- #1 CINERIS IV
97% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Sayın Ent.
Windows
CINERIS IV is a first-person psychological thriller set on a desolate planet. As a deep-space observer, operate complex telescope arrays to find a new home for humanity and maintain your station against the harsh elements.
Why similar: Thriller 29.6%, Mystery 20.1%, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Exploration 5.6%
- #2 Proxima Divide
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Emberline Studios
Windows
A first-person sci-fi survival game where you explore a mysterious alien planet, manage oxygen and resources, craft tools, and uncover the secrets of a lost research colony.
Why similar: Survival 22.3%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Mystery 18%, Space 16.1%, First-Person 9.8%
- #3 Drift
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Crux Game Studios
Windows
Stranded on a desolate deep-space outpost, your mission gone horrifically wrong, you must now face an unspeakable, monstrous foe. Explore the station's dark recesses, survive terrifying encounters, and confront your own tormented past in this narrative sci-fi horror experience.
Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Philosophical 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Space 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%
- #4 Project Enceladus
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tamás Fülöp
Windows
A first-person puzzle-platformer psychological horror where you explore the fragmented mind of a murderer to uncover the truth behind a tragic space station massacre.
Why similar: Thriller 25.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Logic 9%, Space 7.8%
- #5 ECH8
94% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: MOON@NOON
Windows · Linux
ECH8 is a single-player narrative puzzle game about the mystery behind the disappearance of an entire species. Communicate with their past, decide their future. Will you find the truth in time, or are you doomed to repeat the same mistakes? The current release is Chapter 0, a free standalone demo.
Why similar: Space 19.2%, Mystery 18.9%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Linear 11%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #6 ALONE IN SPACE
94% 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 22.7%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Survival 14.6%, Exploration 11.9%, First-Person 9.6%
- #7 ONTOS
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
A sci-fi mystery set on the repurposed moon hotel Samsara. Uncover cryptic experiments, face unsettling encounters, and piece together a mind-bending narrative. The deeper you go, the more the truth unravels as you confront the ultimate question: What is reality?
Why similar: Thriller 24.4%, Philosophical 18.6%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Exploration 8.4%
- #8 SPACE WALK
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Husman Games
Windows
SPACE WALK is a hands-on first-person astronaut simulation where you operate an orbital station and conduct surface expeditions across the Moon.
Why similar: Space 20.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Thriller 14.8%, First-Person 12.2%, Exploration 12%
- #9 Worker 42
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sheyper
Windows
Worker 42 is a single-player first-person exploration game. Use your scanner to find your way in the interstellar darkness of space. Repair the various systems of the station, complete your tasks and return to Earth. But something seems wrong on this planet.
Why similar: Thriller 18.9%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Space 12.5%, Exploration 11.6%
- #10 RESBS
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RESB
Windows
RESBS is a first-person space survival simulation where you and your friends cooperate to survive in zero gravity on a space station!
Why similar: 6DOF 32.8% ★, Space 17.7%, Survival 15.9%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 8.3%
- #11 Total Reload
90% matchPositive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: TORSHOCK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Artificial Intelligence named HAWKING activate an incredible mechanism that can reload the Universe!
Why similar: Philosophical 17.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Mystery 12.8%, Logic 12.5%, Exploration 10.8%
- #12 Epsilon Eridana
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asperatus Games
Windows
Epsilon Eridana is a story-driven sci-fi survival horror with a heavy focus on exploration. Your goal is to investigate what happened to the crew of abandoned space base and unravel the terryfying secrets of the first extraterrestrial contact.
Why similar: Thriller 20.1%, Space 13.4%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Survival 12%, Mystery 11.8%
- #13 Moon Mystery
88% matchMixed65% of 721 reviews2024
Dev: CosmoscoutsPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.
Why similar: Philosophical 17%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Space 14.1%, Mystery 14%, Linear 8.9%
- #14 The Fall of Lazarus
89% matchMixed64% of 123 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
Why similar: Sci-fi 20.6%, Space 18.6%, Mystery 18%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 8.4%
- #15 The Last Signal
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scratched Metal
Windows
Allow me to share a story with an ending you won't see coming...
Why similar: Thriller 32.6%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Space 12.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Exploration 10.2%
- #16 Destination Primus Vita - Ep. 1
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Epsilon Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Destination Primus Vita is a narrative, first-person and episodic puzzle game set in a science-fiction universe. Follow the adventures of our main six characters: Austin, Hayao, Artemis, BrX, Geny and Coby as they travel across the cosmos to Primus Vita to complete their vital mission… to save life on Earth!
