- #1 Gedonia
97% matchVery Positive87% of 3,971 reviews2022
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Gedonia is a classic open world rpg, featuring a complete freedom of building your character, exploring a huge world and completing quests.
Why similar: Open World 45.9%, RPG 35.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie open-world RPG that captures the same sense of freedom and exploration found in classic first-person titles.
- #2 Dread Delusion
96% matchVery Positive90% of 5,292 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.3 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 40%, RPG 35.1%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired open-world RPG that emphasizes exploration and discovery in a surreal, atmospheric setting.
- #3 Wild West and Wizards
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 389 reviews2020
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Wild West and Wizards is an open world exploration RPG set in a re-imagined new frontier. Pick a class and level up unlocking abilities and exploring a world filled with quests, loot, outlaws, bosses, spells, caves, towns, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: RPG 34%, Open World 32.5%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 10.6%, Exploration 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with an open-world setting, providing a similar indie-driven adventure experience.
- #4 Eastshade
95% matchVery Positive89% of 5,523 reviews2019
Dev: Eastshade Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Visit cities, scale summits, unearth mysteries, and discover forgotten places!
Why similar: Open World 41.1%, RPG 31.2%, Adventure 16%, Exploration 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that focuses on peaceful interaction and discovery rather than combat, mirroring the relaxing tempo of FRONTIERS.
- #5 Sable
94% matchVery Positive86% of 6,495 reviews2021
Dev: ShedworksPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
Why similar: Open World 43.6%, RPG 26.9%, Adventure 16.5%, Exploration 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a vast, stylized open world where exploration and the journey itself are the primary focus of the gameplay.
- #6 Thousand Threads
94% matchVery Positive82% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Seamount
Windows · Mac
Explore a beautiful open world where you deliver mail, find artifacts, help people out, and fend off folks you’ve wronged.
Why similar: Open World 53.2%, Adventure 17.8%, Exploration 16.1%, Indie 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world exploration game that emphasizes freedom and nature, matching the sandbox feel of the seed game.
- #7 Lunacid
93% matchVery Positive91% of 11,609 reviews2023
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
Why similar: RPG 61.8%, Open World 26.1%, Indie 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person dungeon crawler that prioritizes atmosphere and exploration in a way that feels like a modern take on retro RPGs.
- #8 Quern - Undying Thoughts
92% matchVery Positive91% of 4,096 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Open World 49.1%, Adventure 31.7%, Exploration 19.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that captures the puzzle-solving and exploration elements found in the seed game.
- #9 The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
91% matchVery Positive86% of 3,654 reviews2022
Dev: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
THE GREAT MACHINE AWAKENS
Why similar: RPG 52.8%, Open World 41.8%, Exploration 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: As the primary inspiration for FRONTIERS, this classic offers the same expansive, first-person world-building experience.
- #10 Outer Wilds
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 108,541 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.9 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: Open World 46.2%, Exploration 22.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the joy of discovery and exploration within a unique, atmospheric environment.
- #11 Through The Fragmentation
91% matchVery Positive97% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Adventure 52.3%, Exploration 38.2%, Indie 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric first-person adventure that prioritizes exploration and immersive world-building.
- #12 Elsewhere
89% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Open World 46.1%, Sandbox 20.7%, Adventure 18.5%, Exploration 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox exploration game that focuses on the quiet discovery of a vast, open environment.
- #13 The Faraway Land
89% matchVery Positive84% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: FireTail
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Faraway Land is an open world survival simulator. Plunge into the relaxing atmosphere of a magical world filled with cute and dangerous creatures.
Why similar: Open World 32.7%, RPG 24.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Exploration 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric adventure game that encourages exploration and survival in a stylized open world.
- #14 Subnautica
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 380,795 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Open World 54.5%, Exploration 15.5%, Adventure 13.9%, Sandbox 10%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, first-person survival and exploration experience that rewards curiosity in a vast open world.
- #15 Sensorium
87% matchVery Positive91% of 272 reviews2020
Dev: Tad Cordle
Windows
Sensorium is a small open-world puzzle game about the 5 senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing.
Why similar: Open World 39.4%, Adventure 30.4%, Indie 22.7%, Exploration 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: An indie first-person adventure that focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving in an open world.
- #16 The Long Dark
85% matchVery Positive89% of 123,946 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Open World 58.6%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Sandbox 10.1%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival game that emphasizes the quiet, atmospheric struggle of exploring a vast wilderness.
- #17 Float Night
86% matchMixed70% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Meng Games
Windows
Float Night is a small sandbox game that is easy to collect resources, simple to build, no craft, and sustainable.
Why similar: Sandbox 49.9%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 17.9%, Casual 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person sandbox adventure that mirrors the casual, exploration-based gameplay of FRONTIERS.
- #18 Cowboy Life Simulator
83% matchVery Positive89% of 1,303 reviews2025
Dev: Odd QubitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!
Why similar: Open World 41.1%, RPG 30.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Exploration 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an open-world experience with simulation elements that focus on the day-to-day life of an explorer.
- #19 Lone Land
86% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Magitech Games
Windows
Don't be afraid of heights to find the way out. Lone Land it's about reflection, calm, and relaxation.
