Games Like The Artifact

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Why similar: Indie 54.1%, Adventure 25.4%, Puzzle 20.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person sci-fi mystery that perfectly mirrors the feeling of exploring an abandoned, atmospheric space station.

When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?

Why similar: Indie 48.1%, Puzzle 26.4%, Adventure 25.4%

Why You'll Like It: This classic-style point-and-click adventure focuses heavily on logical puzzles and alien technology within a desolate space setting.

Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

Why similar: Puzzle 46.1%, Indie 36.9%, Adventure 17%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on tactile, artifact-based puzzles that require careful observation and logic to uncover their secrets.

Crash-landed on a desolate, alien planet, what should've been a routine work-for-hire job for Powell has become a deadly mission to save the merchant vessel Morningstar and her crew.

Why similar: Indie 60.1%, Adventure 39.9%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully crafted point-and-click adventure about surviving on a hostile alien planet after a crash landing.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Indie 59%, Adventure 28.1%, Puzzle 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: You play as the station's AI, piecing together the mystery of a missing crew through environmental interaction and observation.

Sethian is a sci-fi puzzle game in which you master a fictitious language. The only surviving speaker is an ancient computer. Does it hold the answers behind the disappearance of the Sethianese people?

Why similar: Indie 65.2%, Puzzle 34.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle-adventure where you must decipher an alien language to uncover the history of a lost civilization.

De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.

Why similar: Indie 65.1%, Adventure 34.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric walking simulator that captures the lonely, contemplative nature of exploring a deserted space facility.

The human species is all but extinct after an alien invasion devastated the earth. You are one of 77 returners - highly trained operatives given the mission of calling down the 8000 sleepers in space to rebuild the human race. Solve the mysteries of the alien ship to unravel what went wrong.

Why similar: Indie 47.9%, Puzzle 28.5%, Adventure 23.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle game that tasks you with uncovering the fate of humanity through alien technology and environmental storytelling.

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: Indie 37.1%, Puzzle 36.2%, Adventure 26.7%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric point-and-click game that delivers a tense, sci-fi mystery experience aboard a derelict spacecraft.

An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.

Why similar: Adventure 61%, Puzzle 39%

Why You'll Like It: A legendary point-and-click adventure that centers on exploring an alien world and solving complex puzzles to survive.

Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.

Why similar: Puzzle 40%, Indie 36.4%, Adventure 23.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated puzzle-adventure that emphasizes exploration and logical problem-solving in a mysterious, alien environment.

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Why similar: Indie 62.1%, Adventure 37.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused space mystery where you must communicate with a lonely AI to uncover the truth behind a mission gone wrong.

You wake up in a spaceship, you realize that strange things are going on there, you try to get back to civilization. However, this is harder than you think, the encounters will drive you crazy and you will doubt yourself.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.8%, Adventure 41.3%, Indie 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric space adventure that focuses on emotional storytelling and choices within a mysterious setting.

While searching for the anomaly, you find yourself trapped inside a facility on a remote sub-Arctic island. What is this place? Who built it? Why was it left abandoned? Explore the uninhabited complex you now find yourself trapped in, but be warned: you might not be as alone as you think...

Why similar: Puzzle 51.8%, Adventure 28.8%, Indie 19.4%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that focuses on atmospheric mystery and satisfying puzzle mechanics in an isolated setting.

ADR1FT is the story of an astronaut who wakes up floating silently in space amongst the debris of destroyed space station…the only survivor of a catastrophic event, left with no memory, a critically damaged EVA suit leaking oxygen and no way home.

Why similar: Indie 63%, Adventure 37%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning space exploration game that captures the isolation and fragility of being alone in orbit.

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Indie 63.2%, Adventure 36.8%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative adventure excels at environmental storytelling, letting you reconstruct the final moments of a space station's crew.

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Why similar: Puzzle 73.4%, Indie 17.3%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: While not set in space, its focus on tactile, intricate puzzle boxes is the gold standard for artifact-based mystery games.

Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...

Why similar: Puzzle 38.6%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 26.5%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person adventure that focuses on exploration and uncovering the secrets of a mysterious, abandoned space station.

A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

Why similar: Puzzle 68.8%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 12%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled space horror game that emphasizes mystery and exploration in a dark, isolated environment.

Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.

Why similar: Indie 42.4%, Puzzle 31.2%, Adventure 26.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, sci-fi puzzle-adventure that follows an AI attempting to protect its pilot through complex environmental interactions.

You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?

Why similar: Puzzle 54.2%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 18.7%

Why You'll Like It: A pure escape-room experience that challenges you to solve environmental puzzles to survive in a sci-fi setting.

When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.

Why similar: Indie 59%, Adventure 41%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality point-and-click mystery that features intricate puzzles and a compelling, grounded sci-fi narrative.

The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets

Why similar: Indie 49.6%, Puzzle 25.9%, Adventure 24.5%

Why You'll Like It: A non-linear point-and-click game that encourages exploration and creative puzzle solving on a mysterious island.

Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.