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.7%, Philosophical 19.4%, Space 12.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #17 ARCA-102
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Atale Studios
Windows
Face logic challenges in this Escape Room game, where every second counts! Join Mirra, your mercenary partner, to uncover the mysteries of an abandoned colonizer ship on an unknown planet.
Why similar: Mystery 23%, Space 20.9%, Exploration 16.1%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Logic 9%
- #18 Last Known Vector
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Burrow Studio
Windows
A short first-person sci-fi game focused on repairing a failing ship. Restore critical systems while avoiding a strange entity that has boarded your vessel.
Why similar: Thriller 25%, Sci-fi 21.3%, Mystery 20.7%, Space 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%
- #19 The Obsessive Shadow
84% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Pablo HeckmanPub: PMH Interactive LLC
Windows · Linux
The Obsessive Shadow is a Survival Horror Game about a stalker you can't exactly Identify. With nothing but your eyes and a flashlight at your disposal, it's up to you to survive whatever horrific person or thing is out there watching you...
Why similar: 6DOF 26.6% ★, Thriller 19.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Survival 9.3%
- #20 THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE: Director's Cut
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2023
Dev: Three Dots Games
Windows
Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.
Why similar: Thriller 19.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Logic 9.6%, Exploration 7.7%
- #21 The Hunter
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GameBit Interactive
Windows
An entity has kidnapped you. Your goal is to escape the forest in various ways before dawn, while uncovering the terrifying secrets of this entity and the mysterious forest or else a truly horrific fate awaits you...
Why similar: Thriller 22.2%, Mystery 18%, Survival 15.8%, Exploration 12.5%, First-Person 9.3%
- #22 STAR TALE: Odyssey One
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jose Antonio Cuesta GarciaPub: TrabajoCreativo
Windows
This is not a rescue mission. No one is coming. This is survival. You awaken alone aboard an infested colony ship carrying the last survivors of humanity. Restore critical systems, manage oxygen, and confront hostile organisms while the AI guiding you seems to be hiding something.
Why similar: Thriller 23.1%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Space 15%, Survival 14.8%, Exploration 8.8%
- #23 Project: Nova
82% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Fringe Realities
Windows
Solve puzzles in VR, Explore the Nova Aurora, Repair its damaged systems! As the last engineer onboard, experience the isolation of being stranded alone. As you progress through the story you will face puzzles and consequences which will determine the fate of the voyage. How will you proceed?
Why similar: 6DOF 33% ★, Space 14.8%, Sci-fi 12%, Exploration 10.7%, Linear 8.9%
- #24 The Event
81% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Games
Windows
The Event is a first-person psychological horror game that offers immersive gameplay and a rich narrative. Find yourself stuck in mystery and struggle in the dark against paranormal activities, demons from other worlds and much more. Will you be able to find out the truth and return home?
Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Linear 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%
- #25 No Register
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dinity Studios
Windows
Cross the threshold between existence and non-existence in search of a forbidden singularity. Decipher the logic of an abstract realm, solve puzzles, and survive the vigilance of the Guardians who protect this domain. Accept the destiny set before you or break the silence to forge your own.
Why similar: Thriller 32.3%, Survival 16.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Logic 11.3%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #26 We Don't Exist
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SoulsQuest Games
Windows
A maze of cubic rooms. Traps that never forgive. A voice logging your every move. Other subjects ready to betray you. Officially, you don't exist… but the horrors you'll commit to survive — those will exist.
Why similar: Thriller 19.1%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Mystery 11%, Survival 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #27 TARTARUS
80% matchMixed54% of 215 reviews2017
Dev: Abyss Gameworks
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Can the cook save the ship?
Why similar: Thriller 18%, Sci-fi 16%, Space 14.3%, Survival 11.8%, Adventure 9.6%
- #28 Labyrinth deLux - A Crusoe Quest
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: K5 Factory GmbH
Windows
Solve 16 mind bending puzzles by guiding a laser beam through a maze of mirrors and prisms. Walk on walls and ceilings through a unique magnetic shoe locomotion. Enjoy a funny frame story between a female space trucker and her overly correct AI companion.
Why similar: 6DOF 28.1% ★, Space 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Linear 11.5%, Exploration 11.5%
- #29 Rivage
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 351 reviews2026
Dev: Exnilo StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Rivage is an immersive sci-fi puzzle adventure set aboard the A.R.E.S. space station trapped in a space phenomenon. Wake up as Miranda, forced to explore, solve intricate puzzles to unravel the fate of your missing crew.
Why similar: Philosophical 15.5%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Logic 11.9%, Space 11.1%
- #30 K2-18b: Legacy
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Synthetic Void Dev
Windows · Linux
Immerse yourself in the mysterious atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b. Traverse its unusual labyrinths, uncover a captivating story, and reveal the world's secrets - all set to an atmospheric original soundtrack.
