- #1 NOSTALGIC TRAIN
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: Tatamibeya 畳部屋
Windows
The jury selection of the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival. I woke up alone in the countryside, where people had disappeared and I lost my memory.What is the truth that I see at the end of my journey through the memories of Natsugiri? ...... A Novel / Walking simulator.
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Walking Simulator 31.4%, Indie 24.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #2 Cutish
96% matchPositive80% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: DUBUS Alain
Windows
Real-time 3D first-person adventure game
Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Indie 30.6%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Relaxing 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #3 Drowning
95% matchMixed56% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: Polygonal WolfPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk in the shoes of this teenage boy who learns to live with his inner demon.
Why similar: Adventure 38.5%, Walking Simulator 33.6%, Indie 27.9%
- #4 Into Blue Valley
96% matchMixed50% of 60 reviews2014
Dev: Ryan Javanshir
Windows
Into Blue Valley is a first-person exploration game drawing upon themes of mystery and curiosity. It is presented as a 'found footage' game with the player's view resembling a camcorder recording showing a glipmse into the subdued environment that is being explored.
Why similar: Adventure 42.5%, Indie 30.8%, Walking Simulator 26.7%
- #5 The Life of Frederick Sommer
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Apprechiatvie MinimalistPub: Zakary Kinnaird
Windows · Mac
The Life of Frederick Sommer is a short first-person mystery exploration game that takes place in flashbacks throughout your life.
Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Indie 26.7%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Casual 12.1%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #6 Ashes
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: WindLimit Studios
Windows
Ashes is a first person narrative with melee combat, puzzles and light platforming. It is a mix between games like skyrim and a walking simulator, a short experience to be enjoyed in one sitting where you can explore a dungeon and be immersed in the character's story and the adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 34%, Indie 24.7%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Casual 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #7 Beyond The Underworld
92% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Peacock Games
Windows
As you wake up as a different being with no memory of why you are here, you will explore a gorgeous underworld with spirits and unique creatures to help you find the way. Go from the red fields of The Crimson Zone to the vast beaches of The Silver Coast to the final run to Elysium.
Why similar: Adventure 39.6%, Indie 28.7%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Surreal 10.2%, Relaxing 5.3%
- #8 Verde Station
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 346 reviews2014
Dev: Duelboot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
What do you trust most — what you see, what you're told, or your instincts? On a year long solo mission aboard Verde Station, you will test your wits and question everything, but you may not find answers. Welcome to solitude.
Why similar: Adventure 35.3%, Walking Simulator 30.3%, Indie 23.9%, Casual 10.5%
- #9 Reaching for Petals
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 199 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Entropy Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Reaching for Petals is a poetic adventure about love, loss, and ambition. You will travel to the peak of the ever-reaching mountain to uncover the true nature of your mysterious and seemingly unguided journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Adventure 28.4%, Indie 21.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Casual 9.4%
- #10 LIMINAL WATERS
86% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: DK Productions
Windows
Explore, Listen and Observe. LIMINAL WATERS is a liminal space exploration game. Discover a large facility with diverse rooms and themes and be enchanted by the radiant beauty of Unreal Engine 5.6. Relaxation, anxiety, confusion or familiarity? The mysterious Poolrooms are waiting for you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Surreal 23.3%, Adventure 16.9%, Relaxing 14.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #11 LeftWay 2
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tongsun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nampung encounters the nightmare again and this time also includes her relative people.
Why similar: Adventure 38.9%, Indie 28.3%, Surreal 24.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #12 Paws and Soul: First Step
90% matchMixed59% of 81 reviews2020
Dev: ELECTROSTALIN ENTERTAINMENTPub: Games Operators
Windows
Paws and Soul: First Step is a story introduction to Paws and Soul. Adventure game about reincarnation. Turn yourself into a wolf, explore mysterious forest and reveal every secret of your past life!
