- #1 Viewfinder
97% matchVery Positive94% of 12,170 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Abstract 17.1%, Surreal 14.3%, Puzzle 14.1%, Experimental 10.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at perspective-based reality manipulation, allowing you to bring 2D images into 3D space just like the illusions in Moncage.
- #2 Gorogoa
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,093 reviews2017
Dev: Buried SignalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.9%, Experimental 11.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Indie 7%, Casual 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same core mechanic of manipulating visual frames to create connections between disparate scenes and tell a wordless story.
- #3 Superliminal
96% matchVery Positive95% of 33,072 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 30.7%, Surreal 27.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes forced perspective to solve puzzles, making it a perfect match for players who enjoy the spatial trickery of Moncage.
- #4 COCOON
95% matchVery Positive95% of 8,624 reviews2023
Dev: Geometric InteractivePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.1%, Adventure 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The world-within-a-world mechanic provides a similar sense of recursive, mind-bending exploration that makes Moncage so unique.
- #5 Manifold Garden
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,248 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Experimental 19.9%, Abstract 18%, Surreal 15.8%, Puzzle 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, non-Euclidean architecture and perspective-shifting mechanics create a similar sense of abstract wonder.
- #6 Monument Valley
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,397 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.7%, Casual 12.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Exploration 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: The game's focus on impossible geometry and perspective-based pathfinding is a direct stylistic cousin to Moncage.
- #7 Maquette
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 658 reviews2021
Dev: Graceful DecayPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Puzzle 29%, Puzzle Platformer 15.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 11.9%, First-Person 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game features recursive scale puzzles where changing the environment in a small model affects the larger world, echoing Moncage's perspective shifts.
- #8 Carto
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,210 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Puzzle 28.1%, Cartoon 18.9%, Indie 10.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: You manipulate the world map itself to solve puzzles, mirroring the way you rotate and align the cube in Moncage.
- #9 Antichamber
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,636 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 34.6%, Surreal 22.1%, Abstract 14.9%, First-Person 7.4%, Exploration 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This surreal, first-person puzzle game challenges your perception of space and geometry in ways that feel very similar to Moncage.
- #10 The Pedestrian
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,913 reviews2020
Dev: Skookum Arts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
Why similar: Puzzle 29.7%, Surreal 23%, Puzzle Platformer 21.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: It features clever perspective-shifting puzzles where you navigate between 2D signs in a 3D world.
- #11 Patrick's Parabox
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,475 reviews2022
Dev: Patrick Traynor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.2%, Abstract 39%, Casual 7%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its recursive, box-within-a-box logic puzzles provide a deep, satisfying challenge that rewards spatial reasoning.
- #12 The Last Cube
89% matchVery Positive97% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Improx Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Puzzle 26.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, 3D Platformer 18.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer focuses on manipulating a cube's faces to interact with the environment, closely mirroring the core conceit of Moncage.
- #13 The Room
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 31,189 reviews2014
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Why similar: Puzzle 67.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Adventure 6.9%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for tactile, object-based puzzle boxes that require careful inspection and manipulation.
- #14 A Monster's Expedition
88% matchVery Positive95% of 1,622 reviews2020
Dev: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!
Why similar: Puzzle 29.7%, Surreal 21.5%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Casual 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its minimalist, clever spatial logic puzzles offer a similarly rewarding experience for those who enjoy thoughtful, non-verbal gameplay.
- #15 Doors: Paradox
87% matchVery Positive91% of 1,989 reviews2022
Dev: Big Loop StudiosPub: Snapbreak
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A relaxing puzzle escape game! Make your way through a variety of hand-crafted 3D dioramas, look for useful objects, find hidden clues and solve fun puzzles! Unravel this mysterious adventure about chaos, order and the surreal.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.4%, Incremental 16.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 9.4%, Casual 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game presents a series of diorama-style puzzle boxes that require the same level of tactile interaction as Moncage.
- #16 Chants of Sennaar
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 30,726 reviews2023
Dev: RundiscPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.7%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on observation and deciphering abstract patterns creates a similar meditative, puzzle-heavy atmosphere.
- #17 The Witness
86% matchVery Positive85% of 20,692 reviews2016
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.5%, Exploration 10.7%, First-Person 8.8%, Atmospheric 7%, Surreal 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, atmospheric exploration of logic and environmental puzzles that will appeal to any fan of abstract puzzle design.
- #18 Strange Jigsaws
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,818 reviews2025
Dev: FLEB
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A game of strange jigsaws.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.1%, Abstract 28.7%, Adventure 16%, Casual 15.9%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The abstract, puzzle-focused gameplay provides a relaxing yet engaging experience for fans of visual-based challenges.
- #19 ANIMAL WELL
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,932 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Surreal 17.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The dense, atmospheric puzzle-exploration and non-linear design offer a similarly rewarding experience for observant players.
