- #1 Hylics 2
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,455 reviews2020
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of surreal, claymation-style aesthetics and psychedelic turn-based combat that mirrors the dreamlike quality of the seed game.
- #2 Critters for Sale
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,772 reviews2021
Dev: Sonoshee
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Experience death from the comfort of your seat.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: This surreal, lo-fi visual novel captures a similar sense of unsettling, dark, and experimental storytelling.
- #3 The Endless Empty
96% matchVery Positive96% of 305 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that leans heavily into surreal, existential themes and abstract visual storytelling.
- #4 Who's Lila?
94% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why You'll Like It: A psychological, surreal experience that uses unique mechanics to explore identity and existential dread.
- #5 Imagine Lifetimes
95% matchMixed66% of 139 reviews2020
Dev: Frycandle
Windows
Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A life-simulation game that uses satire and multiple endings to explore the absurdity of the human experience.
- #6 Death and Taxes
94% matchVery Positive86% of 8,276 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, satirical simulation game where you decide the fate of humanity, echoing the life-and-death themes of the seed game.
- #7 GLITCH DADDY
93% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, surreal puzzle-adventure that matches the chaotic and experimental aesthetic of the seed game.
- #8 Cruelty Squad
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,524 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why You'll Like It: An avant-garde, satirical, and deeply surreal immersive sim that shares the seed game's dark, abrasive, and unconventional tone.
- #9 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
91% matchVery Positive94% of 34,796 reviews2022
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative experience that masterfully blends dark humor, philosophical questioning, and surreal reality-bending.
- #10 Yume Nikki
91% matchVery Positive94% of 10,100 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 71.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential surreal exploration game that focuses on wandering through dreamscapes to uncover abstract, unsettling narratives.
- #11 Inscryption
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,872 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why You'll Like It: A genre-bending, meta-narrative experience that uses dark, surreal imagery and experimental mechanics to keep the player off-balance.
- #12 Trolley Problem, Inc.
90% matchMixed67% of 1,535 reviews2022
Dev: ReadGravesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, satirical choice-based game that forces players to confront uncomfortable moral dilemmas with a cynical edge.
- #13 Duck Simulator 2
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,868 reviews2021
Dev: Orius Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A genre-defying phenomenon that will take you on a journey to stop a rubber duck from taking over the developer's game!
Why You'll Like It: An absurd, surreal simulation game that embraces the same 'weird indie' energy found in the seed game.
- #14 Judge, Jury, and Keyboard
89% matchMixed66% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Virtue Enforcer
Windows
In an era dominated by viral trends, you become the "Internet Judge"—where a few keystrokes can sway public opinion and determine fates. This darkly humorous strategy game lets you experience the absurdity and power of "keyboard justice." Every judgment you make reshapes this chaotic digital world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, comedic simulation that blends card-game mechanics with a cynical take on modern life.
- #15 AlienAfterlife
87% matchVery Positive95% of 57 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: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, 3D exploration game that focuses on interactive fiction and abstract world-building.
- #16 Chaos on Deponia
86% matchVery Positive90% of 3,058 reviews2012
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure known for its dark, cynical humor and absurd, colorful world-building.
- #17 Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus
85% matchVery Positive81% of 458 reviews2022
Dev: Chubby PixelPub: Chubby Pixel Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition.
Why You'll Like It: A surreal puzzle-platformer that uses dark humor to explore the protagonist's dreams and existential struggles.
- #18 Magic Wand
86% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2017
Dev: thecatamitesPub: harmony corp
Windows · Mac · Linux
Machine to process your sensations into trains and fields the monster people moving 'cross are getting lost and found again. An exciting capsule toy JRPG for you.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that provides a surreal, experimental journey through a bizarre and abstract world.
- #19 Future Racer 2000
84% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
Only You Can Be The Future Racer 2000
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal walking simulator that uses 1980s aesthetics to create a haunting, satirical atmosphere.
- #20 A Chamber of Stars
83% matchVery Positive99% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows · Mac
The rise and fall of a rock n' roll star.
