- #1 Droste Effect
97% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: ParasomniasGames
Windows
Explore the peculiar tale of Droste Effect, a captivating 2D puzzle game. Confront the mysterious past of your new home with Alexandra, uncover secrets, and manage your sanity in an intense adventure. Rediscover the power of memories as you dive into a past that will reshape your present.
Why similar: Surreal 18%, Puzzle 15.5%, Adventure 14.8%, Exploration 13.1%, 2D 8.7%
- #2 Puzzle Box Palace
96% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.
Why similar: Surreal 29.8%, Puzzle 26.2%, Adventure 18.6%, Exploration 17.3%, Indie 8.1%
- #3 Seeking The Guardian
96% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: UiqooPub: Cursor Chasing Cat
Windows · Linux
「Seeking The Guardian」is a puzzle adventure game filled with puzzles and “impossible” puzzles. Within the stone cave engraved with legends of the Guardian, read the murals, solve the puzzles, and search for the exit.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.4%, Exploration 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #4 OneShot: World Machine Edition
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,109 reviews2024
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.
Why similar: Puzzle 17.8%, Surreal 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Exploration 12.6%, Story Rich 12%
- #5 Soul Return
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxpace
Windows
Help a little soul go through a unique and wonderful world. Explore the area, solve puzzles, find scraps of memories to help the hero reunite with his family and find out why Death didn't come for him.
Why similar: Surreal 21.8%, Puzzle 14.8%, Exploration 14%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #6 POCKET MYSTERY EP DX
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Kohococoa Design Works
Windows
A surreal, murder-mystery puzzle game originally designed for the GameBoy.
Why similar: Surreal 35.7%, Puzzle 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 8%
- #7 Night Reverie: Prologue
93% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 27.2%, Puzzle 17.2%, Exploration 16%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #8 Shadow Alchemist
91% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.
Why similar: Surreal 26.5%, Puzzle 15.9%, Exploration 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Mystery 8.7%
- #9 Obduction
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,955 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: Surreal 22.7%, Puzzle 22.4%, Exploration 18.2%, Adventure 16%, Mystery 9.6%
- #10 Welcome Home 2
91% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Vitruvian CaféPub: Catherine Burke
Windows
David is trapped in his grandmother's basement, help him escape! Warning: flashing images and disturbing imagery
Why similar: Puzzle 22.5%, Exploration 19%, Adventure 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, 2D 10%
- #11 Night Reverie
90% matchVery Positive97% of 325 reviews2021
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 23.7%, Puzzle 15.7%, Exploration 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #12 UNREAL LIFE
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,922 reviews2020
Dev: hako lifePub: room6
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 299.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
And now, for today's story.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.1%, Story Rich 17.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 10.9%
- #13 Nightmare Journey 1135
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: yaigiPub: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
A horror adventure through wandering nightmares “The escape game is over.”
Why similar: Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Story Rich 15.3%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #14 Adventures of Isabelle Fine: Murder on Rails
89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Secret Forest Games
Windows
Adventures of Isabelle Fine: Murder on Rails. A fun and weird take on the classic adventure game.
Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Puzzle 18.1%, Story Rich 14.4%, 2D 10.4%
- #15 REalM: Walk of Soul
87% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Quantum SheepPub: GamesStarter
Windows
One night Iris awakens in a bizarre and perturbing REalM, where she must embark on a journey to face the truth behind its mysteries and find herself. Dive into this 2D surreal puzzle adventure set in a nightmarish world, filled with mind breaking enigmas awaiting to be uncovered.
Why similar: Surreal 38.1%, Puzzle 22%, Adventure 20.1%, 2D 10.7%, Indie 9.1%
- #16 The Road 66
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IGNITECHPub: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows
The Road 66 is a 2D pixel art adventure where Kai and childhood friends Sue and Nile hit the road to find the brothers' missing mother. Along Route 66, they’ll encounter talking cats, dancing fire gods, and eerie folklore. Start the engine—adventure awaits!
Why similar: Puzzle 19.4%, Adventure 17.4%, Surreal 17.2%, Exploration 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
- #17 NOAH
86% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Earth From Us
Windows
말할 수 없는 아이 ‘노아’가 되어 멸망해가는 세상을 여행해보세요. 모종의 이유로 인류는 큰 재앙 속에 빠졌으며, 우리가 살던 시대의 인류는 거의 사라지기 직전입니다. 여러분은 작은 해파리 로봇과 함께 과거를 여행하며 그 이유를 알아보게 됩니다.
