- #1 Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
97% matchVery Positive94% of 8,057 reviews2014
Dev: Necrophone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
Why similar: Surreal 47.7%, Adventure 10.5%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Indie 8.8%, Exploration 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same absurdist, meme-heavy humor and surreal, stylized world-building as Broken Reality.
- #2 Hypnospace Outlaw
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,338 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!
Why similar: Surreal 30.8%, 1990's 18.3%, Retro 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Psychedelic 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the retro, nostalgic, and slightly unsettling aesthetic of the early internet.
- #3 SLUDGE LIFE
96% matchVery Positive91% of 5,395 reviews2021
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Memes 18.3%, Psychedelic 10.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a bizarre, open-world exploration experience filled with strange characters and a distinct, gritty art style.
- #4 Off-Peak
95% matchVery Positive90% of 1,797 reviews2016
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 43.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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: Surreal 39.7%, Walking Simulator 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational surreal walking simulator that shares the same dreamlike, abstract design philosophy as Broken Reality.
- #5 Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 592 reviews2020
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Why similar: Surreal 31.9%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Adventure 6.8%, Exploration 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, first-person exploration experience with a heavy emphasis on atmosphere and quirky, memorable characters.
- #6 ENA: Dream BBQ
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 34,987 reviews2025
Dev: ENA TeamPub: Joel G
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Why similar: Surreal 39.5%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Retro 12.5%, Psychedelic 7.4%, Adventure 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly stylized, surreal adventure that mirrors the abstract and colorful visual language of Broken Reality.
- #7 The Norwood Suite
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,266 reviews2017
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.
Why similar: Surreal 30.8%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Adventure 6.3%, Exploration 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building a surreal, musical, and highly interactive environment that rewards curious exploration.
- #8 Cruelty Squad
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,134 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Surreal 65.2%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Retro 13.3%, First-Person 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply surreal, retro-styled immersive sim that leans heavily into internet-culture aesthetics and chaotic, colorful visuals.
- #9 Paradigm
91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,633 reviews2017
Dev: Jacob Janerka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.
Why similar: Surreal 50%, Adventure 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Indie 12.5%, Funny 4%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that matches the humor and bizarre, surreal world-building found in Broken Reality.
- #10 Hylics
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,474 reviews2015
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.
Why similar: Surreal 53.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Psychedelic 11.8%, Indie 8.3%, Atmospheric 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its claymation-inspired, abstract aesthetic and surreal tone make it a perfect companion for fans of unconventional indie games.
- #11 Superliminal
89% matchVery Positive95% of 32,646 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Surreal 48.8%, Psychedelic 10.9%, Puzzle 8.9%, Adventure 7.8%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending puzzle game that plays with perspective and reality in a way that feels consistently surreal and surprising.
- #12 Paratopic
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Surreal 38.1%, Retro 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, unsettling, and surreal narrative experience that utilizes a low-poly, retro aesthetic to great effect.
- #13 An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs
89% matchVery Positive86% of 285 reviews2021
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs is an open-world comedy adventure game. Talk to stock photo dogs. Solve their problems. Catch your flight. And call it Dog Airport Game when you get tired of saying the full title, like I did three months ago.
Why similar: Surreal 36.9%, Walking Simulator 30.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 6.7%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines a humorous, surreal premise with a focus on exploration and interacting with a bizarre, stylized world.
- #14 Hyperbolica
87% matchVery Positive83% of 1,301 reviews2022
Dev: CodeParade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.
Why similar: Surreal 46.9%, Psychedelic 11.5%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, non-Euclidean exploration experience that feels inherently surreal and visually striking.
- #15 GLITCH DADDY
86% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Surreal 31.9%, Walking Simulator 24%, Psychedelic 9.8%, Adventure 6.7%, Exploration 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, action-adventure experience that leans into glitch-art aesthetics and surreal puzzle-solving.
- #16 MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
88% matchMixed65% of 1,417 reviews2014
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
Why similar: Surreal 31.9%, Walking Simulator 28.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 6.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy walking simulator that explores surreal, dream-based environments with a strong emphasis on atmosphere.
- #17 Chroma Zero
85% matchVery Positive96% of 313 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Surreal 23.4%, Adventure 10.7%, Colorful 7.9%, Puzzle 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, first-person puzzle game that prioritizes visual flair and exploration in a stylized world.
- #18 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 716 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Surreal 32.5%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Retro 13.8%, 1990's 7.8%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It explores the concept of dreams through a retro, surreal lens, focusing on exploration and atmospheric storytelling.
- #19 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: Surreal 33.9%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Psychedelic 9%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, first-person adventure that prioritizes surreal imagery and abstract exploration.
- #20 Lovely Planet
83% matchVery Positive91% of 2,688 reviews2014
Dev: quicktequilaPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A First Person Shooter Gun Ballet set in a cutesy abstract world. Jump and shoot your way through five worlds full of treacherous enemies with your trusty semi-automatic!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 47.6%, Indie 28%, First-Person 10.2%, Colorful 7.8%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a vibrant, colorful, and abstract aesthetic that feels like a high-speed, surreal playground.
