- #1 0°N 0°W
97% matchVery Positive86% of 387 reviews2018
Dev: Colorfiction
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Ready for a wild trip of psychedelic sights and sounds? 0°N 0°W is a chill, first-person walking sim for everyone, where each run is a fresh adventure!
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.2%, Surreal 23.9%, Open World 16.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Exploration 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same surreal, colorful, and abstract exploration found in infinite fractal worlds.
- #2 Manifold Garden
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,118 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Surreal 29.3%, Psychedelic 27.2%, Nonlinear 17.8%, Exploration 11.1%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features impossible, repeating geometry and gravity-defying exploration that mirrors the scale-shifting nature of fractals.
- #3 Hyperbolica
96% matchVery Positive83% of 1,301 reviews2022
Dev: CodeParade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.
Why similar: Surreal 28.3%, Psychedelic 25.7%, Open World 18.1%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on non-Euclidean geometry, allowing you to explore curved, surreal spaces that feel inherently alien.
- #4 The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited
95% matchVery Positive93% of 258 reviews2021
Dev: Ian MacLartyPub: Shape Shop
Windows
The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.
Why similar: Psychedelic 38.2%, Surreal 28%, Exploration 12.3%, Nonlinear 10.6%, First-Person 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply abstract and psychedelic exploration experience that prioritizes visual wonder over traditional gameplay loops.
- #5 Antichamber
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 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 38.7%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 13%, Psychedelic 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in non-Euclidean geometry and surreal first-person exploration that challenges your perception of space.
- #6 FRACT OSC
94% matchVery Positive86% of 610 reviews2014
Dev: Phosfiend Systems
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.
Why similar: Exploration 36.5%, First-Person 23.6%, Surreal 15.4%, Indie 14%, Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An abstract, music-driven exploration game that rewards curiosity within a surreal, geometric landscape.
- #7 L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement
93% matchVery Positive80% of 269 reviews2021
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
L.S.D. is a first person experience set during a hallucinogen trip.In the prologue of this dream-like, surreal experience, you will explore mysterious open worlds, find weapons and fight against dangerous enemies.Will you be able to break the loop and get back to reality?
Why similar: Psychedelic 29.3%, Surreal 26.9%, Open World 17.6%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly psychedelic and surreal experience that prioritizes bizarre, dream-like exploration.
- #8 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 716 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Surreal 40.8%, Exploration 17%, FPS 16.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Old School 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures a dreamlike, surreal atmosphere that feels like wandering through a shifting, subconscious landscape.
- #9 Lucid Blocks
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,772 reviews2026
Dev: Lucy B. Locks
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.
Why similar: Voxel 29.8% ★, Psychedelic 23.1%, Surreal 19.7%, Open World 12.5%, Exploration 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on psychedelic, atmospheric, and surreal sandbox exploration that aligns with the aesthetic of fractal worlds.
- #10 NaissanceE
91% matchVery Positive84% of 4,240 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Surreal 35.5%, Exploration 27.2%, First-Person 12.5%, Psychedelic 12.3%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: The game features massive, surreal architectural structures that evoke a profound sense of scale and isolation.
- #11 Everything
90% matchVery Positive83% of 3,828 reviews2017
Dev: David OReilly
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.
Why similar: Open World 53.2%, Exploration 27.3%, Indie 13.1%, Adventure 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: It allows you to explore the universe at every scale, from the microscopic to the cosmic, perfectly matching the fractal-shrinking theme.
- #12 Fourmiworld
89% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: CZDOOM
Windows · Linux
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Surreal 34.8%, Psychedelic 29.9%, Exploration 13.1%, Open World 6.7%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and atmospheric exploration game that feels like wandering through a strange, alien ecosystem.
- #13 Fractal Fly
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: Tectrid
Windows · Mac
Explore imaginary landscapes, like you're flying in another world. Observe and dive into those chaotic shapes all around you. And even transform them! You're totally free to move where you want, you will discover a tremendous variety of shapes and colors!
Why similar: Psychedelic 39%, Surreal 31.8%, Exploration 15.4%, First-Person 4.8%, Adventure 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into the psychedelic and relaxing aspects of flight through abstract, infinite-feeling environments.
- #14 Superliminal
88% matchVery Positive95% of 32,646 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Surreal 38.7%, Psychedelic 31.9%, First-Person 12.1%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes perspective and scale manipulation as core mechanics, directly echoing the feeling of growing and shrinking in a fractal world.
- #15 Dread Delusion
87% matchVery Positive90% of 4,890 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
Why similar: Open World 44%, Exploration 24.4%, First-Person 16.8%, Adventure 8%, 3D 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a surreal, dark-fantasy open world that encourages exploration of bizarre, non-traditional landscapes.