Why similar: Surreal 28.8%, Puzzle 16.2%, Exploration 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #18 Dreams of the Void
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Desperia
Windows
May Campbell moved to the island of Cassiopeia years ago to live with her grandfather. Now, she tries to survive day by day in a rotting world. Solve puzzles, uncover truths, and help May see tomorrow's daylight in this strange narrative-driven exploration/puzzle game.
Why similar: Exploration 15.7%, Surreal 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Story Rich 12%, Puzzle 11.5%
- #19 Where is My Son?
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DNZY Games
Windows
Step into a story of mystery, drama and the supernatural as a father searches for his missing son. Solve puzzles, follow clues and uncover the hidden truth.
Why similar: Puzzle 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Exploration 13.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, Surreal 10.9%
- #20 Tales of Esferia: Araxis
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Arctic Pixels
Windows
A story-driven puzzle adventure with a shared spotlight between two intergalactic freelancers who get dragged into a series of peculiar events happening on a strange alien planet.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Exploration 16.7%, Story Rich 14%, Pixel Graphics 13%
- #21 Illusionary Manor
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ALAMID Games
Windows
Have you ever dreamed of being inside the paintings of great artists? Change them? Illusionary Manor is waiting for you. Explore a mysterious manor where every painting leads to a new world. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and discover the story behind the art.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.9%, Surreal 21.4%, Exploration 18.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 9%
- #22 Life Museum
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 猎人飞驰
Windows
A side-scrolling puzzle game in line style. You take on the role of an office worker who, after working day after day, decides to explore the city. Play with keyboard or Xbox controller.
Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Puzzle 24%, Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 15%, 2D 9.4%
- #23 Ways Unknown
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Helvetica Scenario
Windows
Surf the dunes of a strange desert, discover secrets hidden in plain sight, and unravel the story behind the sudden disappearance of your boyfriend in this surreal, open world mystery.
Why similar: Surreal 29.9%, Exploration 20.5%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 13.5%, Mystery 12.6%
- #24 The Unfinished Swan
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,954 reviews2020
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Surreal 31.1%, Puzzle 20.3%, Exploration 18.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 6.9%
- #25 Mondealy
80% matchVery Positive94% of 620 reviews2023
Dev: uglycoalPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mondealy is about you building relationships and exploring the world. An ordinary guy from an ordinary town on an ordinary day uncovers the secrets of an extraordinary underground kingdom located under his home. Your adventure begins!
Why similar: Surreal 22.7%, Story Rich 13.4%, Puzzle 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Exploration 12.3%
- #26 DEBUG NEPHEMEE
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nephemee StudioPub: TOEI GAMES
Windows
This world is plagued by anomalies known as "Bugs." Its inhabitants are creatures called NEPHEMEE. Innate missions, lost memories, and precious friends— Embark on a journey to "Debug" the world and the NEPHEMEE in a combat system where knowing your enemy deeply is the only way to strike!
Why similar: Puzzle 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Adventure 16.8%, Exploration 14.2%, Story Rich 13.4%
- #27 The Rule Of SHE
78% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Surreal 22%, Puzzle 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Adventure 10%
- #28 Silent Pathways
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SkillerGameDev
Windows
Drawn back to his haunted home, Dave must solve eerie puzzles, uncover forgotten lore, and survive the shadows that stalk every corner of its decaying halls - a past that refuses to let go.
Why similar: Surreal 31.1%, Puzzle 19.2%, Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #29 OneShot
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 62,700 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Story Rich 17.3%, Puzzle 15.5%, Surreal 14.9%, Exploration 7.5%
- #30 School Quest
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Pretty Bird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro point-and-click adventure set in a 1980s high school, where a wisecracking teen investigates a missing friend, dodges bullies, and uncovers a bizarre conspiracy lurking in the halls.
Why similar: Puzzle 20%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #31 下九泉
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: LazyBoy
Windows · Mac
《下九泉》是一款国产剧情向解谜游戏。主角孟存真死后魂归地府,成为行走于九泉的实习判官。孟存真从一个因受诅咒而不能入轮回的亡魂展开调查,追寻亡者被诅咒的真相。游戏围绕人性中“贪、嗔、痴、慢、疑”展开5个截然不同的单元故事。不到最后一刻,你永远想不到事件背后令人细思极恐的真相…
Why similar: Surreal 25.5%, Puzzle 17%, Story Rich 12.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Mystery 10.3%
- #32 COLORFLY
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Atelier
Windows
What answers are waiting for the main character "woo-ri" as we venture out to find our own color?
