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

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

Nubby's Number Factory
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.
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- #1 ENA: Dream BBQ98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 36,222 reviews2025Developer: ENA TeamPublisher: Joel GPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.8hMean: 3.0h≥1hr: 76%
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
- #2 Nubby's Number Factory98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,668 reviews2025Developer: MogDogBlog ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.5hMean: 14.1h≥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 Cruelty Squad98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,867 reviews2021Developer: Consumer SoftproductsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.9hMean: 9.8h≥1hr: 68%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
- #4 Superliminal98% matchVery Positive95% of 33,369 reviews2020Developer: Pillow CastlePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 5.2h≥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 Hylics 298% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,483 reviews2020Developer: Mason LindrothPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.4hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
- #6 Hylics98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,745 reviews2015Developer: Mason LindrothPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.1hMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 51%
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.
- #7 Antichamber98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,658 reviews2013Developer: Alexander BrucePublisher: DemruthPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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.
- #8 Jazzpunk: Director's Cut98% matchVery Positive94% of 8,156 reviews2014Developer: Necrophone GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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.
- #9 Into the Radius VR98% matchVery Positive94% of 11,233 reviews2020Developer: CM IMMERSIVEPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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.
- #10 Zeno Clash98% matchVery Positive86% of 3,183 reviews2009Developer: ACE TeamPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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 Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition98% matchMostly Positive74% of 8,692 reviews2014Developer: KADOKAWA GAMES / GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTUREPublisher: Deep SilverPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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 INDIKA98% matchVery Positive89% of 8,345 reviews2024Developer: Odd MeterPublisher: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.4hMean: 6.6h≥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.
- #13 Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition98% matchVery Positive80% of 4,412 reviews2013Developer: Cardboard ComputerPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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.
- #14 BABBDI98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,313 reviews2022Developer: Sirius LemaitrePublisher: Lemaitre BrosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
- #15 Demonologist98% matchVery Positive85% of 23,771 reviews2023Developer: Clock Wizard GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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.
- #16 Samorost 198% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,354 reviews2021Developer: Amanita DesignPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 18mMean: 36.8h≥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 Katamari Damacy REROLL98% matchVery Positive93% of 6,600 reviews2018Developer: MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd.Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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 The Beginner's Guide98% matchVery Positive88% of 23,113 reviews2015Developer: Everything Unlimited Ltd.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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 Psychopomp GOLD97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,108 reviews2024Developer: Fading ClubPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.6hMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 68%
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 The New Flesh97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,119 reviews2025Developer: Freshly Baked Games LLCPlatforms: Windows
Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.
- #21 killer797% matchVery Positive93% of 3,895 reviews2018Developer: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.Publisher: NIS America, Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 2.0hMean: 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 Plug & Play97% matchVery Positive85% of 4,932 reviews2015Developer: Mario von RickenbachPublisher: Etter StudioPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 12mMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 8%
Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.
- #23 Ghostwire: Tokyo96% matchVery Positive83% of 19,868 reviews2022Developer: Tango GameworksPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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 Viewfinder96% matchVery Positive94% of 12,396 reviews2023Developer: Sad Owl StudiosPublisher: Thunderful PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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 Yume Nikki96% matchVery Positive94% of 10,217 reviews2018Developer: kikiyamaPublisher: PLAYISMPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 54mMean: 71.5h≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
- #26 Everhood96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,978 reviews2021Developer: Chris NordgrenPublisher: Foreign GnomesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.6hMean: 7.5h≥1hr: 88%
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 Off-Peak96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,819 reviews2016Developer: Cosmo DPublisher: Cosmo D StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 54mMean: 44.2h≥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 Manifold Garden96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,320 reviews2020Developer: William Chyr StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 5.4h≥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.
- #29 The NOexistenceN of you AND me96% matchVery Positive93% of 20,782 reviews2024Developer: 0x0Real StudioPublisher: Nino GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.5hMean: 17.1h≥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".
