Games Like Daffodil Yellow: A few poems from an insect collector

Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.

Why similar: Experience 19.1% ★, Philosophical 12%, Experimental 10.9% ★, Abstract 8.2%, Psychedelic 8.1%

Chasing colors in the void. A game we made to Zen you.

Why similar: Experience 28.5% ★, Experimental 15.6% ★, Philosophical 13%, Psychedelic 10.8%, Surreal 7.8%

Overseas is a collection of four short art games, or digital poems. So far, it includes four episodes: a psychedelic trip, a forest horror, a crash course on shamanic techniques, and a simulator of an identity crisis. Take a journey across worlds and figure out the obscure meaning of what is going on.

Why similar: Experience 28.6% ★, Experimental 14.8% ★, Philosophical 12.2%, Abstract 10.8%, Surreal 7.4%

AENTITY challenges you as an artist. Leaving my mind behind, the contours of the ego blur. Past the dream wall are no rules to break, there are playful moves to make, veiled visions to wake, unseen pictures to take.

Why similar: Experience 30.9% ★, Experimental 16.9% ★, Philosophical 14.8%, Psychedelic 12.6%, Surreal 9.4%

It's your mother's birthday. Walk through a beautiful stylized nature and colect the most beautiful flowers to prepare a gift to her.

Why similar: Experience 30.4% ★, Experimental 21.1% ★, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Nature 11.3%, Emotional 5.8%

The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours. Find the Memory Capsules to uncover the story of a person’s life from childhood to adulthood, all the joys, all the struggles, and all the lessons. How much can one take before they’ve had enough?

Why similar: Experience 28.3% ★, Experimental 12.7% ★, Abstract 12.7%, Philosophical 11.5%, Narration 8.8%

Explore this set of 4 distinct short experimental games and experience impossible worlds filled with audiovisual and narrative contradictions.

Why similar: Experimental 25.5% ★, Abstract 13%, Psychedelic 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Surreal 10%

Revive seven sickly creatures in a short adventure through a surreal, vibrant world.

Why similar: Experience 35.7% ★, Experimental 18.5% ★, Abstract 14.9%, Surreal 10.6%, Colorful 5.5%

Circles is an abstract puzzle game that takes your mind off things. No words, no distractions: an invitation to experiment. Relax, let your mind wander and discover the puzzling possibilities of circles.

Why similar: Experience 37.6% ★, Experimental 28% ★, Abstract 18.2%, Relaxing 7%, Atmospheric 4.4%

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Experience 15.8% ★, Walking Simulator 15%, Narration 13.9%, Experimental 12.9% ★, Abstract 11.8%

A minimalist journey though life.

Why similar: Philosophical 19.4%, Experience 16.6% ★, Abstract 15.4%, Surreal 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11%

Experience a 'painfully human', 'psychological' narrative through dreams and allegory. Live in a flat. Buy things. Use things. Tire yourself out. Sleep. Dream. Wake up. Repeat. And maybe, just maybe, find a Bear in a Pit. What could be scarier than the Bear? Find out.

Why similar: Experience 36% ★, Philosophical 18.7%, Experimental 17.7% ★, Abstract 14.8%, Surreal 6.7%

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Experimental 19% ★, Abstract 17%, Philosophical 15.3%, Psychedelic 13.6%, Surreal 11.9%

The Web is a first person pure walking simulator. A surreal journey. Explore an interconnected web of environments. Discover strange places and meet odd characters.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17%, Philosophical 14%, Abstract 13.9%, Surreal 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.2%

Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.

Why similar: Experimental 26% ★, Abstract 17.3%, Philosophical 14.5%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Nature 8.4%

An antichamber inspired educational puzzle game, that allows you to simultaneously explore a non-euclidean maze and concepts and terms related to gender, identity and expression in a playful and reassuring manner.

Why similar: Experience 37.2% ★, Experimental 14.4% ★, Abstract 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Surreal 8.4%

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: Philosophical 15.7%, Abstract 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Surreal 12%, Psychedelic 11.4%

Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.

Why similar: Experimental 34.8% ★, Philosophical 15.8%, Abstract 14.2%, Surreal 12.5%, Narration 10.8%

I’m releasing this collection of games so that you may start talking to me again

Why similar: Experimental 18.8% ★, Philosophical 17.7%, Abstract 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Narration 10.5%

A man embarks on a journey toward the top of a mountain, to discover the truth of his existence. Along the way, he ponders the nature of life itself. Drizzlepath: Deja Vu is a spiritual revisitation of Tonguç Bodur's very first game, Drizzlepath.

Why similar: Experience 34% ★, Philosophical 12.6%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Narration 9.1%, Relaxing 6.6%

The Virtual Exhibition makes it possible to visit a gallery from the comfort of your own home and behaves like a real curated gallery. New features and photographers will be added regularly.

