- #1 Mind Unleashed
97% matchMixed62% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Frost Earth StudioPub: IV Productions
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Mind Unleashed is a first person Sci Fi shooter game specifically designed for Virtual Reality. You are a robot that is trying hard to survive in a secret military base, inside a rocky mountain. Rocks and futuristic stuff will surround you in this epic challenge where you'll need to survive as long as possible, fighting hordes of robotic...
Why similar: VR 39.4%, Indie 30.2%, Action 15.1%, First-Person 9%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #2 Neverout
96% matchMixed64% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Gamedust
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Neverout is a 'Escape Room' game with quantum physic and reality bending. Packed with dozens of levels, difficult puzzles, eerie atmosphere and unreal immersion. Every action creates reaction. Nothing is certain, but one thing is known - every lock has a key. And in Neverout, the key - is YOU.
Why similar: VR 43.9%, Puzzle 16.9%, First-Person 12.3%, Indie 11.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #3 Induction
96% matchVery Positive90% of 187 reviews2017
Dev: Bryan Gale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.
Why similar: Indie 54.3%, Puzzle 45.7%
- #4 Loophole
94% matchVery Positive99% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Levi Pinkert
Windows · Mac
A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.
Why similar: Difficult 35.9%, Puzzle 27.7%, Indie 23%, Singleplayer 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #5 Time Lock VR 1
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 807 reviews2017
Dev: WR-VRGPub: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 20.0 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: VR 46%, Puzzle 22.8%, Casual 9.7%, Indie 7.9%, Action 7.5%
- #6 Dofamine VR
91% 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 29.7%, Survival 14.7%, Puzzle 14%, Casual 12%, Stylized 11.9%
- #7 TEMPUS
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 79 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 45.9%, First-Person 17.6%, Exploration 15.8%, Casual 7.8%, Indie 7.1%
- #8 Tyd wag vir Niemand (Time waits for Nobody)
93% matchMixed57% of 91 reviews2017
Dev: Skobbejak GamesPub: Skermunkel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 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: Indie 45.2%, First-Person 19.7%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Exploration 14%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #9 The Entropy Centre
89% matchVery Positive89% of 4,209 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: Puzzle 24.5%, First-Person 23.4%, Difficult 21.3%, Exploration 13.1%, Atmospheric 13%
- #10 Between Time: Escape Room
90% matchVery Positive80% of 341 reviews2021
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are going to steal a time machine. In this escape room, you have to travel through time, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles to get priceless treasures. Will you be able to make it back alive?
Why similar: Puzzle 33.3%, Casual 21.3%, First-Person 18.9%, Exploration 17.7%, Singleplayer 8.8%
- #11 Chrono Recorder
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: ChronoGames
Windows
"ChronoRecorder" is a 3D puzzle game. Players can manipulate time and gravity. And you have to use that ability to solve problems. You might think this game is difficult if you don't use your brain.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.7%, Casual 37%, Indie 18.6%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #12 The Inner Darkness
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 107 reviews2017
Dev: Nauris Amatnieks
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle 38.2%, Atmospheric 24%, Casual 15.6%, Indie 14.1%, Singleplayer 8.1%
- #13 Timeworks
86% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Starworks Studios
Windows
Timeworks is a time-traveling 3D puzzle platformer with a bouncy cartoon style. Work along past versions of yourself to solve puzzles, create unique Items, and fill out your quotas for your mysterious employers.
Why similar: First-Person 36.4%, Puzzle 33.2%, Casual 16.5%, Action 10%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #14 ECHOPLEX
88% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Output Games
Windows · Mac
ECHOPLEX is a time-bending puzzle platformer with a full-motion video story. Trapped in a mysterious looping simulation, you are followed by an “Echo” -- a duplicate of yourself who repeats everything you do.
