
Join us for a walk down memory lane with never-before-released Lightmatter prototypes. Get a peak behind the game design curtains and learn how we made a first-person puzzle game about lights and shadows.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include 3D, Puzzle Platformer, Puzzle, Exploration.

Join us for a walk down memory lane with never-before-released Lightmatter prototypes. Get a peak behind the game design curtains and learn how we made a first-person puzzle game about lights and shadows.

Fluff labs
Help Fluff labs conquer the world (of the snack industry) by mixing chemicals. In this first person logic puzzle game you need to figure out what colours to mix, seperate and react to finish each level. In each level you race against time to satisfy corporate to advance to the next stage.

SenS
In the Beginning was the Nothingness... Enter the Unknown, explore the Infinite, find your own SenS.
Help Fluff labs conquer the world (of the snack industry) by mixing chemicals. In this first person logic puzzle game you need to figure out what colours to mix, seperate and react to finish each level. In each level you race against time to satisfy corporate to advance to the next stage.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.9%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 3D Platformer 16.6%, Puzzle 9.8%, Minimalist 8.3%
In the Beginning was the Nothingness... Enter the Unknown, explore the Infinite, find your own SenS.
Why similar: Game Development 27.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.3%, Minimalist 7.7%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
Haut is an adventure puzzle climbing game where you journey to find your brother. Traverse ancient landmarks, uncover treasures, and experience breathtaking landscapes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.6%, 3D Platformer 13.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
A first-person casual adventure/ puzzle game. You are immersed in a beautiful land with not much direction but one, find a way to climb the tower and meet the dying god. You will need to think outside the box, land puzzling jumps, and remember what you see to progress.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Puzzle Platformer 17.9%, 3D Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 7.4%
Do Up is a minimalist, troll-like 3D parkour game. Your goal? Finish in the shortest time possible.
Why similar: Game Development 24% ★, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, 3D Platformer 12.9%, Minimalist 8.4%
Discovery Yard Investigation is an investigation game. You will be a detective and will have to solve the mysteries, puzzles and explore the scenarios to try to find the clues and solve the cases.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, Investigation 12.3%, Action-Adventure 12%, Puzzle 9.8%
An experiential linear narrative walking sim
Why similar: Game Development 27.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Emotional 10.7%, Minimalist 10.4%
Work your way through the city by day and navigate strange dreamscapes by night, exploring your memories and recalling what was lost. Dwalm is an adventure platformer that takes you through both childish dreams and traumatic memories alike.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22%, 3D Platformer 20.9%, Investigation 11.1%, Exploration 10.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
An environmental puzzler with magical plants, mixing effects, and organic exploration
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, 3D Platformer 15.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.3%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Investigation 9.5%
Unwalkable is a silly physics based open-ended puzzle platformer where you control a wobbly character. Without just one way to solve puzzles, you must use your imagination and ingenuity to create solutions to unthinkable problems.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, 3D Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12.4%, Investigation 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11%
The Hobo Complex is a first-person psychological horror game delving into drug addiction, homelessness and the reasons that might have caused it. Traverse varied, eerie settings while uncovering the truth behind where your girlfriend went after leaving you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Emotional 8.9%, Stylized 8.3%
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: Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, 3D Platformer 17.3%, Minimalist 8.1%, Exploration 6.9%
CAWEZ's Puzzlebox: HIRAETH is a game about mind-bending puzzles and unique platforming challenges, all with a dreamy atmosphere and physics-defying mechanics.
Why similar: Game Development 28.8% ★, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, 3D Platformer 15%, Minimalist 10%, Futuristic 9.3%
Step into the subconscious of Clemens in this short, narrative-driven 3D platformer. Solve puzzles, uncover buried memories, and decide how his story ends.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 8.8%
You are young man, whose grandfather has shrunk down to use a ‘lab rat’ in his size changing experiments. With the crazy genius grandpa constantly watching, you must complete all of the puzzles in front of him if he is to ever to return to full size – and normal life!
Why similar: Game Development 22% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, 3D Platformer 15.5%, Investigation 8.6%, Puzzle 8.3%
A wave of disappearances. A rabbit blamed. As fear turns the apartment into a cage of paranoia, a venomous rumor takes hold. But dig deeper, and you'll find a truth far more sinister than any beast—a reality colder than murder.....
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, 3D Platformer 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Adventure 8.6%
"Collapse Of The Midnight Sun" is a cozy indie game with metroidvania and time loop mechanics that is less than one hour long.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, 3D Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
Traverse a distant world and discover the parallel journeys of a young woman returning home and an astronaut stranded on a desolate planet. Breathe, explore, and uncover how their stories intertwine across landscapes of loss and hope, and what it means to finally let go.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, 3D Platformer 20.2%, Exploration 10%, Puzzle 9.5%
Welcome to the Unfinished Game™ Testing facility! As our new tester, you will have to make your way through a series of unexpected experiments in this first-person adventure. Small puzzles, platforming, meta gameplay and a group of silly NPC awaits you in this unpredictable factory.
