Games Like Dull Acres

A calm, dreamlike exploration experience set in a procedurally generated world where shifting landscapes and quiet structures emerge from the haze.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Surreal 17.3%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Nature 12.7%, Relaxing 11.3%

FunnyPizzaLand is a surreal adventure game with dark atmosphere that was designed back in 2001 to be a playable painting.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 42.6%, Surreal 17.2%, Dark 11%, Relaxing 11%, Mystery 10.8%

Step inside picture frames, films, and other imagery that connect a variety of dreamscapes in this surreal first-person exploration game.

Why similar: Surreal 31.9%, Nonlinear 27.3%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Exploration 15.5%, Atmospheric 4.5%

DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, and uncover the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads. Find hidden secrets unknown even to the original developers.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20.8%, Surreal 20.5%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Exploration 12.2%, Minimalist 11.5%

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

Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.4%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Surreal 17.1%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, Mystery 8.3%

Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.

Why similar: Nonlinear 27.5%, Surreal 16.9%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Minimalist 10.6%, Relaxing 9.7%

Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.3%, Surreal 19.1%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Minimalist 11%, Relaxing 9.1%

Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.

Why similar: Nonlinear 22.1%, Surreal 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18%, Exploration 12.6%, Relaxing 8.7%

Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.

Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Nature 19%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Relaxing 11.3%, Exploration 9.7%

A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.

Why similar: Nature 27.3%, Surreal 25.2%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Relaxing 11.4%, Exploration 9.4%

A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20.2%, Surreal 18.3%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Minimalist 11.3%, Relaxing 8.9%

Surf the dunes of a strange desert, discover secrets hidden in plain sight, and unravel the story behind the sudden disappearance of your boyfriend in this surreal, open world mystery.

Why similar: Surreal 28.2%, Nonlinear 23.6%, Mystery 17.9%, Exploration 16.2%, Nature 9.2%

Mesoké is a poetic and introspective flying game. Glide freely through an ever-shifting inner world, where every movement brushes against memory, emotion, and beauty. Explore, take risks, and collect the vital energy that brings your inner sanctuary back to life.

Why similar: Nonlinear 28%, Surreal 18.5%, Nature 13%, Relaxing 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.3%

A recreational software for counting sheep, observing puzzles, and befriending an indoor air-conditioning unit.

Why similar: Surreal 32%, Dark Comedy 31.2%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Exploration 11.9%, Mystery 10.6%

Paradise Nowhere is a Backrooms game that blends abstract concepts with realistic graphics, evoking a feeling of liminality through empty spaces devoid of life. The game isn’t intended as a horror experience, your feelings towards liminal spaces might make it one. Or maybe, it's just the Paradise...

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.8%, Surreal 19.1%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Relaxing 11.1%, Mystery 9.7%

Explore and solve your way through the gloomy halls in which you find yourself stuck. Thinking symmetrically will be key! Isolated and environmental puzzles feature in this first-person puzzle experience.

Why similar: Nonlinear 26.9%, Walking Simulator 16%, Minimalist 14.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Surreal 12.3%

A game in which you explore surreal and beautiful forests.

Why similar: Nature 29%, Relaxing 16.3%, Surreal 15.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Walking Simulator 12.1%

Capture stunning moments with your trusty camera and immerse yourself in a soothing, zen-inspired world that calms your mind and eases anxiety.

Why similar: Nature 26.7%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Relaxing 15.3%, Minimalist 14%, Nonlinear 11.9%

Enter the realm of animal dreams! Experience adventures in places where humans exist only in legends. What path will you take, my friend?

Why similar: Surreal 21.9%, Nature 16%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Relaxing 15.6%, Exploration 12.5%

A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...

Why similar: Dark Comedy 38.9%, Surreal 24.1%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Dark 11.4%, Comedy 4.6%

From the mind of award-winning visual artist, Xander Clinthorne, comes a meditative indie-game about wandering and taking it slow. This title takes you deep into a beautiful pixel-art world with flow state inducing gameplay, The Great Monkey's wisdom to discover and a stunning original soundtrack.

Why similar: Nonlinear 22.4%, Surreal 21.5%, Nature 15%, Relaxing 11%, Exploration 10.4%

A puzzle game about drawing lines that cross, merge, and interact in unique ways. Uncover secrets, decipher symbols, and trace paths that satisfy every rule.

