- #1 Machinika: Museum
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,232 reviews2021
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Sci-fi 16.8%, Puzzle 15.1%, Hidden Object 15%, Physics 13.9%, First-Person 9.7%
- #2 ALONE IN SPACE
97% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.1%, Puzzle 17%, First-Person 15.4%, Adventure 14.3%, Exploration 13.4%
- #3 Exographer
95% matchVery Positive95% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.6%, Physics 21.5%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Exploration 17.8%, Adventure 10.8%
- #4 Earth Analog
96% matchMixed66% of 112 reviews2021
Dev: Funcraft Games
Windows
In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space. Explore fascinating, fractal-based exoplanets and uncover their mysteries. Analyze artifacts and upgrade your ship to unlock new pathways. Your mission: find humanity’s new home.
Why similar: Sci-fi 21.7%, Puzzle 16.4%, Exploration 14.1%, Simulation 13.2%, First-Person 11%
- #5 Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room
94% matchVery Positive82% of 545 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: Hidden Object 21.4%, Sci-fi 20.3%, Puzzle 16.2%, Cinematic 13%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #6 Cognition Method: Initiation
94% matchVery Positive83% of 463 reviews2021
Dev: Team Cognition
Windows
Free demo for Cognition Method - a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover an innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveal a non-ordinary story.
Why similar: Physics 21.1%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Cinematic 15.7%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 9.7%
- #7 Exo One
93% matchVery Positive90% of 5,212 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Physics 33.3%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Exploration 15.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Adventure 9.4%
- #8 YogLabs: Testing Initiative
92% matchVery Positive98% of 85 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: FPS 20.6%, Puzzle 19.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Sci-fi 13.7%, First-Person 12.4%
- #9 The Escaper
91% matchVery Positive94% of 773 reviews2020
Dev: Nocturnal works
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
3D escape room game with realtime graphics and physics-based puzzles.
Why similar: Adventure 22%, Puzzle 19.1%, Physics 18.1%, Hidden Object 12.6%, First-Person 9.6%
- #10 Neospace: Prologue
90% 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: Sci-fi 28.1%, Puzzle 16%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Action-Adventure 12.8%
- #11 Krystopia: A Puzzle Journey
91% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Antler Interactive
Windows
Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.
Why similar: Sci-fi 38.4%, Puzzle 32.2%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 6.5%, Point & Click 5.3%
- #12 Exo One: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive94% of 744 reviews2020
Dev: Exbleative
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. This is the prologue for Exo One.
Why similar: Sci-fi 33.2%, Physics 31.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Adventure 11.3%, 3D 7.9%
- #13 no signal
88% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Sci-fi 20.7%, Hidden Object 19.2%, Puzzle 16.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #14 Relicta
89% matchMixed67% of 466 reviews2020
Dev: Mighty PolygonPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.
Why similar: Physics 21.2%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, First-Person 11.5%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #15 Machinika: Atlas
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 583 reviews2024
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!
Why similar: Hidden Object 19.4%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Puzzle 16.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #16 Space Expedition
86% matchVery Positive93% of 190 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: Physics 34.7%, Exploration 28.1%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 10.2%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #17 SECTOR ZERO
83% matchVery Positive96% of 145 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Angelovic
Windows
SECTOR ZERO is a short, physics-based dark sci-fi puzzle adventure where you play as a fragment of an ancient hive-mind entity, awakened by mining operations deep within Asteroid 2031 XT.
Why similar: Physics 19.3%, Cinematic 17%, Sci-fi 13.3%, First-Person 9.9%, FPS 9.6%
- #18 Low Oxygen
84% matchVery Positive89% of 312 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.3%, Adventure 23.6%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Casual 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #19 The Fall of Lazarus
86% matchMixed64% of 122 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
Why similar: Sci-fi 29.7%, Puzzle 15.6%, First-Person 14.8%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 10.8%
- #20 Voyage: Journey to the Moon
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 184 reviews2014
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Make fantastic discoveries and dare to go into the deepest depths of the moon to solve puzzles that will allow you to go back to Earth.
Why similar: Adventure 33.5%, Puzzle 31%, Point & Click 25.3%, Casual 10.2%
- #21 The Message from Deep Space
81% matchVery Positive97% of 318 reviews2026
Dev: Applesinmypants
Windows · Mac
Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.
