- #1 Lifeless Planet Premier Edition
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,628 reviews2014
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 56.1%, Adventure 24%, Exploration 19.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest thematic match, featuring an astronaut exploring a desolate, mysterious alien world while uncovering a deep narrative.
- #2 The Invincible
96% matchVery Positive88% of 13,189 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 61.2%, Adventure 27.2%, Exploration 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a hard sci-fi, retro-futuristic exploration experience that captures the same sense of lonely discovery on a hostile planet.
- #3 Ether One
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 450 reviews2014
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.4%, Adventure 27.9%, Indie 14.6%, Exploration 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: It balances exploration with puzzle-solving and a deeply personal narrative, much like the introspective nature of the seed game.
- #4 P·O·L·L·E·N
95% matchMixed65% of 206 reviews2016
Dev: Mindfield Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
P·O·L·L·E·N is an atmospheric, suspenseful and highly interactive first person sci-fi exploration game set on Saturn’s moon Titan. Delve into the richly detailed Station M, and try everything you can get your hands on to uncover the mysteries that lie beneath the moon’s crust.
Why similar: Adventure 40.3%, Exploration 27.3%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Indie 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric sci-fi exploration game that focuses on interacting with a detailed, lonely environment on a distant moon.
- #5 De-Void
94% matchMixed63% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.7%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 16.1%, Exploration 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A direct match in genre and setting, focusing on a lone protagonist exploring a sci-fi environment to uncover a mystery.
- #6 Tacoma
93% matchVery Positive86% of 4,801 reviews2017
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.3%, Adventure 21.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Indie 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Set on a space station, this narrative-heavy game focuses on reconstructing past events through exploration, mirroring the investigative feel of the seed game.
- #7 Deliver Us The Moon
91% matchVery Positive88% of 9,543 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future where Earth's natural resources are depleted. In an effort to solve the energy crisis, global powers created the World Space Agency and secured a promising new source of energy on the moon.
Why similar: Adventure 48.3%, Indie 25.7%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Exploration 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi thriller combines space exploration with a personal, narrative-driven mission to save humanity, echoing the themes of life goals and choices.
- #8 Exo One
91% matchVery Positive90% of 5,262 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.5%, Adventure 25.7%, Exploration 20.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the pure joy of movement and exploration across surreal, alien landscapes, matching the visual tone of the seed game.
- #9 The Fall of Lazarus
92% matchMixed64% of 123 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.3%, Adventure 26.4%, Exploration 17.1%, Indie 15.3%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi exploration game deals with themes of identity and memory within a lonely, abandoned space setting.
- #10 Firewatch
89% matchVery Positive91% of 99,247 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.7%, Adventure 24.6%, Exploration 13%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: While set on Earth, it perfectly captures the feeling of isolation and the use of radio-based dialogue to drive a personal narrative.
- #11 Verde Station
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 353 reviews2014
Dev: Duelboot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
What do you trust most — what you see, what you're told, or your instincts? On a year long solo mission aboard Verde Station, you will test your wits and question everything, but you may not find answers. Welcome to solitude.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.3%, Adventure 37.6%, Indie 22.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi walking simulator that focuses on the psychological toll of isolation in a remote space station.
- #12 Empathy: Path of Whispers
89% 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 42.5%, Adventure 37%, Indie 15%, Exploration 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game uses atmospheric exploration to delve into the memories and emotions of others, similar to the introspective themes of the seed.
- #13 The Old City: Leviathan
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 745 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.9%, Adventure 21.9%, Exploration 15.1%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A philosophical walking simulator that focuses on deep narrative and atmospheric, surreal environments.
- #14 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
86% matchVery Positive88% of 8,976 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 60.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Exploration 15.4%, Indie 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features stunning, atmospheric exploration that encourages the player to piece together a narrative through environmental storytelling.
- #15 Observation
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,189 reviews2020
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Why similar: Adventure 53.8%, Indie 35.3%, Walking Simulator 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique sci-fi experience where you explore a space station, focusing on narrative and environmental mystery.
- #16 What Remains of Edith Finch
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,461 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 60.2%, Adventure 16.4%, Exploration 14.5%, Indie 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in narrative-driven exploration that uses unique environmental storytelling to explore family and life choices.
- #17 Obduction
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,984 reviews2016
Dev: Cyan, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Walking Simulator 32.7%, Exploration 18.3%, Indie 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi exploration game that transports players to strange, alien worlds filled with mystery and environmental puzzles.
- #18 Into Blue Valley
85% matchMixed50% of 60 reviews2014
Dev: Ryan Javanshir
Windows
Into Blue Valley is a first-person exploration game drawing upon themes of mystery and curiosity. It is presented as a 'found footage' game with the player's view resembling a camcorder recording showing a glipmse into the subdued environment that is being explored.
