- #1 Beyond The Underworld
97% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Peacock Games
Windows
As you wake up as a different being with no memory of why you are here, you will explore a gorgeous underworld with spirits and unique creatures to help you find the way. Go from the red fields of The Crimson Zone to the vast beaches of The Silver Coast to the final run to Elysium.
Why similar: Adventure 38.1%, Indie 28.6%, Beautiful 17.7% ★, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Story Rich 2.8%
- #2 RUN OR FIGHT
96% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: KuKo
Windows
RUN OR FIGHT - it's an action filled game in which you will try to survive in dangerous environment filled with deadly traps, landmines, scorching fires and evil aliens!
Why similar: Beautiful 32.5% ★, Adventure 28.3%, Indie 21.9%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%
- #3 Perpetual Dream
96% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Léo-Paul Sévin
Windows
Perpetual Dream is a FPV puzzle game telling the story of a dream hiding a lot of secrets... Discover several environnements to seek your past !
Why similar: Adventure 43.7%, Indie 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Story Rich 4.6%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #4 Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”
95% matchPositive80% of 46 reviews2020
Dev: Snot Bubbles Productions
Windows
Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.
Why similar: Adventure 40.8%, Indie 30.2%, Beautiful 17.1% ★, Horror 5.3%, Story Rich 3%
- #5 Diastone: Memories
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Souluted GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
Discover a world unknown to you, becoming the figure before whom the universe itself shudders, the one unacquainted with the confines of time and space, experiencing the lives of different individuals. Transform into someone who fears only one thing: the creature trailing closely behind.
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Indie 28.1%, Horror 17.5%, Story Rich 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #6 CRIMSON ROOM® DECADE
94% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Dream HoldingsPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
”I've been here before..." Jean-Jacques Gordot woke up to find himself trapped in a red room. A door that won't open, a hanging light bulb, scattered wine bottles. And for some reason, this room gives him a feeling of deja vu...
Why similar: Adventure 45%, Indie 33.7%, Horror 14.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #7 Aporia: Beyond The Valley
93% matchVery Positive83% of 760 reviews2017
Dev: Invisible Walls
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 34%, Indie 23.6%, Beautiful 14.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Horror 7.9%
- #8 看白海豚的好日子 A Perfect Day for White Dolphin
92% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: 寒蟬
Windows
改編自乾綠郎的小說《完美的蛇頸龍之日》。 在這個時代,人們可以透過SC裝置和植物人進行感應。 感應淺者知道自己正在虛擬世界之中;感應深者,則會分不清虛幻與現實。 即使如此,黃芷欣還是決定和植物人弟弟芷樂進行感應,她必須找出芷樂自殺的原因。
Why similar: Adventure 50.3%, Indie 37.2%, Horror 5.5%, Story Rich 3.7%, Atmospheric 3.3%
- #9 Gathering Sky
91% matchVery Positive93% of 333 reviews2015
Dev: A Stranger Gravity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Guide a flock of birds on a playful journey across the sky.
Why similar: Adventure 45.7%, Indie 35.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%
- #10 Storm Boy
90% matchVery Positive87% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Blowfish Studios
Windows · Mac
Based on Colin Thiele's 1964 children’s book of the same name, Storm Boy takes place on the beaches of South Australia near the mouth of the Murray River, where the titular protagonist rescues orphaned pelican chicks, one of whom later becomes the child’s pet and faithful companion, Mr. Percival.
Why similar: Adventure 33.6%, Beautiful 25.2% ★, Indie 23%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #11 Vernon's Legacy
91% matchMixed57% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: TripleBrick
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Vernon's Legacy is an horror adventure with an enigmatic story that takes place nearly a century ago. You are playing as Robert, the new owner of Dunkenhof manor.
Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, Indie 31%, Horror 17.5%, Story Rich 10%
- #12 Radio Station
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Nikolay Karakelyan
Windows
Radio Station is a single-player first-person game in which you have to get out of the existing situation.
Why similar: Adventure 43.5%, Indie 32.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Story Rich 4.3%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #13 Barrow Hill: The Dark Path
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: Shadow Tor StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Follow the Dark Path into a world of Druidic lore and Celtic myths. It is the Autumn Equinox on Barrow Hill, a time of great power, when the ancient standing stones are at their most powerful and dangerous. You have one night to make the offerings, follow the Dark Path and escape Barrow Hill.
