- #1 Onder
97% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Volt
Windows
Alone and underground.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Puzzle 19.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 10.4%
- #2 The Secret of Whispering
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Teo Games
Windows
The Secret of Whispering is a psychological horror puzzle game. The player is lured into an abandoned house by mysterious calls. As he explores the eerie property, he uncovers dark secrets and is drawn into a maelstrom of puzzles and gruesome revelations.
Why similar: Adventure 23.8%, Puzzle 18.5%, Realistic 14.2%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 11.1%
- #3 Ancient Scroll
96% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Li
Windows
Ancient Scroll - the game is a mixture of an adventure game and classic quests. You have to go to an abandoned ranch in search of an ancient scroll. Where an exciting adventure awaits you, hiding many mysteries!
Why similar: Adventure 23.9%, Puzzle 19.6%, Exploration 14.8%, 3D 9.1%, First-Person 9%
- #4 The Rules
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Zoo
Windows
In this first-person horror survival game, you must Follow the Rules, keep a clear head, and be attentive. Only then may you live to see the end of the night. Relying on ambient horror and speech recognition to keep the player on their toes, this is a horror game like you've never played before.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Detective 11.2%, Realistic 9.9%
- #5 The Last Crawler
94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: CratesDiamond
Windows
In The Last Crawler you play as a ventilation repair man named David and you enter the vents of Blackwell Station but everything is not as it seems. The vents are not safe and you must find a new way out before its too late.
Why similar: Adventure 23.1%, Puzzle 17.4%, Exploration 13.3%, Realistic 11.4%, First-Person 8.7%
- #6 Where the City Ends
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: M. P. Studio
Windows
A melancholic atmospheric game about energy management, introversion, and finding peace in an overwhelming modern city. Every decision costs energy. Nature helps you survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Adventure 19%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Realistic 9.8%
- #7 The importance of choosing: second chance
93% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: OFF1C1AL
Windows
This story tells us about a girl who went through a lot in her life, and each of her decisions led to certain consequences. In this game, you will see the consequences of one of the elections, and understand what decision will be correct.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.1%, Adventure 21.3%, Puzzle 17.1%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 7.8%
- #8 Magic Kingdom
92% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Louie Inc
Windows
Magic Kingdom - This is a 3D puzzle treasure adventure from a first-person perspective. You have to take on the role of an ordinary citizen in a small magical kingdom that lives in peace and prosperity and flourishes every year.
Why similar: Adventure 31.8%, Puzzle 23.8%, Exploration 18%, 3D 11%, Atmospheric 9%
- #9 Secrets of Thoth
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fortunate Games
Windows
Uncover ancient truths in the mystical, intriguing and often dangerous alpine heights. Solve puzzles, explore ancient, beautiful and forgotten locations while you awaken the secrets of the Emerald Tablets.
Why similar: Adventure 25.8%, Puzzle 25%, Exploration 16.4%, First-Person 11.7%, 3D 10.1%
- #10 The Last Experiment
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renewal Studio
Windows
After a leak of the XPT-120 virus, an infected scientist must escape a nightmarish facility. Explore oppressive backrooms, survive terrifying mutations, and face deadly hallucinations where every sound and silhouette could mean your death.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 9.8%, Adventure 9.5%
- #11 Abnormal1999:The Compass and the Sand
90% matchVery Positive99% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
The fate of exile, like an endless river, carries Ann to a distant and unfamiliar land. A flame of unwavering determination burns within Ann's heart. She knows that one day, either Sam or SU will surely find her. Until then, Ann must find a way to escape this place.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Puzzle 15.5%, Detective 13.8%, First-Person 7.6%
- #12 6th Dimension
89% matchMixed58% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Guerilla Media
Windows
You have been dropped into the 6th dimension. Let's hope you can make it back to reality.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.9%, Puzzle 18.8%, Exploration 13%, Realistic 9.5%, First-Person 7.6%
- #13 Anachroma
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gravity Box GamesPub: Gravity Box Games
Windows
Anachroma is a first-person adventure and puzzle game where you play Ana, the young princess of the Mag Mell isles. She seeks to restore colors to a black-and-white world using a mysterious artifact, the Eye of Re.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Puzzle 14.3%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 10.9%, First-Person 10.4%
- #14 Shadows of Elsewhen: Forbidden Alchemy
88% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Clune Crew Studio
Windows
Shadows of Elsewhen is an alchemy-inspired, murder mystery-themed 1st-person puzzle game. Explore the cryptic Temple Elsewhen and solve your way through the many ancient machinations, arcane devices, and puzzles which hold the secret to the ghost of young Arriel's mysterious and untimely demise.
Why similar: Adventure 26.6%, Puzzle 20.7%, Exploration 15.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Realistic 9.9%
- #15 Ungrounded
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chondrite Games
Windows
Ungrounded is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore, observe, and engage with Ungrounded’s mechanisms and machinery. The further you travel, the more uncertain the path home.
