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 28.2%, Cold War 27.6% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Soundtrack 9.3% ★, Comedy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel continues the high-stakes, humorous spy-themed puzzle gameplay of the original with even more elaborate scenarios.

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% ★, VR 21.4%, Comedy 8.4%, Puzzle 7.8%, Stylized 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: The third entry in the series refines the telekinetic puzzle mechanics and witty writing that made the first game a VR staple.

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 59.2%, Puzzle 24%, Adventure 12.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Indie 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers the gold standard for tactile, intricate escape-room puzzles within a mysterious and atmospheric setting.

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 38.4%, Puzzle 23.5%, Difficult 12.2%, Funny 10.4%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the intense, high-pressure puzzle-solving experience of diffusing dangerous devices under strict time constraints.

Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.

Why similar: Cold War 40.7% ★, VR 30.2%, Puzzle 10.2%, Immersive Sim 7.6%, First-Person 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished sci-fi puzzle game that emphasizes environmental interaction and deep, immersive storytelling.

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 67.5%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused VR game that shares the spy-infiltration theme and requires creative problem-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 48.9%, Puzzle 16.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands on the stealth and puzzle-solving mechanics of the original while maintaining the quirky, corporate-espionage tone.

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 28.4%, Stylized 24.7%, First-Person 19.8%, Action 14.5%, Adventure 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features complex, multi-layered puzzles that require you to manipulate objects in your hands, mirroring the tactile satisfaction of the seed game.

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 84.5%, Adventure 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: This VR-exclusive adventure features the same brand of witty humor and perspective-based puzzle solving 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 51%, Puzzle 18.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Adventure 6.6%, Stylized 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant physics-based puzzle game that uses scale and perspective in ways that feel uniquely suited to the VR medium.

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

Why similar: VR 54.8%, Puzzle 25.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactile, button-heavy puzzle game that rewards curiosity and experimentation in a confined, high-stakes environment.

Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.

Why similar: VR 61.3%, Puzzle 20.7%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 4.9%, Indie 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel builds on the first game's puzzle-solving with improved visuals and more complex, gadget-focused gameplay.

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 50.9%, Funny 12.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Comedy 11.6%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same humorous, physics-driven interaction style where you manipulate objects in a confined space to complete tasks.

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 50.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Retro 12.1%, First-Person 10.5%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game turns combat into a tactical puzzle, requiring you to carefully plan your movements and interactions in slow motion.

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: Immersive 38.2% ★, Comedy 12.1%, Hidden Object 8.8%, Puzzle 8.7%, Funny 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hilarious, room-based puzzle game that uses a unique elevator mechanic to transport you between absurd, interconnected scenarios.

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

Why similar: VR 62.6%, Funny 14%, Adventure 12.1%, First-Person 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, funny, and highly interactive experience that showcases the tactile possibilities of VR through the lens of the Portal universe.

Interkosmos is an arcady astronaut adventure in VR. Brace yourself for a rush of hectic gameplay to challenge your inner cosmonaut, and a fun story full of twists and Cold War absurdities.

Why similar: VR 28.9%, Cold War 26.1% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Comedy 6.8%, Puzzle 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game puts you in the cockpit of a space capsule, requiring you to manage complex controls and solve problems under pressure.

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 35.9%, Immersive 34.7% ★, Puzzle 11.6%, First-Person 7.5%, Adventure 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique room-scale adventure that uses physical movement and environmental puzzles to create an immersive sense of exploration.

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 64.8%, First-Person 14.8%, Action 9.4%, Adventure 6.6%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the secret agent fantasy with stealth mechanics and gadget-based infiltration in a VR environment.

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 48.8%, Comedy 20.5%, Simulation 11%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and hilarious VR experience that focuses on interactive, object-based puzzles in a bizarre, high-energy setting.

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 62.9%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 6.6%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, philosophical puzzle game that provides a more cerebral experience while maintaining high-quality VR interaction.

Go play in a wildly immersive magic sandbox where you become a mischievous wizard in a realm filled with spells, sarcasm, and secrets.

Why similar: Immersive 37% ★, VR 28.7%, Comedy 11%, Simulation 7.7%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly interactive, physics-based sandbox that allows for creative experimentation with magical objects in a confined space.

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 38.9%, Funny 14.8%, Puzzle 12.5%, Comedy 9.8%, Stylized 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that uses telekinetic-like controls to manipulate the environment with a humorous, lighthearted tone.

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 62.3%, Puzzle 21.7%, Indie 10.4%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic escape-room experience that focuses on finding clues and manipulating objects in a futuristic, noir-inspired apartment.

「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.

Why similar: Puzzle 100%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-adventure that uses sound and echo-location as a core mechanic to navigate and solve environmental challenges.

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

Why similar: VR 78%, Action 14.7%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-themed VR game that requires you to observe and interact with your environment to uncover secrets in a Cold War setting.

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 57.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 7.5%, Simulation 6.5%, Action 5.4%

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: VR 61.3%, Simulation 20.2%, Action 12.5%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: A physical stealth game that forces you to crawl, reach, and interact with your environment to complete secret agent objectives.

Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game where you build chain reaction machines to solve fun, intricate puzzles. Your machines will use gadgets to launch, bump, twist, and turn—creating chain reactions that may even end up tearing apart the fabric of space-time.