Why similar: Adventure 53.2%, Indie 34.1%, Horror 12.7%
- #14 UNIDENTIFIED
89% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: DARKSIDEMOON
Windows
Let's play the game in the form of relive the record of the escape that remains as a video.
Why similar: Adventure 49.1%, Indie 36.8%, Horror 14.2%
- #15 Damnaze
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: INGO
Windows
You were taken into this damn maze, but you are not the first, and you are not the last.Here you do not have friends.You have only hope for salvation. To escape from this place you can use absolutely everything that you have found.
Why similar: Adventure 48.4%, Indie 36.3%, Horror 15.3%
- #16 Ira Act 1: Pilgrimage
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ore LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A child reaches for the stars, burdened by circumstance. Folks chained by debt, indentured to the powers at large. Mankind thrust to the stars following after a signal spanning the void of space and time itself.
Why similar: Adventure 52.9%, Indie 38.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #17 Breath of the Forest
85% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Fz Labs
Windows
You will experience the journey of the Kaiak, a native who was chosen by Mother Nature to fight an evil entity that wants to destroy the forest and animals. Get ready to use the magic bow of Tupã and control the four natural elements.
Why similar: Adventure 48%, Indie 36.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Story Rich 3.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #18 Chicken in the Darkness
86% matchPositive100% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: Jaesung KimPub: BukGwak
Windows
The game "Chicken in the darkness" is a roguelike-indie-horror game developed by 3 highschool students. The main character, a highschool student who lives in a dorm, plans with his friends to order a fried chicken and get delivered.
Why similar: Adventure 45.9%, Indie 36.7%, Horror 17.4%
- #19 The Initiate
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 202 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Adventure 31.1%, Indie 24%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Horror 11.2%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #20 Inops
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: ZRZStudio
Windows
Dive into the wondrous world of the Inops! The 2D puzzle based side scrolling adventure of dark and light. Battle the fire breathing demons and rescue the scattered Inops.
Why similar: Adventure 47.1%, Indie 35.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Atmospheric 3.2%, 2D 2.2%
- #21 Rocket of Whispers: Prologue
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 275 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
In a chilling cellar below the apocalyptic snow, Fei Lin the witch wakes up from hibernation, and ventures into the forsaken world. Guide her through the process of escaping the cellar, and seeing the changed world for her first time.
Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Indie 29.9%, Great Soundtrack 27.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #22 I Am Dead
81% matchVery Positive82% of 449 reviews2020
Dev: Hollow PondsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.
Why similar: Adventure 34%, Indie 25.3%, Beautiful 21.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #23 Shadows
84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Logan Apple
Windows
Shadows is a puzzle-based platformer taking place in a mysterious, silhouetted world. Your goal is to construct a beacon of light to call for help and find your way home. Throughout your journey, you will need to balance the powers of light and darkness to keep yourself alive.
Why similar: Adventure 39.3%, Indie 30.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #24 Baobabs Mausoleum Ep.2: 1313 Barnabas Dead End Drive
82% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Celery Emblem™
Windows · Mac
Baobabs Mausoleum™. The second episode mixing Monkey Island, Zelda Link´s Awakening DX with Twin Peaks and SpongeBob Squarepants. Welcome To the "open town" of Flamingo´s Creek: Population 64.
Why similar: Adventure 39.9%, Indie 29.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Horror 7.7%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #25 The Darkest Woods
82% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: teamsupport
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you remember those horror flash games? Early quests? Well this is the idea.
Why similar: Adventure 46%, Indie 34.5%, Horror 19.4%
- #26 Projection: First Light
79% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Shadowplay StudiosPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Projection: First Light follows Greta on a puzzle-platforming adventure through a mythological shadow puppet world, as she embarks on a journey across cultures meeting legendary heroes.
Why similar: Adventure 33.7%, Indie 25.8%, Beautiful 22.8% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #27 FRACTER
79% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: 4L GAMES LTD.
Windows
FRACTER follows a veiled young hero who has set out on a perilous quest for light through a cryptic labyrinth of shadows.
Why similar: Adventure 31.8%, Beautiful 24.9% ★, Indie 24.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #28 SECTOR 40: The Soviet Legacy
78% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Fifteen Feet
Windows
SECTOR 40 is a fictional discovery game with a slightly sinister atmosphere. Have an adventure in the darkness of Siberia and discover the heritage of the Soviet Union in its sad fate.
