- #1 Irrational Exuberance: Prologue
97% matchVery Positive86% of 354 reviews2016
Dev: Buffalo Vision
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Awaken on an asteroid in deep space, underneath comets and giant stars. Designed for HTC Vive, Prologue introduces the critically-acclaimed world of Irrational Exuberance—a fever dream of interstellar interactions. Take the first step on a journey of risk, wonder and discovery.
Why similar: VR 47.9%, Adventure 31%, Indie 21%
- #2 Seeking Dawn
96% matchMixed68% of 809 reviews2018
Dev: Multiverse
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to Seeking Dawn, a multiplayer survival VR adventure that takes you far beyond the solar system. Step into the shoes of a soldier discovering a hostile planet, where predators roam free and enemies are ruthless.
Why similar: VR 57.4%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 16.7%
- #3 Echo Grotto
96% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Gaugepunk Games
Windows
Echo Grotto is a virtual reality experience that lets you explore unique and intricate cave systems using a range of caving gear and tools!
Why similar: VR 56.7%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 17.9%
- #4 Wake Up
95% matchVery Positive81% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Black Cell OG
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Experience a shattered and surreal dream filled with fascinating riddles, where your only guide is an elusive butterfly. Can you make the journey and wake up?
Why similar: VR 54.2%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 20.8%
- #5 FORM
94% matchVery Positive91% of 982 reviews2017
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
Why similar: VR 63.9%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 13.5%
- #6 Dream
94% matchMixed56% of 996 reviews2015
Dev: HyperSloth
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Why similar: VR 46.2%, Adventure 30.8%, Indie 23.1%
- #7 Realities
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 269 reviews2016
Dev: realities.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Explore what was out of reach before - travel to mesmerizing real world places and discover their stories!
Why similar: VR 75.3%, Adventure 24.7%
- #8 Journey to Alien Worlds
91% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: IdeographerPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You can experience how it feels to stand on the surface of planets, satellites or comets, view the amazing scenery there, and get a better understanding of the differences between these heavenly bodies and the Earth.
Why similar: VR 56.7%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 17.9%
- #9 ALICE VR
92% matchMostly Negative38% of 360 reviews2016
Dev: Carbon StudioPub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alice VR is a single player story-driven exploration game with puzzles designed to be a unique VR experience. Set on a mysterious planet and inspired by Alice in Wonderland, it's a thrilling, immersive adventure with beautiful graphics and an atmospheric electronic soundtrack.
Why similar: VR 51.6%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 18.6%
- #10 'n Verlore Verstand
91% matchMixed51% of 192 reviews2016
Dev: Skobbejak GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?
Why similar: VR 44.9%, Adventure 36.4%, Indie 18.6%
- #11 Lucid Cycle
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.
Why similar: Adventure 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #12 Annie Amber
90% matchMixed62% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Pantumaca BarcelonaPub: Talking About Media
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
[VR Only] Annie Amber is a VR Puzzle Game that leads you on an intense and dreamy journey through the life of a person condensed in a surreal and poetic experience. Annie Amber makes you explore this strange and beautiful scenery that is life itself through her memories.
Why similar: VR 52.9%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 19.5%
- #13 Windlands
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 866 reviews2016
Dev: Psytec Games Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.
Why similar: VR 64.9%, Adventure 21.8%, Indie 13.3%
- #14 Kayak VR: Mirage
86% matchVery Positive82% of 1,052 reviews2022
Dev: Better Than Life
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.1 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Kayak VR: Mirage is a jaw-dropping and exhilarating journey through beautiful locations, made for Virtual Reality. Maneuver our fully physically accurate kayak around checkpoints and crown yourself the fastest, or take it easy and use the free roam mode and enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: VR 51.1%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 41.1% ★, Adventure 4.7%, Indie 3.2%
- #15 DreamFly
88% matchMixed68% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Dmytro MakarenkoPub: No publisher
Windows
DreamFly: The game that simulates flights in your dreams! It is a sandbox game, there are no goals. But before you start your adventure, you will need to, well, learn how to fly.
Why similar: VR 63.7%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 16.8%
- #16 The Grand Canyon VR Experience
87% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: Immersive Entertainment, Inc.Pub: Immersive Entertainment, Inc
Windows
Explore one of nature's greatest wonders from the comfort of your home with the Grand Canyon VR Experience for HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift! Transport yourself on an epic journey into the heart of nature through the magic of Virtual Reality completely immersed in a fully dynamic and interactive beauty never before seen in VR.
Why similar: VR 63.5%, Adventure 21%, Indie 15.5%
- #17 Solar System VR
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 330 reviews2020
Dev: Split Light Studio
Windows
An educational virtual reality journey through space. Be the first space tourist in history and explore planets and moons in our Solar System like never before. You can experience a journey to the Earth's moon, explore Mars, and even see the surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
Why similar: VR 66.2%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 6.7%
- #18 Unknown Fate
84% matchMixed66% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: Marslit GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Unknown Fate is an enigmatic story-driven action adventure set in a surreal world full of mind-twisting puzzles and bizarre creatures
Why similar: VR 45.4%, Adventure 32%, Indie 22.6%
- #19 Cranium Conundrum
85% matchMixed41% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Falling Star GamesPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cranium Conundrum is a physics-based puzzle platformer taking place in the dream worlds that you create!
