- #1 Unusual Findings
97% matchVery Positive90% of 561 reviews2022
Dev: Epic Llama GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.
Why similar: Family Friendly 21.1%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Multiple Endings 19%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Adventure 13.7%
- #2 Choice of Life: Samosbor
96% matchVery Positive89% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Funny 10.3%, Cute 10.3%, Family Friendly 9.9%
- #3 Кукуево / Kukuevo
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectKukuevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kukuevo is a unique experience for those who are into mystery stories and love visual novels. Get ready for an exciting adventure in a world of mysteries and mysteries where every step you take can determine the outcome of the game.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.2%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Family Friendly 11.8%, Adventure 9.9%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #4 Survive In Russia
95% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Alexander Sablin
Windows · Mac
Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #5 Krusenstern: A Stellar Sail
94% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: RIALAB
Windows
This is a monumental immersive project that tells the story of Russia’s first circumnavigation by captains Krusenshtern and Lisyansky on board Nadezhda and Neva. Walk in captain’s shoes, recruit a ship crew, secure the Emperor’s backing and sail out on a history-altering journey.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.9%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Exploration 13%, First-Person 9.9%, Adventure 9.3%
- #6 Russian Village Simulator on Mars
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: VD Games
Windows
Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.
Why similar: Exploration 55.3%, First-Person 44.7%
- #7 The Reeve
93% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Management 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Cartoon 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #8 Lost Nova
92% matchVery Positive92% of 414 reviews2022
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Exploration 22.5%, Family Friendly 20%, Cute 18.7%, Funny 16.9%, Adventure 11%
- #9 Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,076 reviews2026
Dev: yattytheman
Windows · Linux
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: 1990's 45.6%, Story Rich 22.3%, Text-Based 18.1%, Atmospheric 14%
- #10 "I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
91% matchVery Positive90% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: SameFramePub: RBL LABS
Windows
The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...
Why similar: 1990's 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 8.1%
- #11 Milkmaid of the Milky Way
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 548 reviews2017
Dev: Mattis FolkestadPub: machineboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?
Why similar: Adventure 22.4%, Retro 22.2%, Cute 16.9%, Story Rich 15.8%, Funny 12.2%
- #12 Karaski: What Goes Up...
90% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, First-Person 8.3%
- #13 Escape The Glubinka
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2023
Dev: blevsoft
Windows
December 6, 1994. the village of Glubnkovo. You were driving home after a very difficult day along an abandoned village and did not notice a tree peeking out ahead. In an instant, complete darkness overtook you and you passed out...
Why similar: Exploration 26.4%, First-Person 21.9%, Adventure 19.5%, 3D 16.8%, Atmospheric 15.4%
- #14 Distant Bloom
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Ember TrailPub: Kinda Brave
Windows
From a world in ruins to a world in bloom. This serene management game lets you explore an alien planet where things have gone amiss. Harness the power of plants to restore the environment and build a flourishing community with your crewmates.
Why similar: Management 21.3%, Family Friendly 16.5%, Exploration 16.5%, Cute 11.8%, Adventure 9.6%
- #15 Russian Village Simulator
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,008 reviews2023
Dev: VD Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
This is a simulator of life in the Russian countryside, where the player will be engaged in the garden, picking mushrooms and berries, collect firewood, hunting and fishing, brew moonshine and much, much more.
Why similar: Exploration 55.5%, First-Person 44.5%
- #16 Durka Simulator
85% matchVery Positive94% of 1,713 reviews2023
Dev: Crucial ExperimentPub: Unknown Softwares Lab
Windows · Linux
A visual novel set in a universe where the orderlies are trying to take over our planet.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Funny 11.7%, Text-Based 9.4%, Adventure 9%
- #17 Wild Island Quest
89% matchMixed53% of 345 reviews2015
Dev: NLB project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #18 Red Passport: Ticket to Russia
84% matchNo user reviews84% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Stop-TussiN
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey across Russia! From a cozy apartment to the airport, fly to a new city, and ride a train to Vladivostok. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets along the way!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 14.3%, Family Friendly 9.9%, First-Person 9.8%
- #19 Once in Flowerlake
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 reviews2021
Dev: byMixNez
Windows
This is a short story in a sci-fi setting with a top-down view, telling the story of a nameless man lost in routine in the middle of a cold world and soulless machines. But what if it could be different?
Why similar: Exploration 31.2%, Atmospheric 20.3%, Adventure 20.1%, Story Rich 16.4%, Family Friendly 6.2%
- #20 BatteryNote
82% matchVery Positive100% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.5%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #21 PRODUCER 2021
82% matchVery Positive100% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Stuffed Wombat
Windows
a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Immersive Sim 24%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #22 BORIS THE ROCKET 🚀
83% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: toR Studio
Windows
As a moustached soviet nuclear missile operator, you’re the last frontier of your motherland’s defense. Survive a freezing Siberian winter, untangle nasty bear intrigues and adapt to always changing environment in this cold war simulator.
