- #1 They Breathe
97% matchVery Positive84% of 1,299 reviews2014
Dev: The Working Parts
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
They Breathe is a short journey into the depths of a forest filled with water. As you swim deeper, it's up to you to figure out the rules of an insidious ecosystem where nothing is as it first seems, and where everyone is after the same precious resource – oxygen!
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.3%, Hand-drawn 21.8%, Survival 18.3%, Stylized 10.6%, Dark 7.6%
- #2 Trapped in the Forest
96% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Ammonite Design Studios Ltd
Windows
You awake in a mysterious forest that seems strangely familiar. Have you been here before? Is this a dream or a nightmare? Trapped in the Forest is a surreal open world folk horror game.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.4%, Surreal 19.1%, Crafting 18.3%, Survival 16%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #3 Slenderman: Shadow of the Forest
96% matchMixed52% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: BugTeam
Windows
Slenderman: Shadow of the Forest - is a thrilling first-person horror game that immerses you in a terrifying and mystical forest. Your goal is to find a way out of this dark and gloomy place by collecting necessary items that will help you survive and escape to freedom.
Why similar: Idler 30.9%, Survival Horror 24.9%, Survival 11.5%, Dark 7.6%, Hidden Object 6.9%
- #4 Slop Fest
95% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Karbs
Windows
An incremental horroresque game about feeding a gluttonous beast! Feed it slop, upgrade, repeat!
Why similar: Idler 43.8%, Surreal 32.5%, Dark 10.6%, Stylized 9%, Indie 3.3%
- #5 Horrors Glade
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: djva caravana
Windows
You are a young scientist whose experiment turned into a disaster. When you wake up in the heart of a creepy forest, where every whisper of the wind hides a threat, you realize: there are no rules here. There is only hunger, fear, and shadows hungry for your flesh.
Why similar: Crafting 29.6%, Survival 26.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Open World 6.7%
- #6 Wolf with Inn
93% matchMixed65% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: Thundertale Studio
Windows
You are a werewolf with your own inn. Mushroom folk live across the river, and noble white knights want you dead. Wolf With Inn is a cozy fantasy tavern simulator for those tired of being the hero. Dare to don the wolf's skin?
Why similar: Idler 33.2%, Hand-drawn 23.8%, Crafting 19.8%, 2D 7%, Sandbox 5.4%
- #7 Fox in the Woods
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Christina LeskowyakPub: Gryphox Studios
Windows
A crafting base survival casual game play. Two playable game modes! Hand drawn vector images and animations. Support a small local game design team!
Why similar: Crafting 25.2%, Hand-drawn 24.4%, Survival 21.6%, Stylized 11.3%, 2D 7.5%
- #8 MONOPHOBIA
91% matchVery Positive99% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Z-xian
Windows
Follow a recluse who is the only being left in the world as she struggles with little things in her everyday life. This game was made entirely out of scanned traditional watercolor art.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 34.9%, Surreal 30.1%, Stylized 9%, Psychological Horror 7.7%, 2D 5.6%
- #9 Echo of the Wilds
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 196 reviews2014
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Echo of the Wilds is a puzzly narrativy adventure, featuring randomised wilderness survival. Explore and survive this mysterious tale of wilds. Gather resources to build gear and sustain yourself, learning new skills, lore and the intertwining interactions between the various areas, seasons, and weather.
Why similar: Crafting 24.6%, Survival 21.7%, Survival Horror 15%, Sandbox 10%, Open World 5.9%
- #10 Ilequ
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kamome games
Windows · Mac
Survive the perpetual winter as a pack of six-legged, egg-laying tardibears.
Why similar: Surreal 38.4%, Survival 28.5%, Dark 10.8%, Open World 7.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #11 Francisca 2
89% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Biscuit Play
Windows
Francisca 2 – a first-person indie horror game. Every day you’ll have to survive in your own house. At the start of each level, you need to place video cameras inside the house and in the yard and conceal yourself as well as you can, because a ghost girl is going to visit you soon.
