- #1 成土市的我 CTcity
97% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: HuCang Studio
Windows
Reality ruins, tiles of CT city block his heart. Imagination flies, plants in the mind become his star. Boy wonders, the road is nowhere to go. Journey begins, the key is just himself. Welcome to CT city!
Why similar: Cartoon 23.4%, Cartoony 11.2%, Emotional 10.2%, Drama 8.9%, Casual 8.6%
- #2 Beyond the Wall
96% matchVery Positive90% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Rocking Toy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Classic point-and-click adventure with a magical atmosphere. Discover what happens one night Beyond the Wall of the garden. Immerse yourself into a mysterious world where fantasy meets reality with a pinch of humor. Solve puzzles, collect items, and overcome obstacles that await you on your journey.
Why similar: Cartoon 31.3%, Point & Click 17.3%, Cartoony 13.7%, Cute 12.5%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #3 Puzzled Hive
96% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Player Links Players(PLP漂流瓶)
Windows
Embark on a journey of maze exploration with Meo and Noth. A multi-layered, intricate maze with various puzzles.Exploration and discovery helps you understand the Puzzled Hive better. By now, you should have already made your final decision—will you leave?
Why similar: Cartoon 22.1%, Cartoony 11%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Cute 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #4 Antrabhara
95% matchVery Positive90% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: Nekoday
Windows
在人类与妖怪共存的世界中,三个身份迥异的少年少女在荒废古宅中相遇。结伴冒险的过程中收集道具、推敲讯息、解开谜题,逃离不可名状的生物,并揭开古宅家族背后的血色历史,最终发现“中阴”的秘密。
Why similar: Cartoon 25.8%, Emotional 24.8%, Drama 14.8%, Detective 10.4%, Puzzle 9%
- #5 The Guardian of Nature
94% matchVery Positive93% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Inlusio Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
«The Guardian of Nature» is a hand-drawn, size-changing adventure. Embark on a magical journey with botanist Henry, use your size-changing ability to explore nature in big and small and solve solarpunk puzzles to put nature back in order.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Puzzle 14.7%, Hand-drawn 14%, Story Rich 14%, Casual 10.3%
- #6 Seedlings
94% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Bardsley Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
An atmospheric 2D puzzle platformer made using real photos and videos from New Zealand's native forest. Become a seed that can possess different plant creatures with unique abilities. Solve the obstacles in your way to discover the secrets of the Seedlings.
Why similar: Nature 37%, Puzzle Platformer 30.1%, Story Rich 8.2%, Casual 7%, Exploration 6.8%
- #7 NAIRI: Rising Tide
93% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: HomeBearStudioPub: Hound Picked Games
Windows
Explore a lively oasis city filled with charming characters, forgotten ruins and ominous conspiracies in the second chapter of NAIRI, a narrative puzzle adventure about Nairi's perilous quest to save her family.
Why similar: Emotional 22.5%, Point & Click 12.5%, Story Rich 10%, Cartoony 9.8%, Cute 9.5%
- #8 Plants Huddled Together
92% matchVery Positive94% of 212 reviews2024
Dev: Catnip studio
Windows
An interesting irregular puzzle game featuring beautiful plant illustrations. Come and relax with this game!
Why similar: Nature 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Casual 14.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Cute 9.3%
- #9 Arise: A Simple Story
91% matchVery Positive92% of 2,975 reviews2020
Dev: Piccolo StudioPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
Why similar: Emotional 22.9%, Nature 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Drama 9.6%, Cute 8.7%
- #10 Dordogne
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,483 reviews2023
Dev: UN JE NE SAIS QUOIPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.
Why similar: Emotional 27.2%, Nature 23.8%, Cute 11.6%, Story Rich 10%, Exploration 8.4%
- #11 Pine Hearts
89% matchVery Positive97% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Luminal Games LtdPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Pine Hearts is a wholesome and tender adventure about nostalgic journeys, overcoming loss, and helping others. Embark on a cozy hiking expedition to the sprawling Pine Hearts nature reserve and scale the mountain your father never managed to climb.
Why similar: Nature 27.5%, Emotional 24.1%, Cute 11.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #12 Woven
90% matchVery Positive81% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: Alterego GamesPub: StickyLock Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore a woollen world where stuffed animals once lived in peace. Search for hidden secrets and customize your character with different animal shapes to solve puzzles. An epic adventure with two very unlikely heroes and a story narrated in rhyme.
Why similar: Story Rich 26.9%, Casual 21.7%, Cute 13.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Narration 9.2%
- #13 My Memory of Us
89% matchVery Positive92% of 934 reviews2018
Dev: Juggler GamesPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.
