Games like Thing-in-Itself
Games like Thing-in-Itself include Before Your Eyes, The Beginner's Guide, To the Moon, Until Then, and Gone Home. We matched them by the tags players give Thing-in-Itself on Steam (Emotional, Philosophical, Psychological, Indie, and Walking Simulator): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Before Your Eyes
Shared: Emotional · Indie · Narrative

The Beginner's Guide
Shared: Indie · Walking Simulator · Story Rich

To the Moon
Shared: Emotional · Indie · Story Rich

Until Then
Shared: Emotional · Psychological · Story Rich

Gone Home
Shared: Walking Simulator · Indie · Story Rich

Coffee Talk
Shared: Dialogue Heavy · Story Rich · Visual Novel

OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Indie

Firewatch
Shared: Walking Simulator · Story Rich · Indie

What Remains of Edith Finch
Shared: Walking Simulator · Story Rich · Indie

Finding Paradise
Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Psychological

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Shared: Psychological · Visual Novel · Philosophical

The Stanley Parable
Shared: Indie · Psychological · Walking Simulator

A Bird Story
Shared: Indie · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Shared: Emotional · Indie · Story Rich

Florence
Shared: Indie · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction

Rue Valley
Shared: Psychological · Story Rich · Emotional

Mouthwashing
Shared: Indie · Psychological · Story Rich

Impostor Factory
Shared: Emotional · Story Rich · Indie

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Shared: Psychological · Story Rich · Atmospheric

Many Nights a Whisper
Shared: Emotional · Philosophical · Story Rich

KARMA: The Dark World
Shared: Walking Simulator · Philosophical · Story Rich

South of the Circle
Shared: Story Rich · Interactive Fiction · Emotional

That Dragon, Cancer
Shared: Emotional · Indie · Walking Simulator

Copycat
Shared: Emotional · Indie · Story Rich

