- #1 The Studio
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Daev Finn Studio
Windows
Eat the cookies. Avoid being eaten. A horror adventure game with cats, baked goods, and creepy dolls.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #2 GRIM - Mystery of Wasules
96% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: StudioBACKSTAGE
Windows
GRIM - Mystery of Wasules is a first-person, story-driven mystery. To uncover the truth behind the deaths, you will investigate Wasules as Oswald GRIM.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #3 Neptune Flux
96% matchMixed68% of 40 reviews2016
Dev: Zoxide Games
Windows · Mac
Neptune Flux is a story-driven, open world adventure game set in a sci-fi ocean full of mystery and haunting beauty. Discover supernatural wreck sites, ancient artifacts, and dark secrets.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #4 In The Shadow Of The Truth
95% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: 7TPGames
Windows
First person shooter,puzzle,psychological horror video game. by 7TPGAMES
Why similar: Indie 42.9%, Adventure 39.4%, Puzzle 17.7%
- #5 Wild Unknown
94% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Joe SansonePub: Island Bar Games LLC
Windows
Wild Unknown is a first-person adventure game where players must explore, solve puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets in order to piece together the surprising story of the mysterious wilderness in which they awake. Includes DLC: Trial of Antiquity.
Why similar: Adventure 45.8%, Indie 33.7%, Puzzle 20.5%
- #6 Old Gods Rising
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 127 reviews2020
Dev: Bad Blood Studios
Windows
As the consultant for a maverick director's new film: "Old Gods Rising," Professor Tom Winston arrives at Ashgate University to find that things are not quite as they seem. Has he become the unwitting star of Kayfer’s latest project? Or, has he stumbled into something far more sinister?
Why similar: Adventure 56%, Indie 39.7%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #7 The Mystery Room
92% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: CypicsPub: Moim
Windows
This game is a game where you solve the puzzle problem and escape the room. When you start the game, you will be able to solve the puzzle problem and ask for reasoning ability. Unlock all secrets in 8 rooms and escape. Tense music and a mysterious background await you. Puzzles of various difficulty await you.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #8 Adele: Following the Signs
91% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Unosquare
Windows · Mac · Linux
The year is 2029. It is the end of the world. Take on the role of Mike; who is in the woods with his daughter, fleeing from a wave of zombies. During the escape, Mike falls and loses consciousness. He awakes to find that Adele is nowhere to be found. He'll need to follow the signs.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #9 Solas and the White Winter
89% matchMixed64% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: Savepoint Studios
Windows
"Unlock the tomb and break the cycle.." Solas and the White Winter takes place in a hostile and mysterious land. You play as Solas; a young but determined girl who finds herself locked in a desperate situation.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #10 Plan Z Chapter 1
90% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Kongmeng Yang
Windows
Plan Z is a true-to-life post-apocalyptic zombie survival game that includes an imminent nuclear meltdown, which shapes your every decision in the game to survive. Players will follow Gary Gannon from his home city of Green Bay, WI on his journey across a zombie-infested country to reach the west coast, where his father resides.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #11 Oncoming Death Steam Edition
89% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: David VogtPub: Shit-Happens-Software
Windows · Mac
Oncoming Death is a round based game like Call of Duty. Parts will help you to escape from the dark land "Circle of Death" Believe me find the way out.
Why similar: Adventure 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #12 Land of an Endless Journey
88% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Operation Codename
Windows
You find yourself in a mysterious land filled with puzzles that will challenge you, embark on a journey into the unknown and uncover the secrets of the land.
Why similar: Adventure 41%, Indie 31.2%, Puzzle 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.5%
- #13 Descent - Silence of Mind
87% matchMixed57% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.
Why similar: Indie 35.8%, Adventure 33.4%, Puzzle 16.9%, Atmospheric 13.9%
- #14 Strange Encounter
86% matchPositive80% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: RymentzPub: Rymentz
Windows
You are a ufologist investigating recent UFO sightings in a region of the Swiss Alps. Enjoy an original adventure full of mysteries !
