60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Exploration, Singleplayer, First-Person.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Antichamber
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Recursive Ruin
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Surreal 22.1%, Puzzle 17.6%, Abstract 15.2%, First-Person 10%, Nonlinear 9.9%
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Why similar: Experimental 15.1% ★, Abstract 15%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Surreal 13.3%, Philosophical 13.1%
Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.
Why similar: Abstract 19.9%, Surreal 18.2%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 8.8%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Difficult 10.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Philosophical 9.4%
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
Why similar: Abstract 24.6%, Surreal 20.3%, Puzzle 15.7%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 8.8%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Abstract 26.8%, Surreal 18.2%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 8.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.3%
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Surreal 24%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 10%, Minimalist 9.8%
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.7%, Surreal 16.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, First-Person 8.3%
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Why similar: Philosophical 36.2%, Puzzle 23.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Difficult 5.2%
Moncage is a unique puzzle adventure game where you explore a fascinating world trapped inside a mysterious cube. With each face displaying a unique scene, you’ll have to leverage the illusions and discover the hidden links to solve the puzzle.
Why similar: Experimental 19.8% ★, Abstract 18%, Surreal 15.9%, Puzzle 15.4%, Puzzle Platformer 8.4%
A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!
Why similar: Abstract 17.1%, Surreal 12.5%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Psychedelic 11.3%, Philosophical 8.9%
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Why similar: Abstract 24.2%, Surreal 20%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Puzzle 10%, First-Person 9.1%
Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.
Why similar: Abstract 35.3%, Experimental 34.4% ★, Minimalist 16.7%, Puzzle 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Why similar: Philosophical 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 21%, Puzzle 16.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Exploration 9.2%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Exploration 22.8%, Mystery 22.4%, Puzzle 18.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, First-Person 12.2%
Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.1%, Nonlinear 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, Mystery 7.9%
What Has Come Before is a perspective-driven puzzle game set in an eerie and stylish black and white Lynchian world. Stuck in limbo with only hearing and vision to guide, players must utilize clever changes in perspective to move forward.
Why similar: Surreal 21.1%, Abstract 17.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.3%, Surreal 17.4%, Difficult 14.7%, Puzzle 12.5%, Minimalist 9.8%
MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Abstract 26.9%, Experimental 14.7% ★, Surreal 12.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 9%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Puzzle 41.6%, Difficult 35.6%, Minimalist 7%, Indie 6.2%, Surreal 5%
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
Why similar: Puzzle 36.6%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Colorful 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Adventure 7.1%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Surreal 24%, Psychedelic 19.6%, Puzzle 13.8%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%, First-Person 10%
Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.
Why similar: Surreal 17.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Abstract 15.1%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, Exploration 10.9%
The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact. The trail leads you to the attic of their home, and the discovery of an old, peculiar dollhouse. What secrets lie within these walls?
Why similar: Puzzle 42.4%, Mystery 25.6%, First-Person 9.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Adventure 5.5%
INTRAQUARTZ is a multidimensional experimental maze puzzler where you control a microscopic mining rover inside extraterrestrial crystals.
Why similar: Experimental 18.9% ★, Abstract 16%, Psychedelic 14.3%, Surreal 9.5%, Minimalist 7.8%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Mystery 28.4%, Puzzle 23.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Difficult 11%, First-Person 9.2%
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
Why similar: Puzzle 22.8%, Mystery 17.4%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 12.3%
Rhombus is a first-person puzzle game where you build your path through panels controlling platforms. Explore and find your way through a compact environment in this small metroidbrainia.
Why similar: Abstract 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Nonlinear 11%, Minimalist 9%, Surreal 8.7%
Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.
