Windlands similar games & best alternatives

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Windlands

Windows Mixed Reality, Linux, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest • 2016

Should you play it?

A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.

What works

  • Immersive vr swinging mechanics
  • Large open levels for exploration
  • Challenging and rewarding skill-based gameplay
  • Engaging sense of height and thrill
  • Beautiful art style and soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Motion sickness potential for some players
  • Limited content and story currently
  • Difficult platforming sections can be frustrating
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Controls can feel slippery or unintuitive at times

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Big Catch: Tacklebox

  • Penny’s Big Breakaway

  • Promenade

  • TUNIC

  • Suzy Cube

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

More expressive

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

  • Hell Pie

  • The Bloodline

  • Crumble

  • Conbunn Cardboard

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Mika and The Witch's Mountain

Less thrilling

Games that feels like Windlands but with less suspense and thrill

  • SCARF

  • Outpath: First Journey

  • Garden of the Sea (VR)

  • Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

  • Sable

  • Omno

More violent

Games that feels like Windlands but with more combat and destruction

  • Death's Door

  • Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

  • Hyper Light Drifter

  • Stories: The Path of Destinies

  • Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

  • Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Windlands. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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 Windlands. These titles are not in What to play next.

Windlands: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026