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Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.

Why similar: Psychedelic 14.9%, Surreal 14.4%, Detective 14.3%, Abstract 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.

Why similar: Surreal 24.7%, Psychedelic 19.8%, Abstract 17%, Stylized 8.8%, Retro 8.2%

Elation For The Wonder Box 6000 is a first-person, claymation adventure game about going into the city to try and find a game from your youth that no one else remembers.

Why similar: Surreal 18.5%, Abstract 14.4%, 1990's 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Psychedelic 9.5%

Don’t Go Up There is a short game about exploring a cave system within an intimidating mountain, Schubert has to avoid shattering into a million pieces, make his way through twisting paths, and talk to various strangers who stand around in caves.

Why similar: Abstract 22.4%, Surreal 21.8%, Psychedelic 21.4%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.

Why similar: Surreal 26.8%, Abstract 22.6%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Exploration 7.6%, Stylized 7.3%

Kill an angel in a real-time-turn-based combat style thats COMPLETELY UNFAIR and take it’s heart. Die 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 times who cares? Become the richest man alive. Hmmmm COWS?!?!!.

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.5%, Surreal 20.7%, Abstract 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Stylized 7.8%

ChangelingVR is a virtual reality first-person interactive mystery. Enter the thoughts of each one you touch: A different memory, a different world, a different story.

Why similar: Surreal 21%, Abstract 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Detective 10.3%, Story Rich 7.9%

In a Bit of Tales is an episodic "kind of" horror game. Featuring 7 unorthodox stories delivered in an omakase-style experience. While each is untangled, They all feature unique experiences.

Why similar: Abstract 23.9%, Psychedelic 20.9%, Surreal 17.9%, Stylized 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Explore a hauntingly surreal landscape filled with unused characters from a cancelled project in Bad Dream: Purgatory. Will you give them purpose, or will they be doomed to suffer?

Why similar: Abstract 20.8%, Surreal 17.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, 2.5D 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%

WEBSCAPE is a surreal narrative RPG set inside a deteriorating version of the 1990s internet. Trapped within the World Wide Web, you will make choices, form alliances, and fight your way toward escape through turn-based battles driven by playable micro-games.

Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, 1990's 21.9%, Psychedelic 13.7%, 2.5D 11.8%, Story Rich 8.1%

The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.

Why similar: Psychedelic 30.7%, Abstract 26.9%, Surreal 24.1%, Exploration 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.4%

A hand-illustrated visual mystery adventure that can be beaten in one sitting.

Why similar: Abstract 16.5%, Investigation 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Detective 10.3%

Enter a world filled with drunk monsters and their offbeat shenanigans: Birdman's arm got stolen as part of a performance art. Lettuce wants you to eat him. Doctor Scientist rents his body out to a Wound Parasite, and the Talking Lamp is... well, a talking lamp. Wait- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

Why similar: 1990's 15.5%, 2.5D 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Surreal 10.5%

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: 1990's 26.7%, Surreal 20%, Detective 14.2%, Psychedelic 12.2%, Retro 8.3%

An anomaly horror game with a big twist: YOU hide the anomalies. As the Night Auditor for the Queen Anne's Lace hotel, your job is to keep your guests checked in. Forever.

Why similar: Surreal 22.3%, Abstract 21.4%, Psychedelic 17.4%, 1990's 13.9%, Stylized 7.9%

A game about presence.

Why similar: Psychedelic 27%, Surreal 18.5%, Abstract 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Exploration 6.8%

Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

Why similar: Psychedelic 18%, Surreal 17.7%, Detective 17%, Investigation 11.8%, Stylized 8.6%

An Aisling is an adventure game focused on exploration, story and character. Make friends or enemies as you try to uncover why kids are dissappearing on the island of Rashinmore.

Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Investigation 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%

THE WORLD IS ENDING AND THE GODS ARE SQUABBLING! Suck up and launch dialogue in a world of puzzles, puppets, and weird gods… or THE RIFT WILL CONSUME US ALL!