Why similar: Idler 36.9%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Survival 19.8%, Adventure 6.2%, Dark 6.1%
- #12 Spingenuity
88% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Tidestep Games
Windows
A relaxing incremental game about spinning a wheel. Use your mouse movement to build momentum and set the wheel in motion. Spend your earnings on upgrades to improve the wheel, spin faster, and earn more money. When progress slows, purchase permanent upgrades through the prestige system.
Why similar: Idler 51.4%, Hand-drawn 31.3%, Stylized 14.2%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #13 Toodles & Toddlers
89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: UglyBaby Games
Windows
Toodles & Toddlers is a survival horror strategy puzzle with physics transformation crafting and resource chains. Experiment to discover what is possible then use the tools you create to combat hostile creatures while coping with fear and hunger.
Why similar: Surreal 23.5%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Crafting 19%, Survival 16.4%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #14 Craft Drill
86% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Alex HK
Windows
Craft Drill - this mining simulator puts you in control of powerful drilling equipment, letting you explore mysterious mines and uncover hidden treasures.
Why similar: Idler 53.4%, Crafting 31.4%, 2D 11%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #15 Bigfoot Forest
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: Kiddy
Windows
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
Why similar: Idler 36.2%, Survival 22%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Adventure 10%, Psychological Horror 4.5%
- #16 Outer Helix Idle
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ThaCouncilStudios
Windows
A 2D space-fishing idle RPG. Cast gravity lines into nebula-soaked planets, reel in bioluminescent leviathans, and run an automated drone fleet that earns credits while you sleep.
Why similar: Idler 53.3%, Crafting 32.4%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 4.2%, Exploration 3.4%
- #17 Auto Dungeon:Idle Adventure
84% matchMixed51% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Player
Windows
In AutoDungeon, craft your Build, defeat bosses, collect legendary gear, and experience deep interactions between skills, equipment, and talents. Explore 60+ dungeons, challenge legendary bosses. 400+ legendary items, 170+ skills, and gear crafting to build a dungeon-destroying hero.
Why similar: Idler 75.1%, 2D 10.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #18 My Best Nightmare
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Artur Shevale
Windows
The quest with psychological horror elements, nice pixel art, and a non-linear story.
Why similar: Idler 39.6%, Hand-drawn 21.8%, Adventure 10.4%, 2D 8.4%, Dark 6.5%
- #19 Skaramazuzu
84% matchVery Positive93% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Bleeding Moon StudioPub: Iphigames
Windows
Enter the mysterious world of Skaramazuzu, and get ready to be tested. Meet strange beings and whimsical personalities, face challenges, and solve riddles in a hand-drawn, black and white 2D world.
Why similar: Surreal 31.9%, Hand-drawn 30.7%, Stylized 12.1%, Dark 8.2%, 2D 7.6%
- #20 1000 hidden snails
83% matchMixed45% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: Anatoliy Loginovskikh
Windows
Hidden object game in surreal style - extremely hard! Colorful 2D and 3D Islands on your screen.
Why similar: Idler 24.9%, Surreal 23.6%, Hand-drawn 21.3%, Hidden Object 9.6%, Stylized 6.3%
- #21 Steamwrecked
81% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: sTeam
Windows
Ascend the skies and escape the hot desert caused by humanity's over usage of fossil fuels. Find blueprints, scavenge and craft items to build your airship to soar the skies up to society once more. Can you survive this tragedy or fall prey to the harsh nature of this decaying world?
Why similar: Survival 29.4%, Crafting 19.8%, Sandbox 17.5%, Stylized 12.6%, Adventure 10.4%
- #22 MUSHROOMAN
82% matchMixed48% of 42 reviews2022
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
Indie horror about giant killer mushrooms.
Why similar: Surreal 27.4%, Survival Horror 24.2%, Hidden Object 10.3%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #23 Hello my World! Lily.
80% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Black Leaf Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.
