- #1 Etherian
97% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Simulacrum Interactive
Windows
Traverse the fractured scapes to test your skills, uncover the stories of the ancients, or explore the mystical world around you in search of secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 44.3%, Indie 31.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #2 Baezult
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2016
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Baezult is a puzzle/action platformer set in a lost temple hidden for thousands of years behind a waterfall. You play as a brave explorer looking to find riches beyond his wildest dreams. But be careful, the people of the temple have protected their wealth very well.
Why similar: Adventure 38.3%, Indie 30.2%, Puzzle Platformer 22%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #3 Escape again
95% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Martin Flothmann
Windows
Escape again is a puzzle game which is inspired by Live Escape Games as well as "Escape Room" video games. In this game you solve different types of puzzles and riddles in order to move forward and find your way out.
Why similar: Adventure 53%, Indie 38.1%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #4 Blueberry Garden
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 161 reviews2009
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Congratulations Blueberry Garden! Winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for 'Best Independent Game' at the 2009 Independent Games Festival. Also a winner for 'Best Innovation' at the 2008 Swedish Game Awards. Blueberry Garden is a short and experimental game about exploring a strange world.
Why similar: Adventure 53.4%, Indie 38.4%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #5 Pan-Pan
94% matchVery Positive87% of 250 reviews2016
Dev: SpelkraftPub: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Fix your downed spaceship and find your way home. Explore a lush and colourful world littered with riddles and sprinkled with memorable characters. Pan-Pan is an adventure game with environmental narrative storytelling, exploration elements and puzzle solving.
Why similar: Adventure 54.8%, Indie 36.2%, Puzzle 9%
- #6 The Flaws of Gravity
93% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.
Why similar: Adventure 50.1%, Indie 40.3%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #7 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
91% matchVery Positive95% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Isoland 2: Ashes of Time is a puzzle game with a fascinating non-linear story, charming 2D hand-drawn art, numerous challenging puzzles, and unique twists. Besides numerous sci-fi references and easter-eggs hidden throughout the game, you’ll find things aren’t quite the same second time you play through the story.
Why similar: Adventure 54.1%, Indie 35.8%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #8 Night Shift
92% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Indie 39.3%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #9 Virtual Escape: The Play Room
91% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Default Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Find a way to escape the room, and unravel a strange story.
Why similar: Adventure 52.1%, Indie 37.5%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #10 Golem
90% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
A heart-warming adventure about a young girl and a shape-shifting golem who must navigate the ruins of an ancient tower to solve its challenging puzzles and re-activate its long-dormant machines.
Why similar: Adventure 51.9%, Indie 37.3%, Puzzle 10.8%
- #11 Flightless Classic
89% matchVery Positive90% of 375 reviews2017
Dev: Bristol Street Studios
Windows
Flightless is a tile-based puzzle adventure game. Navigate your way through a series of floating islands, each presenting a curious puzzle. A minimalist art style and calming piano soundtrack complement senses of wonder and discovery.
Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Indie 36.3%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #12 Adventure Boy Jailbreak
88% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: Paul Georghiou
Windows
Puzzle your way through the small town of Estivale, brought to life with a range of characters who all have a problem to solve. With each person you help, Benson gets one stop closer to breaking his friend Mike out of the county jail.
Why similar: Adventure 57.1%, Indie 40.7%, Puzzle 2.3%
- #13 Buratino
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zemen
Windows
Buratino is a 2D arcade game with light adventure elements for the ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #14 Small Radios Big Televisions
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 381 reviews2016
Dev: Fire Face Corporation
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore the inner workings of deserted factories in search of data cassettes that contain boundless virtual worlds. Collect more tapes and explore more worlds and you'll soon discover new methods of traversal and control that will take you farther than you'd ever expect.
