- #1 A Difficult Game About Climbing
97% matchVery Positive88% of 5,396 reviews2024
Dev: Pontypants
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
This is a difficult game about climbing.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.5%, Difficult 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark Humor 10%, Physics 9%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive spiritual successor to the punishing, physics-based climbing genre that defines the Clamb experience.
- #2 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
96% matchVery Positive82% of 80,812 reviews2017
Dev: Bennett Foddy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.
Why similar: Difficult 24.9%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Philosophical 15%, Physics 11%, Horror 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the foundational title for the genre, focusing on the same philosophical frustration and precise, physics-based movement.
- #3 Peaks of Yore
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,567 reviews2023
Dev: Anders Grube JensenPub: TraipseWare
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Travel around The Great Gales to climb challenging peaks in this physics-based climbing adventure set in 1887. Meet like-minded mountaineers, unlock helpful climbing gear, and become a pioneer of mountaineering.
Why similar: Difficult 22.3%, Philosophical 21.5%, Physics 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, 3D Platformer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated physics-based climbing game that emphasizes precision and the grueling nature of scaling difficult terrain.
- #4 The Game of Sisyphus
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 826 reviews2024
Dev: cream
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Roll the boulder to the top.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.8%, Difficult 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Physics 12.1%, 3D Platformer 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Thematically identical to Clamb, it captures the absurdity and existential dread of an endless, punishing climb.
- #5 Jump King
94% matchVery Positive90% of 13,075 reviews2019
Dev: Nexile
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...
Why similar: Difficult 32.9%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Philosophical 10.4%, Dark Humor 5.5%, Platformer 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same high-stakes, punishing platforming design where one mistake can result in a massive loss of progress.
- #6 Gorilla Tag
94% matchVery Positive91% of 81,526 reviews2023
Dev: Another Axiom Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Run, jump, and climb using only your hands. Play tag or infection with people online. Run away from the infected players, or outmaneuver the survivors to catch them. Embrace your inner ape.
Why similar: VR 30.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Funny 10%, Horror 8.7%, 3D Platformer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a tactile, VR-specific movement system that requires physical exertion and spatial awareness to master.
- #7 Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
93% matchVery Positive83% of 6,302 reviews2019
Dev: Superku
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Climb a surreal mountain on a pogo stick and make friends along the way.
Why similar: Difficult 32.1%, Psychological Horror 31.6%, Funny 13%, Platformer 8.3%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Requires extreme precision and mastery of physics-based momentum, much like the climbing mechanics in Clamb.
- #8 BONEWORKS
92% matchVery Positive92% of 36,263 reviews2019
Dev: Stress Level Zero
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
Why similar: VR 49.6%, Physics 24.8%, Horror 7.6%, Funny 3.8%, Action 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the foundational physics-based VR interaction that makes climbing and manipulating objects feel grounded and challenging.
- #9 BONELAB
91% matchVery Positive81% of 18,748 reviews2022
Dev: Stress Level Zero
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.
Why similar: VR 49.5%, Physics 28.7%, Action-Adventure 6%, First-Person 4.9%, Action 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features an advanced physics engine that allows for the same type of creative, albeit difficult, physical interaction found in VR.
- #10 Egging On
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 657 reviews2025
Dev: EgoboundsPub: Alibi Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
This game is hard-boiled. Face the challenge of being a real, fragile egg. Escape the hen-house and jump, roll and climb your way through a farm shop, factory and other perilous environments. With some determination, you might just reach your freedom.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.7%, Difficult 13.2%, Dark Humor 11.3%, Physics 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern physics-based climbing challenge that emphasizes the frustration and precision required to succeed.
- #11 Crowbar Climber
91% matchMixed50% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: BAZOOKA STUDIOPub: MyDearest Inc.
Windows
In Crowbar Climber, use your crowbars to make your way up! Face hooks, planks, and gears using only your arms. Can you beat the game before you run out of energy?
Why similar: VR 29.5%, Difficult 17.3%, Physics 16.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Comedy 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the hammer-climbing mechanic of Clamb, focusing on tool-assisted traversal in a physics-based world.
