- #1 Cloud Climber
97% matchVery Positive92% of 4,157 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 40.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Exploration 7.8%, First-Person 6.7%
- #2 PLATONICA SPACE
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Open the door and step into someone's memories. Platonica Space is a sci-fi exploration adventure where you search countless rooms to recover lost memories.
Why similar: Hidden Object 24%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Space 17.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Collectathon 9.8%
- #3 The Old City: Leviathan
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 746 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 41.5%, Exploration 16.6%, Surreal 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 7.7%
- #4 Memorrha
95% matchMixed65% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 39%, Exploration 18.1%, Relaxing 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 9.5%
- #5 BACK*SPACE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 147 reviews2026
Dev: Mostly Farmless Games
Windows
You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Hidden Object 25.7%, Exploration 12.8%, Surreal 9.9%, Casual 8.6%
- #6 TIMEframe
94% matchMixed66% of 711 reviews2015
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 49.8 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 47.1%, Exploration 15.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Casual 9%, First-Person 8.7%
- #7 The Elision Effect
93% matchVery Positive94% of 184 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 26.2%, Abstract 19.9%, Surreal 19.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #8 MAZEMAZE
91% matchVery Positive82% of 70 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 27.9%, Hidden Object 25.9%, Exploration 13.6%, Surreal 10.8%, First-Person 7.7%
- #9 Amazeing Lemons
92% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: nextjen
Windows
Find and retrieve all of your lemons before time runs out!
Why similar: Collectathon 27.1%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Exploration 11.7%, Casual 5.3%
- #10 no signal
89% matchVery Positive99% of 79 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 34.1%, Space 26.3%, Exploration 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 5.5%
- #11 Empathy: Path of Whispers
91% matchMixed60% of 220 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 42.1%, Adventure 16.3%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Surreal 10.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #12 The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited
89% matchVery Positive93% of 275 reviews2021
Dev: Ian MacLartyPub: Shape Shop
Windows
The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.
Why similar: Abstract 30.4%, Surreal 21%, Exploration 13.9%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #13 Year Unknown
88% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Julian Heuser
Windows · Linux
A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.3%, Exploration 26%, Adventure 8.2%, First-Person 7.4%, Atmospheric 7%
- #14 1/8192
86% matchVery Positive83% of 165 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 51.1%, Exploration 17.3%, Casual 11.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Indie 7.1%
- #15 BLACKSHARD
85% matchVery Positive92% of 465 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 35.3%, Hidden Object 21%, Surreal 16.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #16 A SECOND BEFORE US
87% matchMixed57% of 107 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 42.6%, Exploration 22.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Atmospheric 12%, Indie 6.6%
- #17 Disillusion ST
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 566 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 31.6%, Abstract 27%, Walking Simulator 25.2%, First-Person 5.6%, Adventure 5.5%
- #18 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 42.1%, Exploration 14.2%, Relaxing 13.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%, First-Person 6.5%
- #19 Liminal Universe
84% matchMixed60% of 165 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 32.9%, Surreal 20.5%, Exploration 16.3%, Relaxing 9.5%, First-Person 8.3%
- #20 Trackless
84% 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 22.2%, Experimental 19.3% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Adventure 11.2%, Casual 10%
- #21 Disminal
82% matchVery Positive90% of 172 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 55.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 3.2%
- #22 LAVALAMP
81% matchVery Positive95% of 331 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 27.4%, Abstract 20.3%, Surreal 15.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #23 CUCCCHI
82% matchVery Positive95% of 128 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 20.1% ★, Abstract 18.6%, Hidden Object 16%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Surreal 12.5%
- #24 Liminal Lane
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 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: Abstract 30.6%, Walking Simulator 30.5%, Exploration 13.9%, First-Person 7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #25 Within the Backrooms
79% matchVery Positive94% of 236 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 33.6%, Exploration 23.8%, Atmospheric 14%, Adventure 10.4%, Walking Simulator 9.2%
- #26 Event[0]
80% matchVery Positive80% of 2,299 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: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Space 21.1%, Exploration 16.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, First-Person 9.1%
- #27 Eternal Afternoon
76% matchVery Positive95% of 472 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 45.1%, Surreal 26%, Exploration 19.9%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 1.5%
- #28 Quantum Void
77% matchVery Positive97% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: TacNours
Windows
Lost in an unexplored star system after a dimensional anomaly dispersed your fleet, you start to pick up signals scattered throughout the system. Explore the wrecks of the corporate fleet, discover the secrets of the anomaly, and try to get the good ending.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Space 26.5%, Exploration 23.7%, Adventure 9%, First-Person 8.9%
- #29 Exo One
77% matchVery Positive90% of 5,287 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.3%, Space 24.4%, Exploration 16.6%, Relaxing 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #30 The Anomalous Hour
78% matchVery Positive92% of 89 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 32.6%, Walking Simulator 30.2%, Exploration 16.1%, First-Person 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #31 Liminal Shroud
