Games Like I Expect You To Die

Become an elite super spy ready for espionage, explosives, and gadgets galore. This popular escape-the-room VR franchise is back with more ingenious puzzles, cunning villains, and dangerous locales.

Why similar: VR 32.3%, Cold War 29.7% ★, Puzzle 11.2%, Comedy 7.3%, Stylized 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel continues the high-stakes espionage puzzle gameplay with even more elaborate scenarios and gadgets.

Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.

Why similar: Cold War 28.4% ★, VR 23.2%, Comedy 8.7%, Puzzle 8.1%, Stylized 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: The third entry in the series refines the signature escape-room mechanics and humor that defined the original experience.

Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!

Why similar: VR 68.2%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the stealthy, gadget-heavy spy vibe while requiring creative puzzle-solving to avoid detection.

Built from the ground-up for Virtual Reality, Budget Cuts 2 is an action-adventure stealth game where you zip, sneak, and stab your way through enemy-filled offices, trains, warehouses, and skyscrapers to take down the evil efficiency robots at TransCorp.

Why similar: VR 49.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, First-Person 12%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the stealth-puzzle mechanics of the first game with more complex environments and spy-themed objectives.

The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.

Why similar: VR 60%, Puzzle 23.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished, tactile puzzle experience that rewards careful observation and manipulation of intricate objects.

A suave secret agent adventure game. Your mission (should you choose to accept) is to infiltrate enemy spy Ruby La Rouge’s secret hideaway and put a stop to her evil plans!

Why similar: Espionage 66.8% ★, Hidden Object 8.4%, Puzzle 7.3%, Retro 6.8%, Funny 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish spy-themed puzzle game that captures the same secret agent aesthetic and investigative spirit.

Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!

Why similar: VR 39.3%, Puzzle 23.5%, Difficult 12.5%, Funny 9.9%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the high-pressure, puzzle-solving intensity of defusing dangerous devices under strict time constraints.

Enter an abandoned Cold War base on a moon of Saturn in this atmospheric VR puzzle adventure. Scan evidence, translate Volgravian messages, manipulate strange machinery, and uncover a sci-fi mystery that grows more surreal with every discovery.

Why similar: Cold War 39.5% ★, VR 31.3%, Puzzle 10.1%, Immersive Sim 7.6%, First-Person 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi puzzle game that emphasizes environmental interaction and deep mystery-solving in a confined space.

Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.

Why similar: VR 55.6%, Puzzle 24.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game thrives on the same 'curiosity-driven' puzzle mechanics where interacting with the wrong button leads to hilarious consequences.

Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...

Why similar: VR 52.1%, Puzzle 14.1%, Retro 11.4%, First-Person 9.9%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines action with a puzzle-like approach to combat, requiring you to think through every movement in slow motion.

Enter an extraordinarily convincing sci-fi world in this story-driven VR puzzle adventure. Explore off-world facilities, operate tactile tools, solve environmental puzzles, and unravel a reality-bending Cold War mystery.

Why similar: VR 62.1%, Puzzle 20.2%, Adventure 8.3%, Action 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel improves upon the original with more sophisticated physics-based puzzles and a compelling narrative.

Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is an all-new Virtual Reality adventure that takes players back into the mysterious and paranormal world of the Psychonauts for the first time in over ten years!

Why similar: VR 85.1%, Adventure 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends VR puzzle-solving with a distinct comedic tone and character-driven narrative similar to the seed game.

STATIK is a 4 player online co-op horror game. A group of kids in the 1980's find an abandoned house with a shelf full of VHS tapes. When each tape is played, the events of the movie start to play out in real life. Will you escape with your lives or become another victim of the static.

Why similar: Strategy 28.5%, Stylized 24%, First-Person 19.8%, Action 14.8%, Adventure 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on complex, tactile puzzle-solving where you must manipulate mysterious devices to progress, mirroring the feel of the seed game.

In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the "Job Simulator" to learn what it was like 'to job'.

