Games Like Expiri: Tenebris

Within this narrative VR experience FATE OF THE MINOTAUR, players descend into the mythical labyrinth, learn about the Minotaur’s tragic story and confront him to escape.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 25.6%, Alternate History 12.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%

An atmospheric 3D puzzle game based on the principles of wave physics. Explore the mysterious Roursus island and solve over 25 puzzles using reflection, interference, and resonance. Uncover the fate of a vanished research team in a peaceful world where science meets philosophy.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Alternate History 19.5%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Logic 8%

You look at the painting. But you don’t know — it’s him. A man who once loved, suffered, believed. Now he hangs on your wall. He doesn’t breathe. He doesn’t remember. But his gaze… it’s still there.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 25.4%, Surreal 14.8%, Alternate History 14.2%, Realistic 9.6%, Minimalist 8.1%

Lux Leonarii is a Puzzle game revolving around guiding beams of light throughout an ancient structure using a multitude of mirrors and devices, ranging from simple A to B connection to multiple colours and complex interactions.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 36.1%, Logic 13.8%, Top-Down 11.2%, Linear 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Locked in, your only option is to search for an escape. Alone and afraid, you must wander the same dark halls, searching for a clue. But are they really the same? Expect the unexpected in this unique psychological thriller. Can you expose the truth before the darkness consumes you?

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 32%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 8.2%, Linear 7.4%

A narrative experience of psychological horror and metaphysical mystery. Reality bends, time stutters, and something unseen follows your every breath.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 31.3%, Alternate History 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Puzzle 8.7%, Adventure 6.6%

Investigate an abandoned excavation site where workers vanished without a trace. Navigate a silent facility stalked by security robots, a twisted animatronic, and something far older. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth lurking underground.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 50.9%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Linear 9.7%, Stylized 6%

Injection is a first person puzzle horror game where you find yourself in an experiment you never signed up for, and the only way forward is to inject yourself with a variety of serums that change how you interact with the massive factory you must escape from.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.3%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Linear 9.3%, Exploration 7.2%

Fortune Follow is an exciting game that will take you through an atmosphere of terror and suspense as you solve challenging puzzles to advance through each room.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 13.6%, Linear 10.3%, Logic 8.8%

Reverie Shift is a surreal adventure where reality constantly shifts. Awaken without memory, guided by a mysterious voice through bizarre worlds where time and physics defy logic. Solve puzzles, unravel mysteries, and question what’s real. Trust the voice or uncover your own truth.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 29.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Surreal 10.4%, Realistic 8.5%

Serre is an escape game in a small open world, featuring inhabitants trapped inside a greenhouse and a time loop. You must escape from this eternal trap! Will you manage to break free from this cage before the dark night falls? Or will you relive the same day over and over again?

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 8.3%

In this action-puzzle game, you control Solene, a sunny little star, and navigate cramped and treacherous levels to find the exit. Your best friend Selene, perpetually in orbit around you, is injured, so watch out for the slightest bump against a wall or obstacle!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.1%, Top-Down 18%, Surreal 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12%, Linear 10.9%

You thought it would be the chance of a lifetime when tech giant IRT hired you to work in their new testing facility. But now… you’re a guinea pig for experimental teleporting technology and suspect that something is wrong with this company. Very wrong...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20%, Surreal 15.9%, Logic 14.5%, Linear 12%, Puzzle 8.7%

You wake up on an unknown island, surrounded by mysterious puzzles. Each solution reveals new secrets, bringing you closer to your escape... or your fate.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.3%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Exploration 14.3%, Puzzle 11.3%, Linear 10.7%

“Welcome to Hanwoon Museum.”Within the Hanwoon Museum, where eerie entities lurk in the shadows, you take on the role of search agent Kang Min-su. Your mission is to uncover the truth behind the fire and discover a way to escape.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 37.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Realistic 9.9%, Puzzle 9.8%, Exploration 9.7%

Let There Be Light is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Using the complex nature of light and its many forms, you will navigate your way through the capitalism-centered afterlife that awaits all living beings after their demise - with some help from a very stressed employee, of course.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Action 9.9%, Realistic 9.6%

Two Souls, One Path. Not even time can keep them apart.Annelise is the Chosen One of an ancient Prophecy. Cross time and space with her to find and activate the epic Pyrite Talisman in a narrative adventure through two parallel realities.Prequel to Telluria: Forebodings.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 38.5%, Alternate History 14.3%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Logic 8.8%

Learn to confront your own fears in this surreal adventure. Push, attack, disable, destroy, outsmart, and send hordes of immortal enemies flying to escape this nightmare. Experience a journey of transformation and uncover the mysteries and deep secrets hidden in Bahgonia.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 36.5%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Surreal 10%, Exploration 9.5%

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: Mystery Dungeon 28.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Minimalist 9%

An action-adventure with an interesting plot, where you will have to explore the world, develop the main character and fight with enemies. The story of the game takes place on a mysterious island with its own dark history and you will have to figure out what happened there.