- #12 Climbey
89% matchVery Positive91% of 1,134 reviews2022
Dev: Brian LindenhofPub: ShadowBrain Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Climbey is a VR-only climbing game! The goal is to climb to the finish as fast as you can, avoiding obstacles and trying not to fall along the way.
Why similar: VR 94.8%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused climbing game that relies on physics-based movement and requires significant physical effort to navigate.
- #13 Accounting+
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 969 reviews2018
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.
Why similar: VR 51%, Comedy 14.2%, Horror 8.9%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A VR experience that matches the surreal, philosophical, and darkly comedic tone of Clamb.
- #14 Boxman's Struggle
88% matchVery Positive85% of 294 reviews2020
Dev: OneBlock
Windows
What's better than climbing mountain in a cardboard box? Getting deep frustration every time you fall from it.
Why similar: Difficult 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Physics 19.6%, Platformer 7.2%, Funny 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to the 'getting over it' style of movement, focusing on physics-based climbing and persistence.
- #15 Trover Saves the Universe
87% matchVery Positive91% of 3,180 reviews2019
Dev: Squanch Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!
Why similar: VR 25.9%, Dark Humor 17%, 3D Platformer 12.5%, Funny 9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the surreal, dark, and often absurd humor found in the atmosphere of Clamb.
- #16 That Flipping Mountain
86% matchVery Positive91% of 175 reviews2021
Dev: Jeff Weber
Windows
A physics driven parkour game inspired by "Getting Over It" and "Jump King". Flip, ski, and dive yourself up a massive mountain of stuff. Fall down, rage, get up, shake it off, parkour-on!
Why similar: Philosophical 22.2%, Difficult 15.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Physics 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A punishing platformer that emphasizes the frustration and repetition inherent in climbing-based challenges.
- #17 Mount Your Friends
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,694 reviews2014
Dev: Stegersaurus Software Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience the extreme simulated sporting sensation that's sweeping our digital nation! Mount Your Friends is a fiercely competitive sporting event for you to play with your friends in the contextual security of your own home, assuming that your home is not composed of sexual innuendo.
Why similar: Physics 32.1%, Funny 29.6%, Comedy 22.6%, Psychological Horror 6.7%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features hilarious, physics-based climbing mechanics that focus on the awkwardness of controlling limbs to scale structures.
- #18 Human Fall Flat
84% matchVery Positive95% of 223,253 reviews2016
Dev: No Brakes GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Why similar: Physics 38.9%, Funny 27.4%, 3D Platformer 7.8%, Adventure 7%, Comedy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a similar 'wobbly' physics-based movement system that turns simple traversal into a challenging puzzle.
- #19 Soviet Bear Uni Adventure
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: J
Windows
Soviet Bear Uni Adventure is a painfully challenging physics-based action/adventure game. Pedal and lean to stay upright and overcome each crazy obstacle.
Why similar: Difficult 23.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Physics 17%, Funny 11%, 3D Platformer 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based platforming with an absurd, humorous tone that aligns with Clamb's aesthetic.
- #20 Hack And Climb
81% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Kodachi Games
Windows
Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Difficult 22.2%, Physics 19.4%, Philosophical 18.9%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Horror 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based climbing with platforming challenges in a way that rewards patience and precision.
- #21 Hand Simulator
82% matchVery Positive84% of 36,440 reviews2017
Dev: HFM Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
There are many different levels where you can play with spinners, plunge into the subtleties of handling weapons, milk a cow, take part in a Mexican duel with your friends, have a good time fishing, play chess or simply chat in an anonymous club.
Why similar: VR 27.4%, Difficult 21.4%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Funny 16%, Comedy 7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the extreme frustration of controlling limbs in a physics-based environment, mirroring the difficulty of Clamb.
- #22 City Climber
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 447 reviews2017
Dev: Ondrej Angelovic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.
Why similar: Difficult 21.3%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Physics 16.3%, Horror 10.5%, Funny 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based climbing game that focuses on the awkwardness of movement and the challenge of navigating urban environments.
