- #1 Dyad
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 229 reviews2013
Dev: ][ Games IncPub: Shawn McGrath
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Experience a mind-bending, psychedelic sensory overload in Dyad! Blast through a reactive audio-visual tube creating a harmonious synthesis of color and sound as you Hook, Graze, and Lance enemies to master Dyad's 27 unique levels.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, abstract racing game that combines psychedelic visuals with a reactive, music-driven experience.
- #2 Space Giraffe
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 87 reviews2009
Dev: Llamasoft LTD
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 42 min≥1hr: 9%
Space Giraffe is an abstract action arcade style game that takes place in a succession of beautiful environments generated by an advanced graphics synthesizer. It presents itself as a shooter but the more you play the more you discover the hidden depths and strategies that make the gameplay satisfyingly rich and rewarding.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A classic psychedelic arcade shooter that prioritizes sensory overload and abstract, shifting visuals.
- #3 Rez Infinite
95% matchVery Positive92% of 1,241 reviews2017
Dev: Monstars Inc.Pub: Enhance
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.
Why You'll Like It: The definitive psychedelic rail shooter that perfectly captures the synesthetic blend of music and visuals found in Brainpipe.
- #4 The Polynomial - Space of the music
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 499 reviews2010
Dev: Dmytry Lavrov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 17%
Experience the music in a new way. Feel it pulse around you. The Polynomial is a 3D space shooter with unique, fractal based scenery that animates to the music.
Why similar: Indie 53.5%, Casual 46.5%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural, music-driven space shooter that creates a deeply hypnotic and colorful environment.
- #5 Thumper
94% matchVery Positive92% of 4,345 reviews2016
Dev: Drool
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: An intense, rhythm-based game that delivers a visceral, high-speed experience with a dark, hypnotic aesthetic.
- #6 Super Hexagon
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,964 reviews2012
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Why similar: Indie 84.8%, Casual 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in minimalist, reflex-based gameplay that uses hypnotic music and visuals to induce a flow state.
- #7 Cosmic Flow: A Relaxing VR Experience
92% matchVery Positive96% of 203 reviews2020
Dev: vedev
Windows
Cosmic Flow is a relaxing visual experience, an audio-visual massage for the mind, a kaleidoscopic meditation.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the same dreamlike, visual-heavy experience that prioritizes atmosphere over traditional objectives.
- #8 Tetris® Effect: Connected
91% matchVery Positive95% of 8,701 reviews2021
Dev: Monstars Inc.Pub: Enhance
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!
Why similar: Casual 55.6%, Indie 44.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sensory masterpiece that transforms a classic puzzle game into a deeply immersive, rhythmic, and visual journey.
- #9 Fractal: Make Blooms Not War
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 219 reviews2011
Dev: Cipher Prime Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Push, Combo, and Chain your way through a pulsing technicolor dreamscape all the while expanding your consciousness at 130 BPM.
Why similar: Casual 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hypnotic and colorful puzzle game that shares the abstract, dreamlike aesthetic of Brainpipe.
- #10 DMT: Dream Dealer Trip
91% matchMixed55% of 233 reviews2016
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
DMT: Dream Dealer is a walking simulator that guides you trough a trip between worlds. You'll never know if what you see is real, or if you are in a trance. A game made to delight your sensory system, inspired by titles like The Stanley Parable, Dear Esther, Gone Home...
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the surreal, psychedelic atmosphere and first-person exploration found in the seed game.
- #11 Audiosurf 2
90% matchVery Positive83% of 6,017 reviews2015
Dev: Dylan Fitterer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 67.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ride your music in more ways than ever before. Audiosurf 2 is the music game for your entire music collection. Hundreds of mods/skins on Workshop. Free demo available.
Why similar: Indie 57.8%, Casual 42.2%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to turn your own music library into a high-speed, neon-drenched track that reacts to every beat.
- #12 Beat Hazard
89% matchVery Positive95% of 7,422 reviews2010
Dev: Cold Beam Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Why similar: Indie 56.5%, Casual 43.5%
Why You'll Like It: An intense arcade shooter where the action and visuals are directly driven by the intensity of your music.
- #13 Race The Sun
89% matchVery Positive93% of 6,344 reviews2013
Dev: Flippfly LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on simple, forward-moving, and reflex-intensive gameplay that feels like a high-speed journey toward the horizon.
- #14 RFLEX
88% matchVery Positive92% of 225 reviews2015
Dev: Wesley LaFerrierePub: System Void Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
RFLEX is a fast-paced and challenging neo-arcade game. Frantically dodge your way to the high score in a series of rage-inducing levels while enjoying a kickass, original soundtrack. Experience trippy visuals while being pulled into a never-ending abyss of addicting, non-stop action.
Why similar: Casual 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, minimalist arcade game that relies on quick reflexes and a clean, abstract visual style.
- #15 POLYBIUS
87% matchVery Positive95% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Llamasoft Ltd.