Why similar: Adventure 33.1%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Indie 22.7%, Relaxing 12.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #13 Ira Act 1: Pilgrimage
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ore LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A child reaches for the stars, burdened by circumstance. Folks chained by debt, indentured to the powers at large. Mankind thrust to the stars following after a signal spanning the void of space and time itself.
Why similar: Adventure 52.2%, Indie 36.8%, Atmospheric 11%
- #14 After Life - Story of a Father
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: Green Sawdust
Windows · Linux
After Life is a short interactive story with a lot of atmosphere and little gameplay. Immerse yourself with the story of Rick Dennehy, a soul who explores the memories of his loved ones after he dies in an accident.
Why similar: Adventure 49.2%, Walking Simulator 35.6%, Indie 15.2%
- #15 Corpse of Discovery
89% matchMixed65% of 186 reviews2015
Dev: Phosphor Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A first-person Walking Simulator exploring the deeper meaning of family, life goals, and personal choices (with a bit of humor and old-school sci-fi homage mixed in) – set on beautiful and lonely alien worlds.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Walking Simulator 35%, Indie 25.4%
- #16 Montague's Mount
89% matchMixed58% of 429 reviews2013
Dev: PolyPusher Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Montague's Mount is disturbing psychological thriller set in the bleakness of an abandoned Irish island, featuring exploration and challenging puzzle solving. This game is part one of a two part story, some questions are left unanswered and open to interpretation.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.4%, Adventure 31.6%, Indie 24%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #17 ArchWilio
78% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: ReHarmony Games
Windows
Our protagonist finds themselves stranded in a dense forest, desperately seeking your guidance to escape this verdant labyrinth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.7%, Adventure 27.7%, Relaxing 18%, Indie 10.6%
- #18 The Next Door
88% matchMixed51% of 1,051 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Indie 29.7%, Adventure 29.1%, Casual 9.6%
- #19 Lumini
87% matchVery Positive86% of 177 reviews2015
Dev: SpeelbaarsPub: 2Awesome Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A long-forgotten species, a hostile planet and a journey of discovery! Welcome to the world of Lumini – split and reform your swarm, evolve and discover new abilities to bring the Lumini back to their former glory...
Why similar: Adventure 44.7%, Indie 34.3%, Relaxing 20.9%
- #20 Defective Holiday
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Kim Laughton
Windows
Memories of a new place
Why similar: Indie 41.3%, Walking Simulator 23%, Surreal 18.5%, Relaxing 13.1%, Casual 4.1%
- #21 The Fabled Woods
82% matchMixed64% of 307 reviews2021
Dev: CyberPunch StudiosPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story. Despite the picturesque beauty, ugly and terrible secrets lurk among the shifting boughs, darkness that no amount of dappled sunlight can erase. Take the first step, and experience an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Adventure 41.8%, Walking Simulator 26.7%, Indie 24.3%, Casual 3.8%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #22 LeftWay
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 38 reviews2017
Dev: Tongsun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nampung found herself in a strange place. What is really happening?...
Why similar: Adventure 37.9%, Indie 27.5%, Surreal 24.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #23 Off-Peak
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,797 reviews2016
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 43.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.
Why similar: Surreal 35.4%, Walking Simulator 29.9%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 14.2%, Atmospheric 5%
- #24 Radio Station
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Nikolay Karakelyan
Windows
Radio Station is a single-player first-person game in which you have to get out of the existing situation.
Why similar: Adventure 45.2%, Indie 32.8%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #25 King's Tower
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liang
Windows
shoot enemy. defend your tower
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 41.5%, Casual 2%
- #26 I Have Lived
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HER.E Game StudioPub: Pleasant Rain Ltd
Windows
Welcome to the end of an unnamed world. Its last wishes have materialized as two entities. Become a part of their journey and give the world another chance by recollecting the world's remaining Essences.