74% matchVery Positive91% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Everdeep Studios
Windows
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Dungeon Crawler 20.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Relaxing 8.6%
- #32 Californium
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 412 reviews2016
Dev: DarjeelingPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.3 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 26.1% ★, Hidden Object 16.4%, Abstract 14.9%, Surreal 14.8%, Exploration 9.2%
- #33 De-Void
79% matchMixed63% of 145 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 21.8%, Exploration 13.1%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 7.5%
- #34 HOLEHOLE
75% matchVery Positive88% of 128 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 27.1%, Walking Simulator 24%, Hidden Object 18.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #35 Interior Worlds
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 623 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 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 28.3%, Hidden Object 24.1%, Exploration 16.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%, First-Person 5.6%
- #36 Dofamine
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 274 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 35.6%, Adventure 28.1%, First-Person 18%, Casual 10.7%, Indie 5.6%
- #37 SEASON: A letter to the future
72% matchVery Positive93% of 2,094 reviews2023
Dev: Scavengers Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.3%, Exploration 23.8%, Relaxing 17.2%, Atmospheric 13%, Casual 8.2%
- #38 Eschaton
74% matchVery Positive88% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: sojourn interactive
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 26.2% ★, Surreal 19.7%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Abstract 13.8%, Exploration 10.1%
- #39 TEMPUS
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 81 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 32.7%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Exploration 16.7%, First-Person 8.9%, Walking Simulator 7.7%
- #40 Some Distant Memory
73% matchVery Positive94% of 309 reviews2019
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.6 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 34.4%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, Adventure 13.7%, Casual 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #41 Entropy
71% matchVery Positive95% of 202 reviews2022
Dev: Chromatic WindowPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Fly between incomprehensible galaxies in this experimental micro game!
Why similar: Space 22.5%, Abstract 22%, Surreal 17.4%, Exploration 13.3%, Relaxing 8.8%
- #42 BABBDI
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,765 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 27.2%, Surreal 19.7%, Exploration 17%, Experimental 11.3% ★, Atmospheric 10%
- #43 Ember Seeker
69% matchVery Positive92% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Lehti E.
Windows
An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.1%, Exploration 21.1%, Adventure 14%, First-Person 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #44 AlienAfterlife
72% matchVery Positive94% of 67 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%, Abstract 18%, Surreal 17.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Experimental 9.4% ★
- #45 Museum of Monoliths
70% matchVery Positive93% of 113 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 39%, Surreal 25.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 6.9%
- #46 The Station
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,124 reviews2018
Dev: The Station Game ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 38%, Space 25.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 11.2%, First-Person 8.1%
- #47 LiDAR Exploration Program
68% matchVery Positive90% of 318 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 32%, Exploration 17.1%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%, First-Person 8.3%
- #48 ALONE IN SPACE
73% 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 36.7%, Exploration 21.4%, Adventure 14.7%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #49 Jung's Labyrinth
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 72 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 44.9%, Exploration 19.7%, Atmospheric 12.2%, First-Person 11.2%, Adventure 7.3%
- #50 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.5%, Exploration 17.9%, Surreal 17.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #51 The Fall of Lazarus
71% matchMixed64% of 123 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 29.6%, Space 25.1%, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 8.7%, Adventure 8.4%
- #52 Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Silverstring Media Inc.Pub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.
Why similar: Abstract 37.3%, Walking Simulator 23.6%, Exploration 12%, Atmospheric 10.8%, First-Person 6.9%
- #53 Through The Fragmentation
67% matchVery Positive97% of 238 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 34.5%, First-Person 18.9%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Adventure 15%, Walking Simulator 10.4%
- #54 Myha: Return to the Lost Island
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 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 24.8%, Space 14.6%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 7.2%
- #55 Escape From Lavender Island
65% matchVery Positive98% of 221 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 22.8%, Hidden Object 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Surreal 12.8%, Exploration 11.3%
- #56 The Library of Babel
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 87 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 45.1%, Surreal 37.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #57 MirrorMoon EP
70% matchMixed58% of 607 reviews2013
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 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 23.9%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Space 13.3%, Experimental 12.6% ★, Exploration 12.2%
- #58 Back to Hearth
62% matchVery Positive98% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41%, Exploration 22%, Atmospheric 14.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Adventure 6.3%
- #59 Recursive Ruin
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 327 reviews2022
Dev: Bit RotPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 24.4%, Experimental 23.8% ★, Surreal 17.5%, Exploration 14.9%, First-Person 6.8%