- #1 The Old City: Leviathan
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 740 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.3%, Exploration 16.7%, Surreal 14.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 7.4%
- #2 Cloud Climber
96% matchVery Positive92% of 4,119 reviews2021
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Atmospheric 8%, Exploration 7.7%, First-Person 6.7%
- #3 TIMEframe
96% matchMixed65% of 696 reviews2015
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Time is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.7%, Exploration 15.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Casual 9.1%, First-Person 8.8%
- #4 The Elision Effect
94% matchVery Positive94% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: teamakes.games
Windows · Linux
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Surreal 19.8%, Abstract 19.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #5 Memorrha
95% matchMixed66% of 151 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Exploration 18.1%, Relaxing 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 9.6%
- #6 MAZEMAZE
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
"MAZEMAZE" is an adventure game where you explore maps, find objects, and progress through the story. One day, the protagonist jumps off a building and finds themselves in a mysterious space. They are guided through corridors in a maze where various things exist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Hidden Object 25.6%, Exploration 13.7%, Surreal 10.9%, First-Person 7.9%
- #7 Disillusion ST
91% matchVery Positive96% of 480 reviews2024
Dev: Disillusion Dev
Windows
A strange journey throughout an elaborate labyrinth awaits, featuring hundreds of characters and happenings as you try to gather items that once brought happiness to others.
Why similar: Collectathon 32.5%, Abstract 26.4%, Walking Simulator 25.1%, First-Person 5.7%, Adventure 5.3%
- #8 Amazeing Lemons
93% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: nextjen
Windows
Find and retrieve all of your lemons before time runs out!
Why similar: Collectathon 27.6%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Exploration 11.7%, Casual 5.3%
- #9 Empathy: Path of Whispers
91% matchMixed60% of 219 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel NightPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42%, Adventure 15.8%, Atmospheric 13%, Surreal 10.9%, Exploration 7.8%
- #10 no signal
89% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Hidden Object 33.6%, Space 26.4%, Exploration 17.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Casual 5.4%
- #11 The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited
90% matchVery Positive93% of 258 reviews2021
Dev: Ian MacLartyPub: Shape Shop
Windows
The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.
Why similar: Abstract 30.1%, Surreal 21.1%, Exploration 14%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #12 1/8192
89% matchVery Positive84% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: YonGame
Windows
Embark on a journey of Zen koans in a Buddhist mandala space Reach Nirvana with a 1 in 8192 chance in a mystical world adorned with tombstones and Buddha statues.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 50.1%, Exploration 17.5%, Casual 12.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Indie 7.4%
- #13 BLACKSHARD
87% matchVery Positive93% of 402 reviews2025
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.2%, Hidden Object 20.8%, Surreal 16.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #14 A SECOND BEFORE US
88% matchMixed58% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.5%, Exploration 23.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #15 There The Light
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2019
Dev: CasualBebop
Windows · Mac
Explore an unknown and abandoned world. Each step, each puzzle, brings you closer to discovering the history and secrets of a lost civilization. Can you find the light?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.6%, Relaxing 14.3%, Exploration 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 6.6%
- #16 CUCCCHI
85% matchVery Positive95% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Julián Palacios GechtmanPub: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
CUCCCHI is a game where you explore beautiful dioramas and go through dangerous and trippy labyrinths, in a journey inside the paintings of Enzo Cucchi.
Why similar: Experimental 19.6% ★, Abstract 18.6%, Hidden Object 15.9%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Surreal 12.7%
- #17 Trackless
86% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2017
Dev: 12 East Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trackless is an atmospheric first-person exploration and puzzle game set in the distant future. Trackless uses text input that allows you to interact with characters and objects. Using your in-game phone will help you find clues and give you special abilities.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Experimental 18.7% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Adventure 10.8%, Casual 10.1%
- #18 Disminal
84% matchVery Positive92% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: Brian Gonnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.7%, Atmospheric 14.2%, First-Person 14.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 3.1%
- #19 Liminal Universe
84% matchMixed60% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: Gvn Games
Windows
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Surreal 20.5%, Exploration 16.3%, Relaxing 9.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #20 Exo One
82% 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: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Space 24%, Exploration 16.7%, Relaxing 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #21 Event[0]
83% 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 26.2%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #22 Liminal Lane
81% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Ravenhome Studios
Windows
Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Abstract 30.3%, Exploration 14%, First-Person 7.1%, Adventure 6.2%
- #23 Within the Backrooms
80% matchVery Positive96% of 190 reviews2023
Dev: Shattered Display
Windows
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
Why similar: Surreal 33.7%, Exploration 24%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Adventure 10%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
- #24 Californium
82% matchMixed70% of 401 reviews2016
Dev: DarjeelingPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?
Why similar: Experimental 25.4% ★, Hidden Object 16.3%, Surreal 15.1%, Abstract 14.9%, Exploration 9.4%
- #25 The Anomalous Hour
79% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Gambir Studio
Windows
You are alone in a deserted station. Or are you? Take pictures of strange anomalies around the station and you might find a way out.
Why similar: Hidden Object 32.2%, Walking Simulator 30.2%, Exploration 16.3%, First-Person 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #26 Interior Worlds
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 562 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Hidden Object 23.8%, Exploration 16.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 5.7%
- #27 HOLEHOLE
78% matchVery Positive87% of 120 reviews2023
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
"HOLEHOLE" is a relaxed adventure game where players freely explore a map, collect objects, and assist residents through conversations. The game features a visual novel-style storytelling experience and allows players to progress at their own pace.