- #20 Where Cards Fall
85% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: The Game BandPub: Snowman
Windows
Spread decks of cards to solve challenging spatial puzzles and progress through dream-like landscapes in this award-winning title. Traverse beautifully crafted, isometric puzzles that give way to a wordless coming-of-age story, that invites you to reflect on the formative moments of your own life.
Why similar: Experimental 27.9%, Puzzle 16.1%, Abstract 15.1%, Surreal 13.3%, Puzzle Platformer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It uses perspective and spatial manipulation to tell a poignant narrative, matching the atmospheric storytelling of Moncage.
- #21 A Fisherman's Tale
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,525 reviews2019
Dev: InnerspaceVRPub: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.9%, Surreal 34.4%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 6.6%, Stylized 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: The core mechanic revolves around scale and perspective manipulation within a confined space, creating a very similar sense of discovery.
- #22 The House of Da Vinci
83% matchVery Positive87% of 7,021 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game. Solve mechanical puzzles, discover hidden objects, escape from rooms and dive into the authentic atmosphere of the Renaissance. Use all your wits to find out what's behind your master's disappearance.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on intricate, mechanical puzzle boxes that require the same level of close observation as Moncage.
- #23 Escape Simulator
81% matchVery Positive94% of 19,051 reviews2021
Dev: Pine Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.4%, Adventure 10.6%, First-Person 9.4%, Casual 7.7%, Indie 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly tactile, room-based puzzle experience that rewards players for noticing small details and connections.
- #24 Kairo
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,743 reviews2013
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
Why similar: Puzzle 26.5%, Abstract 20.7%, Surreal 17.4%, Exploration 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its minimalist, atmospheric exploration of abstract structures feels like a spiritual predecessor to the surreal world of Moncage.
- #25 Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
81% matchVery Positive88% of 842 reviews2021
Dev: Kiary Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
Why similar: Puzzle 44.7%, Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 13%, Stylized 9.8%, 3D 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The isometric, object-manipulation style of this game feels like a natural extension of the cube-based puzzles in Moncage.
- #26 Monument Valley 3
77% matchVery Positive93% of 2,012 reviews2025
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Set sail for a world-changing adventure as you guide Noor in their quest through a series of mind-bending illusions and atmospheric puzzles. Can you unlock the secrets of the mysterious world – and the meaning behind the Sacred Light?
Why similar: Abstract 21.3%, Surreal 17.5%, Puzzle 16.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, 3D Platformer 9.4%
- #27 Platonic
80% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: FidgetBear Games
Windows
Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.4%, Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.2%, First-Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers challenging spatial puzzles that require a keen eye for perspective and geometry.
- #28 The Art of Reflection
76% matchVery Positive97% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Hydrozoa
Windows
Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.
Why similar: Surreal 17.4%, Puzzle 16.8%, Abstract 15.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, 3D Platformer 9.4%
- #29 Syke
78% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Digital Monkeys LLC
Windows
Syke is a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mysterious and beautifully warped reality. You play as an individual making their way through areas of strange geometry; solving puzzles to piece together the story of their love.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This exploration-based puzzle game shares the quiet, atmospheric tone that makes Moncage so memorable.
- #30 Quern - Undying Thoughts
79% matchVery Positive91% of 3,956 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.1%, Surreal 20.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Atmospheric 10%, Exploration 9%
Why You'll Like It: This classic-style puzzle adventure features atmospheric environments and complex, logic-based puzzles.
- #31 Monument Valley 2
77% matchVery Positive93% of 4,011 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Discover illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of The Sacred Geometry. Follow the heart warming story of Ro in her journey through motherhood. Rediscover independence through manipulating monuments and evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.6%, Puzzle Platformer 19.2%, Casual 14.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #32 Ever Forward
79% matchVery Positive82% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.
Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Puzzle 23.7%, Indie 21%, Casual 20.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: The abstract, atmospheric puzzle-platforming captures a similar sense of isolation and mystery found in Moncage.
- #33 Chroma Zero
75% matchVery Positive96% of 330 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.2%, Surreal 14.8%, Adventure 10.6%, First-Person 9.1%, Exploration 8%
- #34 Chromatic Conundrum
73% matchVery Positive98% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
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 22.6%, Abstract 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, 3D Platformer 11.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #35 KunSpace
74% matchVery Positive97% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: DeadManLiPub: DeadManKUN
Windows
In an infinite-looping space, find the traces of the modifications made by kun and break them. You can safely leave by reaching the 2.5th level. There is also an endless mode available, allowing you to push beyond your own limits and see how many levels you can reach.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.8%, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.2%, 3D Platformer 8.7%, Casual 8.5%
- #36 Sans Logique
76% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Gamagora ICOM
Windows
Sans Logique is a first-person game that blends puzzle and adventure gameplay. You'll explore different dreamlike worlds, discover the story of your character, and solve some original puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.4%, Surreal 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 8.3%
- #37 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor
74% matchVery Positive81% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Shenzhen Zhonglian Interactive Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
Every corner of this manor holds secrets. You inherit not just the estate, but scattered letters and an intricately designed puzzle. Eyepieces transcending spacetime plunge you into others' memories. Traverse 16 themed chambers, unravel nested mechanisms, until you unveil the buried past...
