- #1 The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,920 reviews2016
Dev: ComonGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.
Why similar: Adventure 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Indie 8.5%
- #2 Truberbrook / Trüberbrook
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,351 reviews2019
Dev: btfPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.
Why similar: Adventure 30.6%, Time Travel 16.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Indie 10.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #3 Through Abandoned: The Refuge
96% matchMixed53% of 257 reviews2019
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.4% ★, Adventure 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Puzzle 7.5%, Indie 6.9%
- #4 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
95% matchVery Positive83% of 1,642 reviews2015
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Why similar: Adventure 32.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Indie 8.6%, Horror 6.8%
- #5 Shapik: The Moon Quest
94% matchVery Positive94% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Paul PodberezkoPub: Rapid Snail
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
SHAPIK: The Moon Quest is a touching and atmospheric quest, the story of which unfolds in a mysterious world after a nuclear war.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Casual 8.9%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #6 Apocalipsis
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 525 reviews2018
Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Horror 17.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 8.6%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #7 Through Abandoned: The Underground City
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,015 reviews2015
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.2% ★, Adventure 10.8%, Mystery 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #8 Empathy: Path of Whispers
92% matchMixed60% of 220 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel NightPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
Why similar: Adventure 28.1%, Great Soundtrack 26.3%, Story Rich 12.8%, Indie 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #9 The Last Campfire
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,767 reviews2021
Dev: Hello Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Why similar: Adventure 22.4%, Puzzle 20.5%, Story Rich 13.6%, Indie 13.1%, Atmospheric 12.8%
- #10 TIMEframe
91% matchMixed66% of 711 reviews2015
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 49.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Time is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.7%, Casual 17.9%, Indie 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%
- #11 The Silent Age
90% matchVery Positive93% of 7,196 reviews2015
Dev: House On Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Puzzle 9.6%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #12 The Way
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,318 reviews2016
Dev: Puzzling DreamPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
Why similar: Adventure 34.5%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Indie 18.3%, Puzzle 7%, 2D 6.5%
- #13 The Mooseman
88% matchVery Positive89% of 1,224 reviews2017
Dev: Morteshka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You are the Mooseman and you have the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. You are about to visit three layers of this universe - the first one is the Lower World where dead reside…
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.2%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 16.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #14 Your Future Self
87% matchVery Positive81% of 97 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Adventure 23.9%, Casual 20.6%, Indie 16.3%, Sci-fi 11%, Mystery 9.6%
- #15 Doors: Paradox
84% matchVery Positive91% of 2,133 reviews2022
Dev: Big Loop StudiosPub: Snapbreak
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A relaxing puzzle escape game! Make your way through a variety of hand-crafted 3D dioramas, look for useful objects, find hidden clues and solve fun puzzles! Unravel this mysterious adventure about chaos, order and the surreal.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.4% ★, Mystery 11.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Puzzle 9.9%, Casual 7.3%
- #16 Future Proof
86% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Silhouette Valley Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 50.2% ★, Adventure 10.8%, Mystery 9.7%, Casual 7.5%, Indie 6.9%
- #17 There The Light
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2019
Dev: CasualBebop
Windows · Mac
Explore an unknown and abandoned world. Each step, each puzzle, brings you closer to discovering the history and secrets of a lost civilization. Can you find the light?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.1%, Mystery 17.3%, Stylized 10.9%, Casual 9.2%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #18 PROZE: Enlightenment
85% matchMixed69% of 121 reviews2019
Dev: SignSine
Windows
PROZE is a VR puzzle adventure set in both past and present. It’s a story of friendship and duty, fear and dignity of the people facing the Soviet government and its echoes. Explore a Cold-War era military research facility, deal with the anomalies, solve the puzzles, and find out the answers.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.1% ★, Adventure 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Horror 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #19 TEMPUS
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: k148 Game Studio
Windows
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #20 Chronoquartz
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 527 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Time Travel 38.7% ★, Sci-fi 9.4%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #21 Some Distant Memory
82% matchVery Positive94% of 309 reviews2019
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Casual 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Indie 9.8%
- #22 The Sojourn
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 229 reviews2020
Dev: Shifting TidesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Stylized 9.5%
- #23 Tyd wag vir Niemand (Time waits for Nobody)
83% matchMixed57% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Skobbejak GamesPub: Skermunkel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Adventure 28.7%, Indie 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Family Friendly 8.4%
- #24 Last Day of June
80% matchVery Positive87% of 4,725 reviews2017
Dev: OvosonicoPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?
