- #1 Midnight Swamp
97% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Dark 15.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Exploration 12.5%, Stylized 10.2%
- #2 Once Alive
96% matchVery Positive85% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: Cem Boray YıldırımPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #3 NORCO
96% matchVery Positive93% of 3,080 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Point & Click 29%, Mystery 16.6%, Dark 13.4%, Atmospheric 13.2%, First-Person 11.5%
- #4 Empathy: Path of Whispers
95% 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 36%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Story Rich 16.5%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 8.6%
- #5 The Frosts: First Ones
94% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Ivan Sukhanov
Windows
An adventure about searching for a missing hunter and meeting with alien beings! Explore wild nature, climb on a rock, lure out a boar, meet a wolf, survive in a rockfall. Heal a deer and trick a creature! Meet the Unknown and find mystery!
Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #6 Memorrha
94% matchMixed65% of 152 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.4 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 20.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Relaxing 9.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #7 The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,889 reviews2016
Dev: ComonGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Futuristic 9.4%
- #8 Cloud Climber
92% matchVery Positive92% of 4,129 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 30.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, First-Person 10%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Relaxing 7.7%
- #9 Primordia
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,401 reviews2012
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.9%, Point & Click 31.6%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #10 Back to Hearth
90% matchVery Positive100% of 293 reviews2025
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac
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 31.4%, Exploration 18.3%, Atmospheric 17.7%, First-Person 16.1%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #11 The Cursed Forest
91% matchVery Positive89% of 881 reviews2019
Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Relaxing 13%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Dark 9.2%
- #12 Through The Fragmentation
89% matchVery Positive97% of 229 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 17.8%, First-Person 17.6%, Mystery 17.1%, Stylized 16.7%, Atmospheric 14.4%
- #13 Bayou Island - Point and Click Adventure
89% matchMixed49% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: Andy Howard Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Make your way through this thrilling old school style point and click adventure game and try to solve the mysterious circumstances plaguing Bayou Island.
Why similar: Point & Click 51.4%, Mystery 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #14 The Silent Swan
87% matchMixed70% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Praenaris
Windows
The Silent Swan is a contemplative first-person narrative experience across a megalithic, derelict world. Mixing elements from both walking simulator and open levels.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Dark 14.4%, Mystery 12.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Exploration 10.9%
- #15 The Old City: Leviathan
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 744 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 39.2%, Exploration 17.2%, Atmospheric 16.4%, First-Person 13.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #16 Paradise Marsh
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 532 reviews2022
Dev: LazyEti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Stars vanished from the sky and scattered across a perfect endless wetland... Catch bugs and chat with many characters while playfully wandering through peaceful scenery. But don't lose sight of the night sky, the constellations need help!
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Relaxing 15.2%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 10%
- #17 SnowBot
84% matchVery Positive90% of 177 reviews2026
Dev: inoutofit
Windows
Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.1%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Exploration 16.3%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Mystery 8.8%
- #18 Metal Garden
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,434 reviews2025
Dev: Tinerasoft
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Sci-fi 14.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Exploration 9.4%
- #19 Through Abandoned: The Forest
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 455 reviews2016
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.
Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Mystery 17.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Story Rich 10%
- #20 Arctic Awakening
82% matchVery Positive86% of 336 reviews2025
Dev: GoldFire Studios
Windows · Mac
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.
Why similar: Narrative 28% ★, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Mystery 9.5%, First-Person 8.6%
- #21 Cradle
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,004 reviews2015
Dev: Flying Cafe for Semianimals
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
Why similar: Sci-fi 22.6%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, First-Person 15.6%, Atmospheric 14%, Exploration 12.3%
- #22 Through Abandoned: The Underground City
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,013 reviews2015
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Exploration 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #23 Within the Backrooms
81% matchVery Positive95% of 198 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: Lore-Rich 21.6%, Stylized 20.1%, Exploration 19.5%, Atmospheric 17.1%, First-Person 6.8%
- #24 Homesick
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,438 reviews2015
Dev: Lucky Pause
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Atmospheric 18.2%, Exploration 16.4%, First-Person 15.2%, Mystery 14.1%
- #25 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 688 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Point & Click 21.6%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Mystery 9.6%
- #26 Life of Delta
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Airo GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Embark on a journey through a vast post-apocalyptic environment, full of interesting characters and engaging puzzle games in this sci-fi point-and-click adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.1%, Sci-fi 22%, Stylized 14.2%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #27 TEMPUS
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 80 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: Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Point & Click 21.2%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #28 NIGHTSLINK
79% matchVery Positive80% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Noiseminded
Windows
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, First-Person 14.4%, Stylized 12.9%, Linear 10.5%, Mystery 9.7%
- #29 The Abandoned Planet
76% matchVery Positive94% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Exploration 15.1%, Sci-fi 12.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Futuristic 11.6%
- #30 LiDAR Exploration Program
76% matchVery Positive90% of 282 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 27.9%, Exploration 16.7%, Atmospheric 16.2%, First-Person 14.6%, Relaxing 9.1%
- #31 There The Light
78% 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 23%, Mystery 14.5%, Relaxing 13.8%, Stylized 13.1%, Atmospheric 9%
- #32 The Repairing Mantis
77% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 9.7%
- #33 Another Tomorrow
77% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Glitch Games
Windows · Mac
Another Tomorrow is a first-person point and click game. Trapped without your memories you’ll explore abandoned apartments, airfields, temples, and underground facilities to search for clues, solve puzzles, and unlock secrets to answer the question; who are you?
