- #1 Superliminal
97% 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: Surreal 30.6%, Psychedelic 26.3%, Puzzle 16.7%, First-Person 8.1%, Story Rich 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes perspective-based puzzles to create a surreal, mind-bending experience that mirrors the psychedelic nature of Oneiros.
- #2 The Room
96% 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 27.9%, Point & Click 21.1%, Escape Room 16% ★, Hidden Object 11.3%, Mystery 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for tactile, atmospheric escape-room puzzles that share the meticulous design found in Oneiros.
- #3 Path to Mnemosyne
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 249 reviews2018
Dev: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Relax, empty your mind, activate your senses and step into the hypnotic adventure of the Path to Mnemosyne in the quest for the lost memories.
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.2%, Surreal 26%, Puzzle 13%, Hidden Object 11.6%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique, hypnotic art style and surreal puzzle-solving that directly aligns with the psychedelic themes of Oneiros.
- #4 Rusty Lake Hotel
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,215 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.7%, Surreal 21%, Puzzle 19.4%, Hidden Object 7.8%, Adventure 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential surreal point-and-click adventure that perfectly captures the bizarre, dream-like logic and dark atmosphere of the seed game.
- #5 Gorogoa
94% 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 34.5%, Point & Click 20.7%, Surreal 7.6%, Mystery 5.9%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: An artistic, surreal puzzle game that relies on visual storytelling and clever, dream-like mechanics to progress.
- #6 The Search
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,371 reviews2017
Dev: Jason Godbey
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!
Why similar: Escape Room 24.1% ★, Surreal 16.5%, Point & Click 12.9%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Puzzle 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and narrative-driven puzzles within a surreal, abstract environment that feels very similar to the dreamscapes of Oneiros.
- #7 Samsara Room
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,989 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Escape Room 37% ★, Point & Click 20.8%, Puzzle 14.2%, Surreal 9.7%, Adventure 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play, surreal point-and-click puzzle game that leans heavily into the dream-logic and bizarre transformations found in the seed game.
- #8 Another Tomorrow
93% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Glitch Games
Windows · Mac
Another Tomorrow is a first-person point and click game. Trapped without your memories you’ll explore abandoned apartments, airfields, temples, and underground facilities to search for clues, solve puzzles, and unlock secrets to answer the question; who are you?
Why similar: Escape Room 37.2% ★, Point & Click 16.6%, Puzzle 8.6%, Adventure 7.8%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person, point-and-click adventure that focuses on atmospheric exploration and complex puzzle-solving in a mysterious setting.
- #9 Creaks
91% matchVery Positive95% of 5,830 reviews2020
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
Why similar: Surreal 39.1%, Puzzle 18.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Adventure 7.1%, Atmospheric 7%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a beautifully surreal, hand-drawn world filled with atmospheric puzzles that feel like a waking dream.
- #10 Machinarium
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,746 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Why similar: Surreal 28.6%, Point & Click 28.1%, Puzzle 16.4%, Story Rich 7.8%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure with a distinct, surreal aesthetic and challenging puzzles that reward careful exploration.
- #11 Fran Bow
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,182 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Puzzle 17.3%, Surreal 16.9%, Story Rich 11%, Hidden Object 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror point-and-click adventure that explores surreal, shifting realities through a dark and narrative-heavy lens.
- #12 Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room
89% matchVery Positive82% of 542 reviews2020
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?
Why similar: Escape Room 47.5% ★, Point & Click 14.6%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Puzzle 8.2%, Mystery 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated escape-room experience that provides the same type of room-based puzzle-solving found in the seed game.
- #13 L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 269 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: Psychedelic 35.8%, Surreal 31.4%, Exploration 8%, First-Person 7%, Atmospheric 4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, psychedelic experience that prioritizes surreal, dream-like visuals and atmospheric exploration over traditional gameplay.
