- #1 Wanderer
97% matchVery Positive84% of 1,061 reviews2022
Dev: Mighty Eyes
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Built from the ground up for VR, Wanderer has a unique blend of escape room style puzzles, tactile hands on interactions and action arcade sequences to bring you the ultimate time travel adventure. Are you ready to walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before you?
Why similar: Time Travel 33% ★, VR 24%, Time Manipulation 14.1% ★, Puzzle 7.6%, Post-apocalyptic 5.6%
- #2 Red Matter 2
96% matchVery Positive93% of 689 reviews2022
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
Why similar: VR 29.7%, Mystery 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Physics 11.8%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #3 Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
95% matchMixed60% of 320 reviews2021
Dev: Maze Theory Ltd
Windows
Experience an unforgettable adventure in space and time. Explore new worlds, face Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels and join two Doctors on an epic quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new threat in this first-person narrative adventure.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.5% ★, Mystery 14.4%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Puzzle 8.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #4 The Talos Principle VR
94% matchVery Positive84% of 854 reviews2017
Dev: Croteam VRPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
The Talos Principle VR is a virtual reality version of Croteam's critically acclaimed first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction.
Why similar: VR 66.4%, Puzzle 18.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Action 6.3%
- #5 Myst
93% matchVery Positive89% of 2,127 reviews2021
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Why similar: VR 33.9%, Puzzle 20.4%, Exploration 14%, Mystery 10.6%, Story Rich 9%
- #6 Time Lock VR 1
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 807 reviews2017
Dev: WR-VRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 23.3% ★, VR 22.8%, Time Travel 22.3% ★, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #7 Eye of the Temple
92% matchVery Positive93% of 423 reviews2021
Dev: Rune Skovbo Johansen
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Embark on a VR adventure to explore a vast and treacherous temple and uncover the ancient legend of the Eye. Keep your balance as you step between moving blocks, dodging hazardous traps and solving environmental puzzles with just your torch and whip in hand.
Why similar: VR 37.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 8.2%
- #8 Metro Awakening
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,353 reviews2024
Dev: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.
Why similar: VR 36%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Futuristic 12.7%, Story Rich 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #9 Space Accident VR
91% matchVery Positive83% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: VR-WRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Step into the future with our groundbreaking VR game set in the year 2119, where humanity embarks on a historic journey into space. Join the "CCM-1" (Callisto Colonization Mission) expedition, aimed at the enigmatic moon of Jupiter - Callisto.
Why similar: VR 27.2%, Time Travel 15.8% ★, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Futuristic 11.4%, Puzzle 11%
- #10 Causal Loop
90% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Mirebound InteractivePub: Headup
Windows
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: Time Manipulation 23% ★, Mystery 17.6%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Futuristic 9.2%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #11 Mai: Child of Ages
88% matchVery Positive93% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: Chubby Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Travel through time and help Mai and her Grandfather uncover the mysteries of the world after the Last Great War. Explore the connections between ancient eras and dystopian futures in an adventure that blends thrilling combat with precision platforming.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.4% ★, Time Manipulation 26.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Mystery 8.4%, Action-Adventure 5.3%
- #12 Unknown Fate
89% matchMixed67% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Marslit GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Unknown Fate is an enigmatic story-driven action adventure set in a surreal world full of mind-twisting puzzles and bizarre creatures
Why similar: VR 68.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Story Rich 13.7%
- #13 The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 526 reviews2020
Dev: Carbon StudioPub: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Face the end of the world in the sequel to The Wizards. The critically acclaimed VR spellcaster returns with a gesture-based system, challenging enemies, grand adventure, and the ever-witty narrator.
Why similar: VR 57%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Action 8.6%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 7.8%
- #14 Z.O.N.A: Origin
86% matchVery Positive84% of 528 reviews2025
Dev: AGaming+
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Z.O.N.A: Origin is an immersive adventure in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Dive into a captivating story, explore a stunning open world, avoid dangerous anomalies, and hunt for powerful artifacts. Every choice you make can be decisive in this unpredictable world.
Why similar: VR 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, RPG 9.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Exploration 8%
- #15 One True Path - Part 1
85% matchVery Positive99% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: InnerspaceVR
Windows
A genre-bending VR adventure combining shooter, swordfighting and puzzle gameplay. YOU, ADVENTURER are drawn into the imaginary worlds of renowned gamebook author Jack Stevenson on a fantastical dimension-hopping journey to uncover the dark secrets behind his last masterpiece…
Why similar: VR 29.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #16 Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time
87% matchMixed64% of 280 reviews2019
Dev: Maze TheoryPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A new mysterious enemy threatens to tear apart the universe and only you can stop them! Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time lets players embark on an adventure through space and time. Travel across the universe, visit alien locations, pilot the TARDIS and solve the mystery of the controlling force behind the Reality Virus.
