- #1 I Know This Place..? (chapter II)
97% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: SameFrame
Windows
Chapter II of an extremely unusual trans-media franchise with game and short film chapters. Players influence the plot of the chapters and can leave their real-life items in the chapters. Game+Short films+visual novel. Ultra-deep meaning, nostalgic references, vibe mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, 1990's 13.5%, Alternate History 13%, Philosophical 12.4%, Hidden Object 10.4%
- #2 Through The Fragmentation
96% matchVery Positive97% of 230 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 41.8%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #3 The End of the Sun: Prologue
95% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: The End of the Sun TeamPub: The End of the Sun Forge
Windows
The End of the Sun: Prologue is a first-person, story-driven mystery adventure set in a Slavic fantasy world. As the ashter, a sage sorcerer gifted with the ability to travel in time, you come to a mysterious village where the line between myth and reality begins to fade perilously.
Why similar: Detective 42.1%, Exploration 12.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #4 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.2%, Philosophical 19.5%, Surreal 15.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%, First-Person 9.9%
- #5 BLACKSHARD
94% matchVery Positive93% of 431 reviews2025
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Why similar: Surreal 17.5%, Philosophical 16.8%, Hidden Object 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #6 Who's Lila?
94% matchVery Positive94% of 3,636 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 24%, Surreal 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Exploration 7.1%
- #7 Burden Street Station
92% matchVery Positive97% of 216 reviews2026
Dev: IODINEPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, 1990's 22.6%, Surreal 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 7.8%
- #8 Time Machine - Find Objects. Hidden Pictures Game
93% matchVery Positive81% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
An exciting adventure through space and time awaits for you in the newest hidden object game! Immerse yourself into a real investigation, full of intrigue and mysterious temporal anomalies!
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Hidden Object 24.6%, Time Travel 19.2% ★, Puzzle 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #9 13:ORIGIN - Chapter One
91% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Corvus Studio Yazilim Anonim Sirketi
Windows
Unknowingly revealing a great secret about human history, will Edmond be able to live with this secret? 13:ORIGIN is a story-based adventure and puzzle game full of suspense and excitement, where you can progress by solving puzzles. Here is the first chapter of the journey.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Hidden Object 20.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 9%
- #10 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,208 reviews2026
Dev: yattytheman
Windows · Linux
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Detective 52.6%, 1990's 20.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #11 Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 602 reviews2020
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Why similar: Surreal 36.4%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Atmospheric 13.3%
- #12 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, First-Person 10.8%
- #13 Trust No One
89% matchMixed59% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Triomatica Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Philosophical 14%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Exploration 9.3%
- #14 Eternal Threads
87% matchVery Positive86% of 868 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Time Travel 18.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Puzzle 8.2%, First-Person 6.2%
- #15 Summerland
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,766 reviews2020
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows
Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Philosophical 20.1%, Cinematic 12%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 9.4%
- #16 13:ORIGIN - Prologue
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Corvus Studio Yazilim Anonim Sirketi
Windows · Mac
13: Origin is a web of clues that you must follow and not miss, as in most room escape/puzzle games. As you untie each knotted loop, you will realize how long and endless the thread you hold on to the end is.
Why similar: Hidden Object 32%, Puzzle 17%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 10%
- #17 Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
88% matchMixed55% of 393 reviews2009
Pub: Meridian4
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.
Why similar: Alternate History 20%, Detective 19.6%, Hidden Object 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 7.5%
- #18 Russian Psychiatric Pastoral: Prologue
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan Lysenko
Windows
Introductory demonstration version. An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31%, Cinematic 26.8%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #19 Quern - Undying Thoughts
84% matchVery Positive91% of 3,974 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Surreal 18.7%, Hidden Object 14.8%, Cinematic 13.2%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 10.3%
- #20 One Day in London
85% matchVery Positive88% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Take active part in a nonlinear, interactive visual novel set against the atmospheric backdrop of the 19th century England.
Why similar: Detective 43.7%, Visual Novel 38.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #21 Siberian Way
82% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: ROOT GAMES
Windows
Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.
Why similar: Detective 40.5%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Atmospheric 13%, Story Rich 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #22 Castle Of Secrets: Prologue
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 350 reviews2022
Dev: SQ Game StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
The Castle of Secrets — a game with a deep and mysterious storyline, beautiful 3D graphics, unique gameplay and mechanics, will immerse you in a fairy tale of reality and mystery. How will this fairy tale end? It's your call.