Why similar: Experience 41.1% ★, Experimental 22.3% ★, Philosophical 16.7%, Walking Simulator 5.2%, Atmospheric 5%

Three AI Lifeforms used to live here, thinking and dreaming about their existence. Three AI Lifeforms went on into a higher reality and left everything behind. Three AI Lifeforms stories are left to unfold… Can you understand and unravel their past? Their AI Stories? Made by Emir Akyazi

Why similar: Psychedelic 18%, Philosophical 16.1%, Abstract 14.3%, Surreal 12.9%, Walking Simulator 10.4%

Improve your fitness level and mind-muscle connection using virtual reality and the power of visualization.

Why similar: Experience 50.4% ★, Experimental 30% ★, Abstract 16.5%, 3D 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Enter a synthesized reality. Explore endless worlds. Play an instrument. Save bookmarks. A psychedelic audio exploration game, walking simulator, music generator, and relaxation tool best experienced with headphones.

Why similar: Experience 24.8% ★, Abstract 14.9%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Experimental 11.8% ★, Walking Simulator 10.9%

Explore an avant-garde cubist dream, stimulate your visual senses and immerse yourself in a surreal TRIP. A visually tantalizing open world artware that culminates the player to relax and enjoy a safe enviroment for them to explore at their own pace. There are no objectives, no rules, just art.

Why similar: Experimental 21.2% ★, Abstract 16.3%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Surreal 10.3%

You think you heard something? You are wrong. You can't find the way out? You've always been lost. Escape is ephemeral. Existence is temporary. Remember. The light is changing.

Why similar: Experience 33.7% ★, Philosophical 16.1%, Surreal 9.2%, Walking Simulator 8.2%, Emotional 5.7%

Cosmic Flow is a relaxing visual experience, an audio-visual massage for the mind, a kaleidoscopic meditation.

Why similar: Experience 42.9% ★, Experimental 21.6% ★, Psychedelic 19.9%, Indie 7.9%, Relaxing 7.7%

MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.

Why similar: Experimental 33.8% ★, Philosophical 18.8%, Abstract 17.4%, Surreal 13.6%, Relaxing 7%

CUCCCHI is a game where you explore beautiful dioramas and go through dangerous and trippy labyrinths, in a journey inside the paintings of Enzo Cucchi.

Why similar: Experimental 24.6% ★, Abstract 18.7%, Psychedelic 15.6%, Surreal 12.7%, Walking Simulator 9.3%

Blast your way through millions of particles as you explore someone's dreams in this narrative driven adventure.

Why similar: Experimental 20% ★, Philosophical 16.6%, Abstract 14.9%, Surreal 10.5%, Walking Simulator 9.4%

Pluviophile is a very short experience about the mood of rain in the woods.

Why similar: Experience 54.5% ★, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Nature 6.7%, Relaxing 6.4%, Exploration 5.7%

Listen to the whispers of the sands in this meditative journey. Seek the light of the desert and confront its shadow in meditation. Uncover echoes of lost souls as you survive a boundless sea of dunes.

Why similar: Philosophical 19.9%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Abstract 13.5%, Surreal 9%, Narration 7.7%

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: Experimental 23.5% ★, Philosophical 22.4%, Surreal 11.3%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Psychedelic 9.7%

What surrounds us? Come find out and restore balance to an abstract and colorful ecosystem where every individual matters.

Why similar: Experimental 25.8% ★, Abstract 15.9%, Nature 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14%, Atmospheric 6.7%

A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

Why similar: Experience 43.7% ★, Experimental 23.3% ★, Surreal 11.5%, Emotional 6.6%, Atmospheric 4.8%

The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.

Why similar: Psychedelic 27.9%, Abstract 23.7%, Surreal 16.6%, Exploration 7%, Walking Simulator 5.8%

Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!

Why similar: Experimental 31.7% ★, Philosophical 27%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Emotional 8.2%, Exploration 7.7%

Lost Voice is a story-based first-person sci-fi adventure game with strong action elements, puzzles, and unique gameplay mechanics.

Why similar: Experimental 31.3% ★, Philosophical 26.7%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Surreal 14.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%

What is your place in the world? In a place where everything and everyone is so different from you, being different makes you special. But what does it mean?

Why similar: Experience 42.7% ★, Philosophical 20.5%, Surreal 11.7%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.

Why similar: Experience 43.2% ★, Experimental 24.1% ★, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Relaxing 6.5%

A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Experimental 22.2% ★, Philosophical 18.7%, Psychedelic 16%, Surreal 13.3%, Walking Simulator 10%

Wander through a shifting simulation that feels both tragic and hilarious. Observe, interact, or simply exist as the world reshapes around you — a meditative, overstimulated reflection on what it means to keep going when everything’s falling apart.

