- #1 Kairo
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,743 reviews2013
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Puzzle 18.1%, Exploration 15%, Atmospheric 9.7%, VR 9%
- #2 Sans Logique
96% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Gamagora ICOM
Windows
Sans Logique is a first-person game that blends puzzle and adventure gameplay. You'll explore different dreamlike worlds, discover the story of your character, and solve some original puzzles.
Why similar: Surreal 30.2%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Puzzle 15.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 9.1%
- #3 Puzzle Box Palace
96% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.
Why similar: Surreal 34.2%, Puzzle 23.7%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 8.6%
- #4 7Groves
95% matchMixed67% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: RainySundayAfternoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game in which you explore surreal and beautiful forests.
Why similar: Surreal 17.8%, Exploration 16.5%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Walking Simulator 14%, Adventure 11.7%
- #5 With Shining Eyes
94% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Lucas Fisher
Windows
Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 36.7%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 13.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #6 Chroma Zero
93% matchVery Positive96% of 330 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Logic 15.8%, Surreal 14.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Mystery 10%
- #7 Platonic
94% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: FidgetBear Games
Windows
Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.
Why similar: Logic 17.1%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Puzzle 13.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Mystery 9.5%
- #8 Escapeworld Dilemma
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Sonoma Games
Windows
FREE TO PLAY: Kidnapped from your everyday life, you find yourself in a large theme park that feels more like an escape room. Solve puzzles, explore 12 themed islands, find resources, use your wits to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Puzzle 14.3%, Exploration 13.6%, Open World 12.8%, Logic 12%
- #9 Google Earth VR
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,114 reviews2016
Dev: Google
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Google Earth VR lets you explore the world from totally new perspectives in virtual reality. Stroll the streets of Tokyo, soar over the Grand Canyon, or walk around the Eiffel Tower.
Why similar: VR 64.3%, Open World 15.6%, Exploration 6.2%, Adventure 5.5%, Casual 4.4%
- #10 Memorrha
91% matchMixed65% of 152 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Puzzle 14.6%, Logic 14.4%, Exploration 12.2%, Mystery 9.7%
- #11 FORM
90% matchVery Positive91% of 979 reviews2017
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Surreal 28.4%, VR 26.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Puzzle 9.8%, Mystery 8.2%
- #12 Beyond a Coral Sea
89% matchVery Positive94% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Snigelsoft
Windows
Explore your way through mystical islands while learning about your characters past. In this adventure game you play as the protagonist of a memoire, telling a story from the pacific in the late 1800 century.
Why similar: VR 31.7%, Historical 22.4%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 8.8%
- #13 Taiji
89% matchVery Positive91% of 1,395 reviews2022
Dev: Matthew VanDevander
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Surreal 21.5%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, Logic 12%, Exploration 10.3%
- #14 Night Reverie: Prologue
88% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 36.1%, Exploration 18.1%, Puzzle 17.9%, Mystery 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #15 Dissonance
87% matchVery Positive93% of 187 reviews2022
Dev: Resonance StudioPub: FAFO Studio
Windows
Dissonance is a top-down 3rd person adventure game. Players will encounter supernatural anomalies and creatures. Find and use specialized gadgets to aid you in your journey. Explore the abandoned research facility and reveal the secret of the organization that sent you here.
Why similar: Surreal 36.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Linear 9.1%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #16 Trikaya
86% matchVery Positive85% of 356 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Trikaya is an atmospheric first-person puzzle game where the player explores a long-forgotten temple and pieces together a mighty and mysterious artifact to master Wind, Earth, and Fire magic to solve puzzles and uncover the intriguing history of the extraordinary artifact.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.5%, Exploration 22%, Casual 15.2%, Adventure 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #17 Quern - Undying Thoughts
86% matchVery Positive91% of 3,956 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Surreal 20.4%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Mystery 12%, Exploration 11.2%
- #18 Syke
85% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Digital Monkeys LLC
Windows
Syke is a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mysterious and beautifully warped reality. You play as an individual making their way through areas of strange geometry; solving puzzles to piece together the story of their love.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Exploration 18.7%, Puzzle 18%, Mystery 11.4%, Atmospheric 11%
- #19 Riven
83% matchVery Positive93% of 2,758 reviews2024
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: VR 15.1%, Surreal 14.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Exploration 11.1%
- #20 Sensorium
84% matchVery Positive92% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Tad Cordle
Windows
Sensorium is a small open-world puzzle game about the 5 senses: touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing.
