
.T.E.S.T: Expected Behavior is a first-person brain twister with a sci-fi plot. On top of logic, you'll need a fast reaction speed, "outside the box" reasoning, and the skill to adapt to unfamiliar situations.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Indie.

.T.E.S.T: Expected Behavior is a first-person brain twister with a sci-fi plot. On top of logic, you'll need a fast reaction speed, "outside the box" reasoning, and the skill to adapt to unfamiliar situations.

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.

The Entropy Centre
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.3%, Sci-fi 18.2%, First-Person 13.7%, Indie 10%, Adventure 6.9%
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 45.1% ★, Puzzle 19.9%, Sci-fi 17.1%, First-Person 9.1%, Adventure 4.8%
Experience the mind bending power of single player cooperation. Project Temporality is a third person action/puzzle game built around the concept of allowing the player to play with time. Thanks to our propriety engine Sparta 3D we make the fourth dimension as available as the other three.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 47.3% ★, Puzzle 22.6%, Indie 11.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 8%
Immerse yourself in the multidimensional universe of Desordre. Solve intricate puzzles, push the boundaries of 4-dimensional thinking. Get ready for a unique experience where reflection takes on a whole new dimension. Created by one-man development studio SHK Interactive using Unreal Engine.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 43.8% ★, Puzzle 16.6%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Surreal 8.5%, Action 5%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.3%, Surreal 26.3%, First-Person 12.6%, Indie 8.4%, Exploration 4.3%
As an inmate of a government-controlled Correctional Facility in the year 2275, you have the right to prove yourself worthy of being part of Society again. Show your skills in logical thinking by solving puzzles of varying size, type and difficulty in this first-Person puzzle game, and redeem your freedom!
Why similar: Puzzle 38.6%, Sci-fi 28.8%, First-Person 17.9%, Indie 11.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.7%, Sci-fi 32.1%, First-Person 17.2%, Exploration 7%
Darwin’s Test is a first-person action and puzzle game that immerses you into a futuristic universe. You play as an amnesic patient following an experimental care protocol. Who are you ? Where are you ? So many questions to solve to discover the truth !
A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 48.4% ★, Puzzle 29.3%, Action 6.3%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 4.1%
In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 49.4% ★, Puzzle 18.8%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Surreal 11.5%, Adventure 3.5%
Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.7%, Sci-fi 26.2%, First-Person 16.3%, Exploration 7.7%, Adventure 7%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Puzzle 38%, Surreal 26.5%, First-Person 14.3%, Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 6.7%
Fight against brain-rot in this story-driven educational physics puzzle game. You will need to learn and apply high school physics concepts to solve increasingly challenging problems and uncover a galaxy spanning plot. When you have finished, you will be able to take a college level physics course.
Why similar: Puzzle 36.8%, Sci-fi 25.1%, Simulation 17.5%, First-Person 12.1%, Adventure 7.1%
ECHOPLEX is a time-bending puzzle platformer with a full-motion video story. Trapped in a mysterious looping simulation, you are followed by an “Echo” -- a duplicate of yourself who repeats everything you do.
Why similar: Puzzle 20.4%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Indie 12%, Action 9.8%
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
Why similar: Puzzle 44.1%, Sci-fi 30.3%, First-Person 15.4%, Adventure 6.7%, Singleplayer 2%
Challenging first person puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Puzzle 44.7%, First-Person 22.5%, Indie 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action 8.3%
Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 57.1% ★, Puzzle 15.3%, First-Person 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Indie 6.7%
The GoD Unit is a first-person physics-based puzzle game set in a near pre-apocalyptic future, featuring the mass manipulation ability and other familiar and beloved puzzle mechanics.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 40.9% ★, Puzzle 24.1%, Sci-fi 17%, First-Person 11.4%, Indie 4.6%
NeuraGun is a third-person science fiction puzzle game. The player will have to go through a maze of mysteries that will lead him out of the tangled scientific complex.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.8%, Sci-fi 22.6%, Simulation 21.7%, Adventure 14%, Indie 1.7%
"ChronoRecorder" is a 3D puzzle game. Players can manipulate time and gravity. And you have to use that ability to solve problems. You might think this game is difficult if you don't use your brain.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 57.6% ★, Puzzle 23.4%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
A unique puzzle-adventure set in the secret YogLabs research facility. As a newly created clone, you’ll face a series of challenges while disaster threatens to consume the laboratory.
