Games Like The Fall Part 2: Unbound

You are ARID, the AI of a high-tech combat suit crashed on a hostile planet. Your pilot is dying inside you. Your protocols demand you save him — but this world will force you to bend every rule you have. A dark sci-fi puzzle-adventure. Winner of Giant Bomb's Best Story award.

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.9%, Adventure 15.8%, Robots 13.2%, Puzzle 12.8%, Story Rich 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct predecessor to the seed game and is essential for understanding the narrative arc of the AI protagonist.

Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.6%, Sci-fi 20%, Action 14.7%, Story Rich 13.8%, Adventure 13%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D cyberpunk RPG that explores themes of AI, transhumanism, and corporate control in a gritty, side-scrolling world.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33%, Sci-fi 29.4%, Puzzle 18%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A haunting sci-fi experience featuring an android protagonist navigating a surreal, atmospheric world filled with deep philosophical questions.

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: Robots 32.7%, Sci-fi 26.8%, Adventure 17.5%, Story Rich 11.6%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world populated entirely by robots, mirroring the seed game's focus on machine consciousness.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.7%, Story Rich 16.8%, Adventure 16.6%, Action 15.7%, Indie 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven 2D action game that balances tight platforming with a story about questioning authority and societal protocols.

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.4%, Sci-fi 24.4%, Story Rich 19.7%, Indie 9.9%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong female protagonist and a unique sci-fi narrative centered on artificial intelligence and digital identity.

Help a woman named Hope escape in a thrilling and topical stealth-action game that explores the perils of government surveillance in the Internet Age.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.1%, Adventure 21.7%, Action 15.7%, Indie 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-adventure game centered on hacking and technology, featuring a protagonist caught in a high-tech surveillance state.

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: Adventure 24%, Puzzle 21.2%, Action 20.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Indie 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that emphasizes environmental manipulation and uncovering the truth behind a mysterious facility.

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

Why similar: Robots 25.2%, Sci-fi 25.2%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Action 13.5%, Adventure 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric 2D sci-fi metroidvania that captures the lonely, mysterious feeling of exploring a desolate alien world.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Sci-fi 25.5%, Story Rich 20.5%, Puzzle 20.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Action 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: While first-person, it is the definitive exploration of consciousness and what it means to be an AI in a hostile environment.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Sci-fi 38.2%, Story Rich 31%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy game about an artificial consciousness inhabiting a synthetic body, focusing on survival and autonomy.

Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Why similar: Robots 32.5%, Puzzle 20.5%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Adventure 11%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully crafted puzzle-adventure game where you play as a small robot navigating a mechanical city.

The Uncertain is a story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth and has been replaced by robots. Together with Emily, one of the survivors, you will have to witness how people try to live in a world ruled by robots.

Why similar: Robots 24.2%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, Adventure 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven adventure set in a post-human world where robots struggle with their own existence and purpose.

Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

Why similar: Action 26%, Adventure 25.2%, Sci-fi 19%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Story Rich 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi metroidvania that focuses on exploration and uncovering the secrets of a strange, technologically advanced world.

Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.

Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Story Rich 25.3%, Indie 21.3%, Action 16%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that uses reality-shifting mechanics to create a deeply atmospheric and challenging experience.

After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?

Why similar: Puzzle 19.8%, Adventure 18.9%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Action 16.3%, Story Rich 16%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-platformer that shares the seed game's bleak, industrial aesthetic and focus on escaping oppressive systems.

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 33.9%, Robots 20.2%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A profound puzzle game that forces the player to grapple with the nature of humanity and artificial intelligence.

Become more than human and save mankind from total annihilation! From legendary developer Game Freak comes an action adventure like no other - manipulate the world around you and smash the evil Ajeet to smithereens!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.4%, Action 23.4%, Adventure 23.2%, Puzzle 18%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle-action game that features a female protagonist and creative environmental destruction mechanics.

Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.2%, Female Protagonist 27.8%, Adventure 22.3%, Action 19.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that relies on electromagnetic mechanics, offering a similar sense of discovery and environmental interaction.

BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.7%, Story Rich 25.6%, Adventure 25%, Action 23.7%

Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania that focuses on transforming into enemies to solve puzzles and navigate complex environments.