- #21 Welcome to Bummertown
84% matchVery Positive82% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Think Inside The Box
Windows
Welcome to Bummertown a place where You'll have to collect items, talk to colorful characters and solve puzzles in order to find a lost character named Bedford.
Why similar: Memes 22%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Adventure 18%, Retro 16.9%, Indie 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky, indie adventure that captures a similar sense of low-stakes, humorous exploration.
- #22 Dread Delusion
81% matchVery Positive90% of 4,890 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: 1990's 30.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Exploration 23.5%, First-Person 17.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG that uses a retro, surreal aesthetic to build a world that feels both familiar and deeply strange.
- #23 Pseudoregalia
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,681 reviews2023
Dev: rittzler
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Why similar: Surreal 51.2%, Retro 16.7%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A movement-focused, surreal platformer that emphasizes exploration within a dreamlike, abstract environment.
- #24 With Shining Eyes
80% matchVery Positive95% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Lucas Fisher
Windows
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 36.8%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Adventure 9.2%, Psychedelic 6.9%, Exploration 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, free-to-play surreal adventure that focuses on atmosphere and abstract puzzle-solving.
- #25 Everything
81% matchVery Positive83% of 3,828 reviews2017
Dev: David OReilly
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Indie 18.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A philosophical and surreal exploration game that allows you to inhabit almost anything, mirroring the sense of discovery in Broken Reality.
- #26 The Fridge is Red
82% matchMixed56% of 229 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What is inside the Red Fridge? Collection of six episodes of psychological analog horror. Tour through liminal spaces filled with surreal events and uncanny strangers. Inspired by retro horrors of the PSX era.
Why similar: Surreal 23.9%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Retro 13.5%, 1990's 9.3%, Psychedelic 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: An episodic, surreal horror-adventure that uses a retro aesthetic to deliver a series of bizarre, dreamlike scenarios.
- #27 Post Void
79% 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.
Why similar: Surreal 38.9%, Retro 18%, Psychedelic 15.6%, 1990's 13.3%, Colorful 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, surreal shooter that uses hyper-colorful, glitchy visuals to create a disorienting and exciting experience.
- #28 Cylne
82% matchMixed48% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Cylne
Windows
Cylne is a first person surreal exploration game having a poetic and philosophical side. Explore and feel unreal worlds filled with environmental enigmas to try to achieve the chapter called "The Choice"...
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Surreal 15.3%, Adventure 13.6%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Indie 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that features surreal, puzzle-filled environments and a distinct indie charm.
- #29 Katamari Damacy REROLL
78% matchVery Positive93% of 6,511 reviews2018
Dev: MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd.Pub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The beloved roll-em-up game returns with fully updated graphics, completely recreated cutscenes and in full HD!
Why similar: Surreal 43.4%, Great Soundtrack 41.8%, Colorful 8%, Funny 2.8%, Puzzle 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares a quirky, colorful, and surreal sense of joy that makes exploring its bizarre world feel incredibly rewarding.
- #30 Awkward Dimensions Redux
78% matchVery Positive80% of 2,955 reviews2016
Dev: StevenHarmonGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Memes 9.1%
- #31 The Endless Empty
77% matchVery Positive96% of 297 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Surreal 38.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 10.2%, Psychedelic 9.5%
- #32 Interactivity: The Interactive Experience
77% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...
Why similar: Surreal 29.4%, Walking Simulator 23.4%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 9.7%
- #33 Figment
75% matchVery Positive87% of 5,592 reviews2017
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.
Why similar: Surreal 34.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 8.4%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #34 Zueirama
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,513 reviews2019
Dev: Memes Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Zueirama is a fun action adventure game packed with references to memes. Inspired by the games of the 90s, with cartoon characters that reflect the essence and Brazilian swinging like you have never seen.
Why similar: Memes 38.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Adventure 15.6%, Retro 12.1%, Indie 11.5%
- #35 Interior Worlds
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 562 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.6%, Retro 19%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #36 Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
73% matchVery Positive92% of 5,442 reviews2018
Dev: Grace BruxnerPub: worm club
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 10%, Colorful 9.7%
- #37 Empathy: Path of Whispers
76% 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 28.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Adventure 16%, Surreal 12.8%, Indie 8.1%
- #38 Orbo's Odyssey
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,583 reviews2023
Dev: Feverdream JohnnyPub: Feverdream Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Hop into Orbo's shoes! Run, jump and drill around your boss's office, make some new friends, and uncover terrifying secrets about the company you work for in this comedically surreal 3D platformer!
