the route ahead. Music, locally voiced languages and everyday details…0
  4. 4Year Walk (2013)Year Walk (2013) 7.4/10 on IGDBReleased 21 Feb 2013The Swedish practice of year walking becomes a journey through a forest where the next encounter may be a clue, an obstruction or a warning. Puzzles ask you to observe creatures and connect details across the game's writing; even the compendium becomes part of the mystery. Simogo deliberately…0
  5. 5Black Book (2021)Black Book (2021) 8.2/10 on IGDBReleased 10 Aug 2021Vasilisa's dealings with spirits unfold around Cherdyn in the late nineteenth-century Perm countryside. The developers worked with a folklore specialist and local museums, drawing on bailichkas: accounts of supposedly real encounters with spirits. Spells become a deck of cards, while conversations…0
  6. 6The Rewinder (2021)The Rewinder (2021) 5.9/10 on IGDBReleased 10 Sept 2021Yun can enter memories and influence the intentions that led to a village's present troubles. Chinese spirit officials and the problem of a soul unable to be reincarnated give those puzzles their purpose: changing an action means considering its consequences for the living and the dead. The…0
  7. 7Röki (2020)Röki (2020) 7.2/10 on IGDBReleased 23 Jul 2020Tove often progresses by understanding what a creature needs rather than treating it as an enemy to kill. Scandinavian folklore inspires the trolls, wilderness beings and atmosphere, but Polygon Treehouse builds its own family story and versions of those figures. Inventory puzzles and a helpful…0
  8. 8Mundaun (2021)Mundaun (2021) 8.0/10 on IGDBReleased 16 Mar 2021An Alpine curse gains force from ordinary tasks, familiar buildings and mountain paths before the uncanny takes over. Michel Ziegler drew on Swiss legends and visits to the Surselva region; the Romansh dialogue helps the place retain its particular voice. Exploring, handling objects and solving…0
  9. 9Ōkami HD (2012)Ōkami HD (2012) 8.8/10 on IGDBReleased 30 Oct 2012Amaterasu's Celestial Brush does more than defeat enemies: drawing changes the land, restores life and opens paths. Japanese mythological names, including Orochi and Issun, appear in a lively fictional adventure with a strong comic streak. The pleasure is in making that restorative power work with…0
  10. 10Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (2020)Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (2020) 9.0/10 on IGDBReleased 10 Nov 2020Sakuna is an invented harvest goddess whose strength depends on the rice you actually grow. Preparing a paddy, planting, tending water and processing the crop connect divine power with seasonal labour, while meals and a small household give the work a communal setting. The Japanese agricultural and…0