Why similar: Adventure 52.9%, Indie 39.6%, Horror 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #29 Layers of Fear VR
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 273 reviews2019
Dev: Incuvo S.A.Pub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Enter a tangibly horrifying Virtual Reality and explore a mansion of horror as an artist falling into the depths of insanity. Will you find the muse for your masterpiece... or madness?
Why similar: Adventure 51.2%, Indie 38.7%, Horror 7.1%, Atmospheric 2.9%
- #30 Queen of Seas 2
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: KomBits Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Queen of Seas 2 is a platform game based on elements of afro-brazilian culture. Player needs to bring hope back to the village, rescuing the villager’s lost memories in the ocean floor to make faith in Yemanjá return to the hearts of the residents.
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Indie 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Story Rich 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #31 BlackShadows
81% matchVery Negative17% of 169 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 16%
BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly!
Why similar: Adventure 44.5%, Indie 35.9%, Horror 19.5%
- #32 Position
76% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Green Bug Games
Windows
Welcome to meditative story adventure about worlds, fantasies and eternal reasoning of mankind. Do not get lost.
Why similar: Adventure 35.2%, Beautiful 28.2% ★, Indie 25.8%, Story Rich 4.9%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #33 Bucket Detective
77% matchVery Positive86% of 274 reviews2017
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A dark comedy/horror game by Jesse Barksdale, creator of the static speaks my name. Help a cult complete a ritual in exchange for divine inspiration to finish writing your terrible novel. A story-focused experience which takes around 45 minutes to complete.
Why similar: Adventure 51.3%, Indie 36.2%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #34 Den vänstra handens stig
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Newmark Software
Windows · Mac
Den vänstra handens stig is a transcendental blackened narrative experience that focuses on courage, determination and sacrifice.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #35 Trace of the past
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Konev
Windows
In this horror story, you will go to explore the old boarding school to find out a secret of your forgotten past.
Why similar: Adventure 44.6%, Indie 33.4%, Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #36 Dark Night
78% matchMostly Negative37% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: NighthoodGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Welcome home Amelia, familiar eyes are watching you, and they want to play. Home alone you can feel them. You can hear their footsteps. You need to move. You have limited visibility. Light a matchstick to see in the dark. Close your eyes. Start begging for your life.
Why similar: Indie 41.1%, Adventure 39.9%, Horror 19%
- #37 LETHE: Broken memories
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cuatro Monos Games
Windows
Enter into the mind of Alan Zane, a loving husband and father, who is on the brink of losing his memories. Alzheimer's disease is trying to block your way, will you be able to remember your own life?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #38 A Long Stroll
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Nanasi Project
Windows
The game that an old woman walks in a long straight road.
Why similar: Beautiful 46.4% ★, Adventure 40.4%, Atmospheric 8%, 2D 5.1%
- #39 Ikao The Lost Souls
74% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2019
Dev: YukiOstudio
Windows
Ikao, a little bluish creature, suddenly finds himself in the abyss of time without any memory. After coming out he has no choice but to travel the world in search of answers to the mystery behind his past.
Why similar: Adventure 39.4%, Indie 30.5%, Great Soundtrack 24.5%, 2D 5.6%
- #40 Auf Abwegen
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 375 reviews2019
Dev: KindmanPub: InSayn
Windows · Linux
Explore the beauty and dangers of nature in this narrative mini-puzzle-platformer - a one-man project from Kindman. Slip into the role of a red fox in its natural habitat - feed your family and survive the threats of the forest - and humans too!
Why similar: Adventure 51%, Indie 39.6%, 2D 9.5%
- #41 DownWind
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Clarke
Windows
Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #42 K'NOSSOS
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Svarun Entertainment
Windows
K'NOSSOS is a cold surreal adventure game about a man traveling the unknown reaches of the cosmos and the things he uncovers on his journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #43 Escape: The Brother's Saloon
70% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2020
Dev: Woodcrest Games, LLC
Windows
Trapped by your brother Joseph in a mysterious room, filled with the faint ticking of a clock and the crackles of a fire...it's up to you to explore, find clues, and solve the puzzles. Will you escape The Brother's Saloon?
Why similar: Adventure 54.2%, Indie 40.7%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #44 Sylvio
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 146 reviews2015
Dev: Stroboskop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.