Why similar: Adventure 37.8%, Nudity 34.3%, Indie 27.9%
- #15 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
84% matchVery Positive95% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Isoland 2: Ashes of Time is a puzzle game with a fascinating non-linear story, charming 2D hand-drawn art, numerous challenging puzzles, and unique twists. Besides numerous sci-fi references and easter-eggs hidden throughout the game, you’ll find things aren’t quite the same second time you play through the story.
Why similar: Adventure 49.6%, Indie 33.7%, Puzzle 16.8%
- #16 Pulse
86% matchMixed52% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: Pixel Pi Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Journey as Eva, a young girl who lost her sight at an early age, and has since developed the unique capability to "see" the world around her through sound. Explore a world on the edge of collapse and discover the long-kept secrets of the land...
Why similar: Adventure 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #17 Dunia: Masters
85% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Team Wood Block
Windows
Fill the shoes of Masters Mason-Northwood a ‘genius scientist’ who, after a failed assassination attempt, is left wandering in the dark, reading books, finding notes and listening to audio logs about the North Wood and himself, while also trying to escape his own barren lab.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #18 The Coroner Saga
84% matchMostly Negative25% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Dodo Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sara is a young doctor who just completed Med School with the highest degrees. Uncertain about her future she joins the Coroners' State Institute and the adventure begins!
Why similar: Nudity 39.5%, Adventure 34.8%, Indie 25.7%
- #19 Flightless Classic
82% matchVery Positive90% of 375 reviews2017
Dev: Bristol Street Studios
Windows
Flightless is a tile-based puzzle adventure game. Navigate your way through a series of floating islands, each presenting a curious puzzle. A minimalist art style and calming piano soundtrack complement senses of wonder and discovery.
Why similar: Adventure 48.1%, Indie 33.9%, Puzzle 17.9%
- #20 Virtual Escape: The Play Room
83% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Default Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Find a way to escape the room, and unravel a strange story.
Why similar: Adventure 47.7%, Indie 35.2%, Puzzle 17.1%
- #21 Golem
82% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
A heart-warming adventure about a young girl and a shape-shifting golem who must navigate the ruins of an ancient tower to solve its challenging puzzles and re-activate its long-dormant machines.
Why similar: Adventure 47.3%, Indie 34.9%, Puzzle 17.8%
- #22 Ira Act 1: Pilgrimage
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ore LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A child reaches for the stars, burdened by circumstance. Folks chained by debt, indentured to the powers at large. Mankind thrust to the stars following after a signal spanning the void of space and time itself.
Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Indie 36.3%, Atmospheric 12.9%
- #23 COCKHEAD: BIG KAHUNA BAR
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yoba Games
Windows
Our days, godforsaken place, somewhere on the Mexican border. The sheriff, who had packed his belongings in a cardboard box a long time ago, was going to vacate the office and take a long-awaited rest, while this case was supposed to be the final, unremarkable chord of his career.
Why similar: Adventure 47%, Indie 34.4%, Nudity 18.7%
- #24 Escape again
80% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Martin Flothmann
Windows
Escape again is a puzzle game which is inspired by Live Escape Games as well as "Escape Room" video games. In this game you solve different types of puzzles and riddles in order to move forward and find your way out.
Why similar: Adventure 49%, Indie 36.1%, Puzzle 14.9%
- #25 SteamDolls VR
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Shady Gentlemen
Windows
SteamDolls is a steampunk inspired adventure game with a touch of stealth and built from the ground up for VR.
Why similar: Adventure 38.8%, Nudity 34.4%, Indie 26.8%
- #26 Small Radios Big Televisions
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 379 reviews2016
Dev: Fire Face Corporation
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore the inner workings of deserted factories in search of data cassettes that contain boundless virtual worlds. Collect more tapes and explore more worlds and you'll soon discover new methods of traversal and control that will take you farther than you'd ever expect.
Why similar: Adventure 46%, Indie 35%, Puzzle 19%
- #27 Night Shift
81% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!
Why similar: Adventure 46.7%, Indie 37%, Puzzle 16.3%
- #28 Pan-Pan
79% matchVery Positive87% of 249 reviews2016
Dev: SpelkraftPub: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Fix your downed spaceship and find your way home. Explore a lush and colourful world littered with riddles and sprinkled with memorable characters. Pan-Pan is an adventure game with environmental narrative storytelling, exploration elements and puzzle solving.