Why similar: Abstract 27.8%, Puzzle 19.6%, Minimalist 15.6%, Difficult 15.5%, Relaxing 9.8%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Experimental 36.4% ★, Surreal 31.4%, Puzzle 19.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 2%
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Puzzle 46.2%, Mystery 27.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Multiple Endings 5.1%, Adventure 4.8%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.3%, Surreal 15.8%, Puzzle 14%, First-Person 11%, Mystery 10.1%
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 31.1%, First-Person 25.1%, Exploration 15.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%
A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
Why similar: Abstract 40.3%, Puzzle 20.9%, Minimalist 20.4%, Difficult 13.8%, Indie 2.4%
Small Island is an upcoming first-person exploration game where you have to escape the small mysterious Island you find yourself on. The game consists mainly in exploring the secret rooms and areas you'll find inside of it.
Why similar: Abstract 20.8%, Surreal 13.9%, Minimalist 10%, Psychedelic 9.4%, Puzzle Platformer 8.7%
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Why similar: Surreal 21.9%, Puzzle 18.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%, First-Person 11.3%
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, Exploration 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 8.7%
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.9%, Experimental 17.7% ★, Atmospheric 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%, Surreal 8.1%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.2%, Difficult 21.9%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Exploration 19%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
Why similar: First-Person 56.4%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 15.6%, Singleplayer 11%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Exploration 43.7%, First-Person 34.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 5%
Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!
Why similar: Puzzle 70.9%, Difficult 15.1%, Indie 10.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: Minimalist 34.2%, Puzzle 31.3%, Relaxing 25.6%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%
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 20.3%, Surreal 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%, Psychedelic 9.9%, Minimalist 8.6%
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.8%, First-Person 22.2%, Exploration 19.1%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Colorful 6.3%
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
Why similar: Puzzle 46.9%, Mystery 25.4%, Atmospheric 12.6%, First-Person 5.1%, Adventure 4.3%
Two games in one! - Prove you are not human by completing 9 impossible challenges. - Explore various scenes directly inspired by a poem, solving a few riddles along the way.
Why similar: Abstract 16.1%, Surreal 15.5%, Philosophical 13.4%, Psychedelic 11.9%, Puzzle 10.2%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Mystery 33.6%, Puzzle 29.1%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Adventure 5.9%
Immerse yourself into unstable reality. In order to get out you must exploit glitch in a world around you. You can be sure of one thing, any rules you known no longer exist!! Do you have a courage to dip in it?
Why similar: Experimental 21.2% ★, Psychedelic 16.2%, Abstract 13.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.8%, Surreal 9.3%
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.
Why similar: Relaxing 25.2%, Atmospheric 23.8%, Exploration 23.1%, Adventure 10.1%, Mystery 9.1%
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Minimalist 40.5%, Puzzle 28.4%, Relaxing 21.8%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Save patients with your rhythm mastery! Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game where you heal patients by defibrillating in time to their heartbeats. Learn each patient's unique heartbeat and defeat boss viruses trying to sabotage your rhythm, all set to heart-pumping, soul-soothing music.
Why similar: Colorful 51.8%, Indie 27.4%, Singleplayer 20.8%
Rediscover a familiar world by splashing it with color and find your way through the darkness in this first-person exploration game. Traverse 30+ surreal locations, solve intriguing puzzles, and face your demons. Uncover fragments of your story through a meditative journey between light and shadow.
Why similar: Abstract 14.5%, Surreal 14.1%, Experimental 13.9% ★, Psychedelic 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 40%, Mystery 22%, Exploration 20%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 4.3%
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Surreal 20.1%, Puzzle 13.1%, Minimalist 11.6%, Mystery 9.9%
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.1%, Puzzle 20.1%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Relaxing 12.7%, Atmospheric 10%
A Bomb Caterpillar's Big Adventure! "Öoo" is a charming yet mysterious exploration puzzle platformer where you discover creative ways to use bombs!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 37%, Puzzle 18.9%, Minimalist 16.8%, Exploration 14.7%, Mystery 7.6%
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: Puzzle 36.7%, Mystery 35.8%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Adventure 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Why similar: Puzzle 50.6%, Mystery 23.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, First-Person 5.7%, Adventure 3.6%
