- #1 Paper Trail
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 889 reviews2024
Dev: Newfangled Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.
Why similar: Sokoban 43.3% ★, Puzzle 16.1%, Top-Down 14.7%, 2D 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #2 OneShot
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 62,700 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.5 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: Pixel Graphics 24.1%, Story Rich 22.6%, Puzzle 19.9%, Atmospheric 12.3%, 2D 7.1%
- #3 Ligo
96% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Anthony Berleur
Windows
Explore a mysterious non-linear world filled with puzzles and secrets. Make small creatures work together to lift the curse and reconnect the world.
Why similar: Sokoban 65.5% ★, Puzzle 15.7%, 2D 7.7%, Adventure 4%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #4 The Legend of Lumina
95% matchVery Positive98% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: Wizbane
Windows · Linux
A block pushing puzzle game with metroidvania style progression, set in a serene forest world.
Why similar: Sokoban 60.2% ★, Puzzle 16.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 2D 4.2%
- #5 SokoPenguin
94% matchVery Positive97% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Vergiu
Windows
SokoPenguin is a Sokoban-style puzzle game, where you control a penguin who must push boxes to clear the path to its cozy igloo.
Why similar: Sokoban 52% ★, Top-Down 12.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Atmospheric 4.9%
- #6 Bring You Home
93% matchVery Positive97% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Alike Studio
Windows · Mac
You don't control the hero, but the level ITSELF! In this puzzle adventure, change and rearrange pieces of every level to find the right path. All to guide Polo through crazy worlds and rescue his kidnapped alien pet...
Why similar: Adventure 50.5%, Indie 34.6%, 2D 15%
- #7 Make a Path for the Chicken
94% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: LeJunesArt
Windows
After falling into a hole, this Chicken finds herself on a journey to find her chicks. Solve puzzles and make a safer path for the chicken to complete this journey.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 39.6%, Puzzle 37.2%, 2D 12.2%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 4.6%
- #8 Cat at Home
91% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: MeowsoftPub: Liquid Meow
Windows · Mac
This is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle game with a cat as the main character. The game takes place in a villa, where you play as a cat that has just entered the house. You meet animals with different personalities, solve one problem after another, and finally resolve the crisis at home.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.9%, Story Rich 17%, Adventure 12.5%, 2D 10.9%, Indie 7.5%
- #9 With My Past
91% matchVery Positive95% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Imagine Wings StudioPub: Edigger
Windows
"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.
Why similar: Psychological 35.7%, Puzzle 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, 2D 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #10 Void Stranger
90% matchVery Positive91% of 3,399 reviews2023
Dev: System Erasure
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Place your faith and embrace the Void.
Why similar: Sokoban 55.3% ★, Puzzle 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, 2D 6.1%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #11 Drew and the Floating Labyrinth
92% matchMixed57% of 54 reviews2015
Dev: Dust Scratch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
"I just want to go home..." A hand-drawn 3D puzzle-platformer. Control Drew find her way back home, through a series of abstract levels requiring you to find invisible paths, gaining color to her black-and-white character as you progress. Featuring unrestricted 2D animation in a 3D environment.
Why similar: Adventure 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #12 Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened
88% matchVery Positive91% of 283 reviews2025
Dev: Cortopia StudiosPub: Beyond Frames
Windows
Down the Rabbit Hole is an adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.3%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Adventure 16%, Story Rich 14%, Singleplayer 6.9%
- #13 Romino's Adventure
89% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: InterDan
Windows · Linux
A blocky puzzle platformer adventure.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 37.9%, Puzzle 28.6%, 2D 12.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 4.9%
- #14 The Way
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,302 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: Pixel Graphics 32.1%, Adventure 16.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, 2D 11.4%, Indie 8.8%
- #15 Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,233 reviews2023
Dev: BunstackPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The buns... you HAVE to capture them!! Think outside the bunburrow or get outsmarted by bunnies in this cute pathfinding-based puzzle game!
Why similar: Sokoban 50.7% ★, Top-Down 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, 2D 6.1%
- #16 Ever Forward
87% matchVery Positive82% of 284 reviews2020
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, Adventure 29.7%, Indie 20.5%, Story Rich 7.1%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #17 Recursed
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 645 reviews2016
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.5%, 2D 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Indie 11.3%, Adventure 9.1%
- #18 GOODBYE WORLD
85% matchVery Positive85% of 837 reviews2022
Dev: YO FUJIIPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.2%, Story Rich 21.4%, Puzzle 17.2%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Adventure 9.9%
- #19 homebound
84% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Justin Yip
Windows · Mac
Tasked with finding humanity a new home, a lonely astronaut braves a desolate planet while making a fluffy friend along the way. homebound is a short 2D puzzle platformer that explores the feeling of home.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.5%, Pixel Graphics 24.1%, 2D 14.4%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Indie 6.4%
- #20 AiliA
82% matchVery Positive95% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: IceToad Studio LLCPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Manipulate mirrors and guide Ail through reflected paths to save her twin sister Lia trapped within the Immortal Realm. In this surreal puzzle game, experience a touching story about the bond between two sisters and explore a mysterious, imaginative world where reflections intersect reality.
