Games Like ISLANDS: Non-Places

Escape the Ordinary, Create the Extraordinary. A Puzzling Adventure by MikeTeevee.

Why similar: Relaxing 28.7%, Casual 25.8%, Surreal 25.7%, Atmospheric 19.8%

Meadowland is an interactive poem. Explore a world, partake in a story.

Why similar: Experimental 33.2% ★, Abstract 18%, Surreal 15.6%, Indie 13.5%, Relaxing 7.2%

Manipulate the look, sound, and feel of more than a dozen mesmerizing landscapes in this immersive musical adventure through space and time.

Why similar: Experimental 67.1% ★, Atmospheric 17.4%, Indie 15.5%

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Experimental 31.1% ★, Abstract 25.2%, Surreal 24.1%, Relaxing 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Vignettes is a unique exploration game without text or characters, where objects shapeshift as you spin them around to wander through a kaleidoscope of different moods and settings.

Why similar: Experimental 50.1% ★, Casual 20.1%, Indie 16.1%, Relaxing 13.7%

Discover the peaceful beauty of Chromatic Isle, a 30-minute getaway where music and puzzles unite in the four seasons. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or new to puzzles, this harmonious journey awaits. Unveil the secrets of each season in Chromatic Isle.

Why similar: Abstract 48.8%, Casual 30.8%, Indie 10.4%, Atmospheric 10%

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: Indie 100%

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: Experimental 39% ★, Relaxing 21.5%, Indie 14.1%, Casual 13.8%, Surreal 6.7%

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: Relaxing 58.7%, Atmospheric 41.3%

Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.

Why similar: Relaxing 39.4%, Casual 31.2%, Atmospheric 29.3%

A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.

Why similar: Surreal 34%, Casual 25.7%, Relaxing 14.1%, Indie 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.8%

Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

Why similar: Relaxing 31.9%, Casual 30.5%, Indie 19.5%, Atmospheric 18.1%

You play as a postman, sorting mail for the five intriguing residents of a remote island. Pick up on their peculiar habits, discover their secrets without opening the envelopes, and try to save this peaceful haven from its fate!

Why similar: Relaxing 46.4%, Atmospheric 29%, Casual 24.6%

Fancy a relaxing drift through magical waters? Enjoy this seafaring voyage in search of the sunset!

Why similar: Experimental 23.4% ★, Surreal 17.6%, Relaxing 14.3%, Casual 13.9%, Abstract 13.7%

It is an interactive virtual art installation. Utilizing Virtual Reality or First Person modes, users are encouraged to explore at their own pace. Users will experience an unfolding landscape of architecture, spatialized sound and digital phenomena.

Why similar: Atmospheric 61.4%, Indie 38.6%

A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.

Why similar: Relaxing 37.5%, Casual 31.3%, Atmospheric 31.2%

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Why similar: Relaxing 36%, Casual 24.4%, Atmospheric 22.8%, Indie 16.8%

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 33.6%, Abstract 27.9%, Surreal 15.3%, Casual 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Explore a surreal world full of contrasts: black and white, friends and enemies, serenity and agitation. When the time comes, what we resist will persist, what we accept will transform, and through self transformation, we will discover the spectrum in between.

Why similar: Surreal 30.8%, Abstract 24.5%, Casual 17.3%, Relaxing 15.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Explore a desert island full of oddities, transform into monsters you've rescued, collect mysterious spirits, and unlock mods that change up future playthroughs.

Why similar: Surreal 49.5%, Relaxing 22.4%, Casual 18.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Explore an avant-garde cubist dream, stimulate your visual senses and immerse yourself in a surreal TRIP. A visually tantalizing open world artware that culminates the player to relax and enjoy a safe enviroment for them to explore at their own pace. There are no objectives, no rules, just art.

Why similar: Experimental 30.4% ★, Abstract 21.1%, Surreal 18.2%, Relaxing 9.6%, Casual 7.7%

Circles is an abstract puzzle game that takes your mind off things. No words, no distractions: an invitation to experiment. Relax, let your mind wander and discover the puzzling possibilities of circles.

Why similar: Experimental 47.8% ★, Abstract 27.9%, Relaxing 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Casual 3%

Morphopolis is about transformation and discovery. Morphopolis takes you on a puzzle adventure through a fantastical insect world. Starting as an aphid grub, you embark on an epic journey of metamorphosis toward your spawning ground.

Why similar: Casual 34.7%, Indie 34.4%, Relaxing 17.8%, Atmospheric 13.2%

A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas

Why similar: Experimental 44.9% ★, Surreal 17.6%, Relaxing 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Casual 9.2%

A loitering simulator and dreamcore powerhouse, Loutra opens its inaugural group show. Thirteen artists display their work within a world of crude, deteriorating pixels.

Why similar: Abstract 29.7%, Surreal 25.7%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Casual 13.6%, Relaxing 12.2%

Cylne is a first person surreal exploration game having a poetic and philosophical side. Explore and feel unreal worlds filled with environmental enigmas to try to achieve the chapter called "The Choice"...

Why similar: Indie 39.9%, Surreal 33.5%, Atmospheric 26.7%

No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

Why similar: Surreal 39.9%, Relaxing 20.7%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Indie 13.8%, Casual 11.3%

Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

Why similar: Relaxing 48.6%, Casual 35.9%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Indie 5.6%

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Surreal 50.6%, Atmospheric 22%, Indie 17.1%, Experimental 10.3% ★

Spread decks of cards to solve challenging spatial puzzles and progress through dream-like landscapes in this award-winning title. Traverse beautifully crafted, isometric puzzles that give way to a wordless coming-of-age story, that invites you to reflect on the formative moments of your own life.