- #16 Epitasis
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Epitasis Games
Windows · Mac
After discovering an ancient portal, you suddenly find yourself among the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. Technological relics, sprawling ruins, and cryptic puzzles are all that remain. If you are to learn their secrets, you must unearth the fate of the race that called this world home.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.3%, Surreal 20.1%, Open World 16.5%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Space 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, surreal exploration game set in a mysterious world filled with ancient, geometric puzzles.
- #17 DREAMWILD
85% matchVery Positive88% of 334 reviews2022
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
DREAMWILD is a fast paced, Arcade-Styled FPS set in a multitude of unique and bizarre psychedelic worlds! Slice through the endless horde with your accursed sword, discover the secrets that the DreamWilds have to offer, and get to the bottom of the dark plague spreading through all Mindspace!
Why similar: Psychedelic 30.4%, Surreal 21.6%, FPS 20.9%, Exploration 6.4%, Shooter 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines fast-paced action with a deeply stylized, psychedelic, and surreal visual presentation.
- #18 Kairo
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,741 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 44.1%, Exploration 27.4%, First-Person 14.3%, Indie 7.4%, Adventure 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, abstract exploration game that focuses on navigating mysterious, geometric environments.
- #19 Fragrance Point
82% matchVery Positive96% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Halber Ball
Windows · Mac
What went wrong on Fragrance Point? Explore, hang out, and poke around where you're not supposed to.
Why similar: Psychedelic 39.1%, Surreal 32%, Exploration 16%, Adventure 5.4%, Action 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy game that emphasizes a futuristic, psychedelic, and surreal atmosphere.
- #20 Proteus
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,783 reviews2013
Dev: Ed Key and David KanagaPub: Twisted Tree
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
Why similar: Exploration 45.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Surreal 12.7%, Open World 11.1%, Indie 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a procedurally generated, surreal island exploration experience where the environment itself is the primary focus.
- #21 Vangers
84% matchVery Positive93% of 1,340 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Association K-D Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to figure out what’s the game is all about.
Why similar: Voxel 34.1% ★, Psychedelic 28.1%, Surreal 17.6%, Open World 10.7%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, highly psychedelic, and surreal action-adventure game that features a truly bizarre and alien world.
- #22 Outer Wilds
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 99,459 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Exploration 26.1%, Open World 25.5%, Space 25.3%, First-Person 8.3%, Adventure 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: While more grounded, it offers the same sense of curiosity-driven exploration in a complex, physics-based universe.
- #23 Scanner Sombre
82% matchVery Positive90% of 4,470 reviews2017
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
Why similar: Exploration 48.6%, First-Person 20.9%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Action 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique point-cloud visualization technique to make exploration feel like uncovering a hidden, abstract world.
- #24 The Unfinished Swan
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,918 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 46.6%, Exploration 24.5%, First-Person 9.8%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a surreal, minimalist world that you uncover through exploration and visual discovery.
- #25 3079 -- Block Action RPG
83% matchMixed51% of 490 reviews2013
Dev: Phr00t's Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
3079 is a futuristic, open-world action first-person role playing game. All areas, buildings, items, quests and characters are randomly generated. You will find unique lands & challenges. I hope you enjoy it!
Why similar: Voxel 34.1% ★, FPS 27.9%, Open World 20.5%, Indie 7.8%, Action 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a voxel-based, open-world structure that provides a sense of infinite, blocky exploration.
- #26 Mohrta
78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,288 reviews2025
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Mohrta is a nonlinear FPS adventure through the strange and otherworldly. Explore a vast selection of unique environments, slay an enormous cast of bizarre creatures, and upgrade your arsenal of multifaceted weapons.
Why similar: FPS 30.2%, Nonlinear 27.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%, Shooter 8.4%, First-Person 8.2%
- #27 Echo Point Nova
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,243 reviews2024
Dev: Greylock Studio
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Echo Point Nova is an open-world FPS that offers unparalleled freedom and thrilling speed. Designed for both singleplayer and coop. From the creators of Severed Steel.
Why similar: Voxel 33.3% ★, FPS 21.2%, Exploration 10%, Open World 9.7%, First-Person 6.6%
- #28 Frogmonster
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 559 reviews2024
Dev: Ben Jungwirth
Windows
Discover some of the most charming and challenging soulslike bosses in Frogmonster, a Metroidvania FPS adventure where you explore a lively world filled with creatures, bugs, and beasts.
Why similar: Voxel 39.4% ★, FPS 21.2%, Nonlinear 12.1%, First-Person 6.5%, Shooter 6.5%
- #29 ART IS RIFLE
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Arman Pakan
Windows
A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!
