Pilgrims similar games & best alternatives

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Pilgrims

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?

What works

  • Charming art style and animations
  • Humorous and whimsical storytelling
  • Multiple puzzle solutions and replayability
  • Relaxing and accessible gameplay
  • Unique card-based interaction mechanic

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short game length
  • Some trial-and-error required
  • Limited depth in puzzles and story
  • Repetitive map navigation
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • Draw a Stickman: EPIC

  • The Office Quest

  • Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside

  • My Brother Rabbit

  • Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2

Less expressive

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

  • Rusty Lake Paradise

  • Through Abandoned: The Underground City

  • Voodoo Detective

  • Cube Escape Collection

  • Creepy Tale

  • Children of Silentown

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Samorost 2

  • Samorost 3

  • Phonopolis

  • Creaks

  • Machinarium

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

Pilgrims: 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, Experimenting. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026