Games Like Antenna

A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.

Why similar: Atmospheric 39.2%, Indie 30.8%, Casual 19.4%, Singleplayer 5.2%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Antenna, this is a short, atmospheric, and free-to-play experience that focuses on a melancholic journey through a minimalist world.

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Why similar: Atmospheric 39.4%, Adventure 25.2%, Indie 20.9%, Singleplayer 7.9%, 2D 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the philosophical and existential themes of Antenna through its somber, atmospheric puzzle-adventure gameplay.

Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .

Why similar: Atmospheric 26.5%, Indie 23.7%, Adventure 15%, 2D 14.2%, Casual 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the 2D, atmospheric, and free-to-play nature of Antenna, focusing on exploration and a sense of quiet wonder.

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Atmospheric 32.9%, Indie 19%, Puzzle 16.3%, Casual 15.7%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven, free-to-play experience focuses on uncovering a story through environmental details, much like the discovery process in Antenna.

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Indie 42.3%, Atmospheric 29%, Adventure 22.8%, Singleplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal, free-to-play walking simulator provides a similarly atmospheric and dreamlike experience that rewards patient exploration.

If the world was ending, how would you spend your final days? Explore a narrative management game set shortly before the end of the world, about enjoying the time you have left. Play music, take calls, and help the town face the challenges of saying goodbye to those closest to them.

Why similar: Atmospheric 73.5%, Casual 16.4%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It directly mirrors the radio-themed, atmospheric, and narrative-heavy focus of Antenna.

The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.4%, Casual 19.6%, Indie 18.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play, point-and-click adventure that uses atmospheric storytelling to convey a sense of isolation and discovery.

A hand drawn style obstacle avoidance game. How to deal with rainy days if don't like it?

Why similar: Atmospheric 46.4%, Adventure 22.1%, Casual 20.5%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play, 2D platformer that leans heavily into its atmospheric, hand-drawn aesthetic.

Snapshot is the tale of a lone robot lost in an abandoned world. Armed with only his trusty camera, Pic sets forth on his great adventure. A camera might not seem like enough for a puzzle platforming adventure, but this camera is different from most: It has the ability to capture and remove from the world the very objects that it...

Why similar: Puzzle 35.7%, Indie 23.6%, Casual 22.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses a unique camera mechanic to explore its world, sharing the puzzle-centric design of Antenna.

The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Why similar: Indie 40.2%, Adventure 21.7%, Atmospheric 19.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, 2D 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building a vast, atmospheric, and lonely world that encourages exploration and quiet contemplation.

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Atmospheric 27.6%, Puzzle 24%, Indie 16.7%, Casual 15%, Adventure 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and atmospheric adventure that, like Antenna, prioritizes mood and environmental storytelling.

MONOLIGHT is 2D plat-former puzzle adventure game. Using tiny lantern, go through the maze.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.4%, Indie 31.6%, Adventure 20.8%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play puzzle-platformer that uses light and shadow to create a moody, contemplative environment.

Hargrave finds himself inside the walls of a mysterious labyrinth filled with strange robots. Find the way out, or find what's hidden deep inside.

Why similar: Casual 45.6%, Indie 27.3%, Adventure 27.1%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play adventure game that emphasizes exploration and a sense of discovery in a quiet, indie-crafted world.

A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!

Why similar: Atmospheric 30.5%, Indie 16.3%, Puzzle 13.9%, 2D 12.5%, Adventure 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere that captures the same sense of quiet, lonely exploration found in Antenna.

Something terrible happened in the forest! Someone frightened all Bugs! What happened? You are the only one who can find it out!

Why similar: Casual 46.4%, Indie 33.7%, Adventure 19.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play indie adventure that focuses on simple, casual interactions in a small, contained world.

Dawn is an atmospheric 3D platformer in which players guide a druidic creature named Ash through a beautiful environment to bring life and light back to a dead tree at the center of the world.

Why similar: Casual 47.6%, Adventure 25.6%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Singleplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play, atmospheric adventure that focuses on a simple, casual journey through a lonely landscape.

Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...

