- #1 Fireflies
97% matchMostly Negative36% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Phanom Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Adventure horror with many puzzles and an interesting story.
Why similar: Adventure 47%, Horror 21.3%, Indie 20.5%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #2 MUSEUM VOLUME I
96% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Wreck Tangle Games
Windows
'Museum' is a short Puzzle-Adventure saga. The games follow the Security Guard at The Royal Foyer Museum in England. As you wake from a mid-night nap, you notice all the security cameras are down, it's up to you to get them working again.
Why similar: Adventure 46%, Indie 22.6%, Horror 19.9%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #3 Oncoming Death Steam Edition
96% 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 64.9%, Indie 35.1%
- #4 Shutter
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 218 reviews2015
Dev: Cosmic Logic
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Re-live a dark and haunting tale in this fixed camera puzzle-horror game RE-miniscent of the first generation of survival horror games.
Why similar: Adventure 41.9%, Horror 25.5%, Indie 20.6%, Puzzle 11.9%
- #5 The Darkest Woods
94% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: teamsupport
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you remember those horror flash games? Early quests? Well this is the idea.
Why similar: Adventure 47.1%, Horror 29.7%, Indie 23.2%
- #6 Sylvio
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 146 reviews2015
Dev: Stroboskop
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.
Why similar: Adventure 45.3%, Horror 33.1%, Indie 21.6%
- #7 Chicken in the Darkness
92% matchPositive100% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: Jaesung KimPub: BukGwak
Windows
The game "Chicken in the darkness" is a roguelike-indie-horror game developed by 3 highschool students. The main character, a highschool student who lives in a dorm, plans with his friends to order a fried chicken and get delivered.
Why similar: Adventure 47.8%, Horror 27.2%, Indie 25.1%
- #8 BlackShadows
93% matchVery Negative17% of 169 reviews2015
Dev: IceGames Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 16%
BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly!
Why similar: Adventure 45.8%, Horror 30%, Indie 24.2%
- #9 Damnaze
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: INGO
Windows
You were taken into this damn maze, but you are not the first, and you are not the last.Here you do not have friends.You have only hope for salvation. To escape from this place you can use absolutely everything that you have found.
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Indie 25.1%, Horror 24%
- #10 Isolation
91% matchMixed41% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Interactive Gaming Studios
Windows
The plague destroyed the world you once knew. This unknown bacteria destroyed the lives of many people who lived in various countries around the world. When the plague was first identified by doctors, researchers started working on a cure immediately. The infected people were transported into hospitals to isolate them from other people.
Why similar: Adventure 43.1%, Horror 36.6%, Indie 20.3%
- #11 Barrow Hill: The Dark Path
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: Shadow Tor StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Follow the Dark Path into a world of Druidic lore and Celtic myths. It is the Autumn Equinox on Barrow Hill, a time of great power, when the ancient standing stones are at their most powerful and dangerous. You have one night to make the offerings, follow the Dark Path and escape Barrow Hill.
Why similar: Adventure 56.3%, Indie 23.6%, Horror 20.1%
- #12 The Masked Mage
89% matchMostly Negative27% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
The Masked Mage is a slow paced, peaceful metroidvania game focusing on exploration, atmosphere and a story about friendship, mystery and of course magic. There are no bosses to fight. Think of this as a sort of 2D walking simulator.
Why similar: Adventure 67%, Indie 33%
- #13 UNIDENTIFIED
89% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: DARKSIDEMOON
Windows
Let's play the game in the form of relive the record of the escape that remains as a video.
Why similar: Adventure 52%, Indie 25.6%, Horror 22.5%
- #14 Alone K.W.
88% matchMostly Negative34% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: TeamWaterFlyPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dr. Kevin White, a drug manufacturing manager in the same company was sent to a conference in Greenland. In turn, the ship was caught in the ice and crashed. The main character was thrown by an unknown island. Seeing the house, Kevin went there.
Why similar: Adventure 66.5%, Horror 18.9%, Indie 14.6%
- #15 Last in Orbit
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Dapper Rabbit Games
Windows
Last in Orbit is a Horror game with a focus on surviving a A.I. gone Crazy. Your the first to arrive on a new space station meant for human living but in the preparations ahead you found out that the A.I.
Why similar: Adventure 52.9%, Indie 26%, Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #16 Philia : the Sequel to Elansar
86% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: OrionSoft
Windows · Linux
Philia is a myst like "point & click" adventure game, the sequel to the game Elansar. Elina’s husband is now in danger! Can you save him ?
Why similar: Adventure 71.8%, Indie 28.2%
- #17 EX0: Dark Moon
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Six Games
Windows
An indie retro-ish puzzle platformer where you must upgrade your stats to run, jump, and shoot your way through each level and beat the evil dark slimes.