Why similar: Collectathon 27.7%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Hidden Object 18.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #28 TEMPUS
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: k148 Game Studio
Windows
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
Why similar: Hidden Object 32.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Exploration 16.9%, First-Person 9%, Walking Simulator 7.7%
- #29 LAVALAMP
76% matchVery Positive95% of 290 reviews2026
Dev: The Space Lemmings from Space Productions
Windows · Mac
3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Abstract 20.9%, Surreal 15.9%, Exploration 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #30 De-Void
81% 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: Walking Simulator 41%, Space 21.9%, Exploration 13.3%, Adventure 10.7%, First-Person 7.4%
- #31 Dofamine
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 266 reviews2021
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.
Why similar: Exploration 35.9%, Adventure 27%, First-Person 18.4%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 5.8%
- #32 Some Distant Memory
77% matchVery Positive94% of 303 reviews2019
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.3%, Walking Simulator 24%, Adventure 13.3%, Casual 12%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #33 Eschaton
76% matchVery Positive88% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: jabuga
Windows
Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.
Why similar: Experimental 25.5% ★, Surreal 19.9%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Abstract 13.8%, Exploration 10.3%
- #34 Eternal Afternoon
73% matchVery Positive98% of 253 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Klexber
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.7%, Surreal 26.5%, Exploration 20%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 1.5%
- #35 Entropy
73% matchVery Positive95% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Chromatic WindowPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Fly between incomprehensible galaxies in this experimental micro game!
Why similar: Space 22.4%, Abstract 21.7%, Surreal 17.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Relaxing 9%
- #36 LiDAR Exploration Program
71% matchVery Positive91% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Exploration 17.2%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.5%, First-Person 8.4%
- #37 Epitasis
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Epitasis Games
Windows · Mac
After discovering an ancient portal, you suddenly find yourself among the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. Technological relics, sprawling ruins, and cryptic puzzles are all that remain. If you are to learn their secrets, you must unearth the fate of the race that called this world home.
Why similar: Surreal 23.8%, Space 23.3%, Exploration 17.1%, Relaxing 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #38 AlienAfterlife
74% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2019
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Step into a radiant dimension where souls reboot as data. Recover your reincarnation machine from alien terrorists and explore glowing temples of memory, logic, and light. A surreal odyssey through death, rebirth, and the beauty of being lost.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Surreal 18%, Abstract 17.9%, Exploration 14.7%, Experimental 9.1% ★
- #39 The Fall of Lazarus
75% 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: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Space 25.1%, Exploration 17.3%, First-Person 8.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #40 ALONE IN SPACE
75% 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 36.6%, Exploration 21.6%, Adventure 14.2%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #41 The Station
72% 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: Walking Simulator 37.7%, Space 25.8%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 11.2%, First-Person 8.2%
- #42 Museum of Monoliths
71% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.7%, Surreal 25.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 7%
- #43 Escape From Lavender Island
70% matchVery Positive99% of 196 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Hidden Object 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Surreal 12.9%, Exploration 11.3%
- #44 Jung's Labyrinth
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Jan Jileček
Windows · Mac
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.6%, Exploration 19.8%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 11.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #45 Myha: Return to the Lost Island
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: Denis MartinPub: Simon Says: Play!
Windows
MYHA is a First Person Adventure game (Myst-like), part of a sci-fi series named The Black Cube (ASA: A Space Adventure...). Visit Myha, a moon in a far away solar system, and try to understand why you were teleported there.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Hidden Object 24.5%, Space 14.6%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 7.3%
- #46 The Library of Babel
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Game StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44.8%, Surreal 37.3%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #47 BABBDI
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,913 reviews2022
Dev: Sirius LemaitrePub: Lemaitre Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Surreal 19.1%, Exploration 17.1%, Experimental 10.3% ★, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #48 Abnormal1999:Sector 49
67% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.
Why similar: Collectathon 41.7%, Walking Simulator 33.6%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #49 Paradise Lost
69% matchMixed64% of 2,474 reviews2021
Dev: PolyAmorousPub: Walkabout
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Post-apocalyptic 26.2%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #50 Terraformental
64% matchVery Positive98% of 251 reviews2026
Dev: Shady Games
Windows · Mac
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.9%, Exploration 26.6%, Space 21.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 0.9%
- #51 The Great Perhaps
68% matchVery Positive81% of 838 reviews2019
Dev: Caligari GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Casual 8%
- #52 fiction.colors
69% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Colorfiction
Windows
Endless subway rides, void probes, cosmic gardens and the fate of a planet, fiction.colors is a series of short atmospheric experiences to explore at leisure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Abstract 26.3%, Exploration 13.6%, Surreal 8.7%, First-Person 6.3%
- #53 Through The Fragmentation
67% matchVery Positive96% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Exploration 34.4%, Atmospheric 19.1%, First-Person 19.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Walking Simulator 10.3%
- #54 Recursive Ruin
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 310 reviews2022
Dev: Bit RotPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Abstract 24.3%, Experimental 23.2% ★, Surreal 17.7%, Exploration 15.1%, First-Person 6.9%
- #55 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
66% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: LunarHillz
Windows
RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.5%, Abstract 29.3%, Hidden Object 20.6%, Exploration 15%, Adventure 5.6%
- #56 The Backrooms
71% matchMostly Negative24% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: WASABAE Studios
Windows
You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Hidden Object 23.8%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #57 MirrorMoon EP
70% matchMixed58% of 597 reviews2013
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 23.8%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Space 13.4%, Exploration 12.3%, Experimental 12.3% ★
- #58 StrangeDream
65% matchVery Positive82% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 草地w
Windows
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Abstract 18.5%, Surreal 17.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.7%