Haven similar games & best alternatives

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Haven

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

Two lovers gave up everything and escaped to a lost planet to be together. Glide through a mysterious landscape, explore a fragmented world and fight against what’s trying to tear them apart in this RPG adventure about love, rebellion, and freedom.

What works

  • Heartfelt and realistic romantic story
  • Strong voice acting and character writing
  • Relaxing exploration and atmosphere
  • Inclusive same-sex relationship options
  • Engaging soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can be clunky and repetitive
  • Movement controls sometimes awkward
  • Exploration can feel repetitive
  • Limited co-op interaction for second player
  • Some players find story pacing slow

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure

  • Arise: A Simple Story

  • MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury

  • MareQuest: An Interactive Tail

  • ASTRONEER

  • Voyagers of Nera

Less social

Games that feels like Haven but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Invincible Presents: Atom Eve

  • WitchSpring R

  • Smushi Come Home

  • Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

  • Here Comes Niko!

  • Elroy and the Aliens

More violent

Games that feels like Haven but with more combat and destruction

  • Mycopunk

  • FlyKnight

  • Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

  • Eternights

  • Swords 'n Magic and Stuff

  • Rune Factory 5

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Haven but with more leadership over others

  • Escape from Ever After

  • Pyre

  • Steven Universe: Save the Light

  • Drake Hollow

  • The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots

  • Born of Bread

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

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

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

Last update: 21/08/2026