- #1 Brighter Day
97% matchVery Positive89% of 100 reviews2015
Dev: girl software
Windows · Mac
Probably the most colorful horror game you've ever played. Hide from moaning disembodied eyeballs while facing existential dread, ambient music, and alternative medicine.
Why similar: Adventure 47.3%, Indie 34.2%, Stealth 18.4%
- #2 Adventure Boy Jailbreak
96% 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 54.4%, Indie 41.2%, Funny 2.5%, Puzzle 1.8%
- #3 Escape again
95% 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 52.4%, Indie 40%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #4 Blueberry Garden
96% 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 52.8%, Indie 40.3%, Puzzle 7%
- #5 Pan-Pan
94% 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 54.3%, Indie 38%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #6 The Flaws of Gravity
94% 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 49.6%, Indie 42.4%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #7 Hermina Lumen is Only Human
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bad chalk
Windows · Mac
A really miserable story-driven adventure game about small-town 80's witches and a fairly disastrous funeral.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #8 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
92% 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 53.7%, Indie 37.7%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #9 Night Shift
93% 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 50.4%, Indie 41.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #10 A.V.
91% matchMixed63% of 38 reviews2015
Dev: FirstForever StudiosPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A.V. is a first-person stealth-puzzle-musical-adventure game (Try saying that 5 times fast). The game places the player in the role of a rogue music-processing algorithm from a computer's sound systems. From this role, the player can view the world only through audible means.
Why similar: Adventure 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #11 Second Final
90% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Standard EVO StudiosPub: Standard EVO Games
Windows
Michael Jar is a person who is always looking to create for something big. For this reason, he works at microlab, which have aims to develop the environment, until a moment when Mike discovered the dark side that the lab handles…Event which will happen soon is
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #12 Dino Dawn
91% matchMostly Negative23% of 47 reviews2018
Dev: neonboxgames
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Dino Dawn is a platformer game about adventure of the Dinosaur in which it needs to rescue eggs.
Why similar: Adventure 56%, Indie 44%
- #13 R_sin
89% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: 名字还没想好
Windows
R_sin is a third-person single-player adventure horror game that combines shooting elements with horror elements. Rebuild already
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #14 MRAK
88% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: RE:OS
Windows
MRAK is a hardcore platformer with unique gameplay. Paint the level of blood and only it will show the way to our character. Starting with the easiest levels you will find many challenging but interesting levels.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #15 Drifted Tales - Ancestor's Isle
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Course Interactive
Windows
An exploration driven adventure with survival and crafting mechanics but no fighting. Explore a uniquely designed islands in a point and click fashion, gather resources, craft tools and build much needed shelter. Uncover long lost places with a distinct background story and finally manage to escape the island.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #16 Small person
87% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Giks
Windows
In spite of your relatively low social status, it is from you that the future of the country will depend.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #17 YBit
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Facundo Balboa
Windows · Mac · Linux
YBit is a pixelated platformer adventure. You will be playing as a small hero made of information, trying to escape from a program that has crashed. Avoiding errors, not falling down and getting to the exits will be your mission.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #18 Hopper Rabbit
85% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: CDIS Lab.Pub: CDIS
Windows
Hop on to the epic open world of Hopper Rabbit with various adventures between quests. Find your way through the breath taking platforms to your queen.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #19 K'NOSSOS
79% 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 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #20 Outliver: Redemption
86% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: GBROSSOFT
Windows
Derek Okoye’s accident on the day of a big trial becomes a window for redeeming his lost values…
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #21 The Raintime
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #22 Bloody Mary: Forgotten Curse
84% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Fargamer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bloody Mary is a survival horror with narrative and adaptive elements that the player can take advantage of to survive. It is the player’s role to escape from Mary, who is never far and stalking the player as they try to figure out how to escape from the realm.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #23 Smaller
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Ragehog Studios
Windows
Enter Smaller, a world of things that are larger than you. Help George to overcome his shrunken condition and return to his right size. But, you must overcome the dangers of this fantasy world.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #24 Gred
82% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Kevin BergealPub: Team Gred
Windows
A young child from a road sign has been lost and your goal is to find him ! Incarn BOTH green and red light men and use their powers to switch time and voyage through multiple environments to save him.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #25 Climb Challenge
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: MVE
Windows
Climb Challenge is a third person perspective game were the player must navigate through three challenging levels. Each level has a unique design and play style challenging the players observation skills, puzzle solving skills, speed and most of all their determination to complete the game.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #26 Gravity Spin
82% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gravity Spin is a tough as nails 8 bit retro metroidvania (retroidvania) with a literal spin - on gravity. Spin the world on its head and be careful not to get too confused.