- #14 Discolored
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 694 reviews2019
Dev: Jason Godbey
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
Why similar: Escape Room 34.7% ★, Surreal 14.8%, Point & Click 11.6%, Hidden Object 10.1%, Puzzle 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal first-person puzzle game where you restore color to a desolate world, emphasizing exploration and logic.
- #15 Mango
86% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychedelic 28.6%, Surreal 28%, Puzzle 9.2%, First-Person 6.3%, Exploration 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person adventure that leans into psychedelic aesthetics and abstract, dream-like storytelling.
- #16 Bad Dream: Coma
86% matchVery Positive91% of 2,208 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 24.2%, Surreal 23.7%, Hidden Object 14.9%, Puzzle 8.8%, Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, point-and-click adventure that uses surreal imagery and multiple-choice outcomes to explore a psychological, dream-like landscape.
- #17 Escape From Mystwood Mansion
84% matchVery Positive93% of 1,271 reviews2023
Dev: Lost Sock Studio
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?
Why similar: Escape Room 55.4% ★, Puzzle 9.6%, Point & Click 9.3%, Exploration 6.3%, Mystery 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy yet mysterious escape-room game that emphasizes exploration and logical puzzle-solving in a contained environment.
- #18 Rememoried
87% matchMixed58% of 237 reviews2015
Dev: Vladimir KudelkaPub: Hangonit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Surreal 25.8%, Psychedelic 25.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 8.6%, First-Person 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: An abstract, surreal exploration game that challenges the player to navigate shifting, dream-like environments through memory and observation.
- #19 Year Walk
84% matchVery Positive90% of 2,014 reviews2014
Dev: Simogo
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
Why similar: Surreal 40.4%, Puzzle 17.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Adventure 10%, Mystery 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric, surreal adventure that blends folklore with cryptic, dream-like puzzles.
- #20 DREAMO - Puzzle Adventure
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: Hypnotic AntsPub: Carbon Studio
Windows
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: Surreal 25.1%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 13%, Mystery 8.7%, Exploration 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, puzzle-heavy adventure that takes place in a mysterious, dream-like environment.
- #21 Forgotten Hill The Third Axis
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Enter the twisted world of Forgotten Hill in a new third dimension
Why similar: Escape Room 48.2% ★, Point & Click 15.7%, Surreal 11.4%, Adventure 7.6%, Puzzle 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click horror game that features bizarre puzzles and a distinct, unsettling visual style.
- #22 Viewfinder
79% 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: Surreal 35.8%, Puzzle 17%, First-Person 10.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending puzzle game that uses perspective and photography to alter reality, capturing the surreal essence of the seed game.
- #23 Strange Dream
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Half Flower
Windows
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: Psychedelic 29.8%, Surreal 29.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Exploration 8.7%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological, surreal walking-simulator that emphasizes atmosphere and exploration of dream-like spaces.
- #24 Inscryption
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,872 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Surreal 33.8%, Puzzle 20.2%, Point & Click 19.3%, Story Rich 15.5%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: While a card game at its core, it features a surreal, meta-narrative and escape-room style cabin exploration that fans of Oneiros will appreciate.
- #25 Who's Lila?
80% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Surreal 32.8%, Point & Click 25.1%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological point-and-click game that features unique mechanics and a deep, unsettling narrative.
- #26 The Pillar
83% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: Paper Bunker s.r.o.
Windows · Mac
Welcome to The Pillar! Escape room game leading throughout mystery islands. Solve dozens of puzzles in the first-person adventure.
Why similar: Escape Room 49.8% ★, Hidden Object 14.2%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 7.2%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a relaxing yet mysterious atmosphere with a focus on exploration and environmental puzzles in a surreal, colorful world.
- #27 Tested on Humans: Escape Room
81% matchVery Positive86% of 498 reviews2021
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???
Why similar: Escape Room 51.1% ★, Point & Click 14.5%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Puzzle 9%, Adventure 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven escape-room game that incorporates investigation and puzzle-solving within a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #28 Lucid Cycle
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.
