- #1 TIS-100
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,104 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
Why similar: Programming 63.7% ★, Hacking 15.3% ★, Logic 7.5%, Puzzle 6.3%, Automation 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the same hardcore assembly-language programming and logic-based puzzle solving found in the core of Tunnet.
- #2 SHENZHEN I/O
96% matchVery Positive95% of 4,504 reviews2016
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 56.9% ★, Automation 20.6%, Logic 12.2%, Puzzle 5.4%, Hacking 3.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: A deep dive into circuit design and programming that will satisfy players who enjoy the automation and logic aspects of the seed game.
- #3 EXAPUNKS
96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,887 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
Why similar: Programming 43% ★, Hacking 25.2% ★, Automation 15.1%, Logic 9%, Puzzle 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines hacking, programming, and a gritty, dystopian atmosphere that mirrors the technical intensity of Tunnet.
- #4 Turing Complete
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,587 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 32.9% ★, Automation 22%, Hacking 20.1% ★, Logic 16%, Sandbox 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: An excellent educational tool that lets you build a computer from scratch, perfect for those who enjoy the low-level logic of Tunnet.
- #5 Duskers
94% matchVery Positive90% of 2,790 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Programming 39.5% ★, Hacking 31.6% ★, Nonlinear 8.3%, Exploration 7.7%, Puzzle 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: You must use a command-line interface to control drones in an atmospheric, horror-filled, and abandoned environment.
- #6 Hacknet
94% matchVery Positive94% of 26,067 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 80% ★, Programming 13% ★, Logic 4.5%, Atmospheric 1.3%, Adventure 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A terminal-based hacking simulator that captures the feeling of working through complex systems under pressure.
- #7 Logic World
93% matchVery Positive94% of 367 reviews2021
Dev: Mouse Hat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!
Why similar: Programming 30.9% ★, Hacking 21% ★, Automation 15.8%, Logic 12.4%, Open World 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for the construction of massive, functional digital circuits in a first-person sandbox environment.
- #8 while True: learn()
92% matchVery Positive91% of 8,171 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Why similar: Programming 75.2% ★, Puzzle 8.9%, Logic 5.7%, Sandbox 5.1%, Underground 4.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logic of machine learning and programming in a puzzle-driven format.
- #9 Stories Untold
91% matchVery Positive87% of 5,505 reviews2017
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.1%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Horror 12.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Puzzle 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends retro-tech interfaces with psychological horror and atmospheric storytelling.
- #10 The Signal State
91% matchVery Positive87% of 690 reviews2021
Dev: Reckoner IndustriesPub: iterco
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
Why similar: Programming 33.9% ★, Automation 20.7%, Logic 16.6%, Hacking 16% ★, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A complex logic and automation puzzle game that focuses on modular synthesis and signal processing.
- #11 Quadrilateral Cowboy
90% matchVery Positive92% of 1,013 reviews2016
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
Why similar: Programming 40.9% ★, Hacking 37.8% ★, First-Person 6.3%, Puzzle 4.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game where you use a portable computer to hack into systems and navigate environments.
- #12 INFRA
89% matchVery Positive88% of 3,717 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Exploration 18.1%, Puzzle 17.3%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Mystery 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that emphasizes navigating decaying, underground industrial infrastructure.
- #13 Observation
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,189 reviews2020
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Why similar: Adventure 27.4%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Puzzle 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: You play as an AI station system, using cameras and terminal interfaces to solve puzzles in a tense, sci-fi horror setting.
- #14 The Exit 8
86% matchVery Positive93% of 11,464 reviews2023
Dev: KOTAKE CREATEPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
Why similar: Underground 39.4% ★, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 9.4%, First-Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric, and surreal puzzle game set in an endless underground corridor.
- #15 Alan's Automaton Workshop
88% matchVery Positive83% of 213 reviews2022
Dev: Laputa Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Start a new business with Alan Turing and his groundbreaking innovation: the Turing Machine. Build unique automatons, and solve all kinds of problems from clients.
Why similar: Programming 42.9% ★, Automation 23.9%, Logic 14.7%, Puzzle 6.5%, Sandbox 6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the programming and automation of steampunk-style machines.
- #16 Grey Hack
87% matchVery Positive90% of 1,866 reviews2017
Dev: Loading Home
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.
Why similar: Hacking 49.1% ★, Programming 41.6% ★, Logic 5.9%, Sandbox 2.6%, Adventure 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A persistent, multiplayer hacking simulator that offers a deep, realistic terminal-based experience.
- #17 Else Heart.Break()
86% matchMixed67% of 840 reviews2015
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Why similar: Programming 56.2% ★, Hacking 35.5% ★, Adventure 4.2%, Atmospheric 3.1%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique world where you can hack the code of objects and the environment to solve puzzles.