Why similar: Sokoban 59% ★, Puzzle 19.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 3%
- #21 Dungeon and Puzzles
83% matchVery Positive94% of 225 reviews2021
Dev: NekolystPub: Digital Crafter
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Dungeon and Puzzles is a dungeon adventure themed Sokoban game. The movement and direction are restricted, and the adventurer's ability can be changed by equipment at hand. Think through every step, destroy every monster and find a way to the end of the dungeon where the treasure awaits.
Why similar: Sokoban 62% ★, Puzzle 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 2%
- #22 Path to Mnemosyne
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 249 reviews2018
Dev: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Relax, empty your mind, activate your senses and step into the hypnotic adventure of the Path to Mnemosyne in the quest for the lost memories.
Why similar: Psychological 34.8%, Puzzle 24.4%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 8.9%
- #23 Afterdream
81% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological 35.3%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Story Rich 13.4%, Atmospheric 12.8%, 2D 11.2%
- #24 The Sojourn
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 219 reviews2020
Dev: Shifting TidesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Puzzle 38.1%, Atmospheric 21.8%, Story Rich 15.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 7.5%
- #25 A Void Hope
80% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Atmospheric 29.1%, Puzzle 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Adventure 14.2%, 2D 9%
- #26 Way of Rhea
79% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Mason LLC
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.4%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Adventure 12%, 2D 11.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #27 Blink
81% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: nextReality Games
Windows
Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.
Why similar: Adventure 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #28 Path of Ra
79% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: Oneiric Tales
Windows
Accompany the spirit of a Pharaoh reincarnated as a hieroglyph on his final journey. Help him understand the circumstances of his death and overcome the obstacles of his tomb. Will you uncover the identity of his murderer?
Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Story Rich 20.4%, Atmospheric 15.6%, 2D 14.4%, Adventure 9%
- #29 Lost Words: Beyond the Page
78% matchVery Positive95% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Sketchbook DevelopmentsPub: Sketchbook Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.5%, Story Rich 22.2%, 2D 16.2%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #30 Unpacking
75% matchVery Positive93% of 39,661 reviews2021
Dev: Witch BeamPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 27.3%, Story Rich 17.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, 2D 7%
- #31 Absurd Story: Back Home
76% matchPositive100% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: HcAndersen
Windows
A runaway wanderer, a frail Taoist priest, who want to return to their hometown at the end of the world. But when they step into the empty city, they are swept into the dead ruins…
Why similar: Puzzle 19.7%, Psychological 17.2%, Story Rich 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, 2D 9.7%
- #32 SOWON
77% matchVery Positive87% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: PUMPKIM
Windows
In the middle of the night, while finding her parents, a girl falls to the toy world through attic locked for a long time. Will it be possible for her to find her parents and go back to her world? Let's solve some puzzles and explore the mysterious toy world.
Why similar: Puzzle 49.8%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Adventure 18.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #33 Little Postman
77% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Atlas Imaginal
Windows
Puzzle game where you rotate islands to find your way around different archipelagos.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.9%, Atmospheric 25.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #34 Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
74% matchVery Positive92% of 386 reviews2024
Dev: Furniture & Mattress LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.8%, 2D 17%, Atmospheric 16%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 11.9%
- #35 HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
73% matchVery Positive95% of 813 reviews2024
Dev: Stone
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles.Uncover the mysteries of this peculiar room.
Why similar: Psychological 39.1%, Puzzle 27.9%, Atmospheric 12.4%, 2D 9.4%, Adventure 6.5%
- #36 The Prism
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 252 reviews2015
Dev: Nikhil. TPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A 2D Puzzle platformer about 2 Pixels trying to gain their path to freedom. It focuses on art, music and game play in their vibrant world...and prison...
Why similar: Sokoban 50.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Puzzle 15.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 5.5%
- #37 Carto
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,210 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.6%, Top-Down 20.8%, Story Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 12%, 2D 10.2%
- #38 Monument Valley
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,397 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle 61.9%, Adventure 17%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Singleplayer 9.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #39 The Search
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,371 reviews2017
Dev: Jason Godbey
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!
Why similar: Psychological 32%, Puzzle 27.2%, Story Rich 18.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 5.1%
- #40 Home
71% matchVery Positive100% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Spoon
Windows
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
Why similar: Story Rich 31%, Puzzle 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Adventure 9%, 2D 7.5%
- #41 Shine Within
74% matchVery Positive90% of 147 reviews2021
Dev: Ayetoons
Windows
A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.