Why similar: Emotional 23%, Cartoon 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Cute 9.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #14 风与鸟 - Wind and Bird
88% matchVery Positive99% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: 许愿铃工作室Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
长耳族的学徒蒂娜,跟随着吟游诗人的师父,开始了传颂故事的探寻之旅。带着心爱的吊坠,二人游历过草原,高塔,小镇与森林。然而,在故事的起点和终点,却似乎另有隐情……
Why similar: Emotional 21.2%, Nature 20%, Cartoon 18.3%, Drama 10.7%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #15 Unpetrified: Echoes of Nature
87% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Dreamhunt StudioPub: Mindscape
Windows
Be a stone Golem and try to save Nature with the help of an adorable Fox! Reconnect ancient sources of energy in environmental puzzles. Discover secrets from a lost civilization and save animals on an emotional quest in a cozy, colorful world.
Why similar: Emotional 35.8%, Cute 17.9%, Story Rich 16.2%, Exploration 14.2%, Casual 9.4%
- #16 Torn Away
85% matchVery Positive93% of 687 reviews2023
Dev: perelesoq
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Why similar: Emotional 17.9%, Cartoon 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Cartoony 8.9%, Drama 8.7%
- #17 The Gardener and the Wild Vines
86% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Finite Reflection Studios
Windows · Mac
Leap, slash, and climb your way to the top of magical towers in this wholesome platformer about a gay Gardener on a quest to rescue his love.
Why similar: Emotional 31.5%, Puzzle Platformer 24.8%, Story Rich 13.7%, Drama 13.4%, Cute 11.1%
- #18 Lost in Play
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,176 reviews2022
Dev: Happy Juice GamesPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.
Why similar: Cartoon 33.7%, Point & Click 20.7%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Puzzle 11.6%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #19 Botanicula
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,554 reviews2012
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Why similar: Nature 24.3%, Point & Click 13.2%, Cartoony 10.2%, Story Rich 10%, Cute 9.7%
- #20 Gloomy Eyes
82% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Atlas VPub: ARTE France
Windows
A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 36.8%, Cartoon 24.5%, Cartoony 14.5%, Puzzle 13%, Casual 11.2%
- #21 Deep in the Woods
84% matchVery Positive81% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
The Deep Forest tells a classical tale of searching for family. Players will experience the changing seasons throughout the game and explore enchanting scenes depicting each season.
Why similar: Nature 24%, Emotional 18.5%, Hand-drawn 10%, Point & Click 9.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #22 The Wild Case
83% matchVery Positive86% of 248 reviews2021
Dev: Specialbit Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.9%, Detective 13.3%, Story Rich 11.5%, Cute 10.6%, Drama 9.8%
- #23 Dung Beetle Adventure
82% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Eight Bit Skyline
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Nature 23.7%, Point & Click 15.9%, Cute 14.6%, Casual 13.5%, Emotional 11.5%
- #24 Broken Lens
81% matchVery Positive93% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: Team RUN
Windows · Mac · Linux
Broken Lens is a cozy game where you will discover the story of a little robot with a sight problem. Explore manifold cute environments at your own pace and investigate to understand what happened to them.Will you be able to uncover all the secrets? 🔍
Why similar: Nature 22%, Point & Click 17%, Exploration 11.3%, Casual 10.9%, Cute 10.6%
- #25 Oscuro Blossom's Glow
80% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Hongoneon
Windows
Join Selene in a charming platforming and puzzle adventure, where her ability to absorb and emit light from various flowers is key to activating mechanisms, overcoming obstacles, and navigating through environments that adjust depending on how you wield the light.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28.4%, Nature 22.1%, Cute 12.1%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #26 HipWitch
81% matchVery Positive93% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Hip Sword
Windows · Mac
HipWitch is a chill puzzle game that invites you to explore a beautiful nature reserve. Play as Prom, a young witch helping a cast of quirky characters. Use a variety of spells, and the power of 90s dial-up internet to solve the tasks ahead!
Why similar: Nature 27.2%, Emotional 20.8%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Story Rich 13%, Exploration 10%
- #27 VINE
79% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: FrogPartyPub: OurTurn Games
Windows
Embark on an epic 20-hour adventure, beating challenges to reach the end. A captivating puzzle platforming experience with a unique tongue/rope mechanic, testing your dexterity and problem-solving skills. Meet other Poros in a desolated research facility in search of Paradise. Can you reach it?
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 54%, Story Rich 23.8%, Puzzle 20.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #28 Intruder In Antiquonia
79% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.8%, Detective 19.1%, Story Rich 18.2%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Exploration 12.6%
- #29 Tux and Fanny
78% matchVery Positive99% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Ghost Time GamesPub: Means Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you in your quest. There's nothing as simultaneously charming and strange as the world of Tux and Fanny.