- #18 Mu Complex
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 206 reviews2015
Dev: studiocime
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play as a hacker and take control of an ultra secret company to reveal the darkest secrets. But beware , you seem not to be alone and what you will discover could change the world ...
Why similar: Hacking 81.6% ★, Puzzle 9.4%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure that uses a simulated operating system to deliver a hacking-focused mystery.
- #19 SOMA
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,486 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 12.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeply unsettling, atmospheric, and sci-fi horror experience set in an isolated, underground research facility.
- #20 Silicon Zeroes
84% matchVery Positive87% of 284 reviews2017
Dev: PleasingFungus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.
Why similar: Programming 59.3% ★, Hacking 30.4% ★, Puzzle 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging logic game about building computer architecture from the ground up.
- #21 ColdSide
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 533 reviews2020
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.7%, First-Person 18.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that focuses on exploration and uncovering secrets in an abandoned facility.
- #22 ABI-DOS
81% matchVery Positive92% of 434 reviews2024
Dev: ABI.DOS.SOFTWARE
Windows
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
Why similar: Programming 36.2% ★, Hacking 21.3% ★, Automation 19.8%, Logic 9.6%, Puzzle 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy and simulation game centered on programming and automation puzzles.
- #23 Effugium
82% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Souporno GhoshPub: Team Glasses
Windows
Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.2%, Exploration 19.6%, Atmospheric 18.4%, First-Person 16.8%, Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person exploration game that emphasizes atmosphere and psychological tension.
- #24 Amnesia: The Bunker
79% matchVery Positive93% of 12,386 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Open World 14.4%, First-Person 13.8%, Exploration 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the claustrophobic, underground, and tense survival-horror elements found in Tunnet.
- #25 Signal Simulator
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,029 reviews2018
Dev: Blagovest Penev
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 56%, Sandbox 12.4%, Horror 11.8%, First-Person 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the technical and atmospheric aspects of monitoring space signals.
- #26 The Talos Principle
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 33,014 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.9%, First-Person 20.5%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Mystery 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that pairs complex logic challenges with a philosophical, atmospheric environment.
- #27 The Door in the Basement
81% matchVery Positive88% of 188 reviews2021
Dev: Aegon Games
Windows
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
Why similar: Underground 37.5% ★, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Exploration 10%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric exploration game that leans heavily into psychological horror.
- #28 Quantum Odyssey
79% matchVery Positive93% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: Quarks Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ optimization challenges, hack player creations, and master quantum logic without coding.
Why similar: Programming 31.9% ★, Hacking 24.8% ★, Automation 18.1%, Logic 13.6%, Puzzle 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game that explores the principles of quantum computing.
- #29 Terminal Lucidity
77% matchVery Positive96% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Happy Accident Studios
Windows
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.
Why similar: Logic 26.7%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 7.5%, First-Person 6.7%
- #30 Beyond the Doors
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Dream Error
Windows · Linux
An atmospheric horror, exploration and automation game all set in the dim halls of an apartment building
Why similar: Programming 32.8% ★, Automation 20%, Logic 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, First-Person 4.8%
- #31 Lucid Blocks
75% matchVery Positive94% of 4,779 reviews2026
Dev: Lucy B. Locks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Open World 19.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Exploration 10%
- #32 Sub Terra
76% matchVery Positive92% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: artescape
Windows
Sub Terra is a first person psychological horror game set deep underground. As a maintenance worker, your job is to fix a broken water line at the end of tunnel 04-R. Enter the tunnel, repair the pipe, and get out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 44%, First-Person 20.5%, Horror 13.8%, Exploration 13.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #33 MOLE
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,515 reviews2026
Dev: Off Black CreationsPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Puzzle 14.6%, Exploration 13.7%, First-Person 13%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #34 Uplink
78% matchVery Positive91% of 2,436 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Hacking 51.6% ★, Programming 30.2% ★, Experimental 7.9%, Puzzle 5.2%, Atmospheric 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic hacking simulator that remains a staple for anyone interested in terminal-based gameplay.
- #35 s.p.l.i.t
73% matchVery Positive93% of 3,895 reviews2025
Dev: Mike Klubnika
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
Why similar: Hacking 54.7% ★, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Puzzle 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Horror 4.4%
- #36 Hacker Simulator
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,276 reviews2021
Dev: Save All Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.
Why similar: Hacking 49.1% ★, Programming 33.8% ★, Sandbox 4.7%, First-Person 4.6%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #37 SUBSUMED
74% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: HazzyPub: adjective noun
Windows
A claustrophobic first-person horror game about crawling through a dark, winding cave system in search of three missing divers.
