- #1 Three Twenty One
97% matchMixed48% 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 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #2 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: Casual 36.1%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #3 Escapeworld Dilemma
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 100 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 47.4%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 20.3%
- #4 Jacob
95% matchMostly Negative36% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Duck Duck ZeusPub: Centre For Longitudinal Studies
Windows
Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle
Why similar: Casual 52.9%, Indie 47.1%
- #5 Mr. Maze
94% matchVery Positive83% of 60 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 32.8%, Puzzle 26.8%, Indie 24%, Casual 16.4%
- #6 Escape Simulator
92% matchVery Positive94% of 18,887 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 47.6%, Simulation 19.3%, Adventure 15.3%, Casual 10%, Indie 7.8%
- #7 Escape : Lia
94% 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 29.1%, Indie 27.9%, Adventure 25.5%, Casual 17.5%
- #8 The Flaws of Gravity
93% 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 39.8%, Indie 34.8%, Puzzle 25.4%
- #9 Who is Abby
91% 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 73.7%, Casual 26.3%
- #10 Mystery Castle: The Mirror's Secret
91% matchMixed60% of 77 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 50.3%, Casual 49.7%
- #11 Puzzle Box Palace
90% matchVery Positive86% of 122 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 41.1%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 24.6%
- #12 Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
89% matchVery Positive91% of 244 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 38.7%, Adventure 26%, Indie 19.2%, Simulation 16.1%
- #13 Hold Me Still
88% matchVery Positive84% of 56 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: Casual 32.4%, Puzzle 32.3%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #14 House Sitter
89% matchVery Positive97% of 89 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 36.8%, Adventure 20.4%, Casual 19.5%, Indie 15.9%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #15 13:ORIGIN - Prologue
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 213 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 58.5%, Adventure 41.5%
- #16 Eos
86% 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 75.3%, Casual 24.7%
- #17 Find Out
86% matchMixed58% of 159 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 33.2%, Simulation 30.8%, Adventure 18.9%, Casual 17.1%
- #18 Escape Game
84% matchVery Positive82% of 145 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%, Casual 25%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 14.8%, Simulation 14.5%
- #19 Fur the Game
84% matchVery Positive91% of 158 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 26.3%, Casual 25.6%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 22.8%
- #20 12 Memory Lane
80% matchVery Positive93% of 189 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%
- #21 Island Marauder
82% matchVery Positive81% of 182 reviews2019
Dev: MSOL
Windows
Indie Puzzle Game
Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Indie 47.2%
- #22 Eye 4 Eye
79% matchVery Positive98% of 82 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 47.3%, Adventure 31.7%, Indie 21%
- #23 Family Hidden Secret - Hidden Objects Puzzle Adventure
82% matchMixed40% of 95 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%
- #24 Relive
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2015
Dev: Studio Evil
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 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%, Indie 46%
- #25 The Timeless Child - Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,034 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 100%
- #26 LAY
77% matchVery Positive84% of 502 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 38.3%, Adventure 35.5%, Casual 26.2%
- #27 Orpheus's Dream
79% matchMostly Positive71% 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 38.6%, Casual 33.8%, Indie 27.6%
- #28 Bring You Home
74% matchVery Positive97% of 157 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 36.6%, Casual 35.1%, Indie 28.3%
- #29 Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Reversed Escape Room
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 163 reviews2021
Dev: VulpesoftPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 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 51.4%, Adventure 30.5%, Indie 18.1%
- #30 Isle of Ewe
76% matchVery Positive86% of 687 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 39.5%, Indie 33.5%, Puzzle 27%
- #31 Night Reverie: Prologue
75% 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 53.1%, Casual 21.8%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 9.3%
- #32 MindLoop
72% matchVery Positive97% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: JoonGames
Windows
Collect clues, deduce the code, and defuse the bomb in 40 seconds.