Why similar: Idler 39.6%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Stylized 8.7%, 2D 8.5%
- #24 Risu
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iwasherenowiamgonePub: 222°
Windows
Risu Ishikawa is about to split in two.
Why similar: Surreal 31.7%, Survival Horror 28.6%, Survival 14.4%, Dark 9.3%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
- #25 Dark Side
82% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Claudio RainhoPub: C.R Game Studio
Windows
psychological thriller / horror game in first person, you wake up in a strange and unfamiliar place, apparently wearing special clothes, you need to find out where you are as soon as possible because your oxygen level is running low!
Why similar: Surreal 32.4%, Survival Horror 28.6%, Survival 20.9%, Indie 10.3%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #26 Undergoes
79% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: David Montesi Rivas
Windows
Descend into endless mines. Pilot your drill ship. Survive the unknown. Undergoes is a surreal survival crafting game where players navigate a machine through procedurally generated mines, gather resources, craft tools, and build bases while fending off dangerous enemies.
Why similar: Surreal 20%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Stylized 8.9%
- #27 MaskuLand Survival
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DR_Godot_Dev
Windows
You are Masku, an explorer who crash-landed in an unknown world carrying a rare cure for your son! To breathe you need special Masks, each one grants you a unique ability! Repair your balloon and get supplies, fight you way back home! His life depends on you! You need to SURVIVE!
Why similar: Crafting 28.1%, Survival 25.7%, Survival Horror 25.2%, Open World 7.6%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #28 Escape from Tung Tung Sahur
78% matchMixed66% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Quad Labs
Windows
Escape from Tung Tung Sahur it's a puzzle-horror game where you must to survive from Italian Brainrot Characters. The main door is covered with different locks and now you have to search the house and find keys and other objects to unlock the door and escape this house.
Why similar: Survival Horror 36.9%, Survival 15.3%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Surreal 11.4%, Adventure 9.6%
- #29 shita ni
78% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: LuN
Windows
A surreal dream exploration game, both beautiful and terrifying.
Why similar: Surreal 36.4%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, Dark 11.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, 2D 7.5%
- #30 Until the Fire Dies
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Cloud Games
Windows
A first-person survival horror game where daylight is spent chopping trees, splitting logs, and stacking firewood. When night falls, keep the campfire burning and survive the horrors waiting beyond its light.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.9%, Crafting 25.7%, Survival 24.9%, Psychological Horror 5.2%, Adventure 4.5%
- #31 Pre-Strike
77% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Faucet Software
Windows
Strike your enemies before they strike you! Pre-Strike is a casual clicker game, focused on upgrading your camp and unlocking new characters in order to build up resources. The more resources you have, the stronger you are in this post-apocalyptic idle game!
Why similar: Idler 50.6%, Hand-drawn 24.1%, 2D 10.7%, Stylized 10.4%, Colorful 4%
- #32 Ami's Room
76% matchPositive90% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: ujumiru
Windows · Mac
An exploration game set in a surreal dreamscape full of projections. Piece together past recollections and elusive memories. Make a choice as the reality and dreamed world begins to blur...
Why similar: Surreal 39.9%, Hand-drawn 26.7%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Hidden Object 6.8%, Adventure 6.3%
- #33 The Well of Life Cannot Move
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Kei Studios Games
Windows
An Idle Auto Battler Reverse-Bullet Hell Score Attack game. Collect life essence from an endless waves of enemies!
Why similar: Idler 43%, Hand-drawn 25.3%, Survival 20.3%, 2D 7.6%, Indie 2.7%
- #34 Heart Idler
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vacantknight5Pub: Vacantknight Studios
Windows
Heart Idler is a clicker/idle game where you start with nothing and build your way up to a vast collection of hearts! Click to generate hearts, invest them in powerful upgrades, and watch your heart count soar. Can you unlock all the upgrades and achieve the ultimate collection of hearts?
Why similar: Idler 50.6%, Hand-drawn 23.2%, Stylized 7.9%, 2D 5.8%, Colorful 5.2%
- #35 Maddy's Meadow
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frog Hammer
Windows
Maddy’s Meadow is a cozy flower simulation that sits on a part of your screen allowing you to work on other tasks while caring for your meadow!
