Skip to content

Games
Cozy list
Weird games
Articles

Search games

AI search games

Genre29 options

+Action –+Action Adventure –+Action RPG –+Action Simulation –+Action Strategy –+Adventure –+Adventure RPG –+Animation & Modeling –+Casual –+Casual RPG –+Design & Illustration –+Early Access –+Education –+Free to Play –+Game Development –+Gore –+Horror –+Indie –+MMO –+Nudity –+Puzzle –+Racing –+RPG –+Sexual Content –+Simulation –+Sports –+Strategy –+Strategy RPG –+Violent –

Mood9 options

+Chaotic –+Cozy –+Dark –+Emotional –+Funny –+Melancholic –+Relaxing –+Tense –+Weird –

Feature104 options

Visual style4

+Hand-Drawn –+Neon –+Pixel Art –+Retro –

World & setting15

+Body Horror –+Cosmic Horror –+Cyberpunk –+Dieselpunk –+Gothic –+Liminal –+Multiverse –+Nautical –+Post-Apocalyptic –+Psychological Horror –+Rural Cozy –+Sci-Fi –+Steampunk –+Underwater –+World War II –

Tone & atmosphere6

+Chaotic Fun –+Cozy but Dark –+Dark Humor –+Emotional Story –+Melancholic –+Strong Atmosphere –

Playstyle & systems38

+Automation –+Base Building –+Battle Royale –+Billiards –+Boss Rush –+Choice-Driven –+Colony Sim –+Crafting –+Deckbuilder –+Deckbuilding –+Economy Systems –+Exploration –+Factory Automation –+Farming –+God Game –+Hide and Seek –+Management –+Narrative Adventure –+Narrative Mystery –+No Combat –+Open World –+Planning Systems –+Platforming –+Pool –+Precision Platforming –+Puzzle –+Resource Management –+Rhythm –+Sandbox –+Ship Building –+Space Sandbox –+Squad Management –+Stealth –+Story Rich –+Strategic –+Survival Crafting –+Tactical Combat –+Zombie Survival –

Length & structure6

+Replayable –+Short –+Short Game –+Short Sessions –+Slow Burn –+Time Loop –

Player fit & access13

+Co-op –+Controller Friendly –+Great with Friends –+Hard but Fair –+High Skill Ceiling –+Low-End PC –+Low-End PC Friendly –+MMO –+MMORPG –+Multiplayer –+Single-player –+Solo-Friendly –+Steam Deck Friendly –

Commercial & access4

+Early Access –+Free To Play –+Mostly Positive –+Overwhelmingly Positive –

Friction4

+Buggy –+Confusing Onboarding –+Grindy –+Technical Roughness –

Other features14

+DirectX 10 Compatible –+DirectX 11 Compatible –+DirectX 9 Compatible –+Integrated Graphics Friendly –+Linux Requirements Listed –+MacOS Requirements Listed –+Needs 16 GB RAM –+Recommended Specs Available –+Runs On 2 GB RAM –+Runs On 4 GB RAM –+Runs On 8 GB RAM –+Under 10 GB Storage –+Under 5 GB Storage –+Windows 7 Compatible –

Platform3 options

+Linux –+macOS –+Windows –

System fit16 options

+DirectX 10 compatible –+DirectX 11 compatible –+DirectX 12 required –+DirectX 9 compatible –+Integrated graphics friendly –+Linux requirements listed –+Low-end PC friendly –+macOS requirements listed –+Needs 16 GB RAM –+Recommended specs available –+Runs on 2 GB RAM –+Runs on 4 GB RAM –+Runs on 8 GB RAM –+Under 10 GB storage –+Under 5 GB storage –+Windows 7 compatible –

Scope1 option

The Beginner’s Guide

Genres: Adventure

The Beginner’s Guide is a Adventure game from Everything Unlimited Ltd. with a 88% positive Steam review signal. Indie Lantern indexes it for players browsing by weird, single-player.

Game snapshot

Developer: Everything Unlimited Ltd.
Release year: 2015
Playtime: Varies by player
Price: $4.99
Review signal: 88% positive

Adventure Emotional Weird Confusing Onboarding Controller Friendly Emotional Story Exploration Hand-Drawn Liminal Narrative Adventure Replayable Single-player

Find similar games

Screenshots

System requirementsMinimum and recommended specs

PC

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher – *NOT* an Intel Express graphics card). Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS

Minimum: OS: Mac OS X 10.8 or higher required Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher Storage: 4 GB available space

Linux

Minimum: OS: Ubuntu 12.04 Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card

From Steam reviews

Review notes

The Beginner's Guide is worth a closer look if you want narrative adventure, exploration, and emotional story.

Best for players who want emotional story, narrative adventure, and exploration.

narrative-adventure

Play style

The experience is more story-and-place driven than systems-heavy.

exploration

Play style

The draw is moving through spaces, discovering details, and learning the world.

emotional-story

Tone

The story is framed as affecting rather than just plot-heavy.

Steam review snapshots

And in the same respect, you may feel that you need to fix yourself, that there's a problem with you that you…

Exploration

A beautiful, thought provoking game with an emotional depth I don't see in much media that keeps you hooked from the very…

Emotional Story

First off, its a linear walking simulator where you cant do much else but to follow a given path.

Narrative Adventure

Why it fits

Best for players who want narrative adventure, exploration, and an emotional story. Story-and-place driven adventure Exploration-focused experience Emotional, thought-provoking tone

Who might skip it

You want systems-heavy gameplay You prefer action-driven play You are not looking for a linear narrative experience

Open Steam page

Indie Lantern publishes editorially reviewed game discovery pages.