Why similar: Puzzle 27.2%, Incremental 17.7%, Adventure 10.1%, Casual 10%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #38 Relicta
78% matchMixed67% of 458 reviews2020
Dev: Mighty PolygonPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Puzzle 28.7%, Puzzle Platformer 24.5%, Casual 13%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based puzzle game uses gravity and magnetism to manipulate the environment, offering a similar sense of spatial problem-solving.
- #39 Puzzle Box Palace
75% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.8%, Surreal 24.1%, Adventure 18.3%, Indie 13.4%, Exploration 9.5%
- #40 Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,238 reviews2021
Dev: Darjeeling
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Adapted from the bestselling children’s book series Pierre The Maze Detective, play as Pierre in this adventure/puzzle game and recover the stolen Maze Stone. Journey through breathtakingly hand-drawn illustrations, meet eccentric characters, and solve puzzles to save Opera City!
Why similar: Puzzle 25.6%, Cartoon 24.3%, Adventure 12.3%, Casual 11.6%, Exploration 8.5%
- #41 HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
72% matchVery Positive95% of 813 reviews2024
Dev: Stone
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles.Uncover the mysteries of this peculiar room.
Why similar: Experimental 24.7%, Puzzle 24.6%, Surreal 21.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Adventure 7.2%
- #42 Unheard - Voices of Crime
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,170 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Puzzle 61.4%, Indie 16%, Simulation 10.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #43 Shadow Alchemist
71% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
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: Surreal 25.8%, Puzzle 25.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 7.2%
- #44 Lingo
72% matchVery Positive94% of 775 reviews2021
Dev: Brenton Wildes
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.3%, Abstract 20.7%, Surreal 19.2%, Indie 7.2%, First-Person 6.9%
- #45 Cube Escape Collection
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,618 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology you follow the path of Dale and Laura and other famous Rusty lake characters such as Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl. The series will be updated, preserved and bundled to survive the end of the Flash Games era.
Why similar: Puzzle 57.6%, Surreal 14.9%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 7%
- #46 HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,328 reviews2026
Dev: Stone
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.9%, Surreal 22%, Abstract 20.7%, Experimental 9.7%, Stylized 6.6%
- #47 The Past Within
69% matchVery Positive95% of 16,468 reviews2022
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.
Why similar: Puzzle 75.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Surreal 6.2%, Indie 5.2%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #48 Prison Loop
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Surreal 24.6%, Puzzle 23.6%, Exploration 9%, Atmospheric 8.8%, First-Person 8.4%
- #49 Word Game
69% matchVery Positive94% of 6,324 reviews2022
Dev: Team9
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
Why similar: Puzzle 49%, Exploration 18.6%, Stylized 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 10%
- #50 The Rewinder
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,300 reviews2021
Dev: MistyMountainStudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.3%, Adventure 16.8%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Indie 9.1%, Singleplayer 8.8%
- #51 Iris.Fall
70% matchVery Positive88% of 2,858 reviews2018
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iris.Fall is a puzzle adventure game featuring striking visuals and a spellbinding theme of "light and shadow".
Why similar: Puzzle 42.2%, Adventure 18.5%, Casual 17%, Indie 12.2%, Atmospheric 5%
- #52 Murders on the Yangtze River
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,567 reviews2024
Dev: OMEGAMES STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 11%, Exploration 10.1%
- #53 Recursive Ruin
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 315 reviews2022
Dev: Bit RotPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Why similar: Experimental 17.7%, Puzzle 15.8%, Abstract 15%, Surreal 13.6%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%
- #54 Cyber Manhunt
68% matchVery Positive93% of 15,480 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Why similar: Puzzle 54.9%, Simulation 16.8%, Indie 14.7%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #55 Islands of Insight
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,197 reviews2024
Dev: Lunarch StudiosPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.3%, Puzzle Platformer 18.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Casual 9.4%, Adventure 9.3%
- #56 Increment
67% matchVery Positive95% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Mark Pil
Windows
Press buttons, pull levers, and use your body to discover a strange world in this numerical escape room. There’s nothing “idle” about this game. Immerse yourself in weird, colorful, reactive environments in this short, experimental, thought-provoking incremental adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.1%, Incremental 20.7%, Surreal 15.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Stylized 9.3%
- #57 The Room Three
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,147 reviews2018
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Puzzle 68.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #58 There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 25,263 reviews2020
Dev: Draw Me A Pixel
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
Why similar: Puzzle 42.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Casual 16%, Indie 14.1%, Singleplayer 7.7%
- #59 Memorrha
70% matchMixed65% of 152 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.5%, Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Indie 9%
- #60 Omno
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,742 reviews2021
Dev: Studio InkyfoxPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A single-player journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders, created by solo developer Jonas Manke.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.3%, Puzzle Platformer 17.3%, 3D Platformer 13.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%