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Games like Returnal 2021
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Returnal
Games closest to Returnal
Saros 2026Also contemporary, grave and relentless
Furi 2016Also relentless, demanding and contemporary
Grime 2021Also grave, bleak and contemporary
Madison 2022Also grave, bleak and contemporary
Sundered 2017Also grave, bleak and earnest
Asura 2017Also grave, relentless and earnest
Marathon 2026Also contemporary, grave and relentless
Ghostrunner 2020Also contemporary, relentless and grave
Sundered: Eldritch Edition 2018Also grave, bleak and earnest
Outlast II 2017Also grave, bleak and overwhelming
Nine Sols 2024Also grave, contemporary and earnest
The same feel, in other forms
Albums
- To Mega Therion 1985Also grave, contemporary and overwhelming
- Weeping Choir 2019Also grave, relentless and bleak
- The Killing Gods 2014Also grave, relentless and bleak
Films
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal 2012Also grave, contemporary and bleak
Good Time 2017Also contemporary, grave and relentless
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer 1992Also grave, bleak and relentless
Series
Utopia 2020Also grave, contemporary and relentless
Terror in Resonance 2014Also grave, contemporary and bleak
Orphan Black 2013Also contemporary, grave and relentless
Books
Brightness falls from the air 1985Also grave, contemporary and bleak
Worm 2013Also contemporary, grave and overwhelming
The Child Thief 2009Also grave, contemporary and bleak
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