The Descendant/Similar games
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 2,245 reviews positive
89%
match
2
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
Episodic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
76% of 10,596 reviews positive
88%
match
3
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Episodic · Post-apocalyptic · Point & Click · Choices Matter
83% of 18,457 reviews positive
87%
match
4
The Walking Dead
Episodic · Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Choices Matter
97% of 80,044 reviews positive · 298 playing now
85%
match
5
84%
match
6
84%
match
7
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
Episodic · Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Choices Matter
81% of 8,200 reviews positive
84%
match
8
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Story Rich · Horror
84% of 1,621 reviews positive
83%
match
9
Tales from the Borderlands
Episodic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
94% of 19,441 reviews positive
83%
match
10
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Episodic · Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Story Rich
76% of 5,899 reviews positive
82%
match
11
The Walking Dead: Season Two
Episodic · Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Story Rich
97% of 33,841 reviews positive
82%
match
12
81%
match
13
81%
match
14
Back to the Future: The Game
Episodic · Point & Click · Story Rich · Sci-fi
88% of 2,344 reviews positive
81%
match
15
Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter)
Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Casual · Sci-fi
78% of 1,560 reviews positive
81%
match
17
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
Episodic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
92% of 10,576 reviews positive
80%
match
18
Reversion - The Meeting (2nd Chapter)
Point & Click · Post-apocalyptic · Casual · Sci-fi
75% of 220 reviews positive
80%
match
20
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Episodic · Point & Click · Story Rich · Atmospheric
80% of 4,432 reviews positive
80%
match
22
Kathy Rain
Point & Click · Story Rich · Choices Matter · Atmospheric
92% of 3,981 reviews positive · 3 playing now
79%
match
23
Life is Strange 2
Episodic · Choices Matter · Story Rich · Point & Click
87% of 40,536 reviews positive · 334 playing now
79%
match
24
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
Episodic · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Story Rich
87% of 1,839 reviews positive
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, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max 301: The Penal Zone. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Descendant's — 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.