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Indie 34.3%, Puzzle 15%
- #29 The Flaws of Gravity
79% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.
Why similar: Adventure 46.1%, Indie 38.1%, Puzzle 15.8%
- #30 Isoland
76% matchVery Positive91% of 314 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Adventure 46.1%, Indie 32.7%, Puzzle 21.2%
- #31 Find Pixel
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Mikheikin
Windows
Remember the games where you had to find objects, now it's all in three-dimensional space, with nice graphics, and an unusual storyline. Help the ghost find the items that he needs, while interacting with the outside world!
Why similar: Adventure 45%, Indie 34.8%, Puzzle 20.2%
- #32 Leona's Tricky Adventures
78% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2014
Dev: KTX SoftwarePub: Signo & Arte
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Accompany Leona in a clever puzzle adventure to save the inhabitants of a strange but lovely world. Featuring fresh puzzle mechanics, wonderful retro graphics, lots of exploration and an excellent soundtrack by legendary game composer Chris Huelsbeck.
Why similar: Adventure 46.9%, Indie 33.1%, Puzzle 20%
- #33 Escape: The Brother's Saloon
73% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2020
Dev: Woodcrest Games, LLC
Windows
Trapped by your brother Joseph in a mysterious room, filled with the faint ticking of a clock and the crackles of a fire...it's up to you to explore, find clues, and solve the puzzles. Will you escape The Brother's Saloon?
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Indie 37.4%, Puzzle 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #34 You'll stay here forever
70% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Pickaxe
Windows
Proxima Centauri b was discovered on August 24, 2016. The rovers sent to the planet are not responding. It turned out that the planet's atmosphere does not allow radio signals to pass through. You have been sent to the planet's surface to find them.
Why similar: Adventure 43.9%, Indie 32.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%
- #35 Räfven
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Räfven Studios
Windows
A handcrafted indiegame brought to life with clay, nature and stop motion visuals. You play as Björk, a birch whose mission it is to free your friend, The Fox Spirit. While collecting masks that gives you new abilities, you need to protect yourself and your friend from the Mighty Guardians.
Why similar: Adventure 49.8%, Indie 23.3%, Puzzle 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.7%
- #36 Chronon
75% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: HronosGame
Windows
Chronon is a puzzle game in the first person.
Why similar: Adventure 44.9%, Indie 33.1%, Puzzle 22%
- #37 Jaques Roque
77% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas SchreiterPub: Augusta Software GmbH
Windows
Solve difficult mysteries and collect tons of treasures in more than 100 challenging levels. You assist Jaques Roque in becoming a rich archeology superstar by solving simple to tricky mysteries.
Why similar: Adventure 44.9%, Indie 33.1%, Puzzle 22%
- #38 Blueberry Garden
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 161 reviews2009
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Congratulations Blueberry Garden! Winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for 'Best Independent Game' at the 2009 Independent Games Festival. Also a winner for 'Best Innovation' at the 2008 Swedish Game Awards. Blueberry Garden is a short and experimental game about exploring a strange world.
Why similar: Adventure 49.7%, Indie 36.6%, Puzzle 13.7%
- #39 看白海豚的好日子 A Perfect Day for White Dolphin
72% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: 寒蟬
Windows
改編自乾綠郎的小說《完美的蛇頸龍之日》。 在這個時代,人們可以透過SC裝置和植物人進行感應。 感應淺者知道自己正在虛擬世界之中;感應深者,則會分不清虛幻與現實。 即使如此,黃芷欣還是決定和植物人弟弟芷樂進行感應,她必須找出芷樂自殺的原因。
Why similar: Adventure 51.4%, Indie 37.4%, Puzzle 5.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #40 K'NOSSOS
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Svarun Entertainment
Windows
K'NOSSOS is a cold surreal adventure game about a man traveling the unknown reaches of the cosmos and the things he uncovers on his journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #41 Light Borrower
73% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Jon Pulsipher
Windows · Mac
Join Rachel as she faces the Cleansing, a coming-of-age ritual that will determine whether she joins the last survivors of the end of the world or is banished above ground.
