- #1 The Talos Principle 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,921 reviews2023
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Puzzle 15.5%, First-Person 13%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, philosophical, and high-quality first-person puzzle experience that mirrors the narrative weight of the seed game.
- #2 The Turing Test
97% matchVery Positive88% of 7,968 reviews2016
Dev: BULKHEAD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 17.2%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Space 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, First-Person 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strong sci-fi narrative combined with mechanical, first-person puzzle-solving in a space station setting.
- #3 Portal 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 456,665 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Funny 10%, Puzzle 9.6%, First-Person 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for witty AI-driven dialogue paired with ingenious first-person physics puzzles.
- #4 Viewfinder
95% matchVery Positive94% of 11,827 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 Platformer 20.3%, First-Person 14.6%, Puzzle 14.3%, Physics 13.8%, Story Rich 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features innovative perspective-based puzzle mechanics that challenge your perception of reality in a mind-bending way.
- #5 Superliminal
94% matchVery Positive95% of 32,646 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.4%, First-Person 15.8%, Physics 15.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Funny 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Surreal, physics-defying puzzles that force you to rethink your spatial perspective.
- #6 Relicta
94% matchMixed67% of 452 reviews2020
Dev: Mighty PolygonPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 Platformer 17.7%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, First-Person 11.5%, Physics 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game involving magnetism and gravity within a compelling sci-fi environment.
- #7 Q.U.B.E. 2
93% matchVery Positive84% of 1,718 reviews2018
Dev: Toxic GamesPub: Trapped Nerve Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, First-Person 14%, Sci-fi 13%
Why You'll Like It: Offers sleek, futuristic first-person puzzle-solving that feels very similar to the aesthetic of the seed game.
- #8 Quantum Conundrum
92% matchVery Positive85% of 2,130 reviews2012
Dev: Airtight GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.2%, Time Manipulation 20.8% ★, Puzzle 18.1%, First-Person 12.4%, Physics 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that utilizes dimension-shifting mechanics to solve complex room-based challenges.
- #9 Antichamber
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 41.3%, First-Person 26.2%, Exploration 12.3%, Difficult 7%, Adventure 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Uses non-Euclidean geometry and mind-bending puzzles to reward lateral thinking and exploration.
- #10 Manifold Garden
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,118 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 20.3%, First-Person 17.5%, Difficult 15.9%, Exploration 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Surreal, gravity-shifting puzzles that provide a unique and abstract spatial experience.
- #11 DESORDRE : A Puzzle Game Adventure
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: SHK Interactive
Windows
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 31.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 9.4%, Physics 9.3%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Puzzle 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Explores time-manipulation mechanics within a first-person puzzle framework similar to the seed game.
- #12 Eternal Threads
89% matchVery Positive86% of 817 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 48.7% ★, Puzzle 12.3%, Story Rich 11%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on time manipulation and narrative causality, allowing you to alter past events.
- #13 Faraday Protocol
89% matchVery Positive85% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Red Koi BoxPub: Deck13
Windows · Linux
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: Artificial Intelligence 16.9%, Futuristic 15.8%, Sci-fi 13.8%, First-Person 12.9%, Puzzle 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game with a mysterious, futuristic atmosphere and satisfying logic-based mechanics.
- #14 Lightmatter
88% matchVery Positive91% of 2,853 reviews2020
Dev: Tunnel Vision GamesPub: Aspyr
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.
Why similar: Puzzle 17.6%, First-Person 15.1%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Futuristic 14.1%, Adventure 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Physics-based puzzles centered around light and shadow that require careful observation and timing.
- #15 Timelie
86% matchVery Positive94% of 2,501 reviews2020
Dev: Urnique Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Difficult 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes time-manipulation mechanics in a puzzle-solving context that requires careful planning and execution.
- #16 Hourglass
86% matchVery Positive90% of 390 reviews2021
Dev: Cyberwave
Windows
In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 22% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, First-Person 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on time-manipulation puzzles with a strong emphasis on first-person exploration and environmental interaction.
- #17 Project Temporality
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 107 reviews2014
Dev: Defrost Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 63.5% ★, Puzzle 22.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: Directly features time-manipulation mechanics as the core tool for solving complex, multi-layered puzzles.
