Games Like RŌA

Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.

Why similar: Philosophical 17.9%, Experimental 16.5%, Psychedelic 13.8%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Surreal 11.7%

You are an insect collector. Wander through old summer memories looking for colors.

Why similar: Experimental 21.9%, Philosophical 18.1%, Psychedelic 15.1%, Surreal 10.8%, Walking Simulator 9.3%

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Experimental 19.2%, Psychedelic 15.5%, Philosophical 15.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Nonlinear 5.6%

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 20.3%, Philosophical 16.8%, Psychedelic 16.4%, Surreal 13.9%, Walking Simulator 10.8%

Lost Voice is a story-based first-person sci-fi adventure game with strong action elements, puzzles, and unique gameplay mechanics.

Why similar: Experimental 29.4%, Philosophical 24.6%, Psychedelic 17.1%, Surreal 15.2%, Atmospheric 5.7%

AENTITY challenges you as an artist. Leaving my mind behind, the contours of the ego blur. Past the dream wall are no rules to break, there are playful moves to make, veiled visions to wake, unseen pictures to take.

Why similar: Experimental 21%, Philosophical 18%, Psychedelic 17.6%, Surreal 13.4%, Nonlinear 6.2%

Explore this set of 4 distinct short experimental games and experience impossible worlds filled with audiovisual and narrative contradictions.

Why similar: Experimental 30.5%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Walking Simulator 15%, Surreal 13.6%, First-Person 6%

Explore an avant-garde cubist dream, stimulate your visual senses and immerse yourself in a surreal TRIP. A visually tantalizing open world artware that culminates the player to relax and enjoy a safe enviroment for them to explore at their own pace. There are no objectives, no rules, just art.

Why similar: Experimental 21.8%, Psychedelic 17.5%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Surreal 12.1%, Relaxing 6.9%

A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.

Why similar: Experimental 36%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Philosophical 11.2%, Surreal 9.2%, Stylized 7.6%

Two games in one! - Prove you are not human by completing 9 impossible challenges. - Explore various scenes directly inspired by a poem, solving a few riddles along the way.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Philosophical 16.9%, Surreal 15%, Psychedelic 14%, Experimental 9.8%

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: Experimental 18.9%, Psychedelic 18.1%, Surreal 15.8%, Walking Simulator 10%, Adventure 8.2%

Aquarelle is a surreal adventure with parkour elements, where you have to find a way out of the virtual space into which its creator D-504 fell.

Why similar: Experimental 29%, Surreal 20.1%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Relaxing 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.7%

CUCCCHI is a game where you explore beautiful dioramas and go through dangerous and trippy labyrinths, in a journey inside the paintings of Enzo Cucchi.

Why similar: Experimental 26.2%, Psychedelic 18.7%, Surreal 15.5%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Nonlinear 5.8%

This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange rocky heads. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish.

Why similar: Experimental 24.6%, Philosophical 23.1%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Surreal 13.5%, Psychedelic 11.4%

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: Philosophical 18.5%, Surreal 12.7%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Adventure 8.4%, Relaxing 7.5%

Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!

Why similar: Experimental 32.8%, Philosophical 27.4%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Adventure 4.1%

Overseas is a collection of four short art games, or digital poems. So far, it includes four episodes: a psychedelic trip, a forest horror, a crash course on shamanic techniques, and a simulator of an identity crisis. Take a journey across worlds and figure out the obscure meaning of what is going on.

Why similar: Experimental 20.6%, Philosophical 16.7%, Surreal 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, Adventure 7.2%

Your future is vaster than the cosmos.

Why similar: Experimental 42.5%, Philosophical 32.5%, Surreal 20.6%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Blast your way through millions of particles as you explore someone's dreams in this narrative driven adventure.

Why similar: Experimental 21.3%, Philosophical 17.4%, Surreal 12.8%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Nonlinear 7.1%

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: Philosophical 21.4%, Surreal 14.7%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Stylized 8.5%, Relaxing 8%

Take a break from action-packed franchises and brain teasers. Slowly explore a procedural world of beauty and scan mysterious Treasures and Creatures. Gentle adversity and frequent milestones keep you engaged while you get lost in a pathless paradise.

