- #1 IVAN POE
97% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: REACTOR PROJECTS LTD
Windows · Mac
Ivan Poe is a third person find-your-way puzzle adventure following this cuboid character as they keep truckin' on through the Cosmic Soup.
Why similar: Adventure 41.8%, Indie 30.4%, Mystery 16.8%, Puzzle 11%
- #2 Escape: The Brother's Saloon
96% 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 50.1%, Indie 36.4%, Mystery 8.2%, Puzzle 5.4%
- #3 Hotel Spring
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Chief Fenrir Entertainment
Windows
A first-person puzzle mystery game with 3D controls and a focus on atmosphere and immersion
Why similar: Adventure 42.9%, Indie 31.2%, Mystery 15.6%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #4 Escape again
94% 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 50.3%, Indie 36.5%, Puzzle 13.2%
- #5 Wooden Floor 2 - Resurrection
95% matchMixed51% of 72 reviews2016
Dev: pheenix93
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The sequel to "Wooden Floor". Reveal the truth hiding in the dark, haunted mansion of Blackdust Field. A mysterious and horrific adventure game by Pheenix93.
Why similar: Adventure 44.7%, Indie 31.1%, Mystery 24.2%
- #6 Pan-Pan
94% 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 52%, Indie 34.7%, Puzzle 13.4%
- #7 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
93% 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 51%, Indie 34.1%, Puzzle 14.9%
- #8 Virtual Escape: The Play Room
91% 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 49.1%, Indie 35.7%, Puzzle 15.2%
- #9 Blueberry Garden
92% 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 50.8%, Indie 37%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #10 Golem
90% 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 48.7%, Indie 35.4%, Puzzle 15.9%
- #11 Night Shift
91% 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 48%, Indie 37.5%, Puzzle 14.5%
- #12 Flightless Classic
89% 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 49.6%, Indie 34.5%, Puzzle 16%
- #13 The Flaws of Gravity
89% 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 47.4%, Indie 38.6%, Puzzle 14%
- #14 驱灵
88% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: FXH
Windows
主角受老同学之托前往其老家驱灵,本以为轻松的工作却因一起又一起的死亡事件而变得险象环生。。。
Why similar: Adventure 52.1%, Indie 37.8%, Mystery 6.1%, Puzzle 4%
- #15 Small Radios Big Televisions
87% 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 47.4%, Indie 35.6%, Puzzle 17%
- #16 Isoland
85% 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 47.3%, Indie 34.4%, Puzzle 18.2%
- #17 Leona's Tricky Adventures
86% 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 48.4%, Indie 33.7%, Puzzle 17.9%
- #18 Find Pixel
86% 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 46.5%, Indie 35.4%, Puzzle 18.1%
- #19 Silent Night
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
There is a 'presence' haunting the long forgotten church of 'Northfield'. Angry spirits seek revenge for an ancient crime, from the terrible time of The Black Death. Ghost-hunter, Nigel Danvers, has been sent to investigate the case, using his kitbag of ghost-hunting gadgets, on the loneliest night of the year.
Why similar: Adventure 42%, Indie 31.9%, Mystery 16.2%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #20 Chronon
84% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: HronosGame
Windows
Chronon is a puzzle game in the first person.
Why similar: Adventure 46.5%, Indie 33.8%, Puzzle 19.7%
- #21 Hotel Sowls
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 579 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Sott
Windows · Mac
Hotel Sowls is a mysterious adventure game with unique and appealing 2D graphics. As an pharmacologist, you managed to get a valuable and mysterious stone after a hard journey and you decided to take a break at the Hotel Sowls. But the next morning, someone in the hotel stole the stone!
Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, Indie 31.1%, Mystery 18.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #22 Thrillgate
81% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: GABARTS Digital
Windows · Mac
A comic strip, a classic point n' click, a surreal adventure set in the 80's.
Why similar: Adventure 55.7%, Indie 40%, Mystery 4.4%
- #23 Bob Came in Pieces
84% 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 45.4%, Indie 35.4%, Puzzle 19.2%
- #24 Light Borrower
81% 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 44.5%, Indie 34%, Puzzle 21.5%
- #25 Alan's Attitude
83% 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 45.3%, Indie 34.6%, Puzzle 20.1%
- #26 In The Shadow Of The Truth
82% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: 7TPGames
Windows
First person shooter,puzzle,psychological horror video game. by 7TPGAMES
Why similar: Indie 43.6%, Adventure 40.6%, Puzzle 15.8%
- #27 Perpetual Dream
79% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Léo-Paul Sévin
Windows
Perpetual Dream is a FPV puzzle game telling the story of a dream hiding a lot of secrets... Discover several environnements to seek your past !
Why similar: Adventure 47.9%, Indie 34.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #28 Pocket Kingdom
80% matchVery Positive90% of 251 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 48.6%, Indie 36.3%, Puzzle 15.2%
- #29 AR-K: END GAME
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GATO STUDIO
Windows · Mac · Linux
AR-K: END GAME is the final episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story...
Why similar: Adventure 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #30 Soul Axiom Rebooted
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
The new enhanced edition of Soul Axiom - a first-person story-driven adventure puzzle game, set in the beautiful, haunting cyber-world of Elysia. Collect unique hand powers, discover multiple endings and choose your own destiny as you unravel the mystery of your digital afterlife.
