- #1 .T.E.S.T: Expected Behaviour — Sci-Fi 3D Puzzle Quest
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 91 reviews2018
Dev: Veslo Games
Windows · Mac
.T.E.S.T: Expected Behavior is a first-person brain twister with a sci-fi plot. On top of logic, you'll need a fast reaction speed, "outside the box" reasoning, and the skill to adapt to unfamiliar situations.
Why similar: Indie 37.6%, Adventure 32%, Action 30.4%
- #2 The Body Changer
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2015
Dev: TheShortAndTheTall
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A single player metroidvania 3D game with cooperative gameplay. Find out what's going on by taking control of distinct characters and change between them whenever you want. An unique mix of 3rd person shooter and challenging puzzles!
Why similar: Adventure 37.9%, Action 33.3%, Indie 28.8%
- #3 OVERTURN
96% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: STUDIO HGPub: YJM GAMES
Windows
You’ve found yourself inside a futuristic laboratory with no memory of who you are or how you got there. You begin to wonder - are there others like me?Find your way out of the confines of the laboratory and unravel the story to understand what’s going on.
Why similar: Action 51%, Adventure 49%
- #4 Fortuito: Lost History
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: Adventure 91.1%, Action 8.9%
- #5 Dimensional
94% matchVery Positive81% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Brett JacksonPub: Head Start Design
Windows
A first-person, narrative-driven puzzle game. Dimensional throws you into dangerous chambers to save an alien race. This is not a passive experience. You'll have to feel and act as though you're really there - standing, moving around, manipulating objects and reacting to dangers.
Why similar: Adventure 40.6%, Action 32.3%, Indie 27.1%
- #6 Dofamine VR
92% matchVery Positive85% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: VR-WRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
An atmospheric first-person VR puzzle game: explore a science facility, solve mysteries, uncover the cause of catastrophe. Single-player experience.
Why similar: Adventure 51.7%, Action 48.3%
- #7 The Albatross
94% matchMixed58% of 151 reviews2017
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Albatross is an indie first-person adventure themed game. You can take the role of an experienced private agent, who conceals himself behind an alias known as the 'Albatross'.
Why similar: Action 43.9%, Adventure 31.3%, Indie 24.8%
- #8 Helium
93% matchMixed51% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: rocketship
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hardcore sci-fi first person shooter. You are a liaison on Vega 237 spacecraft. All crew members died and you are all by yourself in the midst of an unknown planet. Your goal is to find out what happened to the crew and establish the signal's nature.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 28%
- #9 Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia
90% matchVery Positive93% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #10 YogLabs: Testing Initiative
89% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A unique puzzle-adventure set in the secret YogLabs research facility. As a newly created clone, you’ll face a series of challenges while disaster threatens to consume the laboratory.
Why similar: Adventure 81.2%, Indie 18.8%
- #11 Faraday Protocol
91% matchVery Positive85% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Red Koi BoxPub: Deck13
Windows · Linux
Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.
Why similar: Adventure 62.8%, Indie 37.2%
- #12 Machine Learning: Episode I
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 110 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Machine Learning: Episode is a first person arcade puzzle game built for HTC Vive. You play as an A.I. robot created in DARPA laboratory in the near future. One of the scientists is here to test your physical, perception and cognitive skills. By using the power of room-scale VR and Vive controllers
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 35.1%, Indie 28%
- #13 THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 364 reviews2023
Dev: Three Dots GamesPub: Take Aim Games
Windows
Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?
Why similar: Action 52.3%, Adventure 47.7%
- #14 Lethe - Episode One
88% matchVery Positive85% of 403 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.
Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Action 34.4%, Indie 27.5%
- #15 Andarin Weppes
86% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
Windows
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Adventure 62.8%, Indie 37.2%
- #16 Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room
86% matchVery Positive82% of 542 reviews2020
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?
Why similar: Adventure 79.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #17 Sanity of Morris
87% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Alterego GamesPub: StickyLock Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanity of Morris: a psychological horror adventure game. Your flashlight reveals the clues you need to stay sane in the search for your father. Discover the truth. Could aliens be real?
Why similar: Action 47.5%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 17.6%
- #18 Gravulse Experimental
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 233 reviews2020
Dev: illystrayPub: verkme
Windows
Welcome to Gravulse, an innovative space curvature laboratory that is trying to "flip" the laws of physics, literally. Here you have to go through many test levels using various new technologies!
