DISTRAINT 2 similar games & best alternatives

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DISTRAINT 2

PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.

What works

  • Deep emotional and philosophical story
  • Unique pixel art and atmospheric sound design
  • Accessible and straightforward puzzles
  • Short and impactful gameplay experience
  • Strong themes of hope and personal growth

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short game length
  • Limited gameplay complexity
  • Minimal replayability
  • Some players find puzzles too easy
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Tales of the Black Forest

  • INMOST

  • The Mildew Children: Chapter 1

  • Towards Future

  • Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes

  • Mercury Abbey

Less intimate

Games that feels like DISTRAINT 2 but with less focus on close relationships

  • Viviette

  • Creepy Tale 2

  • PRICE

  • Year Walk

  • The Witch's House MV

  • Paper Bride

More expressive

Games that feels like DISTRAINT 2 but with more self-expression and customization

  • Decarnation

  • Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

  • Burnhouse Lane

  • Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance

  • Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum

  • A Space for the Unbound

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

  • Silence of the Sleep

  • Heal

  • Afterdream

  • Without a Dawn

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with DISTRAINT 2. 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.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

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 DISTRAINT 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

DISTRAINT 2: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Experimenting, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026