Why similar: Nature 42.4%, Exploration 18%, Cute 14%, Puzzle 13.4%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #30 Planet of Lana
76% matchVery Positive93% of 8,958 reviews2023
Dev: WishfullyPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.
Why similar: Emotional 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 29.6%, Cute 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #31 Puzzles For Clef
77% matchVery Positive83% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Weasel TokenPub: indie.io
Windows
Join Clef on an adventure set on a magical sky island where her family once lived. Solve puzzles, discover secrets, and experience a story of sisterly love – and something more, if you are willing to dig deeper…
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31.2%, Exploration 13.3%, Cute 12.2%, Cartoon 12.1%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #32 Cureocity
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,053 reviews2024
Dev: Bread On BoardPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
“People think battles need powerful weapons, but strategy at hand is key."The story follows a rookie adventurer and a new healer in a dungeon quest, with the core gameplay involving hand-picked methods using weapons and items. Fight or purify? Heal or alter? The choice is in your hands.
Why similar: Cartoon 19.4%, Emotional 16.7%, Cute 13.9%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #33 Herdling
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 838 reviews2025
Dev: OkomotivePub: Panic
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Guide a herd of mysterious creatures on a stirring and beautiful journey into the mountains… and beyond.
Why similar: Emotional 33%, Nature 23%, Story Rich 11.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #34 AntVentor
78% matchVery Positive82% of 518 reviews2018
Dev: LoopyMood
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
AntVentor is a point & click adventure game. You find yourself in a photorealistic macroworld where you immediately manage to ruin the life of the main character, ant, and foil all his plans for making his dream come true. Can you help get everything back in order?
Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Cute 16.9%, Cartoony 15.8%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Story Rich 11%
- #35 A Space For The Unbound - Prologue
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,317 reviews2020
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers
Why similar: Emotional 37.7%, Story Rich 18.3%, Point & Click 16%, Exploration 12.1%, Casual 9.2%
- #36 Hand In Hand
75% matchVery Positive93% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: MaxMediaPub: Games Harbor
Windows
An atmospheric platformer with puzzle elements and split screen, where the player takes control of two characters at once. Immerse yourself in the ethnic world of two heroes, solve puzzles and overcome obstacles together, explore the fairy forest and other locations, help each other.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 46%, Emotional 30.1%, Nature 12.9%, Hand-drawn 5.5%, Relaxing 4.1%
- #37 Weakless
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: Punk NotionPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Weakless is a beautiful, puzzle-adventure game with stunning organic environments, filled with curious life forms and a bioluminescent glow. Play as two Weavelings – carefree, wooden creatures – one of which is deaf, the other blind. Switch between the two, solve unique puzzles and save their world!
Why similar: Casual 64.6%, Story Rich 13.7%, Cute 8.5%, Indie 5.4%, Narration 4.2%
- #38 Wind Peaks
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 347 reviews2020
Dev: Actoon Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a place called Wind Peaks, mysteries happen, help the scouts find all the missing objects in this fun and relaxing adventure of treasure hunt
Why similar: Nature 20%, Point & Click 14.1%, Cartoony 12.4%, Cute 10.9%, Exploration 9.8%
- #39 Paper Trail
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 853 reviews2024
Dev: Newfangled Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.
Why similar: Nature 37.8%, Cartoon 21.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #40 Tell Me Your Story
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Uncover Grandma Rose’s extraordinary stories along with Amelia, all hidden in multiple cozy puzzles spread around the world. Dive into globetrotter adventures, discover granny’s treasures, and relax along the way.
Why similar: Emotional 27.8%, Point & Click 11.7%, Cute 11%, Cartoony 11%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #41 Rainy Day
71% matchVery Positive91% of 996 reviews2024
Dev: Tree's Game
Windows · Mac
A hand drawn style obstacle avoidance game. How to deal with rainy days if don't like it?
Why similar: Emotional 32.4%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Cartoon 14.1%, Cute 12.1%, Cartoony 8%
- #42 Aurora: A Child's Journey
73% matchVery Positive93% of 973 reviews2020
Dev: Luski Game StudioPub: Prothos
Windows
Guide Aurora through this beautiful adventure using her imagination to discover who's responsible for the fire that is ravaging her village and its surroundings.