Why similar: Atmospheric 32.5%, Casual 26.6%, 2D 16.4%, Indie 14.9%, Singleplayer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-focused experience that provides a quiet, intimate look at personal reflection.

A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Why similar: Atmospheric 32.3%, Casual 26.2%, Puzzle 16.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Singleplayer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play walking simulator captures the same sense of peaceful, lonely exploration as Antenna.

Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

Why similar: Atmospheric 42.1%, Indie 22.8%, Casual 13.9%, Adventure 13.9%, Singleplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses a unique scanning mechanic to reveal its environment, directly echoing the radio-scanning gameplay of Antenna.

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

Why similar: Atmospheric 46%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 23%, Singleplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania-style platformer that uses a strong atmospheric tone to guide the player through its lonely world.

"Everything is going to be OK" is a desktop labyrinth of vignettes, poetry, strange fever dream games, and broken digital spaces.

Why similar: Adventure 55.2%, 2D 44.8%

Why You'll Like It: An existential, free-to-play experience that uses surreal imagery to explore themes of loneliness and survival.

Stranded for unknown reasons in the lower orbit of a purple gas giant, you are kind of just chilling out. You should probably get on with your mission. There's still plenty of time, though.

Why similar: Casual 37.1%, Indie 21.1%, 2D 17.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Singleplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, space-themed platformer that captures a similar sense of lonely, casual exploration.

Did you ever pay attention to the importance of space? Space Between Worlds is a short puzzle game that expresses the concept of proximity and lets the player interpret the context and arc of the story.

Why similar: Casual 55.7%, Indie 44.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, free-to-play experience that focuses on the quiet, lonely themes of space exploration.

Use your psychic abilities to compete against other test subjects and prove your psychic powers!

Why similar: Casual 47%, Indie 37.9%, 2D 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, free-to-play casual game that shares the simple, mouse-driven interaction style of Antenna.

Tasked with finding humanity a new home, a lonely astronaut braves a desolate planet while making a fluffy friend along the way. homebound is a short 2D puzzle platformer that explores the feeling of home.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, Casual 30.8%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Indie 11.2%, 2D 6.7%

Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Atmospheric 31%, Puzzle 23%, Indie 22.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Singleplayer 6.8%

Dusty is a third-person puzzle game focused on explore beautiful environments. Join archaeologist Dusty on his search for a mysterious civilization. Explore equipped with your extensible cane and notebook to resolve the past, the ways of the civilization and his technology of light.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.9%, Atmospheric 20.1%, Casual 17.1%, Indie 14.7%, Adventure 14.2%

Antenna Dilemma is a short and witty point&click in which you'll follow the story of C432632, a finicky grey cube that sure doesn't want to miss his favorite TV show.

Why similar: Indie 30.6%, Puzzle 22.4%, Adventure 21.8%, 2D 9.5%, Casual 9.5%

Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.2%, Casual 22.4%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Adventure 13%, 2D 8.1%

Can you think twice in under a second?

Why similar: Indie 32.9%, Puzzle 26.5%, Singleplayer 13%, Casual 12.4%, Atmospheric 12.4%

A short, atmospheric experience set inside a handcrafted dream. You are a small, solitary citizen drifting through augmented memories. Boot up your LonelyOS and let the robots guide you.

Why similar: Atmospheric 56.8%, Adventure 25.2%, 2D 10.1%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

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: Puzzle 37.4%, Atmospheric 21.6%, Casual 16.5%, Indie 10.6%, Adventure 8.6%

Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.7%, Atmospheric 22.7%, Indie 14.5%, Casual 13%, Adventure 6.9%

A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

Why similar: Atmospheric 26.3%, Casual 20.6%, Indie 20.3%, Adventure 13.1%, 2D 10.5%

Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.2%, Atmospheric 20.7%, Casual 18%, Adventure 9.3%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Puzzle 45%, Atmospheric 34.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.

Why similar: Atmospheric 39.5%, Indie 27.8%, 2D 14%, Adventure 13%, Singleplayer 5.6%

On a distant edge of an unknown planet, an abandoned structure sits in silence. Constructed by an unmanned research vessel sent from Earth, the Lun Infinus station was designed to run simulations for a five year period, exploring possibilities of human colonization in the case that Earth became uninhabitable.

