Games Like Chiaroscuro

Explore and solve your way through the gloomy halls in which you find yourself stuck. Thinking symmetrically will be key! Isolated and environmental puzzles feature in this first-person puzzle experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Minimalist 10.4%, Exploration 9.3%

project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, First-Person 13%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Surreal 10.4%, Exploration 10.3%

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Why similar: Puzzle 17.1%, Abstract 17.1%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 11.1%, Surreal 10.4%

Small Island is an upcoming first-person exploration game where you have to escape the small mysterious Island you find yourself on. The game consists mainly in exploring the secret rooms and areas you'll find inside of it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Abstract 17%, Minimalist 13.5%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9%

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 14%, Puzzle 11.9%, Minimalist 11.5%, First-Person 11.3%, Stylized 10.4%

Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Difficult 12.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Stylized 9.7%, First-Person 9.5%

Dye The Bunny is an Easter horror game about little Ellie going on an Easter Egg Hunt down a rabbit hole.

Why similar: Mythology 23.8%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Abstract 12.1%, Stylized 8.5%, Mystery 8.1%

5 stories of students in a dying dorm

Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Abstract 12.1%, First-Person 9%, Stylized 8.9%

The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Abstract 11.2%, Surreal 10.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Stylized 9.7%

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: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Abstract 15.2%, Surreal 12.8%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 9.2%

Survive deadly traps, solve environmental puzzles, and navigate the twisting corridors and tunnels of a long-forgotten underground temple. But beware: there's a monstrous Cyclops creature lurking around. Stay out of it's sight long enough to find your way out in this first-person horror game.

Why similar: Mythology 32.2%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 8.7%, Surreal 8.4%

DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Abstract 12.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Minimalist 9.9%, First-Person 9.9%

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.4%, Abstract 19.3%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Explore an island at the edge of the world, converse with Greek Gods and Goddesses, and confront monstrosity in this modern reimagining of a classic myth.

Why similar: Mythology 32.2%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Abstract 10.4%, Exploration 9%, First-Person 9%

A first-person puzzle game. Simply walk to the door.

Why similar: Puzzle 17.7%, Abstract 16.5%, Minimalist 15.3%, First-Person 13.2%, Difficult 11.5%

Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.

Why similar: Abstract 16.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, First-Person 12.9%, Surreal 11%, Difficult 10.7%

Solve mind-bending physics and logic puzzles in Superspective, a first-person puzzle game where gravity is relative, rooms twist and fold back on themselves, and surreal architecture challenges how you think about space. Experience unreality.

Why similar: Abstract 17.9%, Stylized 12.5%, Minimalist 12.4%, Surreal 11.4%, Puzzle 11.1%

Explore the remnants of great cities and uncover the history of an ancient civilization on your journey through the dark world of SOLE.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Abstract 14.5%, Stylized 10.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Surreal 10%

In this short first-person adventure game, you have to bring your friends over to the other mountain by using a tramway car. But beware! Each friend has their own agenda. You have to talk to them to decide which order they should be moved in. Based on a classic riddle.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Stylized 14.3%, Minimalist 12.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Puzzle 9.4%

In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Stylized 14.2%, First-Person 13.9%, Puzzle 10.4%, Mystery 10%

What Has Come Before is a perspective-driven puzzle game set in an eerie and stylish black and white Lynchian world. Stuck in limbo with only hearing and vision to guide, players must utilize clever changes in perspective to move forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 16.6%, Abstract 16%, First-Person 15.2%, Surreal 14.1%, Minimalist 9.6%

You will have to face hundreds of different doors, and decide which one you should go to in order to get to the main secret. You have to open the doors in many locations of this world, each of which is dedicated to its type of doors.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.7%, Abstract 14.3%, Difficult 13.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, First-Person 9%

Welcome to Vysions, a world made of dreams, where puzzles are truth and you must bring meaning to their madness.

Why similar: Puzzle 15.7%, Minimalist 14.5%, First-Person 13.2%, Exploration 12.9%, Mystery 9.3%

BIND is a slow-paced metaphysical puzzle journey set in the liminal realm between death and rebirth.

Why similar: Mythology 22.2%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Abstract 13.8%, Puzzle 8.3%, Surreal 7.8%

Two games in one! - Prove you are not human by completing 9 impossible challenges. - Explore various scenes directly inspired by a poem, solving a few riddles along the way.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Abstract 13.3%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 11.3%

Umbra Halloween is a surreal psychological horror game about the dead ones returning to life on a Halloween night.

Why similar: Mythology 21%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Abstract 12.8%, Surreal 10.1%, Puzzle 9%

Dreamed is an experimental, surreal first-person puzzle game with non-puzzle elements in-between.

Why similar: Puzzle 18.3%, First-Person 17%, Surreal 13.3%, Minimalist 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%

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: Noir 19.2%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Abstract 12.3%, Stylized 10%, Surreal 9%

Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Noir 17.4%, First-Person 13.4%, Exploration 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Explore eerie spaces filled with cube-shaped anomalies and use your senses to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and survive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Abstract 13.4%, Minimalist 10.6%, Stylized 9.2%, Puzzle 9%

This is a game in which you have to help an unknown creature to go to a magical portal through many mazes.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Puzzle 16.5%, Minimalist 16.3%, Noir 13.4%, Stylized 11.8%

What lies beyond The 4th Wall?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28%, Surreal 15.8%, Exploration 11.3%, Minimalist 10.5%, Puzzle 9.6%

Wield your Balearic sling in a first-person puzzle narrative adventure through ancient ruins. Uncover a lost civilization and reactivate forgotten machines to reveal the secrets buried beneath Ciudadela.