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.8%, Philosophical 19%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Surreal 15%, Relaxing 8.5%

The Web is a first person pure walking simulator. A surreal journey. Explore an interconnected web of environments. Discover strange places and meet odd characters.

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.2%, Surreal 18.4%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Philosophical 16.6%, Experimental 6.7%

Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.

Why similar: Experimental 39.9%, Philosophical 17.8%, Surreal 16.4%, First-Person 8.4%, Walking Simulator 7.6%

Sometimes art isn't the product of a grand vision but rather the process. It's hard to know what you are trying to say until you've already said it.

Why similar: Experimental 21.8%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Surreal 14.5%, Philosophical 14.4%, Relaxing 7.9%

Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.

Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, Psychedelic 19.7%, Walking Simulator 18%, Adventure 7.4%, Stylized 6.7%

Welcome to AnderKant 3, with improved visuals and great music to inspire your soul while you're pondering about life. Prepare to explore 7 abstract environments with 7 tracks each carefully crafted for a unique vibe for each world.

Why similar: Philosophical 22.6%, Psychedelic 20.4%, Surreal 15%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Adventure 8%

Reflections is a real-world adventure game where every action you take has meaningful consequences that radically shape the experience. Each action you take is punctuated by flushing the black and white environment with color, illustrating your progress and providing clues to what your future might hold.

Why similar: Experimental 43%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, First-Person 10.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 8%

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 27.9%, Surreal 16.2%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Relaxing 7.9%, Stylized 7.1%

Help Lily use her imagination to unlock her memories and relive the events of a night that changed her life. Discover what happened and what is 103.

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.2%, Surreal 17.8%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Relaxing 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Explore multiple dimensions in a psychedelic world. Solve puzzles and overcome obstacles on gravity-defying platforms.Welcome to trippy world of Psikodelya!

Why similar: Experimental 28.9%, Psychedelic 23.5%, Surreal 16.5%, Relaxing 7.8%, First-Person 7.5%

MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.

Why similar: Experimental 38.4%, Philosophical 20.9%, Surreal 17.5%, Relaxing 7.9%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Take on Henry David Thoreau’s classic adventure in living simply in nature as you explore this epic open world game based on the story of Thoreau’s life in the woods alone at Walden Pond.

Why similar: Philosophical 28.5%, Experimental 27%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Adventure 14%, Indie 11%

Manipulate the look, sound, and feel of more than a dozen mesmerizing landscapes in this immersive musical adventure through space and time.

Why similar: Experimental 45.5%, Psychedelic 23.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Indie 6.7%

Listen to the whispers of the sands in this meditative journey. Seek the light of the desert and confront its shadow in meditation. Uncover echoes of lost souls as you survive a boundless sea of dunes.

Why similar: Philosophical 22.8%, Psychedelic 19.2%, Surreal 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Relaxing 6.5%

OK/NORMAL is a short, experimental third-person horror experience, inspired by early 3D console games of the 90's. Journey through a dark, disjointed, dreamlike dimension with your cloud companion! Remember a good diet, take your medicine, and you should be fine!

Why similar: Experimental 32.2%, Psychedelic 30.4%, Surreal 22.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 6.8%

The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.

Why similar: Psychedelic 35.2%, Surreal 21.2%, Walking Simulator 7.7%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Adventure 5.6%

Exploration-focused walking simulator. Traverse abstract worlds. Interact with enigmatic characters. Collect memories from the one who came before you.

Why similar: Surreal 28.8%, Walking Simulator 23.3%, Psychedelic 18.4%, Nonlinear 11%, First-Person 9.7%

Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.3%, Philosophical 18.4%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Surreal 16.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%

A ritual for the darkest of times. A game about community and change in a fractured world.

Why similar: Experimental 36.3%, Psychedelic 21.4%, Surreal 17.9%, First-Person 8.1%, Nonlinear 6%

A virtual reality experience where you explore mysterious landscapes and meet the entities inhabiting it.

