- #1 SparkDimension
97% matchMostly Negative33% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Asixa
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Sparks Dimension is an independent sandbox game where you can build your own base on this alien Planet, design and manufacture your own vehicles and Aircraft, and even use your own spliced weapons to fight wild monsters
Why similar: Survival 50.2%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 21.3%
- #2 Khaba
96% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: Hello There Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Khaba, you follow the explorer Michael on his quest for a treasure in a forgotten pyramid. Through chambers filled with puzzles, he descends deeper into the mysteries of the buried Pharaoh. Each chamber becomes a further test of patience and reason, revealing the true nature of Michael’s past.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.8%, Adventure 38.2%, Indie 19%
- #3 Secret in Story
96% matchMixed69% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Naivus Luo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Accompanied by beautiful piano music, you begin to experience a wonderful love journey. There is no dialogue in the story, only pictures intertwined with montage techniques. Players need to unlock each puzzle to open every door of memory, to find the youth that we have been missing.
Why similar: Indie 58.8%, Adventure 41.2%
- #4 Quatro Luzes
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Jardel Elias
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Quatro Luzes (from the Portuguese, Four Lights) is a 3D platformer game, where you have to swap between 4 worlds to proceed, using your brain and skill. You play as Atlas, a girl that lived in a blank, lifeless world, in her adventure to discover 4 colorful new ones!
Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Indie 43.9%
- #5 Resurgence
94% matchMixed52% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Lightning Man Media
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When his daughter Rosie goes missing after a car crash, Jason Dawn thinks his debts with the mob have come back to haunt him. His past leads him to a final confrontation where Jason learns the terrible truth.
Why similar: Adventure 63.8%, Indie 36.2%
- #6 Haywire on Fuel Station Zeta
92% matchMostly Positive94% of 130 reviews2015
Dev: Mad Goblin Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Something has gone horribly wrong on fuel station Zeta. All of the robots have gone haywire. It is up to you, a lone maintenance bot, to help a friendly space traveler fuel up his ship and get home. Explore your way through a dangerous labyrinth of traps and hostile robots.
Why similar: Adventure 58.1%, Indie 41.9%
- #7 Don't Go into the Woods
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Clecota Games
Windows
A 10 year old boy, lost in the woods, must rescue his sister and find his way home. Explore, survive, and craft tools to help navigate the woods, help the local creatures, and find a way to escape the woods before you lose your mind.
Why similar: Adventure 40%, Survival 38%, Indie 22%
- #8 Brine
93% matchMostly Negative26% of 383 reviews2016
Dev: BrineTeam
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Stranded at an Island, the Vessel is broked, do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Survival 41.9%, Adventure 33.5%, Indie 24.6%
- #9 Stone Tales
91% matchMixed69% of 45 reviews2015
Dev: Yellow Worm Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Stone Tales is an action platformer featuring the adventures of two brothers on their quest to become the greatest warriors their tribe has ever seen. Embark on an epic quest told through authentic cave paintings, and fulfill your destiny.
Why similar: Adventure 54%, Indie 46%
- #10 Einn
89% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Crazy Magnet Studios
Windows
Separated from your raiding party you are a lone viking stranded in a strange new world. Use the environment to craft tools and weapons. Gather resources to build shelters. Hunt and be hunted by the local life. Will you let this new world claim you? Don't just survive. Thrive!
Why similar: Survival 48%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 23.5%
- #11 Ridge
89% matchMixed62% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Yakovlev VladislavPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of ruthless and mysterious world of Ridge, in order to all the secrets have finally been revealed. Not everyone dares to wade through.
Why similar: Adventure 69.2%, Indie 30.8%
- #12 星球之间/Between Planets
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: 宇镇(个人)
Windows
You were attacked on the way back to the mission. When you wake up, you will find that the escape cabin has fallen onto a planet. You need to survive on the planet and find the truth of the matter.
Why similar: Adventure 36.6%, Survival 35.5%, Indie 27.8%
- #13 Saturnine
86% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Dominik MichalkePub: 70:30
Windows · Mac
Saturnine - a horror survival adventure. In Saturnine you will explore abandoned villages and the woods of Nearna. But beware: Nightfall comes closer and something mystifying and evil is awaiting you in the shadows of the darkness!
Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Survival 31.9%, Indie 29.9%
- #14 Light Borrower
85% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Jon Pulsipher
Windows · Mac
Join Rachel as she faces the Cleansing, a coming-of-age ritual that will determine whether she joins the last survivors of the end of the world or is banished above ground.
Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Puzzle 31.6%, Indie 30.9%
- #15 10 Years After
88% matchVery Negative11% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Rock Paper Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
“10 Years After” Is a survival based horror (Open World) Single Player Adventure ..........After the government rolled out a injection to the general public to stem the violence and quell the human emotion's things were going well ….....
Why similar: Survival 51%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 20.6%
- #16 Isoland
82% matchVery Positive91% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Indie 31.9%, Puzzle 27.4%
- #17 Chronon
83% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: HronosGame
Windows
Chronon is a puzzle game in the first person.
Why similar: Adventure 39.6%, Indie 31%, Puzzle 29.3%
- #18 Alan's Attitude
84% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Filip Lehocky
Windows
Alan's Attitude is 3D puzzle game, where you become a programmer. Your goal is to sit by the PC and finish the job. And what is your job? You'll find out.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Indie 31.6%, Puzzle 29.9%
- #19 Find Pixel
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Mikheikin
Windows
Remember the games where you had to find objects, now it's all in three-dimensional space, with nice graphics, and an unusual storyline. Help the ghost find the items that he needs, while interacting with the outside world!
Why similar: Adventure 40%, Indie 32.8%, Puzzle 27.2%
- #20 Flightless Classic
79% matchVery Positive90% of 375 reviews2017
Dev: Bristol Street Studios
Windows
Flightless is a tile-based puzzle adventure game. Navigate your way through a series of floating islands, each presenting a curious puzzle. A minimalist art style and calming piano soundtrack complement senses of wonder and discovery.
Why similar: Adventure 43.2%, Indie 32.4%, Puzzle 24.4%
- #21 Isoland 2 - Ashes of Time
78% matchVery Positive95% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Isoland 2: Ashes of Time is a puzzle game with a fascinating non-linear story, charming 2D hand-drawn art, numerous challenging puzzles, and unique twists. Besides numerous sci-fi references and easter-eggs hidden throughout the game, you’ll find things aren’t quite the same second time you play through the story.
Why similar: Adventure 44.8%, Indie 32.3%, Puzzle 22.9%
- #22 Small Radios Big Televisions
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 378 reviews2016
Dev: Fire Face Corporation
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore the inner workings of deserted factories in search of data cassettes that contain boundless virtual worlds. Collect more tapes and explore more worlds and you'll soon discover new methods of traversal and control that will take you farther than you'd ever expect.
Why similar: Adventure 41%, Indie 33.2%, Puzzle 25.8%
- #23 Golem
79% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
A heart-warming adventure about a young girl and a shape-shifting golem who must navigate the ruins of an ancient tower to solve its challenging puzzles and re-activate its long-dormant machines.
Why similar: Adventure 42.5%, Indie 33.3%, Puzzle 24.2%
- #24 Bob Came in Pieces
82% matchMixed68% of 111 reviews2010
Dev: Ludosity
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Bob has crashed on a strange planet, lost a bunch of parts for his ship and above all, is late for work! Find the lost parts and rebuild your ship along the way to solve challenging, physics-based puzzles. You can build your ship any way you like in the ship builder – try to find the coolest ship-design for the puzzle at hand!
Why similar: Adventure 38.7%, Indie 32.5%, Puzzle 28.7%
- #25 Leona's Tricky Adventures
81% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2014
Dev: KTX SoftwarePub: Signo & Arte
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Accompany Leona in a clever puzzle adventure to save the inhabitants of a strange but lovely world. Featuring fresh puzzle mechanics, wonderful retro graphics, lots of exploration and an excellent soundtrack by legendary game composer Chris Huelsbeck.
Why similar: Adventure 41.7%, Indie 31.3%, Puzzle 27%
- #26 Virtual Escape: The Play Room
78% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2016
Dev: Default Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Find a way to escape the room, and unravel a strange story.