Why similar: Underground 25.1% ★, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Exploration 11.9%, Open World 11.5%, Atmospheric 9%
- #38 DEAD END
75% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: PHANTOM PIXEL
Windows
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Underground 25.4% ★, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Puzzle 10%, Exploration 9.9%, Nonlinear 8.8%
- #39 Darkness Under My Bed
76% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Underground 34.1% ★, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Exploration 10.5%, First-Person 10%, Mystery 8.8%
- #40 LiDAR Exploration Program
73% matchVery Positive90% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: KenForest
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.9%, Exploration 16.9%, First-Person 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 8.7%
- #41 Upload Labs
70% matchVery Positive92% of 8,354 reviews2025
Dev: EnigmaDev Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
Why similar: Programming 35.2% ★, Automation 30.4%, Hacking 18.1% ★, Logic 11.2%, Sandbox 2.8%
- #42 Welcome to the Game III
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 648 reviews2026
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Navigate the internet's dark net, searching for pieces of a puzzle that once combined will clear your outstanding debt. Scan strange websites for info, hack into PCs while defending your own, and buy/sell goods & services, all while avoiding threats in this strategic, suspenseful horror game.
Why similar: Hacking 58.9% ★, Puzzle 16%, First-Person 11.7%, Horror 7.6%, 3D 4%
- #43 BACKROOMS ANOMALY
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: liminal_games
Windows
Explore a looping corridor filled with anomalies. Walk through the fluorescent-lit backrooms environment, examine your surroundings, and spot subtle changes in reality.
Why similar: Underground 37.7% ★, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, First-Person 8.3%
- #44 Scanner Sombre
73% matchVery Positive90% of 4,552 reviews2017
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
Why similar: Underground 26.8% ★, Exploration 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Atmospheric 11.5%, First-Person 10.8%
- #45 XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX
72% matchVery Positive94% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Nocturne Studio
Windows
A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.
Why similar: Hacking 44.9% ★, Logic 16%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, First-Person 8%, Puzzle 8%
- #46 Drill and Delve
71% matchVery Positive87% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: noOne
Windows
You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.
Why similar: Underground 21% ★, Exploration 15.6%, Sandbox 15.1%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 11%
- #47 ANIMAL WELL
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,507 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Exploration 20.8%, Puzzle 18.2%, Nonlinear 17.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #48 IT Simulator
72% matchVery Positive91% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Byte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
IT Simulator is a co-op horror game where two players attempt to return power to an office building. Take the role of the all-seeing Control Room or the stealthy Repair Technician as you risk everything to d̶i̶s̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶t̶h̶ escape.
Why similar: Underground 54.9% ★, Puzzle 9.8%, First-Person 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #49 Idea Fix
70% matchVery Positive93% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: ZuitLabs
Windows · Linux
Incremental physics based game about pushing levers, clicking buttons and coming to terms with obsession.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Experimental 14.2%, First-Person 14%, Relaxing 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #50 Greenhouse
69% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: 7D Games Studio
Windows
A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.6%, Exploration 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #51 Virtual Circuit Board
69% matchVery Positive92% of 318 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
Why similar: Programming 34.4% ★, Hacking 23.8% ★, Automation 18.5%, Logic 12.8%, Puzzle 5%
- #52 Mummy Sandbox
70% matchVery Positive96% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Z. Bill
Windows
Mummy Sandbox is a first person digging simulator meets point & click adventure. Traverse forgotten sandboxes and dig up corpses to learn their secrets!
Why similar: Experimental 30.6%, Puzzle 22%, First-Person 17.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Horror 12.6%
- #53 PAGER
67% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: bilge
Windows
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.3%, Logic 20.1%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Puzzle 11.1%
- #54 Below, Rusted Gods
66% matchVery Positive89% of 309 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Exploration 14.8%, Puzzle 14.3%, First-Person 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #55 Dreamcore
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,955 reviews2025
Dev: MontraluzPub: Tlön Industries
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Nonlinear 18.1%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 10.7%, Mystery 8.7%
- #56 Digging the Forgotten Cave
67% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Cavernauts
Windows
Dig deep, unearth treasures. Upgrade your tools to uncover the secrets of the mystical caves. This is also an inner journey of relaxation, where your intuition can guide you as you dig deeper into the mysteries.
Why similar: Underground 35.9% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Open World 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Adventure 9%
- #57 Deep Line
67% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: DrugTank
Windows
Deep beneath the abandoned subway, an unknown threat awaits. Collect gold and find a way out.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 45.4%, Horror 16.1%, Adventure 13.1%, First-Person 11.8%, Mystery 9.5%
- #58 Project Liminal 2
65% matchVery Positive82% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: AquaHeaven StudiosPub: TXC
Windows
Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.
Why similar: Logic 18.6%, Puzzle 17.4%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 13.1%, First-Person 10.6%
- #59 ComPressure
68% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
Why similar: Programming 48.1% ★, Automation 29.3%, Puzzle 7.9%, Sandbox 7.7%, Open World 7%
- #60 DREAM LOGIC
66% matchVery Positive89% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%