- #1 Observation
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,063 reviews2020
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Why similar: Space 42.3%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 13.5%, Sci-fi 8%, Walking Simulator 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: You play as the space station's AI, providing a unique perspective on a catastrophic event that mirrors the narrative tension of ADR1FT.
- #2 Deliver Us The Moon
96% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Space 47.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 8.3%, Walking Simulator 7.3%, Sci-fi 7%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven adventure captures the same sense of lonely, high-stakes space exploration and environmental storytelling.
- #3 Detached
96% matchMixed56% of 376 reviews2017
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Detached is a suspenseful interstellar duel that demands tactics and skill to survive. Separated from your unit you must make smart decisions and race to safety in this visceral exploration of deep space. Strap yourself into your spacesuit for thrilling gameplay designed for VR headsets.
Why similar: VR 33.2%, Space 17%, Survival 11.3%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features intense zero-gravity movement and VR support that directly replicates the disorienting physical sensation of floating in space.
- #4 Tacoma
95% matchVery Positive86% of 4,721 reviews2017
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: Space 32.6%, Walking Simulator 27.8%, First-Person 8.7%, Adventure 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This walking simulator focuses on uncovering the mystery of a deserted space station through recorded holographic memories.
- #5 Breathedge
94% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Space 44.6%, Survival 17.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Adventure 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This space survival game features similar oxygen-management mechanics and scavenging through the debris of a destroyed ship.
- #6 The Solus Project
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,612 reviews2016
Dev: HourencesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Why similar: VR 23.7%, Survival 19.2%, Space 19%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival mechanics with deep exploration of a desolate, atmospheric alien planet.
- #7 Subnautica
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Survival 32.2%, VR 26.6%, First-Person 13%, Adventure 8.7%, Sci-fi 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: While set underwater, it perfectly captures the isolation, oxygen management, and awe-inspiring exploration found in ADR1FT.
- #8 The Invincible
92% matchVery Positive89% of 9,176 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Space 34.7%, Walking Simulator 29.3%, Adventure 10.2%, First-Person 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A hard sci-fi narrative experience that emphasizes atmospheric exploration and the feeling of being a lone human in a vast, alien environment.
- #9 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
91% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space 66.4%, Sci-fi 11.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Simulation 7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on zero-gravity movement and the meticulous deconstruction of space station debris provides a grounded, atmospheric experience.
- #10 The Station
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,108 reviews2018
Dev: The Station Game ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Why similar: Space 34.5%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that tasks you with investigating a space station to uncover what happened to its crew.
- #11 Event[0]
90% matchVery Positive80% of 2,270 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Space 41.7%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric space adventure forces you to interact with a lonely AI to survive in a derelict station.
- #12 Tin Can
89% matchVery Positive85% of 1,297 reviews2022
Dev: Tin Can Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Space 38.5%, Survival 16.1%, VR 14.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A highly focused survival simulation where you must manage life-support systems inside a cramped, failing space pod.
- #13 Narcosis
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,427 reviews2017
Dev: Honor Code, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
Why similar: VR 37.9%, First-Person 18.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic survival game that uses oxygen management and a deep-sea setting to create intense psychological pressure.
- #14 The Turing Test
88% matchVery Positive88% of 7,968 reviews2016
Dev: BULKHEAD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
Why similar: Space 48.3%, First-Person 16.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game set on a space station that explores philosophical themes through environmental interaction.
- #15 Prey
86% matchVery Positive91% of 53,291 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: Space 54.2%, First-Person 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim set on a space station that masterfully builds tension through environmental storytelling and isolation.
- #16 The Fall of Lazarus
87% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
Why similar: Space 37.1%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Adventure 9%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven sci-fi game that focuses on exploring a derelict space station filled with secrets.
- #17 De-Void
86% matchMixed63% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.
Why similar: Space 31.3%, Walking Simulator 25.2%, Adventure 11.5%, First-Person 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric walking simulator that tasks you with investigating a deserted space colony.
- #18 Obduction
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,942 reviews2016
Dev: Cyan, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 32.2%, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Adventure 18%, First-Person 13.8%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that focuses on environmental puzzles and a sense of wonder in an alien landscape.
- #19 Deliver Us Mars
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,881 reviews2023
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure taking you on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.
Why similar: Space 52.7%, First-Person 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel to Deliver Us The Moon, offering expanded space exploration and high-stakes survival themes.
- #20 STARDROP
84% matchVery Positive87% of 276 reviews2019
Dev: Joure Visser
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.
Why similar: Space 38.8%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, First-Person 8.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Sci-fi 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich space adventure that emphasizes exploration and character-driven narrative.
