Finding games like Life Is Strange is a unique challenge, thanks to how fluid the concept at the heart of Don’t Nod’s series is. Adventure games have made a comeback in the last decade or so by building on what Life Is Strange started, shaping it in different forms, improving it, and experimenting with just how creative you can get by making a game about people’s relationships.

Anyway, the point is, there are a lot of games like Life Is Strange out there, even if the similarities aren’t immediately evident–brilliant games, thought-provoking games, heartbreaking games, and some that are all of that and more. We’ve rounded up 16 of them, including some like Oxenfree, that share Life Is Strange’s knack for deep and intimate character relationships, and others, including The Walking Dead, that make your choices and how they affect others the main focus. Others do both and put their own unique spin on the genre, like Closer the Distance and the cozy animal horror game Beacon Pines.

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