Why similar: Indie 25.3%, Puzzle 17.2%, First-Person 16.7%, Surreal 14.1%, Action 12.7%
- #15 Paradox Vector
87% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2020
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Explore impossible mazes while battling the Ancient Ones and their bio-mechanical servitors in this retro first-person, Lovecraft inspired shooter. Paradox Vector's graphics are inspired by the old-school vector graphics games of the early 1980's.
Why similar: 1980s 30.1%, Difficult 17.6%, Stylized 14.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 10.2%
- #16 Doors: Paradox
84% matchVery Positive92% of 1,894 reviews2022
Dev: Big Loop StudiosPub: Snapbreak
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A relaxing puzzle escape game! Make your way through a variety of hand-crafted 3D dioramas, look for useful objects, find hidden clues and solve fun puzzles! Unravel this mysterious adventure about chaos, order and the surreal.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.9%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Exploration 14.8%, Indie 14.6%, Casual 13.3%
- #17 Clinically Dead
86% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2018
Dev: Mogila GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
FPP puzzle game where the TIME is the COLOR. The colors you see are not just the art style, they represent the time in specific point on the level. Time and space are connected and moving through a level changes the time. Learn more about the unique mechanics from the second video.
Why similar: Surreal 30%, Indie 25.9%, Action 13.7%, Difficult 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #18 Orbyss
81% matchVery Positive99% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Misty Whale
Windows
In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.
Why similar: Surreal 27.4%, Puzzle 23.2%, Difficult 18.7%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Exploration 12.2%
- #19 Through the Mirror
85% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2017
Dev: Cleiton OliveiraPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A hard, mind bending platformer based on imagination and quick reflexes.
Why similar: Indie 20.9%, Difficult 20.7%, Casual 20.3%, Puzzle 17%, Action 11.2%
- #20 FORM
83% matchVery Positive91% of 979 reviews2017
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
Why similar: VR 37.3%, Indie 23.6%, Casual 20.1%, Puzzle 8.5%, First-Person 5.3%
- #21 We Are One
82% 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: VR 43.1%, Puzzle 15.9%, First-Person 12%, Stylized 11.7%, Casual 8.7%
- #22 Chronescher
82% 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: Surreal 36.7%, Puzzle 22.4%, Difficult 22.2%, Indie 15.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #23 The Puzzle Room VR ( Escape The Room )
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Bellcat Game
Windows
It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out of the Room. There are some items that can be grabbed and carried around. With some items you can interact (such as switches,piano and numpads).
Why similar: VR 47.4%, Indie 20.9%, Puzzle 13.9%, Casual 7.6%, Action 7.5%
- #24 SUPERHOT VR
79% matchVery Positive82% of 9,490 reviews2017
Dev: SUPERHOT Team
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...
Why similar: VR 51.1%, Puzzle 14.8%, First-Person 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Action 5.8%
- #25 Anomaly Loop
79% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Stylized 21.3%, First-Person 19.7%, Indie 12.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%
- #26 5 Minutes Until Self-Destruction
77% matchVery Positive96% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Part Time Monkey
Windows
The self-destruction sequence has been activated. You have 5 minutes to solve your way out of a high-stakes, escape room-style disaster.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.6%, First-Person 22%, Casual 20.1%, Stylized 14.7%, Indie 8.8%
- #27 .T.E.S.T: Expected Behaviour — Sci-Fi 3D Puzzle Quest
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 91 reviews2018
Dev: Veslo Games
Windows · Mac
.T.E.S.T: Expected Behavior is a first-person brain twister with a sci-fi plot. On top of logic, you'll need a fast reaction speed, "outside the box" reasoning, and the skill to adapt to unfamiliar situations.
Why similar: Puzzle 26.6%, Surreal 25.3%, Indie 21.8%, First-Person 11.9%, Action 7.2%
- #28 Time Lock VR 2
77% matchVery Positive85% of 191 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: VR 42%, Exploration 34.5%, Action 22%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #29 Playback Loop
76% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: MapPack
Windows
Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.
