Games Like A Fisherman's Tale

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 21.9%, Psychological 20.8%, Physics 16.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Dark Humor 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the core philosophy of using forced perspective to manipulate objects and navigate surreal environments.

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: Psychological 20.6%, Surreal 20.3%, Dark Humor 19.9%, Physics 16.4%, Puzzle 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a brilliant perspective-based mechanic where taking photos allows you to reshape the world around you.

The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.

Why similar: VR 57.2%, Puzzle 23.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the gold standard for tactile, intricate puzzle-solving within a mysterious and atmospheric VR space.

The Talos Principle VR is a virtual reality version of Croteam's critically acclaimed first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction.

Why similar: VR 65.3%, Puzzle 20.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, philosophical puzzle experience that translates the classic first-person genre perfectly into VR.

An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.

Why similar: VR 31.6%, Surreal 23.3%, Physics 19.8%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, physics-driven VR exploration game that feels like stepping into a strange, living dream.

Down the Rabbit Hole is a VR adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.

Why similar: VR 42.8%, Puzzle 23.9%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 7.6%, Story Rich 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, surreal VR adventure that captures the same sense of wonder and narrative charm as the seed game.

Enter an extraordinarily convincing sci-fi world in this story-driven VR puzzle adventure. Explore off-world facilities, operate tactile tools, solve environmental puzzles, and unravel a reality-bending Cold War mystery.

Why similar: VR 44.1%, Physics 25.6%, Puzzle 15.2%, Adventure 8.2%, Story Rich 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-fidelity VR visuals with clever environmental puzzles and a gripping sci-fi narrative.

STATIK is a 4 player online co-op horror game. A group of kids in the 1980's find an abandoned house with a shelf full of VHS tapes. When each tape is played, the events of the movie start to play out in real life. Will you escape with your lives or become another victim of the static.

Why similar: Psychological 45.9%, Strategy 18.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Stylized 9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly immersive VR puzzle game that forces you to interact with complex, tactile devices while trapped in a surreal setting.

Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.

Why similar: VR 54.9%, Puzzle 19.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Fantasy 6.5%, Story Rich 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique third-person perspective in VR to create a deep, emotional connection between the player and the environment.

Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

Why similar: VR 39%, Puzzle 25.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive first-person puzzle exploration game, offering a sense of discovery that aligns perfectly with the seed game's tone.

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: VR 34.5%, Surreal 24.4%, Point & Click 21.3%, Puzzle 9.7%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, surreal VR puzzle game that uses geometric manipulation to create a meditative and visually striking experience.

In an all new mysterious universe built by the developers of the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, you play as a Maskmaker's apprentice and learn the magic of crafting masks to immerse yourself in the intriguing enigmatic beings within the game.

Why similar: VR 35.6%, Physics 19.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Fantasy 11.1%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A VR adventure that focuses on crafting and perspective, allowing you to inhabit different masks to explore new areas.

A VR puzzle-automation game. Create intricate clockwork contraptions out of your own clones and restore life to an ancient tree using automation, a collection of rare plants from across the galaxy and a team of clockwork gardeners.

Why similar: VR 42.9%, Puzzle 18.3%, Adventure 11.7%, Stylized 9.5%, Story Rich 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a brilliant, tactile puzzle mechanic where you record and loop your own actions to solve complex automation tasks.

Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.

Why similar: VR 52.2%, Puzzle 17.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Adventure 6.4%, Stylized 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on immersive, tactile puzzle-solving where you must interact with various objects to escape dangerous situations.

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: VR 29.2%, Surreal 22.4%, Puzzle 20.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Point & Click 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-adventure from the creators of Myst that excels at building strange, isolated worlds.

Help your grandfather solve the mystery of the stolen pets by solving puzzles in wonderful miniature worlds crafted for VR. Use a hairdryer to melt snow in a wintery landscape! Search the wreck of a pirate ship hidden under the surface! Every world is unique, full of interactions and colorful life.

Why similar: VR 39.5%, Adventure 32.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, Indie 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A delightful and cozy VR puzzle game that features miniature, interactive dioramas similar to the seed game's scale.

Explore a tower of hilarious escape rooms and solve mind-bending puzzles in this absurd elevator adventure for virtual reality. Step out onto each floor, meet bizarre characters, unravel their secrets, and figure out how everything is connected to find the lost artifacts your boss is looking for.

