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by BluebsTopCat
Talk to surreal scribbles in surreal-er environments in MINI MECUM! A short adventure game about weird philosophy. Explore a stylized world as you try to understand what the heck I'm talking about. I'm not sure what I'm talking about either. Is surreal-er even a word? Oh god I thought I had more spa
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$4.990°N 0°W
Mar 1 · Colorfiction
Both: Surreal · Exploration · 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!
ColorfulSurrealExplorationPsychedelicOpen WorldPlatformerWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DRelaxing👍 363
$14.99Broken Reality
Nov 29 · Dynamic Media Triad
Both: Surreal · Walking Simulator · Exploration
A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!
IndieAdventureSurrealRetroWalking SimulatorMemesExplorationColorfulGreat SoundtrackAtmospheric👍 2,153
$14.99The Stanley Parable
Oct 17 · Galactic Cafe
Both: Walking Simulator · Satire
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
ComedyIndieWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonPsychologicalFunnySatireDynamic NarrationAdventureMultiple Endings👍 40,296
-60%$5.99DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game
Nov 23 · Gibier Games
Both: Exploration · Physics · Surreal
Put simply, DEEEER Simulator is a “Slow-Life Town Destruction Game”. You can spend your days enjoying a nice, relaxed frolic here and there together with the other animals around town, or you can choose to relieve some stress and absolutely destroy the town and everything in it.
ExplorationSandboxFunnyPhysicsThird PersonCuteParody SurrealOpen WorldHorses👍 4,446
FreeAll Our Asias
Feb 7 · Melos Han-Tani
Both: Walking Simulator · Surreal · Philosophical
In this free 3D adventure, explore someone's mind and discover their secrets in a surreal story about a father, son, Asian-America and more. Explore a dying father's "Memory World", and travel to familiar, supernatural spaces. By Melos, co-creator of Anodyne and Angeline Era.
Story RichWalking SimulatorSurrealPsychologicalSci-fiAdventurePhilosophicalTranshumanismControllerThird Person
$9.99Arctic Eggs
May 16 · The Water Museum, cockydoody, abmarnie, Cameron Ginex
Both: Surreal · Physics · Exploration
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
$6.99Fractal Block World
Oct 18 · Dan Hathaway
Both: Exploration · Surreal
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
$4.99Cat Museum
Mar 17 · 751 Games
Both: Surreal · Stylized
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
$4.99The Light Remake
Jun 4 · Носков Сергей
Both: Walking Simulator · 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
$5.99TIMEframe
Jul 7 · Random Seed Games
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Stylized
Time is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction.
IndieCasualWalking SimulatorAtmosphericGreat SoundtrackExplorationFirst-PersonAdventureStylizedShort👍 269
$29.99Obduction
Aug 24 · Cyan, Inc.
Both: Exploration · Surreal · Walking Simulator
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
-70%$1.49Was It Worth It?
Jun 23 · Just Sauce Studio
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Surreal
Was it Worth it? is a first person story driven walking simulator. You play as Subject 105 and you do as you're told. DO NOT explore. DO NOT get tempted to stray from the path. DO build your new reality and enjoy your new life on earth.
Walking SimulatorMultiple EndingsChoices MatterExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-Person3DCasualSurreal
FreeAnswer Knot
May 31 · Naraven
Both: Walking Simulator · Surreal
A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?
IndieFirst-PersonShortInteractive FictionWalking SimulatorFree to PlayHorrorSurrealEmotionalSingleplayer
$14.99Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
Feb 7 · Necrophone Games
Both: Surreal · Exploration
Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.