Why similar: Puzzle 31.5%, Pixel Graphics 26.2%, Adventure 14%, Indie 13.6%, 2D 12.5%
- #33 BioDive
76% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Hot Chocolate Productions
Windows
Led to a remote exoplanet by a distress signal, B3-4K discovers a laboratory under the surface of the planet. Push blocks, flip levers, and turn mirrors to solve puzzles and explore the mysteries of the laboratory.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Story Rich 15.5%, Exploration 13.2%, 2D 9.7%
- #34 Antichamber
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,636 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Surreal 37.4%, Puzzle 35.7%, Exploration 15.6%, Indie 5.2%, Adventure 4.4%
- #35 花火与幽灵少女 - Hanabi and Ghost girl
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,374 reviews2025
Dev: Tiram1su Games
Windows
蝉鸣声中偏远的山中小镇,表面悠然而宁静,背后却隐藏着某个笼罩了这里数百年的黑暗秘密。女主角结城花火几年前跟随父母一同来到空铃镇,在父母的事故后因为内向的性格被排挤的她如今一个人生活在小镇上,直到在旧校舍邂逅本已死去的“幽灵”。
Why similar: Surreal 27.8%, Puzzle 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Adventure 10%, Mystery 10%
- #36 Kairo
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,743 reviews2013
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
Why similar: Surreal 30.3%, Puzzle 28.2%, Exploration 21.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Mystery 6%
- #37 M.A.Z.E
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: PixelPath
Windows
You wake up disoriented in a labyrinth, armed with nothing but a flashlight and a video camera... Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and find a way out, but you’ll have to hurry because time is running, and each day in the labyrinth brings you closer to the end... you are not alone in this place.
Why similar: Puzzle 32%, Exploration 28%, Adventure 18.5%, Mystery 7.8%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #38 The House Dreams Along With Them
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jeffrey NordinPub: Caranthos Mori Games
Windows
The House Dreams Along With Them is a first person puzzle adventure with an emphasis on interactivity and logic. Sleep and dream in the rooms of a mysterious house. Solve the puzzles to make the dreams real and take a step towards the enigmatic reification of night.
Why similar: Surreal 22.2%, Puzzle 21.2%, Exploration 18.2%, Adventure 17.4%, Mystery 11.8%
- #39 Silent Love
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Surreal 25.5%, Puzzle 14.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Mystery 10%
- #40 Graveyard Birds
75% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Indispensable Studios
Windows · Mac
Graveyard Birds is a 2d puzzle game. Guide Lemmy the bird through 50 devious levels and escape the clutches of the undead with the help of your friends!
Why similar: Adventure 25.1%, Puzzle 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%, 2D 12.9%, Indie 11.9%
- #41 UNRETURNING
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: cursedcat
Windows
No one is known to have reached the end of the abyss, but one thing is certain: something must be there, and it must be seen. Explore the depths of the abyss in a game that blends adventure, horror, and dark fantasy. This time, it’s not about the destination, it's about THE JOURNEY.
Why similar: Surreal 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #42 Wild Unknown
74% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Joe SansonePub: Island Bar Games LLC
Windows
Wild Unknown is a first-person adventure game where players must explore, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in order to piece together the surprising story of the mysterious wilderness in which they awake. Includes DLC: Trial of Antiquity.
Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Puzzle 29.3%, Exploration 26.8%, Indie 14.1%
- #43 Reality Falls
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lewis DenbyPub: Game If You Are
Windows
In a dusty, dilapidated town on the former Soviet steppe, a young traveller finds himself embroiled in a strange and surreal plot that threatens the very existence of Reality Falls itself. A story-driven indie adventure, with classic point-and-click puzzles and a retro JRPG-style look and feel.
Why similar: Adventure 25.4%, Puzzle 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Story Rich 13%, Indie 12%
- #44 Shadows of Elsewhen: Forbidden Alchemy
70% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Clune Crew Studio
Windows
Shadows of Elsewhen is an alchemy-inspired, murder mystery-themed 1st-person puzzle game. Explore the cryptic Temple Elsewhen and solve your way through the many ancient machinations, arcane devices, and puzzles which hold the secret to the ghost of young Arriel's mysterious and untimely demise.
Why similar: Puzzle 26.1%, Adventure 22.7%, Exploration 22.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, Mystery 9.7%
- #45 The Charity Shop
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Figglewatts
Windows · Linux
The Charity Shop is an atmospheric, surreal, first-person puzzle game where you use your camera to capture the essence of a life lived. To this end, you have been delivered to The Charity Shop, the place where people donate unwanted belongings—each carrying an imprint of the time they once shared.