Why similar: Puzzle 56.1%, Adventure 30.5%, Indie 13.4%

An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle 49.9%, Indie 31.5%, Adventure 18.6%

Your hero is Andy Freeman, a technical engineer of the Zeus-M700 spacecraft, sent on an expedition to the satellite of Jupiter to colonize it. However, what is conceived does not always go according to plan…

Why similar: Puzzle 45.6%, Adventure 33.6%, Indie 20.8%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy adventure that tasks you with solving technical puzzles to survive a space-based emergency.

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Why similar: Indie 50.3%, Adventure 35.5%, Puzzle 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure that excels at building a lonely, atmospheric world through its puzzles.

The crew of a marooned spaceship must uncover the secrets of an unknown planet to survive. After a crash landing on the lost planet, you’re left with many unanswered questions. What was the mysterious force that seems to have pulled your ship into the planet and what are its intentions?

Why similar: Adventure 51%, Puzzle 49%

Why You'll Like It: A casual point-and-click game that focuses on hidden object and puzzle mechanics within a sci-fi narrative.

You are trapped on a space station far above the earth. Will you ever get home to earth again?

Why similar: Indie 54.3%, Puzzle 32.3%, Adventure 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-oriented space adventure that utilizes VR to immerse players in its unique, alien-themed challenges.

You wake up in your cryo-pod. Other crew members are dead. Something is wrong with the spaceship and if you don't use all your wits, you will not leave this place alive...

Why similar: Indie 66.9%, Adventure 33.1%

Why You'll Like It: An escape-room style adventure that focuses on logical progression and environmental interaction in a sci-fi setting.

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Why similar: Indie 55.1%, Adventure 44.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that features complex puzzles and a strong focus on narrative mystery.

A space captain accidentally freezes themselves for two thousand years, finding themselves in an unfamiliar galaxy. Fortunately, there's always someone who needs cargo delivered.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.

Why similar: Indie 98.7%, Puzzle 0.8%, Adventure 0.5%

What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.

Why similar: Indie 42.3%, Puzzle 39%, Adventure 18.7%

The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.

Why similar: Indie 51.8%, Adventure 30.6%, Puzzle 17.5%

Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.

Why similar: Indie 65.9%, Adventure 34.1%

A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.

Why similar: Indie 73.7%, Adventure 26.3%

You can remember nothing before this moment. Your existence begins with a keystroke followed by the flick of a switch. Electrical power streams into your neural network, and you are alive.

Why similar: Indie 65.8%, Adventure 34.2%

Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.

Why similar: Puzzle 67.6%, Indie 21.6%, Adventure 10.9%

A point-and-click escape game set on a strange, desolate planet. Collect items and solve puzzles to unravel the mystery of this cryptic world.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.9%, Indie 33.2%, Adventure 25.9%

Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.

Why similar: Puzzle 58.1%, Adventure 33.9%, Indie 8%

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

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: Indie 50%, Puzzle 26.9%, Adventure 23.1%

They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.

Why similar: Indie 65.1%, Adventure 34.9%

A spaceship simulator for aliens, an ever-changing rule discovery puzzle for humans.

Why similar: Puzzle 65.8%, Indie 34.2%

Caffeine is a quirky first person adventure game with environmental puzzles and a dab of psychological horror. You awaken aboard one of these caffeine mining stations alone. Before long you realize that you are a young boy with no memory of what has transpired on this seemingly empty space station.

Why similar: Indie 65.6%, Adventure 34.4%

Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.

Why similar: Indie 46.6%, Puzzle 29.4%, Adventure 23.9%

A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?

Why similar: Indie 66.7%, Adventure 33.3%

Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?

Why similar: Indie 67.4%, Adventure 32.6%

Latona Research Station has been destroyed by unknown assailants. The only survivor is a young girl who was rescued by the Starship Quicksilver and her renowned captain.

Why similar: Indie 61.2%, Adventure 38.8%

Embark on an archaeological adventure inside an ancient pyramid to find your missing mentor. As an intrepid explorer, solve puzzles, investigate clues, and unravel the pyramid's secrets. Spoiler: it was not built by humans!

Why similar: Puzzle 67.6%, Adventure 32.4%

Unveil the truth in a genre-blending sci-fi mystery. Awaken from cryogenic slumber you find your shelter damaged by unknown circumstances. Scavenge your surroundings, repair the shelter and explore the ruins in hopes of uncovering – or perhaps avoiding – the uncomfortable truth of what has transpired.

Why similar: Indie 66.9%, Adventure 33.1%

Hardcore sci-fi first person shooter. You are a liaison on Vega 237 spacecraft. All crew members died and you are all by yourself in the midst of an unknown planet. Your goal is to find out what happened to the crew and establish the signal's nature.

Why similar: Indie 67.8%, Adventure 32.2%

In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

Why similar: Indie 42%, Puzzle 33.3%, Adventure 24.7%

Worlds collide as your cursed inheritance throws you into the middle of a series of mysterious events. Discover terrifying secrets as you follow your uncle’s disappearance, and confront a terrible truth that will change your life forever in this cosmic horror first-person adventure.

Why similar: Indie 51.3%, Adventure 48.7%

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. This is the prologue for Exo One.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Why similar: Puzzle 53.3%, Indie 30.5%, Adventure 16.2%

Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!

Why similar: Puzzle 67.7%, Adventure 32.3%

J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.

Why similar: Indie 43.9%, Puzzle 28.1%, Adventure 28%

The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.

Why similar: Puzzle 56.9%, Adventure 43.1%