Why similar: Adventure 31.4%, Puzzle 29.9%, Exploration 19.4%, First-Person 15%, Indie 2.5%
- #16 Phrixothrix
86% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: hirogame
Windows
Explore a dark world of rust and worms. Phrixothrix is an adventure game with point and click elements, where you control yourself and an alien worm.
Why similar: Adventure 28.5%, Puzzle 22.5%, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 10.6%
- #17 Long
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Terfilis
Windows
Will you be able to get out of this long corridor? A long road with death on the prowl will stand between you and the exit. There is no other way, you are already inside.
Why similar: Adventure 34%, Puzzle 26.3%, First-Person 14.2%, 3D 12%, Linear 10%
- #18 Echoes Of Despair
85% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: MiddleNightGame
Windows
"Echoes Of Despair" plunges players into the horror of an abandoned hospital, where Sarah, an investigative journalist, must survive supernatural forces while uncovering the dark secrets of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 32.1%, Puzzle 23.9%, Exploration 18.1%, First-Person 14.6%, 3D 10.1%
- #19 Silent Harbor
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PimpGameStudio
Windows
Silent Harbor is a first-person horror adventure game that will immerse you in a creepy story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Detective 18%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 9.4%, Exploration 9.4%
- #20 We Used to Play Here
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: ThreeFrauds
Windows
Daniel wakes up to the same nightmare every night. A girl he cannot escape. When he finds a missing child report tied to his childhood home, he returns to uncover a truth buried in twisted games and shattered memories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Adventure 18%, Puzzle 14.3%, Detective 12.6%, Realistic 9.8%
- #21 Maze: Rising Trials
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TreeFall Studios L.L.C.
Windows · Linux
Maze: Rising Trials is a First Person Adventure Puzzle game where you solve your way out of massive and complex labyrinths. Solve puzzles, collect coins, leave markers, and find your path through each maze!
Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Puzzle 22.6%, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 12.3%, 3D 10.6%
- #22 Echoes From The Threshold 2
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Holojet
Windows
Welcome to the Threshold, a place where reality is altered, and memories become disturbing, dark reflections of what once was. Find items to help escape, and explore an almost fully interactive environment!
Why similar: Puzzle 26.9%, Adventure 20.6%, Exploration 19.1%, First-Person 13.7%, 3D 11.8%
- #23 Race for the Arctic
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Episod Studio
Windows
Race for the Arctic is a love letter to unsung heroes.
Why similar: Adventure 29.4%, Puzzle 22%, Emotional 18.9%, Exploration 13.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #24 Fira
82% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Azowyl
Windows
A lovely and emotional 3rd-person puzzle game centered on Kara: a young woman who deals with a painful past experience. Armed with her elemental skill, help her try to find her way across a mysterious land and put an end to this pain.
Why similar: Puzzle 21%, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 16.9%, Realistic 15.8%, Emotional 11.5%
- #25 Campanion
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hidden Toggle
Windows
Team up with your robotic pet camera "Cammy" and use special photo filters to take photos that reveal hidden clues in your surroundings. Explore your grandpa's abandoned house and uncover the reason behind his disappearance.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.1%, Adventure 18%, Exploration 16.6%, 3D 10.7%, Linear 10.4%
- #26 Skool Days
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cocodrolo Games
Windows · Mac
A narrative social simulator set in a high school. Study, make friends, and live unforgettable moments where every decision matters.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Detective 25.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Adventure 11.7%
- #27 CodeX
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
CodeX is probably the worlds hardest first person adventure game with a thrilling story told via environmental storytelling. Will you be able to solve your Mystery?
Why similar: Adventure 24%, Puzzle 19.2%, Realistic 14.9%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 11.5%
- #28 Decamped
80% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Sobek Games
Windows
Decamped is a first-person puzzle adventure game that finds the character waking up to an overgrown desolate world. They must face their past in order to move forward and unravel the mystery of what happened in Deckner.
Why similar: Adventure 25.2%, Puzzle 19.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Realistic 11.7%, First-Person 8%
- #29 SOS (Save Our Sandwiches)
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Jleger91
Windows
Point & click aboard a private luxury yacht on a dark and stormy night with funny evil witches and sandwiches Features rain effects, exploration of an entire ship, puzzles, and monsters
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Puzzle 12.8%, Detective 11.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Realistic 9.4%
- #30 The Talos Principle 3
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
The Talos Principle 3 is the last chapter of the thought-provoking first-person puzzle series, taking you on a cosmic journey across more than a dozen worlds and testing your mind with all-new challenges.
