- #1 The Mooseman
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,209 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 33.5%, Adventure 25.7%, Indie 18.5%, Atmospheric 15%, 2D 5.6%
- #2 The Hanged Man
96% matchVery Positive88% of 221 reviews2018
Dev: Uri GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
"You're a demon child. Someday, you'll be burning in hell for your sins.". This is the fourth and final title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Will was running away from home with his mouse buddy Pop, until the two of them wandered into an abandoned building. What secrets lie hidden within?
Why similar: Adventure 23.3%, RPG 20.4%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Indie 18.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #3 The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 516 reviews2016
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
Why similar: Adventure 34.8%, Action 29.9%, Indie 24.9%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #4 The Way
95% matchVery Positive83% of 1,306 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 26.5%, Action 18.8%, Platformer 16.4%, Indie 15.2%, Side Scroller 11.1%
- #5 Corsair`s Madness Prologue: Jungle`s Island
94% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Old PrawnPub: Madnetic Games
Windows
As the captain of the pirate ship Sam, you will immerse yourself in the adventure tale of a mystical archipelago full of secrets and treasures. Using pirate skills and ancient artifacts, save the crew members scattered around the different islands and discover the dark secrets of a mysterious temple
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.2%, RPG 23.8%, Platformer 17.2%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 7.8%
- #6 Rogue Port - Red Nightmare
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Help reunite your missing friends and save your family from wild animals, mutants, inanimate objects, aliens and the undead!
Why similar: Turn-Based 27%, RPG 26.7%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%
- #7 The Last Tree
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Dalibor KamnjanacPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
The year is 2092 and the last tree on Earth, Ungrodo, is being hunted. But he has a special ability - TIME SLOWS DOWN WHEN HE MOVES. Also, Ungrodo is pretty good at puzzles. Would you save him?
Why similar: Action 40.3%, Indie 29.4%, Adventure 26.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #8 The Dreadful Whispers
92% matchVery Positive85% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: Blackthornprod
Windows
A handcrafted adventure about overcoming fear and doubt. Will you defeat your inner demons or be crippled with regret ?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.8%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 17.5%, Platformer 14.7%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #9 The Final Station
91% matchVery Positive87% of 9,414 reviews2016
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
Why similar: Adventure 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Indie 15%, Action 13.9%, Side Scroller 11.6%
- #10 OneShot
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 63,597 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.7 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 42.1%, Indie 13.3%, RPG 12.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #11 Firewood
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 159 reviews2017
Dev: Frymore
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Firewood is a 2D adventure game with psychological horror elements. The game tells the story of an old man who has lost his wife years ago and is still having troubles with his past.
Why similar: Adventure 38.8%, Indie 29.7%, Great Soundtrack 25%, 2D 6.6%
- #12 Traveler's Refrain
88% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Red Essence GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Wield your magical instrument and defy the mecha-goddesses of fate in this Song-Casting Story Driven Action-RPG. Explore a forbidden forest as Traveler. Help him reunite with his long lost love as you fight through abominations and solve mysterious puzzles, all while an ancient conflict unfolds.
Why similar: RPG 36.4%, Adventure 24.7%, Action 23.1%, Atmospheric 10.2%, 2D 5.6%
- #13 Madness
90% matchMixed56% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You a hero, so have to explore a world full of dangers. overcome various difficulties, traps and demons.
Why similar: RPG 32.7%, Action 23.5%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 12.8%, 2D 4.8%
- #14 Stray Children
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Onion Games
Windows
“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG.
Why similar: RPG 37.5%, Adventure 19.6%, Action 18.9%, Indie 15.8%, 2D 7.3%
- #15 The Adventures of Tree
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 493 reviews2016
Dev: Dune Clockidy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Adventures of Tree takes you on an open-ended adventure to save your species from the evil invaders; Florps! Explore the vast open world to discover its many secrets while completing quests, enjoying quirky dialogue, and upgrading your abilities and gear along the way.
Why similar: RPG 48.2%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 23.5%
- #16 The Other Half
87% matchVery Positive84% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Egg Roll
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fantasy action adventure where you unbury a tale of intimacy and violence in order to cleanse a demonic infestation from a once-beautiful land.
Why similar: RPG 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Action 14.6%, Indie 11.7%
- #17 Peregrino
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: Inverge Studios
Windows
Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.
