- #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 43.9%, Indie 32.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #2 Baezult
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.7 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 37.9%, Indie 30.6%, Puzzle Platformer 21.9%, 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 52.4%, Indie 38.6%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #4 Blueberry Garden
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 161 reviews2009
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 3.9 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 52.8%, Indie 38.9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #5 Pan-Pan
94% matchVery Positive87% of 249 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 54.3%, Indie 36.7%, 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 49.6%, Indie 40.9%, 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 53.5%, Indie 36.3%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #8 Night Shift
92% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Median: 2.6 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 50.3%, Indie 39.8%, 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 51.6%, Indie 38%, 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 51.3%, Indie 37.8%, 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 52.3%, Indie 36.8%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #12 Adventure Boy Jailbreak
88% matchPositive88% of 33 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 56.5%, Indie 41.3%, Puzzle 2.3%
- #13 Small Radios Big Televisions
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 379 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 50.2%, Indie 38.2%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #14 Investi-Gator: The Case of the Big Crime
86% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #15 OFFICE ESCAPE
87% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: 贰点捌
Windows
《OFFICE ESCAPE》is a Room Escape game. Player locate in the office and the mistery house. the broken memory, the strange environment,dark light, in this environment,player need to collect clues in each room. Escape from the house and find out who you are.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #16 Burning Instinct
86% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Merlin Beer
Windows
This game is about the journey of a dragon, beginning right from the start: Popping out of the egg! As a baby dragon, you will encounter many obstacles and difficulties, but as you get more experienced, your dragon gets too! It will learn new abilities, evolve and grow up as you progress!
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #17 Airglow
77% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #18 Humble Abode
85% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Venomyth Game Studio
Windows
In this atmospheric adventure your own home becomes the playground of a sadistic intruder. Can you find a way to avoid being a prisoner in your house, or will you even live long enough to try?
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #19 Escape from the tomb tower
84% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #20 The Crater
84% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Stinky Puppy
Windows
A thrilling murder mystery in space. Someone is out to kill you. Is it your friend and colleague or is there someone else hiding on the moonbase?
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #21 THE TEAR
83% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Game Gestalt
Windows
An immersive VR adventure in a fantastic world.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #22 TrapLand
82% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #23 The Lost And Forgotten: Part 1
81% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #24 Life in the Dorms
80% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #25 Dunia: Masters
81% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #26 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
70% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #27 Maldrin Journey
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Blurstar Games
Windows · Linux
Maldrin Journey is a 3D Collectathon adventure game, which contains two main modes of play. The first is a single player story mode. The second is a split screen two player racing mode. Both modes of play allow players to test their platforming and exploration skills.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #28 LETHE: Broken memories
69% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #29 Kitty Nigiri
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Greater Studios
Windows
The cat in space, sushi catching, laser puzzle solving, fireball dodging, kitten saving, chopstick wielding, flying VR game your cat's been dreaming about. Use your wits and dexterity, and prove yourself a potential champion.....
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #30 KALEIDO STELLA
77% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: CHARON
Windows
"Does your eye see the stars?" Visual Novel ADV "Kaleidoscope Stella" fighting with the fate of the stars Circle CHARON presents a large-scale latest work set in the universe. Peaceful lives of boys and girls are shattered by the invasion of one alien. In order to protect this blue planet, you have to fight.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #31 Den vänstra handens stig
68% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #32 GRIM - Mystery of Wasules
78% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: StudioBACKSTAGE
Windows
GRIM - Mystery of Wasules is a first-person, story-driven mystery. To uncover the truth behind the deaths, you will investigate Wasules as Oswald GRIM.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #33 Inner Riddle
67% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #34 K'NOSSOS
67% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #35 Wojdan - وجدان
76% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Light Studio | نقش الضوء
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow Jawad & his family on their quest to find a cure for his illness.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #36 The "Quiet, Please!" Collection
75% matchPositive100% of 17 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #37 A Fine Mess
74% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #38 Tesla Breaks the World!
78% matchMostly Negative22% of 63 reviews2014
Dev: Archetype Global
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Classic 2D platforming that blends elements of: Nikola Tesla, puzzles, inventions, 1800's-era undead and a sprinkling of the maniacal Thomas Edison. Throw in a dash of randomly generating level sectors, a zesty squeeze of items and a pinch of indie love... Tasty!
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #39 The Studio
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Daev Finn Studio
Windows
Eat the cookies. Avoid being eaten. A horror adventure game with cats, baked goods, and creepy dolls.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #40 Castle Agony
74% matchPositive80% of 15 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #41 Erusal
76% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #42 Ana The Game
63% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #43 Downloaded: Fragments of a Forgotten Soul
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: ThoseBros EntertainmentPub: ThoseBros Entertainment
Windows
In this rage worthy game help Keeli, a goddess of technology, find her redemption after falling from grace. Face 8 challenging levels, 3 bosses, and confront your own corruption. Includes Steam Achievements as well as in game side challenges and an amazing soundtrack. Formatted for Keyboard or Controller use.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #44 The Keepers of Pages: Chevengur
62% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #45 HecatoncheirStory
73% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #46 Beyond Minimalism
72% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #47 Waking the Glares - Chapters I and II
72% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Wisefool Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #48 Solas and the White Winter
71% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #49 Nor'Easter
60% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #50 Dark Train: Coupe
60% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #51 Grimsfield
71% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Adam Wells
Windows · Mac
Grimsfield is a short point & click story game. You take on the role of a deadbeat beatnik poet who lives in an absurdist market town somewhere in the north of England.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #52 Bildo
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: DALESI
Windows
Bildo is a 2D platform game in which the player plays the role of Bildo, a boy who saw his homeland consumed and ravaged by The Darkness, and decided to start a quest around the world in search for The Colors. Guided by The Keeper and he will begin his mission to beat The Darkness and restore the Light to Nibiru.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #53 Citadale - The Ancestral Strain
70% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #54 DownWind
59% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #55 Cartesian
69% matchPositive96% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Radocy
Windows
Cartesian is a unique puzzle-platformer with lasers as its core mechanic. Use lasers to reflect, push, destroy, and more as you search for your lost crew-mates. Dozens of interesting mechanics are introduced through over 70 varied levels.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #56 Cloudborn
70% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #57 Phenomenal Car Park Adventure: Digital Deluxe Edition
57% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%