Why similar: Sci-fi 35.7%, Puzzle 31.4%, First-Person 15.5%, 3D 7.2%, Adventure 4.4%
- #22 Red Matter 2
82% matchVery Positive92% of 696 reviews2022
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
Why similar: Physics 27.2%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Puzzle 16.3%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Adventure 8.3%
- #23 MirrorMoon EP
84% matchMixed58% of 602 reviews2013
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.3%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Exploration 17.8%, First-Person 14.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #24 Space Sprouts
80% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Schleuder Games
Windows · Mac
Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?
Why similar: Physics 28.3%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Puzzle 16.9%, Exploration 12.2%, Simulation 11.5%
- #25 De-Void
82% matchMixed63% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: Playstige Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.
Why similar: Sci-fi 28.4%, Adventure 14.5%, First-Person 12.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Exploration 11.1%
- #26 Digger: Galactic Treasures
78% matchVery Positive88% of 697 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Hidden Object 32.4%, Simulation 15.3%, First-Person 14.5%, Adventure 12.5%, 3D 9.1%
- #27 Moon Mystery
79% matchMixed66% of 701 reviews2024
Dev: CosmoscoutsPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.
Why similar: Sci-fi 21.4%, FPS 18.9%, Puzzle 15%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 10.5%
- #28 Bunny Space Odyssey: FlopHop
78% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows · Linux
Embark on a pixel adventure with Ponchee the bunny in "Bunny Space Odyssey: FlopHop". Solve puzzles, protect plants, and uncover deep mysteries with Usagi-01 on an uninhabited planet.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.3%, Puzzle 21.9%, Adventure 13.9%, Point & Click 13%, Simulation 11.1%
- #29 The Station
79% matchVery Positive86% of 1,116 reviews2018
Dev: The Station Game ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Why similar: Sci-fi 31.9%, Adventure 15.3%, First-Person 14.4%, Puzzle 13.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #30 Memorrha
81% matchMixed65% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.9%, Sci-fi 18.8%, First-Person 14.7%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 9.2%
- #31 Alchemy
77% matchVery Positive84% of 56 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: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Cinematic 15.2%, FPS 12.6%, Puzzle 11%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #32 Dofamine
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 272 reviews2021
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.
Why similar: Physics 22.7%, Sci-fi 19%, Puzzle 11.3%, Simulation 11%, Adventure 8.8%
- #33 Effugium
76% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: First-Person 37.2%, Exploration 34.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 7.4%, Indie 6.8%
- #34 Myha: Return to the Lost Island
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: Denis MartinPub: Simon Says: Play!
Windows
MYHA is a First Person Adventure game (Myst-like), part of a sci-fi series named The Black Cube (ASA: A Space Adventure...). Visit Myha, a moon in a far away solar system, and try to understand why you were teleported there.
Why similar: Hidden Object 20%, Puzzle 16.8%, Sci-fi 16.5%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 11.6%
- #35 IFO
74% matchVery Positive84% of 109 reviews2022
Dev: Lucas Le Slo
Windows · Mac
A spaceship simulator for aliens, an ever-changing rule discovery puzzle for humans.
Why similar: Puzzle 34%, Sci-fi 24.7%, Exploration 14.5%, Point & Click 12.4%, Simulation 7.5%
- #36 Terraformental
70% matchVery Positive97% of 336 reviews2026
Dev: Shady Games
Windows · Mac
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Puzzle 17.6%, Exploration 16.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #37 Another Tomorrow
73% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Glitch Games
Windows · Mac
Another Tomorrow is a first-person point and click game. Trapped without your memories you’ll explore abandoned apartments, airfields, temples, and underground facilities to search for clues, solve puzzles, and unlock secrets to answer the question; who are you?
Why similar: First-Person 21.2%, Puzzle 20%, Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 13%, Exploration 11.9%
- #38 The Flaws of Gravity
75% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.
Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, Puzzle 36.3%, Indie 22.4%
- #39 Red Matter
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,178 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
Why similar: Sci-fi 21.9%, Puzzle 17%, Cinematic 16.4%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 7.6%
- #40 The Artifact
75% matchMixed64% of 213 reviews2017
Dev: Colin WrenPub: Enigma Games LTD
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Woken from a hypersleep, you find yourself alone on a drifting star cruiser, light years from home. The crew has disappeared, leaving behind nothing but a few scattered records and a strange artifact that seems to hold the key to an alien civilisation.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.7%, Indie 29%, Adventure 22.2%
- #41 NeuraGun
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 248 reviews2022
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
NeuraGun is a third-person science fiction puzzle game. The player will have to go through a maze of mysteries that will lead him out of the tangled scientific complex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Hidden Object 18.3%, Puzzle 15.4%, Simulation 12.5%, Sci-fi 12.4%
- #42 Epitasis
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Epitasis Games
Windows · Mac
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: Sci-fi 28.1%, Puzzle 25.5%, Exploration 17.4%, First-Person 15.5%, Indie 5.9%
- #43 Toran
72% matchVery Positive94% of 250 reviews2019
Dev: Really Interactive
Windows
In this sci-fi puzzle adventure "short game" you are a scientist, stranded on a distant moon during an expedition to investigate alien remains. After finding a strange platform, what seemed to be a one way trip might turn into an intergalactic odyssey.
Why similar: Sci-fi 28.9%, Adventure 26.4%, Puzzle 22.1%, Indie 16.5%, Singleplayer 6%
- #44 Dire Echo
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
Why similar: Cinematic 23.9%, Hidden Object 18.5%, Sci-fi 12.9%, First-Person 11.5%, Simulation 10.9%
- #45 Entangled
71% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: P² Studios
Windows
Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.
Why similar: Physics 34.5%, Sci-fi 24.6%, Puzzle 19.7%, Adventure 7.5%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #46 Prominence
72% matchVery Positive85% of 156 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Media Workshop
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.2%, Puzzle 14.7%, Adventure 13.2%, First-Person 12.3%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #47 En Route: A Co-Op Space Escape
71% matchMixed63% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Alcedo Games
Windows
En Route: Space is a 2 player co-op puzzle game where you need each other to figure your way out through the mysteries of space. Work together, open your mind and trust one another to persevere this adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.4%, Exploration 15.5%, FPS 14.6%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 11.9%
- #48 Manifold Garden
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,380 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.8%, First-Person 25.2%, Exploration 19.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #49 Gravitia
68% matchVery Positive91% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: VuzzlePub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.
Why similar: Physics 29.7%, Puzzle 22.1%, Adventure 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 11.2%
- #50 Within the Cosmos
69% matchMixed44% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: debdev
Windows
Within the Cosmos is a sci-fi RPG. After awakening in a secluded star system, you soon discover a fractured human society grappling with an emerging android threat. Explore planets, uncover mysteries, and navigate differing philosophies. Your choices will shape how the story unfolds.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.3%, FPS 21.9%, Action-Adventure 14%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 13.3%
- #51 Escape2088
71% matchMixed43% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Escape2088 is an old-school escape room game set in a futuristic, cyberpunk world.
Why similar: Puzzle 18.8%, Hidden Object 15.9%, Cinematic 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 10.3%
- #52 The Lab - Escape Room
69% matchVery Positive83% of 53 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: Puzzle 17.4%, Hidden Object 15.4%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Exploration 9.7%
- #53 Obduction
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,972 reviews2016
Dev: Cyan, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.9%, Exploration 17.4%, Adventure 17.1%, First-Person 16%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #54 Jitter
66% matchVery Positive85% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Physics 29.8%, Sci-fi 23.4%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #55 Space Haven
63% matchVery Positive86% of 10,886 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Sci-fi 42%, Simulation 23.4%, Exploration 21.3%, Singleplayer 7.2%, Indie 6%
- #56 Event[0]
68% matchVery Positive80% of 2,280 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.9%, First-Person 23.1%, Exploration 15.7%, Adventure 10.9%, 3D 9.9%
- #57 Chromatic Conundrum
64% matchVery Positive99% of 350 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
Why similar: Physics 26.7%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Puzzle 20.6%, First-Person 15.5%, Adventure 6.6%
- #58 ROUTINE
62% matchVery Positive92% of 7,662 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Cinematic 26.8%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Puzzle 13%, First-Person 10.8%, Exploration 9%
- #59 Faraday Protocol
67% matchVery Positive85% of 115 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: Sci-fi 23.3%, Puzzle 22.2%, First-Person 18.1%, Exploration 16.2%, 3D 7.8%