Haven Moon similar games & best alternatives

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Haven Moon

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure. In this Myst-like game inspired by Jules Verne’s universe, use your senses and intelligence to find your way through secret passages and curious machinery.

What works

  • Beautiful, immersive graphics and sound
  • Engaging myst-like puzzle exploration
  • Peaceful, atmospheric world
  • Well-crafted puzzles with logical solutions
  • Good value for price considering single developer

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some puzzles rely on pixel hunting or trial-and-error
  • Limited narrative depth
  • Backtracking can be tedious
  • Occasional awkward controls and lack of feedback

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Firmament

  • The Inheritance of Crimson Manor

  • The Tiny Bang Story

  • Heal

  • Machinika: Museum

  • The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition

More thrilling

Games that feels like Haven Moon but with more suspense and thrill

  • Dark Fall: The Journal

  • The Room Three

  • Meridian 157: Chapter 1

  • The Room 4: Old Sins

  • The Room Two

  • Myst III: Exile

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Haven Moon. 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 Haven Moon. These titles are not in What to play next.

Haven Moon: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Intimacy, Thrill.

Last update: 21/08/2026