Why similar: Adventure 43%, Indie 33.7%, Puzzle 23.4%
- #27 Child Phobia: Nightcoming Fears
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: 2B_GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
"Child Phobia: Nightcoming Fears" is a 2D psychological thriller, horror. We will tell you a story about a little boy, that has problem in family – and this problem converts in fear during the night. You will be able to explore various locations during the nightmares, and watch the family drama during the day.
Why similar: Adventure 55%, Indie 45%
- #28 Escape again
75% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Martin Flothmann
Windows
Escape again is a puzzle game which is inspired by Live Escape Games as well as "Escape Room" video games. In this game you solve different types of puzzles and riddles in order to move forward and find your way out.
Why similar: Adventure 44.6%, Indie 34.9%, Puzzle 20.5%
- #29 Horror Office
64% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Yahaha Studios
Windows
As you open your eyes, it's already deep night, you find yourself waking up in the office due to overtime work. But tonight is different: strange sounds fill the air, and a knife-wielding rabbit is hunting you. Use anything you can find to escape, solve puzzles, and get out before it's too late.
Why similar: Survival 48.9%, Adventure 24.6%, Puzzle 19.7%, Indie 6.8%
- #30 The Flaws of Gravity
76% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Absorbed Studios
Windows
The Flaws of Gravity is a first-person puzzle game where you change the direction of gravity to solve puzzles and uncover secrets in a labyrinth.
Why similar: Adventure 41.7%, Indie 36.6%, Puzzle 21.6%
- #31 Pan-Pan
75% matchVery Positive87% of 248 reviews2016
Dev: SpelkraftPub: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Fix your downed spaceship and find your way home. Explore a lush and colourful world littered with riddles and sprinkled with memorable characters. Pan-Pan is an adventure game with environmental narrative storytelling, exploration elements and puzzle solving.
Why similar: Adventure 46.1%, Indie 33.2%, Puzzle 20.7%
- #32 Night Shift
77% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The sun has disappeared from the sky! Darkness chokes the land, depriving it of all things good. Now it’s time for you to figure out how to bring the sun back! Get behind the wheel and find the sun in Night Shift!
Why similar: Adventure 42.2%, Indie 35.5%, Puzzle 22.3%
- #33 In The Shadow Of The Truth
76% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: 7TPGames
Windows
First person shooter,puzzle,psychological horror video game. by 7TPGAMES
Why similar: Indie 40.8%, Adventure 35.3%, Puzzle 23.9%
- #34 Ashes
74% matchMixed63% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Chaos and devastation devoured the last sparkles of life. Surviving is the main task.
Why similar: Survival 39.2%, Adventure 33.6%, Indie 27.2%
- #35 1979 Invasion Earth
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Jonni The DodgerPub: Ecomasphere
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
1979 Invasion Earth is a compilation of four Casual Arcade Shooter games based on a classic retro games from when i was a young lad..
Why similar: Adventure 52.6%, Indie 47.4%
- #36 Galactineers
71% matchMixed46% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: LInsoDeTeh
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Galactineers is a genre-mix of open world sandbox game and realtime strategy game. You can use blocks and items to build your world in space, and also construct your own ships. Win cooperative PVE missions or PVP arena battles with your own custom ships.
Why similar: Adventure 55.3%, Indie 44.7%
- #37 Nanobots
73% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Diego Rodrigues
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Nanobots is a fast-paced casual game about destroying self-replicating nanotechnology robots. You have to reduce the standing population to zero in order to advance to the next level, as even one overlooked Nanobot can replicate itself and bring you back to square one in a matter of seconds.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 Veritex
72% matchMostly Negative39% of 157 reviews2018
Dev: Veritex Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Veritex is a multiplayer survival game. The goal is to survive versus the wilderness around you, build bases, and fend off other players that can murder you and take your loot.