Why similar: Indie 31.9%, Adventure 25.8%, Atmospheric 23.7%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 8.9%

Lowglow - an audiovisual puzzle journey. Glowingly beautiful graphics combined with a dynamic audio environment make sure that Lowglow is an unforgettable, mind-bending experience for you!

Why similar: Puzzle 28.7%, Casual 19.3%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Indie 18.7%, Adventure 10%

Something for Someone Else is a short atypical experience, a brief journey into the mind of a distressed game developer that feels haunted by a game he made. All in the form of a poorly hand drawn narrative platformer accompanied by the beautiful musics of Celluloid Jam.

Why similar: Casual 41.8%, Indie 35.3%, Adventure 22.8%

Sono is a 2D exploration game where players effortlessly glide through an abstract microcosm collecting lost fragments of sound.

Why similar: Casual 33.7%, Indie 24.3%, Atmospheric 19.8%, Adventure 16%, Singleplayer 6.1%

A short (and free) adventure game, where you are tasked with helping a hurt, hungry, but inventive dung beetle on its journey to find something to eat near the end of the mushroom season.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.5%, Casual 31%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 8.1%, Indie 7.3%

A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.

Why similar: Casual 32.5%, Atmospheric 31.4%, Indie 27.9%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.

Why similar: Puzzle 76.7%, Indie 23.3%

A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.

Why similar: Puzzle 58%, Adventure 19.8%, 2D 16%, Singleplayer 6.3%

A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.

Why similar: Indie 100%

A short 2D exploration adventure in a retro style! Explore a laundromat in the middle of the night and try to clear it!

Why similar: Atmospheric 42.5%, Casual 21%, 2D 15.5%, Adventure 9%, Indie 7.2%

Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.

Why similar: Atmospheric 48.3%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 13.3%, Singleplayer 9.9%

A quirky 2D puzzle platformer where your most powerful tool is… the DUDES!

Why similar: Puzzle 40.9%, Casual 37.3%, Indie 10.1%, 2D 6.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%

A puzzle game with an eye in it. And it's free. The game, not the eye.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.2%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Casual 17.9%, 2D 10.2%, Indie 8.8%

A new chapter of charming 3D platformer about the little rusty robot C4N who unwittingly finds himself in the midst of momentous events in Robo Land. In order to solve the new riddle, Canny will once again need to run and jump a lot, solve puzzles, and fight against enemies who are much bigger and stronger than he is.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.4%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 17.5%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Casual 10%

In La Rana, players explore the lost Rain Temple of Rana. Play as a small spirit frog who is the temple's last remaining caretaker. Traverse its grand chambers and winding passages to restore its former power and revive your fellow frog spirits along the way.

Why similar: Casual 30.1%, Indie 30%, Puzzle 23.1%, Adventure 16.8%

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 67.9%, Indie 15.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Singleplayer 6.1%

Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.6%, Indie 24.5%, Singleplayer 12.9%, Adventure 11.9%, 2D 11.1%

A short 2.5D adventure platformer developed over the course of 3 months by a 3 person team. Travel along with a woman and her child surviving during an alien invasion. Inspired by classic sci-fi, this quiet, melancholy journey will show the depths a mother will go to protect her child, if she can survive...

Why similar: Indie 62.9%, Adventure 37.1%

Adapta Solva is a short puzzle platformer adventure. Play as an Adaptarian to absorb elements from magical shrines to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. Uncover the truth behind your creation in a world laid to ruin by an unknown cause.

Why similar: Puzzle 56.1%, Casual 32.4%, Singleplayer 11.5%

Can you find it again?

Why similar: Puzzle 33%, Casual 29.8%, Indie 22.7%, Atmospheric 14.4%

Rain lashes down soaking you to the bone, you take shelter in a seemingly abandoned house. Navigate through the rooms solving puzzles and trying to escape in this short point & click adventure game.

Why similar: Atmospheric 32.4%, Puzzle 27.7%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 10.4%, 2D 7.3%

Something to look at.

Why similar: Casual 73.3%, 2D 20.1%, Singleplayer 6.6%