- #21 SOMA
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, First-Person 18.2%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Adventure 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: While set underwater, it delivers a profound sense of existential dread and isolation in a decaying, high-tech environment.
- #22 Outer Wilds
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 99,459 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Space 58%, Adventure 9.5%, First-Person 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of space exploration that emphasizes curiosity and the mystery of a dying solar system.
- #23 Cosmodread
82% matchVery Positive91% of 417 reviews2021
Dev: White Door Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
Why similar: VR 37.1%, Space 24.5%, Survival 14.6%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused survival horror game that emphasizes the terror of being trapped in a derelict, infested space station.
- #24 ELEA
84% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Kyodai LtdPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.
Why similar: Space 26.7%, Adventure 16.1%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Indie 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, story-rich sci-fi adventure that focuses on exploration and atmospheric storytelling.
- #25 Near Death
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,059 reviews2016
Dev: Orthogonal Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Survival 20.3%, First-Person 15.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 8%
Why You'll Like It: While set in Antarctica, it perfectly mirrors the survival, isolation, and environmental hazards of ADR1FT.
- #26 Exo One
76% matchVery Positive90% of 5,125 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Space 46.2%, Walking Simulator 25%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #27 Seeking Dawn
78% matchMixed68% of 809 reviews2018
Dev: Multiverse
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to Seeking Dawn, a multiplayer survival VR adventure that takes you far beyond the solar system. Step into the shoes of a soldier discovering a hostile planet, where predators roam free and enemies are ruthless.
Why similar: VR 56.7%, Survival 18.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused survival adventure that tasks you with exploring a hostile alien planet.
- #28 Annie Amber
79% matchMixed62% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
[VR Only] Annie Amber is a VR Puzzle Game that leads you on an intense and dreamy journey through the life of a person condensed in a surreal and poetic experience. Annie Amber makes you explore this strange and beautiful scenery that is life itself through her memories.
Why similar: VR 48.9%, Walking Simulator 25.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 10%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, VR-focused exploration game that takes you through the history of the universe in a meditative, space-themed setting.
- #29 The Assembly
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2016
Dev: nDreams
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
Why similar: VR 51.3%, Adventure 14.3%, First-Person 8.7%, Indie 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that uses VR to immerse you in a mysterious, isolated research facility.
- #30 Spacescape
77% matchVery Positive80% of 70 reviews2018
Dev: Silver Machine Studios
Windows
You are trapped on a space station far above the earth. Will you ever get home to earth again?
Why similar: Space 42.6%, VR 39.1%, Indie 10.2%, Adventure 8.1%
- #31 ALONE IN SPACE
78% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Space 44.6%, Adventure 13%, Survival 12.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #32 J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
75% matchVery Positive86% of 890 reviews2014
Dev: CBE software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.
Why similar: Space 51%, Adventure 17.7%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Indie 8.6%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #33 Titan Station
71% matchVery Positive90% of 564 reviews2022
Dev: Joakim Larsen
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.8%, First-Person 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 4.5%
- #34 Stranded
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 539 reviews2014
Dev: Peter MoorheadPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A minimal point and click adventure, designed to take the player on a short but memorable journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.4%, Space 26.7%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 11%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #35 Returner 77
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Fantastic, yes
Windows · Mac
The human species is all but extinct after an alien invasion devastated the earth. You are one of 77 returners - highly trained operatives given the mission of calling down the 8000 sleepers in space to rebuild the human race. Solve the mysteries of the alien ship to unravel what went wrong.
Why similar: Space 54.6%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 14.2%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #36 ECHO
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,805 reviews2017
Dev: ULTRA ULTRA
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost. But nothing could prepare her for what she’ll face in the ancient halls below.
Why similar: Sci-fi 24%, Adventure 18.2%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Indie 10.6%
- #37 Above - VR
75% matchMixed49% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Patagoniart
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Above is a virtual experience that place the player in the position of a stranded astronaut in space. Join the main character in a visually stunning experience during the last minutes of his life.
Why similar: VR 52.8%, Adventure 33.7%, Simulation 13.5%
- #38 Morphite
73% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: Crescent Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Morphite is a casual atmospheric FPS, inspired by the classics. Research plants and animals, battle hostile entities, and unravel a mystery surrounding a rare material called Morphite.
