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Haven (2020)
7.1/10on IGDB
Released
Yu and Kay have already chosen each other when they flee to an unfamiliar planet. Finding supplies to repair their ship sits alongside cooking meals and settling in together. Out in the field you coordinate their actions, while back home the slower exchanges make it easy to see why building a life together is worth the trouble.
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A Fold Apart (2020)
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
A teacher and an architect try to stay together after work takes them to different places. You play both sides of the relationship and fold the paper stages to make paths through their separate worlds. That change in perspective is the reason to start here if you want a puzzle game about how easily two people can hear different things in the same exchange.
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The Novelist (2013)
7.1/10on IGDB
Released
Dan Kaplan spends the summer trying to finish a book while making time for his wife and son. You play the ghost in their vacation house, reading thoughts and searching memories before deciding where to intervene. Knowing what each person wants makes every attempt at a compromise feel less tidy.
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It Takes Two (2021)
8.8/10on IGDB
Released
Cody and May are on the verge of separating when they are turned into dolls. The two-player platforming keeps pairing their abilities so that each player depends on what the other can do. Pick this one if you'd rather work through a relationship story by playing together than watch one unfold alone.
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Bury me, my Love
Nour is trying to reach Europe from Syria, and her husband Majd can only be there through a messaging app. You choose what he says, exchanging messages and pictures as her situation changes. The 2019 PC edition brings the 2017 mobile story to a bigger screen, but the conversation still makes you feel how little Majd can see of the journey.
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An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs (2021)
Released
You and your fiancée are the last two humans in a universe where dogs run the airports. Flight schedules and cancellations keep getting between you as you try to stay in touch. It's the lightest choice here for a story about a couple whose affection can survive having very little control over when they see each other.
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Unpacking (2021)
7.2/10on IGDB
Released
What someone makes room for tells you a surprising amount about life together. As you put possessions away across a series of moves, one apartment feels crowded with someone else's life. Later, whose boxes you're opening becomes a clue to a different kind of partnership. The space is yours to arrange, and the meaning is yours to piece together.
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Sometimes Always Monsters (2020)
5.0/10on IGDB
Released
A recently married novelist goes on a book tour and has to juggle a marriage, friendships, and a reputation. The spouse is one of several relationships you can spend time on as the tour unfolds. That makes it a good fit if you want a role-playing game where work and social obligations keep competing for a partner's attention.
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Florence
Florence and Krish's first date is only the start of this short interactive story. Later, when they argue, finishing Florence's jagged speech bubbles becomes a race against Krish's. The same kind of puzzle that once conveyed the awkwardness of getting to know someone gives a very different account of familiarity under strain.
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The Marriage (2007)
Released
Hover over either of the two squares and they draw toward each other. Circles drift through the field, and keeping both squares visible depends on balancing their different needs. When Rod Humble showed the original Windows version in 2007, he used those rules to express his own idea of married life. He also credits Giacomo Preciado’s later browser adaptation.
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Maquette (2021)
6.9/10on IGDB
Released
A shared sketchbook brings back memories of Michael and Kenzie’s relationship. In the puzzles, an object can be tiny at one scale and big enough to change your path at another. It’s a fitting way to tell a story about how differently the same problem can look depending on where you’re standing.
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Last Day of June (2017)
7.6/10on IGDB
Released
Carl's wish to save June sends him back through the events leading up to their accident. You revisit other people's choices as you look for a version of the day in which June makes it home. The repetition puts you inside the work of imagining what a future together would have taken.
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When the Past Was Around (2020)
6.8/10on IGDB
Released
Eda’s time with the Owl comes back in rooms you can search and open one by one. Taking time for tea or investigating a familiar object can carry you further into the relationship. The hand-drawn scenes and recurring violin suit an evening when you want to take in a love story at the pace of the things someone remembers.
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To the Moon (2011)
8.2/10on IGDB
Released
Two doctors work backward through Johnny's memories to find out why he wants to go to the moon. As you piece together the events of his life, his years with River acquire new meaning when you see them from an earlier point in time. It's a good choice if you like having to revise your first impression of a relationship.
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Before I Forget (2020)
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Exploring Sunita's home means handling ordinary things that bring back pieces of her life, including her memories of her husband Dylan. The house offers a way into the relationship from her point of view as she lives with dementia. Pick it for a quieter story about the traces of sharing a life.
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