- #1 Prominence
97% matchVery Positive85% of 155 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Media Workshop
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?
Why similar: Point & Click 18.3%, Investigation 15.5%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Mystery 13%, Space 11.2%
- #2 Citizen Sleeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 9,761 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Narrative 33.4% ★, Dystopian 17%, Sci-fi 10%, Space 8.5%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #3 Your Future Self
96% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Dystopian 23%, Mystery 15.4%, Text-Based 15%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #4 Terraformental
95% matchVery Positive98% of 251 reviews2026
Dev: Shady Games
Windows · Mac
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Exploration 13.2%, Space 12.6%
- #5 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
94% matchVery Positive88% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Investigation 23.7%, Point & Click 21.8%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Space 15.4%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #6 Chronoquartz
92% matchVery Positive99% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Mystery 26.4%, Sci-fi 22%, Exploration 17.2%, Investigation 16%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #7 DreamBreak
94% matchMixed51% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Fortell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dreambreak is a story-driven adventure set in an alternative post-Cold War world, a quirky and unique mix of clashing gameplay genres. Get fingered for murder in without actually going there!
Why similar: Cold War 35.1% ★, Dystopian 16.8%, Alternate History 15.4%, Point & Click 11.4%, Investigation 9.7%
- #8 Complex Loop
93% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Point & Click 34.3%, Sci-fi 25%, Exploration 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, RPG 9.3%
- #9 Rue Valley
91% matchMixed65% of 1,543 reviews2025
Dev: Emotion Spark StudioPub: Owlcat Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Narrative 35.3% ★, Point & Click 14.6%, Isometric 12.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #10 Neospace: Prologue
90% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
You wake up in a spaceship, you realize that strange things are going on there, you try to get back to civilization. However, this is harder than you think, the encounters will drive you crazy and you will doubt yourself.
Why similar: Space 26.3%, Sci-fi 25.2%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Exploration 12.5%, RPG 11.4%
- #11 Out There: Oceans of Time
91% matchMixed55% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.
Why similar: Resource Management 21%, Space 17.1%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #12 Event[0]
89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,270 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Sci-fi 20.9%, Mystery 18.9%, Space 18.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #13 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 684 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.6%, Point & Click 17.3%, Isometric 13.9%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 10.9%
- #14 Red Matter
88% matchVery Positive90% of 1,161 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
Why similar: Cold War 45.3% ★, Mystery 14.2%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Story Rich 8.1%, Exploration 7.3%
- #15 Au Revoir
86% matchVery Positive96% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.3%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Investigation 15%, Story Rich 11.6%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #16 Heaven's Vault
87% matchVery Positive84% of 2,386 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Narrative 40.2% ★, Point & Click 13.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Atmospheric 5.4%
- #17 no signal
84% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.9%, Mystery 17.1%, Space 15.6%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #18 Subsurface Circular
85% matchVery Positive94% of 1,925 reviews2017
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Investigation 23.5%, Mystery 15.9%, Point & Click 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Text-Based 13.2%
- #19 Mars Underground
86% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows · Linux
Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked. Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.
Why similar: Story Rich 50.3%, Adventure 49.7%
- #20 Quarantine Circular
84% matchVery Positive88% of 437 reviews2018
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 23.1%, Point & Click 18.4%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Mystery 11%
- #21 Starcom: Nexus
82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: Space 36.6%, Sci-fi 25.5%, Exploration 13.4%, RPG 11.9%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #22 Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon
83% matchVery Positive90% of 170 reviews2017
Dev: Your Story Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Text based quest, mix of Sci-Fi and horror in the veins of Alien and Dead Space.
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.4%, Text-Based 28.2%, Space 24.5%, Adventure 16.9%
- #23 Decade
81% matchVery Positive97% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Last Piscean
Windows
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.
Why similar: Narrative 33.6% ★, Sci-fi 15.6%, Investigation 13.1%, Dystopian 10.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #24 Gemini Rue
82% matchVery Positive88% of 1,873 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.4%, Sci-fi 21%, Dystopian 19.4%, Story Rich 7.9%, Adventure 6.5%
- #25 Out There: Ω Edition
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,716 reviews2015
Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Space 23.6%, Resource Management 22.1%, Sci-fi 21.1%, Exploration 11%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #26 Monolith
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 335 reviews2023
Dev: Animation Arts
Windows · Linux
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Mystery 16.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #27 Krystopia: A Puzzle Journey
80% 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: Mystery 32.8%, Sci-fi 28.4%, Space 18.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Adventure 8.9%
- #28 Lightracer Spark
78% matchVery Positive84% of 988 reviews2023
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
Lightracer Spark is a Sci-Fi Narrative game. You are an amender from a high civilization, descending to various extraterrestrial worlds. Guide living beings to prosperity, or nip a spark in the bud. Accumulate strength through choices and strategies to grasp the rise and fall of all civilizations.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.3%, Space 23.8%, Text-Based 13.9%, RPG 12.9%, Story Rich 12.6%
- #29 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
78% matchVery Positive80% of 1,687 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Point & Click 12.4%, Isometric 12.4%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #30 Dead in Antares
77% matchVery Positive82% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: Resource Management 40.8%, Sci-fi 19.4%, RPG 16.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #31 Lightracer: For Judge
75% matchVery Positive94% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.9%, Point & Click 15.8%, Space 13.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Exploration 8.8%
- #32 The Long Journey Home
79% matchMixed59% of 1,915 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Studio WestPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?