Why similar: Adventure 67%, Indie 33%
- #18 Penumbra: Requiem
87% matchMixed52% of 1,117 reviews
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Puzzle expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague. Requiem is part of Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition, included in the Penumbra Collection.
Why similar: Adventure 36.1%, Horror 31.2%, Puzzle 17%, Indie 15.7%
- #19 You'll stay here forever
79% 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 46.9%, Indie 23.1%, Horror 19%, Puzzle 11%
- #20 La Aventura De Axel
84% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Tordrix GamesPub: Tordrix
Windows
this fantastic and spectacula adventure, Get on the skin of Axel, a young man who by strange and mysterious circumstances lost his sister and took a long and incredible way to try to rescue her. In a journey full of magic and strange creatures you will have to help achieve your goal.
Why similar: Adventure 67%, Indie 33%
- #21 Dark Night
84% matchMostly Negative37% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: NighthoodGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Welcome home Amelia, familiar eyes are watching you, and they want to play. Home alone you can feel them. You can hear their footsteps. You need to move. You have limited visibility. Light a matchstick to see in the dark. Close your eyes. Start begging for your life.
Why similar: Adventure 41.9%, Horror 29.8%, Indie 28.3%
- #22 Like Clay
82% matchVery Positive88% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: free08Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.
Why similar: Adventure 37.8%, Horror 34%, Indie 28.3%
- #23 The Final Take
82% matchMixed65% of 506 reviews2016
Dev: HUSH InteractivePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive dark footage recorded from the perspective of multiple characters in this unique first person horror.
Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Adventure 37.4%, Indie 20.4%
- #24 Nyctophobia
83% matchMixed45% of 607 reviews2015
Dev: Lightning Man MediaPub: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
Why similar: Adventure 40.1%, Horror 32%, Indie 27.9%
- #25 Tiny Thief
81% match5 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: taecg
Windows · Mac
Tiny Thief is an independent puzzle adventure game, you need to control the thief to save the people.
Why similar: Adventure 65.9%, Indie 34.1%
- #26 OH DEMON! Fix my TV
65% matchVery Positive90% of 437 reviews2026
Dev: Melt
Windows
In this horror, comedy, and puzzle game, you will play as a demon summoned by an old woman to fix her television, sending you on an adventure beyond all reason.
Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Adventure 36.7%, Puzzle 17.7%, Indie 8.7%
- #27 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
78% matchVery Positive95% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 57.8%, Indie 26.2%, Puzzle 16%
- #28 Dunia: Masters
81% 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 67%, Indie 33%
- #29 看白海豚的好日子 A Perfect Day for White Dolphin
77% 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 57.4%, Indie 27.9%, Horror 9.4%, Puzzle 5.4%
- #30 CRIMSON ROOM® DECADE
80% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Dream HoldingsPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
”I've been here before..." Jean-Jacques Gordot woke up to find himself trapped in a red room. A door that won't open, a hanging light bulb, scattered wine bottles. And for some reason, this room gives him a feeling of deja vu...
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Indie 25.1%, Horror 24%
- #31 Isoland
76% matchVery Positive91% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Adventure 53.9%, Indie 26.5%, Puzzle 19.6%
- #32 The Eerie Inn
77% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Przestraszeni
Windows
The Eerie Inn is a mystery, puzzle-solving horror game with a strong emphasis on the narrative. You play as one of the girls staying at a guest house and your mission is to find out the truth behind the mysterious things happening there. You will soon realize that things aren't what they appear to be..
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Horror 27.2%, Indie 19.3%, Puzzle 14.4%
- #33 Vernon's Legacy
78% matchMixed57% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: TripleBrick
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Vernon's Legacy is an horror adventure with an enigmatic story that takes place nearly a century ago. You are playing as Robert, the new owner of Dunkenhof manor.
Why similar: Adventure 47.1%, Horror 29.8%, Indie 23.1%
- #34 SCP-9735-Alpha: ΔRCH1TECT
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deepwake Studios
Windows
Currently in rework.
Why similar: Adventure 52.7%, Indie 25.9%, Horror 21.4%
- #35 Flightless Classic
75% 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 56.3%, Indie 26.5%, Puzzle 17.2%
- #36 REALITY
76% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Reality Studios
Windows
REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.
Why similar: Horror 47.4%, Adventure 34.2%, Indie 18.4%
- #37 Pan-Pan
75% matchVery Positive87% of 248 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 59%, Indie 26.7%, Puzzle 14.3%
- #38 Lemuria
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bump Studios
Windows · Mac
Travel through the ruins of the forgotten city Lemuria. Quell your curiosity as an Adventurer uncovering the misgivings of Lemuria's greatest treasure Rube. A gem so craved by man it brought out the isolation of a people and their suffocation.
