- #1 Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
97% matchVery Positive94% of 8,274 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 43.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Walking Simulator 8.6%, Indie 7.8%, Comedy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same brand of surreal, high-energy comedy and retro-futuristic aesthetic found in Broken Reality.
- #2 Hypnospace Outlaw
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,534 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.9 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 31.5%, 1990's 18.5%, Retro 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Psychedelic 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the nostalgic, chaotic, and surreal spirit of the early internet era.
- #3 The Norwood Suite
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,288 reviews2017
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 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%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Adventure 6.2%, Exploration 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at creating a bizarre, immersive environment filled with eccentric characters and a distinct, memorable soundtrack.
- #4 ENA: Dream BBQ
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 36,958 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 38.1%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Retro 12.1%, Psychedelic 8.1%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a highly stylized, surreal world that feels like a direct evolution of the internet-core aesthetic.
- #5 Off-Peak
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,838 reviews2016
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 44.2 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 38.9%, Walking Simulator 25.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Adventure 6.7%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential surreal walking simulator that focuses on atmospheric exploration and bizarre social interactions.
- #6 SLUDGE LIFE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 5,529 reviews2021
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 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 29%, Memes 17.7%, Psychedelic 11.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world exploration game that mirrors the gritty, weird, and colorful vibe of a strange digital landscape.
- #7 Paradigm
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,649 reviews2017
Dev: Jacob Janerka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 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 46.8%, Adventure 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Indie 11.4%, Comedy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into absurd humor and surreal, retro-inspired visuals.
- #8 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 752 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 31.9%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Retro 13.6%, 1990's 8.2%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An abstract, exploration-focused adventure that captures the feeling of wandering through a strange, digital dreamscape.
- #9 Hyperbolica
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,321 reviews2022
Dev: CodeParade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 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 44.3%, Psychedelic 12.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 8.5%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal exploration game that uses non-Euclidean geometry to create a truly unique and disorienting environment.
- #10 Cruelty Squad
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,836 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Surreal 63.6%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Retro 13.1%, First-Person 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: While darker, it captures the grotesque, hyper-commercialized, and surreal nature of a distorted internet-like reality.
- #11 Hylics
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,033 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 52.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Psychedelic 13%, Indie 7.7%, Atmospheric 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to Hylics 2, offering an equally abstract and surreal visual experience.
- #12 Paratopic
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,173 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 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 37.5%, Retro 16%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Walking Simulator 12%, Indie 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a low-poly, retro aesthetic to deliver a surreal and unsettling narrative experience.
- #13 Superliminal
89% matchVery Positive95% of 33,950 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 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 48.1%, Psychedelic 12%, Puzzle 8.7%, Adventure 7.6%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that plays with perspective and reality in a way that feels dreamlike and surreal.
- #14 Thank Goodness You're Here!
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,412 reviews2024
Dev: Coal SupperPub: Panic
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Exploration 17.2%, Indie 12.9%, Comedy 12.3%, Colorful 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, slapstick-heavy exploration game that shares the same whimsical and chaotic energy as Broken Reality.
- #15 Hylics 2
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,555 reviews2020
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: Surreal 51.7%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Psychedelic 13.1%, Retro 6.8%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, claymation-inspired RPG that feels like a fever dream brought to life.
- #16 An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs
88% matchVery Positive86% of 297 reviews2021
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 32.9%, Walking Simulator 27.8%, Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 6.2%, Collectathon 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A bizarre, humorous exploration game that thrives on its surreal premise and offbeat writing.
- #17 The Endless Empty
86% matchVery Positive97% of 318 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Surreal 37.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Indie 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that explores surreal, psychedelic themes within a unique, abstract world.
- #18 Awkward Dimensions Redux
85% matchVery Positive80% of 2,961 reviews2016
Dev: StevenHarmonGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Surreal 13.5%, Adventure 10.3%, Memes 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of surreal, walking-simulator-style experiences that focus on abstract themes.