Why similar: Space 34.8%, RPG 20.3%, Sci-fi 19%, Exploration 13.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #33 Midnight Protocol
76% matchVery Positive86% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: LuGus StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
Why similar: Story Rich 23.8%, Sci-fi 23.7%, Atmospheric 20%, Investigation 19.1%, RPG 9%
- #34 Aliya: Timelink
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,841 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
Why similar: Space 23.1%, Sci-fi 22.8%, Text-Based 17.5%, RPG 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #35 Lacuna: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 36.6%, Text-Based 26%, Sci-fi 16%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 9.7%
- #36 Starship Inspector
77% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Sci-fi 20.9%, Space 20.3%, Resource Management 14.4%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 10.3%
- #37 Approaching Infinity
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 709 reviews2025
Dev: IBOL
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
Why similar: Sci-fi 34.4%, Space 24.9%, Exploration 18.6%, RPG 15.4%, Adventure 6.7%
- #38 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
73% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: LunarHillz
Windows
RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.4%, Mystery 19%, Exploration 13.8%, RPG 13.7%, Story Rich 12.9%
- #39 Planet RIX-13
74% 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: Point & Click 65.2%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Adventure 17.3%
- #40 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.7%, Inventory Management 17.8%, RPG 17.1%, Exploration 17.1%, Atmospheric 15%
- #41 Voyager-19
70% matchVery Positive88% of 941 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Sci-fi 31.7%, Space 31.3%, Text-Based 16.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 3.3%
- #42 Duskpunk
70% matchVery Positive92% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Dystopian 31.3%, Text-Based 21.6%, Story Rich 18.6%, Exploration 14.7%, RPG 13.8%
- #43 Through Abandoned: The Refuge
75% matchMixed50% of 236 reviews2019
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.4%, Mystery 16.4%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #44 Lost Crew
74% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Gamecosm
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
This is text adventure game of survival of the astronauts on the orbital station that is lost in time. You will have to take care of the rescue of the station's crew, and lots of complicated riddles and situations will make this adventure even more interesting.
Why similar: Adventure 74.2%, Story Rich 25.8%
- #45 The Silent Age
71% matchVery Positive93% of 7,165 reviews2015
Dev: House On Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
Why similar: Alternate History 36.2%, Point & Click 24.7%, Sci-fi 15%, Story Rich 10.6%, Exploration 8%
- #46 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,721 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: Isometric 20.8%, Alternate History 19.8%, Sci-fi 17.3%, RPG 12.6%, Exploration 8.7%
- #47 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,791 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Investigation 32.5%, Sci-fi 25.7%, Text-Based 21.4%, Story Rich 14.5%, Adventure 5.9%
- #48 ALONE IN SPACE
73% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Space 29.7%, Sci-fi 24.3%, Exploration 14.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #49 Prospector
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Resource Management 28.6%, Space 20.9%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Exploration 12.5%, RPG 10.1%
- #50 Stuck In Time
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,023 reviews2021
Dev: Housemade Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 53.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.
Why similar: Exploration 35.3%, RPG 28.7%, Story Rich 17.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #51 Roadwarden
65% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.8%, RPG 21%, Story Rich 14.7%, Mystery 9.1%, Adventure 7.4%
- #52 Eventide Matter
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 772 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Sci-fi 21%, Space 20.3%, Inventory Management 18.7%, RPG 14%, Resource Management 13%
- #53 Eternal Threads
67% matchVery Positive86% of 817 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Narrative 39.1% ★, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 15%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #54 Future Proof
69% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Silhouette Valley Games
Windows
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Mystery 41%, Investigation 21.6%, RPG 15.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 10.4%
- #55 Project Hailstorm
65% matchVery Positive84% of 670 reviews2025
Dev: Imbrium
Windows
Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.
Why similar: Alternate History 28.4%, Narrative 19.6% ★, Investigation 14.7%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%
- #56 START AGAIN: a prologue
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 632 reviews2021
Dev: insertdisc5
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
timeloop depression station ✦ In Stars and Time's prototype-thingy-thing
Why similar: Text-Based 29.4%, Story Rich 27.9%, Exploration 22.9%, RPG 19.8%
- #57 STASIS
68% matchVery Positive82% of 2,332 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.4%, Isometric 21.3%, Sci-fi 19%, Space 11.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #58 SYMMETRY
70% matchMixed55% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?
Why similar: Resource Management 23.9%, Sci-fi 20.9%, Space 18.7%, Mystery 18.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #59 The Twin Paradox
66% matchVery Positive90% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: Beyond Standard Games
Windows · Linux
The Twin paradox is an RPG where you must prepare yourself for the first time travel. Make decisions, explore, and learn real science with the scientists of the "Beyond" laboratory. It's up to you to make the journey a success.
Why similar: Space 30.7%, Sci-fi 28%, RPG 19.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Exploration 7.1%