Why similar: Time Travel 26.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 17%, Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Indie 9.7%
- #25 Tick Tock Isle
81% matchVery Positive86% of 335 reviews2015
Dev: Squiddershins
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower. Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island’s dysfunctional family who are responsible for much of the clock’s disrepair.
Why similar: Time Travel 60.1% ★, Adventure 16.3%, Casual 12.4%, Indie 11.1%
- #26 Lanternium
81% matchVery Positive87% of 81 reviews2019
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!
Why similar: Story Rich 14.3%, Puzzle 14.1%, Stylized 13.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Family Friendly 12%
- #27 The World After
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Burning Sunset
Windows · Mac
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV adventure game experience that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.
Why similar: Time Travel 44.3% ★, Sci-fi 11.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 6.1%
- #28 Reminiscence
77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,531 reviews2021
Dev: Reminiscence Project
Windows
You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.5% ★, Horror 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Casual 6.1%
- #29 Red Matter
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,185 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Enter an abandoned Cold War base on a moon of Saturn in this atmospheric VR puzzle adventure. Scan evidence, translate Volgravian messages, manipulate strange machinery, and uncover a sci-fi mystery that grows more surreal with every discovery.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Adventure 9.5%
- #30 Through Abandoned: The Forest
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 457 reviews2016
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 44.3% ★, Adventure 9.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Indie 6.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #31 FAR: Lone Sails
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 26,499 reviews2018
Dev: Okomotive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 8.9%
- #32 Metamorphosis
77% matchVery Positive85% of 652 reviews2020
Dev: Ovid WorksPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Adventure 14.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #33 The Forgotten City
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,737 reviews2021
Dev: Modern StorytellerPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Why similar: Time Travel 47.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Adventure 9.7%, Exploration 6.4%
- #34 Little Orpheus
76% matchMixed68% of 681 reviews2022
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A technicolor side-scrolling narrative adventure game inspired by classic movies including Flash Gordon, Sinbad, and The Land that Time Forgot. Join our bold yet hapless hero as he explores lost civilizations, undersea kingdoms, prehistoric jungles, and lands beyond imagination.
Why similar: Sci-fi 15.1%, Adventure 13%, Story Rich 11.4%, Casual 11.1%, Stylized 10%
- #35 Down in Bermuda
75% matchVery Positive89% of 1,669 reviews2021
Dev: Yak & Co
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An unnatural storm leaves an adventurous aviator stranded for decades within the infamous Bermuda. Overcome creatures of the deep and unravel the islands secrets in search of a way back home.
Why similar: Mystery 18.7%, Adventure 18.6%, Puzzle 17%, Family Friendly 12.9%, Story Rich 12.7%
- #36 Back in the Swamp
70% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Cryo Swamp
Windows
A first-person point-and-click exploration adventure set in a mysterious post-apocalyptic swamp filled with giant insects and abandoned robots. Observe your surroundings, find the right objects, and progress through the ruins in this 3–4 hour atmospheric journey.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Sci-fi 14%, Exploration 9.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Stylized 9.5%
- #37 Somerville
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,901 reviews2022
Dev: Jumpship
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.
Why similar: Adventure 18%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Story Rich 13.5%
- #38 Owl Watch
74% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
OWL WATCH is a short atmospheric adventure game where you travel around in different biomes. Awaken from your slumber as you venture out to seek ancient technology to aid you in a time of darkness.
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Casual 21.3%, Indie 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 16%, Third Person 8.6%
- #39 A New Beginning - Final Cut
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,162 reviews2012
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.
Why similar: Adventure 39.4%, Time Travel 23.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Indie 8.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #40 Shapik: The Quest
69% matchVery Positive94% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Paul PodberezkoPub: Rapid Snail
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a story of Shapik, traveling through magic forest in search of his missing sister. Explore a beautiful world, full of mystery, magic and danger and find your missing sister, solving puzzles on your way.
Why similar: Adventure 24.1%, Cartoony 10.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%
- #41 7 Years From Now
71% matchVery Positive98% of 294 reviews2021
Dev: fumiPub: room6
Windows
A slice of life story-driven adventure game with a distinctive 3D pixel art. Embark on a journey and accompany Haruto Soraki, a high schooler, in his quest to find the memory he lost in an accident seven years ago.