Why similar: Hidden Object 25.7%, Surreal 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 12.9%
- #23 Tron: Identity
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #24 Decade
79% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Last Piscean
Windows
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.
Why similar: 1990's 28.6%, Philosophical 26.9%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #25 1997
80% matchVery Positive92% of 247 reviews2023
Dev: Hit'n'Run Digital Studio
Windows · Mac
Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.
Why similar: Detective 35.8%, 1990's 29.4%, Visual Novel 18.2%, First-Person 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #26 Mystery of the Malign
78% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Gameplay Supremacy
Windows
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.3%, Exploration 18.5%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Story Rich 13.3%, Detective 12.8%
- #27 Unforgotten
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows · Mac
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Dialogue Heavy 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #28 The Posthumous Investigation
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 579 reviews2026
Dev: Mother Gaia StudioPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Time Travel 15.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #29 PROZE: Prologue
81% matchVery Positive82% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: SignSine
Windows
PROZE: Prologue is a free opening chapter for the PROZE series. It’s a story-based VR-adventure with puzzle and horror elements.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.8% ★, Detective 25.2%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 10%
- #30 Au Revoir
77% matchVery Positive95% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Cinematic 15%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Hidden Object 10.5%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #31 The Secret of Retropolis
79% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows
The Secret of Retropolis is a VR narrative game of a new kind, a blend of classic point-and-click adventure with immersive cinematography. Embody the witty protagonist of a film noir plot. Meet unforgettable characters. Solve puzzles. Lose yourself in the retro-futuristic atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 57%, Puzzle 16.1%, Story Rich 11%, First-Person 9%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #32 Anomalies Detective
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: ChenGame
Windows
A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...
Why similar: Exploration 34.3%, First-Person 27.4%, Multiple Endings 23.2%, 3D 15%
- #33 The Berlin Apartment
75% matchVery Positive93% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Backpack
Windows
One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.
Why similar: First-Person 20.9%, Atmospheric 20%, Exploration 19.4%, Story Rich 14.6%, 3D 13%
- #34 BROK the InvestiGator - Prologue
77% matchVery Positive97% of 306 reviews2020
Dev: COWCAT
Windows
The very first PUNCH & CLICK! Brok is an innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Why similar: Detective 50.3%, 1990's 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Story Rich 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #35 Within the Backrooms
75% matchVery Positive95% of 213 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Display
Windows
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: Surreal 30.8%, 1990's 25.1%, Exploration 14.3%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #36 Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 277 reviews2023
Dev: Tibba Games
Windows
Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.
Why similar: 1990's 33.6%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Hidden Object 18.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Exploration 10.2%
- #37 Tails Noir Preludes
74% matchVery Positive92% of 306 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.9%, Detective 23.1%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Surreal 11.5%, Exploration 7.8%
- #38 Machinika: Museum
73% matchVery Positive93% of 6,212 reviews2021
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Hidden Object 25.3%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Puzzle 15.4%, Atmospheric 12%, First-Person 11%
- #39 The Silent Age
74% matchVery Positive93% of 7,180 reviews2015
Dev: House On Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
Why similar: Detective 26%, Alternate History 24.1%, Hidden Object 14.6%, Sci-fi 10%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #40 Kona II: Brume
73% matchVery Positive82% of 506 reviews2023
Dev: ParabolePub: Ravenscourt
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Surreal 23%, Exploration 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #41 Kujlevka
71% matchVery Positive92% of 665 reviews2023
Dev: CallbackPub: Crytivo
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A flying saucer crash-lands in a distant Russian village, turning a rundown kolkhoz into the first, thin bridge between civilizations. As the first point of contact, you must dictate how this encounter unfolds and ultimately determine history’s outcome.
Why similar: 1990's 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 8.1%
- #42 Mondealy: Day One
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 664 reviews2021
Dev: uglycoalPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Mondealy: Day One is a prologue for the 2D adventure game Mondealy. You can see how adventures in the magical kingdom of Dargratt begin.
Why similar: Surreal 24.5%, Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #43 Nemezis: Mysterious Journey III Prologue
73% matchVery Positive84% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Detalion Games S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
In Nemesis: Mysterious Journey III Prologue you will take part in an adventure that will introduce you to the story of Nemesis: Mysterious Journey III. Take on the role of Amia and begin your holiday adventure on the planet Regilus!
