Games like I, Hope

Want something that feels emotional and story-driven the way I, Hope does? You might settle into these games easily.

That Dragon, Cancer
A two-hour interactive memoir from a real family. Ryan and Amy Green made this game to remember their son Joel, who lived four years with cancer, and to show how his life changed them. Point-and-click scenes mix home video audio, spoken word poetry and surreal, dreamlike imagery into a story about faith, hope, despair and love. It is short, quiet and heavy, and it stays with you.
Emotional, Story-driven, Dark
90% of 1,375 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
I'll be Brave, Tomorrow
A first-person narrative adventure game, telling the story of a sick child playing a 2D platformer. Made in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity!
Emotional, Story-driven, Cute
100% of 20 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99
Forgotten Hope
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Emotional, Story-driven, Dark
89% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Rakuen
A little boy in a hospital asks his mom to take him to the fantasy world of his favorite storybook, where a forest guardian grants one wish. Earning it means helping his fellow patients, and their stories will stay with you long after the credits.
Emotional, Story-driven, Cute
96% of 4,707 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Eternal Hope
Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.
Emotional, Story-driven, Cute
83% of 361 Steam reviews are positive$2.39
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
A short, emotional story about a young astronaut drifting alone after an accident, with only Voyager 1 for company. Around 45 minutes of shifting, dreamlike scenery, music that carries the scenes and choices that shape where the journey ends. It is about despair, friendship and finding a reason to keep going.
Emotional, Story-driven, Dark
97% of 7,486 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12Free
Three Twenty One
3:21 is divided into smaller adventure games that open a dialog with the player and encourage interaction and exploration. Through the player's interactions with these that serve as a timeline of events, they discover what 3:21 is really about and just how real games can get.
Emotional, Story-driven, Dark
52% of 54 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Secrets Of Hope
Lose yourself in an immersive story, as you follow a man coming to terms with terminal cancer. Explore a surreal world from a first-person perspective. Revisit both new and old memories and follow along as he discovers The Secrets of Hope
Emotional, Story-driven, Dark
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Hope
Mistakes are not an impediment, but an opportunity to grow. Play and learn from your mistakes. Come and recharge your hopes.
Emotional
94% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Robot Hospice
"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.
Emotional, Story-driven, Cute
100% of 118 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Seen
A lonely boy runs through a grey, hostile world with nothing but a cat and his hope. Seen is a short 2.5D puzzle platformer that mixes runner sections with quiet environmental puzzles, minimalist shapes, a strong soundtrack and a story that hits harder than its simple look suggests. Sad, strange and over far too soon.
Emotional, Story-driven, Dark
91% of 9,345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$0.99
The Desolate Hope
A derelict space station, four dreaming supercomputers, a creeping virus, and a coffee pot with legs. The Desolate Hope blends platforming, 8-bit dungeon crawling and turn-based boss fights into one strange, heartfelt sci-fi story. You have fifteen days of power left. Time to work.
Emotional, Story-driven, Dark
92% of 1,857 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free

Cheaper than I, Hope

Forgotten Hope

Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with…

$3.99

Eternal Hope

Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s…

$2.39

The Secrets Of Hope

Lose yourself in an immersive story, as you follow a man coming to terms with terminal cancer.

$1.99

Seen

A lonely boy runs through a grey, hostile world with nothing but a cat and his hope.

$0.99

Hope

Mistakes are not an impediment, but an opportunity to grow. Play and learn from your mistakes. Come and recharge your hopes.

$2.99

What Comes After

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself.

$4.99

Hope of Bion

Hope of Bion is an adventure game with a lean towards story and atmosphere.

$5.99

Another Adventure

A hand-drawn visual novel that follows four young men chasing dreams that keep slipping past them.

$1.99

My Sweet! Housemate

Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area.

$4.99

Newfound Courage

You're a young man named Alex who arrives in the cliffside town of Silverpine.

$8.99

Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)

Write short anonymous letters to real people, answer theirs, and collect stickers in a cozy room with lofi beats.

$4.99

Sally's Law

Follow along with Sally, an extraordinarily lucky girl for whom nothing can stand in her way, as she journeys home to see her critically-ill father…

$3.99

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Robot Hospice

"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice.

Free

Home

A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles.

$7.99

Control, I'm Not Coming Back

You drift through space after an accident, talk with Voyager 1 and choose how to move forward.

Free

My Sweet! Housemate

Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area.

$4.99

I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?

Free

to a T

A charming, colorful adventure game from the creator of Katamari Damacy and the uvula team about a teen navigating life in a small town with their…

$19.99

Title_Pending

Congratulations! You've been hired by an up and coming Game Development Studio to play-test their New Game (which as of now does not have a title).

$9.99

"LIFE" not found;

This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life.

Free

One Dreamer

Manipulate the world around you by editing source code in an adventure game about a burnt out indie game developer's quest to fulfill a lifelong…

$15.99

nothing_matters

A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer.

Free

Hello Goodboy

A lost soul and his dog set out on an otherworldly trek through the afterlife in this wholesome, non-linear adventure game.

$14.99

After Us

Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope.

$29.99

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