- #1 Cutish
97% matchPositive80% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: DUBUS Alain
Windows
Real-time 3D first-person adventure game
Why similar: Adventure 44.5%, Indie 29.9%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Relaxing 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #2 Drowning
96% 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 39.2%, Walking Simulator 33.5%, Indie 27.3%
- #3 The Life of Frederick Sommer
93% 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 37.6%, Indie 26.2%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Casual 12%, Relaxing 6.4%
- #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 43.3%, Indie 30.1%, Walking Simulator 26.6%
- #5 Ashes
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 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 34.7%, Indie 24.2%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Casual 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #6 Verde Station
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 353 reviews2014
Dev: Duelboot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 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 36%, Walking Simulator 30.2%, Indie 23.4%, Casual 10.4%
- #7 Reaching for Petals
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 204 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Entropy Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 29.1%, Indie 21.2%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Casual 9.3%
- #8 Beyond The Underworld
91% matchMixed58% of 26 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 40.5%, Indie 28.2%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Surreal 10.1%, Relaxing 5.2%
- #9 Paws and Soul: First Step
91% 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 33.9%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, Indie 22.3%, Relaxing 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #10 LeftWay 2
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tongsun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nampung encounters the nightmare again and this time also includes her relative people.
Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Indie 27.7%, Surreal 23.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #11 After Life - Story of a Father
92% 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 49.9%, Walking Simulator 35.3%, Indie 14.7%
- #12 Ira Act 1: Pilgrimage
86% 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 53.3%, Indie 36%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #13 Corpse of Discovery
90% matchMixed64% of 187 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 40.4%, Walking Simulator 34.8%, Indie 24.8%
- #14 ArchWilio
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 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 28.4%, Relaxing 17.6%, Indie 10.3%
- #15 Montague's Mount
89% matchMixed58% of 430 reviews2013
Dev: PolyPusher Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.8 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 37.3%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 23.5%, Atmospheric 7%
- #16 The Next Door
89% matchMixed50% of 1,111 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Adventure 29.7%, Indie 29.1%, Casual 9.5%
- #17 Lumini
88% matchVery Positive85% of 178 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 45.8%, Indie 33.7%, Relaxing 20.5%
- #18 DATAWANDER
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: while
Windows
Embark on a surreal exploration of a digital island. Explore a silent virtual world and discover never-before-seen moments of transformation and hidden paths.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.9%, Surreal 21.4%, Adventure 19.6%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #19 Defective Holiday
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 45 reviews2020
Dev: Kim Laughton
Windows
Memories of a new place
Why similar: Indie 41%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Surreal 18.5%, Relaxing 13%, Casual 4.2%
- #20 Aperture Of Dreams
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mokel Entertainment
Windows
A first-person exploration game about the eerie stillness of liminal spaces. Solve puzzles and navigate surreal environments. Built entirely on atmosphere, with zero jump scares.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Surreal 25.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 6.6%
- #21 LeftWay
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 39 reviews2017
Dev: Tongsun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nampung found herself in a strange place. What is really happening?...
Why similar: Adventure 38.8%, Indie 27%, Surreal 24.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #22 Star Sky 2
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 127 reviews2016
Dev: Mårten JonssonPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take a walk through the moonlit hills and explore the choices life has to offer. Uncover your destiny.
Why similar: Adventure 31.7%, Walking Simulator 28.4%, Indie 21.6%, Casual 10.3%, Atmospheric 8%
- #23 Off-Peak
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,838 reviews2016
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 44.2 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 34.9%, Walking Simulator 30.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 13.8%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #24 The Lost Valley
85% matchMostly Negative37% of 378 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 39.5%, Walking Simulator 36%, Adventure 18.7%, Casual 5.8%
- #25 Cube Creatures
83% 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 55.3%, Indie 38.5%, Casual 6.3%
- #26 Lost In Maze
82% match7 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 55.3%, Indie 38.5%, Casual 6.3%
- #27 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 46.5%, Indie 31.6%, Casual 14.5%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #28 The Fabled Woods
78% matchMixed65% of 321 reviews2021
Dev: CyberPunch StudiosPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 42.6%, Walking Simulator 26.6%, Indie 23.7%, Casual 3.8%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #29 MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
81% matchMixed65% of 1,425 reviews2014
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.5 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 31.8%, Surreal 26.4%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #30 Plunker
77% 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 42.6%, Indie 29.6%, Surreal 14.1%, Casual 13.6%
- #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 36.1%, Surreal 29.7%, Adventure 16.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #32 Radio Station
76% 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 46.1%, Indie 32.1%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #33 AR-K: END GAME
69% 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 60%, Indie 40%
- #34 A SECOND BEFORE US
79% matchMixed57% 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 34.6%, Walking Simulator 32.3%, Indie 22.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #35 Fatum Betula
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,178 reviews2020
Dev: Bryce Bucher
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 29.5%, Surreal 23.2%, Indie 22%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Casual 8.2%
- #36 Splitmind
68% 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 60%, Indie 40%
- #37 To Azimuth
68% 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 60%, Indie 40%
- #38 Escape: The Brother's Saloon
74% 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 56.1%, Indie 39%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #39 The Lighthouse | VR Escape Room
66% 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 60.1%, Indie 39.9%
- #40 Magdalena
78% matchMixed44% of 371 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 40.8%, Adventure 32.9%, Walking Simulator 26.3%
- #41 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 39.3%, Indie 28.3%, Casual 13%, Relaxing 11.4%, Atmospheric 8%
- #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 42.2%, Indie 30.8%, Casual 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.8%
- #43 LumberJack
73% 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 46.5%, Indie 32.7%, Casual 15.2%, Relaxing 5.6%
- #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 50.2%, Indie 36.5%, Relaxing 9.7%, Casual 3.6%
- #45 The Old City: Leviathan
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 745 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 39.2%, Adventure 20.8%, Surreal 17.6%, Atmospheric 12%, Indie 10.5%
- #46 Baobabs Mausoleum Ep.3: Un Pato en Muertoburgo
72% 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 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #47 Ladderhead
71% 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 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #48 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 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #49 Callisto
72% match7 user reviews14% of 7 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 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #50 SNUSE 221
71% 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 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #51 Airglow
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GuiiStudio
Windows
You play as a wolf who gets seperated from the pack. Get unexpected help to find your way. Explore the nature and find the unforseen history of your pack.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #52 Phenomenal Car Park Adventure: Digital Deluxe Edition
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myshkin Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A walking simulator for cars - or "driving simulator" - about meaninglessness, car parks, and the end of the world. Or is it...?
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #53 Subterraneus
68% matchPositive100% of 35 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 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #54 Above: The Fallen
70% 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 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #55 Nor'Easter
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redi Games
Windows
Nor’easter is a classic point-and-click adventure game inspired by the lumberjack folklore of Northern America. As a brave jackalope befriend strange, magical creatures, help a lost man find his children and save the woodlands from endless winter!
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #56 Inner Riddle
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
You have awoken in strange and unfamiliar place. Soon you realize that you are not simply locked up. But why? For what reason? In search of answers, you must follow the rules of this place. Puzzles and hard decisions are waiting for you. Will you perish never reaching the end or pass through all obstacles and understand what happened?
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #57 NIDANA
49% matchVery Positive86% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Surreal 28.4%, Relaxing 13.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #58 Ana The Game
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
If you answer that unknown number, you’re screwed... Are you willing to risk everything … ?
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #59 LIMINAL WATERS - ENHANCED EDITION
49% matchVery Positive90% of 126 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 31.1%, Surreal 24.6%, Adventure 16.3%, Relaxing 13.7%, Atmospheric 7.8%