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Top Surreal Games

60+ surreal games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Adventure, Atmospheric, Indie.

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  1. #1 ENA: Dream BBQ
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 35,873 reviews2025
    Developer: ENA TeamPublisher: Joel G
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.8hMean: 3.0h≥1hr: 76%

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

  2. #2 Nubby's Number Factory
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,424 reviews2025
    Developer: MogDogBlog Productions
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.4hMean: 13.9h≥1hr: 89%

    A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.

  3. #3 Cruelty Squad
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,524 reviews2021
    Developer: Consumer Softproducts
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.2hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 70%

    An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

  4. #4 Superliminal
    98% matchVery Positive95% of 33,072 reviews2020
    Developer: Pillow Castle
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.0hMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 85%

    Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

  5. #5 Into the Radius VR
    98% matchVery Positive94% of 11,206 reviews2020
    Developer: CM IMMERSIVE
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.1hMean: 10.9h≥1hr: 77%

    Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

  6. #6 Hylics 2
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,455 reviews2020
    Developer: Mason Lindroth
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.1hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 70%

    A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.

  7. #7 Hylics
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,655 reviews2015
    Developer: Mason Lindroth
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.0hMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 50%

    Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.

  8. #8 Antichamber
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,636 reviews2013
    Developer: Alexander BrucePublisher: Demruth
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.4hMean: 4.4h≥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.

  9. #9 Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
    98% matchVery Positive94% of 8,116 reviews2014
    Developer: Necrophone Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.9hMean: 3.8h≥1hr: 88%

    Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

  10. #10 Zeno Clash
    98% matchVery Positive86% of 3,167 reviews2009
    Developer: ACE Team
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.9hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 86%

    Zeno Clash is an action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game is played from a first person perspective and the combat is generally up close and brutal. Experience a deep storyline set in a fantastic world.

  11. #11 Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition
    98% matchMostly Positive74% of 8,671 reviews2014
    Developer: KADOKAWA GAMES / GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTUREPublisher: Deep Silver
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.0hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 83%

    Get ready for some seriously stylish action from renowned designer SUDA51. In this exclusive version for PC, players will be slicing, dicing, and shooting as the suave executioner Mondo Zappa. Prepare for the thrill of love and kill in KILLER IS DEAD!

  12. #12 Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
    98% matchVery Positive80% of 4,401 reviews2013
    Developer: Cardboard Computer
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.3hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 56%

    KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

  13. #13 Demonologist
    98% matchVery Positive85% of 23,709 reviews2023
    Developer: Clock Wizard Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.5hMean: 17.8h≥1hr: 89%

    Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

  14. #14 INDIKA
    98% matchVery Positive90% of 8,070 reviews2024
    Developer: Odd MeterPublisher: 11 bit studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.6hMean: 7.6h≥1hr: 93%

    Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

  15. #15 BABBDI
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,187 reviews2022
    Developer: Sirius LemaitrePublisher: Lemaitre Bros
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

    Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

  16. #16 Samorost 1
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,308 reviews2021
    Developer: Amanita Design
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 18mMean: 36.5h≥1hr: 8%

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

  17. #17 Katamari Damacy REROLL
    98% matchVery Positive93% of 6,581 reviews2018
    Developer: MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd.Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.2hMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 77%

    The beloved roll-em-up game returns with fully updated graphics, completely recreated cutscenes and in full HD!

  18. #18 The Beginner's Guide
    97% matchVery Positive88% of 23,006 reviews2015
    Developer: Everything Unlimited Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.6hMean: 2.2h≥1hr: 85%

    The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

  19. #19 Psychopomp GOLD
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,990 reviews2024
    Developer: Fading Club
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.7hMean: 5.5h≥1hr: 69%

    Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?

  20. #20 The New Flesh
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,032 reviews2025
    Developer: Freshly Baked Games LLC
    Platforms: Windows

    Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.