Why similar: VR 57.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #17 Time Lock VR 2
86% matchVery Positive84% of 192 reviews2022
Dev: WR-VRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Mystical version of the Timelock VR Games series. The player has to free the soul of the ancestor imprisoned by the sorcerer in a magic stone. To solve riddles, you will need to move in time. Be careful, at the time of moving something may go wrong.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 27.5% ★, VR 21.6%, Time Travel 16.6% ★, Action-Adventure 10%, Puzzle 8%
- #18 Vertigo Remastered
84% matchVery Positive92% of 1,584 reviews2020
Dev: Zach Tsiakalis-BrownPub: Zulubo Productions
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
An immersive story-driven shooter incorporating the cutting edge of VR gameplay, Vertigo Remastered is a complete overhaul and occasional reimagining of the 2016 original.
Why similar: VR 64.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #19 Firmament
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,607 reviews2023
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Firmament is a new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms… and beyond!
Why similar: VR 29.8%, Mystery 22.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Story Rich 12%, Exploration 10.2%
- #20 The Wizards - Enhanced Edition
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 526 reviews2018
Dev: Carbon Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Become a powerful Wizard and take fate into your own hands! Immerse yourself in a beautiful fantasy world and destroy your enemies by casting spells with hand gestures!
Why similar: VR 61.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Action 8.4%, Adventure 8.1%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #21 Tomb Explorer VR
82% matchVery Positive83% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Celeritas Games
Windows
Tomb Explorer VR is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure game where you explore ancient ruins, solve intricate puzzles, and embark on a quest for historical treasures, relics, and artifacts.
Why similar: VR 34.6%, Mystery 15.8%, Physics 14%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #22 Red Matter
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,169 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
Why similar: VR 35.7%, Mystery 18%, Puzzle 11.2%, Story Rich 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #23 The 7th Guest VR
80% matchVery Positive93% of 573 reviews2023
Dev: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The iconic supernatural mystery, The 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology, that delivers an atmospheric story like no other. Explore the foreboding mansion, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets.
Why similar: VR 53.3%, Mystery 21.9%, Puzzle 13%, Adventure 7.6%, 3D 3%
- #24 Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,232 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.
Why similar: Mystery 49.1%, Story Rich 23.1%, RPG 21.6%, Adventure 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #25 The Forgotten City
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,205 reviews2021
Dev: Modern StorytellerPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Why similar: Time Travel 48.5% ★, Mystery 19.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, RPG 8.8%, Exploration 8.4%
- #26 Hubris
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 864 reviews2022
Dev: Cyborn B.V.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Hubris is a VR action-adventure game set in a unique and colourful Sci-Fi universe, with immersive movement options, including swimming, climbing, and jumping. Players will have to gather resources, craft food and upgrade their weapons to fight off alien wildlife, droids, and humanoid enemies.
Why similar: VR 37.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%, 3D Platformer 8.5%
- #27 Time Machine VR
81% matchMixed64% of 117 reviews2016
Dev: Minority Media Inc.
Windows
You are a time traveller tasked with exploring the Jurassic era and the creatures that once ruled the prehistoric oceans. Use an array of advanced tech tools to track, examine, and discover the scientific secrets of mosasaurs, livyatans, and megalodons, among others!
Why similar: VR 40.3%, Time Travel 25.6% ★, Time Manipulation 16.3% ★, Mystery 5.6%, Adventure 4.1%
- #28 Broken Pieces
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: Elseware ExperiencePub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Broken Pieces is a psychological thriller taking place in a french coastal village somehow outside the flow of time. Solve the mysteries by putting the pieces of the story back together by figuring out the enigma behind this mystical place.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.4% ★, Mystery 17.3%, RPG 10.1%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #29 ALICE VR
81% matchMostly Negative37% of 355 reviews2016
Dev: Carbon StudioPub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alice VR is a single player story-driven exploration game with puzzles designed to be a unique VR experience. Set on a mysterious planet and inspired by Alice in Wonderland, it's a thrilling, immersive adventure with beautiful graphics and an atmospheric electronic soundtrack.
Why similar: VR 59.2%, Mystery 19%, Adventure 12.1%, Exploration 9.7%
- #30 Maskmaker
77% matchVery Positive93% of 319 reviews2021
Dev: InnerspaceVRPub: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
In an all new mysterious universe built by the developers of the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, you play as a Maskmaker's apprentice and learn the magic of crafting masks to immerse yourself in the intriguing enigmatic beings within the game.
Why similar: VR 39.9%, Physics 15.1%, Puzzle 13.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Exploration 8.7%
- #31 SOUL COVENANT
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Thirdverse, Co., Ltd.Pub: Thirdverse, Co., Ltd.