Why similar: Adventure 41.3%, Walking Simulator 32.6%, Indie 26.1%
Why You'll Like It: A simple, atmospheric walking simulator that focuses on the quiet exploration of a mysterious valley.
- #19 Breached
84% matchMixed55% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: HRA INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unveil the truth in a genre-blending sci-fi mystery. Awaken from cryogenic slumber you find your shelter damaged by unknown circumstances. Scavenge your surroundings, repair the shelter and explore the ruins in hopes of uncovering – or perhaps avoiding – the uncomfortable truth of what has transpired.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.2%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 22.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, sci-fi mystery game that uses a terminal-based interface to explore themes of survival and discovery.
- #20 Event[0]
82% matchVery Positive80% of 2,287 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.3%, Adventure 19%, Indie 14.1%, Exploration 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi narrative game where you explore a lonely ship and communicate with an AI, focusing on personal connection.
- #21 ADR1FT
82% matchMixed55% of 1,857 reviews2016
Dev: THREE ONE ZEROPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 94.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
ADR1FT is the story of an astronaut who wakes up floating silently in space amongst the debris of destroyed space station…the only survivor of a catastrophic event, left with no memory, a critically damaged EVA suit leaking oxygen and no way home.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.2%, Adventure 33.8%, Indie 18%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the intense isolation and beauty of space exploration following a catastrophic event.
- #22 Fort Solis
80% matchMixed66% of 4,177 reviews2023
Dev: Fallen LeafPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Answer the call from a mining base on Mars as engineer Jack Leary and search for the missing crew. Fort Solis will immerse you with cinematic visuals powered by UE 5 and voice acting of Roger Clark and Troy Baker. Explore the mining complex and reach climax of this narrative thriller experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 66.3%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy sci-fi thriller that focuses on exploring a lonely, atmospheric station on Mars.
- #23 Moons of Madness
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,931 reviews2019
Dev: Rock Pocket GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Adventure 45.5%, Walking Simulator 32.6%, Exploration 14.9%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi exploration game that blends psychological elements with a lonely, Martian setting.
- #24 Outer Wilds
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 106,959 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Exploration 43.3%, Adventure 38.7%, Indie 18%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate space exploration mystery that rewards curiosity and discovery in a beautifully crafted solar system.
- #25 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
81% matchMixed68% of 2,154 reviews2016
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 69.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 10.5%, Exploration 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric walking simulator that excels at creating a sense of place and telling a story through the remnants of a lost society.
- #26 The Turing Test
79% matchVery Positive88% of 8,031 reviews2016
Dev: BULKHEAD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
Why similar: Adventure 89.3%, Indie 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle-exploration game that raises philosophical questions about humanity and consciousness.
- #27 Before I Forget
79% matchVery Positive89% of 212 reviews2020
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.9%, Adventure 20.5%, Exploration 16%, Indie 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, poignant walking simulator that focuses on memory and the human experience.
- #28 Unveiling
78% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: CHARK Studio
Windows · Mac
Experience the UFO abduction in first person and take a trip to meet the keeper. Explore layers of reality and learn what is concealed behind the modern Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP) in this esthetic and eerie interactive experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 65.9%, Adventure 20.8%, Exploration 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused walking simulator that deals with alien encounters and psychological themes.
- #29 Chroma Zero
75% 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 41.8%, Adventure 28.3%, Exploration 17.2%, Indie 12.6%
- #30 Year Unknown
76% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Julian Heuser
Windows · Linux
A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.3%, Exploration 20.1%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 7.8%
- #31 The Station
76% matchVery Positive86% of 1,122 reviews2018
Dev: The Station Game ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 21.5%
- #32 The Longest Walk
74% matchVery Positive95% of 413 reviews2022
Dev: Alexander TarvetPub: Somewhat Unsettling
Windows
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.5%, Adventure 20.2%, Exploration 15%, Indie 10.2%
- #33 Through The Fragmentation
74% matchVery Positive97% of 236 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Adventure 45.3%, Exploration 33.1%, Walking Simulator 14%, Indie 7.6%
- #34 STARDROP
75% matchVery Positive87% of 277 reviews2019
Dev: Joure Visser
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Adventure 27.9%, Indie 16.7%, Exploration 15.7%
- #35 ALONE IN SPACE
77% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Adventure 58.9%, Exploration 27.2%, Indie 14%
- #36 Ambrosia Sky
71% matchVery Positive90% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Soft Rains
Windows
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. Survive and harvest strains of hostile alien fungi, explore treacherous environments, and find meaning and beauty in so much death.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 57.1%, Adventure 22.9%, Exploration 19.9%
- #37 Caffeine
77% matchVery Negative19% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: Incandescent Imaging
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Caffeine is a quirky first person adventure game with environmental puzzles and a dab of psychological horror. You awaken aboard one of these caffeine mining stations alone. Before long you realize that you are a young boy with no memory of what has transpired on this seemingly empty space station.