Why similar: Adventure 22.8%, Puzzle 18.8%, Exploration 14.4%, Realistic 12.1%, First-Person 10.3%
- #31 Omanah
77% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: DUBUS Alain
Windows
Myst-Like 3D free exploration game
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Adventure 21.1%, Puzzle 16.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Realistic 9.2%
- #32 Cross the C
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: traPPub: dogegg
Windows
"Cross the C" is a top-down 3D ice-sliding puzzle game. Control your ship and navigate across the frozen sea to reach the islands. Some stages feature special items called "Pieces" that can be placed onto the board from above. Use them strategically to solve the puzzles.
Why similar: Adventure 23.4%, Puzzle 19.3%, Exploration 14.5%, Realistic 12%, First-Person 10.9%
- #33 Chivalry is Dead
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FireDuck6607
Windows
Escape your girlfriend's basement! Get the others also down there to help you with that. Try to be nice about it though, okay?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Puzzle 15.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 11.5%, Realistic 9.7%
- #34 Souvenir
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WU:REPub: Bitmap Production
Windows · Mac
The 54-year-old protagonist, living solely on memories from the past 10 years, undergoes a year of hypnotherapy with a psychiatrist to recover lost memories from 44 years ago. On January 14th, with no significant progress in the therapy, he encounters ruins and a young girl during hypnosis.
Why similar: Adventure 32.3%, Puzzle 24.2%, Exploration 18.3%, First-Person 12.8%, 3D 11.2%
- #35 Lost Hammer
75% matchMixed44% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Max Pedro
Windows
Lost Hammer - This is a 3D adventure with puzzle elements and first person view. You have to take on the role of a city dweller who dreams of becoming a blacksmith's apprentice.
Why similar: Adventure 28.7%, Exploration 18.3%, First-Person 13%, 3D 11.3%, Linear 9.2%
- #36 Echoes of the Court
73% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Affordance StudioPub: uOttawa
Windows
Step into the Supreme Court of Canada in a touching narrative adventure. Explore hidden rooms, hear untold stories that shaped the nation, and craft your own novel inspired by the people whose lives changed here.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Realistic 16.3%, Emotional 14.7%, First-Person 12.4%, 3D 11%
- #37 Escape The Complex
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ozclave
Windows
Escape The Complex is a first-person, 3D, puzzle game set in an abandoned and dilapidated complex. Your goal is to explore the complex, solving puzzles to advance through each area until you escaping the complex entirely.
Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Puzzle 28.1%, Exploration 18.3%, 3D 11.2%, Linear 9.7%
- #38 Echoes From Ciudadela
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kronos Interactive
Windows
Wield your Balearic sling in a first-person puzzle narrative adventure through ancient ruins. Uncover a lost civilization and reactivate forgotten machines to reveal the secrets buried beneath Ciudadela.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.8%, Adventure 20.4%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 11.5%, Emotional 9.7%
- #39 Dusty
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: El Palo GamesPub: U-tad
Windows
Dusty is a third-person puzzle game focused on explore beautiful environments. Join archaeologist Dusty on his search for a mysterious civilization. Explore equipped with your extensible cane and notebook to resolve the past, the ways of the civilization and his technology of light.
Why similar: Adventure 28.9%, Puzzle 22.6%, Exploration 16%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Linear 5.7%
- #40 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
76% matchMixed64% of 154 reviews2014
Dev: Arberth StudiosPub: Meridian4
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches is a first-person point-and-click adventure inspired by Welsh mythology, focused on investigation, puzzles, and a dark, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Detective 15.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Realistic 8.5%
- #41 Last Moor
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: GPS
Windows
Last Moor is a horror game in which a man wakes up and escapes from a secret laboratory on the moon. You have to escape by solving various puzzles, exploring the laboratory, avoiding or fighting the monsters there.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Realistic 11.9%, Exploration 11.5%
- #42 LotS - Light on the Sea
70% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
Live the quiet, beautiful life of a lighthouse keeper on a mysterious island. Tend the light through storms and sunsets, grow your garden, cook simple meals, listen to the radio — and slowly uncover the secrets hidden in the tower.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Detective 15.7%, Adventure 12.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 11.1%
- #43 Coffee shop "Keyhole"
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luma
Windows
This is a mystery adventure game where you run a coffee shop and explore the mysteries of this coffee shop and this town! This coffee shop has some secrets Main character quit his job as a locksmith and rented a property last month to run a coffee shop. But this property seems to have a history...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 36.9%, Detective 22.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Puzzle 13.9%, Exploration 6.6%
- #44 Fallen Light
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vyvex Games
Windows · Mac
Cory wakes up several years into the future, everything has changed and his friends are missing. Complete puzzles, hide from monsters, explore the world around you and try to find what happened and where your friends are.
