- #1 Three Twenty One
97% matchMixed49% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: B-Side Games
Windows · Mac
3:21 is divided into smaller adventure games that open a dialog with the player and encourage interaction and exploration. Through the player's interactions with these that serve as a timeline of events, they discover what 3:21 is really about and just how real games can get.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #2 Escapeworld Dilemma
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Sonoma Games
Windows
FREE TO PLAY: Kidnapped from your everyday life, you find yourself in a large theme park that feels more like an escape room. Solve puzzles, explore 12 themed islands, find resources, use your wits to escape.
Why similar: Puzzle 47.6%, Adventure 32.5%, Indie 19.9%
- #3 ERROR: Human Not Found
96% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: CelleC Games
Windows
Error: Human Not Found is a visual-novel/puzzle game with portions of point-and-click adventure. Play as Grace and work to uncover the cause of death for the first AI to inhabit a physical body. Solve 4 types of computer-science based puzzles that increase in difficulty as the story progresses.
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Casual 36%, Indie 27.7%
- #4 Mr. Maze
95% matchVery Positive84% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: Mark J. LovegrovePub: Screen 7
Windows
When his daughter is captured by the formidable Maze Meister, a fast-thinking father finds himself on an unexpected journey through many maddening mazes to save her!
Why similar: Adventure 33%, Puzzle 27%, Indie 23.6%, Casual 16.3%
- #5 Who is Abby
93% matchVery Positive81% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: CyberFlux GamesPub: Rate My Funeral
Windows
Search for your missing sister in this stunning first-person adventure. A thrilling story where you unravel a mystery through exploration and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Puzzle 63.6%, Casual 22.5%, Adventure 13.9%
- #6 Jacob
94% matchMostly Negative36% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Duck Duck ZeusPub: Centre For Longitudinal Studies
Windows
Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle
Why similar: Casual 53.2%, Indie 46.8%
- #7 Mystery Castle: The Mirror's Secret
94% matchMixed59% of 79 reviews2015
Dev: Meridian'93Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Groth, the Soul Reaver, has kidnapped your daughter Jessica! Explore the dangerous world of the ancient castle and help release the captive souls whom you meet along the way. Can you solve the ingenious traps of the mysterious castle? Defeat Grot's magic and save Jessica!
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Casual 49.3%
- #8 Escape : Lia
92% matchMostly Negative32% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: PROJECT 00:01
Windows
Here's a girl named Lia -- an 8-year-old child who is accidently trapped in someone's dark basement -- in a secluded, small village. What is the hidden secret of the magician's basement? Discover suspicious items, follow clues, and solve puzzles. Will you be able to escape safely?
Why similar: Puzzle 29.3%, Indie 27.5%, Adventure 25.8%, Casual 17.4%
- #9 Puzzle Box Palace
91% matchVery Positive86% of 124 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.2%, Adventure 34.6%, Indie 24.2%
- #10 The Flaws of Gravity
91% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.
Why similar: Adventure 40.1%, Indie 34.3%, Puzzle 25.5%
- #11 Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
90% matchVery Positive91% of 248 reviews2020
Dev: Limited Games
Windows
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Why similar: Puzzle 39%, Adventure 26.3%, Indie 18.9%, Simulation 15.8%
- #12 Hold Me Still
89% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Zeroshade123
Windows
"Hold Me Still" is a point-and-click puzzle mystery game where you investigate your friend's disappearance by exploring their house, collecting clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.4%, Casual 32.1%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 8.8%
- #13 House Sitter
89% matchVery Positive97% of 93 reviews2020
Dev: Eric SteinbergPub: N/A
Windows
Explore the wacky world of House Sitter, and discover what secrets lie in wait. Meet new friends! Choose their fate!... Uncover who you truly are. But most importantly, get those chores done before Mom comes home.
Why similar: Simulation 36.5%, Adventure 20.7%, Casual 19.5%, Indie 15.8%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #14 Eos
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: The Bonsai TavernPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Eos is a first-person, 3D puzzle game in which you take control of a little girl who ventures into a tower. Confronted with a voice who seems to know an awful lot about her, he puts forth a series of trials to teach her about the past she never knew.
