Games Like TRI: Of Friendship and Madness

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Surreal 27.4%, Puzzle 23.9%, First-Person 13.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: Like TRI, this game features non-Euclidean geometry and surreal puzzles that force you to rethink how you navigate space.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Surreal 22%, Narration 14.8%, Puzzle 13.9%, Physics 11.8%, First-Person 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at perspective-based puzzles that mirror the surreal, mind-bending nature of TRI.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Surreal 23.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Minimalist 11.4%, First-Person 10%, Difficult 10%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly abstract and surreal experience where you manipulate gravity and geometry to traverse impossible structures.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, 3D Platformer 13.1%, Narration 11.4%, Physics 9.3%, Puzzle 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title features innovative perspective-shifting mechanics that allow you to create your own paths through the environment.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, First-Person 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Exploration 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the focus on light-ray manipulation and philosophical exploration within a mysterious, atmospheric environment.

A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.

Why similar: Puzzle 19.9%, Adventure 18.2%, First-Person 15.3%, Narration 14%, Indie 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: The core mechanic revolves around light and shadow, requiring careful positioning similar to the light-ray puzzles in TRI.

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.8%, Exploration 14.2%, First-Person 13.5%, Difficult 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on environmental observation and complex puzzle-solving within a beautiful, isolated world.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: 3D Platformer 23.6%, Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 14.7%, First-Person 13%, Physics 12%

Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for first-person puzzle-platformers, it provides the same satisfying loop of spatial problem-solving.

Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.2%, 3D Platformer 14.4%, Minimalist 10.4%, Platformer 10.2%, Puzzle 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features gravity-shifting mechanics that turn the environment into a puzzle-platforming playground.

Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.3%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 13.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: You manipulate the environment using specific tools to solve puzzles in a sterile, mysterious setting that feels very similar to TRI.

A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.7%, Puzzle 17.2%, Exploration 14%, 3D Platformer 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar sense of wonder and atmospheric puzzle-exploration in a stylized 3D world.

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Surreal 21.8%, Exploration 16.6%, First-Person 11.3%, Atmospheric 10%, Puzzle 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the surreal, atmospheric, and daunting scale of first-person platforming in a strange, abstract world.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, First-Person 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person puzzle-platforming with a narrative-driven experience that feels grounded yet mysterious.

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Why similar: Surreal 24.9%, Puzzle 21.3%, Exploration 15.4%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 10%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, atmospheric exploration game that relies on environmental puzzles and a sense of surreal discovery.

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: Surreal 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a beautiful, atmospheric puzzle game that uses light and shadow mechanics to navigate its world.

Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.

Why similar: Narration 20.5%, Physics 15.6%, Puzzle 14.3%, First-Person 13.5%, Exploration 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based puzzle game relies on magnetism and gravity manipulation to navigate complex, atmospheric environments.

DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?

Why similar: Platformer 23.4%, Great Soundtrack 17%, 3D Platformer 16.8%, Difficult 13.3%, Puzzle 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more intense, fast-paced take on the first-person platforming found in TRI.

MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

Why similar: Surreal 29.9%, Puzzle 18.4%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features surreal, atmospheric puzzle-solving that delves into the protagonist's psyche.

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: Surreal 20%, Difficult 15.6%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Physics 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It uses color-based logic and platforming to create challenging puzzles in a vibrant, adventure-focused world.

Ilamentia is an experimental abstract puzzler where you must first discover the level mechanics before solving them. Delve into mysterious mind-bending levels that each have unique mechanics to explore that will test the limits of every facet of your cognitive faculties.

Why similar: Surreal 26.5%, Puzzle 15.4%, First-Person 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Exploration 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and psychedelic first-person puzzle game that emphasizes exploration in strange, dreamlike spaces.

FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Why similar: Puzzle 20.9%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Exploration 15.8%, First-Person 15.3%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses music and sound to drive its puzzle-exploration, matching the abstract feel of TRI.

Pneuma: Breath of Life forces you to think outside the box through a narrated story of self-discovery, whilst exploring the ontological mystery of the breath of life. Features award winning voice actor 'Jay Britton' as Pneuma.

Why similar: Narration 24.6%, Puzzle 20.4%, Great Soundtrack 19%, First-Person 15.2%, Adventure 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: The game centers on perspective-based puzzles within a surreal, dreamlike environment that echoes the tone of TRI.

Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.7%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Platformer 13%, First-Person 10.3%, Exploration 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric first-person platformer that focuses on the pure joy of movement and environmental traversal.

Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.

Why similar: Physics 15.3%, 3D Platformer 14.8%, Exploration 13.1%, Puzzle 12.9%, First-Person 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends exploration and puzzle-solving with a focus on using tools to traverse a 3D world.

Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.

Why similar: Surreal 19.9%, 3D Platformer 15.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Minimalist 9.1%

Experience the mysterious, timeless world of Toren, the first adventure game from Brazilian indie developer Swordtales. You are Moonchild, destined to climb the tower (known as Toren) on a hauntingly solitary journey to find your purpose.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Puzzle 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, surreal puzzle-platformer that emphasizes a sense of scale and discovery.

Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 27.2%, Difficult 16.8%, Puzzle 15%, Colorful 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-platformer that requires creative thinking to navigate complex, geometric levels.

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 14%, Puzzle 12.6%, Physics 11.4%, First-Person 10.4%

Cylne is a first person surreal exploration game having a poetic and philosophical side. Explore and feel unreal worlds filled with environmental enigmas to try to achieve the chapter called "The Choice"...

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 12.2%, Surreal 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a surreal, first-person puzzle-exploration game that focuses on navigating mysterious, abstract environments.

In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 18.8%, Surreal 17%, Platformer 11.5%, Minimalist 9%, Exploration 8.4%

A game about the limits of your screen. Four Sided Fantasy is a seamless experience where you wrap the screen to solve mind-bending puzzles. Play as a man and woman who attempt to find each other throughout four seasons in a year, constantly separated by the boundaries of the screen.

Why similar: Surreal 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Minimalist 10.9%, Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses screen-wrapping and perspective-shifting mechanics to solve puzzles, much like the path-creating mechanics in TRI.

A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!

Why similar: Surreal 20%, Minimalist 11.1%, Puzzle 10.3%, Difficult 10.1%, First-Person 9.3%

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.1%, First-Person 19.7%, Adventure 18%, Indie 9.1%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes physics-based puzzle mechanics in a first-person perspective, similar to the logic required in TRI.

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: 3D Platformer 19.1%, Surreal 18.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 11.1%, First-Person 7.7%

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Surreal 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 10.7%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Surreal 17.4%, 3D Platformer 16.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Physics 9.8%, Puzzle 9.4%

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Why similar: Platformer 19.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Narration 13.5%, Adventure 8.1%

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Puzzle 20.6%, Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Exploration 17.6%, First-Person 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%

Navigate through challenging platforming levels, testing your feline reflexes and determination — all to find your way back home. Falling is never the end; place beds to use as checkpoints, which you may return to whenever you please.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 37.4%, Platformer 25.8%, Exploration 18%, Adventure 12%, 3D 3.6%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21%, Platformer 19.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 9.8%, Puzzle Platformer 9.7%

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Puzzle 16.4%, Surreal 15%, Minimalist 14.7%, First-Person 13.6%, Exploration 10.4%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Adventure 9.9%, Physics 9.8%, Difficult 8.8%

Your way to freedom only involves your intelligence and the puzzles!

Why similar: Minimalist 15.9%, Platformer 13.9%, Puzzle 13%, First-Person 11.7%, Exploration 9.3%

Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.4%, First-Person 13.8%, Platformer 13.8%, 3D Platformer 12.3%, Difficult 9.3%

Descend through absurd layers of history as a rat-dog-witch trying to escape employment and transcend reality. Explore weird museums, cosmic hallways, and your own bad dreams in a chaotic mash-up of art, humor, and a playable existential crisis.

Why similar: Surreal 27.8%, Narration 20.3%, Platformer 16.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Colorful 7.8%

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Why similar: Platformer 33.6%, Puzzle 27.1%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Indie 11.7%, Puzzle Platformer 3.1%

You have to find out what happened in this fantastic world and help the Raccoon find his way home!

Why similar: Difficult 26.3%, Puzzle 18.4%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Colorful 10%

QBEH-1 is an atmospheric 1st-person puzzle platformer that takes players on a quest through a series of divergent worlds. Each world is filled with new puzzles that require special cubes to solve as well as fun secrets to uncover. Includes a LEVEL EDITOR and STEAM WORKSHOP support!

Why similar: Puzzle 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Platformer 14.2%, First-Person 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.

Why similar: Difficult 20.1%, Puzzle 18.3%, Exploration 15.3%, First-Person 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Riverhill Trials is a first person, 3D PLATFORMER ADVENTURE with a dynamic environment. Fly your Space Ship, land on the strange planet and overcome its challenges: moving platforms, falling asteroids, traps and alien structures - you will be tested.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.5%, 3D Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 16.3%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 12.7%

A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

Why similar: Platformer 28.2%, Puzzle 17.5%, Difficult 9.7%, Physics 8.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.

Why similar: Surreal 25.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Exploration 14.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Puzzle Platformer 8.4%

Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Why similar: Surreal 20.5%, Narration 18.2%, Puzzle 16%, First-Person 11.5%, Exploration 11.5%

Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.

Why similar: Surreal 23.9%, Great Soundtrack 22.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.6%

EQI is a trippy first-person arcade game with spatial puzzles, and a synthwave soul. You find yourself in a digital world that twists and changes around you, challenging your senses, focus, and reflexes. Interface with the great mystery and transcend.

Why similar: Surreal 20.4%, 3D Platformer 14.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Platformer 10.5%, Puzzle 10.3%

An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.

Why similar: Platformer 21.9%, Minimalist 18.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Puzzle 14.5%, Indie 10.7%

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: Surreal 30.6%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Exploration 13%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 7.7%

Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

Why similar: First-Person 26.3%, Exploration 26.1%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Colorful 5.5%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Surreal 20%, Puzzle 17%, Platformer 16.6%, Exploration 16.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%