Games like Lost Nova
by Jon Nielsen
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
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0°N 0°W
Mar 1 · Colorfiction
Both: Exploration · Open World · Walking Simulator
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!
ColorfulSurrealExplorationOpen WorldPsychedelicPlatformerWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DRelaxing👍 363Garden Paws
Dec 18 · Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Both: Exploration · Relaxing · Open World
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
ExplorationSandboxAgricultureBuildingCraftingFarming SimCuteRelaxingOpen WorldRPG👍 1,890Fractal Block World
Oct 18 · Dan Hathaway
Both: Exploration · Open World
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👍 1,490Eastshade
Feb 13 · Eastshade Studios
Both: Open World · Exploration · Relaxing
You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Visit cities, scale summits, unearth mysteries, and discover forgotten places!
AdventureFantasyOpen WorldExplorationRPGAtmosphericRelaxingFirst-PersonStory RichColorful👍 5,184DREDGE
Mar 30 · Black Salt Games
Both: Exploration · Open World
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
ExplorationFishingLovecraftianOpen WorldAdventureInventory ManagementMysteryAtmosphericPsychological HorrorSingleplayer👍 47,655Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip
May 30 · snekflat
Both: Open World · Exploration · Relaxing
Terry wants to launch himself into space using his new car. Doing something this cool and reckless will surely make him the talk of the town. Run, drive and glide through this small journey of big discoveries as Terry works towards achieving this goal.
FunnyAdventureOpen WorldExplorationIndie3DCasualSingleplayerRelaxingCute👍 1,451Shape of the World
Jun 5 · Hollow Tree Games
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Relaxing
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 SimulatorExplorationRelaxingFirst-PersonAdventure👍 263The Witch of Fern Island
Feb 27 · Enjoy Studio S.A.
Both: Female Protagonist · Open World · Exploration
Welcome to Fern Island! As Abrill, become immersed in the island’s culture, uncover its deepest secrets, and master magical trades. Overcome the challenges of the island to demonstrate your mastery of magic and become the most well known witch around!
AdventureFemale ProtagonistLife SimFarming SimCuteFlightOpen WorldSandboxCasualExploration👍 700Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Open World · Exploration
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Open WorldSurvivalExplorationPixel GraphicsMultiplayerSandboxCraftingBuildingCo-opBase Building👍 50,086Little Kitty, Big City
May 9 · Double Dagger Studio
Both: Exploration · Family Friendly
You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn't that what cats do best?
CatsCuteExplorationWholesomeCozyFamily FriendlySandboxFunnySimulationIndie👍 10,427LOST EMBER
Nov 22 · Mooneye Studios
Both: Exploration · Relaxing
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
WolvesAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerRelaxingEmotionalStory RichNatureThird PersonAnimals👍 4,200THE LONGING
Mar 5 · Studio Seufz
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.
Point & ClickWalking SimulatorChoose Your Own AdventureIdler2DUndergroundMultiple EndingsExplorationAtmosphericChoices Matter👍 6,979Stranded Deep
Aug 10 · Beam Team Games
Both: Open World · Exploration
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldCraftingFirst-PersonAdventureExplorationRealisticBuilding👍 43,637Paradise Marsh
Oct 13 · LazyEti
Both: Relaxing · Exploration
Stars vanished from the sky and scattered across a perfect endless wetland... Catch bugs and chat with many characters while playfully wandering through peaceful scenery. But don't lose sight of the night sky, the constellations need help!
Pixel GraphicsProcedural GenerationShortRelaxingExplorationFunnyCasualComedyNatureRetro👍 422Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Exploration · Open World · Relaxing
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899Planet Centauri
Dec 12 · Permadeath
Both: Exploration · Open World
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
SandboxExploration2DPixel GraphicsCreature CollectorOpen WorldColorfulMiningIndieCrafting👍 2,102Flux Empyrean
Jul 13 · ChillCash
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
The Flux is not keen on giving away its secrets, and you’re one of them. Sail a vast planet under a blanket of stars and use your tools and wits to remind yourself of what was lost and what could come next. An open world mystery about understanding the end of the world.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorMysteryStory RichLore-RichSci-fiAdventureSailingSingleplayerNonlinear中年失业模拟器When a man lose his job
May 14 · Kwing works
Both: Exploration · Open World
You are a 35-years-old man who struggling in a huge city, the mortgage is pressing you to work day and night. Suddenly ,you got fired! Without income, you have to pay mortgage (15000 G /month) and raise 2 kids! How can you do that? Come on ! Earn money and save your family!
CapitalismExplorationSurvivalEconomyOpen WorldDark HumorIndieLife SimStrategy RPGJRPG👍 344