ComedyIndieSurrealAdventureFunnyExplorationShortFirst-PersonCyberpunkSingleplayer👍 6,407
$19.99Creaks
Jul 22 · Amanita Design
Both: Surreal · Stylized
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
PuzzleHand-drawnAtmospheric2DPuzzle PlatformerSurrealStylizedCartoonRelaxingMystery👍 5,323
$0.99Wooden House
Sep 5 · GDNomaD
Both: Walking Simulator
What could be better than relaxing in nature? Taking a break from the hustle and bustle of the city in a small cottage. Spending time reading books by the fireplace. But one night, strange voices began to echo from deep within the basement.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieDarkSurvival HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayerPvENature👍 158
-67%$0.65NORTH
Apr 27 · Outlands
Both: Walking Simulator · Surreal
Dealing with the issue of the contemporary refugee crisis while at the same time being deeply rooted in a classical cyberpunk atmosphere à la Blade Runner, NORTH features a dark synthpop soundtrack, a sprawling mega-city and weird monster-like inhabitants.
IndieAdventureAtmosphericWalking SimulatorCyberpunkSurreal👍 166
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Philosophical · 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
$4.99ISLANDS: Non-Places
Nov 17 · Carl Burton
Both: Surreal
The familiar becomes magical in this critically acclaimed interactive artscape. Explore ten scenes inspired by the everyday and let your expectations of reality be transformed. Carl Burton's other work has been featured in the New York Times, Serial, Colossal, and Medium.
IndieCasualSurrealAtmosphericExperimentalAbstractRelaxing👍 325
$0.99Landlord of the Woods
Mar 17 · Madison Karrh
Both: 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
Spate
Mar 28 · Eric Provan - Ayyo Games
Both: Surreal · Walking Simulator
Spate is a surreal experience set in a world that seeks to draw the player into its reality. Spate is a dark, brooding, and beautifully crafted emotional journey that is seen through the eyes of a struggling addict.
IndiePlatformerAdventureActionAtmosphericSurrealSteampunkShortWalking SimulatorHorror👍 183
Explore Fushimi Inari
Oct 11 · Matt Newell
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
A short exploration/photography experience set in a realistically designed recreation of the renowned Japanese shrine, Fushimi Inari Taisha. *The game has been removed because it will be available as part of "Lushfoil Photography Sim", coming soon
Walking SimulatorFree to PlaySimulationExplorationAtmosphericCasualAdventureIndieVRRelaxing
$1.99SOLITUNE
Apr 25 · Rat King Entertainment
Both: Surreal
SOLITUNE is a very short game about escapism. You become a shepherd and collect your flock on the way out of your old life. Solve a puzzle in every room to earn a sheep to find your way out.
AdventureIndieCasualSurrealGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerMinimalistAtmospheric3DShort👍 110
$19.99Samorost 3
Mar 24 · Amanita Design
Both: Stylized · Surreal
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
Point & ClickHand-drawnRelaxingStory RichStylizedPsychedelicSurrealAtmospheric2DPuzzle👍 4,386
FreeLittle Screamies
Nov 6 · Nukepop Games
Both: Stylized · Exploration · Physics
Explore and survive the spooky puzzling world of Little Screamies! BUT BEWARE!! Not everything is as it seems at Little Laboratories Inc...
HorrorStylizedSingleplayerPsychological HorrorExplorationPuzzleInvestigationFamily FriendlyPhysicsWalking Simulator
$0.99One Wish
Jun 6 · GDNomaD
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Сlassic indie horror for one evening. The game has no tips, you need to solve all the puzzles yourself and avoid the monster that wants to devour your soul. Therefore, you need to be very careful and attentive to escape from the nightmare.
AdventureIndieHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonMinimalistPsychological👍 162
$9.99Debris
Oct 23 · Moonray Studios
Both: Walking Simulator · Philosophical
An atmospheric first-person narrative adventure set in a surreal seascape locked between ice and rock. Following an incident, you and a friend must find power, defeat strange and deadly creatures, and decipher what mysterious forces are attempting to prevent your escape. Escape together or die alone.
Walking SimulatorStory RichInteractive FictionUnderwaterAdventureAtmosphericInvestigationPhilosophicalPsychologicalNature
$2.99King Boo
Oct 18 · NDOgames
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Play as King Boo, who unfortunately has lost their royal adornments and must find them back before being allowed back in the castle! A simple, colorful adventure game for young players.