Why similar: VR 56.2%, Simulation 22%, Puzzle 15.1%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that focuses on building complex chain-reaction machines, perfect for fans of tactile VR mechanics.

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 47.1%, Immersive 31.5% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy adventure that utilizes VR to place you in iconic settings where you must manipulate devices to save the universe.

Bond with a baby falcon and go on an adventure. Falcon Age is a first-person, single-player action adventure where you’ll play as Ara in her fight to reclaim her cultural legacy in the lost art of falcon hunting against a force of automated colonizers.

Why similar: Immersive 37.5% ★, VR 31.5%, First-Person 8.5%, Stylized 8%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This adventure features tactile interaction with a companion bird and environmental puzzles that reward careful observation.

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 27.3%, Hidden Object 13.3%, Funny 11.3%, Puzzle 11%, Comedy 9.7%

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 60.3%, Puzzle 14%, First-Person 12.8%, Action 7.3%, Indie 2.8%

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 60.2%, Puzzle 30%, Indie 9.8%

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 48.3% ★, VR 41.1%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 4%

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 50.7%, Simulation 13.6%, Action 8.1%, Adventure 6.7%, Retro 6.3%

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 45.5% ★, VR 26.3%, Puzzle 9%, Stylized 8.5%, Adventure 3.7%

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 47.9%, Simulation 17.2%, Puzzle 13.9%, Action 7.1%, Adventure 6.3%

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 31.1%, Immersive 27.4% ★, Puzzle 13.3%, Hidden Object 7.7%, Difficult 6.2%

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 48.6%, Puzzle 16.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Adventure 6%, First-Person 6%

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 52.6%, Puzzle 18.1%, Action 15.4%, Adventure 13.9%

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 57%, Puzzle 15.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 5.7%, First-Person 5.6%

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 58.5%, Simulation 21%, Action 13.6%, Indie 6.9%

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 44%, Funny 16.6%, Puzzle 11.5%, Simulation 10%, First-Person 8.1%

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 47.4%, Comedy 14.9%, Funny 11.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Adventure 6.4%

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 39.6%, Comedy 15.3%, Hidden Object 15.2%, Puzzle 12.6%, Simulation 9.7%

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 41.8%, Puzzle 20.4%, Hidden Object 20.2%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 4.9%

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 50.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Comedy 10.6%, Action 7.3%, Funny 5.8%

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 66.7%, Puzzle 17.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

The iconic supernatural mystery, The 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology, that delivers an atmospheric story like no other. Explore the foreboding mansion, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets.

Why similar: VR 47.6%, Immersive 24% ★, Puzzle 12.4%, First-Person 7.4%, Adventure 7.2%

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 36.6%, VR 27%, First-Person 14.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Adventure 7%

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: Hidden Object 26.4%, Puzzle 25.4%, Funny 20%, Retro 16.9%, Adventure 6.8%

A nostalgic 80's VR escape room puzzle adventure! You're a detective searching for a kid who went missing in 1987. Explore the kid's game room, play with retro toys, figure out puzzles and find the kid to solve the case!

Why similar: Immersive 38.7% ★, VR 25.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Retro 8.7%, Funny 7.2%

The modern field of Accountancy is a serious and honorable profession. Many human beings have spent their lives toiling over the hard science of numbers. Thousands have died so that we may get to the level of understanding that we have today. Thousands have died.

Why similar: VR 64.3%, Comedy 21.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 5.5%

Journey for Elysium is a story-driven VR game that will immerse you in a fictional setting inspired by Ancient Mythology. Use your wit & skills to overcome a series of increasingly elaborate challenges to reach Elysium and obtain redemption.

Why similar: VR 24.1%, Simulation 18.8%, Immersive 16.3% ★, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 6.2%

Machine Learning: Episode is a first person arcade puzzle game built for HTC Vive. You play as an A.I. robot created in DARPA laboratory in the near future. One of the scientists is here to test your physical, perception and cognitive skills. By using the power of room-scale VR and Vive controllers

Why similar: VR 58.4%, Action 17.3%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 9.1%

You have exactly 60 minutes to save humanity from nuclear extinction. There are no second attempts. No manual saves. Explore a collapsing bunker, repair critical systems, and solve puzzles under pressure. Succeed or watch the world end.

Why similar: Cold War 51.7% ★, Puzzle 16.9%, Hidden Object 15.3%, Adventure 6.9%, First-Person 6.8%

You find yourself locked in the cell of an unknown basement with nothing else than a bed and a toilet. Can you escape? Explore the environment, solve puzzles, investigate clues, and find your way through a total of 7 rooms to -hopefully- escape the basement of this VR escape room game.

Why similar: Immersive 37.6% ★, VR 25.6%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Strategy 7.2%

The latest VR sensation from the creators of ‘Job Simulator’, now with free DLC! Welcome to Vacation Simulator: a rough approximation of VACATION inspired by real human NOT JOBBING. Reallocate your bandwidth and get ready to splash, s’more, snowball, and selfie your way to optimal relaxation.

Why similar: VR 39.1%, Comedy 17.5%, Funny 14.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%

Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.

Why similar: VR 40.1%, Soundtrack 18.4% ★, Comedy 17%, First-Person 10.5%, Action 4%