Why similar: Adventure 27.2%, Puzzle 21.1%, Exploration 16.1%, Realistic 13.2%, First-Person 11.6%
- #45 Backrooms Protocol
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Niche
Windows
Backrooms Protocol is a 1–4 player co-op horror game focused on exploration, research, and survival across the levels of the Backrooms.
Why similar: Adventure 24.4%, Puzzle 19.5%, Exploration 15%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 10.9%
- #46 A Devastated City
72% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Riddik
Windows
A Devastated City is a 3D point and click adventure game! You are one of the few survivors lost in a devastated city. Explore devastated houses in search of food and water, fight zombies and do everything possible to survive in this nightmare world.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.1%, Exploration 20.8%, Adventure 17.8%, Linear 11.6%, 3D 11.3%
- #47 Play a game with me
70% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Enoops
Windows
As a nameless adventurer, you must go to meet a stranger and accept his terms of the game. You hear a voice from the pitch darkness, inviting you to play a deadly game where your life is at stake. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Adventure 24%, Puzzle 19.7%, Exploration 15.1%, First-Person 9.9%, 3D 9.4%
- #48 One/Iro
69% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Altrea Stories
Windows · Linux
Dylan has lost everything and now wants to forget everything, help him in this little journey. One/Iro is a 3D first person puzzle game, explore the rooms to find letters and parts of the dream machine so you can discover the truth.
Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Puzzle 20.2%, Exploration 15.5%, First-Person 11.3%, 3D 9.7%
- #49 Recovered Occurrence
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dylan MacDonaldPub: Repentant Minds Interactive
Windows
A new home owner begins to experience and capture unsettling occurrences around his property.
Why similar: Adventure 24.9%, Puzzle 19.9%, Realistic 15.6%, Exploration 15.3%, First-Person 12.1%
- #50 Trapaze
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FragconX Studios
Windows
You play as an adventurer on the lookout for puzzles. Relive the maze as it was built. As the character you play in First Person where you have to find the key to unlock what you hope will be the escape. Dodge traps and have a good sense of direction.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.8%, Adventure 24.6%, Exploration 20.1%, First-Person 19.1%, Story Rich 4%
- #51 Hajji VR
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Salam Softwork Studio
Windows
Hajji VR is a cultural application for learning and visiting the rites of the sacred pilgrimage and of the small pilgrimage also called 'Omra.Visit the Mecca(soon) and Medina freely in every nook as if you were there !
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.6%, Adventure 23.5%, Exploration 13.7%, Realistic 9.7%, First-Person 8.1%
- #52 The Outer Islands
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slapstick Games
Windows
An exploration-driven mystery set on quarantined Scottish islands, where you investigate abandoned settlements, uncover hidden clues, and reveal the truth behind a decades-old government seal.
Why similar: Adventure 22.2%, Detective 18.7%, Puzzle 14.7%, Exploration 14%, Realistic 7.6%
- #53 INDOORS: Trespasser
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Estigia Softworks
Windows
May 7th, 1951. Five days after the Alston family vanished inside their manor. Local policeman Lucas Smith, never returned from his investigation. Now, his son breaks in to continue the investigation in this short horror and detective escape room.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.7%, Detective 21.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Realistic 7.7%, First-Person 7.1%
- #54 Shadows Over Whispering Pines
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Bryce DensmorePub: The Kongs
Windows
A first-person mystery adventure where you solve puzzles, answer calls, and navigate dangers as a nightwatch in a secluded wilderness park.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.6%, Puzzle 15.9%, Realistic 13.3%, Adventure 13.2%, First-Person 9.9%
- #55 Shadows of Teotihuacan
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Player 1
Windows
Explore ancient megalith of Teotihuacan as the detective tasked with finding a missing person.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.2%, Exploration 18.4%, Realistic 18.4%, 3D 11.3%, Adventure 10.3%
- #56 Myst
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,127 reviews2021
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.9%, Adventure 22.3%, Exploration 19.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Realistic 6.8%
- #57 Birdcage: A Tale of Sorrow
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Box GamesPub: Médicos del Mundo
Windows
After a robbery, you find yourself trapped in a stranger's apartment and must escape without being seen by the police. To do this, you will need to gain the help of its strange resident and unravel the mysteries surrounding her.
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Puzzle 19.1%, Exploration 14.1%, Realistic 11.8%, First-Person 9%
- #58 Fault 24
66% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: ELTGAMES
Windows
You are a robot tasked with inspecting a gigantic spaceship. Explore each room, repair systems and solve puzzles to discover the cause of mysterious anomalies.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Adventure 22.3%, Puzzle 15.9%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 7.8%
- #59 G-MODEアーカイブス+ 探偵・癸生川凌介事件譚 Vol.12「泣かない依頼人」
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
Their cries reach no one. In a distorted cage, they quietly await the hand of salvation.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.5%, Adventure 27.3%, Detective 24.3%, Story Rich 4.8%, Singleplayer 1%