- #1 Cats are Liquid - A Better Place
96% matchVery Positive96% of 358 reviews2019
Dev: Last Quarter Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A better place. Made just for us. – A 2D platformer about a liquid cat and her friends.
Why similar: Adventure 36%, Cats 32.7%, Indie 27%, Story Rich 4.2%
- #2 Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars
97% matchMixed69% of 130 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Eel
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sea of Stars is a starship roguelike, a sandbox adventure game of interstellar exploration and combat. Travel from star to star, upgrade your ship with new systems and weapons, build up your flotilla with allies and mercenaries, and take on a variety of alien menaces.
Why similar: Adventure 44.5%, Indie 29.7%, Space 25.8%
- #3 Bucket Detective
96% matchVery Positive86% of 274 reviews2017
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A dark comedy/horror game by Jesse Barksdale, creator of the static speaks my name. Help a cult complete a ritual in exchange for divine inspiration to finish writing your terrible novel. A story-focused experience which takes around 45 minutes to complete.
Why similar: Adventure 49.8%, Indie 35.2%, Story Rich 15%
- #4 Building the Universe: The Beginning of Time
95% match2 user reviews67% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: TheBeamer LLC
Windows
Building the Universe is a time travel and building game that starts at the Big Bang and progresses through time as players recreate the conditions that resulted in the very fire atoms being created.
Why similar: Adventure 51.9%, Indie 39.3%, Space 8.8%
- #5 Blank
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: Campus ADN 2018-2019Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Dive in the metaphorical universe of Blank, a third-person puzzle-platformer game with stealth aspects. In a world filled with headless people, you must escape from the claws of the Metropolis, switch perspective to find the right path through this dystopian world and recover Blank’s true identity.
Why similar: Adventure 45%, Indie 33.7%, 3D Platformer 15.9%, Third Person 5.4%
- #6 Eclipse Edge of Light
94% matchMixed69% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: White Elk LLC
Windows
Explore an unknown world. Discover its past. Uncover its mystery. Eclipse is a first-person sci-fi adventure game. After crash-landing on a sentient planet, you awake to find a dreamscape world filled with discovery, wonder and the littered remains of a betrayed civilization.
Why similar: Adventure 52.2%, Indie 38.8%, Space 6.1%, Story Rich 2.8%
- #7 Game Breaker
92% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Breaker™
Windows
You are inside the event horizon where everything is possible unless get out of it. Legends say you have to Break the Game to manifest what is beyond the event horizon. What is beyond the event horizon is unknown. Use and improve variant types of pulse backwards jumps to try to Break the Game.
Why similar: Adventure 52.7%, Indie 39.8%, 3D Platformer 7.6%
- #8 Elliot and the Musical Journey
91% matchMixed67% of 42 reviews2020
Dev: Orchidstra EntertainmentPub: Ahlman Game Studio
Windows
The Evil Skeleton King has stolen the music from the world and without it the world is dying. You are the only one who can revive it. Elliot and the Musical Journey is a classic 3D platformer filled with music and puzzles. Can you save your friends, the Queen and the whole world?
Why similar: Adventure 44.7%, Indie 33.1%, 3D Platformer 13%, Third Person 9.2%
- #9 Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows
91% matchVery Positive93% of 700 reviews2016
Dev: Last Quarter Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.
Why similar: Cats 35.1%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 27.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #10 Investi-Gator: The Case of the Big Crime
89% matchPositive100% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Games By Bees
Windows
A short comedy adventure. Investi-Gator is here to solve the crimes! He's not really clear on what the crime is, but he'll do his best. And as long as his brother Insti-Gator is around, he'll ALWAYS have someone to trust!
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #11 Midnight at the Celestial Palace: Part I
89% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: Orrery Games
Windows
Midnight at the Celestial Palace: Chapter I is the first episode in an all new fantasy adventure series by Orrery Games and BlipHaus Design.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #12 Long Count
90% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Cunum Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sierra-style Point & Click Adventure
Why similar: Adventure 54.9%, Indie 40.7%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #13 Hei
88% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: Goca Games
Windows · Mac
Help Hei to find their path to the sacred tree! A point-and-click adventure game with lots of puzzles and a unique artistic style.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #14 KALEIDO STELLA
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: CHARON
Windows
"Does your eye see the stars?" Visual Novel ADV "Kaleidoscope Stella" fighting with the fate of the stars Circle CHARON presents a large-scale latest work set in the universe. Peaceful lives of boys and girls are shattered by the invasion of one alien. In order to protect this blue planet, you have to fight.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #15 DownWind
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Clarke
Windows
Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #16 The Witch's Isle
85% matchVery Positive90% of 70 reviews2017
Dev: COCOSOLA
Windows · Mac
An adventure game that takes place in a dream-like town on a solitary island.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #17 Life in the Dorms
84% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Moment GamesPub: Oh, a Rock! Studios
Windows
A comedy adventure game about love, friendship, and ramen noodles.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #18 The Lost And Forgotten: Part 1
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Abstract Games Studio
Windows
After a rough relationship you set for a trip to Monument Valley to rediscover the person you once were.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #19 The Bears And The Bees
83% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Damsel Stone
Windows
The Bears And The Bees is a debut adventure that follows the heroic exploits of Beesworth, a baby bee who hasn't got his wings yet. Bounce through a hand crafted world in which bears have kidnapped the queen bee, and everyone is relying on Beesworth to get her back!
