- #1 Breeze of Hope
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IGHOIN
Windows
Breeze of Hope is not just a game, but a quiet experience of freedom, hope, and calm. Through simplicity and atmosphere, it invites players to slow down, breathe, and reflect. As a first project, it shows that true hope can be felt through a gentle and emotional impact meaningful journey. have fun
Why similar: Adventure 35%, Third Person 18%, Puzzle 14.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Indie 10.2%
- #2 Dusty
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: El Palo GamesPub: U-tad
Windows
Dusty is a third-person puzzle game focused on explore beautiful environments. Join archaeologist Dusty on his search for a mysterious civilization. Explore equipped with your extensible cane and notebook to resolve the past, the ways of the civilization and his technology of light.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Puzzle 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Indie 12.1%
- #3 Land of an Endless Journey
96% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Operation Codename
Windows
You find yourself in a mysterious land filled with puzzles that will challenge you, embark on a journey into the unknown and uncover the secrets of the land.
Why similar: Adventure 49.3%, Indie 24.2%, Puzzle 14.5%, Atmospheric 12.1%
- #4 Wild Unknown
96% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Joe SansonePub: Island Bar Games LLC
Windows
Wild Unknown is a first-person adventure game where players must explore, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in order to piece together the surprising story of the mysterious wilderness in which they awake. Includes DLC: Trial of Antiquity.
Why similar: Adventure 46%, Indie 21.8%, Puzzle 16.4%, Exploration 15.8%
- #5 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
94% matchVery Positive95% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Isoland 2: Ashes of Time is a puzzle game with a fascinating non-linear story, charming 2D hand-drawn art, numerous challenging puzzles, and unique twists. Besides numerous sci-fi references and easter-eggs hidden throughout the game, you’ll find things aren’t quite the same second time you play through the story.
Why similar: Adventure 58.6%, Indie 25.6%, Puzzle 15.7%
- #6 Pan-Pan
93% matchVery Positive87% of 248 reviews2016
Dev: SpelkraftPub: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Fix your downed spaceship and find your way home. Explore a lush and colourful world littered with riddles and sprinkled with memorable characters. Pan-Pan is an adventure game with environmental narrative storytelling, exploration elements and puzzle solving.
Why similar: Adventure 59.8%, Indie 26.1%, Puzzle 14.1%
- #7 Flightless Classic
92% matchVery Positive90% of 375 reviews2017
Dev: Bristol Street Studios
Windows
Flightless is a tile-based puzzle adventure game. Navigate your way through a series of floating islands, each presenting a curious puzzle. A minimalist art style and calming piano soundtrack complement senses of wonder and discovery.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 26%, Puzzle 16.9%
- #8 Hoppa
91% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A tiny adventure game, pole vault over dangerous waters, and bring a cute lost duckling back to its mother!
Why similar: Adventure 51.1%, Indie 25.1%, Exploration 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.5%
- #9 Magic Kingdom
89% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Louie Inc
Windows
Magic Kingdom - This is a 3D puzzle treasure adventure from a first-person perspective. You have to take on the role of an ordinary citizen in a small magical kingdom that lives in peace and prosperity and flourishes every year.
Why similar: Adventure 45.8%, Puzzle 18.3%, Exploration 16.2%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Indie 7.2%
- #10 Virtual Escape: The Play Room
91% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Default Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Find a way to escape the room, and unravel a strange story.
Why similar: Adventure 56.8%, Indie 27%, Puzzle 16.2%
- #11 Escape again
90% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Martin Flothmann
Windows
Escape again is a puzzle game which is inspired by Live Escape Games as well as "Escape Room" video games. In this game you solve different types of puzzles and riddles in order to move forward and find your way out.
Why similar: Adventure 58.3%, Indie 27.7%, Puzzle 14%
- #12 Ira Act 1: Pilgrimage
85% 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 60.1%, Indie 27.7%, Atmospheric 12.3%
- #13 Golem
89% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
A heart-warming adventure about a young girl and a shape-shifting golem who must navigate the ruins of an ancient tower to solve its challenging puzzles and re-activate its long-dormant machines.
