PROXIMATE similar games & best alternatives

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PROXIMATE

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2024

Should you play it?

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What works

  • Unique and inventive gameplay mechanic
  • Excellent writing and character development
  • Strong atmospheric sound design
  • Emotional and relatable story
  • Good value for price and length

Things to keep in mind

  • Navigation can be frustrating
  • Short game length
  • Limited gameplay variety
  • Some players may find pacing slow
  • Lack of traditional horror scares

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ignited Entry

  • THE NORMAL THING

  • SIGNALIS

  • The Aquarium does not dance

  • Booth: A Dystopian Adventure

  • Traum

Less intimate

Games that feels like PROXIMATE but with less focus on close relationships

  • Dyping Escape

  • Just Ignore Them

  • FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

  • Water Womb World

  • Feed the Deep

  • Pony Island

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like PROXIMATE but with less survival pressure

  • Submachine: Legacy

  • Pleh!

  • Life Tastes Like Cardboard

  • tomorrow won't come for those without ██████

  • Sorry, James

  • UNREAL LIFE

More violent

Games that feels like PROXIMATE but with more combat and destruction

  • Corpse Party

  • Lily's Well

  • The Boogie Man

  • EMPTY SHELL

  • Mad Father

  • EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

PROXIMATE: 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 Intimacy, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026