Why similar: Psychological 41.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Puzzle 12.2%, 2D 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #42 Archaica: The Path of Light
75% matchVery Positive93% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: Two Mammoths
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Archaica is an atmospheric puzzler with lasers and mirrors, that introduces a mystical and ancient world, full of challenging puzzles. In this game, we become the Light Bearer who is sent on a quest to walk the legendary Path of Light and save the world from impending disaster.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.5%, Top-Down 21.2%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 8.3%
- #43 Taiji
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,395 reviews2022
Dev: Matthew VanDevander
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, Top-Down 29.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Adventure 8.3%, 2D 8.1%
- #44 In His Time
73% matchVery Positive87% of 53 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: Story Rich 22.6%, Puzzle 21.6%, 2D 17.3%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Adventure 10%
- #45 The Last Campfire
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 19,361 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: Puzzle 38.2%, Story Rich 20.5%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 6.6%
- #46 Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
70% matchVery Positive94% of 809 reviews2019
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.9%, Story Rich 22.1%, Atmospheric 17.6%, 2D 14.7%, Adventure 9.7%
- #47 Chicken Journey
68% matchVery Positive96% of 458 reviews2023
Dev: loonyware
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Play as an adorable chicken in this relaxing platformer. Jump, climb and solve puzzles to find the answer to the ULTIMATE question a chicken can ask...
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.4%, Puzzle 26.5%, Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 11.5%, 2D 10.4%
- #48 Ib
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,122 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.3%, Puzzle 24.2%, Story Rich 20.8%, 2D 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #49 ColorCoordination
69% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: El Demso
Windows · Linux
ColorCoordination is a puzzle game where you match colored blocks and spaces by moving them in unison. Explore deep, philosophical topics with your AI Assistant "CoCo" and discover more about its purpose - all while solving a myriad of colorful brainteasers!
Why similar: Sokoban 71.3% ★, Puzzle 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #50 Strange Telephone
71% matchVery Positive83% of 363 reviews2019
Dev: HZ3 SoftwarePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings.
Why similar: Psychological 30.8%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Adventure 10.3%, Atmospheric 10%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #51 Return.
70% matchVery Positive91% of 949 reviews2018
Pub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 17%
Take the lost soul to its home.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 45.9%, Atmospheric 16.9%, 2D 15.8%, Indie 15.7%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #52 Home
72% matchMixed67% of 1,774 reviews2012
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
Why similar: Psychological 29.7%, Pixel Graphics 26%, Adventure 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Indie 8.2%
- #53 The Way Home: Pixel Roguelike
69% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Concode
Windows · Mac
Pixelart Roguelike Action Game! Trapped on a strange island, Kevin and Cheese struggle to return home. Encounter other lost people and terrifying monsters lurking on the island. Help our unfortunate duo find THE WAY HOME!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.3%, 2D 18.3%, Adventure 16.7%, Singleplayer 9.1%, Indie 1.7%
- #54 Crossroad OS
67% matchVery Positive99% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: GuyPub: Martin Games
Windows · Linux
Explore the mysterious operating system Crossʀoad OS. Adventure through its decaying programs, solve puzzles, collect items and meet strange creatures.
Why similar: Sokoban 53% ★, Pixel Graphics 15%, Puzzle 13.4%, 2D 8.8%, Adventure 4.2%
- #55 Candle Prick
68% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: moraguma
Windows · Linux
Candle Prick is a crunchy pixel adventure about stabbing enemies and using them as extensions of yourself to solve increasingly complex puzzles
Why similar: Sokoban 60.4% ★, Puzzle 13%, Top-Down 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, 2D 5.9%
- #56 INMOST
66% matchVery Positive91% of 7,236 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Layer GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
Why similar: Psychological 31.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Story Rich 13.7%, Puzzle 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #57 Down the Rabbit Hole
67% matchVery Positive94% of 456 reviews2020
Dev: Cortopia StudiosPub: Beyond Frames
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Down the Rabbit Hole is a VR adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.7%, Story Rich 26.2%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 13.6%
- #58 Amphora
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 214 reviews2014
Dev: Moondrop
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Amphora is a peculiar puzzle game that mixes story elements and physics. Amphora presents you with an unfamiliar world with a striking visual style inspired by all the shadow theatre traditions and colors of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle 41%, Atmospheric 18.9%, 2D 14%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 9.6%
- #59 Patch me if you can
63% matchVery Positive99% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: Ah Shot ChuPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Patch me if you can is a puzzle adventure where you dive into a game world and manipulate objects however you want. Equip blocks to shrink boulders, move the sun, and thwart Lord's conspiracy. This broken world needs your 'patch'!
Why similar: Top-Down 28.9%, Puzzle 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, 2D 13.9%, Adventure 5.3%
- #60 Torn Away
64% matchVery Positive92% of 693 reviews2023
Dev: perelesoq
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Why similar: Story Rich 41.4%, Atmospheric 32.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 8.9%