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Indie 37.6%, Puzzle 11.6%
- #15 Hei
86% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: Goca Games
Windows · Mac
Help Hei to find their path to the sacred tree! A point-and-click adventure game with lots of puzzles and a unique artistic style.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #16 Erusal
87% matchMixed41% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Space Wedgie, LLC
Windows · Mac
Discover the secrets of the town of Erusal, escape a horrible maniac, and get spooked by this epistolary horror.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #17 Solas and the White Winter
85% matchMixed64% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: Savepoint Studios
Windows
"Unlock the tomb and break the cycle.." Solas and the White Winter takes place in a hostile and mysterious land. You play as Solas; a young but determined girl who finds herself locked in a desperate situation.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #18 Quatro Luzes
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Jardel Elias
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Quatro Luzes (from the Portuguese, Four Lights) is a 3D platformer game, where you have to swap between 4 worlds to proceed, using your brain and skill. You play as Atlas, a girl that lived in a blank, lifeless world, in her adventure to discover 4 colorful new ones!
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #19 Blink
84% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: nextReality Games
Windows
Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #20 圣山ShenShan
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: lynchhead
Windows
Explore the holy mountain and use equipment and cards to defeat the enemy to discover the value of your existence
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #21 Going Nowhere: The Dream
82% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Nowhere Town
Windows · Mac · Linux
Loren's on a journey through an urban dreamscape, in search for a way to reunite with her long lost friend, Violet. Explore a story in the fray of space and time, where a heightened sense of adventure will lead to many curiosities.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #22 反现实症候群γ - Counterrealstic Syndrome γ
80% matchVery Positive93% of 195 reviews2019
Dev: Dr.LiaoPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
高楼上的微风轻拂少女的脸庞,她似乎已经准备好去迎接自己的结局。 果然,她期待已久的【银河铁道】已经向她驶来。 奇妙的星空之旅即将展开……
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #23 EX0: Dark Moon
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Six Games
Windows
An indie retro-ish puzzle platformer where you must upgrade your stats to run, jump, and shoot your way through each level and beat the evil dark slimes.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #24 Dunia: Masters
79% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Team Wood Block
Windows
Fill the shoes of Masters Mason-Northwood a ‘genius scientist’ who, after a failed assassination attempt, is left wandering in the dark, reading books, finding notes and listening to audio logs about the North Wood and himself, while also trying to escape his own barren lab.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #25 Investi-Gator: The Case of the Big Crime
76% matchPositive100% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Games By Bees
Windows
A short comedy adventure. Investi-Gator is here to solve the crimes! He's not really clear on what the crime is, but he'll do his best. And as long as his brother Insti-Gator is around, he'll ALWAYS have someone to trust!
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #26 Occurrence at JCR Outpost
79% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
A scientific mission in Antarctica goes awry when something is released from beneath the ice! Who is friend? Who is foe? Only you can solve the mystery of the Occurrence at JCR Outpost!
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #27 Beyond Minimalism
78% matchMixed43% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: SaintHeiserPub: Half-Face Games
Windows
This small experimental first person minimalistic style game gives one and only quest for you. Walking around rooms of strange labyrinth look for clues to reach nature.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #28 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
《裁決者》是款以極權島國為背景的冒險遊戲。遊戲中你將扮演調查局的副局長,並透過裁決案子替國家伸張正義。但在一次裁決中你意外地殺害了摯友「黃義雄」,使你首次對國家產生了疑惑。重重的危機,雨中,客廳等待著你的並不是虛無。而是屋外毫不知情的黃義雄獨生女「黃詠晴」......少女的笑容,開始了你的罪──
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #29 Waking the Glares - Chapters I and II
77% matchMixed67% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Wisefool Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
How can a book change the universe? Dawnfall’s life has changed deeply, now he must travel and find his way back home.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #30 LETHE: Broken memories
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cuatro Monos Games
Windows
Enter into the mind of Alan Zane, a loving husband and father, who is on the brink of losing his memories. Alzheimer's disease is trying to block your way, will you be able to remember your own life?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #31 HecatoncheirStory
77% matchMostly Negative22% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
You are a young monster hunter who moves between worlds in search of special prey.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #32 Cloudborn
76% matchMixed51% of 41 reviews2018
Dev: Logtown Studios AB
Windows
NOW OUT OF EARLY ACCESS! Cloudborn is a truly immersive VR exploration/adventure game, an incredible audio-visual experience that will move you into a world of awe and wonder. Explore the remnants of a lost civilization to uncover a hidden fate. Are you ready to ascend?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #33 K'NOSSOS
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Svarun Entertainment
Windows
K'NOSSOS is a cold surreal adventure game about a man traveling the unknown reaches of the cosmos and the things he uncovers on his journey.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #34 Escape from the tomb tower
75% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Ivan Pichugin
Windows · Linux
Escape from the crypt tower, where spent hundreds of years. Dark atmosphere and riddles.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #35 Inner Riddle
65% 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #36 TrapLand
75% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: TandemPub: Versus Studio
Windows
Completely new game experience in adventure games with a unique coop-mode.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #37 Citadale - The Ancestral Strain
74% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
The gravest Citadale adventure yet breaks new ground... and buries you in it!