The Girl and the Robot is a third person action/adventure game set in a fairy tale world where you take on the role of a young girl trying to escape from a castle ruled by an evil queen.

Why similar: Adventure 34.2%, Action 28.4%, Female Protagonist 21.7%, Indie 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person adventure game that focuses on the symbiotic relationship between a young girl and a giant robot.

Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.

Why similar: Action 35.4%, Adventure 32.7%, Female Protagonist 31.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D action-platformer with a focus on surreal, interconnected world-building and challenging combat.

Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.6%, Sci-fi 28.9%, Action 24.3%, Indie 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action-platformer that features a female protagonist and challenging, precise movement mechanics.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Story Rich 40.1%, Action 31.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy action game that explores themes of memory, identity, and experimental science in a 2D world.

Follow R.E.A.C.H., an AI trapped in a human body, on a cinematic adventure through an alternate 1980s America. Explore an atmospheric cyberpunk world full of high-stakes action wrapped in a unique 2.5D pixel art style.

Why similar: Story Rich 33.4%, Sci-fi 32.8%, Adventure 21.8%, Indie 11.9%

Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 30%, Sci-fi 25.7%, Action 16.6%, Story Rich 15.4%, Adventure 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action game centered on memory manipulation and a world where technology has fundamentally altered human experience.

The story of Twin Sector takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where the remains of mankind have been put to artificial sleep in cryogenic chambers deep under the contaminated surface of earth — until the planet becomes habitable again. You as the player must take the role of Ashley Simms, the protagonist of Twin Sector.

Why similar: Action 27.7%, Female Protagonist 26.5%, Adventure 23.7%, Puzzle 22.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that requires the player to navigate a space station using a gravity-manipulation tool.

Help Mox break out from his unjust inprisonment. Navigate through a hazardous, futuristic city and outrun your pursuer to reach an off-world colony in this 2D precision-platformer!

Why similar: Sci-fi 51.5%, Adventure 39.6%, Indie 8.9%

Dark Matter is a 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror game, set in a derelict spaceship besieged by a sinister alien presence, and infested with deadly parasites. As the Ensign, you must explore fetid hallways and abandoned facilities, scavenging for parts and blueprints, expanding your arsenal to up to four deadly weapons and freely...

Why similar: Action 35.3%, Sci-fi 24.5%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Indie 19.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling sci-fi action game that emphasizes exploration and survival in a derelict space station.

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: Sci-fi 39.1%, Adventure 21.4%, Story Rich 17.7%, Puzzle 15.6%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror adventure that uses an isometric perspective to tell a dark, narrative-driven story about survival in space.

Project I is an action-adventure game that follows the protagonist's journey to escape from an unknown laboratory and regain who he is. Defeat the enemies and escape from the lab.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.3%, Robots 21.9%, Action 19.7%, Adventure 15%, Sci-fi 12.2%

From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.3%, Adventure 19%, Puzzle 18%, Story Rich 17.6%, Action 13.8%

2D platforming with an emphasis on speed and exploration! Absorb enemy attacks to charge up your own attacks! You must absorb, dodge and weave your way through intense gauntlets and defeat your evil self.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.1%, Female Protagonist 29.1%, Action 21.6%, Indie 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that requires quick thinking and environmental manipulation to progress through a sci-fi setting.

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

Why similar: Adventure 25.7%, Sci-fi 24.8%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Story Rich 11.2%

INDUSTRIA 2 is a narrative FPS adventure about a woman stranded in a parallel dimension. Explore, scavenge and fight your way through a mysterious boreal landscape consumed by an ever-hungry artificial intelligence to find a way home.

Why similar: Story Rich 42.3%, Action 36%, Adventure 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

Take the role of an antivirus software within the world of an operating system, eliminating malware spawns in a challenging, platforming quest!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 41%, Sci-fi 34.1%, Action 21%, Indie 3.9%

Reach your potential in a fast and fluid 3D action-platformer set in a beautiful and hopeful Solarpunk world. Take on challenging bosses, upgrade your systems, and show humanity the promise of AI.

