- #1 Hue
97% matchVery Positive92% of 11,146 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Puzzle 36.4%, Adventure 34.1%, Indie 29.5%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes color-changing mechanics to solve puzzles, directly aligning with the color-restoration theme of Umiro.
- #2 Carto
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,158 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.2%, Adventure 31.9%, Indie 30.9%
Why You'll Like It: This adventure game centers on manipulating the world map to solve puzzles, mirroring the tactile, drawing-based gameplay of Umiro.
- #3 Linelight
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,094 reviews2017
Dev: My Dog Zorro
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Indie 31.9%, Adventure 28.7%
Why You'll Like It: Like Umiro, this game focuses on navigating paths through a minimalist, atmospheric world using precise movement and logic.
- #4 Cosmic Express
95% matchVery Positive91% of 608 reviews2017
Dev: Cosmic EngineersPub: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!
Why similar: Strategy 59.3%, Puzzle 40.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the grid-based path-finding mechanics of Umiro, challenging players to plan routes efficiently.
- #5 Lost in Play
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,176 reviews2022
Dev: Happy Juice GamesPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.6%, Adventure 30.9%, Indie 27.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures a similar whimsical and mysterious atmosphere through its hand-drawn art and intuitive puzzle design.
- #6 The Gardens Between
94% matchVery Positive94% of 2,728 reviews2018
Dev: The Voxel Agents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
Why similar: Puzzle 100%
Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-adventure game focuses on manipulating time to navigate through surreal, dreamlike islands.
- #7 Ever Forward
93% matchVery Positive82% of 278 reviews2020
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.
Why similar: Strategy 44.9%, Adventure 26.6%, Indie 19%, Puzzle 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-adventure game focuses on navigating complex environments and solving environmental challenges.
- #8 A Monster's Expedition
91% matchVery Positive95% of 1,579 reviews2020
Dev: Draknek & Friends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Puzzle 32%, Adventure 28.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished grid-based puzzle game that rewards careful spatial planning and exploration.
- #9 DREAMO - Puzzle Adventure
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: Hypnotic AntsPub: Carbon Studio
Windows
The plane crashed, bringing an abrupt end to your journey. You regain consciousness in a strange lucid dream filled with interactive cube puzzles, where a mysterious voice guides you through the changing landscape. What is happening? Who are you? Do you have what it takes to wake up?
Why similar: Adventure 54.3%, Puzzle 29.4%, Indie 16.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, colorful puzzle game that emphasizes mystery and exploration in a relaxing setting.
- #10 Down in Bermuda
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,556 reviews2021
Dev: Yak & Co
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An unnatural storm leaves an adventurous aviator stranded for decades within the infamous Bermuda. Overcome creatures of the deep and unravel the islands secrets in search of a way back home.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.7%, Adventure 40.5%, Indie 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing puzzle game that focuses on uncovering secrets within contained, vibrant environments.
- #11 Way of Rhea
89% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Mason LLC
Windows · Linux
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: Puzzle 46.8%, Adventure 40.9%, Indie 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines color-based logic with challenging puzzle-platforming elements that require careful planning.
- #12 She Remembered Caterpillars
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 552 reviews2017
Dev: jumpsuit entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)Pub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A fungipunk fantasy about love, loss, and holding on, told in the format of a color-based puzzle game. A tale as the bond between parent and child, this lush and bewildering title will have players testing their wits against a variety of challenges, all beautiful and very strange.
Why similar: Puzzle 61.1%, Indie 38.9%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric puzzle game uses color-matching mechanics to navigate characters through increasingly complex levels.
- #13 Gorogoa
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 19,841 reviews2017
Dev: Buried SignalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Why similar: Puzzle 59.7%, Indie 21.1%, Adventure 19.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, artistic approach to puzzle-solving where players manipulate panels to progress through a mysterious narrative.
- #14 The Wild at Heart
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Moonlight KidsPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Wield an ever-growing herd of quirky creatures to rebuild broken paths, battle perilous beasts, and solve peculiar puzzles in a rich, interconnected world. Join two young runaways as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm in this nostalgic storybook fantasy!
Why similar: Strategy 40.5%, Puzzle 29.7%, Adventure 19.5%, Indie 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends puzzle-solving and adventure in a charming, hand-drawn world that feels similar in tone to Umiro.