Why similar: RPG 37.5%, Strategy 32.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Indie 3.4%
- #18 The Church in the Darkness ™
86% matchMixed60% of 161 reviews2019
Dev: Paranoid ProductionsPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Church in the Darkness is an action/stealth game where you infiltrate a religious cult and the story changes every time you play. It's 1977 and your nephew has moved deep into the South American jungle. Sneak into his commune, find out what's going on, and try to get the best ending you can.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.3%, Adventure 23.7%, Action 23%, Indie 18%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #19 Rogue Port - Blue Nightmare
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 366 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Help reunite your missing friends and save your family from wild animals, mutants, inanimate objects, aliens and the undead!
Why similar: RPG 33.7%, Action 24.5%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 13.8%, 2D 5.6%
- #20 Gloom
84% matchVery Positive83% of 605 reviews2017
Dev: Hunchback Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.5%, Action 17%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 14.4%
- #21 The Rise
81% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Icy Mountain StudiosPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
Help Sam and Elicy on their challenging journey through the abyss. An epic 2D precision platform game where exploring the unknown, overcoming obstacles, and discovering secrets are crucial to reaching the top of the abyss. Adventure awaits you!
Why similar: Strategy 26.5%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Platformer 16.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Action 11.8%
- #22 OSK - The End of Time
84% matchMixed59% of 97 reviews2019
Dev: Diax Arts
Windows · Mac · Linux
OSK is a stylishly brutal platformer in which you climb an enormous tree, up towards the sky as a squirrel escaping the chaotic apocalypse down below.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19%, Adventure 18.8%, Action 17.2%, Indie 13.7%, Side Scroller 11.8%
- #23 Aborigenus
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 167 reviews2018
Dev: Flying Islands Team
Windows
Aborigenus is a small adventure platformer with RPG-elements in a primal world. Hunt the aggressive fauna, learn new abilities and fight with the whole enemy army. Choose who you are - a shaman, a warrior or a hunter. Can you save the flying islands from the evil?
Why similar: Adventure 20.2%, Action 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Indie 14.4%, Platformer 13.7%
- #24 The Underground Man
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,389 reviews2016
Dev: Mehsoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.4%, RPG 19.9%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 15.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #25 The Last Hero: Journey to the Unknown
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Titan Art Games
Windows
In a world dominated by evil, only one hero against many enemies, explore, conquer, and don't give up if you get lost! Help our hero in this platform game in the fight against the forces of evil.
Why similar: Strategy 20.3%, Adventure 17.2%, Platformer 16.4%, Indie 13.4%, Side Scroller 13.1%
- #26 Pinstripe
79% matchVery Positive89% of 2,622 reviews2017
Dev: Atmos Games, LLCPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.
Why similar: Adventure 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Indie 15.7%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Platformer 11.8%
- #27 Candleman: The Complete Journey
78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,261 reviews2018
Dev: Candleman Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.
Why similar: RPG 28.2%, Adventure 21.5%, Action 20.1%, Indie 16.4%, Platformer 9.6%
- #28 Odium to the Core
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Dark-1
Windows · Mac · Linux
Odium to the Core is a challenging single-button, music based game with a dark monochromatic art style. Guide Odium through dangerous and intense music-fueled levels to eliminate the spreading corruption. Reach the core and save the world!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.9%, Action 17.1%, Platformer 15.1%, Indie 14.3%, Side Scroller 13%
- #29 Airhead
76% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: OctatoPub: HandyGames
Windows
Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.
Why similar: Adventure 24.6%, Indie 18.2%, Action 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Side Scroller 10.1%
- #30 Home Behind
76% matchVery Positive84% of 6,125 reviews2016
Dev: TPP Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Home Behind, you take on the role of a refugee cast out from your homeland by a band of rebels. Your home and the peace you enjoyed has been destroyed, and your family has disappeared. Can you survive the struggle, famine, and sickness to make it to the safety of Europe?
Why similar: RPG 32.4%, Adventure 23.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Indie 11.6%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #31 Hermit and Pig
71% matchVery Positive99% of 167 reviews2026
Dev: Heavy Lunch Studio LLC
Windows · Mac
Battle a sinister corporation in this story-rich RPG! Survive fast-paced, turn-based battles and conversations where cringe damage can be deadly. Fight the evils of capitalism with your trusty pig sidekick and join the revolution, old man!