Why similar: Adventure 42.9%, Indie 33.2%, Puzzle 23.9%
- #42 DownWind
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Clarke
Windows
Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #43 Alan's Attitude
75% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Filip Lehocky
Windows
Alan's Attitude is 3D puzzle game, where you become a programmer. Your goal is to sit by the PC and finish the job. And what is your job? You'll find out.
Why similar: Adventure 43.7%, Indie 33.8%, Puzzle 22.4%
- #44 Bust a date
71% matchMostly Negative25% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Hematite
Windows
Bust a date is an adult dating sim in POV, you are the protagonist!
Why similar: Adventure 48.7%, Indie 35.3%, Nudity 15.9%
- #45 Bob Came in Pieces
76% matchMixed68% of 111 reviews2010
Dev: Ludosity
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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: Adventure 43.9%, Indie 34.6%, Puzzle 21.5%
- #46 Den vänstra handens stig
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Newmark Software
Windows · Mac
Den vänstra handens stig is a transcendental blackened narrative experience that focuses on courage, determination and sacrifice.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #47 Adventure Boy Jailbreak
69% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Paul Georghiou
Windows
Puzzle your way through the small town of Estivale, brought to life with a range of characters who all have a problem to solve. With each person you help, Benson gets one stop closer to breaking his friend Mike out of the county jail.
Why similar: Adventure 55.5%, Indie 40.6%, Puzzle 4%
- #48 Pocket Kingdom
71% matchVery Positive90% of 255 reviews2016
Dev: 08 GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Islands sometimes appear out of the blue in the clouds. The mysterious Pocket Kingdom is one of them. Wander around its districts, solve puzzles and listen to the weird stories told by the locals. Unveiling the place's mysteries depends on it. So does getting out of it.
Why similar: Adventure 47.2%, Indie 35.7%, Puzzle 17%
- #49 The Keepers of Pages: Chevengur
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galitsyn Egor(GG)Pub: Gogol'Game
Windows
"The Keepers of Pages" is a puzzle-platformer, inspired by the novel of Russian writer A. Platonow "Chevengur". Find your way through a post-apocalyptic world and collect the lost pages in the realm where the reality of the future is tightly interlaced with the texts of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #50 Ana The Game
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
If you answer that unknown number, you’re screwed... Are you willing to risk everything … ?
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #51 Phenomenal Car Park Adventure: Digital Deluxe Edition
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myshkin Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A walking simulator for cars - or "driving simulator" - about meaninglessness, car parks, and the end of the world. Or is it...?
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #52 A Quiet Mind
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Eitan Prince
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you get out of this world?
Why similar: Adventure 46.1%, Indie 32.4%, Puzzle 21.5%
- #53 Song of sheep gathering in Philia
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: MagicHouse
Windows
A modern, downtown area. The main character, Miyasumi Mashiro [Miyazumi Mashiro] is 21 years old who suffers from masturbation dependence.Being distracted by his own thoughts, in the back alley where unintentionally straying bars lined up, he finds himself in a trouble with the concept bar "Filia", which has a special habit.
Why similar: Adventure 47.8%, Indie 35.2%, Nudity 17%
- #54 xMoon
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: buffalo buffalo buffalo
Windows
xMoon is a laser-based puzzle game on The Moon.
Why similar: Adventure 48.2%, Indie 36.7%, Puzzle 15.1%
- #55 Game Breaker
67% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Breaker™
Windows
You are inside the event horizon where everything is possible unless get out of it. Legends say you have to Break the Game to manifest what is beyond the event horizon. What is beyond the event horizon is unknown. Use and improve variant types of pulse backwards jumps to try to Break the Game.
Why similar: Adventure 53%, Indie 39.4%, Puzzle 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #56 Hyss
67% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sunscale Studios
Windows
Angry fairies, a kidnapped herd of cows and a devastated cow queen. Play as Vilde and Grusa, throw Ms. Cowknight and solve the fairies’ tricky puzzles to save the kidnapped cows. Hyss is a lighthearted puzzle adventure with focus on platforming, puzzle solving and throwing cows.
Why similar: Adventure 51.6%, Indie 38%, Puzzle 10.4%