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Hidden Object 18%, Puzzle 10.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%
- #44 When The Past Was Around - Prologue
71% matchVery Positive94% of 683 reviews2019
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 15%
This is the prologue chapter of "When the Past was Around", an upcoming adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.5%, Surreal 25.6%, Hidden Object 24.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #45 My Camp of Memories: Episode 1
70% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Daniil Tarasau
Windows · Mac
Visual novel in the genre of romance and adventure. You are eighteen years old, and you have just entered the last stage of education. However, strange fragments of memories, notes and a series of events say that it will not work out to study calmly. The path you take is entirely in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 35%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #46 INDIKA
66% matchVery Positive89% of 8,345 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Surreal 34.1%, Cinematic 15.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Exploration 10.6%
- #47 YOUR HOUSE
68% matchVery Positive85% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 36%, 1990's 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #48 Between Time: Escape Room
70% matchVery Positive80% of 346 reviews2021
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You are going to steal a time machine. In this escape room, you have to travel through time, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles to get priceless treasures. Will you be able to make it back alive?
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Time Travel 19.4% ★, Hidden Object 16.8%, Alternate History 11.8%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #49 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor
68% matchVery Positive81% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Shenzhen Zhonglian Interactive Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
Every corner of this manor holds secrets. You inherit not just the estate, but scattered letters and an intricately designed puzzle. Eyepieces transcending spacetime plunge you into others' memories. Traverse 16 themed chambers, unravel nested mechanisms, until you unveil the buried past...
Why similar: Hidden Object 28.8%, Puzzle 19%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, 3D 10.5%
- #50 PROZE: Enlightenment
72% matchMixed69% of 121 reviews2019
Dev: SignSine
Windows
PROZE is a VR puzzle adventure set in both past and present. It’s a story of friendship and duty, fear and dignity of the people facing the Soviet government and its echoes. Explore a Cold-War era military research facility, deal with the anomalies, solve the puzzles, and find out the answers.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Time Travel 23.8% ★, Sci-fi 12.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #51 FORM
70% matchVery Positive91% of 979 reviews2017
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
Why similar: Surreal 31.2%, Hidden Object 15.2%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.8%, First-Person 11.1%
- #52 Markus Ritter - The Lost Family
69% matchVery Positive85% of 181 reviews2021
Dev: Flimmersoft
Windows · Linux
Play as Markus Ritter in this short full motion video game in the style of the famous 90's point-and-click adventures.
Why similar: 1990's 27.7%, Alternate History 18.9%, Detective 18.3%, Cinematic 10.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #53 Liminal Lane
67% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Ravenhome Studios
Windows
Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.
Why similar: 1990's 26.2%, Cinematic 19.1%, Puzzle 13.8%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 10.7%
- #54 TEMPUS
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: k148 Game Studio
Windows
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Hidden Object 24.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.4%, First-Person 10.6%
- #55 烧尾宴
65% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: 有点正经
Windows
This detective interactive game casts you as an officer solving a murder at a remote inn. Freely type to question NPCs, who react dynamically. Uncover the truth or enjoy playful interactions—it’s your call. Immerse yourself in The Ancient unsolved cases!
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Alternate History 17.5%, Hidden Object 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Visual Novel 10%
- #56 Satellite Odyssey: Prologue
64% matchVery Positive93% of 1,006 reviews2024
Dev: Antifreeze Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Satellite Odyssey: Prologue is a short first-person story-driven adventure with horror elements. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of classic science fiction and retro-futurism inspired by Soviet sci-fi films. Your partner is Zarya, the artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.8%, Cinematic 16.8%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Atmospheric 11.5%, First-Person 10.9%
- #57 Unusual Findings
66% matchVery Positive90% of 562 reviews2022
Dev: Epic Llama GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Hidden Object 21.8%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #58 Truberbrook / Trüberbrook
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,326 reviews2019
Dev: btfPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.
Why similar: Exploration 20.3%, 1990's 18.7%, Puzzle 17.4%, Time Travel 16.4% ★, Story Rich 13.2%
- #59 Night Reverie: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 37.1%, Exploration 18.8%, Puzzle 18.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Story Rich 8.8%