Why similar: Puzzle 75.5%, Casual 24.5%
- #15 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: Puzzle 56.8%, Adventure 40.4%, Indie 2.8%
- #16 Find Out
87% matchMixed58% of 161 reviews2016
Dev: Vorobiov VadymPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Find Out - this is an adventure game in which you will have to escape from an unknown location, surrounded by a large maze.
Why similar: Indie 33%, Simulation 30.7%, Adventure 19.2%, Casual 17.1%
- #17 Vanished Puzzle Quest
83% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Saltium GamesPub: Unity Productions Foundation
Windows · Mac
Vanished is an immersive, first-person puzzle adventure where an encroaching fog of forgetfulness which has robbed everyone at the Great Centers of Islamic Science of their memories and you must now battle against a mysterious foe to reclaim memory, history, and purpose.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.4%, Casual 29.2%, Adventure 17.4%
- #18 Fur the Game
85% matchVery Positive91% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Fur Dev Team
Windows
Fur the Game is a small first-person puzzle game where you explore an exciting world inhabited by adorable creatures called Furs! Rescue these creatures and throw them around to solve puzzles!
Why similar: Puzzle 26.5%, Adventure 25.6%, Casual 25.4%, Indie 22.5%
- #19 The Timeless Child - Prologue
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,080 reviews2021
Dev: Timeless Tale
Windows
The Timeless Child is a 2-player puzzle-adventure coop game with first-person view. Embark on a journey, through time and space, to save Emily Wells from her endless temporal jail.
Why similar: Puzzle 66.9%, Adventure 33.1%
- #20 Escape Game
84% matchVery Positive83% of 149 reviews2018
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
In Escape Game you will have to solve the different puzzles hidden in the house to escape!
Why similar: Puzzle 29.3%, Casual 24.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 14.6%, Simulation 14.4%
- #21 12 Memory Lane
79% matchVery Positive94% of 253 reviews2025
Dev: Forget-Me-Not StudioPub: Rubika Supinfogame
Windows
Explore the shifting manor of the enigmatic Henri Villemaine and uncover the truth behind his family’s sudden disappearance. Bend reality to recreate the scenes from his diary and expose long-buried secrets. What if your role in this case went beyond that of a simple investigator?
Why similar: Puzzle 88.3%, Adventure 11.7%
- #22 Eye 4 Eye
81% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Team Eye 4 EyePub: Yi Dai
Windows
Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.
Why similar: Puzzle 47.5%, Adventure 31.9%, Indie 20.6%
- #23 Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Reversed Escape Room
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: VulpesoftPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend.
Why similar: Puzzle 46.7%, Adventure 27.8%, Indie 16.1%, Casual 9.4%
- #24 Island Marauder
80% matchVery Positive81% of 183 reviews2019
Dev: MSOL
Windows
Indie Puzzle Game
Why similar: Adventure 53.4%, Indie 46.6%
- #25 The Name I Wear
76% matchVery Positive98% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: ISART DIGITAL
Windows
In an ancient riad once used as the base of a spy network, retrace the events and people tied to a forgotten tragedy. Your weapon? Names. Find them, write them, become them.
Why similar: Puzzle 49.3%, Adventure 29.3%, Indie 21.5%
- #26 Family Hidden Secret - Hidden Objects Puzzle Adventure
81% matchMixed41% of 97 reviews2019
Dev: BigBro Games
Windows
Meet amazing characters, search for hidden objects, open new amazing locations, escape dangerous traps in order to solve this criminal detective story. The detective adventure starts in your childhood house. This old mansion once filled with love, now is full off hidden artifacts, puzzles and strange clues.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #27 Escape Simulator
75% matchVery Positive94% of 19,184 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.4%, Simulation 19%, Adventure 15.3%, Casual 9.8%, Indie 7.6%
- #28 LAY
77% matchVery Positive85% of 510 reviews2022
Dev: Objectif 3D
Windows
Immerse yourself in this adventure of poetic and contemplative exploration as Elise, a young explorer full of energy. This mysterious world awaits you to overflow with colour and life !