Why similar: Puzzle 44.8%, Casual 43.4%, Indie 11.8%
- #33 Princess Isabella
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 166 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 44.6%, Puzzle 39.5%, Casual 15.9%
- #34 YogLabs: Testing Initiative
70% matchVery Positive98% of 80 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: Adventure 44.8%, Puzzle 44.5%, Indie 10.7%
- #35 blue.
76% matchMixed58% of 102 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 54.1%, Indie 45.9%
- #36 Brink of Consciousness: The Lonely Hearts Murders
75% matchVery Positive86% of 167 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%
- #37 Accident: The Pilot
73% matchMixed69% of 819 reviews2020
Dev: Duality Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
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 58.7%, Indie 21.4%, Casual 20%
- #38 Kach
72% 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 50.1%, Puzzle 36.5%, Indie 13.4%
- #39 Blade Walker
74% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: JW Eel Slug
Windows
Find clues and solve puzzles to escape
Why similar: Puzzle 52.6%, Casual 35.6%, Indie 11.8%
- #40 sheeeroom
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 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 46.3%, Adventure 30.8%, Casual 22.8%
- #41 Brave Furries
73% matchVery Positive83% of 111 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 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #42 Root Of Evil: The Tailor
71% matchVery Positive83% of 529 reviews2016
Dev: EastFog Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You will play a telepath named James. He has the ability to connect with the soul thus he can understand their past. He was hired to explore what happened in the previous 20 years in a haunted house This is the puzzle game!
Why similar: Simulation 29%, Adventure 20.2%, Puzzle 19.7%, Casual 16.1%, Indie 15%
- #43 Wrath of Anias
71% 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 57.4%, Casual 28.4%, Indie 14.3%
- #44 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%
- #45 Cartesian
71% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Radocy
Windows
Cartesian is a unique puzzle-platformer with lasers as its core mechanic. Use lasers to reflect, push, destroy, and more as you search for your lost crew-mates. Dozens of interesting mechanics are introduced through over 70 varied levels.
Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #46 Ellisar
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 166 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 58.9%, Casual 41.1%
- #47 Beyond the Breach
67% 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 63.6%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 16%
- #48 Abode 2
69% 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 63.7%, Puzzle 36.3%
- #49 One Dreamer: Prologue
67% 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 36.1%, Casual 33.4%, Indie 30.5%
- #50 With Shining Eyes
66% matchVery Positive95% of 96 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 41.3%, Indie 3.8%
- #51 The Puzzle Room VR ( Escape The Room )
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Bellcat Game
Windows
It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out of the Room. There are some items that can be grabbed and carried around. With some items you can interact (such as switches,piano and numpads).
Why similar: Simulation 39.6%, Puzzle 19.8%, Indie 16.8%, Adventure 15%, Casual 8.8%
- #52 Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 90's
68% 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 39.6%, Simulation 39.6%, Adventure 20.8%
- #53 Mystery Society 2: Hidden Puzzles
66% matchMixed58% of 146 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 35.2%, Adventure 33.8%, Casual 31%
- #54 Adventure Escape Mysteries
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,089 reviews2020
Dev: Haiku Games Co
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Play a story-driven room escape game with unique puzzles enjoyed by tens of millions of players. Solve mysteries, puzzle through escape rooms, and find the clue that will crack the case in a critically acclaimed puzzle adventure game!
Why similar: Puzzle 40.3%, Adventure 23.9%, Casual 18%, Indie 17.8%
- #55 Palm Cracker
63% matchVery Positive98% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Petter Malmehed
Windows
Delve into a gripping world of puzzles, true ciphers on an old PalmPilot system. Will you uncover the Crypt Killer’s confession and bring him to justice, or will he escape the law?
Why similar: Simulation 49%, Puzzle 31%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 6.9%
- #56 What Never Was
64% matchVery Positive95% of 5,058 reviews2019
Dev: Acke Hallgren
Windows · Mac · Linux
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.5%, Adventure 25.6%, Indie 17.6%, Casual 16.4%