- #1 Inops
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: ZRZStudio
Windows
Dive into the wondrous world of the Inops! The 2D puzzle based side scrolling adventure of dark and light. Battle the fire breathing demons and rescue the scattered Inops.
Why similar: Adventure 46.3%, Indie 33.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Puzzle Platformer 6.4%, 2D Platformer 4.6%
- #2 Shadows
96% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Logan Apple
Windows
Shadows is a puzzle-based platformer taking place in a mysterious, silhouetted world. Your goal is to construct a beacon of light to call for help and find your way home. Throughout your journey, you will need to balance the powers of light and darkness to keep yourself alive.
Why similar: Adventure 39.2%, Indie 29.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #3 Gathering Sky
96% matchVery Positive93% of 333 reviews2015
Dev: A Stranger Gravity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Guide a flock of birds on a playful journey across the sky.
Why similar: Adventure 48.5%, Indie 36.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%
- #4 Hyss
95% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sunscale Studios
Windows
Angry fairies, a kidnapped herd of cows and a devastated cow queen. Play as Vilde and Grusa, throw Ms. Cowknight and solve the fairies’ tricky puzzles to save the kidnapped cows. Hyss is a lighthearted puzzle adventure with focus on platforming, puzzle solving and throwing cows.
Why similar: Adventure 51.6%, Indie 37.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.3%
- #5 Briefcase Inc.
94% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Çağatay Demir
Windows · Mac
A hardcore precision platformer where you switch between three differently skilled characters to collect briefcases and make your way through levels.
Why similar: Adventure 54%, Indie 39.4%, 2D Platformer 6.6%
- #6 Wunderling DX
94% matchVery Positive94% of 194 reviews2020
Dev: Bitwave Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!
Why similar: Adventure 34.9%, Indie 25.8%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Retro 7.4%
- #7 Hermina Lumen is Only Human
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bad chalk
Windows · Mac
A rather miserable story-driven adventure game about small-town 80's witches and a fairly disastrous funeral.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #8 A.V.
93% matchMixed63% of 41 reviews2015
Dev: FirstForever StudiosPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A.V. is a first-person stealth-puzzle-musical-adventure game (Try saying that 5 times fast). The game places the player in the role of a rogue music-processing algorithm from a computer's sound systems. From this role, the player can view the world only through audible means.
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #9 MRAK
91% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: RE:OS
Windows
MRAK is a hardcore platformer with unique gameplay. Paint the level of blood and only it will show the way to our character. Starting with the easiest levels you will find many challenging but interesting levels.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #10 Dino Dawn
92% matchMostly Negative23% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: neonboxgames
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Dino Dawn is a platformer game about adventure of the Dinosaur in which it needs to rescue eggs.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #11 Second Final
91% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Standard EVO StudiosPub: Standard EVO Games
Windows
Michael Jar is a person who is always looking to create for something big. For this reason, he works at microlab, which have aims to develop the environment, until a moment when Mike discovered the dark side that the lab handles…Event which will happen soon is
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #12 R_sin
90% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: 名字还没想好
Windows
R_sin is a third-person single-player adventure horror game that combines shooting elements with horror elements. Rebuild already
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #13 Drifted Tales - Ancestor's Isle
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Course Interactive
Windows
An exploration driven adventure with survival and crafting mechanics but no fighting. Explore a uniquely designed islands in a point and click fashion, gather resources, craft tools and build much needed shelter. Uncover long lost places with a distinct background story and finally manage to escape the island.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #14 Small person
89% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Giks
Windows
In spite of your relatively low social status, it is from you that the future of the country will depend.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #15 Bloody Mary: Forgotten Curse
88% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Fargamer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bloody Mary is a survival horror with narrative and adaptive elements that the player can take advantage of to survive. It is the player’s role to escape from Mary, who is never far and stalking the player as they try to figure out how to escape from the realm.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #16 Gred
87% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Kevin BergealPub: Team Gred
Windows
A young child from a road sign has been lost and your goal is to find him ! Incarn BOTH green and red light men and use their powers to switch time and voyage through multiple environments to save him.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #17 Smaller
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Ragehog Studios
Windows
Enter Smaller, a world of things that are larger than you. Help George to overcome his shrunken condition and return to his right size. But, you must overcome the dangers of this fantasy world.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #18 Ball Pit Simulator
86% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Drew J. Stivers
Windows
YOU ARE TRAPPED IN A CURSED BALL PIT, HOW WILL YOU ESCAPE? Ball Pit Simulator is the first game to take place entirely in the realms of a ball pit however, it is not all fun and games. There is only one rule in the ball pit, don't touch the green balls!