Why similar: Adventure 50.1%, Indie 36%, Mystery 8.1%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #31 Adventure Boy Jailbreak
78% 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 56.1%, Indie 40.5%, Puzzle 3.5%
- #32 To Azimuth
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: [bracket]gamesPub: Digital Uppercut Productions
Windows · Mac
A surreal adventure game set against the humid haze of 1970s Alabama, To Azimuth follows Nate and Susannah Windham's search for their missing brother in two interweaving stories that explore mental health, war, and the paranormal.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #33 Splitmind
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rendal StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
You are Kaplan, an amnesic shadow awakening in Mnemosyn, « the land of memories ». Will you solve the mysteries of your mind ?
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #34 Building the Universe: The Beginning of Time
76% match2 user reviews67% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: TheBeamer LLC
Windows
Building the Universe is a time travel and building game that starts at the Big Bang and progresses through time as players recreate the conditions that resulted in the very fire atoms being created.
Why similar: Adventure 55%, Indie 40.4%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #35 Ladderhead
76% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Karolis Dikcius
Windows · Mac
A surreal narrative focused roguelite text adventure. In it you play a man stuck in the same day who has to get to the top floor of an unusual building to find his loved one. Each floor is a perilous mystery to unravel. Each time you die the day resets.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #36 Land of an Endless Journey
77% 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 48.3%, Indie 36.2%, Puzzle 15.5%
- #37 Baobabs Mausoleum Ep.3: Un Pato en Muertoburgo
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Celery Emblem™
Windows · Mac
The Final Episode. After the macabre and horrific events suffered in the second chapter of Baobabs Mausoleum, here comes the final episode full of sordid stays. Welcome again in Flamingo's Creek.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #38 Come Back: Chapter 1
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: NoLan Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Come Back is an enigmatic point’n’click where you wake up, lost on a mysterious shore. You’ll have to discover your whereabouts and to find out who’s leaving these notes everywhere… This original adventure will challenge your logic with its brain teasers and eye-catching artstyle!
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #39 The Lighthouse | VR Escape Room
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shadow Knights Studio
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a room inside Wescott Manor, which has been abandoned for years. Use The Lighthouse light to guide your way out. Get out before the evil lurking on the other side of the door gets you.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #40 Callisto
74% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Bakhti Baymukhamedov
Windows
The story of a couple that was shared by an unjust fate, events coming in their distant space journey. In this exciting adventure you have to solve many logical puzzles and quests, perform simple tasks, follow the thoughts of the main character and his mythical companion.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #41 SNUSE 221
73% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: SNUSE GMPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Hey. My name is *&#!$. Today I will tell you a little story of my life. I will tell about my fears, experiences. You will see many beautiful places I visited. You will have to solve many mysteries and secrets that are in my subconscious.
Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #42 DownWind
63% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #43 Subterraneus
72% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: CrazyKrakenPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Subterraneus is a point&click video game. A mouse, curiosity and some (twisted) logic are your only weapons to help Clodomir venture into the depths below his world!
Why similar: Adventure 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #44 Above: The Fallen
73% matchMixed61% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Team AbovePub: Light Loop Games
Windows
Above: The Fallen is a 2D side-scrolling, puzzle - platformer game that is centered around travelling upwards instead of to the left or right. The goal is to climb the trees of an ancient and mystical forest in order to break through the canopy.
Why similar: Adventure 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #45 LETHE: Broken memories
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cuatro Monos Games
Windows
Enter into the mind of Alan Zane, a loving husband and father, who is on the brink of losing his memories. Alzheimer's disease is trying to block your way, will you be able to remember your own life?
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #46 K'NOSSOS
60% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #47 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
60% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #48 Overhead
71% matchMixed62% of 39 reviews2018
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
A bunker evacuated miles below the earth, you were kept frozen and forgotten ... until now. Overhead, a first person game of exploration, puzzles and terror. survive experiments and mutations in the dark and discover the surface exit. if it still exists.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #49 Unfinished - An Artist's Lament
72% matchMixed68% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: Dust Scratch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A hand-drawn 3D adventure game. Help unfinished drawing Sketch realize who he was meant to be as he chases after the artist's pencil, in a story of self-discovery of the art and his artist told in parallel. Featuring 2D character animation in a 3D environment.
Why similar: Adventure 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #50 Den vänstra handens stig
59% 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 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #51 Terminal Hacker - Into the Deep
73% matchMostly Negative21% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: SecuritySession.com
Windows · Linux
Your sister Merle McPenrite has dropped off the grid without notice. Reports indicate that this is a fate she shares with countless others.
Why similar: Adventure 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #52 The Strayed
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Rza Ibrahimov
Windows
The Strayed is a classic old school side scrolling platformer with an original storyline, containing over 30 levels. This game is still in early access. Main hero is a young guy wandering around the strange island in search of his beloved, who disappeared after the crash of an aircraft on which they flew on vacation.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #53 The Energy Lab
68% matchMixed65% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: TimeMachine
Windows
You find yourself at the threshold of an abandoned lab containing technology of unknown origins. Welcome to The Energy Lab. You've found your way in, now find a way out.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #54 The Mystery Room
69% 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%, Indie 41%
- #55 Furwind
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: Boomfire Games
Windows
Furwind is a colorful, pixel art style, action-platformer game that evokes the challeging classics of the old days. Embark on this epic adventure in which a little fox will fight the ominous darkness that is invading its world.
Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%
- #56 Inner Riddle
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
You have awoken in strange and unfamiliar place. Soon you realize that you are not simply locked up. But why? For what reason? In search of answers, you must follow the rules of this place. Puzzles and hard decisions are waiting for you. Will you perish never reaching the end or pass through all obstacles and understand what happened?
Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%