Why similar: Action 66.7%, Indie 33.3%
- #19 Prison Loop
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Action 49.1%
- #20 Causal Loop
81% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Mirebound InteractivePub: Headup
Windows
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: Adventure 52.3%, Action 47.7%
- #21 Find Out
85% matchMixed58% of 160 reviews2016
Dev: Vorobiov VadymPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Find Out - this is an adventure game in which you will have to escape from an unknown location, surrounded by a large maze.
Why similar: Indie 47%, Adventure 27.6%, Action 25.4%
- #22 Incoming Evil
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: CodelessMan
Windows
A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.
Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Indie 36.1%, Action 25.3%
- #23 The Lab - Escape Room
82% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Flat Cat Games
Windows
Walk through a futuristic complex while solving puzzles and discover how you got there. What are these mysterious creatures? Why everything looks abandoned? Could you escape from The Lab?
Why similar: Adventure 93.6%, Indie 6.4%
- #24 The Initiate
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 204 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Adventure 41.3%, Indie 32.2%, Action 26.5%
- #25 Tested on Humans: Escape Room
79% matchVery Positive86% of 498 reviews2021
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #26 Albert Innovation
79% matchVery Positive91% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Delirium Den
Windows
Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.
Why similar: Indie 38.1%, Action 35.4%, Adventure 26.5%
- #27 File Destined
78% matchVery Positive87% of 438 reviews2023
Dev: Metavision Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Adventure 44.7%, Action 28.8%, Indie 26.5%
- #28 Beyond The Evil
78% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Indie 39.7%, Action 30.9%, Adventure 29.4%
- #29 Alchemy
77% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Default Company
Windows
Discover what lies beyond our reality with Alchemy. A portal-like experience that will challenge you to think with potions while trying to solve the mysteries of this strange new place.
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Action 49.1%
- #30 Chroma Zero
75% matchVery Positive96% of 330 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: Adventure 65.4%, Indie 34.6%
- #31 Darwin's Paradox!
73% matchVery Positive89% of 754 reviews2026
Dev: ZDT StudioPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and escape.
Why similar: Action 50.8%, Adventure 49.2%
- #32 Distorted Reality
80% matchMostly Negative21% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: Berdochan
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Distorted Reality is a first-person survival horror, which takes place in the hospital of Alexandria. For mysterious reasons, the usual laws of physics in the hospital completely stopped working.
Why similar: Adventure 39.6%, Action 32.9%, Indie 27.5%
- #33 Grimhook
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,045 reviews2023
Dev: Unlimited Fries
Windows
Bounce, dash, and grapple through flooded caverns in this fast-paced first-person action platformer. Descend into Grimhook's sunken ruins as Dart, mastering Lovecraftian powers and decimating robotic foes. Explore, battle, and unravel the mysteries below Miletos.
Why similar: Adventure 51%, Action 49%
- #34 The Turing Test
74% matchVery Positive88% of 7,996 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 87.1%, Indie 12.9%
- #35 Unknown Fate
77% matchMixed67% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Marslit GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Unknown Fate is an enigmatic story-driven action adventure set in a surreal world full of mind-twisting puzzles and bizarre creatures
Why similar: Adventure 56.9%, Indie 43.1%
- #36 The Crow's Eye
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 198 reviews2017
Dev: 3D2 EntertainmentPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #37 Project Tower
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Yummy Games
Windows
Dive in Project Tower, a third-person shooter mixing intense bullet hell combat with a unique morphing ability. Imprisoned by the "Hiks", fight to the top of their deadly tower for freedom. Will you outsmart them and make your way out ?
Why similar: Adventure 51.8%, Action 48.2%
- #38 Metal Garden
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,434 reviews2025
Dev: Tinerasoft
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Adventure 36.9%, Indie 25%
- #39 The Butterfly Sign
76% matchMixed64% of 198 reviews2016
Dev: Quantum Phoenix Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Butterfly Sign is a detective story putting players into the role of the survivor of a disastrous incident. The protagonist takes an experimental drug which immerses him in the depths of his mind. In his memories, he will discover the ones responsible for the disaster, little by little, step by step…
Why similar: Adventure 53.9%, Action 25.6%, Indie 20.5%
- #40 Everything Is For Humanity
73% matchMixed68% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: Vanquisher Games
Windows
Everything is for Humanity is a story-driven, exploration and puzzle-solving based science fiction horror game which sets in a massive science facility in 2020. You will discover tons of things and find out about the blood-chilling truths with its first-person experience.