- #15 The Pedestrian
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,862 reviews2020
Dev: Skookum Arts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?
Why similar: Puzzle 56.8%, Adventure 43.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features creative spatial puzzles where you navigate through interconnected 2D signs in a 3D world.
- #16 Baba Is You
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 23,702 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Puzzle 63.9%, Indie 30.4%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A brilliant logic-based puzzle game that forces you to rethink the rules of the environment, much like Umiro's path-drawing mechanics.
- #17 Slice of Sea
86% matchVery Positive91% of 596 reviews2021
Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.
Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Puzzle 41.7%, Indie 16.2%
Why You'll Like It: This hand-drawn adventure features a unique, surreal world filled with puzzles that reward patient observation.
- #18 Arrog
86% matchVery Positive88% of 216 reviews2020
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: indienova
Windows
Arrog is an enigmatic puzzle adventure game featuring hand-drawn art and set in a bizarre black-and-white world with color accents.
Why similar: Adventure 50.6%, Indie 36.2%, Puzzle 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, hand-drawn puzzle game that explores themes of life and death through minimalist interactions.
- #19 Out of Line
84% matchVery Positive90% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: Nerd MonkeysPub: Hatinh Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A unique adventure game filled with beautiful puzzles all hand-drawn in an original 2D style . Out of Line follows the adventures of San in a quest to escape the Factory that was once home. Dive into a story set in a mysterious world that is revealed through multiple chapters.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.4%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 25.3%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful puzzle-platformer that uses a distinct art style to tell a story through environmental interaction.
- #20 Chroma Zero
82% matchVery Positive96% of 313 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.4%, Adventure 38.5%, Indie 19.2%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that utilizes color and logic to navigate through minimalist, abstract spaces.
- #21 Unleaving
84% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: orangutan matter
Windows · Mac
When everything seems hopeless a child is awakened by the whispers of the last leaf, drawn into an imaginary world. Unleaving invites the player into a narrative-driven puzzle platformer where each challenge unfolds within a hand-painted landscape, exploring perception and meaning
Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Adventure 34.2%, Indie 28.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hand-drawn experience that focuses on atmospheric storytelling and environmental puzzles.
- #22 Skaramazuzu
83% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Bleeding Moon StudioPub: Iphigames
Windows
Enter the mysterious world of Skaramazuzu, and get ready to be tested. Meet strange beings and whimsical personalities, face challenges, and solve riddles in a hand-drawn, black and white 2D world.
Why similar: Adventure 50.2%, Puzzle 34.4%, Indie 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a surreal, atmospheric journey with a distinct hand-drawn aesthetic and puzzle-rich gameplay.
- #23 Strange Jigsaws
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,662 reviews2025
Dev: FLEB
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A game of strange jigsaws.
Why similar: Adventure 49.3%, Puzzle 37.9%, Indie 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a relaxing, abstract puzzle experience that focuses on visual composition.
- #24 Kinduo
82% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: Nibb Games
Windows
Kinduo is a local cooperative game where two elemental friends overcome obstacles to return to their island, push boxes, use electricity to connect objects, break ice blocks, blow things up and more in this cute and colorful co-op game!
Why similar: Adventure 48.1%, Strategy 23.7%, Puzzle 23.6%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that uses character-specific abilities to navigate colorful, grid-based levels.
- #25 The Multi-Medium
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 534 reviews2023
Dev: Micah Boursier
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
Why similar: Adventure 52.6%, Puzzle 47.4%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized adventure game that uses a variety of art techniques to present its puzzle-platforming challenges.
- #26 Colorful Recolor
80% matchVery Positive94% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Colorful Recolor is a fast-paced puzzle game with a kaleidoscopic collection of brain teasers. Play through 100 levels with engaging mechanics, striking biomes, 10+ distinct elements, and an abundance of colors. Paint your way through this colorful world!
Why similar: Strategy 59.4%, Puzzle 40.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on logic and color-based mechanics within a 2D platforming environment.
- #27 The Book Of Hiro
81% matchMixed57% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: MingCang StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
“The Book of Hiro” is a 3D visual puzzle game where players solve challenges and puzzles using illusions and perspective to find the hidden key in the map. The game tells the story of a brave villager named Hiro who was ordered to meet the king and encountered various challenges and puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.6%, Strategy 29%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 17.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual puzzle game that emphasizes exploration and hidden-object mechanics in a charming setting.
