
Explore a small open world in first-person, solving environmental puzzles across five distinct biomes. Observe, experiment, and uncover secrets at your own pace in this calm, discovery-focused indie experience.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Exploration, Mystery, Story Rich.

Explore a small open world in first-person, solving environmental puzzles across five distinct biomes. Observe, experiment, and uncover secrets at your own pace in this calm, discovery-focused indie experience.

Amatsuko
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.

House of Wisdom
House of Wisdom is a first person puzzle game where the protagonist, one of the many creations of a deity, attempts to find out what happened to its creator who recently disappeared, helping the main character’s kins to deal with their distress along the way.
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Mystery 21.1%, Exploration 14.2%, Story Rich 11.8%, Nonlinear 8.6%, Adventure 8.6%
House of Wisdom is a first person puzzle game where the protagonist, one of the many creations of a deity, attempts to find out what happened to its creator who recently disappeared, helping the main character’s kins to deal with their distress along the way.
Why similar: Mystery 16.4%, Exploration 12.7%, Story Rich 11.4%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Dive into the captivating world of puzzles with the new part of the Door game series. Your task is to find the correct door among many options to advance to the next level. But be careful: only by understanding the patterns and solving puzzles you can unlock the coveted passage.
Why similar: Open World 16.5%, Exploration 15.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Mystery 8.4%
Lapso is a single player first-person exploration game, with particular attention paid to the environmental narrative and sound. It develops through the figure of a scientific illustrator camping near a lake, documenting a special assignment.
Why similar: Mystery 24%, Exploration 18.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Open World 9.8%
Photograph your way through High Pines Summer Camp and uncover the mystery of the campers’ disappearance.
Why similar: Exploration 16.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Puzzle 10.5%
Shadows of Elsewhen is an alchemy-inspired, murder mystery-themed 1st-person puzzle game. Explore the cryptic Temple Elsewhen and solve your way through the many ancient machinations, arcane devices, and puzzles which hold the secret to the ghost of young Arriel's mysterious and untimely demise.
Why similar: Mystery 16.5%, Exploration 16.4%, Adventure 16.2%, Puzzle 12.8%, Story Rich 12.7%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Mystery 24.1%, Story Rich 12.4%, Exploration 12.2%, Investigation 12.1%, Puzzle 10.3%
Soar through an alien world as a flying android. Dominate the environment with thunderous shouts —or surrender to the strange rhythms of wildlife. This planet does not obey humans. And maybe, neither should you.
Why similar: Mystery 20.9%, Open World 12.9%, Exploration 10%, Stylized 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Explore a forgotten valley filled with ancient mechanisms and mysteries. Solve intricate 3D puzzles and uncover the story of the four sages who once lived there.
Why similar: Mystery 16.2%, Exploration 15.6%, Puzzle 12.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%
Zoom through the landscape as Boll, a mysterious glowing sphere, uncovering a forgotten past and the truth behind the world they've landed in. Gather all sorts of collectibles, evading Shapes and Nature alike. Uncover the mysteries...
Why similar: Mystery 20.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Open World 11.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
Lones is a single-player adventure. Leave stress behind and live off-grid in the Canadian woods. Investigate and uncover the truth behind a mysterious and peculiar shadow.
Why similar: Mystery 19.6%, Exploration 13.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, Investigation 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%
An ocean. Ruins. A song. Recover what silence has erased. You are the last hope of a civilization on the brink of oblivion, with your voice as your only tool. Dive, listen, awaken. Unarmed, guided only by your senses.
Why similar: Mystery 25.1%, Exploration 18.7%, Adventure 17.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.9%
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Mystery 17.2%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 10.2%, Stylized 7.6%
Wield your Balearic sling in a first-person puzzle narrative adventure through ancient ruins. Uncover a lost civilization and reactivate forgotten machines to reveal the secrets buried beneath Ciudadela.
Why similar: Mystery 15.9%, Exploration 15%, Puzzle 12.9%, Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 12.1%
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Why similar: Mystery 19.3%, Exploration 16%, Adventure 13.5%, Puzzle 13%, First-Person 7%
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
Why similar: Mystery 19%, Story Rich 13.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 9.9%
Survive, Thrive, and Escape from a mysterious island! Explore ancient Sci-Fi temples, navigate deadly traps and mechanisms, uncover an engaging narrative, unlock new abilities, collect artifacts, and discover all of Insula Mystica's secrets!
Why similar: Mystery 17.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Adventure 8.4%
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
Why similar: Mystery 20.1%, Exploration 13%, Investigation 12.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
Team up with your robotic pet camera "Cammy" and use special photo filters to take photos that reveal hidden clues in your surroundings. Explore your grandpa's abandoned house and uncover the reason behind his disappearance.
Why similar: Exploration 17.9%, Puzzle 13.5%, Stylized 13.1%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 11.4%
A new adventure awaits you in a beautiful park filled with puzzles related to finding patterns in the amazing world of the game. Engage your logic and carefully examine your surroundings to find clues to solve the riddles and mysteries of this place.
