FEIST similar games & best alternatives

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FEIST

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One • 2015

Should you play it?

A desperate, savage survival experience full of stunning visuals, dynamic creatures, and a haunting soundtrack.

What works

  • Beautiful and immersive art style
  • Challenging and skill-based combat
  • Excellent soundtrack and sound design
  • Unique physics-based gameplay
  • Engaging atmosphere and tension

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short game length
  • Some frustrating difficulty spikes
  • Limited enemy variety
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Occasional bugs and camera issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Wick

  • LIMBO

  • Viktor

  • Unto The End

  • Death in the Water 2

  • Rain World

More expressive

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

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • Dead Cells

  • GRIME

  • Pronty

  • Pumpkin Jack

  • BLACKTAIL

More value-seeking

Games that feels like FEIST but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Aeterna Noctis

  • Hollow Knight

  • Geometry May. I swear it's a nice free game

  • Gloom

  • MO:Astray

  • The Axis Unseen

Less violent

Games that feels like FEIST but with less combat and destruction

  • Lumione

  • SHEEPO

  • A Walk in the Dark

  • Schein

  • Unbound: Worlds Apart

  • Ori and the Blind Forest

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  • 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.
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  • 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 FEIST. These titles are not in What to play next.

FEIST: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026