Why similar: Adventure 58.1%, Horror 27.4%, Puzzle 14.5%
- #39 Saturnine
74% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Dominik MichalkePub: 70:30
Windows · Mac
Saturnine - a horror survival adventure. In Saturnine you will explore abandoned villages and the woods of Nearna. But beware: Nightfall comes closer and something mystifying and evil is awaiting you in the shadows of the darkness!
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Indie 25.1%, Horror 24%
- #40 Courage: ZaGame
65% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ZahirStudioPub: ZahirZone
Windows
Courage: ZaGame is a thrilling 3D adventure where you must craft an elixir to stop a world-threatening monster. Explore eerie environments, solve puzzles, and make critical choices that shape the outcome.
Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Horror 34.5%, Puzzle 16.1%, Indie 13.1%
- #41 Escape again
73% 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 57.5%, Indie 28.3%, Puzzle 14.3%
- #42 Golem
73% 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 55.6%, Indie 27.3%, Puzzle 17.1%
- #43 Virtual Escape: The Play Room
73% 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 56%, Indie 27.5%, Puzzle 16.4%
- #44 Small Radios Big Televisions
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 378 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 54.1%, Indie 27.5%, Puzzle 18.4%
- #45 I Must Kill: Fresh Meat
74% matchMostly Negative29% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Gaming Cats Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
I must kill...: Fresh Meat is a light horror story adventure game based on a sad story of a butcher. One day, one night and one accident will bring his misty past and memories to light.
Why similar: Horror 49.3%, Adventure 34%, Indie 16.7%
- #46 Leona's Tricky Adventures
72% 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 54.9%, Indie 25.9%, Puzzle 19.2%
- #47 Sullen: Light is Your Friend
72% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2017
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
FIVE YEARS AGO IN THIS FOREST.. A journalist wanted to go there.And of course he didnt come back. Few days later,he called his best friend.He just said to him "Come Here" and line dropped. You're the best friend of this guy.You listened your friend and you went there. LET THE GAME BEGIN
Why similar: Adventure 43.5%, Horror 33.7%, Indie 22.7%
- #48 Find Pixel
70% 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 53.1%, Indie 27.4%, Puzzle 19.5%
- #49 Chronon
69% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: HronosGame
Windows
Chronon is a puzzle game in the first person.
Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Indie 26%, Puzzle 21.2%
- #50 Night Shift
71% 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 55.1%, Indie 29.1%, Puzzle 15.7%
- #51 Clockwise
69% matchMixed65% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: pheenix93
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
"Clockwise" is an adventure, puzzle, horror game with different playthroughs. It combines the feeling of being watched with the ones of confusion and fear. Will you find a way out of the haunted house?
Why similar: Adventure 48.1%, Horror 21.7%, Indie 18.5%, Puzzle 11.7%
- #52 Araha : Curse of Yieun Island
66% matchMixed61% of 370 reviews2020
Dev: Palmsoft
Windows
Araha: Curse of Yieun Island is a survival horror game. You will explore the hospital on an island as 'the Boy' who is looking for his sister. Starting from the abandoned hospital, You will journey through the cursed island covering the Sharman's sanctum, Cemetary in the mountainside and more.
Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 28.2%, Horror 15.1%
- #53 Blueberry Garden
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 161 reviews2009
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 3.8 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 58.2%, Indie 28.6%, Puzzle 13.2%
- #54 SECTOR 40: The Soviet Legacy
67% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Fifteen Feet
Windows
SECTOR 40 is a fictional discovery game with a slightly sinister atmosphere. Have an adventure in the darkness of Siberia and discover the heritage of the Soviet Union in its sad fate.
Why similar: Adventure 59.8%, Indie 29.4%, Horror 10.8%
- #55 The Flaws of Gravity
69% 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 54.6%, Indie 30.1%, Puzzle 15.3%
- #56 GUILT
62% match7 user reviews0% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: SoleIndie
Windows
GUILT is indie horror game inspired by P.T GUILT contain Jumpscares, Puzzles, Flickering Light, Psychological Atmosphere. Support 32 and 64 bit. Recommend using headphones while playing this game
Why similar: Adventure 46.1%, Horror 20.2%, Puzzle 19.2%, Indie 14.5%
- #57 BEKKOUAME
65% matchVery Positive93% of 269 reviews2018
Dev: Mt.Bamboo VillagePub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
有一天,想成为制簪人的【光】无法忍耐每日修行的痛苦,逃出了家门。 路上,她遇到一位头上发簪十分合称的女性。 在女性的引导下,她来到一个稀奇古怪的城镇。
Why similar: Adventure 47.5%, Horror 30.1%, Indie 22.4%