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #20 Inner Riddle
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
You have awoken in strange and unfamiliar place. Soon you realize that you are not simply locked up. But why? For what reason? In search of answers, you must follow the rules of this place. Puzzles and hard decisions are waiting for you. Will you perish never reaching the end or pass through all obstacles and understand what happened?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #21 Buratino
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semjon Uglev
Windows
Buratino is a 2D arcade game with light adventure elements for the ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #22 Humble Abode
82% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Venomyth Game Studio
Windows
In this atmospheric adventure your own home becomes the playground of a sadistic intruder. Can you find a way to avoid being a prisoner in your house, or will you even live long enough to try?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #23 Maldrin Journey
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Blurstar Games
Windows · Linux
Maldrin Journey is a 3D Collectathon adventure game, which contains two main modes of play. The first is a single player story mode. The second is a split screen two player racing mode. Both modes of play allow players to test their platforming and exploration skills.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #24 The Journey to Fairytales
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Essential Games
Windows · Mac
The Journey to Fairytales is a 3D puzzle-platformer adventure game. The primary character is a Sam, who losts in the world of fairy tales, and saves the world from evil fairy-tale characters.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #25 K'NOSSOS
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Svarun Entertainment
Windows
K'NOSSOS is a cold surreal adventure game about a man traveling the unknown reaches of the cosmos and the things he uncovers on his journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #26 Burning Instinct
80% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Merlin Beer
Windows
This game is about the journey of a dragon, beginning right from the start: Popping out of the egg! As a baby dragon, you will encounter many obstacles and difficulties, but as you get more experienced, your dragon gets too! It will learn new abilities, evolve and grow up as you progress!
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #27 Tesla Breaks the World!
82% matchMostly Negative22% of 63 reviews2014
Dev: Archetype Global
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Classic 2D platforming that blends elements of: Nikola Tesla, puzzles, inventions, 1800's-era undead and a sprinkling of the maniacal Thomas Edison. Throw in a dash of randomly generating level sectors, a zesty squeeze of items and a pinch of indie love... Tasty!
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #28 LETHE: Broken memories
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cuatro Monos Games
Windows
Enter into the mind of Alan Zane, a loving husband and father, who is on the brink of losing his memories. Alzheimer's disease is trying to block your way, will you be able to remember your own life?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #29 圣山ShenShan
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: lynchhead
Windows
Explore the holy mountain and use equipment and cards to defeat the enemy to discover the value of your existence
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #30 Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats
77% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats is a free standalone experience which acts as a companion to Where The Water Tastes Like Wine.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #31 Bildo
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: DALESI
Windows
Bildo is a 2D platform game in which the player plays the role of Bildo, a boy who saw his homeland consumed and ravaged by The Darkness, and decided to start a quest around the world in search for The Colors. Guided by The Keeper and he will begin his mission to beat The Darkness and restore the Light to Nibiru.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #32 Cloudborn
78% matchMixed51% of 41 reviews2018
Dev: Logtown Studios AB
Windows
NOW OUT OF EARLY ACCESS! Cloudborn is a truly immersive VR exploration/adventure game, an incredible audio-visual experience that will move you into a world of awe and wonder. Explore the remnants of a lost civilization to uncover a hidden fate. Are you ready to ascend?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #33 Erusal
79% matchMixed41% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Space Wedgie, LLC
Windows · Mac
Discover the secrets of the town of Erusal, escape a horrible maniac, and get spooked by this epistolary horror.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #34 反现实症候群γ - Counterrealstic Syndrome γ
72% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2019
Dev: Dr.LiaoPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
高楼上的微风轻拂少女的脸庞,她似乎已经准备好去迎接自己的结局。 果然,她期待已久的【银河铁道】已经向她驶来。 奇妙的星空之旅即将展开……
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #35 EX0: Dark Moon
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Six Games
Windows
An indie retro-ish puzzle platformer where you must upgrade your stats to run, jump, and shoot your way through each level and beat the evil dark slimes.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #36 Den vänstra handens stig
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Newmark Software
Windows · Mac
Den vänstra handens stig is a transcendental blackened narrative experience that focuses on courage, determination and sacrifice.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #37 Slice of Life
75% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
What to do when you are alone?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #38 Welcome to nightmare
77% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: AlekseyPub: AlexGames
Windows
Is it a dream, or is everything really happening? The player will plunge into a strange world, where everything depends only on what decision he makes while in a particular situation. Will he save himself or will he save all the captives of this world?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #39 Going Nowhere: The Dream
74% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Nowhere Town
Windows · Mac · Linux
Loren's on a journey through an urban dreamscape, in search for a way to reunite with her long lost friend, Violet. Explore a story in the fray of space and time, where a heightened sense of adventure will lead to many curiosities.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #40 Nor'Easter
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redi Games
Windows
Nor’easter is a classic point-and-click adventure game inspired by the lumberjack folklore of Northern America. As a brave jackalope befriend strange, magical creatures, help a lost man find his children and save the woodlands from endless winter!