Why similar: Puzzle 38.2%, Adventure 35.7%, Casual 26%
- #29 Dungeon Escape VR
79% matchVery Positive82% of 195 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Machine Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Dungeon Escape VR is an immersive escape-room puzzle game. To escape you need to solve the challenges and puzzles found in the dungeon.
Why similar: Puzzle 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #30 Bring You Home
74% matchVery Positive98% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Alike Studio
Windows · Mac
You don't control the hero, but the level ITSELF! In this puzzle adventure, change and rearrange pieces of every level to find the right path. All to guide Polo through crazy worlds and rescue his kidnapped alien pet...
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Casual 35%, Indie 27.9%
- #31 Isle of Ewe
77% matchVery Positive86% of 691 reviews2020
Dev: Miles Peter HatcliffPub: No Ewe Productions
Windows
Embark on an adventure and command your flock to bring your fluffy friends back home. The mysterious disappearance of Ramsey sparks your journey as you must collect, throw and bounce from sheep to sheep to bring him back home safely.
Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Indie 33%, Puzzle 27.2%
- #32 Relive
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2015
Dev: Studio Evil
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Relive is a free sci-fi adventure game about CPR. Its main purpose is to increase the awareness about this topic and encourage people to take a CPR class and be prepared to intervene in case of need. Discover the story and challenge your friends in tournament mode!
Why similar: Adventure 54.7%, Indie 45.3%
- #33 Princess Isabella
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 167 reviews2014
Dev: Gogii GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Help the Princess save her friends and family!
Why similar: Adventure 44.8%, Puzzle 39.6%, Casual 15.7%
- #34 Orpheus's Dream
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 238 reviews2019
Dev: Orpheus's Dream Team
Windows
Orpheus’s Dream is a 3D isometric-inspired puzzle game with storytelling elements. Explore an amnesiac’s family house and recover lost memories of him and his cat.
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Casual 33.7%, Indie 27.2%
- #35 Night Reverie: Prologue
73% 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: Puzzle 53.3%, Casual 21.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 9.2%
- #36 MindLoop
70% matchVery Positive98% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: JoonGames
Windows
Collect clues, deduce the code, and defuse the bomb in 40 seconds.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.8%, Casual 42.7%, Indie 11.5%
- #37 Elise
73% matchMixed57% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Stuart White
Windows
Awakened in a bunker amidst a zombie outbreak after a car crash, guide Elise through harrowing challenges, solve puzzles, and face relentless undead hordes and uncovering the bunker's dark secrets
Why similar: Puzzle 54.4%, Adventure 29.2%, Indie 16.5%
- #38 Blackthorne's Manor
71% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Error 404 Studios
Windows
Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.6%, Adventure 43.4%, Indie 13.1%
- #39 Brink of Consciousness: The Lonely Hearts Murders
74% matchVery Positive86% of 168 reviews2014
Dev: MagicIndiePub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
HOW FAR WILL YOU GO TO SAVE YOUR ONLY DAUGHTER'S LIFE?
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #40 blue.
75% matchMixed58% of 103 reviews2018
Dev: Lucian Hardner
Windows
blue. is the part puzzle game, part visual novel, story of a young cubie growing up in a colorful mined out world of gems. Play as Violet through their adolescence, meet their friends and family and learn about the Cubie world. And most of all learn when it takes to succeed in this underground place.
Why similar: Casual 54.4%, Indie 45.6%
- #41 sheeeroom
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 291 reviews2024
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
You wish to bring "She" back to life to reclaim something precious you’ve lost. Solve the various puzzles set before you and gather what "She" needs. Even you don’t know what "She" truly is. "sheeeroom" is a mysterious adventure game.