Why similar: Adventure 44%, Walking Simulator 29.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #38 VideoHole: Episode I
73% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: JofiSoft
Windows
VideoHole is an episodic first person adventure game set in an alien dimension. Meet new allies, find gadgets and uncover the mysteries of an ancient power far below your local video store.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.6%, Exploration 20%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 7.5%
- #39 AlienAfterlife
73% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Step into a radiant dimension where souls reboot as data. Recover your reincarnation machine from alien terrorists and explore glowing temples of memory, logic, and light. A surreal odyssey through death, rebirth, and the beauty of being lost.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 60.6%, Exploration 21.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 4.3%
- #40 Control, I'm Not Coming Back
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,694 reviews2026
Dev: Desborde Games
Windows · Mac
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 74.6%, Adventure 16%, Indie 9.4%
- #41 Exo One: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive94% of 744 reviews2020
Dev: Exbleative
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. This is the prologue for Exo One.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 66.2%, Adventure 33.8%
- #42 Cradle
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,013 reviews2015
Dev: Flying Cafe for Semianimals
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Walking Simulator 29.5%, Indie 18.7%, Exploration 14.3%
- #43 A SECOND BEFORE US
73% matchMixed57% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.9%, Adventure 30.9%, Indie 18%, Exploration 14.2%
- #44 The Solus Project
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,623 reviews2016
Dev: HourencesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Adventure 32.7%, Exploration 24.8%, Indie 9.1%
- #45 Disminal
69% matchVery Positive90% of 165 reviews2024
Dev: Brian Gonnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
wandering into the uncanny concept of liminality, captured in DV tape format you explore what seems to be another dimension, lost in an endless space that looks human-made but isn't.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 69%, Indie 12.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 9.1%
- #46 Memorrha
72% matchMixed65% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 48.2%, Adventure 21.8%, Exploration 15.9%, Indie 14.2%
- #47 Museum of Monoliths
69% matchVery Positive92% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 60.4%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 12.6%, Exploration 12.4%
- #48 BLACKSHARD
67% matchVery Positive92% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 68%, Adventure 17.3%, Exploration 14.7%
- #49 ENDLING
68% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Team HumansPub: TelePresent Games
Windows · Mac
Live the perfect day, break the cycle, and discover the truth about yourself in this short, quirky sci-fi mystery about freedom, choice, and loneliness.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 74.3%, Adventure 23.8%, Indie 1.9%
- #50 Homesick
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,452 reviews2015
Dev: Lucky Pause
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.7%, Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 19.5%, Indie 13.1%
- #51 Lifeless Moon
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 321 reviews2023
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows
During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.7%, Adventure 24.3%, Exploration 20%
- #52 Condo
66% matchVery Positive97% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: FlubbedMachina
Windows · Mac
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 53.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Exploration 16.8%, Indie 8.6%
- #53 CosmoOdyssey:Trip to Mars
68% matchVery Positive93% of 161 reviews2022
Dev: Brenntkopf DevelopmentPub: Brenntkopf Publishing
Windows
CosmoOdyssey: Trip to Mars is a first-person spaceship adventure with a special Ukrainian flavor.
Why similar: Adventure 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #54 1/8192
67% matchVery Positive83% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: YonGame
Windows
Embark on a journey of Zen koans in a Buddhist mandala space Reach Nirvana with a 1 in 8192 chance in a mystical world adorned with tombstones and Buddha statues.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 59.5%, Indie 26.2%, Exploration 14.3%
- #55 The Silent Swan
68% matchMixed69% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Praenaris
Windows
The Silent Swan is a contemplative first-person narrative experience across a megalithic, derelict world. Mixing elements from both walking simulator and open levels.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 17.1%, Exploration 14.8%
- #56 Satellite Odyssey: Prologue
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,035 reviews2024
Dev: Antifreeze Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Satellite Odyssey: Prologue is a short first-person story-driven adventure with horror elements. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of classic science fiction and retro-futurism inspired by Soviet sci-fi films. Your partner is Zarya, the artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 70%, Adventure 30%
- #57 Star Sky 2
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 127 reviews2016
Dev: Mårten JonssonPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take a walk through the moonlit hills and explore the choices life has to offer. Uncover your destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.5%, Adventure 36.1%, Indie 22.4%
- #58 Arctic Awakening
65% matchVery Positive85% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: GoldFire Studios
Windows · Mac
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 49.6%, Adventure 21.3%, Exploration 16.4%, Indie 12.6%