Why similar: Exploration 16.5%, Puzzle 13.5%, Open World 13.4%, Adventure 11.5%, Mystery 10.5%
Immerse yourself in an exciting journey on the island of dreams. Explore the open world and interesting places, while solving various puzzles that use environment.
Why similar: Exploration 17.1%, Adventure 16.7%, Puzzle 13.3%, Stylized 11.6%, Open World 10.1%
OBVERSE is an immersive first-person action, problem-solving, and exploration game set in a vast underground research facility. Outsmart hostile machines, find creative solutions to every obstacle, and uncover the truth behind a secret experiment that could threaten reality itself.
Why similar: Mystery 17.2%, Open World 12.5%, Nonlinear 11.1%, Exploration 11%, Investigation 8.6%
An exploration-driven mystery set on quarantined Scottish islands, where you investigate abandoned settlements, uncover hidden clues, and reveal the truth behind a decades-old government seal.
Why similar: Mystery 25%, Exploration 14.7%, Adventure 13.6%, Story Rich 12.6%, Investigation 10.3%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Mystery 15.1%, Exploration 11.6%, Open World 10.8%, Puzzle 10%, Story Rich 8.3%
Guide Ninami on a heartfelt journey through the realms of a fractured planet. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, and piece together the truth of a shattering past with a mysterious raven.
Why similar: Mystery 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Open World 10.5%, Stylized 9.8%
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 22.2%, Mystery 21.6%, Indie 13.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%
A detective adventure game where you use your superpowers to uncover the truth about the Institute. Collect clues to uncover the Institute's hidden purpose.
Why similar: Mystery 16.5%, Exploration 13.7%, 3D Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Investigation 9.6%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Mystery 21%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Exploration 11.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Investigation 10.7%
You are hanging on a spaceship amidst the endless vacuum. You’ve got to options: either perish there, or collect yourself and find the fabled rescue shuttle.
Why similar: Exploration 15.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 12%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Puzzle Platformer 9.6%
Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
Why similar: Sci-fi 14.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Open World 11.4%
FREE TO PLAY: Kidnapped from your everyday life, you find yourself in a large theme park that feels more like an escape room. Solve puzzles, explore 12 themed islands, find resources, use your wits to escape.
Why similar: Mystery 16.1%, Open World 15.4%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 10%, Investigation 9.2%
Journey into the world of Tesseract, a mind-bending VR puzzle adventure through a labyrinth of mysterious realms. Navigate perplexing shifts in gravity, travel through portals bridging dimensions, and activate ancient mechanisms that transform the environment around you.
Why similar: Mystery 19.1%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 15.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%
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: Mystery 19.3%, Exploration 18%, Puzzle 13.1%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Story Rich 10.4%
Altitude's Toll is a short walking simulator mystery set in Himalayas. Deliver packages as sherpa and uncover possibly the biggest Himalayan secret in history.
Why similar: Mystery 21.8%, Open World 14%, Exploration 13.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%
"The Last Light" is an atmospheric puzzle-platformer set in the early 1980s Pacific Northwest.
Why similar: Exploration 18.2%, 3D Platformer 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Puzzle Platformer 10.9%, Puzzle 10.1%
Uncover the secrets of the forest in this tale of two unlikely friends, with alchemist Edric Tayte and L-P1N. Forage for weird and wonderful ingredients, brew Potions to empower you with potent abilities, and all the while discovering that this adventure isn't quite what it seems..
Why similar: Open World 13.8%, Exploration 12%, 3D Platformer 9.3%, Story Rich 9%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Syke is a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mysterious and beautifully warped reality. You play as an individual making their way through areas of strange geometry; solving puzzles to piece together the story of their love.
Why similar: Exploration 13.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Puzzle 9.5%, Nonlinear 8.5%
Mirkwood is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure set in a world fully aware of its digital existence. Use world-loading mechanics to solve puzzles and navigate the broken world.
Why similar: Open World 16.8%, Exploration 14.6%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Stylized 10.7%
A magical world full of witchcraft and wizardry awaits you!Join the worlds best wizard academy and embark on an exciting, mysterious journey. Learn 4 different and mighty spells to change the world around you, experience a breathtaking plot about the lost wizard Rhobar or challenge yourself in the freeroam mode!
Why similar: Adventure 20.8%, Open World 15.5%, Indie 11.8%, Magic 11.6%, 3D Platformer 11.6%
Investigate the murder of a famous streamer and find out who the killer is, but beware of people who don't like you meddling.
Why similar: Mystery 29.2%, Exploration 17%, Puzzle 10.2%, Adventure 10%, Investigation 9.9%
The line, is a game with puzzles integrated into the narrative. The story takes place in a dystopian future, where the sea level rose so much that it flooded most of the planet, thus collapsing societies.