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, surreal adventure that balances dark comedy with a colorful, dreamlike presentation.
- #21 Pony Island
84% matchVery Positive95% of 17,978 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-fictional, surreal horror-puzzle game that constantly breaks the fourth wall to challenge the player's perception.
- #22 The Beginner's Guide
82% matchVery Positive88% of 23,006 reviews2015
Dev: Everything Unlimited Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental, narrative-driven game that explores the relationship between creator and player through a surreal, meta-lens.
- #23 Superliminal
80% matchVery Positive95% of 33,072 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 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 You'll Like It: A surreal, perspective-based puzzle game that constantly plays with reality and the player's expectations.
- #24 Exit: A Biodelic Adventure
81% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: neurosaur
Windows
In the world of excessive biotechnologies, an epidemic is ravaging the human race, infecting people's neuronet implants and enslaving them to the mysterious Worm. Who are you: a fighter of the infection, or a hunter of new prey?
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, 2D puzzle-adventure that focuses on abstract, psychedelic exploration.
- #25 Everything
82% matchVery Positive83% of 3,845 reviews2017
Dev: David OReilly
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A philosophical, surreal experience that allows players to embody anything in the universe, reflecting the seed game's grand scope.
- #26 Minit
81% matchVery Positive89% of 2,830 reviews2018
Dev: JWPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A unique adventure where you live your life in 60-second increments, perfectly capturing the existential urgency of the seed game.
- #27 Peace, Death! 2
77% matchVery Positive95% of 895 reviews2021
Dev: AZAMATIKA
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 Nirvana Game Of Life
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Goldtusks
Windows · Mac · Linux
A darkly humorous life simulator where every decision matters. Swipe left or right to guide a life through hundreds of strange events while balancing Health, Money, Social, and Happiness. Live well, die horribly, and try again.
- #29 Elephant Rave 2
76% matchVery Positive97% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Wonderful Elephant
Windows · Mac
The rave goes on! 14 years after his first rave, the elephant has returned for monumental challenge: avoiding very, very deadly beams of light
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #30 Daddy
79% matchMixed55% of 189 reviews2018
Dev: Pudding
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 613.7 hrs≥1hr: 15%
You have to find your daddy.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A short, funny, and surreal indie horror experience that leans into the absurd.
- #31 Suicide Guy: Sleepin' Deeply
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 550 reviews2018
Dev: Fabio FerraraPub: Chubby Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this new chapter of "Suicide Guy" you'll be challenged with even more insane puzzles, generated by the surreal dreams of the Guy. You'll encounter the weirdest of the living beings as you go deeper and deeper into his subconscious. This time to wake him up you'll need all your skills.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #32 Interactivity: The Interactive Experience
77% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #33 Near Midnight
79% matchMostly Negative40% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Dynamics
Windows
Taste the fear like never before
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that utilizes surreal, atmospheric storytelling to create a sense of unease.
- #34 be you 2
76% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: louis morel
Windows
be you 2 is an interactive visual novel. In this sequel to "be you", you must raise a child by making story choices. There are multiple routes and endings based on your offspring's personality.
- #35 Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated
73% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Shadow Layer Games LLC
Windows
The fast-paced supernatural RPG, Breath of Death VII, has been resurrected and remastered! Embark with our undead heroes on a bone-rattling post-apocalyptic adventure through an undead world, now more vibrant than ever, to exhume the mysteries of the past.
- #36 Stick RPG 2: Director's Cut
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,111 reviews2014
Dev: XGen Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Get ready to enter the 2nd Dimension! Thrust into a bizarre and unfamiliar city and find your place among strange citizens. Work, Fight, Study, Eat, Drink, Gamble, Train, Sleep, Quest, Collect, Invest, Repeat.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 RESTLESS SOUL
73% matchVery Positive92% of 321 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
- #38 Loser Reborn
74% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2019
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A Lovecraftian Retro MetaRPG. Marty Stu got reincarnated as a prince in another world. But happily-ever-after comes with Daemon Sultan Azathoth, naturally, and a tough decision to make. When Marty finally realizes life is never that easy, he also learns something is unspeakably wrong...