Why similar: VR 47%, Point & Click 21.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Adventure 8.2%, Stylized 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A charming and humorous VR puzzle adventure that relies on inventive, room-scale spatial interactions.

Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.

Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, VR 23.3%, Psychological 17.8%, Physics 14.5%, Puzzle 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Explores non-Euclidean geometry in a surreal, first-person adventure that challenges your spatial perception.

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: VR 35.1%, Surreal 22%, Puzzle 21.4%, Adventure 10%, Story Rich 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, atmospheric puzzle-exploration game that rewards patience and careful observation of its intricate world.

GNOG is a tactile 3D puzzle game about exploring whimsical monster heads and the secret worlds inside them. Filled with eye-catching designs, lively interactions, and a rich, reactive soundtrack, the hand-crafted heads come to life as you grab, poke, spin, pull, and play with each charming contraption.

Why similar: VR 41.6%, Point & Click 20.1%, Puzzle 19.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactile, toy-like puzzle game that features whimsical, colorful designs and satisfying object manipulation.

Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.

Why similar: VR 53.4%, Puzzle 25.3%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky, button-pushing puzzle game that rewards curiosity and experimentation in a confined, mysterious environment.

Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game where you build chain reaction machines to solve fun, intricate puzzles. Your machines will use gadgets to launch, bump, twist, and turn—creating chain reactions that may even end up tearing apart the fabric of space-time.

Why similar: VR 55.8%, Physics 22.6%, Puzzle 15.2%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based VR puzzle game that challenges you to build complex machines, appealing to the technical side of the seed game.

MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

Why similar: Surreal 36.8%, Puzzle 22%, VR 17.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, perspective-shifting puzzle exploration game that deals with psychological themes in a dreamlike world.

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Puzzle 21.6%, Surreal 19.9%, Dark Humor 9.6%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click puzzle game that shares the dark, offbeat humor found in A Fisherman's Tale.

A Fisherman's Tale 2, sequel to the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, is a new mind-bending VR puzzle-adventure. A poetic story with unique VR puzzle mechanics. Detach, Replace and Control your hands, solve puzzles, explore new locations and discover the truth.

Why similar: VR 36.7%, Narration 36.6%, Puzzle 16.9%, Story Rich 4.6%, Adventure 4.4%

BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.

Why similar: VR 54.9%, Physics 26.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

A virtual reality fantasy adventure set in a surreal realm between the real world and the afterlife. Meet mischievous spirits and gods. Solve magical puzzles. Restore ancient structures. Explore a gorgeous and vibrant world.

Why similar: VR 49%, Adventure 14.6%, Puzzle 13.7%, Fantasy 9.2%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A story-driven VR adventure with a whimsical aesthetic and light puzzle elements that feel accessible and engaging.

Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater Institute, known only as Patient No.

Why similar: VR 54.6%, Narration 15.9%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 7.8%, Psychological Horror 3.8%

Enter an abandoned Cold War base on a moon of Saturn in this atmospheric VR puzzle adventure. Scan evidence, translate Volgravian messages, manipulate strange machinery, and uncover a sci-fi mystery that grows more surreal with every discovery.

Why similar: VR 58.7%, Puzzle 20.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Story Rich 6.1%, Indie 3.4%

Unknown Fate is an enigmatic story-driven action adventure set in a surreal world full of mind-twisting puzzles and bizarre creatures

Why similar: VR 63.5%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 9.5%, Story Rich 4.7%

Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!

Why similar: Dark Humor 26.1%, Surreal 25.1%, Point & Click 15.8%, Puzzle 11%, Psychological Horror 6.9%

A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.

Why similar: VR 40%, Physics 24.4%, Puzzle 14.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Relaxing 4.2%

Imagine an escape room set in a deranged mind. Experience a first-person exploration game in a chilling new dimension. Shift between three perspectives of a family and unravel the mystery hiding in this mind-bending psychological thriller.

Why similar: VR 52.9%, Psychological 23.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Indie 2.7%

Waltz of the Wizard sends you on journey of mischief, mayhem and mild sarcasm in a fantastical realm full of spells, secrets and some pretty strange characters.

