Adios similar games & best alternatives

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Adios

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer.

What works

  • Powerful and emotional storytelling
  • Excellent voice acting
  • Immersive atmosphere and setting
  • Thought-provoking themes
  • Short and focused experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited gameplay and interactivity
  • Short playtime may feel brief for some
  • Some minor technical issues
  • Linear narrative with limited player agency
  • Art and animation are minimalist

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Lake

  • Journal

  • The Heroes Around Me

  • Summerland

  • Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies

  • Open Roads

More fantastical

Games that feels like Adios but with more imaginative fiction

  • Paratopic

  • Port of Call

  • Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition

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  • Born Into Fear

  • Blackwood Crossing

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Adios. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Adios. These titles are not in What to play next.

Adios: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026