Why similar: Idler 33.4%, Hand-drawn 20.7%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Stylized 8.7%
- #36 Breath of Ghosts 2
74% matchMixed45% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Breath of Ghosts is a first-person horror game made in realistic 3D graphics that immerses you in an atmosphere of horror and scares you in every way. The main goal is to survive and be saved.
Why similar: Idler 38.4%, Survival Horror 16.8%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Stylized 9%, Dark 9%
- #37 Direland
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAIJIUUUUU
Windows
A sandbox survival craft game set in a vast world. Explore the wilderness, defeat monsters, gather materials, and conquer colossal bosses.
Why similar: Crafting 34.9%, Survival 25%, Sandbox 16.3%, Open World 7.5%, Exploration 6.6%
- #38 WellBound
72% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: MadSandGames
Windows
a Survival and Crafting Rogue-like! You have been bound to the well! Lost in this Evil World things are not as they seem! Collect Materials! Craft Traps and Tools! Complete the Rituals to escape! Something Dark Lurks...
Why similar: Survival 28.8%, Crafting 27.7%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Dark 8.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #39 Poop
72% matchMixed59% of 313 reviews2024
Dev: thug lifers
Windows
Poop is an idle-clicker game where you click poop to get more poop
Why similar: Idler 35.4%, Hand-drawn 24.4%, Crafting 17.3%, Hidden Object 8.8%, 2D 7.6%
- #40 Mining
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 324 reviews2025
Dev: MaiBaHe
Windows
Mining is a click game where you can click on the mining pile! In Banana, you can click on the heap to mine ore! Occasionally, you may drop a mineral. Come and play with us!
Why similar: Idler 63.7%, Crafting 22%, 2D 10.7%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #41 Defective Sectors
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beacon Trapdoor Studios
Windows
Explore Plaza Pervium, find out what happened and reverse the lockdown. Use vehicles, weapons, turrets and traps to protect your outposts.
Why similar: Surreal 27.9%, Crafting 20.9%, Survival 20%, Sandbox 9.9%, Hidden Object 6.2%
- #42 SPAGHET 2: Al Dente Chapter
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Torrey DanielPub: TD Indie
Windows
You just couldn't keep your hands to yourself... could you?
Why similar: Survival Horror 34.8%, Survival 32%, Crafting 24.8%, Adventure 4.3%, Indie 3.1%
- #43 Birth
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,096 reviews2023
Dev: Madison Karrh
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.
Why similar: Surreal 36.7%, Hand-drawn 24.8%, Stylized 12.2%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Adventure 4.2%
- #44 Disdoored
73% matchMixed58% of 38 reviews2018
Dev: Anton Riot and CoPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Disdoored - is the game about survival in a crazy and 100% hand-made plasticine world. Develop your farm, breed new domestic animal species, search for ancient technologies or defend your base from monsters. This world HAS to be disdoored!
Why similar: Surreal 22.6%, Hand-drawn 19.8%, Crafting 16.9%, Survival 16.3%, Adventure 6%
- #45 Forsaken Isle
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 516 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Survival 35.9%, Crafting 34.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Adventure 9%, Indie 4.6%
- #46 Inari's Redemption
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AmbroisePub: Ambroise Catherine
Windows
An epic bite-size action adventure microidvania through a surreal world of mutated animals and environments. Combat mice engineers and religious birds, traverse a strange world and its life-altering climates, and combine steam and spark to fix the world, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.5%, Surreal 28.5%, Crafting 23.4%, 2D 5.1%, Adventure 4.8%
- #47 Saint of Chains
69% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28.1%, Surreal 23.4%, Survival 11.5%, Dark 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #48 Project Hypnagogia
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
An experiment set up by a mad scientist called "Hypnagogia" to reveal absolute fear by revealing the subject's most terrifying images into reality. The line between dream and reality is blurred. It's not easy to find a way out when there's only one scary dream going on around you.