Why similar: Adventure 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #20 DeepStates [VR]
82% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Marc ZimmermannPub: EpicScapes
Windows
DeepStates [VR] - Experiences designed to calm your mind and drift away. Wind down in compelling natural sceneries with dense atmospheres. Please note: Development for DeepStates is discontinued.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #21 DreamLand
83% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: SandVUEPub: SANPACE
Windows
Summary: “DreamLand” is an immersive VR game, made by AAA team base on htcVIVE with Unreal Engine. With the VR device, the player could pass through the Portal of Astral Spirit, and explore the mystical dreamland by time travel.
Why similar: VR 100%
- #22 L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement
80% matchVery Positive80% of 273 reviews2021
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
L.S.D. is a first person experience set during a hallucinogen trip.In the prologue of this dream-like, surreal experience, you will explore mysterious open worlds, find weapons and fight against dangerous enemies.Will you be able to break the loop and get back to reality?
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #23 LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust)
82% matchMixed48% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust) is a first person exploration game that takes you to a journey between worlds. Inspired by the original PSX game.
Why similar: Adventure 60.2%, Indie 39.8%
- #24 VR Jetpack Game
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: pftqPub: Autodidactic Studios
Windows
Physics-based VR with full freedom of flight. VR that feels and controls like a real jetpack. A real-time multiplayer VR arena.
Why similar: VR 66.6%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 13.6%
- #25 Holoception
81% matchMixed61% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: Holonautic
Windows
HOLOCEPTION is a new type of hybrid VR game allowing you to incarnate a character in 3rd and 1st person view. Explore a cartoonish Universe where everything is fully physics-based and where you have a lot of control and freedom to move and fight!
Why similar: VR 43.3%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 28%
- #26 Lucid Blocks
70% matchVery Positive93% of 5,003 reviews2026
Dev: Lucy B. Locks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #27 Ayahuasca
77% matchVery Positive81% of 401 reviews2020
Dev: Small Studio by Mac GuffPub: Astrea
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
In the jungle at night, a journey awaits for you... are you ready to embrace the experience? Ayahuasca, the vine of the soul, and how to find your inner space.
Why similar: VR 85.4%, Indie 14.6%
- #28 Temple of the Apsara
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Attraction Studios
Windows
Temple of the Apsara is a VR exploration adventure puzzle experience unlike any other for the HTC VIVE.From the breathtaking mountainside to the depths of the ancient ruins, Temple of the Apsara is a journey unlike any other you’ve ever been on.
Why similar: Adventure 39.3%, VR 33.9%, Indie 26.9%
- #29 Fractal Fly
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 151 reviews2022
Dev: Tectrid
Windows · Mac
Explore imaginary landscapes, like you're flying in another world. Observe and dive into those chaotic shapes all around you. And even transform them! You're totally free to move where you want, you will discover a tremendous variety of shapes and colors!
Why similar: VR 67.9%, Adventure 32.1%
- #30 Emergence
76% matchVery Positive84% of 100 reviews2020
Dev: Universal Everything
Windows
An awe-inspiring open-world VR art experience exploring human behaviour, the individual and the collective. Immerse yourself among thousands of strangers. Watch from above as your movements influence the crowd in changing environments that are both wondrous and intimidating.
Why similar: VR 46.4%, Adventure 39.4%, Indie 14.2%
- #31 DMT: Dream Dealer Trip
78% matchMixed53% of 245 reviews2016
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
DMT: Dream Dealer is a walking simulator that guides you trough a trip between worlds. You'll never know if what you see is real, or if you are in a trance. A game made to delight your sensory system, inspired by titles like The Stanley Parable, Dear Esther, Gone Home...
Why similar: Adventure 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #32 Run Of Mydan
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Virtew
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Run Of Mydan is a flying VR Shooter set in a breathtakingly beautiful world. It features a Singleplayer/Co-op campaign, and a Multiplayer Arena with up to 10 players.
Why similar: VR 67%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 7.2%
- #33 HYPNOS
69% matchVery Positive95% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Adventure 76.9%, Indie 23.1%
- #34 PowerWash Adventure VR
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Grass Digital Technology
Windows
In PowerWash Adventure, you are a magical janitor on a whimsical rinsing journey across different themes. Upgrade your water gun to flash away dirts and restores items to their original states. Enjoy varied scenarios in dream mode, clean graffiti or design your own unique stage to share with others.
Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 72.2% ★, VR 21.9%, Adventure 6%
- #35 TRIP Steam Edition
78% matchMixed46% of 284 reviews2015
Dev: TRIPPub: Self-Published
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 43.1 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Explore an avant-garde cubist dream, stimulate your visual senses and immerse yourself in a surreal TRIP. A visually tantalizing open world artware that culminates the player to relax and enjoy a safe enviroment for them to explore at their own pace. There are no objectives, no rules, just art.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 Windlands 2
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 431 reviews2018
Dev: Psytec Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Windlands 2 is a built-for-VR fantasy action adventure game, use grappling hooks and a bow to explore the vast mysterious world to take down gigantic titans alone or with friends.