Why similar: Open World 51%, Adventure 18.3%, Exploration 15.6%, Indie 10.1%, Casual 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, atmospheric exploration game that emphasizes 3D traversal in an open environment.
- #20 Alchemist: The Potion Monger
84% matchVery Positive83% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
First-person Alchemist Simulator with RPG elements. Explore the world, gather ingredients, and sell or use potions you craft to help others and fend off enemies. Adopt pets to help you with your alchemy knowledge (and to pet them). Decorate your home however you like and brew your destiny!
Why similar: Open World 31.3%, RPG 25.5%, Sandbox 12%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing exploration game that incorporates simulation and crafting elements similar to sandbox RPGs.
- #21 Firewatch
84% matchVery Positive91% of 99,559 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Open World 40.3%, Adventure 29.5%, Exploration 15.6%, Indie 10.1%, Casual 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven first-person game that excels at creating a sense of place and atmosphere through exploration.
- #22 Simpler Times
82% matchVery Positive92% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: StoneskipPub: iam8bit Presents
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Simpler Times is an experiential, interactive meditation that rewards patience and attention with poignant moments that can be replayed like a favorite song.
Why similar: Sandbox 37.9%, Exploration 30%, Casual 23.1%, Indie 9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person sandbox game that prioritizes a relaxing, exploration-focused experience.
- #23 Kenshi
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 117,010 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 71.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Open World 46.4%, RPG 36%, Sandbox 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that provides unparalleled freedom to explore and survive in a harsh, open world.
- #24 Forest Ranger Simulator
82% matchMixed41% of 272 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Take care of forgotten nature's treasure. Build, craft, feed, clean and manage your forest in Forest Ranger Simulator. Ensure its long-lasting beauty and become a flawless Forest Ranger!
Why similar: Open World 37.1%, Sandbox 16.8%, Exploration 13.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Casual 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person life simulation that focuses on exploring and interacting with a vast natural environment.
- #25 Wrath of Anias
81% matchMixed65% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Ocean Games
Windows
Explore the sandbox, collect treasures, and find your way off of the island.
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Open World 24.5%, Sandbox 17.9%, Exploration 15.9%, Casual 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure-focused title that emphasizes exploration and sandbox-style discovery.
- #26 Arx Fatalis
80% matchVery Positive88% of 2,650 reviews2007
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.
Why similar: RPG 74.5%, Open World 10.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person RPG that emphasizes environmental interaction and exploration within a dungeon setting.
- #27 Sans Logique
79% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Gamagora ICOM
Windows
Sans Logique is a first-person game that blends puzzle and adventure gameplay. You'll explore different dreamlike worlds, discover the story of your character, and solve some original puzzles.
Why similar: Adventure 56%, Exploration 34%, Casual 5.4%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D adventure game that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a singleplayer environment.
- #28 Chinese Frontiers
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 544 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Become a master builder in medieval China. Construct iconic landmarks brick by brick in first person, while managing villagers, production chains, and a growing settlement at your own pace.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.8%, Adventure 28.2%, Exploration 20.6%, Casual 20.4%
- #29 Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,320 reviews2019
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!
Why similar: RPG 49.2%, Open World 39.1%, Casual 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends RPG elements with simulation, focusing on the slow-paced, relaxing exploration of a rural landscape.
- #30 Deep Despair
79% matchMixed67% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
Why similar: RPG 32.8%, Open World 23.9%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 10.9%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that blends survival and exploration in a way that feels accessible and casual.
- #31 The RPG
75% matchVery Positive87% of 864 reviews2025
Dev: Dionysus AcroreitesPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Minimalistic Skyrim + West of Loathing + Supraland. An RPG-lite adventure with intentionally twisted traditional role-playing games aspects, where your choices do matter.
Why similar: Open World 40.9%, RPG 30.3%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 10.5%, Casual 5.3%
- #32 The Frosts: First Ones
78% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Ivan Sukhanov
Windows
An adventure about searching for a missing hunter and meeting with alien beings! Explore wild nature, climb on a rock, lure out a boar, meet a wolf, survive in a rockfall. Heal a deer and trick a creature! Meet the Unknown and find mystery!
Why similar: Adventure 33.9%, Exploration 30.7%, Indie 18.7%, Casual 16.8%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich exploration game that uses a point-and-click style to navigate its atmospheric world.
- #33 ROGUE-FP
77% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Jurax Games
Windows · Linux
A blend of old school gameplay and new school controls. Experience a classically styled roguelike in a way you never have before!
Why similar: RPG 69.8%, Exploration 30.2%
- #34 Frontier Legends
76% matchMixed43% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
“Live your Wild West fantasy in Frontier Legends, an open-world frontier adventure where survival, crafting and exploration shape your story. Stake your claim, build your place in the West and uncover what lies beyond the rails.”
