- #1 Orange Moon
97% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: Betelgeuse Zero
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Search for new life forms as you try to survive on a mysterious hostile world in the surreal 2D action-platformer Orange Moon.
Why similar: Adventure 76.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #2 SurvivalZ
96% matchMixed60% of 316 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A virus ravaged the planet, and you are one of the last survivors! Alone or in groups you will have to survive in a hostile world populated by living dead!
Why similar: Adventure 76.9%, Indie 23.1%
- #3 Gravitational Phenomenon
94% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
IN THIS 3D ARCADE PLATFORMER GAME AN UNKNOWN CATACLYSM HAS ROCKED THE EARTH THE LAWS OF PHYSICS NO LONGER APPLY YOU MUST DESCEND THROUGH THE WRECKAGE Back to the OLD WORLD, TO EARTH
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #4 NeverEnd
96% matchMixed50% of 129 reviews2017
Dev: DuckPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
NeverEnd is a Rogue-Like Dungeon crawler, where you, a simple adventurer suddenly wakes up in another dimension. Inside of this dimension there is no sun and the whole world is caved in. Enemies swarm you from left and right and you need to learn how to defend yourself.
Why similar: Adventure 53.7%, Indie 46.3%
- #5 Just Alone
95% matchMostly Negative38% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Evergreen
Windows
"Just Alone" is a survival game set in a hostile world inhabited by the mutated creatures. Game begins when Bill Yesterday's ship crashes into the earth. As the only survivor he has to try survive in destroyed by atomic bomb, nasty world.
Why similar: Adventure 76.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #6 Ashes
94% matchMixed63% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Chaos and devastation devoured the last sparkles of life. Surviving is the main task.
Why similar: Adventure 76.4%, Indie 23.6%
- #7 Robotex
93% matchMostly Negative38% of 978 reviews2014
Dev: YFYX GAMESPub: My Way Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Life on Earth is unsustainable. Humanity must seek a new home but the only planet found is very hostile. You were sent on a expedition to slay the monsters inhabiting the surface of this planet. In this adventure you end up being the villain. Game contains two basic controls, many puzzles and lots of guns and enemies.
Why similar: Adventure 73.6%, Indie 26.4%
- #8 Haywire on Fuel Station Zeta
92% matchMostly Positive94% of 130 reviews2015
Dev: Mad Goblin Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Something has gone horribly wrong on fuel station Zeta. All of the robots have gone haywire. It is up to you, a lone maintenance bot, to help a friendly space traveler fuel up his ship and get home. Explore your way through a dangerous labyrinth of traps and hostile robots.
Why similar: Adventure 78.4%, Indie 21.6%
- #9 A dead world's dream
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: JoqLePecheur
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A Dead World's Dream is a challenging retro platformerAs a peaceful alien, explore a harsh world looking for hidden species.Unlocking upgrades and power-ups, travel to even more treacherous places.Carefuly examine your surroundings before jumping toward new dangers and secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #10 A SECOND BEFORE US
91% matchMixed58% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Adventure 78.4%, Indie 21.6%
- #11 Oscura: Lost Light
90% matchMixed63% of 123 reviews2015
Dev: Chocolate Liberation FrontPub: Surprise Attack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Adventure 70.6%, Indie 29.4%
- #12 Astria
88% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: Rémi Adriano
Windows
Enter the doomed world of Astria, a land destroyed by Cataclysm where all living things are dying. Play as Gwen, an Astrian willing to make his last move before everything ends.
Why similar: Adventure 82.7%, Indie 17.3%
- #13 RUINS Survival
89% matchMixed48% of 64 reviews2019
Dev: ATD Game Studio
Windows
In the past of this world, civilization has reached a high level of social and technical development, but then the world experienced a global catastrophe, the fall of an asteroid and the subsequent extraterrestrial pandemic as a result of which civilization and most of the wealth it created were destroyed.