Why similar: Puzzle 26%, Adventure 23.1%, Open World 21%, Indie 14.1%, Exploration 14%
- #21 Door2:Key
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Door2:Key - breathtaking and mysterious door-puzzle game in which any little thing could be a key to the solution
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, Adventure 19%, Puzzle 13.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Open World 12.5%
- #22 War Of Being
81% matchVery Positive93% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: DMTesseracT Ltd
Windows
War of Being is a single-player VR sci-fi adventure with standard mode playability, based on the music and concept for TesseracT's 2023 full length album. Explore 'The Strangeland' filled with surreal landscapes and characters. Solve puzzles and find hidden objects that unlock TesseracT's new music.
Why similar: VR 23%, Surreal 22%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #23 NaissanceE
82% matchVery Positive84% of 4,298 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Surreal 26.8%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Exploration 20.1%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #24 All Our Asias
82% matchVery Positive80% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
In this free 3D adventure, explore someone's mind and discover their secrets in a surreal story about a father, son, Asian-America and more. Explore a dying father's "Memory World", and travel to familiar, supernatural spaces. By Melos, co-creator of Anodyne and Angeline Era.
Why similar: Surreal 32.6%, Historical 22%, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Atmospheric 8%, Linear 8%
- #25 Spellbound Spire
81% matchVery Positive92% of 229 reviews2020
Dev: Option 44Pub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
Go on an immersive VR Journey into a magical tower in Al-Andalus filled with corruption. Progress the tower's mind-bending walkways and reality-altering moments using your magical gloves. Can you solve its mysteries and restore the peace in the tower?
Why similar: VR 39%, Surreal 31%, Exploration 16.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Casual 5.1%
- #26 A MIRROR PUZZLE
78% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: IMDT
Windows
"A MIRROR PUZZLE" is a puzzle game. Players will play as a water droplet spirit, through the use of various magic mirrors to control the symmetrical growth of plants or the position of certain scene elements change, overcome numerous difficulties, and finally reach the destination
Why similar: Puzzle 38.8%, Exploration 19.3%, Casual 18%, Strategy 15.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #27 DunDun VR
79% matchVery Positive93% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: anananas studio
Windows
DunDun VR is a short, surreal, humorous seated or standing experience in VR. It’s a linear single-player first-person adventure with a serene and atmospheric soundtrack. By the way, don’t forget to collect the eggs!
Why similar: VR 23.8%, Surreal 23.5%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Mystery 7.3%
- #28 Tomb Explorer VR
78% matchVery Positive83% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Tomb Explorer VR is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure game where you explore ancient ruins, solve intricate puzzles, and embark on a quest for historical treasures, relics, and artifacts.
Why similar: VR 27%, Historical 22.6%, Exploration 11.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Mystery 9.8%
- #29 FRACT OSC
80% matchVery Positive86% of 610 reviews2014
Dev: Phosfiend Systems
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Puzzle 27.2%, Exploration 23.6%, Surreal 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Indie 9.2%
- #30 Bodyless
79% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: NarriFlux
Windows
Bodyless is a VR journey set during Taiwan’s martial law era. You inhabit the ghost of a political prisoner, moving through fragmented spaces where folklore and surveillance intertwine. As environments distort, the line between memory and reality begins to dissolve.