- #28 Monument Valley
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,203 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Why similar: Strategy 34.8%, Puzzle 33.2%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #29 Axel & Pixel
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 98 reviews2010
Dev: Silver Wish GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Axel and Pixel are trapped in a beautiful but dangerous dream world. If they plan to get out they must solve its mysteries. Drawn by hand and rendered in full high-definition, Axel & Pixel is a unique journey through an artist's dream.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that features surreal, hand-painted environments and creative puzzle sequences.
- #30 Colorful Colore
78% matchVery Positive97% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Colorful Colore is a Puzzle Labyrinth game, where your objective is to get in the exit matching the correct colors in the way.
Why similar: Strategy 67.8%, Puzzle 16.3%, Indie 15.9%
- #31 The Witness
77% matchVery Positive85% of 20,427 reviews2016
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Puzzle 65.1%, Adventure 18.4%, Indie 16.5%
- #32 Lost Chronicles of Zerzura
78% matchVery Positive84% of 122 reviews2014
Dev: Cranberry ProductionPub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
When one brother is taken away by the Inquisition, the other must search for answers that will set his imprisoned sibling free. You’ll be quickly immersed in an extraordinary expedition, as you explore the ravishingly beautiful and detailed locations and solve a unique combination of puzzles, mini-games, and other challenges within the...
Why similar: Adventure 100%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that focuses on narrative-driven puzzle solving.
- #33 Gloomy Eyes
73% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2025
Dev: Atlas VPub: ARTE France
Windows
A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Puzzle 49.3%
- #34 Monument Valley 3
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,911 reviews2025
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set sail for a world-changing adventure as you guide Noor in their quest through a series of mind-bending illusions and atmospheric puzzles. Can you unlock the secrets of the mysterious world – and the meaning behind the Sacred Light?
Why similar: Strategy 57.8%, Puzzle 42.2%
- #35 Untamed Tactics
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: Grumpy Owl GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac
Untamed Tactics is a Tactical RPG set in world of colorful animals. Relive the legend of Greycoat’s escape into the untamed Wilds in a tale of lost honor and finding a new home as you fight, talk, and think your way through this beautifully illustrated adventure!
Why similar: Strategy 83.1%, Indie 16.9%
- #36 Chromatic Conundrum
71% matchVery Positive98% of 277 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
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: Puzzle 49.6%, Adventure 34%, Indie 16.4%
- #37 Evergarden
75% matchVery Positive86% of 766 reviews2018
Dev: Flippfly LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You have just arrived in a magical forest world with a hexagon board at its center, a mysterious creature nearby, and secrets lurking in the shadows. Why are you here, and what will you do next? A deceptively simple puzzle game, wrapped in a magical adventure.
Why similar: Strategy 46.7%, Puzzle 27.8%, Adventure 25.5%
- #38 Achromatic
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Goya
Windows · Mac
Achromatic is a minimalist puzzle game about connecting dots in order to transform them all to one cohesive color. Along the way you will uncover unique dots with exciting properties to assist you on your puzzling adventure.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 Coralina: a Memory Tale
73% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Adventure 50.7%, Puzzle 49.3%
- #40 Blink
75% matchVery Positive92% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: nextReality Games
Windows
Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.
Why similar: Adventure 58.3%, Indie 41.7%
- #41 Hiiro
74% matchVery Positive86% of 311 reviews2016
Dev: Jon TiburziPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Hiiro is a 2D platform game focused on ambient exploration and puzzle solving. Discover a grand world filled with mysterious artifacts and forgotten ruins. Become immersed in relaxing gameplay and meditative music. Remain observant as you unravel an explanation for your solitude.
Why similar: Adventure 75.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Indie 12.3%
- #42 Drew and the Floating Labyrinth
76% matchMixed57% of 54 reviews2015
Dev: Dust Scratch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
"I just want to go home..." A hand-drawn 3D puzzle-platformer. Control Drew find her way back home, through a series of abstract levels requiring you to find invisible paths, gaining color to her black-and-white character as you progress. Featuring unrestricted 2D animation in a 3D environment.