Why similar: Adventure 75.9%, Indie 24.1%
- #14 Vesper: Zero Light Edition
86% matchVery Positive84% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Cordens Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Adventure 65.5%, Indie 34.5%
- #15 Exographer
84% matchVery Positive95% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Adventure 89.8%, Indie 10.2%
- #16 Low Oxygen
84% matchVery Positive89% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Adventure 96.6%, Indie 3.4%
- #17 Alien Spidy
86% matchMixed48% of 233 reviews2013
Dev: Enigma SPPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 20%
After losing contact with his explorer friend Virgi, our fearless alien hero Spidy heads to Earth in his spacecraft to find her. While entering the Earth’s atmosphere, his spacecraft suddenly fails and starts to break up, causing Spidy to crash-land on the strange planet, with his craft scattered across forests, throughout ponds and in...
Why similar: Adventure 74.7%, Indie 25.3%
- #18 Investigator
83% matchMixed69% of 1,025 reviews2016
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
Why similar: Adventure 78%, Indie 22%
- #19 Deliver Us The Moon
80% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 80%, Indie 20%
- #20 Krystopia: A Puzzle Journey
82% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Antler Interactive
Windows
Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.
Why similar: Adventure 81.4%, Indie 18.6%
- #21 Life Not Supported
79% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #22 So Long Earth
82% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Ed Farage
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
So Long Earth is an action puzzle platformer designed to tell the story of Dominique Fayar, a french mafia member who found refuge in space after Earth's destruction.
Why similar: Adventure 76.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #23 Noch
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Games StudioPub: Sad Horse studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #24 The Last Journey
81% matchMixed51% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows · Mac
The Last Journey is an ultimate post-nuclear exploration game in which you travel the universe to find a new planet suitable for mankind to live on after the Earth was destroyed in a nuclear war.
Why similar: Adventure 76.9%, Indie 23.1%
- #25 The Last Hope
81% matchMostly Negative42% 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.
- #26 Lifeless Planet Premier Edition
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,588 reviews2014
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #27 The Tribulation Entanglement
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
- #28 The Descendant
75% matchVery Positive89% of 7,313 reviews2016
Dev: Gaming Corps ABPub: Microids Indie
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.
Why similar: Adventure 99.9%, Indie 0.1%
- #29 Ascent DX
71% matchVery Positive99% of 272 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: Adventure 84.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #30 Helium
78% matchMixed51% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: rocketship
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Hardcore sci-fi first person shooter. You are a liaison on Vega 237 spacecraft. All crew members died and you are all by yourself in the midst of an unknown planet. Your goal is to find out what happened to the crew and establish the signal's nature.
Why similar: Adventure 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
- #31 LIFE EFFECT Survival
70% matchVery Positive89% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #32 Living Cell
72% matchVery Positive96% of 241 reviews2023
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the liquidator survived the samosbor in block G-326 of the endless Gigakhrushchyovka. You have to find out what happened in this block, evacuate the residents and find a way out for yourself. But is everything as simple as it seems at first glance?
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #33 Gone In November
76% matchMixed63% of 398 reviews2016
Dev: FlorastaminePub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Coming home after visiting your doctor for the last time, you are told that you only have three more days to live. A sequence of short memory fragments flashing through as you try to run away from what you have done.
Why similar: Adventure 65.3%, Indie 34.7%
- #34 The Last Caretaker
67% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #35 Waking Mars
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,195 reviews2012
Dev: Tiger Style
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
Why similar: Adventure 79.9%, Indie 20.1%
- #36 Lifeless Moon
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows
During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #37 Caveman Alive
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: Dwarven potion brewPub: Sacred Grab Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Caveman Alive - is a very simple platformer with elements of survival. Imagine that you were the last of your tribe. Everywhere are many enemies, thirsty for your death, and the main problem is hunger.
