Games Like Lightmatter

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 27.9%, Narration 26.3%, First-Person 20%, Adventure 14.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal first-person puzzler that plays with perspective and scale in ways that feel fresh and mind-bending.

Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.

Why similar: Puzzle 17.6%, First-Person 15.1%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Futuristic 14.1%, Adventure 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares Lightmatter's witty narrative tone and sterile sci-fi aesthetic while focusing on time-manipulation puzzles.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Science 27.3% ★, Puzzle 17.6%, First-Person 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for first-person puzzle games, featuring a perfect blend of dark humor, narrative, and innovative physics-based mechanics.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Narration 21.6%, Puzzle 19.7%, First-Person 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.2%, Adventure 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features innovative perspective-based mechanics that allow you to reshape the environment to solve complex puzzles.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 36.7%, First-Person 17.3%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Atmospheric 9%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply philosophical first-person puzzle game that challenges your logic within a beautiful, atmospheric sci-fi setting.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.9%, Sci-fi 21.6%, First-Person 21.5%, Adventure 15%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven sci-fi puzzle game that explores artificial intelligence and logic through first-person environmental challenges.

The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.

Why similar: Puzzle 19%, First-Person 16.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully atmospheric puzzle game that centers on shifting between light and dark worlds to manipulate the environment.

Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.

Why similar: Logic 36.7%, Narration 11.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, First-Person 8.6%, Sci-fi 7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle adventure that tasks you with navigating a mysterious alien facility using a specialized energy tool.

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.8%, First-Person 23.9%, Indie 17%, Adventure 9%, Atmospheric 3%

Why You'll Like It: A non-Euclidean puzzle game that forces you to rethink your understanding of space and logic in a first-person environment.

Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.

Why similar: Logic 34.8%, Science 15.3% ★, Narration 11.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Puzzle Platformer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game set on a moon base that requires mastering magnetism and gravity to progress.

Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

Why similar: Adventure 30.6%, Indie 21.9%, Puzzle 21.2%, First-Person 11%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a clean, sterile, and highly polished first-person puzzle experience that emphasizes spatial reasoning.

Morkredd is a tense, physics-based co-op puzzle game for one to two players combining skill-based puzzle-solving, a challenging balance of light and shadow, and a dark world full of secrets to unlock.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.1%, Dark 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that relies heavily on light and shadow mechanics, mirroring the core danger found in Lightmatter.

Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.

Why similar: Logic 37.4%, Science 15.9% ★, Puzzle 9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that requires you to manipulate a cube's faces to interact with the environment in unique ways.

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: Puzzle 25.1%, First-Person 19.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Indie 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract puzzle game that utilizes gravity-shifting mechanics to explore an infinite, Escher-like world.

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.6%, Adventure 23.9%, First-Person 14.2%, Indie 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines sci-fi technology with Lovecraftian horror, utilizing magnetism-based puzzles in a first-person perspective.

Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.

Why similar: Adventure 23.5%, Puzzle 20.7%, Indie 18.6%, First-Person 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A recursive puzzle game where the world exists within itself, requiring clever manipulation of scale to solve challenges.

Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!

Why similar: Logic 35.8%, Science 18.4% ★, Puzzle 9.1%, First-Person 7.9%, Puzzle Platformer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful first-person puzzle game where you use a paint gun to manipulate objects and solve logic-based challenges.

Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

Why similar: Logic 32%, Science 14.2% ★, Puzzle 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Narration 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle game where you repair mysterious alien artifacts, focusing on tactile, logic-based interactions.

Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!

Why similar: Puzzle 19.9%, Adventure 18.2%, First-Person 15.3%, Narration 14%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that allows you to create your own platforms and navigate complex, abstract environments.

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle 30.4%, Puzzle Platformer 27.1%, First-Person 18.3%, Science 16.8% ★, Adventure 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous first-person puzzle game that involves shifting between different dimensions to alter the physics of objects.

Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

Why similar: Puzzle 29%, Puzzle Platformer 18.6%, First-Person 15.9%, Science 14.1% ★, Sci-fi 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: The original classic that defined the first-person puzzle genre with its tight mechanics and iconic dark humor.

As an inmate of a government-controlled Correctional Facility in the year 2275, you have the right to prove yourself worthy of being part of Society again. Show your skills in logical thinking by solving puzzles of varying size, type and difficulty in this first-Person puzzle game, and redeem your freedom!

Why similar: Logic 51%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Sci-fi 8%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, logic-heavy first-person puzzle game that focuses on lasers and light-based mechanics.

Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…

Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, Adventure 20.3%, Dark 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 15.2%, Indie 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, dark puzzle game that uses light and shadow to navigate a surreal underwater world.

Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.

Why similar: Logic 47%, Puzzle 12.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Indie 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses time and space manipulation to navigate levels, offering a unique twist on spatial logic.

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.

Why similar: Puzzle 18.9%, First-Person 15.3%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Adventure 11.9%

The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.

Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Indie 23.8%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi adventure that combines exploration with environmental puzzles to save humanity from an energy crisis.