  21. #21 killer7
    97% matchVery Positive93% of 3,851 reviews2018
    Developer: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.Publisher: NIS America, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.1hMean: 8.6h≥1hr: 60%

    Sneak into a world of underground assassins as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities, the killer7. Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down the sinister Kun Lan to thwart his plan of world dominance.

  22. #22 Plug & Play
    97% matchVery Positive85% of 4,932 reviews2015
    Developer: Mario von RickenbachPublisher: Etter Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 12mMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 8%

    Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.

  23. #23 Ghostwire: Tokyo
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 19,811 reviews2022
    Developer: Tango GameworksPublisher: Bethesda Softworks
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6.3hMean: 21.0h≥1hr: 89%

    Tokyo's population has vanished, and deadly supernatural forces prowl the streets. Use an arsenal of elemental abilities to unravel the truth behind the disappearance and save Tokyo.

  24. #24 Viewfinder
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 12,170 reviews2023
    Developer: Sad Owl StudiosPublisher: Thunderful Publishing
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 4.3h≥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.

  25. #25 Yume Nikki
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 10,100 reviews2018
    Developer: kikiyamaPublisher: PLAYISM
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 54mMean: 71.6h≥1hr: 47%

    This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

  26. #26 Everhood
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,956 reviews2021
    Developer: Chris NordgrenPublisher: Foreign Gnomes
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.6hMean: 7.4h≥1hr: 87%

    An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄

  27. #27 Off-Peak
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,812 reviews2016
    Developer: Cosmo DPublisher: Cosmo D Studios
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 54mMean: 44.4h≥1hr: 43%

    You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

  28. #28 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
    Developer: 0x0Real StudioPublisher: Nino Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.5hMean: 16.7h≥1hr: 70%

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

  29. #29 Manifold Garden
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,248 reviews2020
    Developer: William Chyr Studio
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.6hMean: 5.3h≥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.

  30. #30 The Bridge
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 4,348 reviews2013
    Developer: Ty TaylorPublisher: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.7hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 87%

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

  31. #31 How Fish Is Made
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,490 reviews2022
    Developer: Wrong Organ
    Platforms: Windows

    Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!

  32. #32 Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,008 reviews2015
    Developer: marbenx
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.9hMean: 24.5h≥1hr: 61%

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

  33. #33 Rusty Lake Hotel
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,215 reviews2016
    Developer: Rusty Lake
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.4hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 80%

    Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

  34. #34 Broken Reality
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 2,227 reviews2018
    Developer: Dynamic Media TriadPublisher: Digital Tribe
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.4hMean: 8.7h≥1hr: 61%

    A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

  35. #35 Zeno Clash 2
    95% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,426 reviews2013
    Developer: ACE TeamPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.6hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 91%

    Ghat's story is far from over: Zeno Clash 2 picks up where the deliciously brazen first game left off. After 4 years of waiting, the sequel to the surreal first-person brawler brings more variety in combat and levels, and even more bizarre storytelling into the beguiling world of Zenozoik.

  36. #36 Post Void
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,169 reviews2020
    Developer: YCJY Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.3hMean: 3.2h≥1hr: 57%

    Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.

  37. #37 Back to Bed
    95% matchVery Positive81% of 2,913 reviews2014
    Developer: Bedtime Digital Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.8hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 84%

    Guide Bob the sleepwalker to the safety of his bed by taking control of his subconscious guardian, Subob. Explore a surreal and hand-painted dream world, avoid dangers and get Bob safely back to bed.

  38. #38 Hypnospace Outlaw
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,418 reviews2019
    Developer: TendershootPublisher: No More Robots
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.4hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 77%

    Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

  39. #39 Lost in Play
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,496 reviews2022
    Developer: Happy Juice GamesPublisher: Joystick Ventures
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 4.3hMean: 5.7h≥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.

  40. #40 POOLS
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,218 reviews2024
    Developer: Tensori
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.7hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 62%

    Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

  41. #41 Birth
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,993 reviews2023
    Developer: Madison Karrh
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.1hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 87%

    You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.