Why similar: VR 44.6%, Adventure 33.2%, Indie 22.2%
- #37 Visionarium 2 - The Descent
72% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Sander Bos
Windows
Visionarium 2 is a psychedelic audio-visualizer. Enter this artistic VR experience that takes you on an immersive journey through the underworld. Come out on the other side transformed, in awe.
Why similar: VR 84.5%, Indie 15.5%
- #38 Endless Night - Alpha
74% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: Yerawizard LLC
Windows
Endless Night is a room-scale VR experience that will get your heart pumping and your adrenaline roaring.
Why similar: VR 42.4%, Adventure 33.8%, Indie 23.9%
- #39 Invisible Mind
74% matchMixed78% of 456 reviews2016
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Go on a trip around the worlds created by your own mind and learn yourself.
Why similar: Indie 57.2%, Adventure 42.8%
- #40 VR Escape The Space Station
75% matchMixed61% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: weyha.com
Windows
You are trapped in the space station all by yourself. Need to find a way to get the hell out of there. Experience with HTC Vive, consists of 4 rooms full of puzzles. Every scene are elaborately designed including spaceship with zero gravity, outer space landscape corridor and all.
Why similar: VR 50.7%, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 20.4%
- #41 NIDANA
67% matchVery Positive86% of 227 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Adventure 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #42 Firebird - La Peri
73% matchVery Positive80% of 213 reviews2016
Dev: InnerspaceVR
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Enter a realm of enchantment with "FIREBIRD - La Péri", and play the role of Iskender, a prince seeking the "flower of immortality". You will appear on the stage, visit the ethereal world of La Péri, and witness a magical and poetic encounter as one of the characters...
Why similar: VR 50.1%, Adventure 29.8%, Indie 20.1%
- #43 Titans of Space PLUS
71% matchVery Positive94% of 192 reviews2019
Dev: DrashVR LLC
Windows
Just how big is big? Journey through this holographic Solar System, and then squint your eyes in the intense light of a few of the largest known stars. Enjoy various accidentally-educational activities along the way. Great care has been taken to ensure a comfortable VR experience. VR optional.
Why similar: VR 53.9%, Adventure 26.6%, Indie 19.4%
- #44 cyubeVR
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,135 reviews2018
Dev: Stonebrick Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Immerse yourself in a voxel game exclusively designed for VR. A beautiful infinite procedural world. Explore, gather resources, craft with your hands in 3D, and build anything you can imagine. Featuring great VR controls, near-infinite view distance, Steam Workshop mod support, and much more!
Why similar: VR 84.4%, Adventure 15.6%
- #45 Heaven Island - VR MMO
72% matchMixed63% of 2,286 reviews2015
Dev: Fabio FerraraPub: Chubby Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
More a Journey in your Inner Self than a game, "Heaven Island" is an experience in which you'll explore wonderful places. The inspiration for the environments comes from the Renzo Piano designs and from the book "Origins of Architectural Pleasure" in which the welfare is of primary importance.
Why similar: VR 56.5%, Adventure 26%, Indie 17.5%
- #46 Dreamcore
64% matchVery Positive89% of 2,017 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Adventure 59.9%, Indie 40.1%
- #47 GLITCH DADDY
67% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Adventure 64.8%, Indie 35.2%
- #48 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 758 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #49 Space Accident VR
65% matchVery Positive82% of 265 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: VR 67.4%, Adventure 32.6%
- #50 SenS
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
In the Beginning was the Nothingness... Enter the Unknown, explore the Infinite, find your own SenS.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #51 Obduction
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,996 reviews2016
Dev: Cyan, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Why similar: VR 44.2%, Adventure 40.1%, Indie 15.7%
- #52 Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
63% matchMostly Positive72% of 420 reviews2026
Dev: Ankoku
Windows
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
Why similar: Adventure 61.9%, Indie 38.1%
- #53 Sweet Escape VR
71% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Reailty Smash, Inc.Pub: Reality Smash, Inc.
Windows
Climb and race against your friends up and down candy landscapes in this wild Virtual Reality experience.
Why similar: VR 60.7%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 16.6%
- #54 Visionarium
70% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Sander Bos
Windows
Visionarium is a visionary music driven VR journey. In this experience a visionary trance state is simulated.
Why similar: VR 68.2%, Indie 31.8%
- #55 The Under Presents
68% matchVery Positive89% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: Tender Claws
Windows
From the creators of “Virtual Virtual Reality” - Welcome to the Under! A time and mind bending, multiplayer, theatrical adventure featuring a cast of colorful live and pre-recorded characters, time wizardry, magic to perform and stories to uncover.
Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, VR 29.8%, Indie 28.8%
- #56 The Solus Project
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,628 reviews2016
Dev: HourencesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Why similar: VR 62.1%, Adventure 29%, Indie 9%