Why similar: VR 37.3%, Historical 15.6%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 9.8%
- #31 Moncage
76% matchVery Positive92% of 5,513 reviews2021
Dev: OptillusionPub: XD
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Moncage is a unique puzzle adventure game where you explore a fascinating world trapped inside a mysterious cube. With each face displaying a unique scene, you’ll have to leverage the illusions and discover the hidden links to solve the puzzle.
Why similar: Surreal 27.6%, Puzzle 25.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #32 Monument Valley
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,397 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Puzzle 26.9%, Exploration 19.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Casual 8.1%
- #33 Paper Beast
77% matchVery Positive94% of 690 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Reef
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.
Why similar: Surreal 24.1%, VR 21.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Mystery 8%
- #34 Chromatic Isle
75% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Josh HirshfieldPub: Pyrebug Studios
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 33%, Puzzle 24.4%, Logic 14.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Casual 8.6%
- #35 Myst
75% matchVery Positive89% of 2,127 reviews2021
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: VR 26%, Puzzle 22.2%, Exploration 20.2%, Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 6.5%
- #36 A Game About Boxes
73% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: A Cardboard Box
Windows
"Boxes are the most wonderful things ever! Truly they are, didn’t you know?" A Game About Boxes is a quirky little adventure that shifts from minimalist aesthetics to uncanny atmospheres, all while you jump around, summon boxes, and slowly learn to love them. :) or else <3
Why similar: Surreal 33.2%, Walking Simulator 27.2%, Atmospheric 16%, Adventure 11.4%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #37 Emergence
76% matchVery Positive84% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Universal Everything
Windows
An awe-inspiring open-world VR art experience exploring human behaviour, the individual and the collective. Immerse yourself among thousands of strangers. Watch from above as your movements influence the crowd in changing environments that are both wondrous and intimidating.
Why similar: VR 21.8%, Surreal 19.2%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 12.9%
- #38 Door
77% matchMixed65% of 161 reviews2018
Dev: SVGames
Windows
You will have to face hundreds of different doors, and decide which one you should go to in order to get to the main secret. You have to open the doors in many locations of this world, each of which is dedicated to its type of doors.
Why similar: Surreal 19.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 10.1%
- #39 Frame of Mind
73% matchVery Positive94% of 934 reviews2021
Dev: [SAMPLE TEXT] Studios ltd
Windows
In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.
Why similar: Surreal 25.7%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 10.2%, Logic 10.1%
- #40 Floodcore
72% matchVery Positive96% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: Floodcore Team
Windows
Floodcore is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore an ancient civilization in a flooded world, and discover a mysterious power to overcome the temple's challenges.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.7%, Exploration 18.8%, Logic 16.9%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Mystery 13.8%
- #41 Fractal Fly
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: Tectrid
Windows · Mac
Explore imaginary landscapes, like you're flying in another world. Observe and dive into those chaotic shapes all around you. And even transform them! You're totally free to move where you want, you will discover a tremendous variety of shapes and colors!
Why similar: Surreal 33%, VR 20.7%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Exploration 15.5%, Adventure 6.9%
- #42 Ginkgo
71% matchVery Positive92% of 336 reviews2020
Dev: Ginkgo
Windows
Ginkgo is a single player 3D horror game inspired by East Asian horror. Armed with a magic needle that can sew parts of the world together, solve puzzles and outsmart monsters as you explore a surreal world.
Why similar: Surreal 34.3%, Puzzle 28.2%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Adventure 16.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #43 Fourmiworld
68% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: CZDOOM
Windows · Linux
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Surreal 44.6%, Exploration 16.3%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 5.9%
- #44 Annie Amber
74% matchMixed62% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
[VR Only] Annie Amber is a VR Puzzle Game that leads you on an intense and dreamy journey through the life of a person condensed in a surreal and poetic experience. Annie Amber makes you explore this strange and beautiful scenery that is life itself through her memories.