- #23 Just Ski+
83% matchVery Positive88% of 193 reviews2018
Dev: Jeff Weber
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A difficult, minimalist, one-more-try, physics game. Slide your mouse up and down to control your skier's posture and initiate jumps. Stick the landings. Get to the cabin.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.1%, Difficult 17%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Physics 12.5%, Dark Humor 12%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based movement that is intentionally difficult, surreal, and focused on the challenge of traversal.
- #24 Aim Climb
81% matchVery Positive89% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: YuLu
Windows
"AIM" × "Climbing Game" "Aim Climb" is a HARDCORE game in which you use your "Aiming skill" to climb to the top and reach the summit. There is also a difficulty level for players who are not used to using mouse.
Why similar: Difficult 34.4%, Psychological Horror 30.5%, Horror 12.5%, Platformer 7.7%, Action-Adventure 5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines climbing mechanics with precision-based challenges, requiring steady hands and focus.
- #25 Mighty Fling
82% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Hollow Art Studios
Windows
Take control of a mighty ball and fling with great precision towards the top of the Tower. Jump through aesthetically pleasing environments filled with intriguing creatures and encounters. Falling is part of the journey, so just keep going. Can you reach the end?
Why similar: Philosophical 19.9%, Difficult 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Physics 11.8%, Survival Horror 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A precision-based platformer that demands extreme patience and mastery of physics to overcome difficult obstacles.
- #26 Driving Is Hard
79% matchVery Positive82% of 257 reviews2025
Dev: Elegant Horse Studios
Windows · Linux
Prove your skills by driving the Bathtub on Wheels! Solve puzzles, collect soap, and dive into Jeff's family drama. Drive, Fall, Learn, Repeat.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.2%, Difficult 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Physics 10.7%, Dark Humor 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the 'frustration-based' design philosophy where simple tasks become monumental challenges due to physics.
- #27 Bouncy Goat Climb
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 338 reviews2022
Dev: Jesper Bergman
Windows
A highly punishing 3D precision platformer about a goat bouncing up a beautiful mountain to save its scared baby goat. Can you handle the challenge and endure all obstacles that you will face on your way up the mountain?
Why similar: Difficult 59.2%, Platformer 17.7%, Adventure 10.2%, Singleplayer 8.7%, Indie 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based climbing with an emphasis on momentum and the difficulty of vertical traversal.
- #28 Crawlspace
79% matchVery Positive92% of 129 reviews2021
Dev: Kiririn
Windows
You've been tasked with crawling into a crawlspace to retrieve some dolls. what could go wrong? Made exclusively for VR
Why similar: VR 39.6%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Horror 16.5%, Survival Horror 13.8%, Funny 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A VR horror game that focuses on claustrophobic movement and the tension of navigating tight, difficult spaces.
- #29 Handstand Hank
76% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Michael FischerPub: Loden Games
Windows
Your name is Hank. You are doing a Handstand. Jump to the top.
Why similar: Difficult 19.8%, Dark Humor 17.8%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, 3D Platformer 13.6%, Philosophical 11.3%
- #30 rock climbing
77% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: bilge
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's a difficult game but it should be easier than real rock climbing.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.3%, Difficult 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Physics 11.6%, Horror 10%
- #31 One Box One Goal
77% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Paolo OrlandinoPub: Loyalty Interactive
Windows
You're in a box and you have to climb as high as possible... if you can make it.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.8%, Difficult 15.2%, 3D Platformer 13.2%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%
- #32 Mental Hospital VR
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Igor MigunPub: AGaming+
Windows
Mental Hospital VR is a truly scary first-person stealth horror game. Discover heart-thumping terror, chase and scary creatures in this atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: VR 31.2%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Survival Horror 18.7%, Horror 13.8%, Action-Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the psychological horror atmosphere of Clamb within an immersive VR environment.