Why similar: Nonlinear 25.1%, Surreal 24.1%, Minimalist 17.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Mystery 8.2%

You have stumbled upon a museum you might have not intended to find. But it called to you. And you realized you ended up someplace…roiling…alive. If you interact with the art, some speak while others hold bygone echoes. You’ve heeded the call. It’s up to you now to explore.

Why similar: Nonlinear 26.9%, Surreal 24.6%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Relaxing 13%, Exploration 11.5%

Tiara is an exploration-focused narrative game where you play through days (and dream through nights) to uncover the story of Tiara's life.

Why similar: Surreal 32.7%, Nonlinear 22.5%, Walking Simulator 18%, Exploration 12.6%, Dark 5.5%

Take a break and relax! No rush – enjoy the journey and soak in the sights. Capture stunning photos across millions of unique islands in this tranquil walking simulator.

Why similar: Surreal 18.9%, Nature 17.8%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Minimalist 13.3%, Nonlinear 12.7%

Dawn of a Soul is a mathematical puzzle game about creating perfectly balanced paths by building chains and combos.

Why similar: Minimalist 23.2%, Nonlinear 20.6%, Surreal 19.9%, Dark 12.7%, Mystery 11.1%

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: Surreal 27.3%, Nature 20.1%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Minimalist 12.2%, Exploration 11%

Travel at one second per second through this unusual 'puzzle'-like click'em'up!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 58%, Surreal 28.4%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%, 2D 2.8%

droqen's desperate attempt to explain, or explore, or understand the true meaning of "kill gameplay."

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.9%, Surreal 24.2%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Minimalist 13.5%, Exploration 11%

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Surreal 22.9%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Exploration 10.2%, Relaxing 9.1%

Exploration. Silence. Echoes. Wander a shifting pyramid where rooms change and reality bends. No monsters, just atmosphere, isolation, and subtle unease. Uncanny, immersive, and unsettling. Solve light environmental puzzles across 8 levels. Experience the pyramid alone - empty, yet somehow present.

Why similar: Surreal 27.3%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Relaxing 11.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Mystery 9.6%

Lost in a massive surreal labyrinth, you must explore, solve puzzles, and collect three keys to unlock the gate at its center. Wander freely through a minimalist world where every path may lead you deeper into the labyrinth or closer to escape.

Why similar: Nonlinear 30.4%, Surreal 27.9%, Minimalist 14.3%, Exploration 12%, Mystery 10.1%

Delve into the depths of silliness as you uncover the ludicrous Lands Below The Tower. Explore strange new depths, solve stranger puzzles and point and click your weight in whimsy in this charming adventure of knighthood, discovery and the absurd.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 41.4%, Surreal 23.1%, Relaxing 11.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Mystery 4.8%

project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.

Why similar: Surreal 29.9%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, Exploration 14.7%, Minimalist 14.1%, Mystery 10%

Discover hidden truths about the world in this 3D adventure about a giraffe with an unreasonably long neck. Figure out the rules, solve strange mysteries, and stumble upon unexpected twists. Choose your own path.

Why similar: Nonlinear 28.8%, Surreal 17.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Relaxing 11.7%, Exploration 11.6%

OPEN THE DOOR TO WIN! Welcome to Just More Doors, a place where anything you can dream of might just be a door away from you. Go on, open the door, it is as simple as that!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Surreal 22.1%, Minimalist 17.6%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Exploration 13.4%

Chill exploration, contemplative ride game with a boat.

Why similar: Relaxing 24.5%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Nonlinear 18.2%, Exploration 16.5%, Mystery 10.3%

Set off on a calm and beautiful adventure exploring a vast mystical island in search of the lost Manaliths. Walk, climb, swim, and glide through valleys, woods, caverns, and coves discovering the island's secrets as you go.

Why similar: Surreal 38.7%, Walking Simulator 27.9%, Exploration 17%, Relaxing 9.8%, Atmospheric 5%

Exploration-focused walking simulator. Traverse abstract worlds. Interact with enigmatic characters. Collect memories from the one who came before you.

Why similar: Surreal 41%, Nonlinear 31.8%, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Casual 3.2%, Adventure 0.6%

What lies beyond The 4th Wall?

Why similar: Surreal 39.5%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Exploration 14%, Minimalist 13.3%, Mystery 8.2%

A 3rd-person exploration game explore a series of dreams and reconnect with your childhood best friend: your French Bulldog. Take control of both a human and French Bulldog as you experience a violently emotional story. Beware of the collectibles. They determine the fate of your friendship.