Why similar: Adventure 77.4%, Indie 22.6%
- #38 Edge of Space
75% matchMostly Negative33% of 2,729 reviews2015
Dev: Handyman StudiosPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Why similar: Adventure 75.8%, Indie 24.2%
- #39 Trash TV
74% matchVery Positive86% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Lawrence RussellPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Welcome to the world of Trash TV. Cast away into a recycling center, you play an outdated tube television animated to life with a singular goal – find your remote control and become fully functional again.
Why similar: Adventure 69%, Indie 31%
- #40 Planet RIX-13
73% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2017
Dev: 9 Eyes Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Planet RIX-13 is а 2D adventure, in which you play as a space explorer engaged in searching for planets potentially suitable for life.
Why similar: Adventure 76%, Indie 24%
- #41 Planet of the Eyes
73% matchVery Positive84% of 589 reviews2015
Dev: Cococucumber
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.
Why similar: Adventure 75.8%, Indie 24.2%
- #42 Under A New Sun
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
Dev: New Horizon Games
Windows
While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!
Why similar: Adventure 80.1%, Indie 19.9%
- #43 After Us
68% matchVery Positive84% of 445 reviews2023
Dev: PiccoloPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #44 DEFECTIVE
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Evil Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
You must save the world, whatever the cost...
Why similar: Adventure 72.3%, Indie 27.7%
- #45 Fariwalk: The Prelude
72% matchMixed63% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: AIHASTOPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
The world where humanity is almost gone. A few remaining people search for each other amongst monsters, common inhabitants of the Earth. However, this story is about a child who is going to obtain something very important. Fariwalk: The Prelude is a short prologue to The Fariwalk game.
Why similar: Adventure 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
- #46 Escape From Tethys
70% matchMixed69% of 457 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
- #47 Once Alive
65% matchVery Positive85% of 441 reviews2024
Dev: Cem Boray YıldırımPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Adventure 82.5%, Indie 17.5%
- #48 Seed of Life
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: MadLightPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Seed of Life is an epic adventure game about the persistence of life. You're Cora, the last known survivor of Lumia, a dying planet. Your only hope to save your homeworld is to activate the Seed of Life and rekindle the sun once again. Will you be the light that conquers the darkness?
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #49 Snapshot
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 259 reviews2012
Dev: Retro Affect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Snapshot is the tale of a lone robot lost in an abandoned world. Armed with only his trusty camera, Pic sets forth on his great adventure. A camera might not seem like enough for a puzzle platforming adventure, but this camera is different from most: It has the ability to capture and remove from the world the very objects that it...
Why similar: Adventure 75.5%, Indie 24.5%
- #50 Remoteness
67% matchMixed56% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: KR Games
Windows
New York, 2034: you wake up after what seemed to be a terrible nightmare, while it is not. The district has been evacuated and isolated overnight by the army, after an electrical meteor shower hit the Earth. Fight, explore, survive, and try to escape from this hell!
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #51 Light Fall
69% matchVery Positive86% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Bishop Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Craft your path in this innovative 2D platformer. Master the use of your own platform to explore the Forgotten World of Numbra and save the land and its inhabitants from an imminent threat. Do you have what it takes to survive in perilous Numbra?
Why similar: Adventure 75.9%, Indie 24.1%
- #52 World of One
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 95 reviews2017
Dev: Grimwood Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You are about to get on a journey around small planet-like worlds as if you were in the Little Prince's world. However, these ones are filled with monsters that are striving to kill you, deadly traps and riddles, which require you to be quick-witted and attentive.
Why similar: Adventure 75.7%, Indie 24.3%
- #53 Deadlight: Director's Cut
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,593 reviews2016
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #54 Changeover: Decisions
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: KHB-Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?
Why similar: Adventure 77.3%, Indie 22.7%
- #55 Death World
68% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: Millenium Games
Windows
After a long night you wake up alone in the bunker as a bunker security guard. Hunt, kill, gather. Do anything to survive.
Why similar: Adventure 73%, Indie 27%
- #56 After Death
66% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Adventure 76.4%, Indie 23.6%