- #33 PEAK
73% matchVery Positive95% of 304,788 reviews2025
Dev: Team PEAKPub: Aggro Crab
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Why similar: Physics 35.5%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Comedy 14.5%, Horror 12.6%, Platformer 6.7%
- #34 BETON BRUTAL
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,272 reviews2023
Dev: Jan Malitschek
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Climb a massive overgrown concrete tower while constantly at risk of falling and losing precious progress. BETON BRUTAL offers a fluid and responsive first person parkour experience through tranquil brutalist architecture.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 34.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Difficult 15.8%, Platformer 7.5%, Physics 7.4%
- #35 Adventure Climb VR
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 413 reviews2019
Dev: MXTreality
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Adventure Climb VR is a room-scale climbing experience suitable for anyone of any age - particularly great for newcomers to VR. Achieve triumph through a combination of physically demanding climbing techniques and puzzle challenges that are designed by actual rock climbers.
Why similar: VR 45.9%, 3D Platformer 25.6%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Casual 5.8%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A more straightforward VR climbing experience that focuses on the mechanics of scaling vertical surfaces.
- #36 Pushing It! With Sisyphus
76% matchMixed66% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Bashir "ManliestDev" KashaloPub: ManliestDev
Windows
A game about a very happy guy and his boulder. (Warning: As an accurate representation of the ancient Myth of Sisyphus, this is likely the most difficult and punishing game you will ever play.)
Why similar: Difficult 20.7%, Philosophical 16.3%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Survival Horror 7.8%, Horror 7.4%
- #37 Superliminal
74% 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: Physics 28.4%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Dark Humor 20.8%, Funny 14.2%, First-Person 6.3%
- #38 Job Simulator
75% matchVery Positive91% of 5,311 reviews2016
Dev: Owlchemy Labs
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the "Job Simulator" to learn what it was like 'to job'.
Why similar: VR 36.4%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Horror 12.9%, Funny 10.1%, Physics 9.3%
- #39 Vertigo 2
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,645 reviews2023
Dev: Zach Tsiakalis-BrownPub: Zulubo Productions
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.
Why similar: VR 52%, Comedy 14.6%, Action-Adventure 7.6%, First-Person 6.4%, Indie 6.2%
- #40 Chained Together
71% matchVery Positive90% of 60,245 reviews2024
Dev: Anegar Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...
Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.5%, Physics 18.7%, Funny 18.3%, Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
- #41 Hellsplit: Arena
74% matchVery Positive84% of 3,947 reviews2019
Dev: Deep Type Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
VR horror-slasher with physically correct combat system and dynamic battles across arenas in the dark fantasy world.
Why similar: VR 55.5%, Horror 12%, Physics 11.7%, Funny 9.1%, Action 5.4%
- #42 GORN
73% matchVery Positive94% of 8,197 reviews2019
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
GORN is a ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers of Broforce and Genital Jousting.
Why similar: VR 69.2%, Funny 13.8%, Action 6.7%, Indie 5.3%, First-Person 2.9%
- #43 Climb The Backrooms
71% matchVery Positive80% of 962 reviews2025
Dev: LovDEV
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Ascend through the twisted levels of the Backrooms using physics-based object manipulation to overcome obstacles, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover unsettling secrets. Play solo or team up in online co-op with up to 4 players as you climb higher, think smarter, and survive the unknown.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 32.9%, Horror 16.9%, Funny 15.7%, Platformer 13.9%, Casual 7.9%
- #44 Budget Cuts
73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2018
Dev: Neat Corporation
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!
Why similar: VR 58.9%, Horror 9.5%, Action 7.5%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 6.4%
- #45 YOLKED - The Egg Game
71% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: HardBoiled StudiosPub: Hitcents
Windows · Mac
YOLKED: Follow the EGG-scruciating escape of an egg with arms!
Why similar: Difficult 18%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Physics 16.4%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Funny 8.5%
- #46 Into the Radius VR
70% matchVery Positive94% of 11,150 reviews2020
Dev: CM IMMERSIVE
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.
Why similar: VR 54.7%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Horror 17.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%, First-Person 2.8%
- #47 Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D
72% matchVery Positive82% of 1,385 reviews2016
Dev: Escalation StudiosPub: ForwardXP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.