Windows
POLYBIUS is a fast, trippy tunnel shooter playable on a normal screen or in VR. 50 levels of blissful trance shooting action are set to a blistering soundtrack. The PS4 version was EDGE Magazine's VR GOTY in 2017, and the PC version of the game was even used as the basis for a NIN music video.
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, psychedelic arcade experience that captures the intense, retro-futuristic vibe of the seed game.
- #16 Floating Point
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,832 reviews2014
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Why similar: Casual 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based, relaxing, and minimalist game that emphasizes fluid movement through space.
- #17 Sound Shift
86% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Sound Shift is a VJ style music visualiser mixed with a simple arcade shooter.
Why similar: Casual 59%, Indie 41%
Why You'll Like It: Combines music-driven gameplay with a casual, hypnotic feel that mirrors the intensity progression of Brainpipe.
- #18 Mango
84% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Casual 54%, Indie 46%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person exploration game with a psychedelic tone and an emphasis on atmosphere.
- #19 Griptape Backbone
85% matchVery Positive93% of 541 reviews2017
Dev: StevenHarmonGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A relaxing meditative and Zen like first person vaporwave skateboarding game. An interactive mixtape.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique, atmospheric, and sound-focused experience that feels like an interactive art piece.
- #20 Deep Snake
81% matchVery Positive97% of 204 reviews2025
Dev: dietzribi
Windows
Non-Euclidean snake where you can go forever deeper and deeper into the void... ...and if you're good enough, into the daily leaderboards
Why similar: Casual 100%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, psychedelic take on classic arcade mechanics that emphasizes fast-paced, hypnotic movement.
- #21 The New Flesh
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,761 reviews2025
Dev: Freshly Baked Games LLC
Windows
Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.
Why similar: Casual 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the surreal, first-person, and music-focused qualities that make the seed game feel like a dream.
- #22 Helix Slider
84% matchVery Positive91% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Rodgers
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast paced action avoidance game that will hopefully not make you barf. Spin around an endless twisting tube and slide your way past all the obstacles for as long as you can!
Why similar: Casual 78.1%, Indie 21.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar forward-moving, reflex-based arcade challenge within a colorful, abstract 3D space.
- #23 Distance
82% matchVery Positive92% of 7,482 reviews2018
Dev: Refract
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed arcade racing game featuring a neon, atmospheric aesthetic and challenging, reflex-based movement.
- #24 Waveform
83% matchVery Positive83% of 2,137 reviews2012
Dev: Eden Industries
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!
Why similar: Indie 71.3%, Casual 28.7%
Why You'll Like It: A hypnotic, flowing game centered on light and rhythm that shares the serene yet engaging nature of the seed game.
- #25 Becalm
81% matchVery Positive84% of 374 reviews2019
Dev: Colorfiction
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fancy a relaxing drift through magical waters? Enjoy this seafaring voyage in search of the sunset!
Why similar: Casual 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the serene, dreamlike exploration aspect of the seed game, providing a meditative experience.
- #26 LAVALAMP
76% matchVery Positive95% of 290 reviews2026
Dev: The Space Lemmings from Space Productions
Windows · Mac
3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #27 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
77% matchVery Positive92% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
- #28 Photonic Distress
80% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: GRIP420
Windows
Photonic Distress (or PD for short) is a blend of First/Third Person puzzler/platformer with a unique twist. Navigate your way through randomly generated levels, lighting your way up, fighting enemies, sliding and collecting Memory Fragments to wake up!
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines relaxing exploration with arcade-style movement in a visually striking, abstract environment.
- #29 TRIP Steam Edition
82% matchMixed46% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: TRIPPub: Self-Published
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 43.0 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Explore an avant-garde cubist dream, stimulate your visual senses and immerse yourself in a surreal TRIP. A visually tantalizing open world artware that culminates the player to relax and enjoy a safe enviroment for them to explore at their own pace. There are no objectives, no rules, just art.
Why similar: Casual 55.7%, Indie 44.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, walking-simulator style experience that emphasizes atmosphere and dreamlike exploration.
- #30 Fractal Fly
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: Tectrid
Windows · Mac
Explore imaginary landscapes, like you're flying in another world. Observe and dive into those chaotic shapes all around you. And even transform them! You're totally free to move where you want, you will discover a tremendous variety of shapes and colors!
Why similar: Casual 100%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, flight-based experience with a psychedelic aesthetic that focuses on peaceful exploration.
- #31 Entropy
76% matchVery Positive95% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Chromatic WindowPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Fly between incomprehensible galaxies in this experimental micro game!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #32 BIT.TRIP BEAT
77% matchVery Positive80% of 881 reviews2010
Dev: Gaijin Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
From gameplay to visuals to music and imagination, BIT.TRIP BEAT is inspired by classic games in every way. Get sucked into a whole new world of sight and sound as you juggle beats and ride the vibe in this modern look at the beginning of it all. BIT.