Why similar: Space 51.5%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 14%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #39 Drift: Space Survival
70% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Space 47.7%, Survival 21.1%, First-Person 9.5%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 5.1%
- #40 Ether One
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 447 reviews2014
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, First-Person 17.5%, Adventure 16.9%, VR 16.2%, Indie 8.8%
- #41 Blind
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 144 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 52.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 9.3%, Female Protagonist 7.4%, First-Person 6.2%
- #42 FREEDIVER: Triton Down
71% matchVery Positive84% of 334 reviews2019
Dev: Archiact
Windows
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 46.1%, Survival 17.8%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #43 Red Matter
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,161 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
Why similar: VR 42.3%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Adventure 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #44 Caffeine
74% matchVery Negative19% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: Incandescent Imaging
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Caffeine is a quirky first person adventure game with environmental puzzles and a dab of psychological horror. You awaken aboard one of these caffeine mining stations alone. Before long you realize that you are a young boy with no memory of what has transpired on this seemingly empty space station.
Why similar: Adventure 31.8%, Walking Simulator 28.3%, First-Person 21.1%, Indie 18.8%
- #45 Ambrosia Sky: Act One
65% matchVery Positive93% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Soft Rains
Windows
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky: Act One is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. Survive and harvest strains of hostile alien fungi, explore treacherous environments, and find meaning and beauty in so much death—the first of two acts.
Why similar: Space 35.3%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Atmospheric 7%
- #46 Under The Waves
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,801 reviews2023
Dev: Parallel StudioPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Atmospheric 21.6%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Indie 14.8%, Singleplayer 7.5%
- #47 Effugium
69% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.5%, Space 30.8%, First-Person 13.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 6.1%
- #48 VR Escape The Space Station
72% matchMixed60% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: weyha.com
Windows
You are trapped in the space station all by yourself. Need to find a way to get the hell out of there. Experience with HTC Vive, consists of 4 rooms full of puzzles. Every scene are elaborately designed including spaceship with zero gravity, outer space landscape corridor and all.
Why similar: VR 63.3%, Adventure 22.5%, Indie 14.2%
- #49 Toran
69% matchVery Positive94% of 250 reviews2019
Dev: Really Interactive
Windows
In this sci-fi puzzle adventure "short game" you are a scientist, stranded on a distant moon during an expedition to investigate alien remains. After finding a strange platform, what seemed to be a one way trip might turn into an intergalactic odyssey.
Why similar: VR 40.7%, Space 23.2%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 11.1%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #50 Breached
71% matchMixed55% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: HRA INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unveil the truth in a genre-blending sci-fi mystery. Awaken from cryogenic slumber you find your shelter damaged by unknown circumstances. Scavenge your surroundings, repair the shelter and explore the ruins in hopes of uncovering – or perhaps avoiding – the uncomfortable truth of what has transpired.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.6%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 17.1%, Sci-fi 13.2%
- #51 Exo One: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive94% of 741 reviews2020
Dev: Exbleative
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. This is the prologue for Exo One.
Why similar: Space 39.7%, Walking Simulator 26.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #52 Space Rift - Episode 1
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 73 reviews2016
Dev: Vibrant CorePub: bitComposer Interactive GmbH
Windows
Be part of the action! SPACE RIFT is the first part of a breathtaking action space adventure with a captivating story specifically designed for Virtual Reality!Experience the excitement of flying through the expanses of our galaxy up close in your own cockpit and join the fight for the freedom of humanity on Mars!
Why similar: VR 49.5%, Space 24.4%, Adventure 11.5%, Simulation 6.5%, Atmospheric 4%
- #53 Perception
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 626 reviews2017
Dev: The Deep End Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.3%, Adventure 16.9%, First-Person 12.3%, Indie 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #54 Dream
70% matchMixed56% of 992 reviews2015
Dev: HyperSloth
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Why similar: VR 31%, Walking Simulator 28.9%, Adventure 12.9%, First-Person 10.4%, Indie 8.6%
- #55 Apollo 11 VR
68% matchVery Positive82% of 606 reviews2016
Dev: Immersive VR Education Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Apollo 11 VR is the story of the greatest journey ever taken by humankind. This VR experience is a recreation of the events which took place between July 16th and July 24th 1969. Now for the first time ever you get to experience this historic event through the eyes of those who lived through it.
Why similar: VR 43.6%, Space 35.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Simulation 8.8%
- #56 Home is Where One Starts...
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 712 reviews2015
Dev: David Wehle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.8%, Adventure 17.5%, First-Person 16.2%, Indie 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #57 Close To The Sun
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,270 reviews2020
Dev: Storm in a TeacupPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Adventure 20.3%, First-Person 15%, Indie 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
- #58 Moons of Madness
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,891 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Space 37.4%, Adventure 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Survival 10.1%, First-Person 9.3%