Serena similar games & best alternatives

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Serena

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.

What works

  • Compelling and emotional narrative
  • Immersive atmosphere and sound design
  • Free to play
  • Short and accessible experience
  • Thought-provoking story with twists

Things to keep in mind

  • No save feature and quitting on esc
  • Lack of gameplay variety or puzzles
  • Short length limits replayability
  • Requires good english comprehension
  • Some players find repetitive clicking tedious

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Morphine

  • Cats and the Other Lives

  • The Mildew Children: Chapter 1

  • Gray Dawn

  • If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers

  • DISTRAINT 2

Less intimate

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

  • One-Eyed Likho

  • Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

  • Rise of Insanity

  • The Price of Freedom

  • The Beast Inside

  • The Lost Crown

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Serena but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Silence of the Sleep

  • Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰

  • Amnesia: Rebirth

  • Mists of Aiden

  • Alone in the Dark

  • Sanator: Scarlet Scarf

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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 Serena. These titles are not in What to play next.

Serena: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competence, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026