Why similar: Indie 56.9%, Casual 43.1%
- #33 Aesop Rock's Black Hole Superette Experience
71% matchVery Positive94% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Rhymesayers Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A surreal first-person exploration game where you roam a fictional convenience store, collect hidden audio fragments, and unlock cryptic wisdom. Sample the full Black Hole Superette album, discover hidden easter eggs, and dive into a twisted soundscape of interactive hip-hop absurdity.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #34 Light Maze
73% matchVery Positive99% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: catgrease
Windows
A simple casual game where you light up floor tiles in a level in order to go to the next level.
Why similar: Casual 80.5%, Indie 19.5%
- #35 MIRAGE
75% matchVery Positive84% of 112 reviews2018
Dev: MIRAGE VR
Windows
Be immersed in a transcendental experience that brings your music to life. Use your own music and watch the environment react. Play music in any music player and MIRAGE will listen and respond. This is a world-class music visualizer.
Why similar: Casual 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #36 Onde
71% matchVery Positive92% of 311 reviews2022
Dev: LancePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Catch a wave in this smooth sound-surfing platformer: Let ethereal tunes carry you fluidly through serene abstract landscapes, tune into soothing sound spheres and revel in a meditative journey of life.
Why similar: Casual 55.6%, Indie 44.4%
- #37 Optimum Link
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 122 reviews2019
Dev: Protoria Studios
Windows
A dream-like sandbox that just might have a mind of its own.
Why similar: Casual 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #38 Syke
70% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Digital Monkeys LLC
Windows
Syke is a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mysterious and beautifully warped reality. You play as an individual making their way through areas of strange geometry; solving puzzles to piece together the story of their love.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 FREEFLOW
69% matchVery Positive82% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Benjib20 Studios
Windows
FREEFLOW is a fast-paced, skill-based parkour game. This game is set in a mysterious facility where there is a AI voice explaining what to do and where to go. There is a unknown evil to this facility, can you discover it?
Why similar: Casual 74.1%, Indie 25.9%
- #40 Sans Logique
70% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Gamagora ICOM
Windows
Sans Logique is a first-person game that blends puzzle and adventure gameplay. You'll explore different dreamlike worlds, discover the story of your character, and solve some original puzzles.
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #41 Immanence
73% matchMixed64% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: Cat In A Jar Games
Windows
Immanence is a 2D psychological Lovecraftian blend of religion and technology with surreal puzzles and dark atmosphere.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #42 Circularity
74% matchMixed61% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Giorgi AbelashviliPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Relaxing puzzle with interesting game mechanics - bring your character to the final portal which will transit you to the next level. You will need to move straight, avoid obstacles, jump through portals, ricochet from walls and a lot more.
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #43 The UnderGarden
75% matchMixed65% of 91 reviews2010
Dev: Artech StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The UnderGarden is a casual Zen game that challenges players to explore beautiful underground caverns filled with strange life forms, sound, music and plenty of hidden secrets. Casual gamers with an affinity towards puzzle games will enjoy The UnderGarden’s modern exploration quest filled with brain teasing games that combine state of...
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #44 Bright Bob
73% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Bright Bob - a Fascinating and colorful game of skill and reaction, Bob only has time to blink :)
Why similar: Casual 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #45 Brainmelter Deluxe
71% matchPositive98% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Cosmocat
Windows
Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 NERVE
70% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Gunfish Games
Windows
Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 Post Void
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,026 reviews2020
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
- #48 Borealis
72% matchMixed59% of 504 reviews2014
Dev: Conrad NelsonPub: None
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Weave through missiles to generated music, and let the world flow around you.
Why similar: Casual 56.9%, Indie 43.1%
- #49 Tempo
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 167 reviews2021
Dev: Aestronauts
Windows · Mac · Linux
A rhythm platforming game but instead of staying on the beat… you play at your own beat!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #50 inMomentum
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 188 reviews2011
Dev: Digital ArrowPub: White Rabbit Interactive
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
A minimalistic sci-fi platform racing game that challenges the players to think in both horizontal and vertical perspectives.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 Conductor: Creative Joy Engine
68% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Club Transcendia
Windows
Conductor is an audiovisual experience creation engine that encourages you to craft, save, and share funky environments with its vibrantly creative tool-set alongside all of your favorite media.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #52 NaissanceE
68% matchVery Positive84% of 4,240 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #53 The Raintime
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Mind The Abyss
65% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Mind The Abyss Studios
Windows
Mind the Abyss is a fast-paced movement shooter that combines fourth-dimensional abilities and ever-evolving weaponry within an alien planet.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 Perspective
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: WiddershinsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
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: Indie 100%
- #56 L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement
67% matchVery Positive80% of 269 reviews2021
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
L.S.D. is a first person experience set during a hallucinogen trip.In the prologue of this dream-like, surreal experience, you will explore mysterious open worlds, find weapons and fight against dangerous enemies.Will you be able to break the loop and get back to reality?
- #57 Frame of Mind
64% matchVery Positive94% of 932 reviews2021
Dev: [SAMPLE TEXT] Studios ltd
Windows
In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.
- #58 In Passing
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: CelleC Games
Windows
A first-person 3D platforming experience through a broken mind turned against you.
Why similar: Indie 100%
