Evergarden similar games & best alternatives

Evergarden

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac, iOS • 2018

Should you play it?

You have just arrived in a magical forest world with a hexagon board at its center, a mysterious creature nearby, and secrets lurking in the shadows. Why are you here, and what will you do next? A deceptively simple puzzle game, wrapped in a magical adventure.

What works
  • Relaxing and calming atmosphere
  • Engaging and strategic puzzle mechanics
  • Beautiful art style and music
  • Progression system with unlockable power-ups
  • Addictive gameplay with daily challenges
Things to keep in mind
  • Repetitive core puzzle board and gameplay
  • Randomness can frustrate strategic planning
  • Leaderboards affected by progression imbalance
  • Limited story depth and narrative clarity
  • Some ui and control clunkiness reported

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • A Monster's Expedition

  • Lowglow

  • Paper Trail

  • Alice's Patchwork

  • Waveform

  • 12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature (Platinum Edition)

  • Leo’s Fortune - HD Edition

  • Arcade Paradise

  • Toki Tori 2+
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Lowglow

  • Alice's Patchwork

  • Leo’s Fortune - HD Edition
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Relaxation

    Faerie Solitaire Remastered
  • Autonomy

    Creeper World 4
  • Escapism

    Glass Masquerade 3: Honeylines

Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Evergarden: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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    "Game offers skill-based puzzle solving with increasing complexity and strategic depth, though some randomness affects outcomes."

  • Competition

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    "Includes leaderboards and score chasing, but competition is not the main focus."

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  • Continuation

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    "Players report long sessions, habitual play, and engagement with challenges and events that encourage repeated play."

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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    "Players can experiment with different combos, power-ups, and strategies, but the game follows a defined puzzle structure with limited creative building."

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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    "Players use the game as a relaxing, calming distraction from real life stress."

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    "Many players use the relaxing atmosphere and gameplay as a stress relief and calming distraction from real life."

  • Expectation

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    "Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and relaxation, not out of obligation or pressure."

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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    "Some discovery of new puzzle rooms and story elements, though mostly within a defined environment."

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  • Expression

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    "Limited customization; players experience preset level designs and aesthetics without personal modification."

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  • Fantasy

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    "The game has a whimsical, abstract setting with imaginative mechanics, though grounded in puzzle logic."

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  • Growth

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  • Idle

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  • Intimacy

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  • Progression

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  • Relaxation

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  • Status

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  • Story

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  • Strategy

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  • Thrill

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    "Low risk and tension; gameplay is calm and predictable."

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  • Violence

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