Why similar: VR 43.9%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Physics 16.8%, Fantasy 12.9%, Adventure 4%

Navigate an unfamiliar world in virtual reality using echolocation, where sounds become images. Trapped in a mansion by the devious Warden, make your way through its many rooms, riddled with puzzles and dangers, moving ever closer to the truth—and your only chance to escape.

Why similar: VR 48.2%, Psychological 17.2%, Puzzle 13.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 4.5%

Enter a tangibly horrifying Virtual Reality and explore a mansion of horror as an artist falling into the depths of insanity. Will you find the muse for your masterpiece... or madness?

Why similar: Adventure 40.3%, VR 36.7%, Indie 17.4%, Psychological Horror 5.6%

Explore the haunted halls of the infamous Atlas Theater, a 1940’s era movie palace that played host to a shocking Hollywood tragedy. Solve intricate puzzles, discover startling artifacts, and evade sinister forces to uncover the twisted truth behind the theater’s dark history.

Why similar: VR 34.7%, Surreal 16.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Physics 9.6%

Abode is an escape room puzzle game. You will have to find, combine and utilize tools and furniture in the room to unveil all its secrets.

Why similar: VR 61.2%, Puzzle 21.7%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 7.4%

Tentacular is a VR game about a gigantic but good-hearted tentacled beast trying to figure out its place in the world.

Why similar: VR 44.6%, Physics 21.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, Fantasy 6.4%, Adventure 6.1%

A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?

Why similar: Point & Click 58.3%, Stylized 17%, Story Rich 12.9%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…

Why similar: Surreal 50.1%, Puzzle 29.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Experience Gotham City through the eyes of the World's Greatest Detective in an all new Arkham mystery.

Why similar: VR 90.7%, Adventure 9.3%

Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is a dark atmospheric adventure‑puzzle game where you embody Dark Six, a mysterious figure with the shape of a little girl. Navigate in a disturbing world, solve intricate puzzles, and escape terrifying giant foes in a desperate search to become whole again.

Why similar: VR 38.4%, Puzzle 24.4%, Adventure 18.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Story Rich 5.5%

Kayak VR: Mirage is a jaw-dropping and exhilarating journey through beautiful locations, made for Virtual Reality. Maneuver our fully physically accurate kayak around checkpoints and crown yourself the fastest, or take it easy and use the free roam mode and enjoy the scenery.

Why similar: VR 69.9%, Physics 19.8%, Relaxing 4.5%, Adventure 3.2%, Indie 1.3%

Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!

Why similar: Narration 57.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Physics 10.1%, Story Rich 4.8%

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.

Why similar: Surreal 51.6%, Puzzle 28.1%, Adventure 7.7%, Relaxing 7%, Indie 3.5%

In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, Psychological 12.3%, Surreal 12%

A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

Why similar: Physics 52.7%, Adventure 13.2%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Stylized 7%

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: VR 47.7%, Adventure 30.1%, Puzzle 22.2%

Albino Lullaby is a horror adventure game that doesn't rely on jump scares or gore. Escape from a surreal psychological nightmare as the world dynamically twists and contorts around you.

Why similar: Surreal 36.8%, VR 33%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 7.2%, Psychological Horror 6.7%

A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...

Why similar: Dark Humor 28.6%, Surreal 23.1%, Physics 22.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Adventure 8.3%

Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is an all-new Virtual Reality adventure that takes players back into the mysterious and paranormal world of the Psychonauts for the first time in over ten years!

Why similar: VR 80.4%, Adventure 19.6%

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 56.5%, Puzzle 30.1%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 3%

Plunge into VR on a capsizing research ship, the Triton, where survival means outmaneuvering the water's lethal surge. Freedive through a sinking ship, overcome underwater chaos, and unlock your path to the surface, all while protecting your most precious resource: the breath in your lungs.

Why similar: VR 52.9%, Physics 29.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 5%, Singleplayer 2.1%

To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.

Why similar: Surreal 33.7%, Psychological 25.8%, Adventure 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Stylized 8.6%

Carpe Lucem challenges and entertains players by transferring classical 2D puzzles into the virtual space. It creates a whole new way of interacting and playing mind teasing puzzle games and it made nobody sick in hundreds of demos at trade shows. VR equipment such as HTC Vive or Oculus required.

Why similar: VR 59.6%, Strategy 13.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Physics 10.4%, Indie 4.4%

A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Surreal 26.3%, Psychological 22.8%, Dark Humor 22.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Psychological Horror 5.9%