Why similar: Idler 39.4%, Surreal 27.7%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Dark 6.6%
- #49 Coke Bugs
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Common Opera
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hallucinatory bender of a late night road trip sketched in nervous lines of arcade action and exploration.
Why similar: Surreal 32.5%, Hand-drawn 29.8%, Stylized 12.5%, Dark 10.1%, Adventure 4.3%
- #50 LetDeco Desktop
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Greekuda
Windows
A cute idle-crafting game nestled in the corner of your screen. Visit various regions to gather diverse materials and decorate your home with furniture you've crafted yourself!
Why similar: Idler 47.2%, Hand-drawn 29.6%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 5.2%, 2D 4.6%
- #51 Micromega
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: COVEN
Windows
MICROMEGA blends hand-drawn artistry with intricate puzzles in a surreal 2D physics-based adventure. Guide a fragile Sphere through the world of visual artist Mani, interacting with its creatures to unlock paths and overcome challenges. A mesmerizing journey of beauty and fun!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 28.8%, Surreal 21%, Hidden Object 13%, Stylized 12.8%, 2D 8.8%
- #52 OUT OF BOUNDS
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIGITALDEV
Windows
OUT OF BOUNDS is a survival sandbox game set in the Backrooms universe. Explore, gather resources, craft weapons and components, fight enemies and build a base to survive while you try to escape the endless hellscape you're now stuck inside of.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.9%, Survival 26.5%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 11%, Adventure 7.3%
- #53 Utility for the Soul
68% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Weekend WarriorsPub: Lithuanian National Museum of Art
Windows
A miniature meditative puzzle experience based on the Lithuanian-American environment artist Aleksandra Kasuba’s concept of the Retreat House - a unique, utopian facility used by large corporations to rejuvenate their overworked employees.
Why similar: Idler 30.7%, Hand-drawn 25.4%, Surreal 13%, Hidden Object 10.5%, Stylized 8.9%
- #54 箍の外れたビスクドール 一滅外道ノ章
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: おんねんちゃんねる
Windows
『さあ、無限の絶望をあじわえ!』町の人々が原因不明の症状でとつぜん凶暴になる。高校生たちに襲いかかるバッドエンドを楽しむ物語。
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.5%, Survival Horror 18.7%, Survival 16.2%, Surreal 15.7%, Adventure 11.1%
- #55 Kuma's Panty
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KUMAPub: KUMA Software
Windows
A weak bear wore panties to become stronger!? You only have 30 days to spend with Panty! Survive together! Survive in the harsh nature and walk the path to power that plunders everything. As long as you have Panty, you have nothing to fear in the world!
Why similar: Crafting 35.5%, Survival 31.7%, Open World 12.2%, Sandbox 6.4%, 2D 6.2%
- #56 Cycle Idle RPG
66% matchMixed70% of 256 reviews2025
Dev: LeafcutterPub: Leafcutter Studios
Windows
An RPG where your character is constantly grinding - even when you're offline!
Why similar: Idler 67.7%, Crafting 31.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #57 Pediluvium
66% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Alice Karaush
Windows
A short meditative journey of feet gently stirring the water, surrounded by shifting landscapes and soothing sounds.
Why similar: Idler 55.7%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Stylized 10.6%, Indie 5%, Sandbox 4.2%
- #58 Miki The Creative Roomate
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PIRI PIRI INTERACTIVE
Windows
Miki, an artist monkey, is renting out a corner of your screen to work on her art. Work together, fail together and try again together. Motivate each other and continue working on your creative projects!
Why similar: Idler 51.7%, Hand-drawn 20%, Crafting 15.1%, 2D 9.1%, Colorful 3.6%
- #59 Life Gallery
67% matchVery Positive82% of 438 reviews2023
Dev: 751 Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.
Why similar: Surreal 34.4%, Hand-drawn 26.4%, Stylized 11.5%, Dark 8.8%, Psychological Horror 7.5%