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #19 Phenomenal Car Park Adventure: Digital Deluxe Edition
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myshkin Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A walking simulator for cars - or "driving simulator" - about meaninglessness, car parks, and the end of the world. Or is it...?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #20 Climb Challenge
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: MVE
Windows
Climb Challenge is a third person perspective game were the player must navigate through three challenging levels. Each level has a unique design and play style challenging the players observation skills, puzzle solving skills, speed and most of all their determination to complete the game.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #21 Gravity Spin
85% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gravity Spin is a tough as nails 8 bit retro metroidvania (retroidvania) with a literal spin - on gravity. Spin the world on its head and be careful not to get too confused.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #22 The Raintime
83% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #23 Airglow
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GuiiStudio
Windows
You play as a wolf who gets seperated from the pack. Get unexpected help to find your way. Explore the nature and find the unforseen history of your pack.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #24 K'NOSSOS
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Svarun Entertainment
Windows
K'NOSSOS is a cold surreal adventure game about a man traveling the unknown reaches of the cosmos and the things he uncovers on his journey.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #25 Potion Paws
81% matchMixed52% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Bitten Toast Games
Windows
You’ve decided to take the risk and purchase a run down house in the middle of a spooky forest near a dungeon overrun with monsters.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #26 Outliver: Redemption
82% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: GBROSSOFT
Windows
Derek Okoye’s accident on the day of a big trial becomes a window for redeeming his lost values…
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #27 Buratino
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zemen
Windows
Buratino is a 2D arcade game with light adventure elements for the ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #28 The Amazonian Dread
82% match8 user reviews13% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: GBROSSOFT
Windows
An ethnobotanist’s research foray deep in the Amazonian jungle of papaluco turns into a deadly fight for survival…
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #29 KALEIDO STELLA
80% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: CHARON
Windows
"Does your eye see the stars?" Visual Novel ADV "Kaleidoscope Stella" fighting with the fate of the stars Circle CHARON presents a large-scale latest work set in the universe. Peaceful lives of boys and girls are shattered by the invasion of one alien. In order to protect this blue planet, you have to fight.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #30 Den vänstra handens stig
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Newmark Software
Windows · Mac
Den vänstra handens stig is a transcendental blackened narrative experience that focuses on courage, determination and sacrifice.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #31 Midnight at the Celestial Palace: Part I
81% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Orrery Games
Windows
Midnight at the Celestial Palace: Chapter I is the first episode in an all new fantasy adventure series by Orrery Games and BlipHaus Design.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #32 Inner Riddle
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
You have awoken in strange and unfamiliar place. Soon you realize that you are not simply locked up. But why? For what reason? In search of answers, you must follow the rules of this place. Puzzles and hard decisions are waiting for you. Will you perish never reaching the end or pass through all obstacles and understand what happened?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #33 Dark Train: Coupe
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paperash Studio
Windows · Mac
Dark Train: Coupe is a steampunk visual novel made of paper, story prequel to Dark Train. Be a passenger, listen, discuss and decide what will happen next during your journey through the Border City. Meet Ann Tagrezbung; she is quite lovely, unmechanical and still human...
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #34 Slice of Life
79% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
What to do when you are alone?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #35 The Bears And The Bees
78% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Damsel Stone
Windows
The Bears And The Bees is a debut adventure that follows the heroic exploits of Beesworth, a baby bee who hasn't got his wings yet. Bounce through a hand crafted world in which bears have kidnapped the queen bee, and everyone is relying on Beesworth to get her back!
