Games like Filament
by Beard Envy
Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).
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$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
$14.99Nauticrawl
Sep 16 · Spare Parts Oasis
Both: Sci-fi · Puzzle · Difficult
A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.
SimulationIndieAtmosphericSci-fiPuzzleDifficultSingleplayerPoint & ClickAdventureSteampunk👍 441
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle · Difficult
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
IndiePuzzle PlatformerAdventurePlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpDifficultSingleplayerCo-opGreat Soundtrack👍 296
$14.99Still There
Nov 20 · GhostShark
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Puzzle
Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?
Point & ClickAdventureEmotionalStory RichSpacePsychologicalSci-fiAtmosphericPuzzleSingleplayer👍 771
$9.99Algo Bot
Feb 14 · Fishing Cactus
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Space
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.
IndiePuzzleProgrammingSci-fiSingleplayerSpaceLogicRobots3DDark Humor👍 150
-75%$4.99Starcom: Nexus
Dec 12 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Top-Down
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
SpaceSci-fiRPGExplorationActionAdventureIndieOpen WorldSpace SimTop-Down👍 2,295
$7.99The Artifact
Jun 2 · Colin Wren, Sean Scaplehorn, Wayne Jackson, Jason Mallett
Both: Puzzle · Space
Woken from a hypersleep, you find yourself alone on a drifting star cruiser, light years from home. The crew has disappeared, leaving behind nothing but a few scattered records and a strange artifact that seems to hold the key to an alien civilisation.
IndiePuzzleAdventurePoint & ClickSpace👍 135
$9.99Out There Somewhere
Mar 14 · MiniBoss
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure2DGreat SoundtrackRetroActionSci-fi👍 6,161
$4.99The Station: Escape Room
Apr 26 · Exscape
Both: Sci-fi · Puzzle · Space
Escape the confinement of the space station and restart the systems to gain freedom. Cooperative Escape Room style game to challenge yourself and your friends. Seven rooms to solve the amazing and challenging mysteries before the timer runs out!
Sci-fiMysteryPuzzleAtmosphericSpaceFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpAdventureFuturisticTime Management
$11.99Machinika: Atlas
Sep 17 · Littlefield Studio
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Space
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
-40%$5.99OneShot
Dec 8 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Puzzle
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Story RichPixel GraphicsIndieGreat SoundtrackCuteAtmosphericPuzzleSingleplayerChoices MatterAdventure👍 59,257
$9.99FEZ
May 1 · Polytron Corporation
Both: Puzzle
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
PlatformerPuzzleIndiePixel GraphicsExplorationGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerAdventureCasualMystery👍 11,664
$14.99Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest (Complete Season)
Dec 1 · Pavel Kostin
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Space
What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.
Point & ClickAtmosphericPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventureSci-fiSpaceFunnySingleplayer👍 121




