Games like Yi and the Thousand Moons
If Yi and the Thousand Moons is your kind of game, the closest matches are Flowers for You: a pleasant walk, What's Your Gender? and Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Yi and the Thousand Moons: Yi and the Thousand Moons is a short video game musical written and developed by David Su. Through the course of several original interactive songs, featuring a full cast and live band, the game weaves a story of the archer Yi's journey to save her village.
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Flowers for You: a pleasant walk
WHY THIS
Top pick for Yi and the Thousand Moons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
It's your mother's birthday. Walk through a beautiful stylized nature and colect the most beautiful flowers to prepare a gift to her.
What's Your Gender?
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Yi and the Thousand Moons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
An antichamber inspired educational puzzle game, that allows you to simultaneously explore a non-euclidean maze and concepts and terms related to gender, identity and expression in a playful and reassuring manner.
Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Yi and the Thousand Moons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.
LOST EMBER
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Yi and the Thousand Moons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Tengami
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Yi and the Thousand Moons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.
Some Goodbyes We Made
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Yi and the Thousand Moons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
Blanc
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Yi and the Thousand Moons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Blanc is an artistic cooperative adventure that follows the journey of a wolf cub and a fawn stranded in a vast, snowy wilderness. They must come together in an unlikely partnership to find their families.
The Beginner's Guide
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Yi and the Thousand Moons fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Yi and the Thousand Moons at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Yi and the Thousand Moons on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Yi and the Thousand Moons on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Yi and the Thousand Moons on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Yi and the Thousand Moons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Yi and the Thousand Moons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Yi and the Thousand Moons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~67% under Yi and the Thousand Moons on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
LOST EMBER
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Tengami
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.
Blanc
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yi and the Thousand Moons.
Blanc is an artistic cooperative adventure that follows the journey of a wolf cub and a fawn stranded in a vast, snowy wilderness. They must come together in an unlikely partnership to find their families.
Frequently asked about Yi and the Thousand Moons
- How much does Yi and the Thousand Moons cost?
- Yi and the Thousand Moons is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Yi and the Thousand Moons?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Yi and the Thousand Moons are Flowers for You: a pleasant walk, What's Your Gender?, Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to).
- Who developed Yi and the Thousand Moons?
- Yi and the Thousand Moons was developed by David Su.
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