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Adventure 24.4%, Sci-fi 23.8%, First-Person 17.4%, Indie 16%, Futuristic 10%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy sci-fi exploration game that focuses on piecing together the mystery of a deserted space station.

Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

Why similar: Puzzle 22.9%, Adventure 20.8%, First-Person 17.5%, Narration 15.7%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle adventure set in the 1930s that features beautiful environments and intricate logic puzzles.

The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Why similar: Adventure 51.2%, Puzzle 33.9%, Indie 15%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired horror game that uses light and shadow as its primary survival and puzzle-solving mechanic.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Indie 30%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Puzzle 9.4%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique sci-fi thriller where you play as the station's AI, solving puzzles to assist the remaining crew members.

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Puzzle 18.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, First-Person 14.1%, Dark 10.5%

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Logic 50.7%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.1%

In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Futuristic 15.4%, Adventure 13%

The GoD Unit is a first-person physics-based puzzle game set in a near pre-apocalyptic future, featuring the mass manipulation ability and other familiar and beloved puzzle mechanics.

Why similar: Logic 43.7%, Science 12.7% ★, Narration 8.7%, Puzzle 8.6%, First-Person 7.6%

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: First-Person 20.9%, Indie 19.9%, Adventure 19.8%, Puzzle 15.9%, Atmospheric 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, atmospheric first-person exploration game that focuses on scale and navigating a massive, mysterious structure.

Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?

Why similar: Logic 41.2%, Narration 11.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, First-Person 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Puzzle 21.5%, Adventure 20%, Puzzle Platformer 19.1%, First-Person 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%

BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.

Why similar: Logic 33.9%, Science 19.2% ★, Sci-fi 8.8%, Puzzle 8.7%, Puzzle Platformer 8.5%

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: Logic 30.1%, Adventure 20.4%, Puzzle 14.6%, First-Person 8.1%, FPS 6.4%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Adventure 26.1%, Indie 22%, Puzzle Platformer 19.8%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.

Why similar: Adventure 23.1%, Puzzle 22.3%, First-Person 19.3%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Zof is a first person point and click puzzle game with a difference. The solutions are always simple, but hidden more and more carefully as the game goes on.

Why similar: Logic 59.6%, Puzzle 14.6%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 6.6%, Atmospheric 4.8%

A metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles in this delightfully satirical adventure.

Why similar: Science 22.4% ★, Dark Comedy 18%, Puzzle 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Narration 10.6%

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.2%, First-Person 16.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Indie 13.1%, Science 12.5% ★

SECTOR ZERO is a short, physics-based dark sci-fi puzzle adventure where you play as a fragment of an ancient hive-mind entity, awakened by mining operations deep within Asteroid 2031 XT.

Why similar: Logic 42.4%, First-Person 9.5%, Puzzle 8.3%, Sci-fi 8%, Puzzle Platformer 7.5%

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.7%, First-Person 21.6%, Adventure 21.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Indie 13%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.1%, Dark 21.5%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Adventure 13.8%, 3D 7.5%

In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...

Why similar: Puzzle 43.7%, Indie 26.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Dark 9.2%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.

Why similar: Narration 17.9%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Puzzle 15.8%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%

Oscura, the apprentice lighthouse keeper, has destroyed the Aurora Stone, sending shards across the Driftlands and plunging them into darkness and danger. It’s up to Oscura to find the shards of the stone and restore light to the Driftlands before creatures of the dark can destroy it.

Why similar: Indie 31.5%, Adventure 29.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.1%, Dark 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Fabric is a first person puzzle game in which you bend spacetime to solve challenging puzzles and complete glitchy-themed voxel based levels.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.4%, First-Person 21.8%, Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Indie 15.1%

In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!

Why similar: Puzzle 30.5%, Adventure 28.3%, Puzzle Platformer 27.2%, Atmospheric 14.1%

Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.4%, Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Adventure 22.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Indie 5.3%

DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

Why similar: Adventure 25.9%, Puzzle 22.7%, First-Person 17.6%, Indie 14.7%, Atmospheric 14.1%

Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?

Why similar: Narration 21.1%, Adventure 19.6%, Puzzle 18.3%, Sci-fi 17.2%, First-Person 14.1%

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

Why similar: Puzzle 21.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Narration 18%, Indie 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 10.2%

Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.

Why similar: Adventure 31.9%, Indie 29.3%, First-Person 12%, Puzzle 11.1%, Dark 9.4%

Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?

Why similar: Science 25.8% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, Adventure 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.2%, First-Person 11.2%

In Shutter you play as Keith, a new employee that has arrived at the mysterious research center L.I.E. (Learn, Investigate and Exploit). Explore and solve puzzles with a camera that modifies objects using perspective. All in a space-age inspired setting.

Why similar: Logic 32.9%, Puzzle 13.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Narration 10.4%

THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.

Why similar: Narration 17.7%, Puzzle 15.8%, Adventure 15.7%, First-Person 13.3%, Dark 11%