Games like Midwest Goodbye

If Midwest Goodbye scratched a emotional and relaxing itch for you, keep reading. These games could fill that gap nicely.

1. Signs of the Sojourner

   

   In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

   Also in Deckbuilding · Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

   88%88% of 183 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

2. Some Goodbyes We Made

   

   I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.

   Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

   98%98% of 167 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

3. Momento

   

   A cozy room decorator where the objects you keep shape a whole life. Start with a child's toys, follow those choices into adulthood, and watch small decisions ripple across the story. Gentle puzzles, hand-drawn rooms and several endings make it worth more than one quiet evening.

   Also in Cozy · Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

   92%92% of 250 Steam reviews are positive14Players online now: 14$14.99

4. Goodbye

   

   A story-driven interactive game about a sweet old lady and a mysterious figure. Follow her daily routine by completing a simple task list, until it’s time to make an unusual deal with the One Who’s Waiting. And please, do not say “goodbye.”

   Also in Cozy · Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

   98%98% of 40 Steam reviews are positiveFree

5. Goodbye Volcano High

   

   A cinematic visual novel about Fang's final year of high school, with the world about to end. Hand-drawn art, original songs you perform, and choices that shape who Fang becomes. A heartfelt, funny story about love, friendship and making things count while there is still time.

   Emotional, Story-driven, Atmospheric

   90%90% of 1,692 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

6. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

   

   Spend ten years growing up on an alien planet in a story-rich RPG where your memories become cards and your choices shape your friends, your colony and your own ending. Fall in love, make mistakes, die, and live it all again with everything you remember.

   Also in Deckbuilding · Emotional, Story-driven, Atmospheric

   96%96% of 4,516 Steam reviews are positive89Players online now: 89$24.99

7. Hello Goodboy

   

   A lost soul and his dog set out on an otherworldly trek through the afterlife in this wholesome, non-linear adventure game. Pass into the world beyond, perform acts of kindness for other souls, and mend mistakes from a forgotten past life - all with a very good boy by your side!

   Also in Cozy · Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

   87%87% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

8. Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest

   

   A story-driven adventure with multiple-choice dialogue, funny characters, and a light sprinkle of card battles. A friendship to mend, a world to explore, and a few opponents to beat. Not a deep card battler, just an adventure where decks can be evil. But you're in luck… yours is all ducks!

   Also in Deckbuilding · Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

   80%80% of 210 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

9. Growing Up

   

   Grow up in 1990s America, from first steps to high school graduation. Pick what you learn, who you befriend and who you fall for, then watch every choice steer your career and your child's life. A hand-drawn, heartfelt life sim with 42 careers and multiple endings.

   Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

   87%87% of 3,494 Steam reviews are positive27Players online now: 27$14.99

10. How to Say Goodbye

    

    How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.

    Also in Cozy · Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

    90%90% of 144 Steam reviews are positive$3.24

11. Dordogne

    

    Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.

    Also in Cozy · Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

    92%92% of 922 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$14.99

12. Night in the Woods

    

    Mae Borowski drops out of college and comes home to Possum Springs, a fading mining town where her friends have moved on and something stirs in the woods. A hand-drawn story about growing up, with sharp jokes, characters who feel real, and a mystery that gets darker the longer you stay.

    Emotional, Relaxing, Story-driven

    94%94% of 18,197 Steam reviews are positive136Players online now: 136$19.99

Hidden gems like Midwest Goodbye

Burden Street Station

A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.

97%97% of 380 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Eternal Afternoon

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.

95%95% of 459 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$8.99

Momento

Decorate rooms from childhood to adulthood and let the objects you choose steer the story.

92%92% of 250 Steam reviews are positive14Players online now: 14$14.99

The August Before

The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on.

92%92% of 323 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$11.99

Denpa Nightmares

No matter how long you’re gone, there will always be a girl waiting for you in the same place. This is a story about forgetting, and about waiting.

92%92% of 188 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Fireside Feelings

Sit by a hand-drawn campfire, answer gentle questions, and read how strangers far away replied to the same ones.

95%95% of 272 Steam reviews are positive33Players online now: 33$7.99

Some Goodbyes We Made

I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.

98%98% of 167 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Whisper of the House

Clean up cluttered homes in Whisper Town, arrange each room your way, and uncover the small stories tucked into the things people leave behind.

96%96% of 5,528 Steam reviews are positive95Players online now: 95$14.99

Wanderstop

Grow, brew and serve tea to travelers in a magical forest, at whatever pace you can manage.

92%92% of 3,003 Steam reviews are positive14Players online now: 14$24.99

Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest

A story-driven adventure with multiple-choice dialogue, funny characters, and a light sprinkle of card battles.

80%80% of 210 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

Closer the Distance

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of…

88%88% of 258 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$19.99

Dordogne

Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost…

92%92% of 922 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$14.99

Newest games like Midwest Goodbye

Dear Journey...

Run a cosy little travel agency, one letter at a time. Travellers write in and tell you what they are hoping for.

100%100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Momento

Decorate rooms from childhood to adulthood and let the objects you choose steer the story.

92%92% of 250 Steam reviews are positive14Players online now: 14$14.99

Burden Street Station

A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.

97%97% of 380 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

A Storied Life: Tabitha

A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell.

79%79% of 70 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5$14.99

Eternal Afternoon

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.

95%95% of 459 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$8.99

Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest

A story-driven adventure with multiple-choice dialogue, funny characters, and a light sprinkle of card battles.

80%80% of 210 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

Denpa Nightmares

No matter how long you’re gone, there will always be a girl waiting for you in the same place. This is a story about forgetting, and about waiting.

92%92% of 188 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Log Away

Build a cozy cabin that feels like home. Travel to peaceful Retreats in changing seasons and weather, decorate at your own pace, and collect…

74%74% of 101 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$9.99

The August Before

The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on.

92%92% of 323 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$11.99

Goodbye

A story-driven interactive game about a sweet old lady and a mysterious figure.

98%98% of 40 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Whisper of the House

Clean up cluttered homes in Whisper Town, arrange each room your way, and uncover the small stories tucked into the things people leave behind.

96%96% of 5,528 Steam reviews are positive95Players online now: 95$14.99

Fireside Feelings

Sit by a hand-drawn campfire, answer gentle questions, and read how strangers far away replied to the same ones.

95%95% of 272 Steam reviews are positive33Players online now: 33$7.99