Why similar: Difficult 31.7%, First-Person 17%, Indie 16.8%, Puzzle 15.3%, Casual 10.5%
- #30 Dimensional
80% matchVery Positive81% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Brett JacksonPub: Head Start Design
Windows
A first-person, narrative-driven puzzle game. Dimensional throws you into dangerous chambers to save an alien race. This is not a passive experience. You'll have to feel and act as though you're really there - standing, moving around, manipulating objects and reacting to dangers.
Why similar: VR 67.7%, Indie 21.7%, Action 10.6%
- #31 Antichamber
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,576 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Surreal 29%, Puzzle 24.2%, First-Person 15.1%, Indie 12%, Exploration 9.6%
- #32 ReThink
78% matchVery Positive82% of 289 reviews2017
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As an inmate of a government-controlled Correctional Facility in the year 2275, you have the right to prove yourself worthy of being part of Society again. Show your skills in logical thinking by solving puzzles of varying size, type and difficulty in this first-Person puzzle game, and redeem your freedom!
Why similar: Puzzle 23.9%, First-Person 23.1%, Difficult 20.6%, Indie 17.9%, Casual 8.7%
- #33 NEONomicon
78% matchVery Positive80% of 128 reviews2017
Dev: CWH Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Minimalistic puzzle game telling about a tricky life situation, which gets your Hero. Mysterious world and treacherous enemies. Strange laws of this weird reality. Here the help of friends is more dangerous than the attack of enemies! Welcome to NEONomicon!
Why similar: Indie 56.7%, Casual 22.6%, Action 20.7%
- #34 Wanderer
74% matchVery Positive84% of 1,059 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: VR 58.3%, Puzzle 20%, Action 10.3%, Exploration 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #35 Gravity Field
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 936 reviews2023
Dev: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gravity Field is a spatial-logic puzzle game with time inverted objects, with no top or bottom.
Why similar: Difficult 30.8%, Puzzle 20.7%, First-Person 20.3%, Indie 16.2%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #36 The Mensional
73% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Surreal 24.5%, Puzzle 18.4%, Indie 18.2%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Exploration 11.9%
- #37 Time Rifters
75% matchVery Positive88% of 455 reviews2014
Dev: Proton Studio IncPub:
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Be your own teammates in this unique single-player co-op shooter!
Why similar: VR 31.6%, First-Person 16.1%, Casual 15.3%, Indie 14.9%, Action 11.1%
- #38 Reminiscence
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,502 reviews2021
Dev: Reminiscence Project
Windows
You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.
Why similar: Atmospheric 29.5%, Casual 24.9%, First-Person 22.3%, Exploration 15.1%, Singleplayer 8.2%
- #39 Chronoquartz
67% matchVery Positive99% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Puzzle 30.7%, Exploration 23.8%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Casual 13.3%, Indie 12.7%
- #40 REVISITOR
73% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Lead Games
Windows
Revisitor is a first person puzzle-platformer game set in a futuristic virtual space. Use two different types of teleportation to both navigate and solve a series of increasingly challenging missions.
Why similar: Puzzle 41%, First-Person 34.5%, Indie 16.3%, Singleplayer 8.3%
- #41 I Expect You To Die
71% matchVery Positive94% of 2,739 reviews2017
Dev: Schell Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.
Why similar: VR 39.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Difficult 11.2%, Stylized 10.7%, First-Person 9.7%
- #42 Redactem
74% matchMixed68% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: Elliott JonesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.
Why similar: Difficult 29.3%, Indie 20.8%, Casual 19%, Puzzle 18.3%, Action 10.2%
- #43 RewindGirl
69% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: べすとまん
Windows
Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!
Why similar: Puzzle 34.6%, Indie 31%, Action 25.9%, Singleplayer 8.5%
- #44 Paradox Soul
75% matchMixed43% of 623 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Difficult 30.4%, Indie 23%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Action 12%
- #45 Ingression
70% matchVery Positive85% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Espale StudiosPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.