Why similar: Surreal 22.5%, Nonlinear 20.7%, Psychedelic 20.6%, Open World 10.9%, Exploration 9.5%
- #30 Anamorphine
80% matchMixed59% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Artifact 5
Windows
Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.
Why similar: Surreal 39.5%, Psychedelic 30.2%, Exploration 12.9%, First-Person 11.3%, Adventure 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: An abstract, surreal journey that uses environmental storytelling to navigate complex emotional and visual spaces.
- #31 Euclidean Skies
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Miro Straka
Windows
Euclidean Skies combines marvelous architecture and turn-based movements to create a beautiful world with mind-bending puzzles. The game’s focus is on shifting and rotating the world to gain tactical advantage and overpower the enemies in 55 elegant, but incredibly challenging levels.
Why similar: Surreal 64.8%, Indie 17.9%, Adventure 17.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on manipulating geometric structures in a way that feels like solving a 3D puzzle in a fractal space.
- #32 Star Explorers
78% matchVery Positive83% of 250 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1% ★, Open World 16.1%, Space 11%, Nonlinear 10.7%, FPS 10.1%
- #33 Parallax
79% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2015
Dev: Toasty Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Parallax is a first-person puzzle game with two overlapping worlds. Weave back and forth between black and white as you try to be in the right place, in the right dimension, at the right time. Use switches, boosters and gravity to help you reach the exit. Can you conquer every mind-bending level?
Why similar: First-Person 61.8%, Indie 38.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that utilizes shifting, geometric dimensions to create a surreal experience.
- #34 DEMON DUST
74% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: PlusW Games
Windows
DEMON DUST is a Survival Horror Dungeon Crawler with a unique, mouse driven interface. Gain knowledge to survive and reach deeper and deeper floors.
Why similar: Surreal 26.8%, Nonlinear 21.2%, Exploration 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.8%, First-Person 9.2%
- #35 Outerverse
76% matchMixed51% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Voxel 44.6% ★, Space Sim 15.6% ★, Open World 11.2%, Space 7.9%, Exploration 6.7%
- #36 Spaceflux
74% matchMixed58% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Calin Ardelean
Windows
An FPS arena shooter with mind-bending fractal maps! Fight in an impossible battle arena where the map contains itself in a never-ending loop. With online/splitscreen multiplayer deathmatches and a single player horde mode.
Why similar: Voxel 37.5% ★, Psychedelic 27.3%, FPS 19.3%, First-Person 5.5%, Shooter 5.2%
- #37 Dungeons of Blood and Dream
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,083 reviews2024
Dev: Lori Vornoy
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Play as a mighty Blood Wizard on a quest to escape a death-loop of psychedelic dungeons. Slay disgusting creatures using a large array of bladed weapons and unnerving spells, harness the power of cursed rings, find mysterious treasures, and learn the secrets of the universe you are trapped in.
Why similar: Surreal 48.5%, Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, First-Person 14.3%, 3D 7.5%, Adventure 4.8%
- #38 Project Silverfish
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: FPS 31.2%, Open World 23.7%, Exploration 17.7%, Shooter 8.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #39 Chroma Zero
71% matchVery Positive96% of 313 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Open World 21.5%, Surreal 21%, Exploration 14.7%, Nonlinear 14.7%, First-Person 12.9%
- #40 Cube World
75% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,693 reviews2019
Dev: Picroma
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Cube World is a voxel-based action RPG with a focus on exploration. It takes place in a procedurally generated fantasy world made up entirely of cubes.
Why similar: Voxel 51% ★, Open World 29.5%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 4.9%, Indie 2.9%
- #41 Crafting Block World
75% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: IO Games
Windows
Crafting Block World is an adventure with sandbox elements that will help you build your ideal world!
Why similar: Voxel 63.5% ★, Open World 16%, Exploration 10%, Adventure 3.6%, Indie 3.2%
- #42 Metal Garden
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,094 reviews2025
Dev: Tinerasoft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Why similar: FPS 38.7%, Exploration 18.5%, First-Person 10.3%, Shooter 8.3%, Adventure 5.2%
- #43 Voxel Project VR
71% matchVery Positive87% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: 180°
Windows
Voxel Project offers an immersive sandbox experience set in a fully destructible voxel environment. Explore a dynamic world teeming with vehicles, dynamic fire mechanics, enemy NPCs, voxel gore, weapon customization, and a bunch of additional features to discover.
Why similar: Voxel 43.4% ★, Moddable 23.4% ★, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 8.8%, Shooter 5.5%
- #44 Subdivision Infinity DX
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: MistFly GamesPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels!
