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Varenje

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Varenje is a cute colorful adventure with a number of puzzles and mini-games made by artists for anyone that considers games to be an art.

What works

  • Beautiful hand-drawn art style
  • Relaxing music and atmosphere
  • Intuitive and casual puzzle gameplay
  • Free first chapter to try
  • Unique and intriguing narrative twist

Things to keep in mind

  • Short overall game length
  • Some puzzles unclear or confusing
  • Technical bugs and glitches reported
  • Story cutscenes feel out of place or disturbing
  • Lack of tutorial or instructions

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mythic Wonders: The Philosopher's Stone

  • Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

  • Eventide: Slavic Fable

  • The Tiny Bang Story

  • Nearwood - Collector's Edition

  • Phonopolis

More thrilling

Games that feels like Varenje but with more suspense and thrill

  • Children of Silentown

  • Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

  • Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan

  • Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

  • TSIOQUE

  • Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

More expressive

Games that feels like Varenje but with more self-expression and customization

  • TOHU

  • Gecko Gods

  • My Brother Rabbit

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened

  • The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

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  • 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).
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  • 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 Varenje. These titles are not in What to play next.

Varenje: 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 Intimacy, Expression, Thrill.

Last update: 21/08/2026