Evergarden similar games & best alternatives

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Evergarden

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 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

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Lowglow

  • Archaica: The Path of Light

  • A Monster's Expedition

  • Moncage

  • ISLANDERS: New Shores

  • Agent A: A puzzle in disguise

Less competitive

Games that feels like Evergarden but with less competition against others

  • Sizeable

  • Down in Bermuda

  • Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened

  • COCOON

  • FORM

  • Spring Falls

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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.
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  • 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 Evergarden. These titles are not in What to play next.

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

Last update: 21/08/2026