Why similar: Character Action Game 56.9% ★, Management 19.7%, Exploration 9.4%, First-Person 8.2%, 3D 5.8%
- #23 Dark Scavenger
84% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2014
Dev: Psydra Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Funny 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #24 Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
81% matchVery Positive96% of 383 reviews2022
Dev: WatchDaToastPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Save a peaceful world from being annihilated by machines in this oldschool point&click tale, inspired by classic animated movies and adventure games of the 90s.
Why similar: Cartoon 27.9%, 1990's 23.8%, Exploration 14.5%, Cute 13.2%, Family Friendly 11.8%
- #25 ASTROBOTANICA
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Space Goblin Studio
Windows
Science-driven exploration adventure on prehistoric Earth with a relaxing vibe. Farming, crafting, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 59.6%, First-Person 17%, Exploration 15.7%, Adventure 7.7%
- #26 Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Reloaded
81% matchVery Positive93% of 963 reviews2016
Dev: Buka DevelopmentPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his fellow aide Petka realize that someone has stolen the Red banner from the HQ. Although it's not the end of the story yet! Somewhere on the moon, legions of alien invaders prepare to conquer Earth. But could such a little thing really give a scare to the Red Army heroes?
Why similar: Cartoon 34.6%, Adventure 24.8%, Atmospheric 23.5%, Funny 17.1%
- #27 Sky Caravan
79% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Management 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Adventure 8.3%
- #28 Firebird
78% matchVery Positive100% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Ludogram
Windows · Mac
Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Exploration 11.7%, Family Friendly 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #29 Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale
78% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Retro 12.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #30 Starstruck Vagabond
77% matchVery Positive86% of 561 reviews2024
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
A space captain accidentally freezes themselves for two thousand years, finding themselves in an unfamiliar galaxy. Fortunately, there's always someone who needs cargo delivered.
Why similar: Adventure 33.2%, Exploration 24.8%, Story Rich 21.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #31 AntVentor
79% matchVery Positive82% of 522 reviews2018
Dev: LoopyMood
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
AntVentor is a point & click adventure game. You find yourself in a photorealistic macroworld where you immediately manage to ruin the life of the main character, ant, and foil all his plans for making his dream come true. Can you help get everything back in order?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Cute 17.3%, Exploration 15.5%, Funny 14.2%, Atmospheric 13.7%
- #32 Russian Life Simulator
77% matchVery Positive89% of 8,282 reviews2019
Dev: GosDev ProductionPub: Abama Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.
Why similar: Family Friendly 33.6%, Atmospheric 26.6%, Story Rich 20.8%, Adventure 19%
- #33 Chushpan Simulator 2
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 474 reviews2024
Dev: Sebasa Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
On their way from Ugryupinsk, Egor and Nastya find themselves caught in the middle of a conflict between two gangs — the Pavers and the Glaziers. Egor must find common ground with the Glaziers, deal with the Pavers, and rescue Nastya
Why similar: Funny 33.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Adventure 16.2%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #34 The Invincible
74% matchVery Positive89% of 9,487 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.3%, Adventure 18.2%, Exploration 17.5%, First-Person 17.2%, Multiple Endings 15.6%
- #35 The Palace on the Hill Prologue
75% matchVery Positive98% of 123 reviews2023
Dev: Niku Games
Windows · Mac
A slice-of-life adventure game set in fictional 90s rural India. Explore ancient palace ruins, set up your garden, cook Indian food, run errands for quirky characters, and learn about your history by making art.
Why similar: Management 38.7%, Immersive Sim 23.4%, Exploration 17.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Adventure 8.8%
- #36 Ye Guild Clerk!
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,005 reviews2025
Dev: Devclerk
Windows
The local Adventurer's Guild is hiring!... Not for adventurers, but for guild clerks! You play an important role in handing out quests, gold, and equipment as your actions shape the stories of these animal adventurers for better, or for worse..!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Immersive Sim 21.5%, Funny 11.6%, Cute 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #37 One Eyed Kutkh
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 148 reviews2017
Dev: Baba Yaga Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
One-Eye Kutkh - an exciting space adventure based on the fairy tales of the Far North.
Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Exploration 17.5%, Cute 13.2%, Family Friendly 10.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #38 Through The Fragmentation
73% matchVery Positive97% of 229 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Exploration 21.7%, First-Person 18.1%, Adventure 13.1%, Atmospheric 13%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #39 Journey to Foundation
73% matchMixed59% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Archiact Interactive Ltd.
Windows
A story-driven adventure among the stars, Journey to Foundation puts you at the center of your own sci-fi saga. Unleash your unique Mentalic abilities, gain information through diplomacy or coercion, and choose who to trust. Where will your journey lead you?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 35.1%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Exploration 14.4%, Story Rich 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%
- #40 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Exploration 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #41 Growing Up
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,623 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Management 17.2%, 1990's 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #42 Скуф на даче
69% matchVery Positive89% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: KickedMesh
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
A cottage is not just about garden beds! Dacha is primarily a solitude with oneself. Flood the sauna, go mushroom picking, and ride an old bucket over the village potholes in an immersive country simulator.
