- #1 Brush Burial: Gutter World
97% matchVery Positive95% of 706 reviews2025
Dev: Knife Demon Software
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A murky first-person immersive sim with tightly-wound melee combat and tangled, vertical levels to explore. Use your forked tail to tie your enemies in knots and climb impossible heights. Kill your mark with quickness and cunning, using whatever tools you see fit.
Why similar: Assassin 21.6% ★, Crime 17.9%, Parkour 16.2%, Stealth 11.8%, Immersive Sim 11.2%
- #2 Pseudoregalia
96% 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: Parkour 25.2%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Surreal 12.9%, Old School 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #3 Filcher
96% matchVery Positive92% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Johan HjärpePub: MythoLogic Interactive
Windows
Filcher is a first-person 2.5D noir stealth game. As Sporey the master thief, break into guarded buildings to steal from the wealthy and corrupt, using only your senses, your wits, and a handful of tools and gadgets.
Why similar: Stealth 32.1%, Immersive Sim 26%, Crime 11.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Retro 9.3%
- #4 Hedon Bloodrite
95% matchVery Positive91% of 1,933 reviews2019
Dev: Zan_HedonDev
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Zan and her orc sisters must fight to save their homeland from a demonic invasion! Immerse yourself in a sprawling underground world where the rich lore, exploration and puzzles of classic adventure games blend with the visceral combat of a 90s' shooter.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23.6%, Old School 16.4%, Retro 14.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Exploration 10.7%
- #5 Cruelty Squad
94% 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 26.5%, Immersive Sim 21.8%, Assassin 19.1% ★, Stealth 15.7%, Retro 5.7%
- #6 Gloomwood
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,888 reviews2022
Dev: Dillon RogersPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Why similar: Stealth 31.2%, Immersive Sim 27.8%, Retro 9.9%, Exploration 8.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #7 ENCHAIN
92% matchVery Positive97% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: mattlawrdev
Windows
Grapple, throw, and break your fellow undead in this bone-smashing exploration movement shooter. Challenge the afterlife, collect secret artifacts, and uncover the deprived depths as you clamber out of a hopeless abyss.
Why similar: Old School 18.7%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Retro 10.6%, Platformer 10.1%
- #8 Grey Area
93% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Electric Prune Juice
Windows
A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.9%, Surreal 19.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Exploration 12.4%, Retro 10.4%
- #9 Butcher's Creek
91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,522 reviews2025
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
Why similar: Crime 39.3%, Surreal 28.3%, First-Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #10 Shadwen
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,350 reviews2016
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Shadwen is a 3rd person stealth-action game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden - or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight!
Why similar: Assassin 36.4% ★, Stealth 34.7%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Physics 7.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #11 Child of Lothian
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: Exploding ApplesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Child of Lothian is a historically-accurate 3rd person stealth-adventure game where you play as an Orphan who has been robbed of her childhood as her family is put to trial during the 18th century Witch Hunt trials. The game takes place in the old town of Edinburgh.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.7%, Nonlinear 22.5%, Stealth 19.5%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Exploration 11.6%
- #12 Project Silverfish
88% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 32.8%, Stealth 25.3%, Exploration 14.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Stylized 8.5%
- #13 Whisker Witchery
89% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Mystic Moon Studios
Windows
Take the role of a cursed witch as she tried to become human once more! Navigate the cottage of your rival to locate the ingredients needed for the potion, avoiding her guardians and falling to the floor far below!
Why similar: Stealth 37.2%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Platformer 15.2%, Stylized 9.5%, Exploration 9.3%
- #14 Bat to Bed
87% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Brothers Make Games
Windows · Mac
A punishing yet friendly get-to-the-top adventure across a haunted, retro-inspired world.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.7%, Nature 24.6%, Old School 14.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%
- #15 Lemma
89% matchVery Positive82% of 247 reviews2015
Dev: Helvetica Scenario
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Immersive first-person parkour in a surreal, physics-driven voxel world. Every move can modify the environment. Surfaces pop in and out of existence at will.