Why similar: Adventure 42.9%, Action 30.6%, Indie 26.5%
- #41 Grimind
75% matchMixed64% of 290 reviews2014
Dev: Paweł MogiłaPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you...
Why similar: Indie 44%, Adventure 36.8%, Action 19.2%
- #42 Changeover: Decisions
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: KHB-Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?
Why similar: Adventure 37.2%, Action 35.3%, Indie 27.5%
- #43 Archibald's Adventures
73% matchVery Positive91% of 114 reviews2016
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A paranoid computer issued a lock down on a mad scientist's mansion after his experiments and security robots broke loose, and you are trapped inside! Overcome all the pitfalls of the mansion in this action puzzle game! Test your skills and wit in nearly 200 levels!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 28.9%
- #44 Deliver Us The Moon
69% matchVery Positive88% of 9,301 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Action 28.7%, Indie 27.7%
- #45 Insomnis
70% matchVery Positive91% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Path Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!
Why similar: Adventure 57.1%, Indie 42.9%
- #46 Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Reversed Escape Room
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2021
Dev: VulpesoftPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend.
Why similar: Adventure 63.5%, Indie 36.5%
- #47 Ruined Nurse
67% matchVery Positive83% of 585 reviews2024
Dev: eTIRUe
Windows
Explore the hospital by Thwarting the creatures that are trying to stop you and solving puzzles. Successfully install the internet and surprise customer...
Why similar: Adventure 53.4%, Action 46.6%
- #48 Paradise's Secrets
69% matchVery Positive83% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Entry Studios
Windows
After accepting the invitation from the Paradise company following the events we've experienced, nothing on our journey may turn out as we expect. You must be very careful to uncover all the mystery and reveal the truth. Learn everything and expose the true face of the Paradise company.
Why similar: Action 63.6%, Indie 36.4%
- #49 DYING: Reborn
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 216 reviews2018
Dev: NEKCOM EntertainmentPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #50 Oneiros
70% matchVery Positive84% of 308 reviews2020
Dev: Coal Valley Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Will you be able to break the vicious circle? Can you regain control? Experience the surreal adventure filled with many puzzles and psychedelic visions.
Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Action 25.3%, Indie 23.9%
- #51 Neospace: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
You wake up in a spaceship, you realize that strange things are going on there, you try to get back to civilization. However, this is harder than you think, the encounters will drive you crazy and you will doubt yourself.
Why similar: Adventure 91%, Indie 9%
- #52 Venineth
68% matchVery Positive81% of 265 reviews2020
Dev: Venineth TeamPub: mort-art
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
Why similar: Adventure 36.5%, Action 34.1%, Indie 29.5%
- #53 Photonic Distress
69% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: GRIP420
Windows
Photonic Distress (or PD for short) is a blend of First/Third Person puzzler/platformer with a unique twist. Navigate your way through randomly generated levels, lighting your way up, fighting enemies, sliding and collecting Memory Fragments to wake up!
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 35.1%, Indie 28%
- #54 Vectromirror 0™
67% matchVery Positive86% of 463 reviews2020
Dev: The Vectromirror InitiativePub: Burnout Game Ventures
Windows
Become the Test Subject and attempt to complete a challenging experiment to awaken emotional responses in your Artificial Intelligence. Jump, wall-run, and parkour your way through the free-to-play prequel to the upcoming game.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #55 Despair
71% matchMostly Negative35% of 1,837 reviews2015
Dev: AGC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
Why similar: Indie 59.9%, Action 21.7%, Adventure 18.4%
- #56 Project Liminal 2
63% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Adventure 48.2%, Action 42.3%, Indie 9.5%
- #57 Take Notes
63% matchVery Positive97% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Stoneware Game Studio
Windows
Take Notes is a puzzle game set in the near future within a bunker filled with 40 unique puzzles. Prepare yourself for a mind-bending adventure where every puzzle solved brings you one step closer to stopping the unthinkable
Why similar: Adventure 65.3%, Indie 34.7%
- #58 DESORDRE : A Puzzle Game Adventure
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: SHK Interactive
Windows
Immerse yourself in the multidimensional universe of Desordre. Solve intricate puzzles, push the boundaries of 4-dimensional thinking. Get ready for a unique experience where reflection takes on a whole new dimension. Created by one-man development studio SHK Interactive using Unreal Engine.
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Indie 27%, Adventure 22.5%
- #59 Door2:Key
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Door2:Key - breathtaking and mysterious door-puzzle game in which any little thing could be a key to the solution
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%