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #36 夢限ノ夜
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: easttiberi
Windows
◇2時間程度のホラーノベルアドベンチャー◇ 悪夢からは逃げられない。日向ヨウは夢を見た。中学生のころのなつかしい思い出だ。しかし、ヨウにはそのころの記憶がなかった。なぜ記憶がないのか。なぜ、今になって思い出したのか。 ヨウはかつての面影をもとめてなつかしの校舎へ向かう。
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #37 Welcome to nightmare
79% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: AlekseyPub: AlexGames
Windows
Is it a dream, or is everything really happening? The player will plunge into a strange world, where everything depends only on what decision he makes while in a particular situation. Will he save himself or will he save all the captives of this world?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #38 Wojdan - وجدان
75% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Light Studio | نقش الضوء
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow Jawad & his family on their quest to find a cure for his illness.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #39 Cedar Junction
78% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: vandal_TEN Studio
Windows
An urban exploration adventure, set in the pine forests of the fictional Midwest. Explore every building and climb every hill as you discover the mysteries of Cedar Junction.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #40 Plan Z Chapter 1
76% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Kongmeng Yang
Windows
Plan Z is a true-to-life post-apocalyptic zombie survival game that includes an imminent nuclear meltdown, which shapes your every decision in the game to survive. Players will follow Gary Gannon from his home city of Green Bay, WI on his journey across a zombie-infested country to reach the west coast, where his father resides.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #41 LETHE: Broken memories
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cuatro Monos Games
Windows
Enter into the mind of Alan Zane, a loving husband and father, who is on the brink of losing his memories. Alzheimer's disease is trying to block your way, will you be able to remember your own life?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #42 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
《裁決者》是款以極權島國為背景的冒險遊戲。遊戲中你將扮演調查局的副局長,並透過裁決案子替國家伸張正義。但在一次裁決中你意外地殺害了摯友「黃義雄」,使你首次對國家產生了疑惑。重重的危機,雨中,客廳等待著你的並不是虛無。而是屋外毫不知情的黃義雄獨生女「黃詠晴」......少女的笑容,開始了你的罪──
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #43 Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats
72% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats is a free standalone experience which acts as a companion to Where The Water Tastes Like Wine.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #44 圣山ShenShan
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: lynchhead
Windows
Explore the holy mountain and use equipment and cards to defeat the enemy to discover the value of your existence
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #45 EX0: Dark Moon
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Six Games
Windows
An indie retro-ish puzzle platformer where you must upgrade your stats to run, jump, and shoot your way through each level and beat the evil dark slimes.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #46 Catsby
73% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: OOTOTGames
Windows · Mac
Catsby works in Happy Technology. He helps people to become happy. One day, he signed a big contract with Steven to make his master Doctor Philip become happy again. Unfortunately, during the task, he was turned into a cat. But he still has to finish his task, so here his "Cat Adventure" goes...
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #47 Downloaded: Fragments of a Forgotten Soul
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: ThoseBros EntertainmentPub: ThoseBros Entertainment
Windows
In this rage worthy game help Keeli, a goddess of technology, find her redemption after falling from grace. Face 8 challenging levels, 3 bosses, and confront your own corruption. Includes Steam Achievements as well as in game side challenges and an amazing soundtrack. Formatted for Keyboard or Controller use.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #48 DownWind
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Clarke
Windows
Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #49 Castle Agony
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: The Pompous Pixel
Windows
Welcome to Agony. Inspired by the Resident Evil of old, the golden age of NES gaming and the Castlevania series, you play a local hero with a dog! Forced by your village to enter the crumbling castle filled with trickery, magic and monsters! Can you defeat The Vampire and live to see another dawn?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #50 The Keepers of Pages: Chevengur
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galitsyn Egor(GG)Pub: Gogol'Game
Windows
"The Keepers of Pages" is a puzzle-platformer, inspired by the novel of Russian writer A. Platonow "Chevengur". Find your way through a post-apocalyptic world and collect the lost pages in the realm where the reality of the future is tightly interlaced with the texts of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #51 Ana The Game
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
If you answer that unknown number, you’re screwed... Are you willing to risk everything … ?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #52 A Fine Mess
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Santima Games
Windows · Mac
A moon shattered in the sky, a city destroyed and a mysterious woman in an age-old outfit, biding her time on the beach as if none had happened.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #53 Nor'Easter
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redi Games
Windows
Nor’easter is a classic point-and-click adventure game inspired by the lumberjack folklore of Northern America. As a brave jackalope befriend strange, magical creatures, help a lost man find his children and save the woodlands from endless winter!
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #54 Pirates of First Star
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Dynamic Voltage Games
Windows
Pirates of First Star is a puzzle adventure game where you'll have to explore and battle to solve the great mystery of the First Star treasure.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #55 Drawn Story
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Vitaly Rekubratskiy
Windows · Mac
Play as an artist looking at a painted world. You're able to create new items in this world by simply drawing them. Use your own imagination to lead a stickman character through a variety of puzzles by drawing things he can use. There’s always a few ways to solve each puzzle.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #56 Citadale - The Ancestral Strain
67% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
The gravest Citadale adventure yet breaks new ground... and buries you in it!
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%