Why similar: Parkour 64.3%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 4.6%
- #16 Fear the Spotlight
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Stealth 22.1%, Surreal 18.6%, Old School 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Retro 10%
- #17 Mizeria
86% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Konrad PawlikowskiPub: Cloudless Studio
Windows
Nuoli finds herself trapped away in a mysterious castle. Use her bow along with a unique platforming system, and climb your way back to freedom in this old-school inspired 3D Platformer.
Why similar: Parkour 27.3%, Precision Platformer 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #18 Nightmare Reaper
86% matchVery Positive94% of 3,713 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Why similar: Old School 22.6%, Retro 22.5%, Surreal 20.9%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, First-Person 10.4%
- #19 Beyond Citadel
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,971 reviews2025
Dev: doekuramori
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.2%, Dark Fantasy 30.5%, Old School 22%, First-Person 16.3%
- #20 Valkyrie Saga
83% matchVery Positive94% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: Public Void
Windows
Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.
Why similar: Parkour 28.3%, Nonlinear 20.9%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Old School 10.4%, Exploration 8.7%
- #21 Ereban: Shadow Legacy
82% matchVery Positive88% of 303 reviews2024
Dev: Baby Robot Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a fast-paced stealth platformer game where you become Ayana, the last descendant of a forgotten race. Harness mystical shadow powers, high-tech gadgets and avoid or kill to uncover the truth about your past and the key to saving a dying, morally grey universe.
Why similar: Assassin 39.5% ★, Stealth 25.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Exploration 9.4%
- #22 Crypt Stalker
84% matchVery Positive85% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Whip your way through nostalgia fuelled kinky demon slaying. From hidden desert temples to floating ruins, this will take you back to the golden days of gaming, where there was only 4 buttons on a controller and VHS ruled the world.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #23 COVEN
81% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: Gator ShinsPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
COVEN is a hyper-violent retro FPS where your path of vengeance will take you across time and space. Destroy your enemies and eat their flesh.
Why similar: Old School 32.7%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, First-Person 12.2%, Retro 8%
- #24 BrokenLore: LOW
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 474 reviews2025
Dev: Serafini Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in a mist-covered, beautiful Japanese village, blending hyper-realistic graphics with low-poly elements. The main enemy is the Gashadokuro, a yokai from Japanese folklore.
Why similar: Surreal 28.3%, Stealth 22.8%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, First-Person 11.9%, Old School 7.9%
- #25 Thief Gold
82% matchVery Positive92% of 4,067 reviews2012
Dev: Looking Glass StudiosPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Stalk your prey on the quest for stolen goods with your blackjack, sword, and an assortment of unique arrows. Steal for money and uncover the hidden agendas of your allies and enemies as you play through an unravelling story of deception and revenge.
Why similar: Stealth 53.9%, Immersive Sim 17%, First-Person 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
- #26 ANIMAL WELL
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Nonlinear 23.7%, Surreal 22.7%, Exploration 17.1%, Platformer 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #27 Ichima-san
78% matchVery Positive100% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: sewohayami
Windows · Mac
A stealth action adventure in which you play as a Japanese traditional doll and explore the house without anyone finding you.
Why similar: Stealth 31.3%, Female Protagonist 24.6%, Dark Fantasy 22.7%, Platformer 21.5%
- #28 The Tribulation Entanglement
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Surreal 25.7%, Old School 20.1%, Precision Platformer 19%, Retro 14.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #29 Lichenvale
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Filip Zemljak
Windows · Linux
Lichenvale is a first person slasher offering fast-paced melee combat mixed with tactical use of spells and dashing around your enemies. Battle through nightmarish hordes of monsters representing your innermost fears in this 90's hits inspired title.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 28.5%, Old School 27.1%, Female Protagonist 21%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #30 Unholy
79% matchMixed64% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: Duality GamesPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
Why similar: Stealth 37.2%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%, First-Person 12.4%, Exploration 11.5%
- #31 CORPUS EDAX
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 265 reviews2024
Dev: Luis G. Bento
Windows
An immersive first-person-melee RPG where you create your character and fight, talk or sneak your way out of confrontation. From concrete buildings to futuristic environments - start from the bottom and make your way through narrative missions to the top of the city in a bid for control.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 35.8%, Stealth 16.3%, Female Protagonist 16%, First-Person 12.7%, Exploration 12.2%
- #32 Rusted Moss
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,532 reviews2023
Dev: faxdoc, happysquared, sunnydazePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.5%, Platformer 22.8%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Retro 16%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #33 Psycho Patrol R
75% matchVery Positive88% of 2,069 reviews2025
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.