AdventureCasualPlatformerWalking Simulator3D PlatformerExploration3DCartoonyColorfulCute👍 231
$9.99HOST
Jul 1 · Garrett Fuselier
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · 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
-60%$7.99Ctrl Alt Ego
Jul 22 · MindThunk
Both: Physics · Philosophical
Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!
Immersive SimPuzzleSandboxPhysicsStealthPhilosophicalDark ComedyFPSRPGSci-fi👍 738
$6.99The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything
Feb 9 · Joe Richardson
Both: Satire · Surreal
The Majority of People navigate progress, politics and preposterous propulsive plans in this satirical point-and-click adventure. Featuring highly debatable democracy, problematic project managers and the belief that Anthony's underdeveloped prefrontal cortex will lead to your salvation!
ExperimentalPoint & ClickStory RichSatireDark HumorFunnyChoose Your Own AdventureSurrealChoices MatterIndie👍 153
-78%$0.87Star Sky
Oct 23 · JMJ Interactive, Mårten Jonsson
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Star Sky is a game about a man taking a midnight stroll. You take the same road as many times as you want, each time hopefully unlocking new encounters. Can you unlock the mysteries of the night?
CasualIndieAdventureWalking SimulatorAtmospheric2DSingleplayerSimulationSide ScrollerExploration👍 295
FreeHOME
May 11 · Fantasync
Both: Philosophical · Exploration · Walking Simulator
HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.
PhilosophicalRelaxingAtmosphericExplorationEmotionalCatsAdventureWalking Simulator3DMinimalist
$6.99Vangers
Apr 24 · K-D Lab
Both: Surreal
Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to figure out what’s the game is all about.
RacingAdventurePsychedelicActionAtmosphericClassicIndieVoxelSurrealStory Rich👍 1,168
$2.99Rebirth:Which is my toilet
Apr 21 · DiracRipple, Reality Reconstruction Studio
Both: Walking Simulator · Satire
Which is my toilet is a satirical anomaly puzzle. You are the Reborn, assigned a random identity (97 genders + MEMES). Decipher absurd, ever-changing restroom signs in an infinite maze to find YOUR door. Choose wrong? Loop back! A unique blend of observation and dark humor.
Walking SimulatorPuzzleSatireFunnyDark HumorMemesComedyAbstractCasualDark
-40%$2.99Thought Experiment Simulator
Jul 22 · HoHo Game Studio
Both: Philosophical
This is a stupid game that might include Trolley Problem, Ship of Theseus, Brain in a Vat, Infinite Monkey, Sisyphus, Prisoner's Dilemma, Schrodinger's Cat, etc.
Dynamic NarrationComedyPhilosophicalTrainsMemesIndieHand-drawnSimulationCasualShort👍 620
$1.99Antihorror
Jul 27 · HFM Games
Both: Walking Simulator
Strange coincidence brought traveler in unfamiliar places. It would be fine, except sinister desolation is starting to embrace the surroundings. There is no another soul around for the tens of kilometers. Or that’s what it seems like? I should probably go deal with that.
ActionIndieHorrorComedyFunnyWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSingleplayerAdventure👍 212
FreeA Visit to Friends
Dec 2 · Joel D.
Both: Walking Simulator · 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
$4.99Backrooms Abyss
Jul 4 · Chadder Studios
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
AdventureCasualRoguelikeWalking SimulatorExplorationFPS3DFirst-PersonRealistic1980s
$0.99Despair
May 12 · AGC
Both: Walking Simulator
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
IndieHorrorActionFirst-PersonAdventureAtmosphericWalking SimulatorSingleplayerShort👍 1,398
$0.99"I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
Apr 20 · SameFrame, RBL LABS
Both: Exploration · Surreal
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
$4.99Through The Fragmentation
May 13 · Máté Pribelszky
Both: Exploration · Stylized
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Dialogue HeavyAdventureImmersiveExplorationFirst-PersonAtmosphericMysteryNonlinearStylizedChoices Matter👍 217
$3.99The Search
Apr 13 · Jason Godbey
Both: Exploration · 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
-30%$6.99MIMESIS
Oct 27 · ReLU Games, Inc.
