Games like Glum Buster
by Justin D Leingang
Take a mind-bending trip through a mysterious, haunting alternate reality. Use your newly discovered magic, wits, and curiosity to cleanse the world of glum and find a way back to your family. Experience the wonder of this 2009 AIGF Showcase winner and indie cult classic.
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-35%$9.74SANABI
Nov 8 · WONDER POTION
Both: Pixel Graphics · 2D Platformer · Action-Adventure
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Pixel GraphicsStory RichActionCyberpunk2D PlatformerAdventureSingleplayer2DIndieAction-Adventure👍 41,734
$4.99Cat Museum
Mar 17 · 751 Games
Both: Puzzle · Surreal
Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and the surreal world of Cat Museum, a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game. Solve the strange puzzles with your mischievous cat, and unveil the truth behind the mysterious museum.
PuzzleSurrealPsychedelicPoint & ClickHand-drawnHorrorStylized2DCatsSide Scroller👍 835
$9.99Closure
Sep 7 · Eyebrow Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Surreal · Dark
In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...
PuzzlePlatformerIndiePuzzle PlatformerSurreal2DSingleplayerDarkHorrorGreat Soundtrack👍 449
-40%$5.99OneShot
Dec 8 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Pixel Graphics · 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 · Pixel Graphics · Exploration
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
FreeMythic Prelude - Concept Demo
Mar 10 · Dmitri Lowell
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure · Pixel Graphics
Mythic Prelude is an action-adventure title inspired by Action-Adventure titles from the 90s. This concept demo is designed as a stand-alone freeware product!
ExplorationSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerFantasyAction-Adventure2DPixel GraphicsLore-RichMysterySurreal
$4.990°N 0°W
Mar 1 · Colorfiction
Both: Surreal · Exploration
Ready for a wild trip of psychedelic sights and sounds? 0°N 0°W is a chill, first-person walking sim for everyone, where each run is a fresh adventure!
ColorfulSurrealExplorationPsychedelicOpen WorldPlatformerWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DRelaxing👍 363
FreeEQI
Jan 15 · Chopin et al.
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Surreal
EQI is a trippy first-person arcade game with spatial puzzles, and a synthwave soul. You find yourself in a digital world that twists and changes around you, challenging your senses, focus, and reflexes. Interface with the great mystery and transcend.
ActionFirst-PersonExplorationPuzzleSurrealParkourPlatformer3D PlatformerPvELinear
-70%$3.59Anomaly Agent
Jan 24 · Phew Phew Games
Both: 2D Platformer · Action-Adventure
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
2D PlatformerSide ScrollerAction RoguelikeHack and SlashPlatformerSouls-like2D FighterRogueliteAction RPGAction-Adventure👍 9,465
$9.99Everhood
Mar 4 · Chris Nordgren, Jordi Roca
Both: Pixel Graphics · Surreal
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.🍄
Great SoundtrackMusicStory RichPsychedelicSingleplayerBullet Hell2DPixel GraphicsSurrealRPG👍 11,438
$14.99Vibrant Venture
Jul 24 · Semag Games
Both: 2D Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure platformer game featuring a quirky cast of characters! The game features four playable characters with multiple unique abilities that can be combined for extremely versatile, fluid and fun movement!
PlatformerAdventureSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDifficultActionPixel GraphicsCartoony2D👍 575
$2.99Judas
Jan 18 · Studio48
Both: Dark · Exploration · Puzzle
Judas is an atmospheric psychological horror experience. Accidentally trapped in an apartment complex, you face dark paranormal events that push you to escape as fast as possible; yet, fleeing is not an option.
Psychological HorrorHorrorDarkSupernaturalAdventureExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzlePoint & ClickAction-Adventure
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
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
FreeA Visit to Friends
Dec 2 · Joel D.
Both: Action-Adventure · Puzzle · Exploration
A Visit to Friends is a collection of four dioramas, each with their own themes, characters, and puzzles to solve. Catch chickens, put in a day's work, and explore your own subconscious through heterodox methods. All this and more is in store when you take A Visit to Friends.
AdventureRPGCasualAction-AdventurePuzzleWalking SimulatorChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationSide Scroller2D
$1.99YBit
Jan 15 · Facundo Balboa, Iván Piccione, Martín Díaz
Both: Pixel Graphics · Puzzle · 2D Platformer
YBit is a pixelated platformer adventure. You will be playing as a small hero made of information, trying to escape from a program that has crashed. Avoiding errors, not falling down and getting to the exits will be your mission.
IndieAdventurePlatformerPixel GraphicsActionPuzzleArcadePuzzle Platformer2D PlatformerPrecision Platformer
$6.99Corn Kidz 64
Oct 16 · BogoSoft
Both: Action-Adventure · Exploration
The unauthorized, kid-friendly version of the classic Stephen King thriller (or maybe not, maybe it's just a game about one-horned goatbabies)
3D PlatformerRetroCollectathonCartoonyAction-AdventureControllerCartoonExploration3DPlatformer👍 1,694