Why similar: Adventure 56.4%, Indie 26.8%, Puzzle 16.9%
- #14 Leona's Tricky Adventures
88% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2014
Dev: KTX SoftwarePub: Signo & Arte
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Accompany Leona in a clever puzzle adventure to save the inhabitants of a strange but lovely world. Featuring fresh puzzle mechanics, wonderful retro graphics, lots of exploration and an excellent soundtrack by legendary game composer Chris Huelsbeck.
Why similar: Adventure 55.7%, Indie 25.4%, Puzzle 18.9%
- #15 Isoland
86% matchVery Positive91% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Adventure 54.7%, Indie 26%, Puzzle 19.3%
- #16 Small Radios Big Televisions
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 378 reviews2016
Dev: Fire Face Corporation
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore the inner workings of deserted factories in search of data cassettes that contain boundless virtual worlds. Collect more tapes and explore more worlds and you'll soon discover new methods of traversal and control that will take you farther than you'd ever expect.
Why similar: Adventure 55%, Indie 26.9%, Puzzle 18.1%
- #17 Escape: The Brother's Saloon
84% 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 60.2%, Indie 28.6%, Puzzle 5.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #18 Blueberry Garden
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 161 reviews2009
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Congratulations Blueberry Garden! Winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for 'Best Independent Game' at the 2009 Independent Games Festival. Also a winner for 'Best Innovation' at the 2008 Swedish Game Awards. Blueberry Garden is a short and experimental game about exploring a strange world.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 28%, Puzzle 13%
- #19 Mythoria
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Danjorous Games
Windows · Mac
Lost across fractured realms, Arkos must solve ancient puzzles and recover scattered runes to reactivate portals. Explore mysterious worlds, unlock hidden mechanisms, and rebuild the path back to Kreta.
Why similar: Adventure 45%, Third Person 20.6%, Puzzle 18.2%, Exploration 16.2%
- #20 Silent Night
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
There is a 'presence' haunting the long forgotten church of 'Northfield'. Angry spirits seek revenge for an ancient crime, from the terrible time of The Black Death. Ghost-hunter, Nigel Danvers, has been sent to investigate the case, using his kitbag of ghost-hunting gadgets, on the loneliest night of the year.
Why similar: Adventure 48%, Indie 23.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Exploration 7.9%
- #21 Night Shift
84% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!
Why similar: Adventure 56%, Indie 28.5%, Puzzle 15.5%
- #22 Find Pixel
83% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Mikheikin
Windows
Remember the games where you had to find objects, now it's all in three-dimensional space, with nice graphics, and an unusual storyline. Help the ghost find the items that he needs, while interacting with the outside world!
Why similar: Adventure 54%, Indie 26.8%, Puzzle 19.2%
- #23 Chronon
82% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: HronosGame
Windows
Chronon is a puzzle game in the first person.
Why similar: Adventure 53.7%, Indie 25.5%, Puzzle 20.8%
- #24 The Flaws of Gravity
82% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.
Why similar: Adventure 55.4%, Indie 29.5%, Puzzle 15.1%
- #25 看白海豚的好日子 A Perfect Day for White Dolphin
78% 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 60.9%, Indie 28.6%, Puzzle 5.5%, Atmospheric 5%
- #26 Light Borrower
79% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Jon Pulsipher
Windows · Mac
Join Rachel as she faces the Cleansing, a coming-of-age ritual that will determine whether she joins the last survivors of the end of the world or is banished above ground.
Why similar: Adventure 51.5%, Indie 25.7%, Puzzle 22.8%
- #27 Moeras
79% matchMostly Negative36% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A short action-adventure game about an archer that's guarding a swamp.
Why similar: Adventure 55.6%, Indie 27.5%, Exploration 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #28 Etherian
78% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Simulacrum Interactive
Windows
Traverse the fractured scapes to test your skills, uncover the stories of the ancients, or explore the mystical world around you in search of secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 51.3%, Indie 24.4%, Puzzle 13.5%, Exploration 10.9%
- #29 Repressed
77% 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 52.6%, Indie 25%, Third Person 7.5%, Puzzle 5.5%, Exploration 4.9%
- #30 BRAVERY
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JD Games
Windows
Play as a tiny matchstick character in this third-person solo adventure, and set out to find ancient mirrors hidden throughout the world—then repair them using gathered resources. Your fire is your key to progress, helping you overcome the environment and face your enemies.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Exploration 21.8%, Indie 15%, Third Person 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.4%
- #31 Alan's Attitude
80% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Filip Lehocky
Windows
Alan's Attitude is 3D puzzle game, where you become a programmer. Your goal is to sit by the PC and finish the job. And what is your job? You'll find out.