Why similar: Adventure 45.1%, Indie 32.8%, Horror 22%
- #45 Midsummer Night
70% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: Everlasting Fantasy
Windows
Join orphan Klim in his journey through the dense, enchanted forest in search for his missing sister in the wonderfully atmospheric indie game "Midsummer Night".
Why similar: Adventure 44.9%, Indie 34.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Horror 4.1%, Story Rich 3.3%
- #46 HellScape: Two Brothers
71% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: B100 Games
Windows
Hellscape: Two Brothers is an Athmospheric, 3D, Adventure, Puzzle game.A journey through Hell inspired by Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.Two brothers take on a quest to find and save their loved one kidnapped by the devils servants.
Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Indie 30.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Story Rich 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #47 Last in Orbit
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Dapper Rabbit Games
Windows
Last in Orbit is a Horror game with a focus on surviving a A.I. gone Crazy. Your the first to arrive on a new space station meant for human living but in the preparations ahead you found out that the A.I.
Why similar: Adventure 52%, Indie 39%, Horror 9.1%
- #48 Repressed
71% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Sigur Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a shadow that’s on a journey inside your mind. Find answers to the questions bothering you. Navigate the maze that is your memory, and ease your mind in the process.
Why similar: Adventure 46.3%, Indie 34.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Story Rich 3.9%, Atmospheric 3.2%
- #49 Nyctophobia
75% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Indie 40.9%, Adventure 38.6%, Horror 20.6%
- #50 Shutter
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 218 reviews2015
Dev: Cosmic Logic
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Re-live a dark and haunting tale in this fixed camera puzzle-horror game RE-miniscent of the first generation of survival horror games.
Why similar: Adventure 42.4%, Indie 31.8%, Horror 17.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #51 What Happened
69% matchMixed63% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: What HappenedPub: KATNAPPE SP. Z O. O.
Windows
What Happened is a nightmarish first-person exploration of anxiety and depression from the perspective of American high school student, Stiles.
Why similar: Adventure 35.1%, Indie 26%, Beautiful 17.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Horror 4.7%
- #52 Potion Paws
69% matchMixed53% of 85 reviews2020
Dev: Bitten Toast Games
Windows
You’ve decided to take the risk and purchase a run down house in the middle of a spooky forest near a dungeon overrun with monsters.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #53 Like Clay
70% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Indie 41.6%, Adventure 36.5%, Horror 22%
- #54 The Keepers of Pages: Chevengur
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galitsyn Egor(GG)Pub: Gogol'Game
Windows
"The Keepers of Pages" is a puzzle-platformer, inspired by the novel of Russian writer A. Platonow "Chevengur". Find your way through a post-apocalyptic world and collect the lost pages in the realm where the reality of the future is tightly interlaced with the texts of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #55 MUSEUM VOLUME I
69% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Wreck Tangle Games
Windows
'Museum' is a short Puzzle-Adventure saga. The games follow the Security Guard at The Royal Foyer Museum in England. As you wake from a mid-night nap, you notice all the security cameras are down, it's up to you to get them working again.
Why similar: Adventure 49.1%, Indie 36.8%, Horror 14.2%
- #56 Nor'Easter
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redi Games
Windows
Nor’easter is a classic point-and-click adventure game inspired by the lumberjack folklore of Northern America. As a brave jackalope befriend strange, magical creatures, help a lost man find his children and save the woodlands from endless winter!
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #57 FALL 坠落之后
68% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: 朵游社Pub: Fantasia Studio
Windows
小红和小蓝是一对要好的朋友,一次意外使她们从山崖坠落。再次醒来时,周围尽是恐怖的怪物、凄凉的白骨,到处都是危险的陷阱……她们能否成功逃离?
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #58 Alone K.W.
72% matchMostly Negative34% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: TeamWaterFlyPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dr. Kevin White, a drug manufacturing manager in the same company was sent to a conference in Greenland. In turn, the ship was caught in the ice and crashed. The main character was thrown by an unknown island. Seeing the house, Kevin went there.
Why similar: Adventure 65.5%, Indie 22%, Horror 12.5%
- #59 KALEIDO STELLA
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: CHARON
Windows
"Does your eye see the stars?" Visual Novel ADV "Kaleidoscope Stella" fighting with the fate of the stars Circle CHARON presents a large-scale latest work set in the universe. Peaceful lives of boys and girls are shattered by the invasion of one alien. In order to protect this blue planet, you have to fight.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%