Why similar: VR 52.6%, Funny 12%, Comedy 11.5%, Simulation 11.2%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features the same playful, physics-based interaction style and irreverent humor found in the seed game.

Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.

Why similar: VR 52.2%, Puzzle 17.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Adventure 6.4%, Stylized 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique physics-based puzzle game that uses scale and perspective to create mind-bending challenges.

Floor Plan is a short form puzzle adventure game that takes place entirely inside an elevator, re-imagining classic point-and-click gameplay for fully immersive VR.

Why similar: VR 28.4%, Hidden Object 13.7%, Puzzle 10.9%, Funny 10.8%, Comedy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A funny, puzzle-heavy game that uses an elevator to connect different rooms, similar to the self-contained puzzle levels of the seed game.

Experience the high fidelity virtual reality of your own hands like never before.

Why similar: VR 64.4%, Funny 13.1%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 8.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, hilarious experience that focuses on precise hand interactions and witty dialogue.

Espire blends the classic spy-thriller action of titles like Goldeneye 007 and Metal Gear Solid. Virtual reality has been militarized. Become the super-spy pilot of the Espire Model 1 Frame. Infiltrate an IFA facility under siege, identify threats, and eliminate them. You are the ultimate weapon.

Why similar: VR 65.6%, First-Person 14%, Action 9%, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated stealth-action game that makes you feel like a secret operative using gadgets to complete objectives.

Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

Why similar: VR 50.1%, Comedy 20%, Simulation 10.6%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: An absurdist, comedy-focused VR experience that rewards players for interacting with every object in the room.

Embark on a VR adventure to explore a vast and treacherous temple and uncover the ancient legend of the Eye. Keep your balance as you step between moving blocks, dodging hazardous traps and solving environmental puzzles with just your torch and whip in hand.

Why similar: VR 37.1%, Immersive 34% ★, Puzzle 11.4%, First-Person 7.2%, Adventure 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A spatial puzzle game that forces you to physically navigate and interact with your environment to survive.

Unseen Diplomacy casts you as an elite member of The British Espionage Tactical Initiative, defeating the plans of evil-doers around the world. With a real-life obstacle course using every inch of your room-scale space, created by Steam VR, you will run and roll & sneak your way through lairs.

Why similar: Espionage 30.8% ★, VR 24.9%, Immersive 15.6% ★, Immersive Sim 7.1%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A spy-themed VR game that requires physical movement and stealth to navigate through secret facilities.

The Talos Principle VR is a virtual reality version of Croteam's critically acclaimed first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction.

Why similar: VR 63.9%, Puzzle 18.6%, Adventure 8.3%, Action 6.4%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, philosophical puzzle game that requires logical thinking and environmental manipulation to overcome obstacles.

A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

Why similar: VR 48.4%, Comedy 15.7%, Funny 14.9%, First-Person 7.4%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and funny VR experience that relies on clever environmental puzzles and a satirical tone.

The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.

Why similar: VR 77.2%, Adventure 22.8%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-themed mystery that allows you to observe and piece together clues in a confined, immersive environment.

Become a death prevention insurance agent at Just In Time Incorporated and grab bullets, grenades, or even a fire extinguisher to save your clients from gruesome death. With the power of hyper-glove technology, time slows down but you won’t have to!

Why similar: VR 59.9%, Simulation 20.2%, Action 13.3%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-puzzle game where you use gadgets to save clients from impending doom in creative ways.

From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!

Why similar: VR 43.7%, Comedy 19.7%, Funny 12.8%, Action 8.5%, Adventure 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A comedy-driven adventure that features quirky characters and puzzle-solving elements in a vibrant VR world.

Become a secret agent in the 1950s and observe your neighbours to find the communist spy!

Why similar: VR 78.9%, Action 14.1%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A detective game where you watch suspects from a window, requiring keen observation and deduction skills.

Abode is an escape room puzzle game. You will have to find, combine and utilize tools and furniture in the room to unveil all its secrets.

Why similar: VR 63.3%, Puzzle 21.2%, Indie 10%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic escape-room style game that focuses on finding clues and solving mechanical puzzles in a futuristic apartment.