Why similar: Puzzle 46.5%, Adventure 31%, Casual 22.6%
- #42 YogLabs: Testing Initiative
69% matchVery Positive98% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A unique puzzle-adventure set in the secret YogLabs research facility. As a newly created clone, you’ll face a series of challenges while disaster threatens to consume the laboratory.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.2%, Adventure 44.5%, Indie 10.3%
- #43 Accident: The Pilot
72% matchMixed69% of 822 reviews2020
Dev: Duality Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Become a journalist who researches old car accident cases. Help victims and perform first aid, obtain evidence and reconstruct the events to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Simulation 58.6%, Indie 21.3%, Casual 20.1%
- #44 Blade Walker
73% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: JW Eel Slug
Windows
Find clues and solve puzzles to escape
Why similar: Puzzle 53%, Casual 35.4%, Indie 11.6%
- #45 Kach
69% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Adventure 50.3%, Puzzle 36.6%, Indie 13.2%
- #46 Brave Furries
71% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Crazy Goat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Furries Princess has been kidnapped! Help these hilariously cute creatures execute a rescue mission. You will need to explore the Evil Wizard's castle and solve his puzzles to succeed. Hours of mildly brain-teasing gameplay awaits!
Why similar: Casual 63.3%, Indie 36.7%
- #47 Ceramic Soul
70% matchMixed64% of 151 reviews2022
Dev: Soul SoupPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Within a Victorian manor, wake up as Yu, a porcelain doll, modeled to look like The Mother’s perfect daughter. Solve puzzles with the help of a detachable hand, hide from grievous threats, explore the manor, and search for your past to reclaim pieces of your soul and claim your freedom.
Why similar: Puzzle 66.7%, Adventure 33.3%
- #48 Wrath of Anias
69% matchMixed65% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Ocean Games
Windows
Explore the sandbox, collect treasures, and find your way off of the island.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Casual 28.2%, Indie 14%
- #49 Ellisar
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Cogames Studio
Windows
Dive into this magical underwater adventure. Explore a corrupted environment moving with your two transformations to help fix the disaster that almost ended life around your world. Ellisar is a third person contemplative exploration and adventure game.
Why similar: Adventure 59.2%, Casual 40.8%
- #50 One Dreamer: Prologue
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 797 reviews2020
Dev: One Dreamer CompanyPub: F2House
Windows · Mac · Linux
Modify the world around you with pseudocode as you journey through blended realities and discover why Frank became a game developer in the first place.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Casual 33.3%, Indie 30.1%
- #51 Where We Went
64% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Oddcube Games
Windows
Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!
Why similar: Puzzle 43.1%, Adventure 32.6%, Casual 16.5%, Indie 7.7%
- #52 With Shining Eyes
65% matchVery Positive95% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Lucas Fisher
Windows
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: Puzzle 54.9%, Adventure 41.4%, Indie 3.7%
- #53 Beyond the Breach
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: rubickanov
Windows
Discover a world overrun with robots, and play as a defective bot who tries to find a way to flee the facility. Find others who are the same kind, free them, and escape the laboratory!
Why similar: Puzzle 63.8%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 15.7%
- #54 Abode 2
67% matchVery Positive81% of 154 reviews2019
Dev: Overflow
Windows
Explore and investigate every corner and detail of this highly interactive apartment to unveil all its secrets and restore power to the city. An "escape the room" puzzle game.
Why similar: Adventure 63.8%, Puzzle 36.2%
- #55 Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 90's
67% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: LunaBeat
Windows
90's teen Delia has disappeared in an abandoned arcade and it’s up to you to find her in this thrilling VR escape room adventure! Solve challenging puzzles and discover mysterious clues, all while playing awesome retro 90's arcade games!
Why similar: Puzzle 39.9%, Simulation 39.1%, Adventure 21%
- #56 Mystery Society 2: Hidden Puzzles
66% matchMixed58% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: RolltowerPub: Matryoshka
Windows
Dive into a hidden object adventure with unique tasks, puzzles, and a riveting story. Join elite detectives in a secret organization, uncover hidden treasures, and solve crimes across the globe.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.3%, Adventure 34%, Casual 30.7%