- #19 Mango
84% matchVery Positive90% of 134 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 33.2%, Walking Simulator 22.5%, Psychedelic 9.9%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that leans into psychedelic visuals and surreal exploration.
- #20 Dread Delusion
81% matchVery Positive90% of 5,228 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.3 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 31.8%, Adventure 27.2%, Exploration 23.4%, First-Person 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled open-world RPG that features a surreal, dreamlike world ripe for exploration.
- #21 MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
84% matchMixed65% of 1,425 reviews2014
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.5 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 31.8%, Walking Simulator 29.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%, Indie 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that takes place in a surreal, dreamlike environment focused on environmental manipulation.
- #22 Smile For Me
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,981 reviews2019
Dev: LimboLanePub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As “The Big Event" draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.
Why similar: Surreal 66.5%, First-Person 10.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, Funny 6.3%, Comedy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click adventure featuring bizarre characters and a distinct, unsettling visual style.
- #23 Solar Panic: Utter Distress
83% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Barracuda Disaster
Windows
Solar Panic is a first-person comedy adventure game. Follow a true story that we made up and explore exotic places filled with funny and/or stupid encounters. Wield top-notch gadgets and meet weird and socially awkward characters as you stumble upon a SERIOUS mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 26.6%, Surreal 22.8%, Indie 20.2%, Memes 16.5%, Exploration 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A short, comedic, first-person adventure that embraces a surreal and chaotic tone.
- #24 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
80% matchVery Positive94% of 36,001 reviews2022
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.5%, First-Person 8.8%, Exploration 8.3%, Adventure 7.9%, Comedy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-humorous exploration game that constantly breaks the fourth wall and questions the nature of the game world.
- #25 GLITCH DADDY
81% matchVery Positive96% of 52 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 31.1%, Walking Simulator 23.9%, Psychedelic 10.9%, Adventure 6.6%, Exploration 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game that embraces a chaotic, psychedelic, and glitch-heavy aesthetic.
- #26 Chroma Zero
79% matchVery Positive96% of 356 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 23.9%, Surreal 22.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Colorful 7.9%, Puzzle 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, first-person puzzle game that emphasizes logic and abstract exploration.
- #27 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 17.9%, Surreal 15%, Adventure 13.6%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that focuses on puzzle-solving within a strange, abstract environment.
- #28 Interior Worlds
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 616 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 38.9%, Retro 18.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Atmospheric 9%, Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A photography-focused exploration game that captures the eerie, atmospheric feeling of liminal spaces.
- #29 Broken Reality 2000
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 354 reviews2026
Dev: Dynamic Media TriadPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac
Get ready for a new adventure in the world of NATEM! Explore beautiful worlds, solve puzzles with new tools and meet wonderful people in this journey through a digital universe full of secrets in search of someone special.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Retro 11.8%, 1990's 10.4%, Adventure 8.4%, Psychedelic 8.1%
- #30 Katamari Damacy REROLL
78% matchVery Positive93% of 6,670 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: Great Soundtrack 42%, Surreal 40.9%, Colorful 7.9%, Funny 2.8%, Comedy 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky, colorful, and surreal game that shares the same sense of playful, non-traditional exploration.
- #31 The Fridge is Red
79% matchMixed56% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: 5WORD TeamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 23.3%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Retro 13.3%, 1990's 9.8%, Psychedelic 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, episodic horror-adventure that uses strange puzzles and a unique visual style to tell its story.