Why similar: Adventure 52.5%, Indie 26.2%, Puzzle 21.4%
- #32 You'll stay here forever
72% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Pickaxe
Windows
Proxima Centauri b was discovered on August 24, 2016. The rovers sent to the planet are not responding. It turned out that the planet's atmosphere does not allow radio signals to pass through. You have been sent to the planet's surface to find them.
Why similar: Adventure 52.5%, Indie 24.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #33 Bob Came in Pieces
81% matchMixed68% of 111 reviews2010
Dev: Ludosity
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Bob has crashed on a strange planet, lost a bunch of parts for his ship and above all, is late for work! Find the lost parts and rebuild your ship along the way to solve challenging, physics-based puzzles. You can build your ship any way you like in the ship builder – try to find the coolest ship-design for the puzzle at hand!
Why similar: Adventure 52.7%, Indie 26.8%, Puzzle 20.5%
- #34 farewell planet / おわかれのほし
74% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: tokoronyori
Windows · Mac
A planet with nobody on it. A village of machines who thought they were human. The last machine still 'alive' - a child - borrows the bodies of the other villagers and says farewell to each of them by fulfilling their last wishes.
Why similar: Adventure 76.7%, Indie 23.3%
- #35 The Naked Game
76% matchMostly Positive68% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: SiCzech Arts
Windows
The Naked Game is a first-person psychological thriller/puzzle/exploration game inspired on real events connected by a strong immersive story of a young Eurasian girl who goes on a trip from Japan, her home country, to France.One day she wakes up at an unknown, yet familiar place…
Why similar: Adventure 49.6%, Indie 23.5%, Puzzle 14.1%, Atmospheric 12.8%
- #36 Pocket Kingdom
75% matchVery Positive90% of 251 reviews2016
Dev: 08 GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Islands sometimes appear out of the blue in the clouds. The mysterious Pocket Kingdom is one of them. Wander around its districts, solve puzzles and listen to the weird stories told by the locals. Unveiling the place's mysteries depends on it. So does getting out of it.
Why similar: Adventure 56.4%, Indie 27.5%, Puzzle 16.1%
- #37 Adventure Boy Jailbreak
71% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Paul Georghiou
Windows
Puzzle your way through the small town of Estivale, brought to life with a range of characters who all have a problem to solve. With each person you help, Benson gets one stop closer to breaking his friend Mike out of the county jail.
Why similar: Adventure 65.5%, Indie 30.8%, Puzzle 3.7%
- #38 In The Shadow Of The Truth
75% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: 7TPGames
Windows
First person shooter,puzzle,psychological horror video game. by 7TPGAMES
Why similar: Adventure 48.6%, Indie 34.1%, Puzzle 17.3%
- #39 The Lighthouse | VR Escape Room
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shadow Knights Studio
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a room inside Wescott Manor, which has been abandoned for years. Use The Lighthouse light to guide your way out. Get out before the evil lurking on the other side of the door gets you.
Why similar: Adventure 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
- #40 Old Gods Rising
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 126 reviews2020
Dev: Bad Blood Studios
Windows
As the consultant for a maverick director's new film: "Old Gods Rising," Professor Tom Winston arrives at Ashgate University to find that things are not quite as they seem. Has he become the unwitting star of Kayfer’s latest project? Or, has he stumbled into something far more sinister?
Why similar: Adventure 62.6%, Indie 28.7%, Exploration 4.9%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #41 ValiVictorian
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Darren DooleyPub: CyberCubStudios
Windows
ValiVictorian is a first-person horror mystery game that explores the world between our world and where spirits reside.
Why similar: Adventure 72.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #42 Resurgence
73% matchMixed52% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Lightning Man Media
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When his daughter Rosie goes missing after a car crash, Jason Dawn thinks his debts with the mob have come back to haunt him. His past leads him to a final confrontation where Jason learns the terrible truth.