Windows
The moving experience of a story of life told through death.A VR Tactical Action game experience with a high level of immersion, where the player will be one with the protagonist and take on a battle for the fate of the world.
Why similar: VR 30.9%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, RPG 12.5%, Futuristic 11.6%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #32 Soul Axiom Rebooted
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
The new enhanced edition of Soul Axiom - a first-person story-driven adventure puzzle game, set in the beautiful, haunting cyber-world of Elysia. Collect unique hand powers, discover multiple endings and choose your own destiny as you unravel the mystery of your digital afterlife.
Why similar: VR 32.4%, Adventure 24.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Puzzle 10.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #33 EXD - Extra Dimensional
73% matchVery Positive88% of 249 reviews2026
Dev: Lords of Illusion
Windows
A delivery guy. A dimensional rift. A quest across another world. Master telekinesis and elemental magic in Erath, where everyday objects become legendary weapons. Battle mythical creatures. Solve ancient puzzles. Uncover dark truths. Advanced VR physics meet epic fantasy adventure.
Why similar: VR 40.7%, Action-Adventure 19.9%, RPG 13.5%, Exploration 8.5%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #34 Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,111 reviews2024
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
Why similar: Mystery 51%, Story Rich 21.5%, RPG 19.1%, Adventure 5.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #35 We Are One
76% matchVery Positive92% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Flat Head StudioPub: Fast Travel Games
Windows
We Are One is a brain-bending VR puzzle-shooter with an unforgettable twist. Record and clone your actions, make time loops and bring the fight to the evils of industrialization. Master 50 meticulously crafted levels in the campaign and limitless new challenges with the Level Creator!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 31% ★, Time Travel 29.3% ★, VR 23.3%, Puzzle 8%, Physics 4.7%
- #36 Vengeful Rites
75% matchVery Positive94% of 282 reviews2021
Dev: Deep Dive Interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure designed exclusively for VR! Use your own hands to cast magic, fire bows and slice through your enemies on your quest to exact vengeance against the evil Dragore. Learn new spells and craft new gear to become the greatest Serafin Warrior of all time! Demo available.
Why similar: VR 48.1%, RPG 18.7%, Action 9.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Adventure 8.2%
- #37 Time Space Rebuild
72% matchMostly Positive81% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: INNOVATION DREAM
Windows · Mac
In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.
Why similar: Time Travel 30.2% ★, VR 21.9%, Alternate History 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, RPG 7.7%
- #38 DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition
73% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: IzanagiGames
Windows
Solve an impossible murder case in the far-flung future in this VR & Non-VR investigation action adventure! Multi-awarded title DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition contains all three episodes from the acclaimed trilogy.
Why similar: VR 26.2%, Mystery 16.2%, Futuristic 12.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #39 PROZE: Enlightenment
75% matchMixed69% of 121 reviews2019
Dev: SignSine
Windows
PROZE is a VR puzzle adventure set in both past and present. It’s a story of friendship and duty, fear and dignity of the people facing the Soviet government and its echoes. Explore a Cold-War era military research facility, deal with the anomalies, solve the puzzles, and find out the answers.
Why similar: VR 34.2%, Time Travel 30.9% ★, Story Rich 7.1%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Exploration 5.7%
- #40 HINGE VR
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 202 reviews2020
Dev: Arcadia
Windows
HINGE is a psychological horror VR adventure. You suddenly find yourself in an abandoned skyscraper, devoid of all your senses and memories. The laws of physics are distorted, and time has collapsed. The only way out is to step into the terrifying unknown and piece together the fragmented clues
Why similar: VR 41.8%, Mystery 22.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Adventure 5%
- #41 Before Fate
70% matchVery Positive90% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows
Before Fate is a retro sci-fi survival RPG. Explore fractured worlds across time, gather resources, craft gear, survive dungeons, and piece together the final timeline.
Why similar: Mystery 26.3%, Action-Adventure 20.9%, RPG 14.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #42 Journey to Foundation
72% matchMixed59% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Archiact Interactive Ltd.
Windows
A story-driven adventure among the stars, Journey to Foundation puts you at the center of your own sci-fi saga. Unleash your unique Mentalic abilities, gain information through diplomacy or coercion, and choose who to trust. Where will your journey lead you?
Why similar: VR 40.2%, Story Rich 15%, Sci-fi 14%, Futuristic 12.9%, Exploration 7.2%
- #43 Dungeons of Eternity
68% matchVery Positive91% of 898 reviews2025
Dev: Othergate
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Endless fantasy action and adventure await you and your friends in Dungeons of Eternity. Hack-n-slash takes on a new meaning in VR: swing swords, throw axes, use bows, wield magic staffs, and more to make it out alive. Become the most powerful adventurer in this blockbuster VR experience!