Why similar: Experimental 28%, Psychedelic 16.7%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Philosophical 10.7%, First-Person 6.2%

Three AI Lifeforms used to live here, thinking and dreaming about their existence. Three AI Lifeforms went on into a higher reality and left everything behind. Three AI Lifeforms stories are left to unfold… Can you understand and unravel their past? Their AI Stories? Made by Emir Akyazi

Why similar: Psychedelic 24.1%, Philosophical 18.8%, Surreal 17.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Colorful 6.3%

Ready for a wild trip of psychedelic sights and sounds? 0°N 0°W is a chill, first-person walking sim for everyone, where each run is a fresh adventure!

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.5%, Surreal 18.4%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Nonlinear 7.3%, Colorful 7.1%

From Lee Petty and Double Fine Productions, Keeper is an atmospheric puzzle adventure in which a long-forgotten lighthouse is awakened and, joined by a spirited seabird, it embarks upon a heartening tale of unlikely companionship, and an unexpected journey into realms beyond understanding

Why similar: Psychedelic 28.8%, Surreal 18.2%, Philosophical 16.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Adventure 7.3%

Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.

Why similar: Experimental 50.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Indie 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%

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 27.2%, Experimental 19.8%, Philosophical 13.8%, Surreal 13%, First-Person 8.2%

TMOY is a series of interactive art installations hidden inside a first person adventure game. Explore the “museum” and the surreal void space it resides in, make choices, discover new worlds, play (or suffer through) a variety of strange minigames - it’s up to you. It is your museum, after all.

Why similar: Philosophical 23.8%, Surreal 16.7%, Experimental 16.4%, Psychedelic 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13.8%

INTRAQUARTZ is a multidimensional experimental maze puzzler where you control a microscopic mining rover inside extraterrestrial crystals.

Why similar: Experimental 32.6%, Psychedelic 23.6%, Surreal 12.8%, First-Person 6.9%, Colorful 6%

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.9%, Surreal 16.4%, Philosophical 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Adventure 9.2%

A surrealist experience in a strange museum

Why similar: Experimental 50.1%, Psychedelic 23%, First-Person 11%, Colorful 7.9%, Casual 4%

Chionophile is a very short experience about the mood of winter in the woods.

Why similar: Experimental 42.7%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Philosophical 12.9%, First-Person 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Climb to the top to learn The Master's teachings. Extremely short game.

Why similar: Experimental 31.5%, Walking Simulator 22.2%, Indie 9.9%, Relaxing 8.9%, Adventure 8.8%

Relaxing casual puzzle game. Create your own combinations of physical world objects, watch and run physical simulations, create new messages and share your creations with other players. Receive packages from the cloud and unpack it.

Why similar: Experimental 40.5%, Psychedelic 25.4%, Relaxing 10%, Surreal 8.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.

Why similar: Experimental 24.7%, Philosophical 24.2%, Surreal 17.5%, Walking Simulator 11%, Stylized 6.9%

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Why similar: Experimental 24.2%, Philosophical 21.4%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, First-Person 6.2%

Lovingly crafted with pen & ink, by one person over 4.5 years. In The Collage Atlas your presence, your gaze, your movements all matter. With these things you breathe life into this hand-drawn picture-book dream-world.

Why similar: Philosophical 25%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Stylized 11.8%, First-Person 10.9%, Relaxing 10.5%

Harm – a manic-depressive young man in possession of a magical, flying door – seeks to use an ancient, derelict technology to harvest the souls of his homeworld and send everyone (including himself) to heaven.

Why similar: Experimental 30.1%, Psychedelic 27.7%, Surreal 18.7%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 7.4%

Explore and unravel the mall of your mind in this surreal adventure game.

Why similar: Philosophical 43.4%, Walking Simulator 26.8%, Surreal 17.6%, Indie 8.8%, Casual 3.5%

Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.

Why similar: Experimental 26%, Philosophical 23.6%, Surreal 14%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Adventure 8.1%

Brainwasher™ is a relaxing, exploration-based sim where you pilot a Mindsweeper to clear clutter, restore balance, and expand. With procedurally generated landscapes, soothing soundscapes, and mindful breaks, the only challenge is embracing stillness. No enemies, no stress—just peace.

Why similar: Philosophical 28%, Psychedelic 18%, Surreal 15.2%, Relaxing 8.7%, Atmospheric 7%

A first-person puzzle game where you explore a maze and your identity.

Why similar: Philosophical 26.7%, Surreal 15.9%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Stylized 8.4%, First-Person 8.3%