- #39 You Doesn't Exist
75% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: yo252yo
Windows · Linux
Set out on an adventure that challenges all the codes of the RPG genre, toying with its boundaries to create something unlike anything you've ever seen. In a world full of magic and adventure, a young boy starts his apprenticeship to become a knight... And it will change his life... and yours.
- #40 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 557 reviews2014
Dev: SkyGoblin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Dude Simulator 2
74% matchMixed57% of 2,025 reviews2018
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Dude Simulator 2 is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #42 stikir
72% matchVery Positive83% of 301 reviews2019
Dev: bilge
Windows
This game is about making this game.
- #43 Kosmokrats
71% matchVery Positive87% of 124 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel DelusionPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Experience life in space using cutting edge drone simulation technology. You can never fail — build ships, make friends, live forever.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 SIMULACRA 2
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,664 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
- #45 Phucker in the Ashes
71% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
The ultimate telling of the legendary Phucker Saga. Includes new content, improved graphics, features, characters, and surprises the likes of which have never been seen before.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 The Franz Kafka Videogame
72% matchMixed65% of 883 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Galanin (mif2000)Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 Unemployment Simulator 2018
68% matchVery Positive87% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows · Linux
Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 Paradigm
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,638 reviews2017
Dev: Jacob Janerka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything
71% matchVery Positive93% of 176 reviews2016
Dev: Joe RichardsonPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The Majority of People navigate progress, politics and preposterous propulsive plans in this satirical point-and-click adventure. Featuring highly debatable democracy, problematic project managers and the belief that Anthony's underdeveloped prefrontal cortex will lead to your salvation!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 Prescribe and Pray
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Nuclear Rabbits
Windows
Awaken the incompetent doctor within you! Diagnose strange patients, examine their absurd symptoms… and prescribe treatments that could change their lives… or cut them short. Your actions will have consequences.
- #51 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
65% matchVery Positive93% of 5,440 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #52 Burden Street Station
66% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: IODINEPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
- #53 Visionarium 2 - The Descent
69% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Sander Bos
Windows
Visionarium 2 is a psychedelic audio-visualizer. Enter this artistic VR experience that takes you on an immersive journey through the underworld. Come out on the other side transformed, in awe.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 Underfishing
67% matchVery Positive81% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Petros Anastasiadis
Windows
You just arrived in hell. Nothing left to to do but contemplate the life you lived, and fish. Fish out ancient treasures, upgrade your fishing abilities, and face your biggest regrets in this narrative fishing game! Will you manage to fish out Lucifer's crown and earn another chance at life?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 Wooden Ocean
69% matchVery Positive97% of 236 reviews2020
Dev: Leif Ian AndersonPub: Self
Windows
Kill cosmic gods and their fascist sycophants in a post-entropy future. Become Violence. Become Romantic.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 Sisyphus Reborn
68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,093 reviews2016
Dev: Edwin MontgomeryPub: Myshkin Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive, I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That Life Is Not Real.
69% matchVery Positive87% of 114 reviews2019
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
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: Indie 100%
- #58 Turbo Dismount® 2
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 695 reviews2026
Dev: Secret Exit Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Turbo Dismount 2 is a comedy physics racing sandbox with Mr. Dismount and his friends. It is the officially ambitious sequel to the wildly popular, immensely successful, world-renowned entertainment juggernaut - Turbo Dismount.
- #59 Death Noodle Delivery
67% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Stupidi PixelPub: Troglobytes Games
Windows
It's your first day of work for Death Noodle Delivery Inc. Ride your hoverboard and try to survive in a cyberpunk world on the brink of collapse. Deliver the noodles, hack the hoverboard and build cat bombs. You may find that this world hides a filthy secret.
- #60 Bulb Boy 2: Jar of Despair
65% matchPositive92% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Bulbware
Windows · Mac
The NIGHTMARE was over but this is only the beginning of Bulb Boy’s dark adventures! And this time, it all starts with an empty jam jar...
Why similar: Indie 100%