- #18 The Swapper
85% matchVery Positive94% of 7,519 reviews2013
Dev: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo CastellanoPub: Facepalm Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Why similar: Sci-fi 21.9%, Puzzle 21.8%, Space 17.3%, Puzzle Platformer 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi puzzle game featuring a unique cloning mechanic that requires clever spatial planning.
- #19 Deliver Us Mars
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,881 reviews2023
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure taking you on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Space 13.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven sci-fi adventure with a strong female protagonist and exploration-heavy gameplay.
- #20 Playback Loop
82% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: MapPack
Windows
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 35.3% ★, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Difficult 11.6%, FPS 8.3%, Physics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie puzzle-platformer centered specifically around time-loop mechanics and trial-and-error gameplay.
- #21 The Fall of Lazarus
84% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
Why similar: Sci-fi 17.1%, Space 16%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, First-Person 10.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi puzzle-adventure that prioritizes narrative discovery and exploration.
- #22 The God Unit
82% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Cat Floor Studio
Windows · Linux
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 25.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Physics 12.3%, Artificial Intelligence 12.2%, First-Person 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Physics-based logic puzzles presented in a first-person perspective that challenge your ability to manipulate objects.
- #23 .T.E.S.T: Expected Behaviour — Sci-Fi 3D Puzzle Quest
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 91 reviews2018
Dev: Veslo Games
Windows · Mac
.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.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 45.1% ★, Puzzle 19.9%, Sci-fi 17.1%, First-Person 9.1%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated first-person sci-fi puzzle experience that focuses on logic and environmental manipulation.
- #24 Portal
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 192,498 reviews2007
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Puzzle 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic that established the genre of first-person, physics-based puzzle games.
- #25 Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,904 reviews2014
Dev: Toxic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 27.8%, First-Person 18.8%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Physics 10.4%, Space 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original first-person puzzle experience that established the core mechanics of the series.
- #26 Singularity™
80% matchVery Positive93% of 5,807 reviews2010
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Why similar: Time Manipulation 44.3% ★, FPS 19.8%, Sci-fi 15.9%, First-Person 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features time-manipulation mechanics within a sci-fi, story-driven environment that emphasizes environmental puzzles.
- #27 Nomori: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: Enchanted Works
Windows
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 34% ★, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Physics 12.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Exploration and puzzle-solving that focuses on spatial mechanics and shifting perspectives.
- #28 Orbyss
77% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Misty Whale
Windows
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 31.2% ★, Futuristic 11.5%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #29 The Talos Principle
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,657 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 26.4%, Sci-fi 17.6%, First-Person 14.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational philosophical puzzle game that inspired many modern first-person puzzle titles.
- #30 ELEA
81% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Kyodai LtdPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 15.3%, Female Protagonist 15%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Space 11.4%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy sci-fi adventure featuring a female protagonist and a focus on atmospheric storytelling.
- #31 Chromatic Conundrum
74% matchVery Positive98% of 277 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
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: Sci-fi 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.2%, Puzzle 13.3%, Futuristic 12.7%, First-Person 12.2%
- #32 Split - manipulate time, make clones and solve cyber puzzles from the future!
78% matchMixed63% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: GamePlanet
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 30.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.9%, FPS 8.5%, Physics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines time-manipulation and cloning mechanics to solve puzzles in a futuristic setting.
- #33 The Abandoned Planet
75% matchVery Positive94% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Female Protagonist 15.5%, Futuristic 14.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Space 11.5%
- #34 THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 361 reviews2023
Dev: Three Dots GamesPub: Take Aim Games
Windows
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: Futuristic 21%, Sci-fi 16.8%, First-Person 14%, Puzzle 13.8%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #35 Time Master
76% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: MorpheusZ
Windows · Linux
Zeno has accidentally banished his sister, so what now? Create paradoxes to help him complete trials and bring her back, obviously. Take on a wide variety of puzzles while collaborating with your past self and experiencing a fully-voiced cinematic story as you help Zeno bring her back.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Funny 10.2%, Difficult 8.8%, Physics 8.7%
- #36 What Lies in the Multiverse
73% matchVery Positive92% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Studio VoyagerPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 44% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Story Rich 10.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Funny 8.8%
- #37 Filament
73% matchVery Positive85% of 752 reviews2020
Dev: Beard EnvyPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).