Why similar: Surreal 32.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Exploration 13%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A walking-simulator that focuses on atmospheric exploration and surreal, dream-like imagery.
- #29 Mundaun
78% matchVery Positive93% of 1,446 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden FieldsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Surreal 32.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hand-penciled, atmospheric horror game that offers a surreal, dream-like world to explore and solve puzzles within.
- #30 The Cat Lady
78% matchVery Positive94% of 6,142 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Surreal 23%, Story Rich 11.1%, Puzzle 9.4%, Adventure 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological point-and-click adventure that excels at surreal storytelling and atmospheric, dream-like sequences.
- #31 The Escaper
77% matchVery Positive94% of 772 reviews2020
Dev: Nocturnal works
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
3D escape room game with realtime graphics and physics-based puzzles.
Why similar: Escape Room 42.4% ★, Adventure 14.1%, Point & Click 13.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Hidden Object 9.4%
- #32 GLITCH DADDY
76% matchVery Positive96% of 52 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: Psychedelic 31.9%, Surreal 26.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 7.2%, First-Person 6.4%
- #33 FORM
77% matchVery Positive91% of 979 reviews2017
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.9 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: Surreal 25.4%, Point & Click 20.1%, Hidden Object 10.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, First-Person 6.1%
- #34 Forgotten Hill Mementoes
76% matchVery Positive90% of 267 reviews2018
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Get ready for a puzzling journey through the memory of Forgotten Hill, can you survive?
Why similar: Point & Click 47.2%, Puzzle 21%, Adventure 14.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Indie 6.9%
- #35 HYPNOS
72% matchVery Positive98% of 83 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: Surreal 30.5%, Psychedelic 25.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Mystery 7%
- #36 OYASUMII
73% matchVery Positive83% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: NEO PROJECT Studios
Windows
Relive the nostalgia with OYASUMII, a horror and exploration game inspired by PSX and N64 classics. Enter liminal spaces and face surreal terrors in an adventure that challenges your skills and sanity. Are you ready to relive the golden age of video games with OYASUMII?
Why similar: Escape Room 26.6% ★, Surreal 24.2%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 7.1%
- #37 Causal Loop
71% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Mirebound InteractivePub: Headup
Windows
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: Puzzle 16.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 10.3%, Story Rich 10%
- #38 ONE IN THE BACK
71% matchVery Positive97% of 204 reviews2025
Dev: Mr. Jingo
Windows
An escape-room styled series of puzzles await in the car that seems to contain neither rhyme nor reason. See if you can solve the mysteries of the photographs, and figure out what it means to be the ONE IN THE BACK.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Surreal 16.4%, Hidden Object 15.4%, Puzzle 15.1%, Psychedelic 13.1%
- #39 Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus
73% matchVery Positive81% of 458 reviews2022
Dev: Chubby PixelPub: Chubby Pixel Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition.
Why similar: Surreal 38.3%, Comedy 20%, Puzzle 11.9%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 7.2%
- #40 A Last will and Testament: Adventure
74% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: À̷̟i̸̛͔̪̋́͗̆̑̈́͆̑̈́̅̈́͝r̴̛͎͚͎͍̘̣̈́͑̃͆̾̐̅̑͐̄͊͌̆̊ȩ̸̢̩͎̤̙̝͙̳̯̠̰̒ͅm̴̡̢̜̩͕̹̑́͒̒͒̚Pub: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yet another normal first-person adventure horror game in an escape room style with nice graphics, inventory, story, voiceover and good price & gameplay. Solve puzzles, collect notes. Fulfill the last will and find a testament.
Why similar: Escape Room 28.1% ★, Psychedelic 12.1%, Point & Click 11.3%, Surreal 9.9%, Hidden Object 7.3%
- #41 Dreamcage Escape
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: Big Loop Studios
Windows
Can you escape the Dreamcage? Are you ready to solve puzzles and crack codes in this new and innovative room escape game?