Both: Exploration
A 4-player online co-op survival horror game. Avoid the contaminated rain, gather scrap and get back to the tram. Monsters that copy your friends' voices and behavior, and many other threats, stand in your way. Gear up and stick together to survive.
Early AccessOnline Co-OpSocial DeductionPsychological HorrorFunnyPvEPost-apocalypticExplorationRogueliteSurvival Horror👍 8,404
FreeWelcome to Emba
Dec 23 · NON Grata Studio
Both: Stylized · Surreal · Exploration
Matthew goes to meet his beloved, who was forced to land on the old base. But there is a catch — he is on a distant planet, where during the breeding phases of the local fauna people see hallucinations.
AdventureSci-fiExperimentalComic BookFunnyStylizedColorfulSurrealPsychedelicExploration
$2.99DLC Quest
Mar 18 · Going Loud Studios
Both: Satire
What happens when DLC practices go too far? An indie developer makes a game that mocks the industry and its foibles, that's what! Defeat the bad guy, save the world and get the girl! But first you'll need to find coins to buy DLC to enable animation, sound and even pausing.
PlatformerIndieSatireComedyShortParody Pixel Graphics2DSingleplayerFunny👍 4,994
$7.99Gato Roboto
May 30 · doinksoft
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
IndieMetroidvaniaActionPixel GraphicsAdventure2DCatsPlatformerRetroSingleplayer👍 4,364
-51%$0.49Heaven Forest - VR MMO
Dec 14 · Fabio Ferrara
Both: Walking Simulator
The pressing human questions about life depend directly on our attitudes toward the universe. You'll find the answers you're searching for through a series of reasonings and clues during your journey in this game as well as in your own life.
Massively MultiplayerAdventureVRWalking SimulatorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpOpen World👍 128
$0.99The Lost Souls
Apr 11 · GDNomaD
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.
IndieHorrorFirst-PersonGothicStory RichPuzzleShortWalking SimulatorExploration3D👍 203
$4.99The Tiny Bang Story
Apr 22 · Colibri Games
Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...
Point & ClickPuzzleHand-drawnSteampunkRetroAtmospheric2DStory RichCasualFamily Friendly👍 3,809
$6.99The Multi-Medium
Jan 20 · Micah Boursier
Both: Stylized
The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.
AdventureHand-drawnCasualPuzzle PlatformerStylizedStory RichColorfulPlatformer2D PlatformerPuzzle👍 525
-40%$5.99OneShot
Dec 8 · Future Cat LLC
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
$0.99Wickless: the void
Jan 27 · SoSad
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
A gloomy platformer in which you have to get out of the desperate consciousness of the main character. The unique ambient and minimalistic graphics will create a tense atmosphere. Explore the game space and avoid all its aggressive inhabitants.
Pixel GraphicsHorrorAtmosphericActionStealthMinimalistExploration2DWalking SimulatorHidden Object
$9.99Bientôt l'été
Feb 6 · Tale of Tales
Both: Walking Simulator
Bientôt l’été is a videogame for two players. Two players who pretend to be lovers. They pretend to be lovers separated from each other by lightyears of deep space. They have lonely walks along the shore of a simulated ocean, thinking wistful thoughts of each other. Thoughts from ancient Earth literature by Marguerite Duras.
IndieCasualSimulationWalking SimulatorExperimentalAtmospheric👍 163
$9.99Closure
Sep 7 · Eyebrow Interactive
Both: Surreal
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
Mýrdalssandur, Iceland
Mar 6 · Matt Newell
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Experience a realistically inspired recreation of iceland's southern coast. Take photos and explore the world at your own pace, become immersed with some of the latest visual tech provided by Unreal Engine 4. *Please note DLC is required for VR!
Free to PlayWalking SimulatorSimulationAdventureCasualIndieVRExplorationAtmosphericBeautiful
$8.99Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
Dec 16 · Nikita Kryukov
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Psychological HorrorVisual NovelPsychedelicPixel GraphicsStory RichIndieMultiple EndingsPsychologicalAbstract2D👍 20,779