Why similar: Adventure 34.3%, First-Person 26.7%, 3D 21.2%, Atmospheric 17.8%
- #43 Russian Village Simulator 2
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: VD Games
Windows
This is a simulation of life in the Russian village, where the player will have to deal with the vegetable garden, build a house and various buildings, collect mushrooms and berries, plant your garden, breed farming, hunting and fishing, make kvass, hook up with a village girl and much, much more.
Why similar: Exploration 39.3%, First-Person 33.1%, Adventure 27.6%
- #44 Bright Lights of Svetlov
71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,358 reviews2021
Dev: Vladimir Cholokyan
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.2%, First-Person 20.3%, Exploration 19.2%, Atmospheric 16%, Adventure 12.1%
- #45 Hardland
73% matchMixed69% of 577 reviews2019
Dev: Mountain Sheep
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In the year 1018, an adventurer from Samarkand drifts to Hardland. Solve a mystery by delving into the different sides of this fantasy world. Hardland is a bustling kingdom filled with secrets. A kingdom that wants you to listen.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Exploration 12.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Cute 9.3%
- #46 Birch Simulator
70% matchVery Positive94% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Performance Artist
Windows
The main characters of modern games can be very different. Brave knights, brilliant scientists or superheroes saving entire worlds. This game offers you a more unusual experience. Here you can become a Birch.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 44.3%, Exploration 18%, 3D 13.4%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Adventure 11.1%
- #47 Back to Hearth
67% matchVery Positive100% of 293 reviews2025
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac
Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.
Why similar: Exploration 25.2%, First-Person 18.6%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Retro 16.5%, Adventure 10%
- #48 Star Story: The Horizon Escape
72% matchVery Positive83% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: EvilCoGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Join the journey of a funky space archaeologist who crashed on an unknown planet. A text turn-based adventure RPG in which your choices actually matter. Talk, explore, fight, make decisions to find a way out! Colourful graphics and the old comic book spirit.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #49 The Tales of Bayun
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 207 reviews2023
Dev: FlyinDogs
Windows
Can a flat world resting on the backs of three demon bears live in peace? Of course not! Immerse yourself in the universe of the dark Slavic legends, explore the characters' stories and make difficult choices that affect the course of events. Bayun the Cat will help you. If you're lucky, that is.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.7%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Atmospheric 8%
- #50 Breathedge
69% matchVery Positive82% of 16,224 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: First-Person 32.7%, Atmospheric 23.8%, Exploration 23.2%, Adventure 20.2%
- #51 Little-Known Galaxy
68% matchVery Positive88% of 733 reviews2024
Dev: Carbon & Kay
Windows · Mac
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.
Why similar: Exploration 36%, Cute 27.4%, Adventure 20%, Story Rich 16.6%
- #52 Lost Crew
72% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Gamecosm
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 99%
This is text adventure game of survival of the astronauts on the orbital station that is lost in time. You will have to take care of the rescue of the station's crew, and lots of complicated riddles and situations will make this adventure even more interesting.
Why similar: Adventure 77.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #53 The Last Hope
74% matchMostly Negative41% of 1,016 reviews2016
Dev: Balti CalarasiPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’ve made the biggest mistake in history. Now, you're the last hope. Explore the UK, Russia, Germany, Norway, Egypt, USA, Mars, and the Moon. Search for food, face creatures, travel through time, and fight to restore humanity. Survive or perish—your choices shape the future.
Why similar: Management 41.2%, Exploration 22.1%, Funny 15.7%, 3D 12%, Story Rich 9%
- #54 Ascent DX
66% matchVery Positive99% of 279 reviews2025
Dev: Johan PeitzPub: Apskeppet
Windows · Mac
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Exploration 28.7%, Adventure 20.3%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Retro 12%
- #55 The Pale Beyond
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,165 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.7%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Exploration 16.1%, Story Rich 11.7%, Adventure 11.5%
- #56 Hiveswap Friendsim
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,390 reviews2018
Dev: What Pumpkin Games, Inc.Pub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.9%, Cartoon 16.2%, Adventure 12.2%, Cute 6.3%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #57 Space Accident VR
66% matchVery Positive83% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: VR-WRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Step into the future with our groundbreaking VR game set in the year 2119, where humanity embarks on a historic journey into space. Join the "CCM-1" (Callisto Colonization Mission) expedition, aimed at the enigmatic moon of Jupiter - Callisto.
Why similar: Exploration 59.6%, Adventure 40.4%
- #58 Outcore: Desktop Adventure
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,770 reviews2022
Dev: Doctor Shinobi
Windows
All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.
Why similar: Exploration 24.9%, Cute 16.4%, Funny 15%, Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 14.8%
- #59 Not For Broadcast
65% matchVery Positive94% of 12,442 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Management 24%, Choices Matter 10.2%, First-Person 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #60 The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%