Why similar: Adventure 74.4%, Indie 25.6%
- #43 Elansar
73% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: OrionSoft
Windows · Linux
Elansar is a small myst like "point & click" adventure game Explore an island and solve puzzles. Will you uncover the Island's mystery ?
Why similar: Adventure 78.7%, Indie 21.3%
- #44 Ridge
73% matchMixed62% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Yakovlev VladislavPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of ruthless and mysterious world of Ridge, in order to all the secrets have finally been revealed. Not everyone dares to wade through.
Why similar: Adventure 78.8%, Indie 21.2%
- #45 URU: Complete Chronicles
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 181 reviews2010
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The critically acclaimed adventure of Uru: Ages Beyond Myst returns with this special collection that contains more Uru than ever before. Already the deepest Myst adventure to date, Uru is significantly expanded with the addition of To D'ni™ and The Path of the Shell, expansion packs that will take Uru beyond your imagination.
Why similar: Adventure 55.6%, Puzzle 17%, Exploration 12.8%, Indie 9.7%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #46 To Azimuth
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: [bracket]gamesPub: Digital Uppercut Productions
Windows · Mac
A surreal adventure game set against the humid haze of 1970s Alabama, To Azimuth follows Nate and Susannah Windham's search for their missing brother in two interweaving stories that explore mental health, war, and the paranormal.
Why similar: Adventure 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
- #47 Splitmind
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rendal StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
You are Kaplan, an amnesic shadow awakening in Mnemosyn, « the land of memories ». Will you solve the mysteries of your mind ?
Why similar: Adventure 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
- #48 Shutter
72% 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 50%, Indie 23.7%, Puzzle 13.8%, Atmospheric 12.5%
- #49 AR-K: END GAME
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GATO STUDIO
Windows · Mac · Linux
AR-K: END GAME is the final episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story...
Why similar: Adventure 68.7%, Indie 31.3%
- #50 A Quiet Mind
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Eitan Prince
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you get out of this world?
Why similar: Adventure 54.8%, Indie 24.9%, Puzzle 20.3%
- #51 Game Breaker
68% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Breaker™
Windows
You are inside the event horizon where everything is possible unless get out of it. Legends say you have to Break the Game to manifest what is beyond the event horizon. What is beyond the event horizon is unknown. Use and improve variant types of pulse backwards jumps to try to Break the Game.
Why similar: Adventure 62.8%, Indie 30%, Puzzle 3.9%, Atmospheric 3.3%
- #52 我是渣男-Dishonest
66% matchVery Positive90% of 321 reviews2019
Dev: 窗外紫藤制作组
Windows
温柔可人的青梅竹马、倔强高配的女上司,了解一下?游走在花丛之间的都市屌丝渣男究竟是要闹哪样?请看他的表演。
Why similar: Adventure 69.6%, Indie 30.4%
- #53 驱灵
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: FXH
Windows
主角受老同学之托前往其老家驱灵,本以为轻松的工作却因一起又一起的死亡事件而变得险象环生。。。
Why similar: Adventure 64.7%, Indie 30.7%, Puzzle 4.6%
- #54 The Last Time
68% matchVery Positive95% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: Big Cow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Last Time features the narrative depth and emotional impact of a modern adventure title, delivered with the graphical style and game mechanics of a classic point-and-click. Play as Jack Glover, a frail old man who must come out of retirement to face his demons.
Why similar: Adventure 70.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #55 Illusion: A Tale of the Mind
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Frima Studio Inc.Pub: Groupe PVP Inc.
Windows
Embark on a journey like no other that traverses the psyches of a faded father and a devious killer, as Emma fights to muster the courage to save her father from a wicked illusionist's mind.
Why similar: Adventure 70.7%, Indie 29.3%
- #56 LETHE: Broken memories
57% 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 67.8%, Indie 32.2%
- #57 Solaria Moon
69% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: 3y3.netPub: Tizona Interactive
Windows
Solaria Moon is a space adventure in 3D with an outstanding script full of challenging puzzles to solve and mysteries to uncover.
Why similar: Adventure 71.5%, Indie 28.5%
- #58 PaulPaul - Act 1
67% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Another Circus
Windows
Paul is a VR narrative experience where players try to figure out their identity through exploring surroundings and events in a futuristic and often changing environment.
Why similar: Adventure 69.8%, Indie 30.2%