- #32 Interactivity: The Interactive Experience
77% matchVery Positive80% of 51 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 28.1%, Walking Simulator 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 9%
- #33 With Shining Eyes
73% matchVery Positive94% of 103 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 36.1%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Psychedelic 7.7%, Exploration 6%
- #34 Monster Garden
75% matchVery Positive97% of 91 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 23.8%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Adventure 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Retro 11.1%
- #35 Welcome to Bummertown
76% 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 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Retro 16.1%, Indie 14.4%
- #36 Zueirama
74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,554 reviews2019
Dev: Memes Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 37.4%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Adventure 14.9%, Retro 11.6%, Indie 10.6%
- #37 Dropsy
74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,157 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 31.6%, Surreal 27.6%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 7.6%, Atmospheric 3.1%
- #38 Grass Simulator
76% matchMixed59% of 1,000 reviews2015
Dev: Daniel Davies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.9 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 33.6%, Memes 33.4%, Indie 8.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #39 Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 611 reviews2020
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 30.2%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Adventure 6.6%, Psychedelic 5.8%
- #40 Figment
73% matchVery Positive87% of 5,696 reviews2017
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 11.6 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 33.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 8%, Colorful 6%
- #41 Orbo's Odyssey
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,629 reviews2023
Dev: Feverdream JohnnyPub: Feverdream Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 29.6%, Psychedelic 21.9%, Adventure 13.9%, Colorful 9.6%, Exploration 8.4%
- #42 Antichamber
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,749 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 47.8%, Puzzle 12%, Indie 8.3%, Exploration 7.9%, First-Person 7.9%
- #43 Empathy: Path of Whispers
75% matchMixed60% of 220 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 28.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Surreal 12.6%, Indie 7.7%
- #44 Fatum Betula
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,178 reviews2020
Dev: Bryce Bucher
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 30.7%, Retro 20%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 12.1%, Walking Simulator 7.3%
- #45 Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
71% matchVery Positive92% of 5,538 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 37.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Adventure 9.4%, Exploration 9.4%, Colorful 9.1%
- #46 Fragrance Point
70% matchVery Positive97% of 122 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 33.8%, Walking Simulator 24.5%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 7.6%
- #47 Lucid Cycle
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34%, Surreal 26.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #48 Completely Stretchy
68% matchVery Positive83% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Warp DigitalPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
A befuddling mishap has made you COMPLETELY STRETCHY! Stretch, swing and stick around the delightfully odd and vibrant Grombi Isles in this eccentric and light-hearted 3D platformer.
Why similar: Surreal 49.1%, Adventure 15%, Exploration 10.9%, Colorful 10.1%, First-Person 7.9%
- #49 Fourmiworld
67% matchVery Positive97% of 104 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 39.9%, Retro 16.2%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 7.3%
- #50 Disillusion ST
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 554 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 35.2%, 1990's 14.6%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Adventure 11%, Collectathon 8.7%
- #51 Within the Backrooms
68% matchVery Positive94% of 231 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: Surreal 34.9%, Retro 17.8%, 1990's 11.6%, Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 7.4%
- #52 Break the Web
71% 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 29.5%, Adventure 26.7%, Memes 23.2%, Indie 20.6%
- #53 Plug & Play
69% matchVery Positive85% of 4,943 reviews2015
Dev: Mario von RickenbachPub: Etter Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 8%
Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.
Why similar: Surreal 52.9%, Indie 13.6%, Memes 12.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Puzzle 5%
- #54 Bugsnax
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,433 reviews2022
Dev: Young Horses
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 27.1%, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 14.5%, Colorful 13.8%, Puzzle 11.8%
- #55 The Looker
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,997 reviews2022
Dev: Subcreation Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 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 39.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #56 Only If
70% matchMixed62% of 5,959 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 29.4%, Surreal 26.1%, Adventure 13.7%, First-Person 8%, Indie 7.8%
- #57 Employee of The Month
67% matchVery Positive96% of 185 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%, Walking Simulator 29.7%, Psychedelic 11.3%, Exploration 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #58 The New Flesh
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,265 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: Surreal 41.3%, Walking Simulator 29.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Psychedelic 5.5%, First-Person 4.9%
- #59 Break the Game
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 672 reviews2019
Dev: Simon Fredholm
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 45.7%, Indie 23.1%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #60 INFRA
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,717 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 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 34.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%