Games like Viewfinder
by Sad Owl Studios
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.
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$4.99Kairo
Apr 24 · Locked Door Puzzle
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Abstract
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
PuzzleExplorationIndieAtmosphericFirst-PersonAbstractSurrealAdventureSingleplayerMystery👍 1,506
$9.99Suicide Guy VR
Jul 24 · Fabio Ferrara
Both: Puzzle Platformer · First-Person · Puzzle
Experience Suicide Guy now in Virtual Reality for the greatest, most immersive snooze! These surreal dreams have never been so chaotic and frantic. If you're faint of heart, do not play this game.
Puzzle PlatformerComedyFirst-PersonAdventurePuzzlePhysicsAction-AdventureActionDark HumorScience👍 133
$3.99The Search
Apr 13 · Jason Godbey
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Surreal
Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!
ExplorationPuzzleHidden ObjectPoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistFirst-PersonSurrealRelaxingStory RichCasual👍 356
-80%$1.99A Fisherman's Tale
Jan 22 · InnerspaceVR
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Surreal
Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.
VRPuzzleAdventurePhysicsStrategyPoint & ClickSurrealFantasyPsychologicalDark Humor👍 1,085
$29.99Obduction
Aug 24 · Cyan, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Surreal
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndieFirst-PersonMysterySurrealVRWalking SimulatorAtmospheric👍 3,032
$0.99Landlord of the Woods
Mar 17 · Madison Karrh
Both: Puzzle · Surreal · Physics
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Point & ClickHidden ObjectPuzzleSurrealCuteAdventurePhysicsShortHand-drawnAtmospheric👍 1,242
$9.99Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
May 15 · Liquid Flower
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Puzzle Platformer
A serene first-person puzzle platformer set across strikingly beautiful worlds. Place and remove cubes to solve handcrafted puzzles, discover hidden secrets, and lose yourself in an atmosphere unlike anything else. Includes a full level editor and Steam Workshop support.
PuzzleFirst-PersonAtmosphericRelaxingPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerExplorationCozyWalking SimulatorLevel Editor👍 608
$19.99Moss II VR
Oct 20 · Polyarc
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · First-Person
Quill is back—and she’s being hunted. To stand a chance, Quill will need a true partner by her side—and we hope that partner is you. Moss: Book II is an action-adventure puzzle game and award-winning sequel (The Game Awards "Best VR/AR Game") to Moss.
ExplorationPuzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerVRAction-AdventureFemale ProtagonistCuteFirst-PersonThird Person👍 730
$19.99Paper Beast
Jul 24 · Pixel Reef
Both: Physics · Puzzle · Surreal
An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.
AdventureExplorationVRNaturePhysicsPuzzleSandboxSurrealAtmosphericColorful👍 529
$6.99Fractal Block World
Oct 18 · Dan Hathaway
Both: Surreal · First-Person
This is a surreal exploration game. Explore a massive fractal with great complexities. You can shrink infinitely to go deeper into the fractal. Or you can become larger by growing. Inner space awaits you in this infinite world.
ExplorationOpen WorldSurrealFPSVoxelIndiePsychedelicFirst-PersonAdventureNonlinear👍 1,490
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
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
$14.99MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Aug 5 · Pantumaca Barcelona, @CarlosGameDev, Dani Navarro, Luka Nieto
Both: Puzzle · Surreal · First-Person
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!
AdventurePuzzleWalking SimulatorIndieSurrealAtmosphericFirst-PersonStrategyExplorationVR👍 855
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
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
-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
FreeEQI
Jan 15 · Chopin et al.
Both: First-Person · 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
$4.99The Light Remake
Jun 4 · Носков Сергей
Both: First-Person · Surreal
There is only you, the abandoned remains of a former life and the flourishing nature that feels great in the absence of man. This world is both gloomy and empty, but so incredibly beautiful.
Walking SimulatorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonPost-apocalypticScienceMystery DungeonWargameSurrealPsychological HorrorHorror👍 1,464
$3.99Face It - A game to fight inner demons
Jun 9 · Tlön Studios, Ilex Games
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.
IndieAdventureActionPuzzle3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerHorrorEarly Access👍 520
-20%$7.99OneShot: World Machine Edition
Sep 30 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Puzzle
A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.
PuzzleStory RichIndiePixel GraphicsChoices MatterMultiple EndingsCuteExploration2DAdventure👍 5,353
$4.990°N 0°W
Mar 1 · Colorfiction
Both: Surreal · First-Person
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
$9.99HOST
Jul 1 · Garrett Fuselier
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Surreal
When your spacecraft crashes on an unknown planet, you navigate your way through its dark and puzzling corridors. Using only your hands and your wits, will you discover your parasitic power before it's too late?
Early AccessExplorationPuzzleWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonVRSurrealUndergroundLinear
$12.99Shape of the World
Jun 5 · Hollow Tree Games
Both: Surreal · First-Person
A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.
CasualNatureIndieAtmosphericSurrealWalking SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonRelaxingAdventure👍 263
-70%$1.79Riven (1997)
Aug 4 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.
AdventurePuzzlePoint & ClickExplorationClassicStory RichDifficultFirst-PersonCasualAtmospheric👍 1,317
$5.99Year Walk
Mar 6 · Simogo
Both: Puzzle · Surreal
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
DarkAdventureAtmosphericSupernaturalHorrorPuzzleStory RichSurreal2DShort👍 1,258
$11.99Eternal Hope
Aug 20 · Doublehit Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Eternal Hope is a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.
PlatformerIndieStory RichPuzzle PlatformerPuzzle2D PlatformerAdventureSingleplayer2DFantasy👍 359
$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
$0.99"I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
Apr 20 · SameFrame, RBL LABS
Both: Puzzle · Surreal · First-Person
The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...
Detective1990'sExplorationAtmosphericPuzzleSurrealVisual NovelHidden ObjectSci-fiFirst-Person👍 144
$34.99Myst
Aug 26 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonVRStory RichSingleplayerMultiple EndingsPoint & ClickIndie👍 2,003
$6.99SERPENT AT THE VERNISSAGE
Oct 23 · a trip by daniel bock
Both: First-Person · Surreal · Puzzle Platformer
A psychedelic trip to an abandoned island paradise, where nothing is quite what it seems. Explore forgotten villas, sentient art pieces and sunken opera houses. And find your way back home before the archipelago swallows you whole.
AdventureActionFirst-PersonExplorationAction-AdventurePsychedelicSurrealAtmosphericPuzzle Platformer3D
FreePerspective
Oct 9 · Widdershins
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · First-Person
Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.
Free to PlayPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerIndie3D2DSingleplayerFirst-PersonShort