Why similar: Psychedelic 26.8%, Abstract 19.6%, Detective 12.6%, 2.5D 11.4%, Surreal 8.1%

Velvet Clouds - a story-driven game with elements of psychological horror and metroidvania. Explore locations, pick up items and destroy various enemies, and immerse yourself in an unusual story, interacting with the playable characters.

Why similar: Abstract 21.7%, Psychedelic 20.1%, Surreal 17.1%, Investigation 10.4%, Stylized 7.8%

Drive a small train through surreal environments in search of the S'MORE, traveling toward the final destination in a world governed by a cryptic program.

Why similar: Surreal 29.1%, Psychedelic 26.8%, 2.5D 13.9%, Stylized 13.6%, Exploration 7%

ECHO RAILWAY is an adventure with non-linear storytelling, focused on exploration and narrative. It blends the routine of a tram conductor with detective elements and a touch of surreal retrofuturistic noir. You’re bound to the rails. Your story isn’t.

Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Surreal 14.3%, Stylized 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

Lost & Found is an adventure-mystery game where you return townsfolk’s lost belongings & uncover personal stories behind each item. It features a hybrid animation style that blends 2D, 3D, pixel art, & more. Gather clues, investigate locals, & ensure every lost belonging ends up in the right hands.

Why similar: 2.5D 18.6%, Detective 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Investigation 11.8%, Story Rich 10.1%

Heavy Distance is the ground breaking interactive single from Lisle Engle.

Why similar: Psychedelic 30.9%, Abstract 27.7%, Surreal 26%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Adventure 4.1%

A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.2%, Detective 15%, Surreal 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Investigation 10%

ZENOMATRIX is the first ever game to seamlessly combine puzzle-solving and horror, face and overcome your fears as you navigate a surreal realm inspired by early 90's CGI experiments, and engage in first-person conundrums against creatures that only move to attack when not directly observed.

Why similar: Abstract 23.7%, Surreal 21.7%, Psychedelic 19.7%, 1990's 12%, Stylized 8%

What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.6%, Surreal 19.1%, 1990's 16.7%, Retro 9%, Stylized 8.6%

Grayton the Detective is a narrative adventure game about a homeless man who once lived in wealth and comfort, now showers with a kettle, and solves petty mysteries on the streets of Cleveland. However, with the disappearance of mysterious Golden Spoon, everything may change.

Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 8.6%

The Eyes of Dr Kautzmann is a first-person point-and-click detective game inspired by German expressionist cinema. Solve environmental puzzles to uncover the tragic history and secrets of a doomed town.

Why similar: Abstract 25.3%, Surreal 21.8%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 7.6%, 1990's 7.5%

An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.

Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Abstract 21.1%, 1990's 19.4%, Psychedelic 15.5%, Stylized 8.8%

A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.

Why similar: Surreal 17.2%, Detective 17%, Abstract 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychedelic 12.4%

Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

Why similar: Surreal 32.8%, Psychedelic 21.2%, Stylized 11.1%, Retro 8.6%, Exploration 8%

It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.

Why similar: Abstract 18.4%, Stylized 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%

There's only one goal in Polariball: Get in the zone. Stay in the zone. Push for the top score, and get lost in the music doing it.

Why similar: 1990's 26%, Psychedelic 25.2%, Surreal 16.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Stylized 10%

Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%

Aphantasia is an Indie RPG created in the RPG Maker engine with a surreal art style.

Why similar: Abstract 27.4%, Surreal 25.8%, Psychedelic 19.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 6.2%

90's Horror inspired Point & Click — a Dark and Emotional journey of a man looking for his missing son while facing his hidden demons. Enjoy an Atmospheric & stylized world, haunting and memorable audio, and piece together a story that will stay with you long after it ends.

Why similar: Abstract 22%, Surreal 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Stylized 9.2%, Story Rich 8%

You're the maintenance man for an apartment complex that has mysteriously been transported to the middle of the ocean. Woodrot is a surreal adventure game about getting to know your neighbors who all seem to blame themselves for their recent relocation.

Why similar: Surreal 23.6%, Abstract 19%, Stylized 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Story Rich 8.5%

The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.

Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Abstract 19.4%, Psychedelic 17.1%, Stylized 9.4%, Retro 9%

In this digital ritual, you will carve sigils into your flesh—quite literally. Take a pen, marker, or anything you can use to write on your skin, and inscribe sigils onto your body, reincarnating the prophet and becoming their vessel. This is an honor unlike any other.

Why similar: Psychedelic 39.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Stylized 16.1%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Exploration 8.3%

Hemomancer is a story set in a surreal world. It's also a roguelite game with RPG, visual novel and musical/rhythm elements. Gameplay and narrative is designed to challenge you, so prepare to struggle.

Why similar: Surreal 23.2%, Psychedelic 21.8%, Abstract 21.5%, Stylized 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.5%

Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.

Why similar: Abstract 26%, Surreal 25%, 1990's 13.6%, Retro 8.8%, Exploration 8%

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Investigation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Stylized 9.9%

A point and click puzzle adventure game set across multiple time periods. Discover and enjoy this strange and surreal story about a mysterious letter, a missing professor and a confusing mansion. With more than a hundred items, locations and objects to investigate, can you solve the mystery?

Why similar: Surreal 20%, Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Solve mind-bending physics and logic puzzles in Superspective, a first-person puzzle game where gravity is relative, rooms twist and fold back on themselves, and surreal architecture challenges how you think about space. Experience unreality.

Why similar: Abstract 29.7%, Surreal 26.5%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Stylized 11.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Automaton Heart is an RPG with platforming elements where you visit obscure and interesting places while upgrading your organs and strategizing about which items to bring along.

Why similar: Abstract 22.9%, Psychedelic 20.6%, 1990's 16.9%, Surreal 14.3%, Stylized 9.5%

A slimy, psychedelic adventure about a girl attending a warehouse rave party with her friends, where she'll go to experience a long, profound bad (?) trip.

Why similar: Psychedelic 26.6%, Surreal 22.3%, Abstract 20.3%, Story Rich 7.7%, Stylized 7.6%

Dreamcore Retro is a short and relaxing low poly indie game based on lucid dreaming and liminal spaces to concern about endangered species and other problems from the future society. The game mainly consists in exploring the dreamy surroundings of these psychedelic and minimalistic worlds...

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.4%, Abstract 22.7%, Surreal 22.7%, Retro 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%

Grab some sandwiches, get on your bike and hit the streets! Paperperson is the first single from the upcoming game/ album split-release Teenage Blob; a colourful art-punk adventure towards the best night of your life!

Why similar: Abstract 18.1%, Surreal 17.9%, Psychedelic 17.2%, 1990's 17.1%, Hand-drawn 11.4%

A story about a woman who lives alone near the forest.

Why similar: Surreal 21%, Abstract 17.1%, Psychedelic 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Hand-drawn 11.7%

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Detective 31.4%, 1990's 17.4%, Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Story Rich 7.8%

Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.

Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 17.3%, Story Rich 10.2%, Stylized 9.9%

Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.3%, Surreal 18.9%, Abstract 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 11.1%

Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

Why similar: Abstract 20.2%, Surreal 18.9%, Psychedelic 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%

Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.

Why similar: Abstract 17%, Psychedelic 14.3%, 2.5D 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Stylized 10.7%

Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.

Why similar: Surreal 34.1%, Abstract 26.9%, Psychedelic 25.7%, Atmospheric 4.2%, Hand-drawn 2.6%

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, 1990's 15.9%, Investigation 14.2%, Exploration 7.7%

Haramita Renkai is trapped somewhere deep in the underworld after a ritual gone awry. Armed with naught but his wits, his talismans and a burning desire for self-criticism, Renkai attempts to flee the grasp of the ravenous Demon Parade and escape back to the mortal plane.

Why similar: Abstract 24.2%, Surreal 19.1%, 1990's 14.6%, Stylized 10%, Retro 10%

You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.3%, Surreal 21%, Abstract 20.5%, Stylized 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%

Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.4%, Surreal 22.3%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Stylized 11.7%, Story Rich 9%