- #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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #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 59.7%, Indie 40.3%
- #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 42.4%, Adventure 39.9%, 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 46.3%, Indie 33.2%, Puzzle 20.5%
- #6 Adele: Following the Signs
93% 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 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #7 The Mystery Room
91% 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 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #8 Old Gods Rising
89% 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 56.6%, Indie 39.2%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #9 Oncoming Death Steam Edition
90% 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 55.9%, Indie 44.1%
- #10 Plan Z Chapter 1
91% 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #11 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #12 Land of an Endless Journey
87% 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 41.6%, Indie 30.9%, Puzzle 15.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%
- #13 Pulse
88% 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 60.4%, Indie 39.6%
- #14 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
85% 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 50.1%, Indie 33.2%, Puzzle 16.7%
- #15 Strange Encounter
86% matchPositive81% of 36 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 38.2%, Nudity 34.3%, Indie 27.5%
- #16 Descent - Silence of Mind
86% matchMixed57% of 107 reviews2017
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.
Why similar: Indie 35.4%, Adventure 33.9%, Puzzle 16.9%, Atmospheric 13.7%
- #17 Isoland
83% matchVery Positive92% of 321 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Adventure 46.6%, Indie 32.2%, Puzzle 21.2%
- #18 Jaques Roque
84% 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 45.4%, Indie 32.6%, Puzzle 21.9%
- #19 Dunia: Masters
84% 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 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #20 The Coroner Saga
82% 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 35.2%, Indie 25.3%
- #21 Ira Act 1: Pilgrimage
73% 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 51.4%, Indie 35.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%
- #22 Flightless Classic
81% 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 48.7%, Indie 33.4%, Puzzle 17.9%
- #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 47.5%, Indie 33.9%, Nudity 18.7%
- #24 Virtual Escape: The Play Room
82% 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 48.2%, Indie 34.7%, Puzzle 17.1%
- #25 Golem
81% 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 47.8%, Indie 34.4%, Puzzle 17.8%
- #26 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 39.2%, Nudity 34.4%, Indie 26.4%
- #27 Escape again
79% 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 49.5%, Indie 35.6%, Puzzle 14.9%
- #28 Small Radios Big Televisions
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 381 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 46.5%, Indie 34.5%, Puzzle 19%
- #29 Night Shift
80% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Median: 2.7 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 47.3%, Indie 36.5%, Puzzle 16.3%
- #30 Pan-Pan
78% matchVery Positive87% of 250 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 51.2%, Indie 33.8%, Puzzle 15%
- #31 The Flaws of Gravity
78% 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 46.7%, Indie 37.6%, Puzzle 15.8%
- #32 Escape: The Brother's Saloon
74% 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 51.3%, Indie 36.9%, Puzzle 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #33 Find Pixel
77% 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 45.5%, Indie 34.3%, Puzzle 20.2%
- #34 Leona's Tricky Adventures
77% matchPositive89% of 35 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 47.4%, Indie 32.6%, Puzzle 20%
- #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 50.4%, Indie 22.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.4%
- #36 You'll stay here forever
69% 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 44.5%, Indie 32%, Puzzle 12.5%, Atmospheric 11%
- #37 Chronon
75% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: HronosGame
Windows
Chronon is a puzzle game in the first person.
Why similar: Adventure 45.4%, Indie 32.6%, Puzzle 21.9%
- #38 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 52%, Indie 36.9%, Puzzle 5.9%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #39 Blueberry Garden
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 161 reviews2009
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.3 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 50.2%, Indie 36.1%, Puzzle 13.7%
- #40 Buratino
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zemen
Windows
Buratino is a 2D arcade game with light adventure elements for the ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #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 43.4%, Indie 32.7%, Puzzle 23.9%
- #42 Dark Train: Coupe
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paperash Studio
Windows · Mac
Dark Train: Coupe is a steampunk visual novel made of paper, story prequel to Dark Train. Be a passenger, listen, discuss and decide what will happen next during your journey through the Border City. Meet Ann Tagrezbung; she is quite lovely, unmechanical and still human...
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #43 Asemblance: Oversight
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Niles Sankey
Windows
"Asemblance: Oversight" is a first-person exploration and puzzle-based game. You are part of a team of scientists and engineers charged with using a classified technology to aid in recreating the human mind.
Why similar: Adventure 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #44 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 44.2%, Indie 33.4%, Puzzle 22.4%
- #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 44.4%, Indie 34.2%, Puzzle 21.4%
- #46 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 49.3%, Indie 34.8%, Nudity 15.9%
- #47 Pocket Kingdom
70% matchVery Positive90% of 259 reviews2016
Dev: 08 GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 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 47.8%, Indie 35.2%, Puzzle 17%
- #48 Adventure Boy Jailbreak
68% matchPositive88% of 34 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 56.1%, Indie 40%, Puzzle 4%
- #49 Airglow
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GuiiStudio
Windows
You play as a wolf who gets seperated from the pack. Get unexpected help to find your way. Explore the nature and find the unforseen history of your pack.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #50 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
《裁決者》是款以極權島國為背景的冒險遊戲。遊戲中你將扮演調查局的副局長,並透過裁決案子替國家伸張正義。但在一次裁決中你意外地殺害了摯友「黃義雄」,使你首次對國家產生了疑惑。重重的危機,雨中,客廳等待著你的並不是虛無。而是屋外毫不知情的黃義雄獨生女「黃詠晴」......少女的笑容,開始了你的罪──
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #51 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 46.6%, Indie 31.9%, Puzzle 21.5%
- #52 Dark Wish
69% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Team Jungle
Windows
Dark Wish is an adventure role-playing game set in a harsh desert. Explore 'The Dust', a strange and unusual place filled with dangerous animals, bandits, and wanderers who pass on by.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #53 Song of sheep gathering in Philia
67% 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 48.3%, Indie 34.7%, Nudity 17%
- #54 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 53.6%, Indie 38.8%, Puzzle 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #55 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 48.7%, Indie 36.2%, Puzzle 15.1%
- #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 52.1%, Indie 37.5%, Puzzle 10.4%