Why similar: Puzzle 16.9%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, First-Person 14.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Mystery 10.7%

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.4%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, First-Person 14.1%, Difficult 13.7%, Exploration 13.1%

Immerse yourself in poolcore-inspired vibes as you explore a vast complex of mind-bending liminal architecture straight out of your dreams. Navigate through a facility filled with obstacles and puzzles, venturing into depths that descend far below the rippling, chlorinated waters.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Puzzle 13.6%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 9.7%, Mystery 8.2%

Every button has a purpose. In this short, minimalist first-person puzzler you explore a dense, interwoven architecture – a museum, full of hidden connections and spatial insights.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.4%, Minimalist 11.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Mystery 11%

Realm of Reverie is a short VR exploration adventure game where you navigate the ruins of a sacred village and restore its lost energy after a disaster, inspired by artifacts from Mexico’s National Museum of Anthropology.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Puzzle 14.8%, Minimalist 12%, Exploration 11.2%, Stylized 10.3%

A first-person adventure game about Lyra, a woman who travels to a fabled tower in hopes of fulfilling a wish.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Abstract 17.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Stylized 11.3%, First-Person 10.3%

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 26.7%, Puzzle 16.3%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 13.9%, Mystery 12.3%

Aegis is a first-person horror adventure game set within the ruins of Medusa's temple.

Why similar: Mythology 25.9%, Stylized 14.7%, Puzzle 14.1%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 11.9%

Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer reaching the final destination of the journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.2%, First-Person 14.4%, Exploration 13%, Stealth 11.6%, Mystery 10.4%

Discover the peaceful beauty of Chromatic Isle, a 30-minute getaway where music and puzzles unite in the four seasons. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or new to puzzles, this harmonious journey awaits. Unveil the secrets of each season in Chromatic Isle.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Puzzle 15.9%, Abstract 14.7%, First-Person 12.9%, Stylized 9.8%

B-Line is a short knowledge-based walking simulator game. Explore different worlds and discover how to get out of the station.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Exploration 13%, Puzzle 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Explore multiple worlds in first-person, composing views and transforming them into living jigsaw puzzles.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Abstract 13.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Exploration 9.8%

From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.1%, Puzzle 15.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Surreal 12.9%, Minimalist 11.7%

I wolf down a cold, lonely meal. Work's wearing me down, and money's shaky. The syrup I pour into my cold coffee never mixes, no matter how much I stir. So I figure I'll just wander around in my dreams.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.8%, First-Person 16.2%, Exploration 15.8%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 6.3%

Yokai Unbound is a cooperative horror game for up to 4 players, where the mission is clear: free the ghosts of Japanese urban legends. while facing your deepest fears and supernatural creatures.

Why similar: Mythology 33.7%, Stealth 12.5%, First-Person 12%, Mystery 11.6%, Surreal 9.1%

All We Need is a first-person horror exploration. Uncover supernatural mysteries, face chilling encounters, and navigate haunting landscapes. Unravel the consequences of Jack's fateful decision. Survive the psychological challenges that await. Can you escape the horrors?

Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Mythology 19.9%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Puzzle 9.7%, First-Person 9.5%

Plantiquarian is a First-Person 3D Exploration and Puzzle Game, in which you can collect a myriad of mysterious and magical plants - each with their own quirks and abilities! Consult your trusty Encyclopedia to first find, and then figure out how to uproot each specimen.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Puzzle 15.9%, Exploration 15.9%, Stylized 12.6%, First-Person 9.4%

Locating Echo is a narratively driven first person walking sim. Explore a world painted by sound, avoid getting caught, and solve puzzles to uncover Echo's past, heal, and ultimately retrieve her voice.

Why similar: Mythology 50.7%, Stylized 21.3%, Stealth 18.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

You have done some things you're not proud of. Now you must enter your own mind to come to terms with the things you've done. Loop around rooms, solve puzzles and hide from different monsters as you uncover your own truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Abstract 17.2%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 10.2%

Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person adventure game.

Why similar: Abstract 14.8%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Surreal 10.4%, Difficult 10%, Minimalist 9.4%

After the Curtain Call is a first-person, narrative puzzle game, which holds the story of Yujin who thinks her life as a play. She uses a special 'dimension camera' to switch the dimension of objects and solve puzzles. Through the journey, she face the truth that was forgotten...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.2%, Puzzle 16.2%, Stylized 13.6%, First-Person 13.5%, Mystery 10%

Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.6%, Surreal 14.5%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 13.2%, 3D 8.5%

A first-person adventure horror game where you play as a night security guard exploring an abandoned summer camp, solving environmental puzzles, and surviving a relentless creature while trying to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, Puzzle 14.8%, Stylized 12.6%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 10.9%

In the Night You Had Bad Dreams is a first-person horror game. You're trapped inside a strange house that seems to shift and change, waiting for you to solve unconventional puzzles.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Abstract 15.3%, First-Person 11.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Surreal 10.2%

You find yourself shipwrecked on a beautiful unsunken island that was once part of Atlantis. Explore the mysteries of the island, and solve unique puzzles to enter the sunken lighthouse into the depths of Atlantis.

Why similar: Mythology 27.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 11%, Mystery 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%

She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Abstract 22.8%, Surreal 15.2%, Minimalist 9.9%, First-Person 8.7%

Explore a hidden, horrifying world with an advanced scanner that replaces your vision. In this first-person, sci-fi mystery, you are responsible for what you see. Just hope to God it's not terrifying.

Why similar: Minimalist 18.2%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Stealth 15.3%, Abstract 15.3%, Puzzle 10.9%