Why similar: Nonlinear 26.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, Relaxing 12.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Minimalist 11.9%

You are a point of light in a new open world Strand-type game. Create pathways through the darkness, nurture the creatures of the Forest, repair ancient structures, and ultimately: confront the Witch who broke this place.

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.3%, Surreal 21.4%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Minimalist 13.2%, Dark 8.8%

Aquariums is a liminal space horror adventure with elements of thalassophobia and poolrooms. You find yourself in a mysterious facility full of oversized Aquariums and Sea Life. Navigate the flooded rooms to find out the secret behind this sinister place.

Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Minimalist 13.7%, Relaxing 13.4%, Exploration 11.7%

Experience liminal spaces like never before. A psychological exploration where intuition replaces guidance, environments feel alive, and the fear comes not from monsters, but from being lost, observed, and slowly overwhelmed by the space itself.

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.2%, Surreal 20.4%, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Minimalist 11.1%

Neuropathic is a dark comedy about emotions and other scary things like that.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 38.7%, Nonlinear 21.1%, Surreal 20.2%, Minimalist 10.4%, Mystery 4%

'Mother's Embrace' - indie horror game set in a remote Latvian town, where the unforgiving winter serves as the backdrop to a harrowing story. You return here only to find your childhood home eerily deserted, its once welcoming streets now shrouded in a deafening silence.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.5%, Minimalist 17.7%, Surreal 14.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Dark 10.6%

Deliver mail in a strange little town in the middle of nowhere. Meet a colorful cast of villagers as you try to figure out what happened to the previous postman.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 35.7%, Surreal 18.2%, Walking Simulator 17%, Exploration 10.1%, Relaxing 9.6%

Step into a serene, surreal city of the old future. Explore environments shaped by the soul of Frutiger design. Slow down inside a world built to be remembered.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Nature 18.3%, Surreal 17.6%, Relaxing 16.5%, Exploration 14.5%

As the world is seen through a hungry lens, so does it's next victim see what they desire in their very own childish eyes. Burger Station is a tiny, spooky yet cute game about trying to get a single piece of candy.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 45.9%, Minimalist 16.9%, Surreal 14.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%

She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.

Why similar: Surreal 37.4%, Walking Simulator 25.3%, Relaxing 17.8%, Minimalist 12.6%, Atmospheric 2.9%

The path of a Buddhist monk is a path of enlightenment. Find your way through the mystical forest, encounter beautiful creatures, magical places, evil spirits and puzzling challenges that will test if you have what it takes to become a buddha.

Why similar: Nature 19.4%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Surreal 16.9%, Relaxing 12.5%, Exploration 10.9%

Help a little soul go through a unique and wonderful world. Explore the area, solve puzzles, find scraps of memories to help the hero reunite with his family and find out why Death didn't come for him.

Why similar: Surreal 26.3%, Nonlinear 24.6%, Exploration 14.2%, Relaxing 10.1%, Walking Simulator 7.3%

Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.

Why similar: Nonlinear 26.8%, Nature 18.4%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Mystery 11.2%

Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.4%, Surreal 24%, Nature 13.2%, Relaxing 12.6%, Exploration 11.9%

A spooky fun 2D adventure with focus on exploration and light puzzling. Help GraveBoy to collect 10 rare skulls to save his father from a demon!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 39.1%, Nonlinear 28.2%, Exploration 13.3%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, 2D 4.4%

Wander through bright liminal spaces shaped by distant summer memories. Ride a childhood scooter, reveal hidden paths with Dream Vision, and capture surreal moments with your camera. No combat—just calm exploration.

Why similar: Surreal 33.2%, Walking Simulator 26.6%, Exploration 16.1%, Relaxing 15%, Atmospheric 5%

After discovering an ancient portal, you suddenly find yourself among the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. Technological relics, sprawling ruins, and cryptic puzzles are all that remain. If you are to learn their secrets, you must unearth the fate of the race that called this world home.

Why similar: Surreal 23%, Nature 20.6%, Nonlinear 19%, Mystery 11.1%, Exploration 10.5%

Moo! You play as a brave cow. While searching for your stolen calf, you uncover a mystical saga about a secret cow-lt. Explore a lively low poly world full of little puzzles and fantastical adventures. Various surprising endings are waiting for you to discover them.

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.1%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Nature 14.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Exploration 13.3%

You're stuck in a British Clinic. Observe your surroundings, staff, patients, posters and more to reach your appointment with Dr Ann O'Malley to escape from the endless loop of Anomaly Clinic. Oh and there's a cat.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 36%, Surreal 22.9%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Mystery 9.7%, Dark 7%