Why similar: Sci-fi 24.3%, Difficult 24.2%, Puzzle 20.7%, Story Rich 16.1%, Space 10.5%
- #38 Backfirewall_
71% matchVery Positive92% of 475 reviews2023
Dev: Naraven GamesPub: All in! Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!
Why similar: First-Person 20.7%, Story Rich 16.1%, Puzzle 15.1%, Funny 14.6%, Adventure 13.2%
- #39 Timeworks
71% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Starworks Studios
Windows
Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.2% ★, Puzzle Platformer 16.8%, First-Person 13%, Puzzle 11.6%, Platformer 8.4%
- #40 Time Loader
72% matchVery Positive83% of 534 reviews2021
Dev: FlazmPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.5% ★, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Physics 10.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #41 Sumoman
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 633 reviews2017
Dev: Tequilabyte Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sumoman is an adventure puzzle platformer with advanced physics, destructible objects and the ability to reverse time. Solve various physical puzzles, trying to keep the unstable Sumoman on his feet in challenging environments.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Funny 11.1%, Difficult 10.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #42 STARDROP
72% matchVery Positive87% of 276 reviews2019
Dev: Joure Visser
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.
Why similar: Space 17.2%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Story Rich 10.3%, First-Person 9.3%
- #43 The Invincible
68% matchVery Positive89% of 9,176 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Futuristic 26.9%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Space 14.7%, First-Person 9.5%
- #44 REVISITOR
71% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Lead Games
Windows
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: Futuristic 19.7%, Puzzle 18.6%, Sci-fi 16.5%, First-Person 15.9%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%
- #45 Entangled
70% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: P² Studios
Windows
Complete physics-based platformer puzzles as you venture deeper into an abandoned research facility responsible for developing ominously powerful quantum entanglement technology.
Why similar: Sci-fi 18.4%, Physics 16.8%, Puzzle 14.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Futuristic 11%
- #46 The Gardens Between
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,728 reviews2018
Dev: The Voxel Agents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 55.1% ★, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Story Rich 12%, Puzzle 11.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #47 The Last Cube
69% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Improx Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.8%, Artificial Intelligence 16.8%, Difficult 14.6%, Futuristic 13.8%, Sci-fi 13.7%
- #48 The Art of Reflection
66% matchVery Positive97% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Hydrozoa
Windows
Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, First-Person 19.3%, Puzzle 18.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #49 RewindGirl
67% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: べすとまん
Windows
Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 77.2% ★, Puzzle 17.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Adventure 2.1%
- #50 ReThink
70% matchVery Positive82% of 289 reviews2017
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: Sci-fi 20.1%, Puzzle 19%, First-Person 18.7%, Difficult 13.2%, Futuristic 9.8%
- #51 Defy Gravity Extended
68% matchVery Positive86% of 8,545 reviews2016
Dev: Paul FischPub: Fish Factory Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.7%, Platformer 19%, Space 12.4%, Puzzle 9%, Difficult 7.2%
- #52 Chrono Recorder
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: ChronoGames
Windows
"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 48.6% ★, Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Puzzle 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #53 Quern - Undying Thoughts
68% matchVery Positive91% of 3,924 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 24.5%, First-Person 19.7%, Story Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Exploration 12.5%
- #54 The Eyes of Ara
69% matchVery Positive83% of 826 reviews2016
Dev: 100 Stones Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast, mysterious castle riddled with secret rooms and challenging puzzles in this award-winning puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Puzzle 15.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Difficult 13.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.5%
- #55 Time Lock VR 1
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 807 reviews2017
Dev: WR-VRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 55.9% ★, Puzzle 25%, Adventure 6.3%, Sci-fi 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #56 Riven
64% matchVery Positive93% of 2,718 reviews2024
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.9%, First-Person 21.1%, Story Rich 16.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.5%
- #57 Ingression
66% matchVery Positive85% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Espale StudiosPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.
Why similar: Difficult 15%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Space 13%, Sci-fi 12.2%