Games like Odyssey - The Story of Science
by The Young Socratics
Odyssey is an enchanting and innovative science adventure game. Help Kai and her family escape their captors on the Wretched Islands - and learn the history of astronomy, mechanics, and scientific reasoning as you read Kai's journal and solve puzzles along the way!
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$14.99THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE
Nov 29 · Three Dots Games
Both: Puzzle · Science · Physics
Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.
PuzzleStory RichAdventureSciencePhysicsSurrealSci-fiFirst-PersonSingleplayerExploration👍 341
-30%$12.59Quantum Odyssey
Jan 29 · Quarks Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Education · Science
Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ optimization challenges, hack player creations, and master quantum logic without coding.
Early AccessHardwareProgrammingLogicPuzzleSimulationEducationDifficultScienceAutomation👍 141
$29.99The Talos Principle 2
Nov 2 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
PuzzleStory RichPhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiPuzzle PlatformerExplorationWalking Simulator3D PlatformerLore-Rich👍 12,481
$19.99Isles of Sea and Sky
May 22 · Cicada Games
Both: Puzzle
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.
AdventurePuzzleCollectathonMetroidvaniaOpen WorldSokobanPixel GraphicsAtmosphericExplorationRetro👍 1,541
$9.99Arctic Eggs
May 16 · The Water Museum, cockydoody, abmarnie, Cameron Ginex
Both: Physics · First-Person
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.
CookingSurrealPhysicsAtmosphericSci-fiFirst-PersonExplorationLore-RichCyberpunkCrime👍 5,344
$11.99Machinika: Atlas
Sep 17 · Littlefield Studio
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!
CasualPuzzleAdventurePoint & ClickHidden ObjectSci-fiFirst-PersonMysterySpace3D👍 575
-30%$6.99Augmental Puzzles
Feb 13 · Flammable Penguins Games
Both: Puzzle · Education
Hand-set Sudoku, Nonograms and Minesweeper with HUNDREDS of HANDSET puzzles. A fresh puzzle every day, global leaderboards. Smart Hints help teach you how to solve complex puzzles. No guessing andno rush. A soothing logic-puzzle lounge, built for VR from day one.
VRPuzzleEducationLogicTutorialTabletopRelaxingEarly AccessWholesomeCasual
$1.99Satellite Odyssey: Prologue
Aug 30 · Antifreeze Games
Both: First-Person · Realistic
Satellite Odyssey: Prologue is a short first-person story-driven adventure with horror elements. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of classic science fiction and retro-futurism inspired by Soviet sci-fi films. Your partner is Zarya, the artificial intelligence.
SpaceWalking SimulatorAdventureSci-fiAtmospheric1980sFirst-PersonStory RichRetroRealistic👍 988
$24.99Cubic Odyssey
May 14 · Atypical Games
Both: First-Person
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Open World Survival CraftRPGAction-AdventureBase BuildingCo-opSandboxSci-fiBuildingExplorationFirst-Person👍 2,407
$6.99Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages.
Feb 14 · Next Path Media, FSTR
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Realistic
The original 90's Myst style Adventure Game featuring pre rendered graphics, intricate puzzle solving and step through exploration, exactly as it was first released in 1996 but with the post launch patches added. 'Extras' include the original pitch document, pre production art and loads more.
AdventurePuzzleFirst-PersonDarkAliensConspiracyPsychedelicAtmosphericOld SchoolRealistic
$34.99Riven
Jun 25 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
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.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayerStory RichAtmosphericMystery3DWalking Simulator👍 2,766
$4.99Only for Gamers
Feb 25 · Merhaba Yazılım
Both: Education · Realistic
The game was designed for only Pro gamers. There are many hard obstacles in the game. You have to find a correct solution to overcome all the obstacles. However, It will not be as easy as you imagine.
CasualAdventureStrategyGrand StrategyEducation3D PlatformerRunnerRealisticColorfulCute
-65%$2.09Ballance
Jan 5 · Cyparade
Both: Physics · Puzzle
In this 2004 classic originally released by Atari games, you will navigate 12 sky-high courses. Each course is fraught with different obstacles that will block your path, slide your marble off course, or blow them right into the bottomless void below.
Puzzle PlatformerCasualPhysics3DAbstractAtmosphericMinimalistPlatformerPuzzle3D Platformer👍 458
$7.99Play and Learn English
Jun 15 · Recep Cinet
Both: Education
First we get you speaking, then we make you better. A story RPG where the microphone is the controller: a full A1 and A2 course, 15 role-play rooms, 6,100 spoken sentences, every meaning in your own language. Fully offline, one-time purchase.
EducationTutorialSingleplayerPixel Graphics2DSimulationCasualAdventureIndieEarly Access
$16.99Space Accident VR
Jan 21 · VR-WRG
Both: Puzzle
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.
AdventureActionPuzzleAction-AdventureExplorationPrecision PlatformerHidden ObjectCreature CollectorVRStylized👍 231
$11.99Uncle Lee’s Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster
May 12 · Relatively Painless Games
Both: Puzzle · Science
Uncle Lee has done it again. It’s up to you to pick up the pieces. Join rebellious teen Ines as she deals with the fallout of her uncle Lee’s experiments/inventions/cooking, in a modern point & click adventure in five self-contained episodes.
AdventurePoint & ClickPuzzleFemale Protagonist2DComedyScienceFunnySci-fiIndie
$24.99COCOON
Sep 29 · Geometric Interactive
Both: Puzzle
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndiePuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericStylized3DSingleplayerFuturistic👍 7,963