Why similar: Game Development 35.2% ★, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, 3D Platformer 14.1%, First-Person 6.6%
A first-person thriller exploration game, based on a true story. Centered around the memory-driven nightmares of a young woman who has been imprisoned by her childhood trauma. Release all the memories locked in and beware of the creatures of the night.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Puzzle Platformer 14.5%, 3D Platformer 13.4%, Investigation 10.2%, Minimalist 9%
You find yourself in a pitch-dark world. Avoid dangerous events, restore memory, and escape from the “Mystery Zone”.
Why similar: Programming 26.5% ★, Walking Simulator 17.2%, 3D Platformer 13.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 8.1%
Explore a mysterious, ever-expanding basement in this first-person platformer with puzzle elements. What starts as a simple search turns into a thrilling descent. Can you find your way back out?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.8%, 3D Platformer 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.6%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Puzzle 8.4%
Slip into the silence of the suburbs - break into houses, outsmart wary residents, and find unconventional paths to your objectives.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 10.6%
The setting is a hotel lobby—an “Exit 8”-like game. There are multiple correct patterns, and you must memorize them each time. A guaranteed brain overload.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, 3D Platformer 26.2%, Investigation 21%, Adventure 9.3%, 3D 7.5%
After centuries of slumber, Rek awakens to find his beloved Nilo missing. Travel through ancient pyramids, oasis paths, and forgotten ruins, mastering three unique forms to overcome challenges and defeat the guardians standing in your way.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, 3D Platformer 20.3%, Puzzle 14.1%, Logic 13.9%, Adventure 8.2%
"Intuitive Level Design" is an interactive course designed for aspiring game developers. Find and activate commentary nodes scattered throughout the game to learn about the core principles of intuitive level design, illustrated with dozens of practical examples. Learn while having fun!
Why similar: Game Development 49% ★, Walking Simulator 21.8%, 3D Platformer 7.8%, Stylized 6.9%, Minimalist 6.2%
Talk is cheap. Trust is earned. You are stuck on The Destin, a forsaken starship on the brink of oblivion that is controlled by Novah, a sentient AI who holds the key to your survival. Befriend, manipulate, deceive, and persuade your way to freedom in this sci-fi narrative adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Investigation 13.8%, Emotional 10.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
Alone in the Grey is a first person adventure puzzle game where the player must escape from a UFO they have mysteriously awoke in. Uncover clues and solve puzzles to escape and find out the reason for your capture. Hack terminals and find batteries to obtain freedom.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Puzzle 11%, Exploration 9.8%, Minimalist 9.6%
"IMPOSSIBLE ROOMS: No Way Out" is a cooperative first-person puzzle game for 2–4 players. Face deadly traps, tricky logic puzzles, and unique mechanics as a team. Only those who think and act together will find the way out of eight completely different rooms...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, 3D Platformer 19.2%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Puzzle 10.3%, Futuristic 9%
A journalist driven by family legacy set to explore the Belgharh station. While the whole world ages, the station remains trapped in 1940s, following a tragic derailment. Explore a perfectly preserved snapshot of the past, face the heavy atmosphere of a terminal stuck in time, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
Sometimes you encounter anomalies. Find them or none and react correctly to go back to normal days.
Why similar: Investigation 24.2%, Puzzle 15.1%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, 3D Platformer 11%, Puzzle Platformer 10.9%
A unique video game, with many entertaining levels with realistic physics, realistic liquids and very relaxing sounds!
Why similar: 3D Platformer 25.6%, Puzzle Platformer 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Puzzle 10.3%, Emotional 5.5%
Wield your Balearic sling in a first-person puzzle narrative adventure through ancient ruins. Uncover a lost civilization and reactivate forgotten machines to reveal the secrets buried beneath Ciudadela.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Puzzle 15.2%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 10.6%, Adventure 10%
Rayborne is a puzzle game built around lasers, physics, and real-time light simulation. Solve handcrafted challenges by shaping light itself while uncovering the mystery behind a questionable AI research facility.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.5%, 3D Platformer 14.9%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Dark Humor 11.7%, Puzzle 9.8%
"MAZEMAZE" is an adventure game where you explore maps, find objects, and progress through the story. One day, the protagonist jumps off a building and finds themselves in a mysterious space. They are guided through corridors in a maze where various things exist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, 3D Platformer 18.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, First-Person 9.3%
Earn your humanity
Why similar: Game Development 32% ★, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Emotional 10.4%
In this 3D puzzle you will need to turn your perception of the world. After all, the actions of the game take place in the laboratory on the study of gravity changes. Forget about the attraction to the ground.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.1%, 3D Platformer 21.4%, Puzzle 13%, Minimalist 11.1%, Adventure 10.8%
Blinghead is a dark, surreal first-person psychological puzzle game. Trapped in a shifting, dreamlike world, you must rely on logic and keen observation to solve each mystery and move forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Puzzle Platformer 23.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 10%
Ominous Obscurity is a single-player horror adventure game set in places from the protagonist's childhood. Solve interesting puzzles, while hiding from insidious horrors waiting for you in the shadows.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.5%, Investigation 9.6%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Puzzle 8.4%
Trapped on the tracks with an earthquake threatening your life, you must escape from the subway tunnel and station about to collapse. Must solve the puzzles, avoid, collect things and use the enviroment at your favor. Play alone this First Person Horror puzzle game and try to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Investigation 11.5%, Puzzle 11.5%, First-Person 9.6%
In this game, players will play the role of Afdal, a person whose fate is the opposite of Rahmad's, so one night Rahmad asks Afdal to help look after the house, but unfortunately, everything is not fine, because of the terror that Afdal is experiencing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Investigation 11.3%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
13: Origin is a web of clues that you must follow and not miss, as in most room escape/puzzle games. As you untie each knotted loop, you will realize how long and endless the thread you hold on to the end is.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Investigation 13.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 7.8%
You're just an ordinary guy, coming home after a long day. Beer in hand, TV on... but suddenly it runs out. Time to leave your cozy apartment, go down the stairs, cross the street, and get to the supermarket to find the best beer in the world. But isn’t this a strange dream? When will it end?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, 3D Platformer 18.9%, Puzzle 11%, Exploration 7.9%
The objective of the game is to find what you are looking for, which appears randomly on the map. Please get a hint and proceed through the map relying on that information, or else you may get a hint, which you can use to recommend the game to your advantage.