Tentacular is a VR game about a gigantic but good-hearted tentacled beast trying to figure out its place in the world.

Why similar: VR 40.5%, Funny 14.2%, Puzzle 12.4%, Comedy 9.7%, Stylized 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that uses humor and giant tentacles to create chaotic, satisfying interactions.

BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.

Why similar: VR 58.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Simulation 6.2%, Action 5.2%

⚠️VR-only. Your mic is recording. Your actions too.⚠️ Infiltrate a retro space station. Get trapped in a time loop. Your past copies will replay every word you said and every mistake you made. You're the team. You're also the problem.

Why similar: Espionage 53.4% ★, VR 22.1%, Funny 7.7%, Puzzle 7%, Stylized 4.5%

The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...

Why similar: VR 76.3%, Action 7.3%, First-Person 5.9%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic and funny experience that hides deep, dark secrets within its simple, room-based gameplay.

Enter the ultimate 1970s space capsule in this thrilling VR adventure. Awaken your inner cosmonaut with intense, interactive gameplay, manage catastrophic system failures, and experience a hilarious story of Cold War absurdities. Can you make it back to Earth alive?

Why similar: VR 30.7%, Cold War 25.3% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Comedy 6.7%, Puzzle 6%

Waltz of the Wizard sends you on journey of mischief, mayhem and mild sarcasm in a fantastical realm full of spells, secrets and some pretty strange characters.

Why similar: Immersive 34.7% ★, VR 30.6%, Comedy 11.4%, Simulation 8%, First-Person 5.5%

It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out of the Room. There are some items that can be grabbed and carried around. With some items you can interact (such as switches,piano and numpads).

Why similar: VR 49%, Simulation 16.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 6.1%

Press buttons, pull levers, and use your body to discover a strange world in this numerical escape room. There’s nothing “idle” about this game. Immerse yourself in weird, colorful, reactive environments in this short, experimental, thought-provoking incremental adventure.

Why similar: Immersive 45.1% ★, VR 27.2%, Puzzle 9%, Stylized 8%, Adventure 3.7%

You are Agent Zero. Your mission: assassinate Benjamin Miller, a radical who broke into CIA facilities and stole top secret chemical weapons research. Your mission quickly takes a dark turn as you learn the truth of what Miller was searching for that night.

Why similar: Cold War 47% ★, VR 42.6%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 4%

BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.

Why similar: VR 61.5%, Puzzle 13.5%, First-Person 12.1%, Action 7.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%

You find yourself trapped above the clouds - in a mile high building which is still partly under construction! Can you escape? Explore the environment, solve puzzles, investigate clues, and find your way through a total of 3 large areas to -hopefully- escape the penthouse of this VR escape room game.

Why similar: VR 31.8%, Immersive 26.9% ★, Puzzle 13.1%, Hidden Object 7.8%, Difficult 6.3%

You’re here for puzzles, and that’s what you’ll get. Step into a deluxe virtual escape room establishment. Challenge your mind with handcrafted puzzles designed exclusively for VR. Explore immersive environments and piece together the clues to escape!

Why similar: VR 49.7%, Puzzle 16.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Adventure 5.8%, First-Person 5.7%

Dungeon Escape VR is an immersive escape-room puzzle game. To escape you need to solve the challenges and puzzles found in the dungeon.

Why similar: VR 61.2%, Puzzle 29.4%, Indie 9.4%

A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.

Why similar: VR 42.3%, Hidden Object 20.4%, Puzzle 19.9%, Action 6.2%, Adventure 4.7%

Relive the experience of playing the classic war arcade in a totally amazing way, thanks to virtual reality and the innovative immersion system that will make it possible for you to travel inside the video game.

Why similar: VR 52.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 6.6%, Retro 6%

As a human border agent, you begin a new role as a booth operator at an AI travel border. Interact and check over a variety of robots as they try to get through security.

Why similar: VR 40.3%, Hidden Object 15.4%, Comedy 14.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, Simulation 9.3%

1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury.