- #30 The Bridge96% matchVery Positive87% of 4,349 reviews2013Developer: Ty TaylorPublisher: The Quantum Astrophysicists GuildPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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 How Fish Is Made96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,549 reviews2022Developer: Wrong OrganPlatforms: 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 Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,018 reviews2015Developer: marbenxPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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 Rusty Lake Hotel95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,295 reviews2016Developer: Rusty LakePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.4hMean: 6.9h≥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 Hypnospace Outlaw95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,448 reviews2019Developer: TendershootPublisher: No More RobotsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.4hMean: 6.8h≥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!
- #35 Broken Reality95% matchVery Positive93% of 2,238 reviews2018Developer: Dynamic Media TriadPublisher: Digital TribePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 9.0h≥1hr: 62%
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'!
- #36 Zeno Clash 295% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,428 reviews2013Developer: ACE TeamPublisher: SEGAPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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.
- #37 Post Void94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,221 reviews2020Developer: YCJY GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 3.3h≥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.
- #38 Lost in Play94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,643 reviews2022Developer: Happy Juice GamesPublisher: Joystick VenturesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.3hMean: 5.6h≥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.
- #39 POOLS94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,364 reviews2024Developer: TensoriPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.6hMean: 6.3h≥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.
- #40 Mitoza93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,836 reviews2021Developer: Gal MamalyaPublisher: Second MazePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 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.
- #41 Birth93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,053 reviews2023Developer: Madison KarrhPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 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 Lucid Blocks93% matchVery Positive94% of 4,217 reviews2026Developer: Lucy B. LocksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 73%
Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.
- #43 Creaks93% matchVery Positive95% of 5,887 reviews2020Developer: Amanita DesignPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 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 HOLE92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,673 reviews2024Developer: NEGAFISHPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.3hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 76%
Casual & Hard FPS. Be careful with jam.
- #45 Paratopic92% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,134 reviews2018Developer: Arbitrary MetricPublisher: Serenity ForgePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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.
- #46 The Mortuary Assistant92% matchVery Positive92% of 8,591 reviews2022Developer: DarkStone DigitalPublisher: DreadXPPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.3hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 87%
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
- #47 Bubble People92% matchVery Positive93% of 6,063 reviews2021Developer: LiujiajunPublisher: Gamirror GamesPlatforms: Windows
Bubble People is a point-and-click game, click on things with your mouse and have some fun!
- #48 AMID EVIL92% matchVery Positive93% of 7,647 reviews2019Developer: IndefatigablePublisher: New Blood InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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.
- #49 Atopes92% matchVery Positive94% of 677 reviews2021Developer: Sato FumiyaPlatforms: Windows
Your future is vaster than the cosmos.
- #50 Arctic Eggs91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,844 reviews2024Developer: The Water MuseumPublisher: CRITICAL REFLEXPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.3hMean: 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.
- #51 Paradigm92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,640 reviews2017Developer: Jacob JanerkaPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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 NaissanceE91% matchVery Positive84% of 4,325 reviews2014Developer: Limasse FivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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.
- #53 Felvidek91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,710 reviews2024Developer: Jozef PavelkaPublisher: Tutto PassaPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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.
- #54 Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut91% matchMixed66% of 4,733 reviews2013Developer: Rising Star GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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.
- #55 Critters for Sale90% matchVery Positive94% of 1,793 reviews2021Developer: SonosheePlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 2.6hMean: 3.1h≥1hr: 72%
Experience death from the comfort of your seat.
- #56 vivid/stasis90% matchVery Positive94% of 3,689 reviews2025Developer: Team VividstasisPublisher: HajimeliPlatforms: 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?
- #57 Samorost 390% matchVery Positive94% of 5,472 reviews2016Developer: Amanita DesignPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.7hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 89%
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 Berry Bury Berry89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,366 reviews2026Developer: Get(Color) GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.4hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 88%
A juicy first-person incremental game about growing berries and tossing them down an ominous hole. Earn money and upgrades. Make new friends with sentient berry pals. Grow and control the hole as you unearth why nobody leaves this accursed garden. Bury it all, Berry everything.
- #59 The Exit 890% matchVery Positive93% of 11,027 reviews2023Developer: KOTAKE CREATEPublisher: PLAYISMPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.1hMean: 1.8h≥1hr: 58%
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
- #60 Perfect Vermin90% matchVery Positive93% of 3,839 reviews2020Developer: Talia bob MairPublisher: ItsTheTaliaPlatforms: 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.