Why similar: Philosophical 17%, Space 14.2%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Exploration 9.3%
- #31 Asteroid Five
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Deep Dive Project
Windows
A first person space exploration game where you investigate the inner caves of an asteroid passing by your planet. Dive into the deeps of the asteroid aboard your ship, collecting information and samples of many beautiful minerals and lifeforms while searching for more complex and intelligent beings
Why similar: Space 21.1%, Mystery 20.7%, Sci-fi 15%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 7.4%
- #32 True Abstraction: Rewind
76% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: PrismBytes
Windows · Linux
Solve puzzles in a secret, Lunar facility, while trying to not get killed by whatever nightmare still roams the chambers.
Why similar: Space 16%, Logic 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Linear 12.4%, Exploration 10.9%
- #33 Krystopia: A Puzzle Journey
77% 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 29.3%, Sci-fi 27.3%, Space 18.2%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 10.7%
- #34 Dire Echo
73% matchMixed67% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
Why similar: Thriller 27.6%, Space 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Exploration 8.9%
- #35 Backrooms: New Gate
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Torna GamesPub: AzaFoxy Software
Windows
An immersive wandering simulator through the endless Backrooms. Explore empty corridors, listen to their whisper, and lose yourself in the depths of dark spaces. A subtly oppressive atmosphere, meditative strangeness, and the feeling of an alien, silent world.
Why similar: Thriller 29.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Survival 10.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #36 Project Regolith
74% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Regolith Interactive
Windows
Work together with a partner to solve a series of non-Euclidean Escape Room puzzles to uncover the mystery behind the vanished crew of Outpost Rhea, a deep-space research facility experiencing strange spatial anomalies.
Why similar: Sci-fi 19.2%, Space 17.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Logic 10.5%, Exploration 10.4%
- #37 Soul Axiom
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 252 reviews2016
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
From the studio that brought you Master Reboot comes a first-person story-driven adventure puzzle game, set in the beautiful, haunting cyber-world of Elysia. Collect unique hand powers, discover multiple endings and choose your own destiny as you unravel the mystery of your digital afterlife.
Why similar: Sci-fi 20.5%, Mystery 19.5%, Thriller 18.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 11.8%
- #38 Behind The Backrooms : Lost Levels
73% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: SupKai
Windows
Behind The Backrooms: Lost Levels is survival horror game where you explore eerie, hidden levels filled with terrifying entities, cryptic puzzles, and relentless dangers. survive deadly encounters, and find your way out—before you become another lost soul trapped forever.
Why similar: Thriller 30%, Mystery 16.7%, Exploration 15.1%, First-Person 10.8%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #39 KunKunPrison
72% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: EMSRoy
Windows
This is a fictional story. In the game, you need to gather clues and uncover the secrets of this prison and leave safely. All content in the game is unrelated to reality, and any similarity is purely coincidental.
Why similar: Thriller 27.7%, Mystery 17.9%, Exploration 15.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Puzzle 10%
- #40 The Subject
75% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows · Linux
You have been taken prisoner and sold to a deep space testing facility. Upon arrival, you are fitted with a device forcing you to participate in their experiment. Released into a massive complex, the dark halls wind around testing rooms and conceal pieces to puzzles. There is no option but to comply.
Why similar: Thriller 19.8%, Sci-fi 17%, Survival 13.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Exploration 8.7%
- #41 Red Matter 2
72% matchVery Positive92% of 707 reviews2022
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Enter an extraordinarily convincing sci-fi world in this story-driven VR puzzle adventure. Explore off-world facilities, operate tactile tools, solve environmental puzzles, and unravel a reality-bending Cold War mystery.
Why similar: 6DOF 23.5% ★, Mystery 16.6%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Story Rich 8.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #42 Dead Relay
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Yagir.inc
Windows
Dead Relay is a PSX-style survival horror game. As a field engineer sent to a blacked-out relay station, you must restore power, explore classified sectors, and decode encrypted logs. But the facility isn't empty — and the system itself seems to be watching your every step.
Why similar: Thriller 22.1%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Exploration 10.2%, Linear 9.5%
- #43 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Thriller 27.3%, Mystery 20.1%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Story Rich 10.1%, Philosophical 9.9%
- #44 The LIK
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mad Alice
Windows
Your daughter is sick. Hoping to alleviate her condition, you go to a distant temple. But your daughter disappears, your mind too, and the inhabitants of the church are not in the best mood for you. Will you be able to learn all the secrets of the Temple and get out of there alive?
Why similar: Thriller 25.6%, Philosophical 14.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Exploration 9.4%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #45 Static
73% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Dogwood GamingPub: -
Windows
A futuristic psychological thriller escape room adventure taking you through the once full apartment that you are responsible for.