Why similar: RPG 43.6%, Adventure 21.2%, Sandbox 20.2%, Exploration 15.1%
- #35 Border Town
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 308 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: Open World 40.4%, RPG 29.1%, Adventure 15.6%, Sandbox 14.9%
- #36 Viking Frontiers
76% matchMixed52% of 553 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: Open World 41%, RPG 33.2%, Sandbox 13.3%, Adventure 12.6%
- #37 Cobble: The Stone Forager
72% matchVery Positive98% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Twenty LensesPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Gather resources and explore to help lost settlers build a new home in this relaxing, foraging RPG.
Why similar: RPG 48.6%, Exploration 21.6%, Casual 16.7%, Adventure 13.1%
- #38 Distant Garden
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Jackson LevinePub: Jackson Levine Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
An exploration and building game inspired by games like "Minecraft", "LSD: Dream Emulator", and more.
Why similar: Open World 48.6%, Sandbox 21%, Exploration 17.3%, Casual 13.1%
- #39 RPG MO
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,972 reviews2015
Dev: Marxnet
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
RPG MO is a nostalgic MMORPG that reminds of Ultima and Runescape Classic.
Why similar: RPG 42.4%, Open World 28.5%, Adventure 11.9%, Sandbox 8.5%, Indie 5.5%
- #40 Egypt Frontiers
71% matchVery Positive81% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt in 'Egypt Frontiers.' As a master builder, construct majestic monuments, manage resources, and shape history in this captivating simulation game. Are you ready to leave your mark on the Frontiers of Egypt?🐫☀️
Why similar: Sandbox 29.9%, Adventure 27.5%, Casual 23.2%, Indie 19.4%
- #41 Notes From Province
73% matchVery Positive87% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: BoxFox Studios
Windows
Dive into a deep Open World that rewards exploration. Solve clever puzzles with lateral thinking, and engage in unique, story-driven boss battles. Then take a break. Furnish your home, fish a little, and chill with your eccentric neighbors.
Why similar: Open World 36.1%, RPG 30.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 10%, Casual 9.1%
- #42 Salt
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,252 reviews2018
Dev: Lavaboots Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Salt is an open world exploration game where you sail from island to island looking for loot and new discoveries! Relax and explore at your own pace, picking a direction and setting sail across a vast ocean filled with quests, merchants, ruins, pirates, and other mysterious places.
Why similar: Open World 46.6%, RPG 14.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Sandbox 11.5%, Exploration 9.3%
- #43 Dragon Ruins II
71% matchVery Positive87% of 215 reviews2025
Dev: Graverobber Foundation
Windows
A dungeon crawler for tired people.
Why similar: RPG 71.6%, Casual 24.6%, Exploration 3.8%
- #44 1-Bit Explorer
71% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Fiddleling
Windows
An adventure game focused on exploration where you do NOT save the world and the world does NOT need saving.
Why similar: RPG 56%, Adventure 28.1%, Exploration 15.9%
- #45 Force of Nature
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,209 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World 40.3%, RPG 19.4%, Sandbox 15.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 8.8%
- #46 Echo Point Nova
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,038 reviews2024
Dev: Greylock Studio
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Open World 48.6%, Adventure 27.1%, Exploration 24.3%
- #47 Dreamspring
68% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Billyfighter
Windows · Linux
Dreamspring is a dark fantasy styled, open world dungeon crawler inspired by games like Morrowind and King's Field. Explore a dying kingdom and it's different realms in first person action combat, styled in a mix of retro and vaporwave aesthetics.
Why similar: RPG 40.2%, Open World 24.9%, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Indie 6.7%
- #48 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 16,011 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft StudioPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a third and first-person action-adventure game set in the Western Frontier. Reconnect with your lost heritage and discover what it means to be Na'vi.
Why similar: Open World 57.2%, Adventure 19.7%, RPG 12.6%, Exploration 10.5%
- #49 Proteus
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,806 reviews2013
Dev: Ed Key and David KanagaPub: Twisted Tree
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.1 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 29%, Indie 21.6%, Casual 19.8%, Open World 14.2%, Adventure 11.5%
- #50 Counter Spell
70% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2015
Dev: Abnormal Software
Windows
"Counter Spell" combines elements of classic role playing games with modern stealth-based shooters. Single player, multiplayer coop, and competitive multiplayer are all supported with different game modes for each. An open, streaming world makes for an exciting sandbox to adventure in!
Why similar: RPG 76.5%, Indie 23.5%
- #51 Mask of Mists
69% matchVery Positive85% of 228 reviews2020
Dev: 9 Eyes Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Mask of Mists is an action-adventure game in a first-person view in which you are immersed in exploring the world full of magic and dangers!
Why similar: Open World 58.8%, Exploration 18%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 9.9%
- #52 Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints
65% matchVery Positive93% of 4,749 reviews2024
Dev: Scienart GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
This is the free version of the game "Ale & Tale Tavern". Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING!
Why similar: Sandbox 100%
- #53 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
64% matchVery Positive84% of 4,696 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Open World 28.2%, RPG 23.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Casual 11.2%, Adventure 10.6%
- #54 Outpath: First Journey
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,694 reviews2022
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Adventure 59.7%, Casual 40.3%
- #55 FRACT OSC
67% matchVery Positive86% of 615 reviews2014
Dev: Phosfiend Systems
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.3 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: Indie 33.2%, Exploration 28.1%, Adventure 26.8%, Casual 11.9%