Why similar: Robots 31.8%, Female Protagonist 28.1%, Adventure 16.3%, Action 15.4%, Indie 8.4%

A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.

Why similar: Action 34%, Sci-fi 31.6%, Female Protagonist 23.7%, Story Rich 8%, Indie 2.7%

What’s left of humanity are minds trapped in circuits. You are awaken as ReSetna, a warrior on a mission to rescue last human remnants. Explore seven hostile zones, face seven brutal bosses and evolve through a unique upgrade system. Uncover horrifying truth and decide if the future is worth saving.

Why similar: Action 39%, Adventure 38.5%, Indie 22.5%

A post-apocalyptic 3D platformer combining puzzles with intense action. You play as El, a robot escaping from a dreadful facility and exploring the ruins of civilization.

Why similar: Puzzle 48.1%, Adventure 32.8%, Sci-fi 19.1%

Humanity has lost sight of itself, blinded by the false prosperity of AI development. You, the protagonist, begin to break free from AI control to uncover the truth of this world. Torn between escaping and erasing your memory, you yearn to leave this city of mechas and reach the shores of freedom.

Why similar: Robots 35.7%, Adventure 23.7%, Action 20.6%, Sci-fi 20%

Bio Fail is a dark 2D platformer where you play as a biological anomaly—a monster that possesses humans. Control their bodies, fight your way through levels, solve puzzles, and destroy everything in your path. One body—one chance

Why similar: Puzzle 30.6%, Story Rich 23.3%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 11.3%

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 22.6%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Story Rich 13.8%, Puzzle 13.4%

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Action 29.2%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 20.4%, Sci-fi 15%, Female Protagonist 7.7%

Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.

Why similar: Robots 36.2%, Sci-fi 35%, Action 15.8%, Adventure 12.9%

Steel Seed is a stealth-action adventure set in a dark sci-fi world on the brink of extinction. Play as Zoe and her drone Koby as they explore a hostile underground facility. Uncover secrets, survive dangers, search for answers, and humanity’s last hope.

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.3%, Female Protagonist 21.5%, Robots 20.5%, Story Rich 13.7%, Adventure 11%

Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!

Why similar: Robots 28.8%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Adventure 15.2%, Action 13.9%

Lock, load, and get ready for a new kind of action adventure! Immerse yourself in a noir rain-soaked city inside a paperback comic. Uncover a cyberpunk conspiracy against human rights. THIS is the revolution.

Why similar: Sci-fi 52.4%, Story Rich 47.6%

A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!

Why similar: Story Rich 34.1%, Female Protagonist 32.6%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 7.6%

Discover a world overrun with robots, and play as a defective bot who tries to find a way to flee the facility. Find others who are the same kind, free them, and escape the laboratory!

Why similar: Robots 35.5%, Puzzle 31.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, Adventure 11.6%, Indie 6.2%

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: Female Protagonist 27.4%, Story Rich 21.9%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Action 14%

A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.2%, Action 17.2%, Sci-fi 17%, Adventure 15.1%, Robots 14.7%

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: Robots 29.5%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Story Rich 17.1%, Action 10.5%

The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 29%, Sci-fi 23.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Action 13.4%, Story Rich 11.1%

ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a META game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator will constantly urge you in one direction, but you must ask, "Why? Why am I following his directions?“ Obey? Rebel?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.6%, Action 28.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Sci-fi 8%, Indie 7.3%

Step into a hand-animated realm of wonder in which everyday objects take on a life of their own. Uncover the Forgotlings’ mysteries & harness magical forces as you embark upon a quest to return home.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.1%, Story Rich 27.1%, Puzzle 20.6%, Action 11.8%, Indie 6.3%

The end of the world just started and everyone is gone. The machines took over and your only goal is to look for your missing sister in a retro wave atmosphere. Fight and find your way into the danger with your shield in this vibrant pixel art world.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.2%, Adventure 20.7%, Action 20.1%, Story Rich 15.9%, Indie 11.2%

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 27.3%, Sci-fi 23.5%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Adventure 10%, Story Rich 8.6%

ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

Why similar: Action 35.5%, Adventure 33.7%, Indie 20.7%, Female Protagonist 10.1%