Why similar: Thriller 35.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Exploration 11.3%, Sci-fi 10%, First-Person 9.3%
- #46 Lúmina: Prelude
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deep CanyonPub: Reckless Monster Studio
Windows
Explore a forgotten city, solve spatial puzzles, reactivate its dormant systems, and follow a mysterious voice through the ruins of Lumina.
Why similar: Mystery 22.3%, Sci-fi 20%, Exploration 14.4%, Logic 13.2%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #47 EXISTENTIAL
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahmet Zahit DönmezPub: Ascetic
Windows
EXISTENTIAL is a first-person story-driven puzzle game that offers a unique solution that will put your existence into the game world.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.2%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Linear 10.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #48 Fresh Hell
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beetruth
Windows
Restore your home planet to be the thriving wasteland it once was, in order to reboot everyone you know. Venture out into space, gather resources to fix your home, and piece together the mystery of how (and why) the plants have taken over.
Why similar: Space 19.9%, Mystery 17.2%, Survival 16.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.9%
- #49 Cognition Method: Initiation
70% matchVery Positive83% of 464 reviews2021
Dev: Team Cognition
Windows
Free demo for Cognition Method - a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover an innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveal a non-ordinary story.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.3%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Logic 12.6%, Space 12.3%, Exploration 8.3%
- #50 Project ReMind
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Hog Studio
Windows
In this realistic first person puzzle game, you truly created Artificial Consciousness. Why it disappears just after creation with a simple goodbye is your obsessing mystery. Will you solve it within your shattered memories, even if they are altered by something not quite human?
Why similar: Sci-fi 19.7%, Mystery 16.9%, First-Person 12.3%, Story Rich 10.4%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #51 Deliver Us The Moon
69% matchVery Positive88% of 9,582 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future where Earth's natural resources are depleted. In an effort to solve the energy crisis, global powers created the World Space Agency and secured a promising new source of energy on the moon.
Why similar: Space 26.9%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Adventure 12.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #52 Lily
68% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: CornmealPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
Step into the story of a young girl tormented by her past. Discover dark mysteries and solve complicated riddles on a scary school campus. The unsettling atmosphere, important clues, and Lily's broken recollections await you. Can you help her find comfort in darkness?
Why similar: Thriller 29.5%, Mystery 23.3%, First-Person 15.5%, Adventure 11.4%, Exploration 9.1%
- #53 SILVER FALLS
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fractum
Windows
Arrive in Alaska to solve a case involving a macabre discovery. Interview witnesses, gather clues in the night woods, and uncover the dark secret of Silver Falls. Try to maintain your sanity in this chilling psychological VHS horror.
Why similar: 6DOF 26.7% ★, Thriller 25%, Exploration 9.2%, Story Rich 7.8%, Mystery 7%
- #54 A Wake Inn: Rebooked
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VR Bros
Windows
A singleplayer FPP horror-action game in which you are an awakened mannequinn on a wheelchair. You're exploring the mystery of your existence in the dark corridors of Silver Inn hotel, discovering the secrets of its past, facing its current unparalleled inhabitants and solving various logic puzzles.
Why similar: Thriller 20.2%, Philosophical 17.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Logic 11.2%, Exploration 8.2%
- #55 Photon Engineer
67% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Grégory PetitPub: Deer Vision
Windows · Linux
Master laser manipulation and environmental control in this sci-fi puzzle game. Unleash your creativity and uncover the secrets of mysterious platforms that have suddenly appeared near Jupiter.
Why similar: Mystery 16.9%, Space 15.5%, Logic 15.2%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Exploration 10.5%
- #56 ITRP _ Vacuum Bless
65% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Unhexigon
Windows
You are hanging on a spaceship amidst the endless vacuum. You’ve got to options: either perish there, or collect yourself and find the fabled rescue shuttle.
Why similar: Logic 19.4%, Space 14.6%, Exploration 14.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #57 The House On Ninth Avenue
69% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Project Studios
Windows
Explore the house and surrounding garden to uncover clues and to find a way out.
Why similar: Thriller 42.1%, Sci-fi 24.2%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Indie 5.8%
- #58 The Name I Wear
64% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: ISART DIGITAL
Windows
In an ancient riad once used as the base of a spy network, retrace the events and people tied to a forgotten tragedy. Your weapon? Names. Find them, write them, become them. This game was created by students from the video game school ISART Digital as part of their final-year project.
Why similar: Logic 19.6%, Thriller 17.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Exploration 13.2%, First-Person 10.1%
- #59 The Talos Principle
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 33,076 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Philosophical 32.4%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Story Rich 8.3%