Why similar: VR 52.8%, Horror 14.5%, Casual 10.8%, Indie 10.5%, Adventure 8.5%
- #48 Nolgorb's Ordeal
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Hard Meat
Windows · Linux
A challenging 3D platformer with little room for error. Escape a dungeon by jumping to the top, and sacrifice your collectables for items to aid in your ordeal.
Why similar: Difficult 27.7%, Psychological Horror 25.1%, 3D Platformer 24.3%, Funny 11.9%, Platformer 7.8%
- #49 White Knuckle
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,664 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Machine GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 28.7%, Survival Horror 25%, Horror 21.4%, Platformer 10.5%, First-Person 5.9%
- #50 Ascent
70% matchVery Positive94% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: Tim KashaniPub: Fireapples
Windows · Mac
One mountain; Zero checkpoints
Why similar: Psychological Horror 48.7%, Platformer 17.4%, Physics 16.1%, Comedy 15.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #51 Surmount: A Mountain Climbing Adventure
69% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Jasper OprelPub: Indiana-Jonas
Windows · Mac
Fling yourself into a mountain climbing adventure! Become the first to reach the top of the highest mountain in the world and meet eccentric characters along the way!
Why similar: Physics 41.5%, Funny 18.4%, Platformer 11.1%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 7.1%
- #52 魔王跳 《More Jump》
66% matchVery Positive99% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: 弦外之境
Windows
Every grip is a rebellion against fate. The top holds the only secret method to defeat the demon king, but the path there is paved with countless falls. We pay tribute to every challenger. Reaching the end, you win the dawn of the world; and every attempt, you have already won your own dawn.
Why similar: Difficult 28.3%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Physics 12.6%, Horror 9.8%, Platformer 7.3%
- #53 No More Rainbows
67% matchVery Positive88% of 148 reviews2023
Dev: Squido Studio
Windows
YOU ARE THE BEAST! Rampage through colorful worlds to reclaim your desecrated Underworld from parasitic beings of joy. Use intuitive locomotion mechanics to run, jump, claw, and climb using only your hands in an adventure that will remind you of your favorite platformers.
Why similar: VR 34.4%, 3D Platformer 21.8%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Funny 9.7%, Platformer 8.6%
- #54 Surgeon Simulator
69% matchVery Positive82% of 16,694 reviews2013
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: Infogrames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?
Why similar: Difficult 18.9%, Dark Humor 18.5%, VR 17.7%, Physics 15.8%, Funny 10.6%
- #55 Hatch
69% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Born into a punishing environment with no bearings, there is nowhere to go but up.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 42%, Platformer 17.7%, First-Person 9.8%, Indie 8.8%, Action 8.1%
- #56 A Fisherman's Tale
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,524 reviews2019
Dev: InnerspaceVRPub: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.
Why similar: VR 38.3%, Physics 23.9%, Dark Humor 21.1%, Psychological Horror 8%, Adventure 4.3%
- #57 The Utility Room
67% matchVery Positive85% of 263 reviews2023
Dev: Lionel Marsden
Windows
This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.
Why similar: Philosophical 34.1%, VR 27.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 12.4%, Action-Adventure 3.2%
- #58 Aperture Hand Lab
68% matchVery Positive86% of 1,585 reviews2019
Dev: Cloudhead Games Ltd.Pub: Valve
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Experience the high fidelity virtual reality of your own hands like never before.
Why similar: VR 65.5%, Funny 16.2%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #59 Stuck Together
64% matchVery Positive90% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Hugecalf Studios
Windows
A co-op climbing game about two stuck-together toys on an escape mission from their evil owner.
Why similar: Difficult 27%, Psychological Horror 20.7%, Funny 13.9%, Horror 8.7%, Platformer 8.6%
- #60 CloverPit
62% matchVery Positive90% of 22,113 reviews2025
Dev: Panik ArcadePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
Why similar: Dark Humor 30.9%, Psychological Horror 30.2%, Horror 18.7%, First-Person 5.3%, Indie 4.4%