Why similar: Crime 28.4%, Immersive Sim 21.6%, Stealth 21%, Nonlinear 17.7%, Stylized 6.4%
- #34 The Siege and the Sandfox
76% matchMixed65% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Cardboard SwordPub: PLAION
Windows
A 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour platforming. Explore the majestic palace and ancient prisons of a kingdom under siege. Don the mantle of the legendary Sandfox as you venture into the ruins below, and discover the true threat from a sand-borne evil.
Why similar: Assassin 32.1% ★, Stealth 28.3%, Parkour 16.6%, Platformer 7.3%, Exploration 6.7%
- #35 Tribute
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Titanzzz
Windows
A narrative-driven exploration game where your choices shape the outcome as you traverse an ancient temple and confront the fate of an Old God's eternal slumber.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 44%, Atmospheric 17.4%, First-Person 16.9%, Exploration 16%, Female Protagonist 3.2%
- #36 Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
74% matchMixed69% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Aya Games
Windows
A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?
Why similar: Stealth 32.7%, Dark Fantasy 23.3%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Platformer 12.6%
- #37 Burnhouse Lane
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,072 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Surreal 39.8%, Female Protagonist 25.6%, Atmospheric 24.8%, Adventure 9.9%
- #38 Eldritch
75% matchVery Positive88% of 2,216 reviews2013
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Stealth 35.1%, First-Person 23.4%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Exploration 8%
- #39 Dishonored
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 85,336 reviews2012
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Why similar: Stealth 39.7%, Assassin 37.2% ★, First-Person 8.2%, Immersive Sim 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #40 Possessor(s)
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Platformer 30.2%, Female Protagonist 25%, Stylized 17.9%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 12.7%
- #41 Project Exhibited
74% matchVery Positive84% of 179 reviews2020
Dev: Team ThievesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
A thrilling first-person action-stealth game. Play as Dana, the inventor thief, and use your gadgets to fulfill your task; retrieving a special artifact from a private art collection in a mysterious palazzo.
Why similar: Stealth 60%, First-Person 16.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #42 Evil Tonight
73% matchVery Positive87% of 518 reviews2021
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Silvia never runs from evil—she makes it her business. Eccentric yet warm-hearted, this seasoned modern exorcist has mastered the art of confronting the supernatural, turning haunted places into tangible nightmares. But on this fateful night, nothing goes as planned.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.7%, Exploration 29.1%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Adventure 6.4%
- #43 Lorn's Lure
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,616 reviews2024
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climb-anything mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics.
Why similar: Parkour 58.8%, Platformer 12%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 6.7%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #44 Backrooms Break
72% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: Jan Jileček
Windows
Explore and break the environments of the Backrooms and Poolrooms! Utilize Thor's demolition hammer, firearms, and explosives to carve your way through the walls and entities. This isn't just another mundane walking simulator game. Now the entities are the victims. Overcome your fears with violence.
Why similar: Stealth 24.1%, Immersive Sim 22.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Physics 10.8%, Retro 9.1%
- #45 Crow Country
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,186 reviews2024
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Why similar: Old School 27.5%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Retro 20.5%, Exploration 17.7%, Stylized 12.2%
- #46 Simona's Requiem
72% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Team Simona
Windows · Mac · Linux
Simona's Requiem is a retro-styled platformer Inspired by old action-adventure games but with a modern touch. Pick up the scythe as Simona and slash your way to the Fisher King who has hidden behind the moon.