Why similar: Emotional 27.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Nature 11.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Cartoony 11.4%
- #43 Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
71% matchVery Positive94% of 7,446 reviews2021
Dev: Silver Lining StudioPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Guide brush strokes and solve a variety of puzzles to help an aspiring artist complete her masterpiece amid her brusque neighbor’s gaze and his pesky cat. As her painting starts to take shape, uncover an emotional tale of chance and artistry revealed behind unrelated yet familiar moments.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Drama 13.3%, Cute 12.2%, First-Person 10.6%
- #44 Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened
70% matchVery Positive91% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: Cortopia StudiosPub: Beyond Frames
Windows
Down the Rabbit Hole is an adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Point & Click 20.3%, Cute 14.1%, Puzzle 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #45 In His Time
72% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: TearyHand StudioPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.1%, Drama 15.7%, Story Rich 15.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Cute 8.9%
- #46 A Dual Ascent
70% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Mountain Toad EntertainmentPub: Rubika Supinfogame
Windows
Discover the tale of two peculiar characters: the Old Pilgrim and the Little Star, as they embark on a journey up the Great Mountain of Wonders. Guide them both simultaneously with a single controller. Join this poetic adventure that will challenge your mind and skills!
Why similar: Nature 24.7%, Story Rich 21.2%, Casual 15%, Puzzle 15%, Emotional 8.7%
- #47 Reviver
69% matchVery Positive92% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Why similar: Emotional 30.9%, Cartoon 25.7%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Story Rich 11.9%, Puzzle 10%
- #48 Beacon Pines
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,195 reviews2022
Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Emotional 33.7%, Story Rich 13.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Point & Click 10.2%, Cute 9.4%
- #49 Tulip
70% matchVery Positive99% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: ashleyypox
Windows
You are a very sad bunny. You cannot stop crying. You might have to drink something gross. You are Tulip. Wander through a storybook countryside, gather ingredients for a strange brew, and get to know your adorable animal neighbors in an odd quest to alleviate your incurable sadness.
Why similar: Cute 15.7%, Emotional 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Story Rich 12.9%, Nature 12.2%
- #50 TOEM: A Photo Adventure
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 10,219 reviews2021
Dev: Something We Made
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!
Why similar: Cartoon 24.3%, Nature 22.1%, Cute 12.4%, Exploration 10.4%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #51 She Remembered Caterpillars
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 552 reviews2017
Dev: jumpsuit entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)Pub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A fungipunk fantasy about love, loss, and holding on, told in the format of a color-based puzzle game. A tale as the bond between parent and child, this lush and bewildering title will have players testing their wits against a variety of challenges, all beautiful and very strange.
Why similar: Puzzle 63.9%, Hand-drawn 31.8%, Indie 4.3%
- #52 Boxville
69% matchVery Positive93% of 380 reviews2022
Dev: Triomatica Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Made in Ukraine.
Why similar: Emotional 24.2%, Point & Click 16.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Exploration 10.1%
- #53 The Gardens Between
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,728 reviews2018
Dev: The Voxel Agents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
Why similar: Emotional 57.7%, Story Rich 22.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, Relaxing 7.4%
- #54 Carto
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,158 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Nature 23.3%, Cartoon 19.8%, Cute 14%, Story Rich 10.4%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
- #55 Where is my Heart?
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2014
Dev: Schulenburg SoftwarePub: Die Gute Fabrik
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 40%
In Where is my Heart? you play the story of a family of forest spirits. The family lives comfortably in a tree in the woods until one day they lose their home and thus embark on a great adventure. Their journey will take them through the mushroom caves and even deeper down to the lifeless crystal pools and back up into the mountains.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.5%, Casual 29.2%, Puzzle 23.4%, Indie 2.9%
- #56 Unleaving
68% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: orangutan matter
Windows · Mac
When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.9%, Hand-drawn 26.1%, Story Rich 26%, Puzzle 15.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #57 Botany Manor
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,319 reviews2024
Dev: Balloon StudiosPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…
Why similar: Nature 34.3%, Exploration 16.4%, Story Rich 15.5%, First-Person 14.6%, Puzzle 13.4%
- #58 The Wild at Heart
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Moonlight KidsPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Wield an ever-growing herd of quirky creatures to rebuild broken paths, battle perilous beasts, and solve peculiar puzzles in a rich, interconnected world. Join two young runaways as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm in this nostalgic storybook fantasy!
Why similar: Emotional 42.7%, Story Rich 22.2%, Hand-drawn 19.1%, Puzzle 14.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #59 Know by heart
67% matchVery Positive90% of 830 reviews2022
Dev: Ice-Pick Lodge
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.
Why similar: Emotional 28.4%, Nature 21.6%, Drama 15.9%, Story Rich 13.5%, Point & Click 9%
- #60 HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 650 reviews2026
Dev: Stone
Windows
HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.
Why similar: Nature 34.1%, Point & Click 26.7%, Puzzle 16.3%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Relaxing 7.2%