Why similar: Point & Click 30.8%, First-Person 18.7%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Mystery 11%
- #34 The Moon Sliver
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,158 reviews2014
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, First-Person 10.3%, Exploration 9.4%, Point & Click 9.3%
- #35 Quern - Undying Thoughts
75% matchVery Positive91% of 3,956 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Point & Click 15.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Exploration 10.3%, First-Person 10.3%
- #36 Liminal Lane
74% matchVery Positive84% of 55 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 30.3%, Exploration 15.2%, Stylized 15.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Dark 11.8%
- #37 POOLS
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Atmospheric 13.1%, First-Person 12.5%, Exploration 12.2%, Relaxing 11.1%
- #38 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
72% matchMixed69% of 263 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 29.6%, Exploration 16.3%, First-Person 14.2%, Relaxing 11.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #39 Machinika: Museum
71% matchVery Positive93% of 6,181 reviews2021
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Point & Click 22.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Mystery 13.4%, Futuristic 11.3%, First-Person 10.5%
- #40 SILT
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 914 reviews2022
Dev: Spiral Circus GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…
Why similar: Dark 33.2%, Atmospheric 28.1%, Exploration 22.8%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 4.7%
- #41 The Wild Eternal
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 173 reviews2017
Dev: Ilsanjo
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Get lost beneath the fog in The Wild Eternal, a reflective first-person exploration game. Embark on a meditative journey to heal the scars of your past. Can you escape the cycle of reincarnation?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Mystery 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #42 Discolored
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 694 reviews2019
Dev: Jason Godbey
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
Why similar: Point & Click 16%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Relaxing 9%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 8.5%
- #43 Through Abandoned: The Refuge
75% matchMixed51% of 240 reviews2019
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.5%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Mystery 12%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #44 The Magnificent Trufflepigs
73% matchMixed56% of 174 reviews2021
Dev: ThunkdPub: AMC Games
Windows
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, metal-detecting narrative game. It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a dramatic story, all set in a beautiful English countryside. It’s a game about trying to find something.
Why similar: First-Person 20.4%, Mystery 19.7%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Story Rich 15.4%
- #45 Portrait of a Torn
70% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: Firenut Games
Windows
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Mystery 12.8%, First-Person 12.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #46 BLACKSHARD
68% matchVery Positive93% of 418 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 34.9%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 11.2%
- #47 DREAM LOGIC
69% matchVery Positive90% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Exploration 13.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, First-Person 10.2%
- #48 INFRA
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Exploration 16.7%, Atmospheric 14.3%, First-Person 14.3%, Mystery 12.9%
- #49 The Hungry Fly
68% matchVery Positive92% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: First-Person 16.2%, Exploration 15.8%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 12.5%
- #50 Panthalassa
67% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Meia Calça
Windows
Panthalassa is a Point and click Puzzle game set in an underwater alien world. You play as an AI reborn in a highly advanced body they do not recognize. Interface with otherworldly technology and unlock the secrets behind this strange planet.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Point & Click 18.3%, Relaxing 9.7%, Stylized 9.6%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
- #51 The Fall of Lazarus
72% matchMixed64% of 121 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 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 19.8%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Mystery 13.8%, Exploration 12.7%, First-Person 11.7%
- #52 Myha: Return to the Lost Island
71% 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 19.8%, Stylized 11.8%, First-Person 11.1%, Lore-Rich 11%, Exploration 10.4%
- #53 Neyyah
66% matchVery Positive85% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Defy Reality EntertainmentPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Neyyah is a first-person point-and-click adventure game from Defy Reality Entertainment. You are thrown into a strange secretive world called Neyyah. Use careful observation and logic to uncover the mysteries entwined within Neyyah's peculiar landscapes and bizarre cultures.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.5%, Mystery 11.6%, First-Person 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Exploration 9.9%
- #54 no signal
65% matchVery Positive99% of 71 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: Point & Click 20.3%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Mystery 13%, Exploration 11.8%, Futuristic 10.3%
- #55 Return to Shironagasu Island
66% matchVery Positive94% of 4,067 reviews2020
Dev: HYOGO ONIMUSHIPub: TABINOMICHI
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Mystery 33.2%, Point & Click 23%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #56 Fugue in Void
70% matchMixed66% of 256 reviews2018
Dev: Moshe LinkePub: Sedoc LLC
Windows · Mac
A walking sim in which you can explore all kinds of mysterious places and dive into a world full of atmosphere. Let this experience unfold in your head. Let it inspire you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Indie 4.7%
- #57 TIMEframe
69% matchMixed66% of 705 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 39.1%, First-Person 14.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Exploration 14.3%, Stylized 11.7%
- #58 LIMINAL WATERS
65% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: DK Productions
Windows
Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 44.4%, Relaxing 23.8%, Dark 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 4.9%
- #59 The Great Perhaps
66% matchVery Positive81% of 846 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: Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Sci-fi 14%, Stylized 9.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Mystery 9.7%
- #60 Your Future Self
67% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.4%, Mystery 21%, Story Rich 15.2%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 11.7%