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #27 Buratino
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Semjon Uglev
Windows
Buratino is a 2D arcade game with light adventure elements for the ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #28 Ball Pit Simulator
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Drew J. Stivers
Windows
YOU ARE TRAPPED IN A CURSED BALL PIT, HOW WILL YOU ESCAPE? Ball Pit Simulator is the first game to take place entirely in the realms of a ball pit however, it is not all fun and games. There is only one rule in the ball pit, don't touch the green balls!
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #29 The Amazonian Dread
80% match8 user reviews13% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: GBROSSOFT
Windows
An ethnobotanist’s research foray deep in the Amazonian jungle of papaluco turns into a deadly fight for survival…
Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #30 Midnight at the Celestial Palace: Part I
78% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: Orrery Games
Windows
Midnight at the Celestial Palace: Chapter I is the first episode in an all new fantasy adventure series by Orrery Games and BlipHaus Design.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #31 圣山ShenShan
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: lynchhead
Windows
Explore the holy mountain and use equipment and cards to defeat the enemy to discover the value of your existence
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #32 The Bears And The Bees
77% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Damsel Stone
Windows
The Bears And The Bees is a debut adventure that follows the heroic exploits of Beesworth, a baby bee who hasn't got his wings yet. Bounce through a hand crafted world in which bears have kidnapped the queen bee, and everyone is relying on Beesworth to get her back!
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #33 GRAULARM
77% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: WOODGLIM
Windows
Large sofa, TV. And, two people.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #34 Investi-Gator: The Case of the Big Crime
73% matchPositive100% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Games By Bees
Windows
A short comedy adventure. Investi-Gator is here to solve the crimes! He's not really clear on what the crime is, but he'll do his best. And as long as his brother Insti-Gator is around, he'll ALWAYS have someone to trust!
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #35 Inner Riddle
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
You have awoken in strange and unfamiliar place. Soon you realize that you are not simply locked up. But why? For what reason? In search of answers, you must follow the rules of this place. Puzzles and hard decisions are waiting for you. Will you perish never reaching the end or pass through all obstacles and understand what happened?
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #36 Castle Agony
75% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: The Pompous Pixel
Windows
Welcome to Agony. Inspired by the Resident Evil of old, the golden age of NES gaming and the Castlevania series, you play a local hero with a dog! Forced by your village to enter the crumbling castle filled with trickery, magic and monsters! Can you defeat The Vampire and live to see another dawn?
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #37 Erusal
76% matchMixed41% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Space Wedgie, LLC
Windows · Mac
Discover the secrets of the town of Erusal, escape a horrible maniac, and get spooked by this epistolary horror.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #38 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
《裁決者》是款以極權島國為背景的冒險遊戲。遊戲中你將扮演調查局的副局長,並透過裁決案子替國家伸張正義。但在一次裁決中你意外地殺害了摯友「黃義雄」,使你首次對國家產生了疑惑。重重的危機,雨中,客廳等待著你的並不是虛無。而是屋外毫不知情的黃義雄獨生女「黃詠晴」......少女的笑容,開始了你的罪──
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #39 反现实症候群γ - Counterrealstic Syndrome γ
70% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2019
Dev: Dr.LiaoPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
高楼上的微风轻拂少女的脸庞,她似乎已经准备好去迎接自己的结局。 果然,她期待已久的【银河铁道】已经向她驶来。 奇妙的星空之旅即将展开……
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #40 LETHE: Broken memories
62% 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 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #41 Burning Instinct
73% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Merlin Beer
Windows
This game is about the journey of a dragon, beginning right from the start: Popping out of the egg! As a baby dragon, you will encounter many obstacles and difficulties, but as you get more experienced, your dragon gets too! It will learn new abilities, evolve and grow up as you progress!
