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MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Adventure 16.8%, Puzzle 12.2%, VR 10.7%, First-Person 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person puzzle game that mirrors the dream-logic and psychological depth of the seed game.

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 22.3%, First-Person 21%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features perspective-based puzzles that perfectly capture the feeling of navigating a shifting, dream-like reality.

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 18.6%, Walking Simulator 17%, Adventure 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused game that directly tasks players with navigating through various surreal dreamscapes.

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 11%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A stark, abstract, and surreal platformer that emphasizes scale and atmospheric exploration.

Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person adventure game.

Why similar: Adventure 20.1%, Experimental 18.2%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Indie 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly abstract and surreal experience that focuses on memory and dream-like environments.

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: Platformer 18.7%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Adventure 14.1%, 3D Platformer 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric adventure that captures the strange, disjointed feeling of navigating dreams.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Atmospheric 14%, First-Person 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Adventure 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly atmospheric, narrative-driven exploration experience with a strong sense of mystery.

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Adventure 20.6%, First-Person 13.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, VR 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep, first-person puzzle-solving with a narrative focused on exploring the fragile nature of memory.

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 18%, First-Person 13.2%, VR 12.9%, Exploration 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, abstract puzzle-exploration game that feels like wandering through a dream-like architectural void.

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 32%, Adventure 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 11%, Casual 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused puzzle game that utilizes surreal, abstract environments to create a unique sense of presence.

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: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Adventure 20.4%, Puzzle 15.5%, First-Person 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, atmospheric, and highly polished first-person puzzle experience.

Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.9%, Adventure 24.4%, Walking Simulator 19%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological walking-simulator that allows players to explore the emotional landscapes of others.

Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!

Why similar: Adventure 33.5%, Puzzle Platformer 17%, Indie 15.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, First-Person 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that explicitly focuses on the themes of dreams and subconscious exploration.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Experimental 17%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, First-Person 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative, psychological experience that explores the creative subconscious in a deeply surreal way.

Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Puzzle 11.7%, First-Person 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person exploration game that captures a haunting, dream-like sense of isolation.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.4%, Atmospheric 13.1%, First-Person 11.5%, Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Masterfully uses environmental storytelling to explore surreal, dream-like vignettes of family history.

You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.4%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich, psychological adventure that takes place entirely within the mind of a man struggling with depression.

They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Adventure 17%, First-Person 11.8%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, surreal collection of abstract spaces that feels very close to the seed game's aesthetic.

Cylne is a first person surreal exploration game having a poetic and philosophical side. Explore and feel unreal worlds filled with environmental enigmas to try to achieve the chapter called "The Choice"...

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Adventure 18.9%, First-Person 11.4%, Indie 9.9%, Puzzle 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that emphasizes puzzle-solving within abstract, surreal environments.

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, VR 15.3%, Adventure 15%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses surreal, shifting environments to represent mental instability.

A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Experimental 26%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Adventure 11.1%, First-Person 10.3%, Puzzle 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, first-person adventure that prioritizes surreal visuals and abstract exploration.

An eerie story set on a train rumbling through the afterlife. Accompanied by a murder of crows and four mysterious travel companions, you must uncover the reason why they – and you – are traveling into the beyond. Gaze into their eyes and discover the remnants of their souls, before they pass on.

Why similar: VR 27.4%, Great Soundtrack 25%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Indie 16.8%, Casual 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-exclusive, atmospheric, and surreal journey that focuses on narrative and exploration.

A virtual reality fantasy adventure set in a surreal realm between the real world and the afterlife. Meet mischievous spirits and gods. Solve magical puzzles. Restore ancient structures. Explore a gorgeous and vibrant world.

Why similar: VR 25.3%, Adventure 18%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused adventure that blends puzzle-solving with a surreal, otherworldly atmosphere.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 26.5%, Great Soundtrack 24.1%, First-Person 16.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Adventure 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical, first-person puzzle-adventure that explores the nature of consciousness and reality.

GNOG is a tactile 3D puzzle game about exploring whimsical monster heads and the secret worlds inside them. Filled with eye-catching designs, lively interactions, and a rich, reactive soundtrack, the hand-crafted heads come to life as you grab, poke, spin, pull, and play with each charming contraption.

Why similar: VR 28.1%, Adventure 19.6%, Casual 16.1%, Indie 13.3%, Puzzle 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactile, VR-compatible puzzle game featuring surreal, toy-like worlds that feel like miniature dreams.

Pneuma: Breath of Life forces you to think outside the box through a narrated story of self-discovery, whilst exploring the ontological mystery of the breath of life. Features award winning voice actor 'Jay Britton' as Pneuma.

Why similar: Adventure 27.1%, Great Soundtrack 24.1%, Puzzle 17.7%, First-Person 17.2%, Indie 14%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical, first-person puzzle game that challenges the player's perception of reality.

Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?

Why similar: Adventure 26.3%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Indie 19.7%, Casual 17.6%, Puzzle 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, puzzle-adventure game that focuses on navigating mysterious and dream-like spaces.