Why similar: Adventure 18.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Indie 11.9%
- #42 Nordlicht
73% matchVery Positive82% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: illiusPub: Sedoc LLC
Windows
Nordlicht is an adventure-game where you accompany an unusual family on its fascinating journey to the cold north. During the journey, they encounter mysterious star-signs of the polar night, and have to overcome nature's dangers to confront their fears.
Why similar: Adventure 25.6%, Casual 19.6%, Indie 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Family Friendly 7%
- #43 Papetura
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,273 reviews2021
Dev: Petums
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Stylized 10.9%, Puzzle 10.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Casual 9.7%
- #44 Cloud Climber
70% matchVery Positive92% of 4,157 reviews2021
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Adventure 16.8%, Casual 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Great Soundtrack 8%
- #45 Neoproxima
68% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Lonestone Studio
Windows
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Sci-fi 24.6%, Mystery 20.8%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Atmospheric 12.2%
- #46 Time Machine - Find Objects. Hidden Pictures Game
71% matchVery Positive81% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
An exciting adventure through space and time awaits for you in the newest hidden object game! Immerse yourself into a real investigation, full of intrigue and mysterious temporal anomalies!
Why similar: Time Travel 41% ★, Adventure 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Casual 10.3%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #47 The Inner Darkness
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: Nauris Amatnieks
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Mystery 18.9%, Puzzle 16.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%
- #48 Clocker
72% matchVery Positive83% of 285 reviews2019
Dev: Wild Kid Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The world has been swallowed into the grey void of time and space. The only key to the winding puzzle - a time-controling pocket-watch - lies in the hands of a clockmaker Father. The watch creates a mysterious barrier between the Father and his estranged Daughter.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.9% ★, Cartoony 12.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Indie 10%
- #49 Time Loader
70% matchVery Positive82% of 577 reviews2021
Dev: FlazmPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 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: Sci-fi 22.7%, Adventure 18.5%, Family Friendly 14.3%, Casual 14.1%, Story Rich 13.9%
- #50 Dusty
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: El Palo GamesPub: U-tad
Windows
Dusty is a third-person puzzle game focused on explore beautiful environments. Join archaeologist Dusty on his search for a mysterious civilization. Explore equipped with your extensible cane and notebook to resolve the past, the ways of the civilization and his technology of light.
Why similar: Adventure 25.4%, Casual 13.8%, Puzzle 12.7%, Indie 12.1%, Exploration 9.9%
- #51 OneShot
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 65,379 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29%, Story Rich 15.1%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 10.4%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #52 Reversion - The Meeting (2nd Chapter)
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 220 reviews2014
Dev: 3f Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You’ve escaped the guarded hospital holding you prisoner to find Buenos Aires in ruins. Memories still missing, you must beat puzzles and collect clues to find a mysterious stranger who may hold the truth to what happened 20 years ago.
Why similar: Adventure 28.2%, Casual 17.2%, Indie 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #53 The Mensional
68% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.8% ★, Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Indie 9.1%, Mystery 8.1%
- #54 In His Time
66% matchVery Positive87% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: TearyHand StudioPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.
Why similar: Adventure 18.5%, Story Rich 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Indie 11.3%, Casual 11%
- #55 The Abandoned Planet
63% matchVery Positive94% of 266 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: Sci-fi 19.2%, Puzzle 17.6%, Exploration 16.8%, Adventure 13.4%, Story Rich 12.8%
- #56 Candle
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,186 reviews2016
Dev: Teku StudiosPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles. Play as Teku, a young novice on a dangerous journey to rescue his tribe's shaman from the evil tribe of the Wakcha. But the way is littered with sinister traps and difficult obstacles.
Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Great Soundtrack 25%, Indie 22.1%, Puzzle 17.4%, 2D 4.6%
- #57 Once Again
65% matchVery Positive91% of 1,046 reviews2022
Dev: RB Wolf DesignPub: RB Wolf Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 82.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?
Why similar: Time Travel 43.5% ★, Adventure 15%, Casual 11.9%, Indie 10.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #58 Return
64% matchVery Positive87% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Dead Unicorn
Windows
Return to your home planet after 200 years of space travel in this atmospheric, art-driven adventure. Shoot, slash, and roll your way through dangerous enemies and ancient bosses, purchase items and unlock powerful weapons, and explore your unfamiliar home for parts to repair your ship.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Horror 11%, Stylized 10.6%
- #59 A Perfect Day
64% matchVery Positive85% of 1,834 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Time Travel 45.7% ★, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Puzzle 7.9%, Story Rich 7.4%