Why similar: Adventure 48.9%, Casual 28.9%, Indie 22.3%
- #42 Play With Me: Escape Room
75% matchMixed63% of 531 reviews2018
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.2%, Hidden Object 22.7%, Puzzle 13.8%, Story Rich 8.5%, Realistic 7.5%
- #43 Onirike
73% matchVery Positive86% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac
Onirike is an original 3D adventure, puzzle and platformer video game which takes place in an intricate open world, designed with a non-linear narrative and presented with a peculiar audio-visual aesthetic.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.4%, Surreal 20.4%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 9.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #44 HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
70% 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: Escape Room 48.8% ★, Surreal 16.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Puzzle 9.3%, Adventure 3.6%
- #45 Niko: Through The Dream
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 230 reviews2015
Dev: Studio Paint
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Puzzle 34.9%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 12.6%, First-Person 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #46 Escape From Lavender Island
69% matchVery Positive99% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
Why similar: Surreal 33.7%, Hidden Object 31.3%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 10.5%, Casual 3.3%
- #47 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: Surreal 30.3%, Point & Click 25.2%, Escape Room 17.7% ★, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 4%
- #48 Manifold Garden
68% 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: Surreal 28.4%, Psychedelic 27.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Exploration 7.3%, First-Person 7.1%
- #49 Escape from Mutation Station
67% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Jay Marksman
Windows
A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Escape Room 47.2% ★, Surreal 21.1%, Point & Click 11%, Puzzle 8.4%, Mystery 5.9%
- #50 Hyperbolica
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,312 reviews2022
Dev: CodeParade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.
Why similar: Surreal 26.2%, Psychedelic 24.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Comedy 8.9%, Exploration 7.5%
- #51 Quern - Undying Thoughts
68% 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: Surreal 18.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Hidden Object 12.1%, Mystery 7.7%
- #52 Awareness Rooms
70% matchVery Positive82% of 566 reviews2016
Dev: GAME NA KIBUNPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You find yourself in a room you know nothing of. As you examine the objects around you, your awareness rises and the room slowly comes into focus. Can you find your way out?
Why similar: Surreal 30%, Puzzle 25.4%, Adventure 18.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Indie 8.8%
- #53 From Earth To Heaven
69% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
In this game, you follow the protagonist who initially fell from heaven back into the sky. Many obstacles, cliffs, and small environmental puzzles are waiting. Are you ready for a beautiful surreal adventure?
Why similar: Surreal 40.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Platformer 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Mystery 6.9%
- #54 Nevrosa: Escape
70% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: GexagonVR
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Nevrosa is an escape room game with horror and action elements, where you are trying to find your way out of laboratory through solving puzzles while being locked in with a strange creature. Mystical machines, old family curse and various endings depending on your ways of play.
Why similar: Escape Room 46.4% ★, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Casual 5.9%, Exploration 5.4%
- #55 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
67% matchVery Positive97% of 371 reviews2022
Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Psychedelic 25.4%, Hidden Object 18.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Mystery 8.8%
- #56 Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 730 reviews2021
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Surreal 48.4%, Exploration 13.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Platformer 10.6%, First-Person 9%
- #57 'n Verlore Verstand
72% matchMixed49% of 186 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: Adventure 23.3%, Puzzle 17.2%, First-Person 11.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Casual 10.1%
- #58 The Room Three
66% 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 26.3%, Escape Room 23.1% ★, Point & Click 16.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Hidden Object 8.9%
- #59 The Mensional
68% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Surreal 27.7%, Puzzle 18.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Platformer 9.7%, Adventure 8.3%
- #60 The Next Door
71% matchMixed50% of 1,080 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?
Why similar: Puzzle 33.5%, Adventure 29.4%, Indie 18.9%, Casual 18.1%