Games Like A Story Beside (2026)

Shared: No Combat, Short Playtime

GRIS is a wordless platformer about grief told through watercolor animation and a swelling score. Quiet, intentional, and unlike most things on Steam.

Shared: Narrative-Driven, Short Playtime

Four to seven hours alone in the Wyoming wilderness with a walkie-talkie and a mystery that burns brighter than it lands - if that sounds like your kind of evening, keep reading.

Shared: No Combat

Grab three friends and loot haunted moons for a faceless corporation. Lethal Company is chaotic co-op horror that thrives on everything going catastrophically wrong.

Shared: Narrative-Driven

Eight hours of handcrafted cyberpunk seen from four inches off the ground - Stray is the rare short game that knows exactly what it wants to be and never flinches.

Shared: Narrative-Driven

Six years of memes and broken promises evaporated the moment I dropped into Pharloom. Hornet is a razor-sharp upgrade in every direction, and Team Cherry somehow delivered on the hype.