Why similar: Puzzle 36.7%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Adventure 17.7%, First-Person 14%, Indie 6.2%
Gravity Field is a spatial-logic puzzle game with time inverted objects, with no top or bottom.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.2% ★, Puzzle 25%, Simulation 11.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Indie 7.9%
Manipulate time to your will at any moment to solve challenges, avoid deadly traps and make it to the end of this strange journey.
Why similar: Indie 39.3%, Adventure 28.8%, First-Person 20.5%, Exploration 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Ilamentia is an experimental abstract puzzler where you must first discover the level mechanics before solving them. Delve into mysterious mind-bending levels that each have unique mechanics to explore that will test the limits of every facet of your cognitive faculties.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.4%, Surreal 27.6%, First-Person 13.1%, Sci-fi 12%, Indie 10%
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: Puzzle 33.4%, Surreal 33%, First-Person 13.5%, Indie 7%, Adventure 5.7%
FPP puzzle game where the TIME is the COLOR. The colors you see are not just the art style, they represent the time in specific point on the level. Time and space are connected and moving through a level changes the time. Learn more about the unique mechanics from the second video.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 43.1% ★, Surreal 16.8%, Indie 11.2%, Adventure 10%, Action 9.8%
Take Notes is a puzzle game set in the near future within a bunker filled with 40 unique puzzles. Prepare yourself for a mind-bending adventure where every puzzle solved brings you one step closer to stopping the unthinkable
Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Sci-fi 22%, First-Person 16.1%, Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 7.4%
A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.4%, Indie 20.6%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Adventure 17.2%, First-Person 12.6%
Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.2%, Sci-fi 30.4%, First-Person 15.9%, Action 11.6%, Exploration 7.4%
„First person platforming gameplay at its very best!“ Construct: Escape the System is a sci-fi themed first person platformer that sees you trapped in a computer system, trying to escape. Explore the system and discover the 8 empowering 'ability orbs'.
Why similar: Sci-fi 18.6%, Surreal 18.3%, Puzzle 14.4%, Indie 13.8%, First-Person 11.7%
Machine Learning: Episode is a first person arcade puzzle game built for HTC Vive. You play as an A.I. robot created in DARPA laboratory in the near future. One of the scientists is here to test your physical, perception and cognitive skills. By using the power of room-scale VR and Vive controllers
Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.3%, Sci-fi 29.1%, First-Person 16.6%, Adventure 8%, Indie 6.3%
Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.4%, Sci-fi 26.9%, Indie 25.1%, Action 17%, Singleplayer 3.6%
EQI is a trippy first-person arcade game with spatial puzzles, and a synthwave soul. You find yourself in a digital world that twists and changes around you, challenging your senses, focus, and reflexes. Interface with the great mystery and transcend.
Why similar: Surreal 25.9%, Puzzle 24%, Sci-fi 16%, First-Person 14%, Action 9%
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.6%, Indie 19.8%, Action 16.3%, Puzzle 15.7%, First-Person 11.1%
You volunteered to participate in an AI research as part of an human control group. Solve over 50 different puzzles and use new gameplay mechanics and more player freedom to find creative ways to progress through the game's beautiful world.
Why similar: Puzzle 39%, Sci-fi 23.8%, First-Person 17.4%, Indie 10%, Action 6.7%
Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?
Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Puzzle 23.7%, Sci-fi 20.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Action 6.6%
Experience the first hour What Lies in The Multiverse. A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly & hilarious story.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 62.9% ★, Puzzle 20.3%, Adventure 6%, Action 5%, Exploration 4%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.6%, Surreal 33.3%, First-Person 14.8%, Adventure 6.5%, Exploration 4.4%
Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.9%, Simulation 15.8%, First-Person 13.6%, Action 10.4%, Adventure 9.1%
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.4%, Surreal 33%, First-Person 16.1%, Adventure 8.6%, Exploration 5.9%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
A first-person, narrative-driven puzzle game. Dimensional throws you into dangerous chambers to save an alien race. This is not a passive experience. You'll have to feel and act as though you're really there - standing, moving around, manipulating objects and reacting to dangers.
Discover what lies beyond our reality with Alchemy. A portal-like experience that will challenge you to think with potions while trying to solve the mysteries of this strange new place.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.1%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Simulation 16.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%
ReThink | Evolved 2 is a Puzzle Game in a futuristic setting. Solve a variety of Puzzles that utilize Lasers and the behavior of light in two and three-dimensional space. Created with the Feedback from its predecessor in mind, ReThink | Evolved 2 features: 40 new Puzzles, enhanced Gameplay...
Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Sci-fi 22.6%, First-Person 17.7%, Indie 11.2%, Action 5.9%
In the future, giant city-states have emerged, separated from each other by indestructible barriers. Most professions have been taken over by machines. People work mainly as mechanics, programmers or operators.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 46.5% ★, Puzzle 15.2%, Sci-fi 14.3%, First-Person 7.7%, Indie 5.7%
Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!
Why similar: Sci-fi 37.6%, Puzzle 26.2%, First-Person 14.5%, Action 9.1%, Exploration 7.8%
Welcome to Gravulse, an innovative space curvature laboratory that is trying to "flip" the laws of physics, literally. Here you have to go through many test levels using various new technologies!
Why similar: First-Person 33.2%, Sci-fi 24.8%, Action 21.2%, Indie 15.7%, Singleplayer 5.1%
Zero hand-holding. Dismantle this dense open-world of unconventional puzzles by thinking outside the box and exploiting every ability you discover. Solve mysteries hidden in plain sight where every piece of supposed decoration has a purpose.
Why similar: Puzzle 47%, First-Person 20.2%, Adventure 11.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Action 8.8%
Nomori is a mind-bending adventure game where you control time and space to journey through a shattered spirit world. Take shortcuts through portals, rotate your perspective, and control the flow of time to move forward, whichever way that is.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 49.4% ★, Puzzle 21.9%, Surreal 20.9%, Exploration 4.9%, Adventure 2.9%
Solve puzzles by creating portals and manipulating time. Inspired by Valve's Portal and Portal 2.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 55.9% ★, Puzzle 21.3%, First-Person 9.6%, Action 6.6%, Indie 5.2%
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.6%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Surreal 15.7%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 8.8%
War of Being is a single-player VR sci-fi adventure with standard mode playability, based on the music and concept for TesseracT's 2023 full length album. Explore 'The Strangeland' filled with surreal landscapes and characters. Solve puzzles and find hidden objects that unlock TesseracT's new music.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.5%, Sci-fi 22.8%, Surreal 22.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Adventure 7.9%
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: Puzzle 49%, Sci-fi 23%, First-Person 12.3%, Adventure 4%, Indie 3.4%
An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.5%, Simulation 17%, First-Person 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Adventure 10.7%
Revisitor is a first person puzzle-platformer game set in a futuristic virtual space. Use two different types of teleportation to both navigate and solve a series of increasingly challenging missions.
Why similar: Puzzle 44.4%, Sci-fi 27.7%, First-Person 17.9%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 3%
An atmospheric first-person VR puzzle game: explore a science facility, solve mysteries, uncover the cause of catastrophe. Single-player experience.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.6%, Adventure 18.2%, Action 17.5%, Exploration 10.7%
The self-destruction sequence has been activated. You have 5 minutes to solve your way out of a high-stakes, escape room-style disaster.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.5%, First-Person 20.4%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Indie 6.8%
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.8%, Surreal 23.3%, Sci-fi 14.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 8.2%