Why similar: Alternate History 23.7%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Logic 10.1%, Linear 9.9%

Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!

Why similar: Action-Adventure 15.4%, Top-Down 13.4%, Minimalist 11.6%, Linear 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%

Progress thought labyrinthine caves and solve entertaining puzzles. Explore this incredible adventure where loneliness becomes your closest companion as you search clues amidst stunning landscapes and ancient ruins.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Minimalist 9.5%, Puzzle 7.6%

Buried Spirits is a short historical horror story, set in the old Toronto Lunatic Asylum. Can you find the secrets it holds, or will you become its next victim?

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 36.1%, Alternate History 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Realistic 9.7%, Exploration 9%

A minimalist maze game built for those who love simple, focused gameplay. Each maze is different. Each step counts. Find the exit. • 100 levels with increasing difficulty • 100 Steam achievements — one per level • Simple controls, pure maze gameplay

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 42.9%, Top-Down 13.5%, Minimalist 12.5%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 10%

Play the first game of many! Wittle Mistakes is a mechanics-based third-person 3D adventure where players navigate the trials of infancy within the Mother Corporation. Unveil the dark secrets that Mother has been hiding. The playpen awaits! Built by an insane two-man team.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Alternate History 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Realistic 7.4%

Brian Fisher wakes up 30 years in the past as a small child, in an unfamiliar place, with no memory of how he arrived there. He is trapped in a different dimension of time and space, and his mission is to find something hidden within this dimension of time and space and bring it back to the present.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 38.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Realistic 10.6%, Puzzle 9.1%, Logic 7.6%

A cheerful man excitedly arrives at a popular burger shop in town. However, it turns out to be a terrifying facility controlled by the evil Emperor "Pattypatine"! Ravenous, rampaging burgers are everywhere... Fight back with the shining fries, the "Potato Saber"!

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 41%, Realistic 11%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 9.3%

Discovery Yard Investigation is an investigation game. You will be a detective and will have to solve the mysteries, puzzles and explore the scenarios to try to find the clues and solve the cases.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 10.1%

A journey of redemption through a dying world. Break through mazes filled with traps and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, solve tactical puzzles, and evolve unique abilities. Forge your own Road to Majesty — or create a new trial for others.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 30.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Puzzle 10.4%, Top-Down 9.9%, Minimalist 8.5%

Join Alfred in this 3D adventure game set onboard a scary alien mothership. In space no one can hear you s#!t yourself, thankfully.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Exploration 11.6%, Puzzle 10.4%, Logic 9.3%

A moderate horror game set in the FunPlay School where you will have to try to escape from all that nightmare, crossing rooms with puzzles from the easiest to the most difficult. Will you do it?

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 34.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Realistic 9.9%, Puzzle 8.2%

Embark on a journey through the fantastical world of Larion in this action-adventure inspired by timeless classics of the genre. Solve clever puzzles, overcome perilous dungeons, and unlock new abilities — while discovering that imagination is not a weakness, but a force that can change everything.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 43.3%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Top-Down 11.1%, Logic 6.9%

A generation ship with an unclear objective, housing an expendable crew tasked with waking up passengers to complete the mission... No One Left To Die is a short, sci-fi, action-puzzle-platformer that can be completed solo or with friends in a nuanced cooperative and competitive environment.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Minimalist 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%

Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?

Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.1%, Surreal 17%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Logic 11.7%, Action-Adventure 11.4%

You are Spark, an animated and bright bundle of energy. Through exploring an electronic maze in the depths of a computer, you come to understand your purpose in life of bringing connection, vitality, and exuberance to those around you. Spark: Virtue Through Voltage.

Why similar: Logic 17.9%, Sci-fi 17%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 11.5%

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: Dark Comedy 29.4%, Surreal 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 9.8%

Explore eerie spaces filled with cube-shaped anomalies and use your senses to solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and survive.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 32.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Minimalist 11%, Surreal 9%, Exploration 7.9%

After an ancient curse binds Earl to the ghost of a long deceased King, Earl must the break into the tombs and graves of the sacred island to recover the scattered mummified body parts of the cursed King.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 34.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.7%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Logic 8.9%, Exploration 8.6%

The Noodle Cable Technologies welcome you in their company. Untangle and plug huge cables in room-sized puzzles and witness mind-altering surrealist environments.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.2%, Surreal 22.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Logic 13.9%, Stylized 8.5%

In this game, you play as 15-year-old Cole Andrews on a journey through a Virtual World his machine generated. Using Perspective, you'll have to help Cole get through every Altitude in the world, and reach the exit. Remember, "Everything is not what it seems..."