Why similar: Survival 58%, Adventure 21.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #39 Before Nightfall
70% matchMixed61% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: Pickle Drugs
Windows
It’s a small survival game, in which you will be tested for speed and prudence. Challenge the deadly cold
Why similar: Survival 51.1%, Adventure 27.9%, Indie 21%
- #40 Marblize
71% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Plexagon Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Marblize is a physics-based puzzle platformer where you must traverse through obstacles and hazards, solve challenging logic puzzles, and collect various collectables to customize your marble. Play through over 60 levels of varying difficulty in captivating worlds.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Blueberry Garden
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 161 reviews2009
Dev: Erik SvedängPub: Erik Svedäng AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Congratulations Blueberry Garden! Winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for 'Best Independent Game' at the 2009 Independent Games Festival. Also a winner for 'Best Innovation' at the 2008 Swedish Game Awards. Blueberry Garden is a short and experimental game about exploring a strange world.
Why similar: Adventure 45.4%, Indie 35.6%, Puzzle 19%
- #42 Just a Cleric
71% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Help a wussy cleric set out and avenge his dead buddies against a dragon. IT'S CLERIC DE COMMANDO! Visit the forums for demo info!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #43 The Testing Floor
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: User Experience Studios
Windows
Welcome to The Testing Floor. Begin the preliminary testing phase for a prototype tool known as the C.U.B.E.R. Master the projectile-based teleportation system and Power Cube abilities all while solving puzzle-filled floors that push you and the C.U.B.E.R to its utmost limits.
Why similar: Indie 47.8%, Puzzle 30.6%, Adventure 21.6%
- #44 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 42.5%, Indie 34.2%, Puzzle 23.2%
- #45 Ziggy's Chase
70% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: phime studio LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Never mind the plumber, the hedgehog is coming to Steam! THE GAME FEATURES CLASSIC GAMEPLAY, AND VR MODE AS WELL.
Why similar: Adventure 33.6%, Puzzle 33.6%, Indie 32.8%
- #46 Survival Night
64% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Fliper Games
Windows
Survival game where you explore and build. Survive nature's events like acid rain, meteor crashes, zombie eclipses and more. Unlock new maps and characters with special abilities.
Why similar: Survival 61.9%, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 9.2%
- #47 Nekuia
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Blue GatePub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Explosive, challenging, exhilarating! Nekuia is a 2D platformer involving exploration, adventure, speedruns and reflexes. This innovative and intense gameplay rewards speed and jump skills.
Why similar: Adventure 53.9%, Indie 46.1%
- #48 Gear Gauntlet
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Drop Dead Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Gear Gauntlet is a fun but rage inducing 2D action arcade game from Drop Dead Interactive. Test your patience through ever more punishing gauntlets while boosting, teleporting, reversing and rotating to survive. Use your reflexes to break through coloured barriers and earn your place on the leaderboard.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Chowdertwo
68% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Ryan Jensen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Chowderchu is a space-dwelling, beard-wielding, Wizard who harnesses the power of Chowd and might to reach his goals. This is a challenging game with a unique play-style involving the mouse and keyboard. Creative problem-solving is essential and there are different ways of approaching each level.
Why similar: Adventure 63.2%, Indie 36.8%
- #50 A Quiet Mind
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Eitan Prince
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you get out of this world?
Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Indie 30.5%, Puzzle 28.8%
- #51 Factory Engineer
69% matchMixed46% of 132 reviews2017
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #52 Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake
68% matchVery Positive98% of 124 reviews2014
Dev: SleepNinja GamesPub: Cartoon Network Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Warning: This game is crammed full of monsters, cake, amazing powers, puzzly bits, epic adventure, witty repartee, secret paths, unlockable characters, silly hats and a wiener dog. Use caution if you are allergic to fun or overly sensitive to cake-related pathos.
Why similar: Adventure 40.4%, Puzzle 33.6%, Indie 26%
- #53 IVAN POE
56% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: REACTOR PROJECTS LTD
Windows · Mac
Ivan Poe is a third person find-your-way puzzle adventure following this cuboid character as they keep truckin' on through the Cosmic Soup.
Why similar: Adventure 44.6%, Indie 34.9%, Puzzle 20.5%
- #54 The Killer
51% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: NingPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
Navigate Oak City’s eerie nights, solving puzzles and escaping chained rooms to survive. Uncover the dark plan of the relentless predator in this immersive adventure. Each step tests your wits and courage. Can you escape, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Survival 44.1%, Adventure 24.1%, Puzzle 18.8%, Indie 13%