Why similar: Abstract 17.7%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Philosophical 16.8%, Surreal 12.7%, Walking Simulator 10.7%

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: Experimental 18.9% ★, Abstract 18%, Psychedelic 16.1%, Surreal 13.8%, Walking Simulator 8.4%

Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.

Why similar: Abstract 18%, Philosophical 17%, Psychedelic 16.3%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Surreal 12.9%

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.

Why similar: Philosophical 34.7%, Experience 23% ★, Experimental 16.6% ★, Relaxing 8%, Walking Simulator 5.4%

Six transmedial designers and storytellers decided to take the innovative transmedia theory to the game industry. The gameplay of this Indie puzzler is something players probably haven't seen before. The experiment and goal was to create a transmedial game and Highlight is the proof of concept.

Why similar: Experience 56.5% ★, Experimental 30.9% ★, Indie 6.8%, Mystery 5.9%

808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.

Why similar: Philosophical 20%, Abstract 18.9%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Narration 15.2%, Emotional 6.5%

You find yourself in a utopian setting, immersed in the matrix of an omnipotent AI that holds all knowledge and wisdom. There is no clarity as to how you got here, but a mission looms before you.

Why similar: Philosophical 18.5%, Abstract 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16%, Experimental 13% ★, Narration 11.9%

Gamitate is a like a gym for your mind and soul. "Work Out" your mind with carefully selected meditation techniques! Gamitate is designed to make you feel calmer, happier, and more peaceful. Enjoy the benefits of a wide variety of easy meditation techniques.

Why similar: Experimental 28.4% ★, Abstract 18.6%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Philosophical 10.4%, Colorful 5.9%

The abyss called your name. You followed it here. Now you are its prisoner. A Butterfly is part horror, part interactive poem about overcoming and bittersweet surrender

Why similar: Philosophical 21.5%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Abstract 14.1%, Surreal 13.1%, Walking Simulator 9.5%

You start the game, you wake up, and eventually you will close the game. One day, you may even start the game again. That's the game.

Why similar: Experience 34.8% ★, Experimental 20.8% ★, Psychedelic 13.2%, Surreal 12.1%, Exploration 4.7%

Take a break from action-packed franchises and brain teasers. Slowly explore a procedural world of beauty and scan mysterious Treasures and Creatures. Gentle adversity and frequent milestones keep you engaged while you get lost in a pathless paradise.

Why similar: Philosophical 18.9%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Nature 13.3%, Surreal 12.8%, Walking Simulator 12.6%

A game about boredom and self-pity. It's about myself mostly. You walk around and press the 'interact' button. Sorry for making this.

Why similar: Experimental 32.4% ★, Abstract 20.6%, Surreal 16.9%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Emotional 11.4%

To My Best Friend is a first-person exploratory narrative experience delivering an emotional story. Made to be experienced in one sitting, it offers something you can return to, revisit, and think on whenever you feel like you need to remember the good times life has to offer.

Why similar: Experimental 22.1% ★, Abstract 13.9%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Surreal 10.4%, Narration 9%

Your husband is dead and you want to visit his grave. There is an abondoned house in a village, and in that house you will find a red rose. You don't want to go to your husband's grave empty handed.

Why similar: Experience 38.1% ★, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Narration 10.3%, Nature 6.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Decades have passed and the Actress, Ella, returns to the abandoned theatre to uncover a preserved collection of extraordinary performances. Explore a variety of magical, hand-painted worlds as you collect the lost pieces of the past.

Why similar: Experience 33.4% ★, Experimental 19.9% ★, Narration 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.8%, Emotional 7%

Rediscover a familiar world by splashing it with color and find your way through the darkness in this first-person exploration game. Traverse 30+ surreal locations, solve intriguing puzzles, and face your demons. Uncover fragments of your story through a meditative journey between light and shadow.

Why similar: Experimental 19% ★, Abstract 16.8%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Surreal 13.3%, Narration 9%

Beyond Memoria is a first-person narrative journey between dream and memory. Explore a surreal world and use photography to uncover forgotten fragments and piece together your story.

Why similar: Philosophical 19.3%, Walking Simulator 19%, Narration 16%, Nature 14.1%, Exploration 7.8%

The familiar becomes magical in this critically acclaimed interactive artscape. Explore ten scenes inspired by the everyday and let your expectations of reality be transformed. Carl Burton's other work has been featured in the New York Times, Serial, Colossal, and Medium.

Why similar: Experimental 34.7% ★, Abstract 23.7%, Surreal 18.5%, Relaxing 9.3%, Atmospheric 8%

A surreal and quiet horror tale about a murderous little marshmallow who's escaped death row. A mysterious plague that makes people stare at dirt... Creepy love letters trying to win your affection... You may have closed your eyes, but now it's time to feast.

Why similar: Experience 33.8% ★, Experimental 18.5% ★, Psychedelic 12.8%, Surreal 10%, Walking Simulator 7%