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Games like The Descendant
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Descendant” means here
EpisodicPoint & ClickChoices MatterStory RichPost-apocalypticHorror
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence
Episodic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
92% of 2,248 reviews positive
90%
match
2
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
Episodic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
76% of 10,594 reviews positive
88%
match
3
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Episodic · Post-apocalyptic · Point & Click · Choices Matter
84% of 18,585 reviews positive
87%
match
4
Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
Post-apocalyptic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
98% of 2,793 reviews positive
85%
match
5
The Walking Dead
Episodic · Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Choices Matter
97% of 80,504 reviews positive · 101 playing now
85%
match
6
85%
match
8
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
Episodic · Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Choices Matter
81% of 8,234 reviews positive
84%
match
9
Tales from the Borderlands
Episodic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
94% of 19,561 reviews positive
83%
match
10
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Story Rich · Horror
84% of 1,633 reviews positive
83%
match
11
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Episodic · Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Sci-fi
76% of 5,917 reviews positive
83%
match
12
The Walking Dead: Season Two
Episodic · Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Story Rich
97% of 34,003 reviews positive · 43 playing now
82%
match
13
81%
match
14
Back to the Future: The Game
Episodic · Point & Click · Story Rich · Sci-fi
88% of 2,348 reviews positive
81%
match
15
Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter)
Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Casual · Sci-fi
78% of 1,559 reviews positive
81%
match
16
81%
match
17
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
Episodic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
92% of 10,692 reviews positive
80%
match
18
Reversion - The Meeting (2nd Chapter)
Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Casual · Sci-fi
75% of 220 reviews positive
80%
match
19
Journey of a Roach
Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Casual
89% of 2,141 reviews positive · 16 playing now
80%
match
20
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Episodic · Point & Click · Story Rich · Atmospheric
80% of 4,448 reviews positive
80%
match
22
Life is Strange 2
Episodic · Choices Matter · Story Rich · Point & Click
87% of 40,980 reviews positive · 86 playing now
79%
match
23
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Episodic · Choices Matter · Story Rich · Point & Click
93% of 37,900 reviews positive
79%
match
24
Broken Age
Point & Click · Episodic · Story Rich · Casual
84% of 8,223 reviews positive · 6 playing now
79%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Descendant?
The closest matches to The Descendant on Steam are The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence, Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive, The Walking Dead. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Descendant's, and shared tags include Episodic, Point & Click, Choices Matter.
How are games like The Descendant chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Episodic, Point & Click, Choices Matter count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches The Descendant's. Popularity never affects the ranking.