Why similar: Space Sim 33.9% ★, Space 19.9%, Exploration 12.9%, Open World 11%, Indie 7.1%
- #45 Craterbound
73% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World 20.5%, Space Sim 19.2% ★, Voxel 15.8% ★, Space 13.3%, Exploration 11.4%
- #46 Blockstorm
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,348 reviews2015
Dev: GhostSharkPub: IndieGala
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Blockstorm is a FPS game set in a world made of destructible blocks. All maps and characters included in the game are made with the same tools that are available to the public. You can build everything in Blockstorm, and you can destroy it.
Why similar: Voxel 38.6% ★, FPS 27.9%, Open World 9.9%, First-Person 7.5%, Shooter 7.3%
- #47 Earth Analog
73% matchMixed66% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Funcraft Games
Windows
In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space. Explore fascinating, fractal-based exoplanets and uncover their mysteries. Analyze artifacts and upgrade your ship to unlock new pathways. Your mission: find humanity’s new home.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.4% ★, Surreal 21.6%, Space 17.3%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 6.7%
- #48 No Man's Sky
70% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World 30.1%, Space 18.9%, Exploration 15.8%, Space Sim 15.3% ★, First-Person 6.8%
- #49 Voxile
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: VoxRay Games, Inc.
Windows
Quest, craft, loot, build, destroy, and shoot your way through gorgeous voxel islands! Encounter mutated wildlife, discover secrets, and find out what went wrong in both pre-designed adventure and procedural survival worlds. Play in Early Access today--alone or with friends!
Why similar: Voxel 44.7% ★, FPS 17.9%, Open World 16.7%, Exploration 10.2%, First-Person 6.3%
- #50 Entropy
69% matchVery Positive95% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Chromatic WindowPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Fly between incomprehensible galaxies in this experimental micro game!
Why similar: Surreal 30.4%, Space 20.3%, Psychedelic 16.5%, Exploration 15.5%, First-Person 10.3%
- #51 Inner Chains
72% matchMixed48% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: Telepaths TreePub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.
Why similar: Surreal 28.2%, FPS 26%, Psychedelic 18.9%, First-Person 9.2%, Shooter 6.8%
- #52 Optimum Link
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 122 reviews2019
Dev: Protoria Studios
Windows
A dream-like sandbox that just might have a mind of its own.
Why similar: Surreal 26.4%, Psychedelic 23.8%, FPS 19.8%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 6.2%
- #53 LAVALAMP
65% matchVery Positive95% of 290 reviews2026
Dev: The Space Lemmings from Space Productions
Windows · Mac
3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).
Why similar: Voxel 29.2% ★, Psychedelic 29%, Surreal 19.6%, Exploration 10.1%, First-Person 7.1%
- #54 GOR3
68% matchVery Positive87% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: NewOrderFantasySimulations
Windows
A mysterious castle and a mysterious artifact.
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.4%, FPS 21.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Surreal 11.1%, Shooter 7.3%
- #55 Starcom: Unknown Space
64% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.8% ★, Open World 24.1%, Space 21%, Exploration 14.9%, Combat 3.5%
- #56 FREAKHUNTER
66% matchVery Positive96% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: goop lord
Windows
A dungeon-crawler-rail-shooter-action hybrid for sickos. Blast FREAKS into pieces with juicy non-traditional FPS gameplay!
Why similar: FPS 24.3%, Surreal 22.9%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, First-Person 7.8%
- #57 The Indigo Parallel
66% matchVery Positive97% of 263 reviews2022
Dev: Chris Danelon
Windows · Mac
A surreal mind-bending journey into the depths of madness. You assume the role of Tom, a man hopelessly in love with Daisy, who embarks on a psychedelic adventure through a bizarre and unpredictable world.
Why similar: Psychedelic 36.7%, Surreal 33.7%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 8.1%, Adventure 4.3%
- #58 Absolute-Full-Life
66% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: The Only Way Out
Windows
Colourful survival horror first-person shooter with manual weapon reloading and a mystery environment. Discover every secrets in an open world full of diverse enemies and hidden locations.
Why similar: Psychedelic 34%, FPS 25.7%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 8.9%, Shooter 8.3%
- #59 FPS Infinite
67% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2020
Dev: Phr00t's Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Phr00t's Software is all about procedural generation, optional VR support and fun! This is a full free game inspired by Metroid Prime: explore randomly generated worlds for new abilities to unlock new ones. Will you upgrade your missile launcher or teleporting abilities? Will you escape in time?
Why similar: FPS 44.2%, Adventure 14.9%, First-Person 14.3%, Indie 14.3%, Action 10.1%