Why similar: Game Development 22.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
Escape room, puzzle box, first person adventure game where you explore a mysterious island and summon its Gods.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20%, 3D Platformer 19.4%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Logic 9.3%
SoS is a puzzle and first-person platform game, where you play as L-064N, who wakes up in The ION laboratory, place where you will have to go through different logical trials created by the artificial intelligence of the place, in order to recover memories and understand this enigmatic world.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, 3D Platformer 22.9%, Puzzle 16%, First-Person 11.5%, Action-Adventure 7.8%
This is a first-person adventure game where you simply make your way through a white room. How did I end up lost in a place like this?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29%, 3D Platformer 21.9%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 8.9%
Memory has weight. The departed are not gone. Step into a village drowned by flood and memory, and search for the final answer about guardianship and farewell among the shattered past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Investigation 10.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 8.8%
Modify the world around you with pseudocode as you journey through blended realities and discover why Frank became a game developer in the first place.
Why similar: Game Development 28.9% ★, Programming 21.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Logic 9.3%
Explore a dark reality, discover a forgotten ritual, interact with the world around you, solve ancient puzzles, platform treacherous underground chambers, and feel the terror. Survive the night in this interactive haunted house narrative adventure from a first-person perspective.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Investigation 18.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.2%, Exploration 8.7%
You wake up on an unknown island, surrounded by mysterious puzzles. Each solution reveals new secrets, bringing you closer to your escape... or your fate.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.5%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 13%, Logic 8.8%
《述梦》is a first-person 3D game that combines word puzzle solving with survival. You will search for supplies to survive on a cursed island and explore the memories of the dead and free their souls.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, 3D Platformer 13.2%, Investigation 11.6%
Use WSAD keys to move and mouse to look. It's simple. Our fearless hero-androir get stucked into the labyrinth.You are to help him to find the way. You'll come across incessant mazes and you are to overcome it. You'll need a planty of patience to find the way out and don't die on your way. Good Luck on Your journey!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Puzzle Platformer 21.3%, 3D Platformer 17.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Logic 8.5%
GRAFTAGE is a solarpunk hacking game where a bug has turned an office building into a cage. As you hack the corrupted machines through puzzles within their allotted runtimes, you bring the trapped denizens of the office building one step closer to freedom with each win you make against the virus.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Investigation 11.1%, Emotional 9.1%, Futuristic 8.9%
Step into the role of Zephon, the last Guardian, in this third-person action-adventure. Explore the ruins of a once-thriving realm and harness its raw power, channeling it into the elemental forces of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air to defeat the intruders threatening the world’s final collapse.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 21%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Minimalist 13.6%, Stylized 11.3%
EGEA Game presents GRAND FATHER ISLAND with particular attention to artistic direction and emotional storytelling. An adventure in the heart of the mountains...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.8%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, First-Person 12.5%, Emotional 12.1%, Puzzle 11.9%
Spot the anomalies, choose the right door, and escape the loop before it kills you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, 3D Platformer 9.3%, Puzzle Platformer 8.2%
Opposites attract and likes repel. Enter the mysterious world of Attrax in this captivating single-player experience. Solve logic puzzles based on attraction and repulsion, and uncover the origins of the institute. Enjoy hours of gameplay that will redefine your understanding of physics and logic.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.7%, 3D Platformer 18.5%, Puzzle 15.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Logic 7.3%
Some folk call these barren plains the narrow space between this world and the next. The final place for souls to find a measure of peace. A train travels through endless landscapes. You seek clues about the fleeting life of Empress Roxelana. Finally, the train arrives at ...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Emotional 12%, Puzzle 8.4%
Explore a mystical world as Pebble, a small rock with the ability to manipulate time, in this enchanting 3D-Puzzle-Platformer.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 21.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.1%, Minimalist 12.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%