Why similar: VR 46.2%, Action-Adventure 20%, RPG 17.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Action 2.6%
- #44 No Time
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,132 reviews2019
Dev: Lost in Days Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Go on a trip through time! Experience the freedom of traveling into any date, hour and minute in time between the years 1 and 3033 AD! Help your best friend Edward in his scientific affairs! Watch out for the Time Agents & avoid yourself!
Why similar: Time Travel 36.4% ★, Time Manipulation 32.8% ★, Physics 9.2%, Story Rich 6.4%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #45 The House of Da Vinci VR
68% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Brain Games
Windows
As Leonardo's apprentice, you will solve puzzles, uncover inventions, and search for hidden objects in 16th-century Florence. Use a unique device to glimpse the past and unravel mysteries. Encounter war machines, intricate lockboxes, and immersive room escapes inspired by Da Vinci's genius.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.1% ★, VR 26.3%, Mystery 16.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #46 Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King
71% matchMixed67% of 769 reviews2021
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The old world is gone, lost with the disappearance of the King. Reforge reality in this dark action RPG through skill-based combat, innovative open-world platforming and the testimonies of survivors… some more trustworthy than others. Are you ready, Wanderer?
Why similar: RPG 35.5%, Action 17.7%, Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 14.9%, Exploration 13.6%
- #47 The Entropy Centre
67% matchVery Positive89% of 4,295 reviews2022
Dev: Stubby GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Futuristic 12%, Puzzle 10%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #48 XEL
71% matchMixed48% of 291 reviews2022
Dev: Tiny RoarPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
XEL is an epic 3D sci-fi fantasy action-adventure. Explore the mysterious world of XEL and help protagonist Reid to uncover her enigmatic past. Make new friends and foes along the way and collect exciting gadgets to master challenging dungeons and solve time bending puzzles.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.7% ★, Time Manipulation 28.7% ★, Action-Adventure 10.9%, RPG 6.3%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #49 Tyd wag vir Niemand (Time waits for Nobody)
73% matchMixed57% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: Skobbejak GamesPub: Skermunkel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manipulate time to your will at any moment to solve challenges, avoid deadly traps and make it to the end of this strange journey.
Why similar: 3D Platformer 36.7%, Adventure 32.1%, Exploration 24.5%, Singleplayer 6.7%
- #50 Through The Fragmentation
69% matchVery Positive97% of 229 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Mystery 45%, Exploration 23.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, 3D 6.7%
- #51 TEMPUS
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: k148 Game Studio
Windows
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
Why similar: VR 36.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #52 Dofamine VR
67% matchVery Positive85% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: VR-WRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
An atmospheric first-person VR puzzle game: explore a science facility, solve mysteries, uncover the cause of catastrophe. Single-player experience.
Why similar: VR 28.8%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Puzzle 12.6%, Futuristic 11.9%, Time Travel 10.7% ★
- #53 LiBER
69% matchVery Positive81% of 113 reviews2022
Dev: OLKON GAMES
Windows
We all dreamed of adventures full of mysteries and mysticism, dreamed of finding ourselves in unusual situations and emerging from them as a hero. Liber is an adventure about travel in time, the search for truth and oneself, about friendship and revaluation of values..
Why similar: Story Rich 22.2%, Time Travel 19.7% ★, Action-Adventure 15%, Action 14.2%, Adventure 13.5%
- #54 The Watchmaker
71% matchMixed49% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: Micropsia Games SpA
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The Watchmaker is an action adventure set in a strange steampunk world of giant clock mechanisms, where time has gone mad. Join Alexander, a clock tower keeper, on his quest to restore time to its natural rhythm!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 43.1% ★, Puzzle 18.1%, 3D Platformer 17.6%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 10.1%
- #55 Boiling Steel
68% matchVery Positive82% of 380 reviews2020
Dev: MIROWIN
Windows
"Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.
Why similar: VR 47.6%, Physics 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Puzzle 9.2%, Action 9.1%
- #56 Reach
66% matchMixed66% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: nDreams ElevationPub: nDreams
Windows
The ground-breaking new title from nDreams Elevation – the VR-immersion expert’s pioneering new studio. Embody a reluctant hero, wield extraordinary abilities, and journey into a perilous world of crossed realities. Are you ready to make the leap?
Why similar: VR 54.8%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Action 10.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Physics 5.8%
- #57 The Silent Age
67% matchVery Positive93% of 7,173 reviews2015
Dev: House On Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.8% ★, Alternate History 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #58 Viewfinder
63% matchVery Positive94% of 12,170 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.1%, Physics 18.8%, Puzzle 17.1%, 3D Platformer 15.8%, Exploration 10.6%