Why similar: Difficult 57.1%, Atmospheric 19.9%, Action 14.2%, Singleplayer 8.9%
- #46 Peaks of Yore
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,567 reviews2023
Dev: Anders Grube JensenPub: TraipseWare
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Travel around The Great Gales to climb challenging peaks in this physics-based climbing adventure set in 1887. Meet like-minded mountaineers, unlock helpful climbing gear, and become a pioneer of mountaineering.
Why similar: Difficult 33%, First-Person 15.4%, Exploration 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Indie 9.6%
- #47 Manifold Garden
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,118 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Surreal 28.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Difficult 14.8%, First-Person 12.8%, Exploration 9.9%
- #48 Your Future Self
73% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Indie 43.1%, Casual 39.2%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #49 Split - manipulate time, make clones and solve cyber puzzles from the future!
71% matchMixed63% of 62 reviews2023
Dev: GamePlanet
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In the future, giant city-states have emerged, separated from each other by indestructible barriers. Most professions have been taken over by machines. People work mainly as mechanics, programmers or operators.
Why similar: Casual 18.2%, First-Person 18.1%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Puzzle 17.1%, Indie 16.1%
- #50 The Great Perhaps
70% matchVery Positive81% of 838 reviews2019
Dev: Caligari GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
Why similar: Indie 27.5%, Casual 21.4%, Puzzle 13.6%, Stylized 12.6%, Exploration 10.8%
- #51 YAPP: Yet Another Puzzle Platformer
72% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2017
Dev: Artless Games
Windows
A challenging puzzle platformer in which you clone and teleport.
Why similar: Difficult 38.3%, Puzzle 21.7%, Casual 19.6%, Indie 15.6%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #52 Meet me at NooN
69% matchVery Positive100% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Pandaroo Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Could time go backwards? Meet me at NooN is a time manipulation turn-based puzzle-platformer with Tenet inspired mechanics. Control two characters, create perfect time loops and solve brain melting time puzzles.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.8%, Casual 25.6%, Exploration 25%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #53 60 Minutes to Extinction: Escape Room
66% matchVery Positive85% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: mc2games
Windows
You have exactly 60 minutes to save humanity from nuclear extinction. There are no second attempts. No manual saves. Explore a collapsing bunker, repair critical systems, and solve puzzles under pressure. Succeed or watch the world end.
Why similar: Puzzle 44.5%, Casual 24.3%, First-Person 23.6%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #54 Riven
64% matchVery Positive93% of 2,718 reviews2024
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: VR 24.8%, Surreal 16.3%, Puzzle 15.1%, First-Person 13.1%, Exploration 11.7%
- #55 THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 361 reviews2023
Dev: Three Dots GamesPub: Take Aim Games
Windows
Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?
Why similar: Surreal 33.4%, Puzzle 16.1%, First-Person 16%, Exploration 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #56 The Talos Principle VR
69% matchVery Positive84% of 849 reviews2017
Dev: Croteam VRPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
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 62.5%, Puzzle 19.1%, Indie 11.5%, Action 6.9%
- #57 Oneiros
68% matchVery Positive84% of 305 reviews2020
Dev: Coal Valley Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Will you be able to break the vicious circle? Can you regain control? Experience the surreal adventure filled with many puzzles and psychedelic visions.
Why similar: Surreal 34.1%, Puzzle 16.6%, Exploration 9.9%, First-Person 9.7%, Indie 9.5%
- #58 Prison Loop
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Surreal 31.7%, First-Person 16.8%, Puzzle 16.2%, Exploration 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #59 Parallax
70% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2015
Dev: Toasty Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Parallax is a first-person puzzle game with two overlapping worlds. Weave back and forth between black and white as you try to be in the right place, in the right dimension, at the right time. Use switches, boosters and gravity to help you reach the exit. Can you conquer every mind-bending level?
Why similar: Indie 38%, Puzzle 32.6%, First-Person 29.5%