Why similar: Adventure 45.5%, Indie 32.3%, Casual 14.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #27 The Lost Valley
83% matchMostly Negative37% of 376 reviews2015
Dev: AndrewDrumov, Sanke BerdochanPub: AndrewDrumov
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"The Lost Valley" is a small game where you will play as a cyclist who will get in an accident. The protagonist finds himself in a great valley called "The Lost Valley". The bicycle is broken as a result of cliff falling and the protagonist has to move further on foot.
Why similar: Indie 40.1%, Walking Simulator 35.9%, Adventure 18.2%, Casual 5.8%
- #28 Lost In Maze
80% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Vertexity Studio
Windows
Will you be able to fully explore each labyrinth and find the key that will get you out? Collect as many gold coins as you can to buy aids in the store that will help you defeat the stronger Slimes at each level.
Why similar: Adventure 54.3%, Indie 39.4%, Casual 6.4%
- #29 MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
81% matchMixed65% of 1,417 reviews2014
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Surreal 26.4%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #30 Plunker
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Auggo Doggo Games
Windows
This is a (45 to 90 minute) indie VR game where things happen and then you laugh.
Why similar: Adventure 41.7%, Indie 30.3%, Surreal 14.3%, Casual 13.8%
- #31 Manalith
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Spinfoam Games
Windows
Set off on a calm and beautiful adventure exploring a vast mystical island in search of the lost Manaliths. Walk, climb, swim, and glide through valleys, woods, caverns, and coves discovering the island's secrets as you go.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Surreal 29.9%, Adventure 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #32 Cube Creatures
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Chu Xiaosong
Windows
“Cube Creature” is a 2D, platform, physics, adventure game, and also contains several riddle part. Simple pictures combined into variety adventure experience. Control the jumping white cube to pass traps and enemies, explore the unknown world further and further. Because of the physics effect, there are multiple ways to pass the obstacle.
Why similar: Adventure 54.3%, Indie 39.4%, Casual 6.4%
- #33 Fatum Betula
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,092 reviews2020
Dev: Bryce Bucher
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.
Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Indie 23.2%, Surreal 21.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Casual 8.7%
- #34 AR-K: END GAME
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GATO STUDIO
Windows · Mac · Linux
AR-K: END GAME is the final episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story...
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #35 Star Sky 2
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: Mårten JonssonPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take a walk through the moonlit hills and explore the choices life has to offer. Uncover your destiny.
Why similar: Adventure 31%, Walking Simulator 28.4%, Indie 22%, Casual 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #36 Escape: The Brother's Saloon
73% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2020
Dev: Woodcrest Games, LLC
Windows
Trapped by your brother Joseph in a mysterious room, filled with the faint ticking of a clock and the crackles of a fire...it's up to you to explore, find clues, and solve the puzzles. Will you escape The Brother's Saloon?
Why similar: Adventure 55%, Indie 40%, Atmospheric 5%
- #37 A SECOND BEFORE US
78% matchMixed58% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Adventure 33.9%, Walking Simulator 32.3%, Indie 22.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #38 Splitmind
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rendal StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
You are Kaplan, an amnesic shadow awakening in Mnemosyn, « the land of memories ». Will you solve the mysteries of your mind ?
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #39 To Azimuth
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: [bracket]gamesPub: Digital Uppercut Productions
Windows · Mac
A surreal adventure game set against the humid haze of 1970s Alabama, To Azimuth follows Nate and Susannah Windham's search for their missing brother in two interweaving stories that explore mental health, war, and the paranormal.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #40 Polar Jump
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Yasu Flores
Windows · Mac
Polar Jump is a first person parkour platformer. Prepare to explore and save this ice-cold world.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Indie 28.8%, Casual 13.1%, Relaxing 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #41 The Lighthouse | VR Escape Room
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shadow Knights Studio
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a room inside Wescott Manor, which has been abandoned for years. Use The Lighthouse light to guide your way out. Get out before the evil lurking on the other side of the door gets you.