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #41 Downloaded: Fragments of a Forgotten Soul
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: ThoseBros EntertainmentPub: ThoseBros Entertainment
Windows
In this rage worthy game help Keeli, a goddess of technology, find her redemption after falling from grace. Face 8 challenging levels, 3 bosses, and confront your own corruption. Includes Steam Achievements as well as in game side challenges and an amazing soundtrack. Formatted for Keyboard or Controller use.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #42 Plan Z Chapter 1
73% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Kongmeng Yang
Windows
Plan Z is a true-to-life post-apocalyptic zombie survival game that includes an imminent nuclear meltdown, which shapes your every decision in the game to survive. Players will follow Gary Gannon from his home city of Green Bay, WI on his journey across a zombie-infested country to reach the west coast, where his father resides.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #43 Airglow
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GuiiStudio
Windows
You play as a wolf who gets seperated from the pack. Get unexpected help to find your way. Explore the nature and find the unforseen history of your pack.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #44 夢限ノ夜
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: easttiberi
Windows
◇2時間程度のホラーノベルアドベンチャー◇ 悪夢からは逃げられない。日向ヨウは夢を見た。中学生のころのなつかしい思い出だ。しかし、ヨウにはそのころの記憶がなかった。なぜ記憶がないのか。なぜ、今になって思い出したのか。 ヨウはかつての面影をもとめてなつかしの校舎へ向かう。
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #45 Dark Train: Coupe
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paperash Studio
Windows · Mac
Dark Train: Coupe is a steampunk visual novel made of paper, story prequel to Dark Train. Be a passenger, listen, discuss and decide what will happen next during your journey through the Border City. Meet Ann Tagrezbung; she is quite lovely, unmechanical and still human...
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #46 Beyond Minimalism
71% matchMixed43% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: SaintHeiserPub: Half-Face Games
Windows
This small experimental first person minimalistic style game gives one and only quest for you. Walking around rooms of strange labyrinth look for clues to reach nature.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #47 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
《裁決者》是款以極權島國為背景的冒險遊戲。遊戲中你將扮演調查局的副局長,並透過裁決案子替國家伸張正義。但在一次裁決中你意外地殺害了摯友「黃義雄」,使你首次對國家產生了疑惑。重重的危機,雨中,客廳等待著你的並不是虛無。而是屋外毫不知情的黃義雄獨生女「黃詠晴」......少女的笑容,開始了你的罪──
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #48 The Keepers of Pages: Chevengur
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galitsyn Egor(GG)Pub: Gogol'Game
Windows
"The Keepers of Pages" is a puzzle-platformer, inspired by the novel of Russian writer A. Platonow "Chevengur". Find your way through a post-apocalyptic world and collect the lost pages in the realm where the reality of the future is tightly interlaced with the texts of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #49 Occurrence at JCR Outpost
71% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
A scientific mission in Antarctica goes awry when something is released from beneath the ice! Who is friend? Who is foe? Only you can solve the mystery of the Occurrence at JCR Outpost!
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #50 Ana The Game
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
If you answer that unknown number, you’re screwed... Are you willing to risk everything … ?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #51 Waking the Glares - Chapters I and II
70% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Wisefool Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
How can a book change the universe? Dawnfall’s life has changed deeply, now he must travel and find his way back home.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #52 Phenomenal Car Park Adventure: Digital Deluxe Edition
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myshkin Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A walking simulator for cars - or "driving simulator" - about meaninglessness, car parks, and the end of the world. Or is it...?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #53 Mind Trap
68% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Gear Worx Productions
Windows · Linux
Mind Trap is a Twilight Zone "Inspired" 4 Episode psychological thriller series. Where the player must explore and follow the clues as the stories unfolds around them.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #54 HecatoncheirStory
69% matchMostly Negative22% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
You are a young monster hunter who moves between worlds in search of special prey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #55 Cartesian
68% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Radocy
Windows
Cartesian is a unique puzzle-platformer with lasers as its core mechanic. Use lasers to reflect, push, destroy, and more as you search for your lost crew-mates. Dozens of interesting mechanics are introduced through over 70 varied levels.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%