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Surreal 10.7%, Exploration 10.2%

Simulacro is a 3D action-platformer with a measured pace and unconventional mechanics. In a world of strange physics and synthetic creatures, the experience challenges genre standards with a unique approach.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Surreal 10.7%, Puzzle 8.9%

Node Strike is the first “Puzzle-Combat” game where enemies are defeated by solving procedurally generated puzzles. It introduces an innovative and unique style of gameplay that tests quick thinking skills.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Puzzle 11.3%, Logic 9.9%, Surreal 9.1%

A sci-fi adventure with shooter and puzzle elements. The game follows the adventures of Shin-kai, a half-divine creature animated by ancient magic in an uncharted and mysterious world. The story begins in 1959 in the Soviet Union, in a place called "the mountain of the dead".

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 30.3%, Alternate History 17.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Realistic 7.9%

From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Surreal 23.6%, Exploration 13.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Minimalist 12.2%

You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants. Brain cracking puzzles await you while a dark story will slowly unfold in this supernatural place!

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 40.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Surreal 10.5%, Puzzle 9.2%

Spheria is a simple arcade game where you roll your POWERFUL BALL through stages of mystique and wonder.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 30.3%, Alternate History 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Exploration 8%, Linear 6.7%

Spend hours having fun exploring this ever-growing maze. In Key 2, with each level beaten, the maze gets bigger and more hard. Dodge slimes, spikes and traps, find the key and open the door before time runs out.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 44.7%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Top-Down 12.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Linear 9.1%

2.5D Platformer Action-Adventure game. An illusory adventure in the form of a linear uroboric path. Or a short narrative story with platforming elements.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 29.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.9%, Linear 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Surreal 9.2%

A sci-fi puzzle adventure for all non-smooth brains. Solve mind-bending spatial puzzles in a sprawling corporate labyrinth as a disembodied brain in a jar, paired with a digital AI companion.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 32.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Surreal 13.8%, Puzzle 9.4%, Realistic 8%

This game is a 3D puzzles and first-person shooter elements. Explore an office space and try to understand whether you are in a dream or in reality. Be attentive and not miss any details, as time is running out. Remember: dying in a dream means waking up, while dying in reality means simply dying.

Why similar: Surreal 24.2%, Logic 18.8%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Puzzle 14.6%, Action-Adventure 8.1%

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE - I made sure of that. Solve puzzles, gather clues, don’t crawl into ventilation shafts, and realize how trapped you are in this comedy-horror escape room, my magnum opus.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Surreal 16.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 8.8%

A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Surreal 16.1%, Exploration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Puzzle 9.8%

Lunar Soil is a third-person science-fiction game that will take you on a journey of exploration and discovery. Set in a mysterious and atmospheric world, you will have to solve challenging puzzles and unravel the secrets of abandoned bunkers and mysterious puzzle towers.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 30.5%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Exploration 8.6%, Realistic 8.5%

Moonless Night is a psychological horror game where you explore Selene’s mind, uncover her sins, and escape a labyrinth of shadows. Every choice matters—face the darkness and discover one of six different endings.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 51.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Exploration 14.1%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 6%

Tide Line is a pixel/lo-fi style top-down ARPG that focuses on exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat, all while immersing you in its world.You wake up in an unfamiliar waterway, with no sign of the exploration team that was with you. What happened here?

Why similar: Alternate History 29.7%, Top-Down 19.7%, Puzzle 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 9%

Casual Adventurer, dungeon escape. calm environment. Nice safe atmosphere.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 42.6%, Puzzle 13%, Exploration 11.9%, Minimalist 11.7%, Logic 9.4%

After the tragic loss of his son, a father gets stuck inside a magic drawing book that contains magic places and dangerous creatures. Experience this journey through grief and restore the joy and color of this kingdom by solving puzzles and defeating evil monsters.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Action-Adventure 15.2%, Top-Down 12.7%, Puzzle 10.2%, Exploration 10.2%

Is an adventure game. You play as a character who, waking up in a house on a remote island, realizes that she has lost her memory. Player will have to find out the reason for the loss of memory, explore the island, find ancient treasures, explore the ruins with secret locations and solve puzzles.

Why similar: Alternate History 24.8%, Minimalist 14.4%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Logic 10%

Scout The Bunker Is a Horror Shooter Game That Takes Place In Russia in an Abandoned Soviet-Era Bunker.

Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 31.9%, Action-Adventure 21.7%, Exploration 14.6%, Adventure 12.8%, 3D 8.7%