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #42 DownWind
62% 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 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #43 HecatoncheirStory
73% matchMostly Negative22% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
You are a young monster hunter who moves between worlds in search of special prey.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #44 Waking the Glares - Chapters I and II
72% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Wisefool Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
How can a book change the universe? Dawnfall’s life has changed deeply, now he must travel and find his way back home.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #45 Airglow
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GuiiStudio
Windows
You play as a wolf who gets seperated from the pack. Get unexpected help to find your way. Explore the nature and find the unforseen history of your pack.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #46 Welcome to nightmare
74% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: AlekseyPub: AlexGames
Windows
Is it a dream, or is everything really happening? The player will plunge into a strange world, where everything depends only on what decision he makes while in a particular situation. Will he save himself or will he save all the captives of this world?
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #47 Cloudborn
71% matchMixed51% of 41 reviews2018
Dev: Logtown Studios AB
Windows
NOW OUT OF EARLY ACCESS! Cloudborn is a truly immersive VR exploration/adventure game, an incredible audio-visual experience that will move you into a world of awe and wonder. Explore the remnants of a lost civilization to uncover a hidden fate. Are you ready to ascend?
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #48 Dark Train: Coupe
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paperash Studio
Windows · Mac
Dark Train: Coupe is a steampunk visual novel made of paper, story prequel to Dark Train. Be a passenger, listen, discuss and decide what will happen next during your journey through the Border City. Meet Ann Tagrezbung; she is quite lovely, unmechanical and still human...
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #49 Maldrin Journey
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Blurstar Games
Windows · Linux
Maldrin Journey is a 3D Collectathon adventure game, which contains two main modes of play. The first is a single player story mode. The second is a split screen two player racing mode. Both modes of play allow players to test their platforming and exploration skills.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #50 Catsby
71% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: OOTOTGames
Windows · Mac
Catsby works in Happy Technology. He helps people to become happy. One day, he signed a big contract with Steven to make his master Doctor Philip become happy again. Unfortunately, during the task, he was turned into a cat. But he still has to finish his task, so here his "Cat Adventure" goes...
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #51 Nor'Easter
59% 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 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #52 The Lost And Forgotten: Part 1
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Abstract Games Studio
Windows
After a rough relationship you set for a trip to Monument Valley to rediscover the person you once were.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #53 Cartesian
69% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Radocy
Windows
Cartesian is a unique puzzle-platformer with lasers as its core mechanic. Use lasers to reflect, push, destroy, and more as you search for your lost crew-mates. Dozens of interesting mechanics are introduced through over 70 varied levels.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #54 Blink
69% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: nextReality Games
Windows
Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #55 The "Quiet, Please!" Collection
68% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Nostatic Software
Windows
Use your wits and a bit of mischief to solve puzzles in four classic, lighthearted adventure games! Explore, interact with your environment and solve puzzles in this bundle of four old-school adventure games: "Quiet, Please!", "Quiet Christmas", "Vacation Vexation" and "Candy, Please!".
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #56 Den vänstra handens stig
57% 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 56.7%, Indie 43.3%
- #57 Drawn Story
71% matchMostly Negative33% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: Vitaly Rekubratskiy
Windows · Mac
Play as an artist looking at a painted world. You're able to create new items in this world by simply drawing them. Use your own imagination to lead a stickman character through a variety of puzzles by drawing things he can use. There’s always a few ways to solve each puzzle.
Why similar: Adventure 56.7%, Indie 43.3%