Pentiment similar games & best alternatives

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Pentiment

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

What works

  • Exceptional historical accuracy and research
  • Deep, meaningful narrative with impactful choices
  • Unique and beautiful medieval manuscript art style
  • Well-developed characters and emotional engagement
  • Thought-provoking themes on history, religion, and society

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow pacing and heavy reading may deter some players
  • Limited gameplay mechanics beyond dialogue and investigation
  • Some minor bugs and occasional dialogue inconsistencies
  • Lack of voice acting and reliance on text
  • Linear main story with limited variation in endings

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence

  • NORCO

  • Refind Self: The Personality Test Game

  • A Guidebook of Babel

  • A Space for the Unbound

  • Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

More fantastical

Games that feels like Pentiment but with more imaginative fiction

  • Threefold Recital

  • Mondealy: Day One

  • Message Quest

  • Monster Loves You!

  • Lil' Guardsman

  • The Crown of Leaves

Less expressive

Games that feels like Pentiment but with less self-expression and customization

  • Bear's Restaurant

  • Journal

  • Kathy Rain

  • The Heroes Around Me

  • Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

  • A Story Beside

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

  • South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

  • Alpha Protocol™

  • Fallout: New Vegas

  • Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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

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

Last update: 21/08/2026