Why similar: Adventure 56.9%, Indie 43.1%
- #43 GRIS
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 93,692 reviews2018
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Why similar: Indie 39.8%, Adventure 37.4%, Puzzle 22.8%
- #44 monoch room
70% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
After losing consciousness, I found myself in a strange room. An unknown figure guided me deeper into the room. "I thought you would make it this far." Eventually, I saw a past I had forgotten... "monoch room" is an adventure game with puzzle elements.
Why similar: Puzzle 59%, Adventure 41%
- #45 Chicory: A Colorful Tale
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,869 reviews2021
Dev: Wishes Ultd.Pub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.
Why similar: Adventure 46.5%, Indie 37.7%, Puzzle 15.7%
- #46 Paper Trail
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 853 reviews2024
Dev: Newfangled Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.6%, Adventure 25.7%, Indie 22.2%, Strategy 18.6%
- #47 Discolored
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 684 reviews2019
Dev: Jason Godbey
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
Why similar: Puzzle 59.2%, Adventure 40.8%
- #48 Bring You Home
66% matchVery Positive97% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Alike Studio
Windows · Mac
You don't control the hero, but the level ITSELF! In this puzzle adventure, change and rearrange pieces of every level to find the right path. All to guide Polo through crazy worlds and rescue his kidnapped alien pet...
Why similar: Adventure 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #49 Pavilion
72% matchMixed69% of 143 reviews2016
Dev: Visiontrick Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pavilion, a fourth-person puzzling adventure. Indirect guide the unknown main character through the puzzling narrative and levels by manipulation of the surrounding environment, lights and sounds.
Why similar: Adventure 43.3%, Indie 29.9%, Puzzle 26.8%
- #50 Another Tomorrow
70% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Glitch Games
Windows · Mac
Another Tomorrow is a first-person point and click game. Trapped without your memories you’ll explore abandoned apartments, airfields, temples, and underground facilities to search for clues, solve puzzles, and unlock secrets to answer the question; who are you?
Why similar: Adventure 55.4%, Puzzle 32.5%, Indie 12%
- #51 Chronescher
69% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: PurpleSloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.
Why similar: Strategy 34.7%, Puzzle 31.2%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 17%
- #52 Path of Ra
68% matchVery Positive97% of 69 reviews2022
Dev: Oneiric Tales
Windows
Accompany the spirit of a Pharaoh reincarnated as a hieroglyph on his final journey. Help him understand the circumstances of his death and overcome the obstacles of his tomb. Will you uncover the identity of his murderer?
Why similar: Strategy 32.4%, Puzzle 25.3%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 17.8%
- #53 Cyto
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 98 reviews2014
Dev: Room 8 Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Cyto has lost his memories, help him get them back. Fling Cyto through beautiful, other-worldly levels to collect memory fragments and piece together his story in this irresistible, cute, and challenging puzzle game.
Why similar: Indie 60.5%, Puzzle 39.5%
- #54 Memorrha
70% matchMixed66% of 151 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Puzzle 40%, Adventure 34.6%, Indie 25.5%
- #55 Moncage
66% matchVery Positive92% of 5,496 reviews2021
Dev: OptillusionPub: XD
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Moncage is a unique puzzle adventure game where you explore a fascinating world trapped inside a mysterious cube. With each face displaying a unique scene, you’ll have to leverage the illusions and discover the hidden links to solve the puzzle.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.6%, Adventure 32.8%, Indie 25.6%
- #56 The Master's Pupil
67% matchVery Positive91% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: Pat NaoumPub: Pat Naoum Games Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac
The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside Claude Monet's eyeball
Why similar: Puzzle 52.7%, Adventure 47.3%
- #57 Pocket Kingdom
69% 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 46.2%, Indie 33.9%, Puzzle 19.8%
- #58 The Artisan of Glimmith
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 658 reviews2026
Dev: Lunarch Studios
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Artisan of Glimmith is a cozy, relaxing puzzle game about coloring stained glass and restoring the artworks of a kingdom above the clouds. Explore a world of handcrafted puzzles designed with intent, where simple rules lead to delightful surprises.
Why similar: Strategy 41.3%, Puzzle 30%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 7.5%
- #59 Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
67% matchVery Positive88% of 834 reviews2021
Dev: Kiary Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
Why similar: Puzzle 50.8%, Adventure 43.6%, Indie 5.6%