  42. #42 Mitoza
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,799 reviews2021
    Developer: Gal MamalyaPublisher: Second Maze
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 36mMean: 2.2h≥1hr: 17%

    It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.

  43. #43 Creaks
    93% matchVery Positive95% of 5,830 reviews2020
    Developer: Amanita Design
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.5hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 78%

    The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

  44. #44 Lucid Blocks
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,990 reviews2026
    Developer: Lucy B. Locks
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.3hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 73%

    Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.

  45. #45 HOLE
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,551 reviews2024
    Developer: NEGAFISH
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.3hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 76%

    Casual & Hard FPS. Be careful with jam.

  46. #46 The Mortuary Assistant
    92% matchVery Positive92% of 8,546 reviews2022
    Developer: DarkStone DigitalPublisher: DreadXP
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.3hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 87%

    Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

  47. #47 Paratopic
    92% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,120 reviews2018
    Developer: Arbitrary MetricPublisher: Serenity Forge
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 54mMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 47%

    Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

  48. #48 Bubble People
    92% matchVery Positive93% of 6,051 reviews2021
    Developer: LiujiajunPublisher: Gamirror Games
    Platforms: Windows

    Bubble People is a point-and-click game, click on things with your mouse and have some fun!

  49. #49 AMID EVIL
    92% matchVery Positive93% of 7,618 reviews2019
    Developer: IndefatigablePublisher: New Blood Interactive
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.2hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 78%

    A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.

  50. #50 Atopes
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 668 reviews2021
    Developer: Sato Fumiya
    Platforms: Windows

    Your future is vaster than the cosmos.

  51. #51 Paradigm
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,638 reviews2017
    Developer: Jacob Janerka
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.5hMean: 4.1h≥1hr: 88%

    Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.

  52. #52 Arctic Eggs
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,773 reviews2024
    Developer: The Water MuseumPublisher: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.2hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 74%

    Eggs: perfection in two parts. The simple whites. The sublime yolk. Each the lesser without its partner. Chorus and verse. A symphony of flavor. The catchy tune reminding us of warm baths and late-night movies. The elevator music to whatever lies beyond.

  53. #53 NaissanceE
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 4,298 reviews2014
    Developer: Limasse Five
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 42mMean: 3.8h≥1hr: 44%

    NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

  54. #54 Felvidek
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,625 reviews2024
    Developer: Jozef PavelkaPublisher: Tutto Passa
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.1hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 67%

    In Felvidek, a JRPG set in 15th century Slovakia, you embrace the role of an alcoholic knight Pavol. Meet diverse and interesting characters to help you drive out the Hussites and Ottomans who blight this land.

  55. #55 Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut
    91% matchMixed66% of 4,717 reviews2013
    Developer: Rising Star Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.9hMean: 7.5h≥1hr: 89%

    Play as special agent Francis York Morgan in this open-world action-adventure as you solve the case of the Red Seed Murders and survive in a small, quirky American mountain town where supernatural creatures and a mysterious raincoat-clad, axe-wielding killer seek to end his investigation for good.

  56. #56 Critters for Sale
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,772 reviews2021
    Developer: Sonoshee
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 2.6hMean: 3.1h≥1hr: 72%

    Experience death from the comfort of your seat.

  57. #57 Samorost 3
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 5,435 reviews2016
    Developer: Amanita Design
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.6hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 88%

    Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

  58. #58 vivid/stasis
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 3,589 reviews2025
    Developer: Team VividstasisPublisher: Hajimeli
    Platforms: Windows

    Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?

  59. #59 Perfect Vermin
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 3,830 reviews2020
    Developer: Talia bob MairPublisher: ItsTheTalia
    Platforms: Windows

    Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.

  60. #60 MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
    90% matchMixed65% of 1,423 reviews2014
    Developer: Pantumaca BarcelonaPublisher: Talking About Media
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.4hMean: 8.6h≥1hr: 91%

    MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

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