Why similar: Espionage 57.5% ★, Cold War 25.7% ★, Hidden Object 5.9%, Puzzle 5.6%, First-Person 3.8%

Navigate an unfamiliar world in virtual reality using echolocation, where sounds become images. Trapped in a mansion by the devious Warden, make your way through its many rooms, riddled with puzzles and dangers, moving ever closer to the truth—and your only chance to escape.

Why similar: VR 58.3%, Puzzle 15.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 5.5%, First-Person 5.3%

Submit to the judgement of The Taskmaster in glorious virtual reality! The hit TV show comes to VR and YOU are the contestant. Step into the world of Taskmaster, endeavour to complete a menagerie of challenging and extraordinary tasks and get creative in how you solve them. Your time starts now!

Why similar: VR 45.6%, Funny 16%, Puzzle 11.5%, Simulation 9.7%, First-Person 7.8%

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.

Why similar: VR 49.6%, Comedy 14.4%, Funny 11%, Simulation 10.3%, Adventure 6.2%

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: Puzzle 34.9%, First-Person 20.3%, Funny 19.4%, Stylized 12.3%, Adventure 7%

VR: Vacate the Room is a short Escape the Room game.It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out.

Why similar: VR 67.4%, Puzzle 16.9%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 2.3%

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.4%, VR 28.5%, First-Person 13.6%, Simulation 8.8%, Adventure 6.7%

Grab your rifle, gaze down the scope and take aim in this stealth-action WW2 first-person shooter built exclusively for VR. With an explosive campaign, astonishing immersion, authentic weaponry, and signature gunplay from the award-winning Sniper Elite series

Why similar: VR 64.4%, Action 13%, First-Person 9.8%, Adventure 8.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Conductor is a action-adventure, puzzle game. Take control of a locomotive and clear anything that stands in your way. Solve puzzles by using tools and wit. Defend yourself from the forces of Overcorp.

Why similar: VR 53.7%, Puzzle 17.8%, Action 14.9%, Adventure 13.6%

Explore a tower of hilarious escape rooms and solve mind-bending puzzles in this absurd elevator adventure for virtual reality. Step out onto each floor, meet bizarre characters, unravel their secrets, and figure out how everything is connected to find the lost artifacts your boss is looking for.

Why similar: VR 33.7%, Comedy 14.2%, Hidden Object 11.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Funny 11.2%

It was your only way off this forsaken planet, but standing aboard a colossal stolen mech, you find yourself surrounded by unfamiliar buttons, levers, and monitors. In full VR, push, pull, press and hack everything you can find in an attempt to activate this lumbering beast and make your escape.

Why similar: Immersive 39.9% ★, VR 31.2%, Puzzle 8.7%, First-Person 7.4%, Simulation 6.9%

A first-person, narrative-driven puzzle game. Dimensional throws you into dangerous chambers to save an alien race. This is not a passive experience. You'll have to feel and act as though you're really there - standing, moving around, manipulating objects and reacting to dangers.

Why similar: VR 73.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Action 10.3%, Indie 5.6%

In Crowbar Climber, use your crowbars to make your way up! Face hooks, planks, and gears using only your arms. Can you beat the game before you run out of energy?

Why similar: VR 51.5%, Difficult 15.9%, Comedy 10.1%, Action 6.9%, Funny 5.4%

PunjiVR is an unforgiving tactical shooter set during the Vietnam War. It experiments with and takes full advantage of the VR medium, including unique features like: Physics-based movement (climbing, crawling, running), a unique inventory system, ballistics, physics-based gunplay, and so much more.

Why similar: Cold War 44.5% ★, VR 27.9%, Difficult 11.9%, Strategy 6%, First-Person 4.5%

A new mysterious enemy threatens to tear apart the universe and only you can stop them! Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time lets players embark on an adventure through space and time. Travel across the universe, visit alien locations, pilot the TARDIS and solve the mystery of the controlling force behind the Reality Virus.

Why similar: VR 48%, Immersive 30.8% ★, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 7.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%