Why similar: Adventure 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #42 Standball
77% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Makeev
Windows
Rumor has it that you can get out of this place. The only way to do this is to stand on the ball and entertain them. Maybe you should help?
Why similar: Adventure 41.2%, Indie 31.4%, Casual 14.3%, Atmospheric 13%
- #43 Magdalena
77% matchMixed44% of 361 reviews2016
Dev: MagdalenaTeamPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The mind dissolves in the surrounding darkness like pain dissolves in wine. Remains of memories crumble and rapidly leak like sand through fingers. And only one name stuck in the throat filled with fear. Magdalena... Minutes feel like days while waiting for something to happen.
Why similar: Indie 41.6%, Adventure 32.2%, Walking Simulator 26.3%
- #44 Gathering Sky
75% 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 49.2%, Indie 37.3%, Relaxing 9.9%, Casual 3.6%
- #45 Mystic Escape - Diary of a Prisoner
72% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: SunRay Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Waking up in a boat in the middle of the ocean, you realize that you have lost your memories. In the distance you can only see an island and the answer is somewhere faraway. It feels like in a prison here. Sometimes you see the silhouette of a beautiful girl and she is leading you somewhere.
Why similar: Adventure 45.4%, Indie 32.6%, Casual 14.8%, Relaxing 4.2%, Atmospheric 2.9%
- #46 The Old City: Leviathan
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 740 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Adventure 20.3%, Surreal 17.7%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Indie 10.7%
- #47 LumberJack
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: With Heart and Soul Games
Windows
Lumberjack, the short story game about a caring father.
Why similar: Adventure 45.5%, Indie 33.4%, Casual 15.4%, Relaxing 5.7%
- #48 Baobabs Mausoleum Ep.3: Un Pato en Muertoburgo
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Celery Emblem™
Windows · Mac
The Final Episode. After the macabre and horrific events suffered in the second chapter of Baobabs Mausoleum, here comes the final episode full of sordid stays. Welcome again in Flamingo's Creek.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #49 Come Back: Chapter 1
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: NoLan Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Come Back is an enigmatic point’n’click where you wake up, lost on a mysterious shore. You’ll have to discover your whereabouts and to find out who’s leaving these notes everywhere… This original adventure will challenge your logic with its brain teasers and eye-catching artstyle!
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #50 Ladderhead
70% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Karolis Dikcius
Windows · Mac
A surreal narrative focused roguelite text adventure. In it you play a man stuck in the same day who has to get to the top floor of an unusual building to find his loved one. Each floor is a perilous mystery to unravel. Each time you die the day resets.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #51 K'NOSSOS
61% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #52 Callisto
71% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Bakhti Baymukhamedov
Windows
The story of a couple that was shared by an unjust fate, events coming in their distant space journey. In this exciting adventure you have to solve many logical puzzles and quests, perform simple tasks, follow the thoughts of the main character and his mythical companion.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #53 SNUSE 221
70% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: SNUSE GMPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Hey. My name is *&#!$. Today I will tell you a little story of my life. I will tell about my fears, experiences. You will see many beautiful places I visited. You will have to solve many mysteries and secrets that are in my subconscious.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #54 LETHE: Broken memories
59% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #55 DownWind
59% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #56 Den vänstra handens stig
58% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #57 Subterraneus
68% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: CrazyKrakenPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Subterraneus is a point&click video game. A mouse, curiosity and some (twisted) logic are your only weapons to help Clodomir venture into the depths below his world!
Why similar: Adventure 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #58 Above: The Fallen
69% matchMixed61% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Team AbovePub: Light Loop Games
Windows
Above: The Fallen is a 2D side-scrolling, puzzle - platformer game that is centered around travelling upwards instead of to the left or right. The goal is to climb the trees of an ancient and mystical forest in order to break through the canopy.
Why similar: Adventure 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #59 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
57% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%