Why similar: Adventure 16.9%, Exploration 16.8%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 13.4%
Last Stop is a single-player third-person adventure set in present day London, where you play as three separate characters whose worlds collide in the midst of a supernatural crisis.
Why similar: Adventure 19.8%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 15.2%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Exploration 11.3%
Explore a forgotten land in Gecko Gods, a puzzle-adventure built for curiosity. Climb walls, solve ancient puzzles and uncover a lost civilisation in a world full of hidden paths, quiet secrets and natural wonder.
Why similar: Mystery 14.8%, Open World 11.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Puzzle Platformer 10%, Stylized 9%
You will have to investigate and find the exits while you are in the company of silence and emptiness. Will you be able to stay calm even when there are more questions than answers? Will you make it to the end? Good luck!
Why similar: Adventure 20.4%, Exploration 19.6%, Investigation 16.6%, Puzzle 15.4%, Story Rich 11.7%
Desert Spirit Grave is an adventure game through desert and time. Grab your grappling hook and swing trough the stages of ruin. Find the secrets hidden in the runes!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Mystery 14.8%, Exploration 12.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, 3D Platformer 10.4%
Search for answers in a desolate, dangerous world as you pilot the giant. Utilize a variety of safeguards to protect yourself from a fierce military force & unravel the story about the giant's powerful past.
Why similar: Exploration 22.9%, Open World 17.5%, Mystery 16.6%, Stylized 10%, Adventure 9.7%
'The Quiet Apocalypse' is a first-person story adventure set in a beautiful open world. Join your father on a dangerous trek through 400 km² of pristine wilderness, as you race to save the life of a very special child.
Why similar: Mystery 16.5%, Open World 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Story Rich 10%
Zra Stories is a story-driven exploration game that combines adventure with crime story elements. Play a young nature caretaker – a sorceress who has the ability to control natural phenomena. Upon arrival at the island of Zra, a routine order turns into a full-fledged investigation.
Why similar: Mystery 18.3%, Exploration 13.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Magic 12.3%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Mystery 20.7%, Exploration 16.7%, Story Rich 11.7%, Open World 11.7%, Atmospheric 8%
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, metal-detecting narrative game. It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a dramatic story, all set in a beautiful English countryside. It’s a game about trying to find something.
Why similar: Mystery 30.2%, Story Rich 20.6%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Adventure 13.2%, First-Person 12.2%
A first person space exploration game where you investigate the inner caves of an asteroid passing by your planet. Dive into the deeps of the asteroid aboard your ship, collecting information and samples of many beautiful minerals and lifeforms while searching for more complex and intelligent beings
Why similar: Mystery 23.8%, Exploration 17%, Adventure 10.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Puzzle 9%
Conquer the shifting labyrinth and return with the spoils—gold and supernatural relics alike.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 14.7%, Adventure 14.5%, Puzzle 12.2%, Action 8.8%
Embark on a first-person adventure to a mysterious café in Cairo. Adopt a new perspective and shape reality to your will as you unravel an occult conspiracy hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Mystery 25.6%, Story Rich 14.2%, Puzzle 12%, Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Vitrified is a post-apocalyptic metroidvania where survival depends on teamwork with your robotic friend ALAN. Explore a mysterious mutant wasteland, upgrade ALAN with abilities to unlock new areas, and uncover the secrets of The Worm.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Mystery 17.3%, Exploration 12.4%, Open World 11%, Nonlinear 9.8%
In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.
Why similar: Mystery 15.8%, 3D Platformer 11.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Exploration 9.3%, Investigation 9%
Moonrise Fall is an atmospheric exploration puzzle game about a boy who finds himself lost in a supernatural forest after losing both parents in a car crash. Put your detective skills to the test. Unravel the mysteries of the forest and photograph the strange creatures (cryptids) that reside there.
Why similar: Adventure 18.7%, Mystery 17.8%, Exploration 13.2%, Investigation 11.5%, Indie 10.6%
踏上《河神:沉溺之流》的旅程,在那里一个古老的村庄与深入其骨髓的诅咒斗争。揭开一个邪恶祭司的秘密,他的黑暗仪式将村庄与生死界限之外的领域连接在一起。
Why similar: Exploration 16.6%, Adventure 15.6%, Mystery 14.6%, Puzzle 12.9%, Action 9.6%
Into the Sands is a mystery game set in a desert. As a scrapper, explore the dunes and find interesting treasures. As you explore you may uncover new and interesting secrets!
Why similar: Mystery 39.8%, Adventure 17.6%, Story Rich 16.6%, Puzzle 15.5%, Indie 3.8%
Last Spaceship is an adventure puzzle game. Play as a maintenance robot, repair the ship by solving a series of fascinating puzzles, explore its various compartments, and collect relics of human legacy. Experience a story about war, extinction, salvation, and choice.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Exploration 16%, Adventure 15.4%, Open World 13.6%, Puzzle 12.4%