Why similar: Nonlinear 29.6%, Old School 16.3%, Exploration 15.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Retro 11.8%
- #47 LOST EMBER
71% matchVery Positive88% of 5,159 reviews2019
Dev: Mooneye Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
Why similar: Nature 36.1%, Exploration 16.5%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Stylized 13%
- #48 The Method of Hiding a Body
69% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.1%, Exploration 24.1%, Adventure 23.9%, First-Person 21%
- #49 Rain World
69% matchVery Positive94% of 50,449 reviews2017
Dev: VideocultPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Why similar: Atmospheric 27.1%, Exploration 25.8%, Platformer 24.6%, Physics 16.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #50 Blood West
67% matchVery Positive90% of 5,888 reviews2023
Dev: HyperstrangePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Why similar: Stealth 39.8%, Immersive Sim 29.7%, Retro 18.7%, First-Person 11.7%
- #51 Blade Kitten
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,086 reviews2014
Dev: Krome Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Blade Kitten, join Kit Ballard as she explores the mysterious world of Hollow Wish to hunt down rogue mechs and soft targets.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 49.1%, Platformer 40.4%, Adventure 10.5%
- #52 Shadow Burglar
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 860 reviews2022
Dev: Ghostly ProductionsPub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
Play as Jean, a thief with the mystical power of morphing with the shadows. Creating yourself an improbable path in the dark and carefully dealing with guards in the light, you will try to steal back your deceased brother’s paintings. Do you have what it takes to avenge his legacy?
Why similar: Stealth 73.2%, Female Protagonist 26.8%
- #53 TEOCIDA
69% matchVery Positive96% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: VikintorPub: Vikintor Interactive
Windows
Solve riddles, puzzles and platforming challenges as you descend the cryptic pathways of a distorted microcosm reality fueled by a symbolic landscape of faith and erotic nightmares.
Why similar: Surreal 32.1%, Precision Platformer 19.8%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Platformer 10.6%
- #54 Bushside Rangers
67% matchVery Positive84% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Team Bushside
Windows
Bushside Rangers® is a first-person survival horror game that forces you to use your wits as you navigate through the dark, dreary depths of an abandoned nature park.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.8%, Exploration 21.6%, First-Person 19.3%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Stylized 9.3%
- #55 Grimhook
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,988 reviews2023
Dev: Unlimited Fries
Windows
Bounce, dash, and grapple through flooded caverns in this fast-paced first-person action platformer. Descend into Grimhook's sunken ruins as Dart, mastering Lovecraftian powers and decimating robotic foes. Explore, battle, and unravel the mysteries below Miletos.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.9%, Platformer 20%, First-Person 17.6%, Stylized 15%, Atmospheric 15%
- #56 Rogue Reaper
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 406 reviews2019
Dev: Fireroot Studios
Windows
Rogue Reaper is an action-adventure game, taking place at the end of the Dark Ages during the rise of the plague. Trying to relieve her father from his work of managing the massive influx of souls, the daughter of the Grim Reaper sets out on an adventure to find and destroy the cause of the plague.
Why similar: Parkour 48.9%, Dark Fantasy 29.1%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #57 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
65% matchVery Positive94% of 2,911 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 30.4%, Exploration 22.9%, Stylized 17.8%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Adventure 11.2%
- #58 Ascending Inferno
66% matchVery Positive100% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Oppolyon Studios
Windows
Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.7%, Dark Fantasy 19.5%, Physics 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Platformer 12.7%
- #59 Before The Night
67% matchVery Positive95% of 486 reviews2022
Dev: Uneducated Game Studio
Windows
Before The Night is a horror action adventure game based on a macabre twist to a fable. Survive in the tiny, cute animal village! Your animal friends will literally turn rabid at night! Uncover the secrets of the world where animals keep human pets. Join the cute pet human "Lisa" on her adventure!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 31.4%, Stealth 22%, Exploration 17.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #60 South of Midnight
64% matchVery Positive94% of 4,380 reviews2025
Dev: Compulsion GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and unravel your family’s hidden past.
Why similar: Surreal 33.4%, Female Protagonist 24.9%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Stylized 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%