Games like Journey · Find similar →
We filtered the 50 games similar to Journey down to the 5 that fit the “PS5” category. Little Nightmares II, Little Nightmares III and Jusant top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Journey.
Did you find what you were looking for?
Quick answer
Within the “PS5” category, the closest game to Journey is Little Nightmares II — scoring 75/100 on our similarity scale. Little Nightmares III and Jusant follow close behind.
Help us build the best rankings
Community poweredVote on each result below — good match or not. Every vote directly shapes how we rank similar games for everyone.
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Journey. Each one has been evaluated across 14 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
Same family as Journey: strong narrative focus, single-player focus and 2D presentation. The distance is in setting and tone — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
Released 9 years after Journey.
Genre puts it alongside Journey, and so does exploration and discovery, strong narrative focus, and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in setting and tone — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
Released 13 years after Journey.
What carries over from Journey is strong narrative focus, fantasy world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is game mode: cozy, relaxing feel and melee combat.
Released 11 years after Journey.
Genre puts it alongside Journey, and so does exploration and discovery, strong narrative focus, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.
Released 7 years after Journey.
It comes from the same genre as Journey and shares strong narrative focus, fantasy world and single-player focus. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings an anime aesthetic.
Released 12 years after Journey.
If Journey left you wanting more, this is where you narrow it down. Was it the narrative or the relaxing that hooked you? There is a list of just that. And if you play on Nintendo Switch, PS5, PlayStation, Xbox and Mobile, filter by platform and skip the games you could not play anyway.
Sometimes what you want is not a Journey look-alike but simply the best Puzzle-Platformer Games there are. That is what these rankings are for: no comparison to anything, just the highest-rated games. And if you feel like widening the net, the Platformer Games ranking is a good way to run into something you were not expecting.