Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, which both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle.
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre is tagged Atmospheric, Historical, World War I, Adventure, War, Story Rich, Drama, 2D by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Platformer and Story Rich; released around the same time (2016).
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2016 Studio Moon Studios GmbH Player sentiment 95% positive of 71,430 Price $19.99 Great SoundtrackPlatformerStory Rich2DIndiePuzzleSide Scroller
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Why it matched: both historical, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Story Rich and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Return of the Obra Dinn at a glance Released 2018 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 35,093 Price $19.99 PuzzleStory RichIndieGreat SoundtrackHistorical
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Platformer, Great Soundtrack and Story Rich.
Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps at a glance Released 2020 Studio Moon Studios Player sentiment 97% positive of 146,084 Price $29.99 PlatformerGreat SoundtrackStory RichPuzzleEmotional2DIndie
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Braid
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Platformer and Indie.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
Braid at a glance Released 2008 Studio Jonathan Blow Player sentiment 93% positive of 9,957 Price $14.99 PuzzlePlatformerIndie2DGreat SoundtrackStory RichSide Scroller
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GRIS
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Indie and Platformer; released around the same time (2018).
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
GRIS at a glance Released 2018 Studio Nomada Studio Player sentiment 96% positive of 96,216 Price $14.99 Great SoundtrackIndiePlatformer2DStory RichPuzzle
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2017).
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
What Remains of Edith Finch at a glance Released 2017 Studio Giant Sparrow Player sentiment 96% positive of 52,603 Price $4.99 Story RichIndieGreat SoundtrackDramaPuzzleEmotional
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Emotional; released around the same time (2013).
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons at a glance Released 2013 Studio Starbreeze Studios Player sentiment 94% positive of 41,281 Price $14.99 Story RichIndieEmotionalPuzzleGreat SoundtrackPlatformer
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Emotional; released around the same time (2013).
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons at a glance Released 2013 Studio Starbreeze Studios AB Player sentiment 94% positive of 41,281 Price $14.99 Story RichIndieEmotionalPuzzleGreat SoundtrackPlatformer
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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Indie, 2D and Story Rich; released around the same time (2015).
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Jesse Makkonen Player sentiment 93% positive of 12,901 Price $0.69 Indie2DStory RichPuzzleSide ScrollerEmotional
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A Plague Tale: Innocence
Why it matched: both historical, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Great Soundtrack and Historical.
Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.
A Plague Tale: Innocence at a glance Released 2019 Studio Asobo Studio Player sentiment 93% positive of 71,473 Price $39.99 Story RichGreat SoundtrackHistoricalEmotionalPuzzle
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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Great Soundtrack and Puzzle; released around the same time (2012).
Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP at a glance Released 2012 Studio Capybara Player sentiment 77% positive of 2,654 Price $7.99 IndieGreat SoundtrackPuzzle2DMusicStory Rich
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
Why it matched: both war, historical, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 4 player tags including Story Rich, War and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2014).
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Wolfenstein: The New Order at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 92% positive of 62,216 Price $19.99 Story RichWarGreat SoundtrackHistorical
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Mark of the Ninja
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Platformer, Indie and 2D.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Mark of the Ninja at a glance Released Not recorded Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 97% positive of 15,877 Price Not listed PlatformerIndie2DSide ScrollerPuzzleStory Rich
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Assassin’s Creed Rogue
Why it matched: both historical, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 3 player tags including Historical, Story Rich and Puzzle; published by the same company; released around the same time (2015).
Introducing Assassin’s Creed® Rogue, the darkest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed franchise yet. As Shay, you will experience the slow transformation from Assassin to Assassin Hunter. Follow your own creed and set off on an extraordinary journey through New York City, the wild river valley, and far away to the icy cold waters of the North...
Assassin’s Creed Rogue at a glance Released 2015 Studio Ubisoft Sofia Player sentiment 86% positive of 22,260 Price $19.99 HistoricalStory RichPuzzle
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OneShot
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2016).
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
OneShot at a glance Released 2016 Studio Future Cat LLC Player sentiment 98% positive of 64,849 Price $9.99 Story RichIndieGreat SoundtrackPuzzle2D
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Papers, Please
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and Story Rich; released around the same time (2013).
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Papers, Please at a glance Released 2013 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 80,337 Price $9.99 IndiePuzzleStory Rich2DGreat Soundtrack
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Fran Bow
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Puzzle and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Fran Bow at a glance Released 2015 Studio Killmonday Games AB Player sentiment 97% positive of 22,936 Price $14.99 Story RichPuzzleIndie2DGreat Soundtrack
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Sally Face - Episode One
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Puzzle; released around the same time (2016).
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Sally Face - Episode One at a glance Released 2016 Studio Portable Moose Player sentiment 97% positive of 29,068 Price $2.99 Story RichIndiePuzzle2DEmotional
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Story Rich; released around the same time (2018).
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Cube Escape: Paradox at a glance Released 2018 Studio Rusty Lake Player sentiment 97% positive of 12,197 Price Free PuzzleIndieStory Rich2DGreat Soundtrack
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Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Story Rich; released around the same time (2017).
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Little Nightmares at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 116,529 Price $19.99 PuzzleIndieStory RichPlatformerGreat Soundtrack
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Pony Island
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2016).
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Pony Island at a glance Released 2016 Studio Daniel Mullins Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 18,104 Price $4.99 PuzzleIndieGreat Soundtrack2DStory Rich
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Hacknet
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Great Soundtrack and 2D; released around the same time (2015).
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Hacknet at a glance Released 2015 Studio Team Fractal Alligator Player sentiment 94% positive of 26,101 Price $1.49 Story RichGreat Soundtrack2DEducationIndie
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Figment
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2017).
Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.
Figment at a glance Released 2017 Studio Bedtime Digital Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 5,696 Price $3.99 IndiePuzzleGreat SoundtrackStory RichMusic
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Why it matched: both war, historical, story-rich and puzzle; shares 4 player tags including Story Rich, Puzzle and Historical.
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones™.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle at a glance Released 2024 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,513 Price $69.99 Story RichPuzzleHistoricalPlatformer
Common questions
What game is most like Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre?
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, on the evidence we have. It both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.