Why similar: Surreal 36.3%, Psychedelic 24.1%, Adventure 17.1%, Colorful 11.5%, Exploration 10.1%
- #39 The Looker
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,436 reviews2022
Dev: Subcreation Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #40 Grass Simulator
76% matchMixed59% of 1,000 reviews2015
Dev: Daniel Davies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Strap it on and lock 'n' load in Grass Simulator, where you will Shoot, Loot and MOO! your way through multiple game modes revolved around...GRASS! Grass Simulator will revolutionize the way you look at grass.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.2%, Memes 33.8%, Indie 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%, Adventure 7.2%
- #41 Antichamber
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Surreal 48.2%, Puzzle 12.2%, Indie 8.6%, First-Person 7.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #42 Break the Web
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: Uiop Xever
Windows
Break the Web is a 3D first-person shooter game made in an unusual surreal style of 90s shooters with brightly acid graphics and dynamic battles with enemies.
Why similar: Surreal 29.6%, Adventure 26.4%, Memes 22.7%, Indie 21.3%
- #43 Only If
74% matchMixed62% of 5,958 reviews2014
Dev: Creability
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Surreal 26.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 8.3%, First-Person 8.1%
- #44 Lucid Cycle
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Surreal 26.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 7%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #45 Plug & Play
72% matchVery Positive84% of 4,931 reviews2015
Dev: Mario von RickenbachPub: Etter Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 8%
Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.
Why similar: Surreal 53.1%, Indie 14.1%, Memes 12.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #46 Fragrance Point
69% matchVery Positive96% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Halber Ball
Windows · Mac
What went wrong on Fragrance Point? Explore, hang out, and poke around where you're not supposed to.
Why similar: Surreal 34.8%, Walking Simulator 24.8%, Psychedelic 11.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Exploration 7.6%
- #47 Employee of The Month
70% matchVery Positive97% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Projeckt Skeleton
Windows
An atmospheric retro inspired survival horror game. Enjoy the late shift at 'The Month' in an abstract and unsettling night of terror, spooks and convenience.
Why similar: Memes 31.3%, Walking Simulator 30.2%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Exploration 8%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #48 Dropsy
71% matchVery Positive93% of 2,110 reviews2015
Dev: TendershootPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Dropsy is a non-traditional take on the classic point and click adventure formula starring the game’s perpetually carefree namesake clown as he explores a richly detailed world full of colorful characters and sinister secrets, doling out hugs along the way.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.1%, Surreal 27.2%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 8.2%, Atmospheric 3%
- #49 Fatum Betula
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,092 reviews2020
Dev: Bryce Bucher
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.
Why similar: Surreal 28.5%, Retro 20.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 13.2%, Walking Simulator 7.8%
- #50 Break the Game
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 671 reviews2019
Dev: Simon Fredholm
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This game is about Kevin, He's been stuck in his gaf̶̨s̨fẃ̵̕ HEY, YOU, STAY AWA̸̧͘Y, IT'S ME KEVIN, THERE'S NO POINT, D҉Ò̷̕N̸̕͏'T-- Follow him in this adventurous and humor-filled story to d̶̢͙̟̦̺̰̫̙̋̊͐̐͑͋̈́̕̕͝ die
Why similar: Adventure 47.4%, Indie 25%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Singleplayer 6.1%
- #51 Disillusion ST
67% matchVery Positive96% of 480 reviews2024
Dev: Disillusion Dev
Windows
A strange journey throughout an elaborate labyrinth awaits, featuring hundreds of characters and happenings as you try to gather items that once brought happiness to others.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.8%, 1990's 15.5%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Adventure 12.5%, Colorful 7.8%
- #52 Cloud Climber
68% matchVery Positive92% of 4,119 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 54.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%, First-Person 6.2%
- #53 Fourmiworld
67% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: CZDOOM
Windows · Linux
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Surreal 40.7%, Retro 16.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Psychedelic 9.5%, Indie 7.6%
- #54 Bugsnax
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,817 reviews2022
Dev: Young Horses
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 30.5%, Exploration 18.8%, First-Person 16.3%, Colorful 15.1%, Puzzle 13.6%
- #55 Loop
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 146 reviews2020
Dev: Aidan Strong
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Loop. Loop is a first-person comedy game based around completing laps around a test track. What will happen to you in the Loop?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.1%, Memes 20.8%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 8.3%, Funny 4.6%
- #56 Monster Garden
69% matchVery Positive98% of 89 reviews2018
Dev: Zack WoodPub: Self
Windows · Mac
Befriend strange monsters as you explore the surreal magic of the monster garden and discover its secrets!
Why similar: Surreal 25%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Adventure 15%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Retro 11.4%
- #57 DOOMER SIMULATOR
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: Sebasa Games TaganrogPub: Sebasa Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality
Why similar: Memes 57.9%, Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 9%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Funny 6.2%
- #58 Shape of the World
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 408 reviews2018
Dev: Hollow Tree GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.
Why similar: Surreal 31.6%, Walking Simulator 25%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Indie 7.2%, Adventure 6%
- #59 Moaisland
65% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
Moaisland is a humorous and surreal, first-person, retro-styled, point-and-click adventure game starring the mysterious Moai statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
Why similar: Surreal 38.6%, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Colorful 7.1%, Exploration 6%
- #60 INFRA
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,554 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.0 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 35.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%