Why similar: RPG 53.9%, Adventure 30.7%, 2D 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #32 DEFECTIVE
78% matchMostly Negative38% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Evil Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You must save the world, whatever the cost...
Why similar: Action 35.1%, Adventure 29%, Indie 27.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #33 Starseed Pilgrim
77% matchMixed61% of 537 reviews2013
Dev: droqen
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 17%
Starseed Pilgrim is a game about tending a symphonic garden, exploring space, and embracing fate.You are a gardener, tending to empty noise and empty space to fill them both with colour.You are a refugee, building your own world away from the spreading darkness.You are an explorer, discovering new places, new rules, and new fascinations.
Why similar: Indie 36.9%, Adventure 34.2%, Platformer 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.5%, 2D 4%
- #34 Shelldom
72% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: RoteMandarinen
Windows
Climb, endure, and test your skill in Shelldom. a brutal platformer where every jump counts. One slip could send you tumbling down, but at the top lies the fabled Holy Water. Many have fallen trying to claim it. will you break the curse, or become just another lost shell in the tower?
Why similar: RPG 31.8%, Side Scroller 24%, Adventure 18.1%, Platformer 17.4%, 2D 6.8%
- #35 The Lonesome Guild
70% matchVery Positive96% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: DON'T NOD
Windows
The world of Etere was shattered after the discovery of a terrifying truth. Play as Ghost to gather the Champions and restore balance to a world in conflict in this action RPG that takes you on an epic journey to fulfil Etere’s destiny.
Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Action 22%, Indie 14.7%, Adventure 13.3%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #36 Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 281 reviews2023
Dev: Frozen LinePub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Experience the altered memories of a dying man, reliving his entire life as a little boy while lying on his deathbed. Explore the profound depths of his subconscious as you assist Griffin to shed the remains of his miserable life before his impending demise.
Why similar: Adventure 28.4%, Platformer 22.6%, Action 17.6%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Indie 12.8%
- #37 BuriedTown
77% matchMixed51% of 55 reviews2016
Dev: Dice7Pub: Locojoy
Windows
A modern game featuring survival on an isolated island. Concise graphics and texts, smooth gaming experience and top-class incidental music will squeeze out your internal anxiety. Challenge the most terrifying nightmares and defeat yourself that you don’t know thoroughly!
Why similar: RPG 28.9%, Strategy 27.6%, Adventure 16.3%, Action 14.9%, Indie 12.4%
- #38 Rencounter
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.8%, RPG 25.7%, Strategy 23.5%, Indie 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%
- #39 7th Domain:Tree of Chaos
71% matchVery Positive86% of 432 reviews2024
Dev: Lightimpact
Windows
"7th Domain" is a horizontal version action game derived from Roguelike Metroidvania combined with treasure grinding gameplay. You will play a child of destiny who repairs the world and finds the truth of the broken world. You will grow in battle and challenge the unknown and hidden forces.
Why similar: RPG 57.2%, Action 21.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #40 Creepy Tale
72% matchVery Positive86% of 2,955 reviews2020
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.7%, Adventure 20.6%, Platformer 20.6%, Indie 13.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #41 Raindancer
73% matchVery Positive89% of 330 reviews2019
Dev: Strange Creatures Studio LLC
Windows · Mac
Awoken from death by The Rain itself, Bramble is tasked with bringing an end to the leaders of three rival tribes, and purifying their corruption against nature.
Why similar: RPG 35.8%, Action 23.9%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 18.1%
- #42 Creepy Road
74% matchMixed69% of 140 reviews2018
Dev: Groovy Milk
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The world has gone mad and Flint Trucker must go down a long, creepy road to get back home and save his beloved Angelina. Blast your guns across different scenarios to fight hordes of ravenous beasts and bloodthirsty enemies.Will you survive?
Why similar: Action 20.6%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Indie 15.8%, Adventure 14.2%, Side Scroller 13.7%
- #43 Mistwood Heroes
75% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2016
Dev: MeepowerPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Mistwood is a huge forest-state populated by a variety of inhabitants. You will play as 4 different accidentally combined mercenaries who will save Mistwood from all adversity and even more.. With you will happen the most incredible events..
Why similar: Turn-Based 46.6%, RPG 27.1%, Action 10.6%, Adventure 8.6%, 2D 7.1%
- #44 Tower Fortress
73% matchVery Positive92% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: KeybolPub: Nitrome
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A mysterious tower has risen! It emits plumes of noxious green smoke from its summit making people sick. Strange creatures infest the tower but if nobody tries to ascend it we will all be doomed! Are you that hero?.....
Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Action 35.7%, Indie 28.5%
- #45 Rebirth of Island
74% matchMixed52% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Yo_Serjio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Survive, adapt, and research in the New World, with its rules, dwellers, and their laws. Head the colonization of these locations and ensure the independence and security of your population.
Why similar: Strategy 23%, RPG 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 10.5%
- #46 Hyper Light Drifter
69% matchVery Positive93% of 18,893 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.8%, Adventure 14.4%, RPG 12.5%, Action 10.9%, Indie 10.6%
- #47 Dreadful River
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: SureAI
Windows
Lead the kings son on a journey along the river. You must fight enemies, improve your raft and gear, find allies and explore mysteries along the shores. All to find a cure to some strange sickness troubling the land - can you save the kingdom?
Why similar: Strategy RPG 44.8%, RPG 36.3%, Action 18.9%
- #48 Typoman
70% matchVery Positive86% of 866 reviews2016
Dev: Brainseed Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slip into the role of an unusual HERO and find the last letter to restore hope in a merciless world.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.3%, Side Scroller 23.9%, Platformer 14.3%, Indie 11.7%, Adventure 9.9%
- #49 After Death
70% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2017
Dev: After Death Team
Windows
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Action 15.2%, Indie 12.5%, Side Scroller 10.6%
- #50 Seen
67% matchVery Positive91% of 9,970 reviews2019
Dev: Seen Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Side Scroller 9.5%
- #51 The Tribulation Entanglement
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Anxious Neck Games
Windows
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Side Scroller 41%, Platformer 23.3%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Action 14.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #52 Warden: Melody of the Undergrowth
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Cardboard Keep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Trapped in an ancient forest, a young prince searches for a lost god. Here he befriends the spirit of a young girl and a volatile child, and they quickly find their destinies intertwined. Third-person action-adventure inspired by genre classics of the N64-era.
Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Adventure 21.2%, Action 20%, Indie 14.3%, Platformer 9.3%
- #53 Bahamut and the Waqwaq Tree
65% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Starvania StudioPub: Soft Source
Windows
Discover a once-thriving ocean, now tainted by enigmatic dark entities. Your quest: decipher the mystery and rekindle the ocean's radiant light.
Why similar: Adventure 32.9%, Indie 22.1%, Atmospheric 21.3%, 2D 9.9%, Action 9.6%
- #54 Creepy Tale 2
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,552 reviews2021
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Experience the creepy tension of a brothers Grimm fairy tale in this puzzle adventure game. Follow the young and brave Lars as he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his sisters mind from the clutches of a mysterious evil.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.7%, Adventure 20.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Indie 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #55 Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,390 reviews2019
Dev: Ctrl Alt Ninja Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A tactical, turn-based RPG from the makers of Legend of Grimrock games. Every action, every turn counts as you control your party of heroes through challenging, handcrafted missions in the ancient, mist-clad Menhir Forest.
Why similar: Turn-Based 41.2%, Strategy 21.4%, RPG 16.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 9.2%
- #56 The witch and the bottle of concepts
68% matchMixed63% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 岛叶游戏Pub: 月光游戏
Windows
A fantasy pixel-style Metroidvania roguelike game. The amnesiac witch picks up her reliable broom and embarks on a journey with Elf companions to defeat the Villain and regain their homeland, unveil the conspiracy. Through the magic mirror, break the 4th wall and find the truth!
Why similar: RPG 64.7%, Adventure 12.8%, 2D 11.1%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #57 The Wild at Heart
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 899 reviews2021
Dev: Moonlight KidsPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Wield an ever-growing herd of quirky creatures to rebuild broken paths, battle perilous beasts, and solve peculiar puzzles in a rich, interconnected world. Join two young runaways as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm in this nostalgic storybook fantasy!
Why similar: Strategy 37.3%, Adventure 19.4%, Atmospheric 15.6%, 2D 13.4%, Indie 10.4%
- #58 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
69% matchMixed61% of 259 reviews2020
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.6%, RPG 23.5%, Strategy 20.7%, Indie 9%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #59 The Initiate
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: Deceptive Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!
Why similar: Adventure 27.7%, Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Indie 20.8%, Action 17.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%