Why similar: VR 41.8%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 8.6%
- #45 Dusty
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: El Palo GamesPub: U-tad
Windows
Dusty is a third-person puzzle game focused on explore beautiful environments. Join archaeologist Dusty on his search for a mysterious civilization. Explore equipped with your extensible cane and notebook to resolve the past, the ways of the civilization and his technology of light.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.9%, Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 18.7%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Casual 8.6%
- #46 Manifold Garden
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,248 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Surreal 38%, Puzzle 18%, Exploration 14.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #47 GLASS
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,507 reviews2020
Dev: TeamSnowballPub: TSB
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Bring together desires that are scattered into bits and pieces. And discover the secrets of the 'World of Glass'.
Why similar: Nudity 37.6%, Sexual Content 35.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Casual 6.9%, Adventure 5.8%
- #48 Nomori: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: Enchanted Works
Windows
Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.
Why similar: Surreal 42.4%, Exploration 21.6%, Puzzle 20.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 4.8%
- #49 Islands of Insight
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,197 reviews2024
Dev: Lunarch StudiosPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.
Why similar: Logic 18.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, Exploration 14.2%, Open World 14.1%, Mystery 13.5%
- #50 Only If
71% matchMixed62% of 5,959 reviews2014
Dev: Creability
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.
Why similar: Surreal 24.4%, Walking Simulator 22.1%, Puzzle 19.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #51 Omno: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive98% of 274 reviews2020
Dev: Jonas MankePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 15%
A standalone mini-adventure introducing you to the world of Omno, an upcoming single player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, where the power of a lost civilisation will carry you through forests, deserts and tundras - even to the clouds
Why similar: Puzzle 24%, Exploration 23.3%, Adventure 20.7%, Casual 13.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%
- #52 DREAMO - Puzzle Adventure
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: Hypnotic AntsPub: Carbon Studio
Windows
The plane crashed, bringing an abrupt end to your journey. You regain consciousness in a strange lucid dream filled with interactive cube puzzles, where a mysterious voice guides you through the changing landscape. What is happening? Who are you? Do you have what it takes to wake up?
Why similar: Surreal 20.3%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Puzzle 10.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Mystery 10%
- #53 Dreams of Dali
70% matchVery Positive87% of 155 reviews2018
Dev: Half Full NelsonPub: Salvador Dali Museum, Inc
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Immerse yourself in the world of the Surrealist master like never before in this encounter, venturing into the towers, peering from them to distant lands and discovering surprises around every corner.
Why similar: VR 74.2%, Casual 25.8%
- #54 LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust)
73% matchMixed48% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust) is a first person exploration game that takes you to a journey between worlds. Inspired by the original PSX game.
Why similar: Strategy 35.6%, Adventure 29.2%, Casual 19.9%, Indie 15.4%
- #55 Wrath of Anias
70% matchMixed65% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Ocean Games
Windows
Explore the sandbox, collect treasures, and find your way off of the island.
Why similar: Exploration 30.5%, Adventure 19.8%, Walking Simulator 14%, Open World 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #56 Blade Walker
70% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: JW Eel Slug
Windows
Find clues and solve puzzles to escape
Why similar: Puzzle 40.8%, Mystery 21.4%, Casual 16.5%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #57 Cloud Climber
66% matchVery Positive92% of 4,129 reviews2021
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.1%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 11.4%, Casual 7.9%
- #58 Increment
67% matchVery Positive95% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Mark Pil
Windows
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: VR 28.9%, Surreal 17.1%, Puzzle 13.1%, Logic 11.4%, Mystery 10.3%
- #59 Where We Went
63% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Oddcube Games
Windows
Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!
Why similar: Puzzle 27.1%, Mystery 21.3%, Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 14.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #60 Light of Alariya
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 325 reviews2023
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Light of Alariya is an open-world, third-person, exploration puzzle game in which you traverse ancient alien temples and ruins to restore the power of the stars and awaken your sleeping civilization.
Why similar: Surreal 31.1%, Exploration 14.8%, Puzzle 14.4%, Open World 12.8%, Linear 10%