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #38 Airglow
63% 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #39 Phenomenal Car Park Adventure: Digital Deluxe Edition
63% 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #40 The Lost And Forgotten: Part 1
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Abstract Games Studio
Windows
After a rough relationship you set for a trip to Monument Valley to rediscover the person you once were.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #41 Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats
72% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats is a free standalone experience which acts as a companion to Where The Water Tastes Like Wine.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #42 Dark Train: Coupe
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paperash Studio
Windows · Mac
Dark Train: Coupe is a steampunk visual novel made of paper, story prequel to Dark Train. Be a passenger, listen, discuss and decide what will happen next during your journey through the Border City. Meet Ann Tagrezbung; she is quite lovely, unmechanical and still human...
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #43 Castle Agony
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: The Pompous Pixel
Windows
Welcome to Agony. Inspired by the Resident Evil of old, the golden age of NES gaming and the Castlevania series, you play a local hero with a dog! Forced by your village to enter the crumbling castle filled with trickery, magic and monsters! Can you defeat The Vampire and live to see another dawn?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #44 Ana The Game
61% 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #45 Pirates of First Star
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Dynamic Voltage Games
Windows
Pirates of First Star is a puzzle adventure game where you'll have to explore and battle to solve the great mystery of the First Star treasure.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #46 Slice of Life
72% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
What to do when you are alone?
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #47 THE TEAR
71% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Game Gestalt
Windows
An immersive VR adventure in a fantastic world.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #48 A Fine Mess
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Santima Games
Windows · Mac
A moon shattered in the sky, a city destroyed and a mysterious woman in an age-old outfit, biding her time on the beach as if none had happened.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #49 Den vänstra handens stig
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Newmark Software
Windows · Mac
Den vänstra handens stig is a transcendental blackened narrative experience that focuses on courage, determination and sacrifice.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #50 The "Quiet, Please!" Collection
70% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Nostatic Software
Windows
Use your wits and a bit of mischief to solve puzzles in four classic, lighthearted adventure games! Explore, interact with your environment and solve puzzles in this bundle of four old-school adventure games: "Quiet, Please!", "Quiet Christmas", "Vacation Vexation" and "Candy, Please!".
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #51 One Night
70% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Dark Gaia Studios
Windows
A free-to-play retro style survival horror game that resembles classics from the Playstation 1 era.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #52 DownWind
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Clarke
Windows
Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #53 Nor'Easter
58% 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #54 Life in the Dorms
68% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Moment GamesPub: Oh, a Rock! Studios
Windows
A comedy adventure game about love, friendship, and ramen noodles.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #55 The Keepers of Pages: Chevengur
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galitsyn Egor(GG)Pub: Gogol'Game
Windows
"The Keepers of Pages" is a puzzle-platformer, inspired by the novel of Russian writer A. Platonow "Chevengur". Find your way through a post-apocalyptic world and collect the lost pages in the realm where the reality of the future is tightly interlaced with the texts of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%