Deer Man is a short Interactive Storytelling experience. You play as Jacob's memory, where you will have an incredible encounter with Deer Man & the dark side of his love for the wildlife. If you love animals, this is for you!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.3%, VR 16.6%, Walking Simulator 15%, Adventure 12.7%, Casual 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, exploration-focused indie game that leans into abstract, dream-like imagery.

Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, First-Person 18.6%, Adventure 15.1%, Exploration 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%

STATIK is a 4 player online co-op horror game. A group of kids in the 1980's find an abandoned house with a shelf full of VHS tapes. When each tape is played, the events of the movie start to play out in real life. Will you escape with your lives or become another victim of the static.

Why similar: Adventure 34.2%, First-Person 24.6%, Atmospheric 22.2%, Stylized 19%

Why You'll Like It: A cerebral, VR-focused puzzle game that traps the player in strange, mechanical, and surreal scenarios.

You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.9%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 10.2%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, Platformer 14.8%, 3D Platformer 13.4%, Adventure 11.9%, Walking Simulator 11.7%

Manipulate time to your will at any moment to solve challenges, avoid deadly traps and make it to the end of this strange journey.

Why similar: Adventure 18.8%, Experimental 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Indie 11.8%, 3D Platformer 8.6%

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 39.4%, Adventure 21.5%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Indie 13.5%, Puzzle 6.1%

You wake up and find yourself trapped in a dream. Only thing in your mind is to wake up. The key to wake up lies within 3 Dream Stones which are awaiting at the end of puzzles you encounter through the game in different dream chapters.

Why similar: Adventure 30.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Indie 12.7%, First-Person 7.7%

Journey for Elysium is a story-driven VR game that will immerse you in a fictional setting inspired by Ancient Mythology. Use your wit & skills to overcome a series of increasingly elaborate challenges to reach Elysium and obtain redemption.

Why similar: Adventure 23.8%, VR 16.9%, Casual 15%, Indie 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%

You wake up in a strange, but yet familiar place. You feel like you are supposed to be here for something.VR roomscale puzzle-horror game with redirect walking locomotion.

Why similar: VR 32.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Casual 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Indie 9.7%

[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 34.7%, Adventure 21.5%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Casual 15%, Indie 11.4%

Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Puzzle 22.2%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 19.2%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Casual 14.3%

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: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Adventure 13.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%

The plane crashed, bringing an abrupt end to your journey. You regain consciousness in a strange lucid dream filled with interactive cube puzzles, where a mysterious voice guides you through the changing landscape. What is happening? Who are you? Do you have what it takes to wake up?

Why similar: Adventure 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Casual 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, First-Person 9.4%

War of Being is a single-player VR sci-fi adventure with standard mode playability, based on the music and concept for TesseracT's 2023 full length album. Explore 'The Strangeland' filled with surreal landscapes and characters. Solve puzzles and find hidden objects that unlock TesseracT's new music.

Why similar: VR 24.7%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Adventure 11.3%, First-Person 8.5%, Puzzle 7.9%

Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.8%, Adventure 26.7%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Stylized 11.6%, Indie 7%

Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Puzzle Platformer 13.1%, Platformer 11.9%, Adventure 9.8%, 3D Platformer 9.7%

Experience liminal spaces 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: Walking Simulator 31%, First-Person 18%, Adventure 15.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.4%

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: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Adventure 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 15.4%, Puzzle 14.1%, First-Person 12.8%

Cranium Conundrum is a physics-based puzzle platformer taking place in the dream worlds that you create!

Why similar: Adventure 44.2%, Casual 32.3%, Indie 23.5%

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

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, 3D Platformer 12.2%, Adventure 10.1%

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.4%, Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 10%

A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.

Why similar: Experimental 31.4%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 8.3%, Adventure 8.1%

Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.5%, Adventure 16.5%, First-Person 12%, Puzzle 12%, Casual 10.9%

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.1%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, First-Person 12.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 8%

Go on a trip around the worlds created by your own mind and learn yourself.

Why similar: Indie 50.2%, Adventure 49.8%

Will you be able to break the vicious circle? Can you regain control? Experience the surreal adventure filled with many puzzles and psychedelic visions.

Why similar: Adventure 23.3%, Puzzle 17.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Casual 10.1%

Embark on a dream-like journey in this fantasy adventure VR simulation. Encounter goblin inhabitants, become part of their society, and save them from their foe. Freely roam the enchanted forest to discover deeper layers of their mysterious ways and reap the rewards of this magical world.

Why similar: VR 41.6%, Indie 12.5%, Casual 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 9.4%

You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.

Why similar: Adventure 25.4%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Exploration 15%, Stylized 14.1%, Indie 8.3%

Immerse yourself in an exciting journey on the island of dreams. Explore the open world and interesting places, while solving various puzzles that use environment.

Why similar: Adventure 31.7%, First-Person 15.7%, Puzzle 15.3%, Exploration 11.3%, Stylized 10.7%

You find yourself inside your dream, which turns into one continuous nightmare.

Why similar: Adventure 33.3%, First-Person 25.4%, Exploration 18.1%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Singleplayer 5.5%

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Platformer 20%, Puzzle Platformer 15%, Adventure 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Puzzle 10.8%

Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.6%, Atmospheric 20.4%, Puzzle 17.8%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 15.1%