Why similar: Experimental 41.3% ★, Abstract 19.9%, Surreal 19.1%, Relaxing 11.5%, Casual 8.3%

A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.

Why similar: Surreal 50.1%, Casual 21.8%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Indie 13.1%

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Atmospheric 26.2%, Surreal 25.1%, Indie 24.3%, Relaxing 15.3%, Casual 9.1%

Take your perceptivity to a new dimension in a relaxing low-poly isometric puzzle game. Find the differences in the beautiful, fully rotatable, and zoomable 3D environments. Can you find them all?

Why similar: Casual 32.2%, Relaxing 31.7%, Atmospheric 19.8%, Indie 16.3%

Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

Why similar: Indie 37.3%, Casual 33.6%, Atmospheric 29.1%

Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices").

Why similar: Casual 39.2%, Indie 36.9%, Relaxing 23.9%

Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

Why similar: Experimental 55.5% ★, Relaxing 14.9%, Casual 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Indie 8.5%

Grow a beautiful island as you build a daily habit of mindfulness and meditation. Experience relaxation and learn ways to care for your mental wellbeing.

Why similar: Experimental 46.9% ★, Relaxing 20.2%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Casual 12%, Indie 7.3%

An interactive exploration into the aesthetics of food.

Why similar: Experimental 45.9% ★, Casual 18.8%, Relaxing 14.6%, Atmospheric 14%, Indie 6.8%

Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.

Why similar: Atmospheric 31.6%, Casual 27.9%, Relaxing 20.9%, Indie 19.6%

More a Journey in your Inner Self than a game, "Heaven Island" is an experience in which you'll explore wonderful places. The inspiration for the environments comes from the Renzo Piano designs and from the book "Origins of Architectural Pleasure" in which the welfare is of primary importance.

Why similar: Indie 45.7%, Relaxing 30.8%, Casual 23.5%

Calm your mind and drift away in soothing experiences with unique moods and atmospheres. The application combines cinematic visuals with interactive elements for breathing, mindful listening, humming, frequency entrainment and playfulness. Experience the infinite Realms of Flow!

Why similar: Abstract 33.5%, Relaxing 31.2%, Atmospheric 22%, Casual 13.3%

Create your own paths combining the different elements available in this uniquely crafted world. Immerse yourself in a relaxing experience where your actions shape not only your surroundings but also your fate.

Why similar: Indie 37.4%, Relaxing 26.7%, Casual 18.4%, Atmospheric 17.4%

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: Relaxing 40.4%, Casual 27.9%, Atmospheric 21.5%, Indie 10.2%

Blortasia is an abstract art world in the sky. Fly freely through a surreal maze of evolving sculptures. Take a break from reality and explore an animated psychedelic sculpture park. Blortasia combines art and flying in virtual reality.

Why similar: Casual 55.4%, Indie 44.6%

A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...

Why similar: Surreal 52.4%, Indie 29.8%, Atmospheric 17.9%

Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.

Why similar: Casual 50.9%, Indie 40.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%

A profound experience that carries players into an unknown and mysterious world surrounded by carefully designed puzzles...

Why similar: Abstract 60.8%, Indie 39.2%

Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.

Why similar: Experimental 48.6% ★, Casual 14%, Relaxing 13%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Indie 12.1%

Relax, make time for yourself and collect unique and beautiful gifts from the sea. Examine seashells while learning all about them in this short, experimental game about our favourite place to unwind.

Why similar: Relaxing 40.9%, Atmospheric 28.6%, Casual 27.2%, Indie 3.2%

Explore and unravel the mall of your mind in this surreal adventure game.

Why similar: Surreal 38.4%, Casual 33.2%, Indie 28.4%

Escape to a world of wonder as you enjoy a magical twist on classic Solitaire! Clear cleverly designed puzzle boards and uncover a gorgeous fantasy realm on your journey of relaxation and fun!

Why similar: Casual 49.4%, Indie 39.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Collect apples and uncover the secrets of a self-contained world.

Why similar: Experimental 38.8% ★, Casual 22.9%, Indie 18.4%, Relaxing 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Birds high up in the sky, waves rolling in on the shore, the wind blowing through palm trees and plants that grow on your private secluded island all contribute both visually and in sound to a surreal experience that practically makes you feel the ocean breeze.

Why similar: Experimental 50.1% ★, Relaxing 24.4%, Casual 14.9%, Indie 10.7%

Soar through virgin skies and dive into lost oceans as you hunt for the ancient gods of the Inverse, a forsaken realm of inside-out planets. Created by a small team of seven developers and originally funded on Kickstarter, InnerSpace is a bright, colorful exploration flying game with no horizons.

Why similar: Relaxing 42.8%, Indie 36%, Atmospheric 21.2%

Craft tiny railway dioramas in a stress-free island sandbox. No rules or timers - just design, build, and enjoy.

Why similar: Relaxing 38.1%, Casual 29.2%, Atmospheric 20.1%, Indie 12.5%

Arrange the town islands and see them come to life. Just swap the blocks of a 3D jigsaw puzzle.

Why similar: Relaxing 43.5%, Casual 41.9%, Indie 14.5%

Welcome to VRuseum, a virtual experience designed by Secondarybounce that invites the user to explore, through a 10,000m2 architectural space, a selection of world-renowned digital artists curated by Boldtron.

Why similar: Abstract 56.4%, Relaxing 24%, Casual 19.6%

Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.

Why similar: Experimental 29.7% ★, Surreal 22.7%, Abstract 20.3%, Relaxing 10.8%, Casual 8.3%