Why similar: Surreal 50.2%, Puzzle 23.5%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 11.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #46 Moonrise Fall
71% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2019
Dev: Made From StringsPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Moonrise Fall is an atmospheric exploration puzzle game about a boy who finds himself lost in a supernatural forest after losing both parents in a car crash. Put your detective skills to the test. Unravel the mysteries of the forest and photograph the strange creatures (cryptids) that reside there.
Why similar: Adventure 22.3%, Puzzle 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Exploration 15.1%, Indie 10.3%
- #47 Nested Rooms
71% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Nested Rooms Developer
Windows
Nested rooms is a single player, first person experience taking place in a confusing non-euclidean world. Your goal is to navigate everyday life in a realm where rooms seem to coexist in the same space without interfering with one another.
Why similar: Surreal 45.5%, Puzzle 28.2%, Exploration 20.6%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #48 Social Caterpillar
68% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: Twelve Tiles
Windows · Mac · Linux
The only hands-on puzzle adventure guaranteed to accurately and humanely teach Socialization to Introverts, heh heh!
Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Puzzle 15.6%, Exploration 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #49 うさぎ石
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: わっとわかめ
Windows
石を拾ったことから始まる、ホラーアドベンチャーゲーム。招かれた屋敷を舞台に、何を思い、どの行動を取るかで結末が変わります。
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 19.8%, Adventure 18.2%, Puzzle 18.1%, Mystery 13.1%, 2D 12.3%
- #50 Under The Warehouse
69% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: GoolWorks
Windows
A mysterious caller sends you on a surreal journey to find a colorful egg in a sprawling warehouse. Meet the workers, collect items, and solve puzzles in this first person adventure with multiple endings.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.8%, Surreal 20.3%, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 17%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%
- #51 Into The Soup
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rogo Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
A portal to another dimension; A world abandoned. Journey Into The Soup and uncover the mysteries of a strange new reality in this atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure game.
Why similar: Surreal 24.6%, Adventure 19.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, Exploration 12.1%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #52 June
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lab36
Windows
「June」 is a horror adventure game in which you explore a haunted apartment and solve puzzles and try to escape. Use your companions' special actions at key points,and let's return to our world alive.
Why similar: Exploration 25.4%, Adventure 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.2%, 2D 13.4%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #53 Mockingbird
70% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Grant G Heffner
Windows · Mac
Mockingbird is a top-down stealth puzzle game. Play as the Mockingbird as you traverse 5 levels, culminating with a fight against an evil warrior!
Why similar: Puzzle 25.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Exploration 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, 2D 11.2%
- #54 Willow's Paper House
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blooming Bats Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fairytale point-and-click adventure game that follows 13-year-old Willow as she tries to escape a living hospital made of memories while searching for her lost brother.
Why similar: Surreal 20.6%, Puzzle 16.1%, Exploration 13.8%, Story Rich 12.5%, Mystery 11.3%
- #55 Memory Tide
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YzzikoPub: SKYLINE EDGE
Windows
Memory Tide is a point-and-click mystery puzzle adventure. As the rain falls once more, buried memories begin to stir. Follow the traces of an old pocket watch through a dim old house and uncover secrets long left unspoken.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.5%, Exploration 27.4%, Adventure 18.4%, 2D 14.1%, Indie 5.8%
- #56 Mushroom Investigates:The Fleeing Rain
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: 慢i鸹i
Windows
A vague invitation, a dizzy carpenter, and wooden ears everywhere...... What happened here, and is there a connection to the strange weather? The one who is about to help to find the truth is a common mushroom coming for money.
Why similar: Surreal 27.1%, Puzzle 24.8%, Adventure 16.8%, 2D 9.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #57 Distantia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max H
Windows
A dark 2D action platformer where exploration is key. Every discovery becomes a tool. Every mistake, a lesson. Learn the hidden rules of this place where you are trapped. Adapt to deadly encounters and master fast-paced combat to uncover what lies beneath the surface.
Why similar: Surreal 22.8%, Exploration 17.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Adventure 11.7%
- #58 Ungrounded
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chondrite Games
Windows
Ungrounded is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore, observe, and engage with Ungrounded’s mechanisms and machinery. The further you travel, the more uncertain the path home.
Why similar: Puzzle 38%, Exploration 27.3%, Adventure 27%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #59 Myst
66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,127 reviews2021
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.4%, Exploration 25.4%, Adventure 17.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #60 Tulpa
69% matchMixed55% of 259 reviews2015
Dev: Encryptique
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A surreal puzzle platformer that's as beautiful as it is challenging – discover two beings entwined by fate, a girl and her soulmate, left to travel through a hauntingly elegant world...
Why similar: Surreal 46%, Puzzle 21.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 8.3%