Games like Islands of Insight
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$24.99Fatal Claw
Aug 26 · NDEV GAMES
Both: Exploration · Nonlinear
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
MetroidvaniaExploration2D PlatformerAction-AdventureHand-drawnNonlinearPlatformerAtmosphericStory RichMultiple Endings👍 444
$29.99Valheim
12 days ago · Iron Gate AB
Both: Open World · Exploration
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingCraftingBase BuildingExplorationCo-op👍 465,813
$9.99We Are Gum
Sep 1 · Curious Nessie Club
Both: Puzzle · Open World · Exploration
A wholesome yet challenging puzzle game about goofy alien bubble gums that all move simultaneously and try to find their way home. Stick to walls, drag heavy stones, and turn simple steps into brain-melting puzzle.
SokobanFamily FriendlyPuzzleDifficultOpen WorldExplorationAdventureLogicRelaxingWholesome
-20%$15.99Secrets of Thoth
3 days ago · Fortunate Games
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
Uncover ancient truths in the mystical, intriguing and often dangerous alpine heights. Solve puzzles, explore ancient, beautiful and forgotten locations while you awaken the secrets of the Emerald Tablets.
AdventurePuzzleExploration3DFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericDark FantasyStory Rich
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Open World
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
-10%$8.99Unmurk
3 days ago · Michal Barszczewski
Both: Relaxing · Puzzle
A minimalist puzzle game. You only see the outer edges of the puzzle pieces in a voxel object. Put the puzzle pieces into place to reveal the hidden voxel object and watch it come to life.
VoxelMinimalistRelaxingPuzzleSingleplayer3DLogicFamily FriendlyCasual
-15%$16.14Alex & Arty
5 days ago · ROLLDBOX GAMES
Both: Exploration · Relaxing
Restore a dying alien world through the bond between Alex and Arty. Use Alex’s tech to cleanse corruption, help Arty bring light back to each region, and watch the planet transform through your actions.
ExplorationAdventureCreature CollectorNatureRelaxingColorfulAtmosphericEmotionalCuteStylized
NewFreeKairos: In Step with Time
Yesterday · Jiakang Lin
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Exploration
Kairos: In Step with Time is an experimental interactive experience about time, cosmic order, and human response. Align the time ring, answer six moments of change, and let your final hexagram emerge from the rhythm of the universe.
CasualSimulationStrategySpace SimPuzzle3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerExploration3DStylized
-30%$11.89Woodo
5 days ago · Tiny Monks Tales
Both: Relaxing · Puzzle
Woodo feels like a 3D coloring book you can touch, a relaxing puzzle-tale told through handcrafted wooden dioramas. A toy for those who never forgot how to be a child.
CozyWholesomeCuteSingleplayer3DRelaxingFamily FriendlyPuzzleCasualEmotional👍 317
-20%$3.19Snap Chess
3 days ago · Big Ice Games
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing
A small transparent chessboard that sits in the corner of your desktop. Solve a puzzle when you have a minute, or play a game against Stockfish. While you work, the board fades and stays out of the way. Difficulty adjusts on its own.
ChessPuzzleRelaxingProgrammingCasualMinimalistStrategySingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyIdler
$19.99Isle of Reveries
Sep 4 · desertcucco
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
Make a pilgrimage skybound to the Isle of Reveries, where any wish can be granted. Conquer mysterious dungeons, solve puzzles, and explore a vast overworld in this retro-inspired adventure.
FantasyPixel GraphicsRetroMetroidvaniaAction-AdventurePuzzleIndieAdventureStory RichExploration
$19.99Midwinter Fan Remaster
Sep 7 · Titanium Helix Games
Both: Open World · Exploration
Find allies. Recruit. Resist. Conquer. Nearly 30 years before Breath of the Wild perfected open world, there was Midwinter. Mike Singleton's 1989 landmark, faithfully remastered — 160,000 square miles of frozen island, 32 survivors with 32 personalities, and an invading army to resist and destroy.
StrategyOpen WorldSurvivalSingleplayerExplorationRemakeRetroSniperOld SchoolSnow
$4.99TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Aug 27 · AZAMATIKA
Both: Exploration · Open World
A challenging trading and combat game with a story and quests, where goods have unique properties, and the more you carry, the more dangerous the journey becomes.
ExplorationComedySide Scroller2DPixel GraphicsSandboxAuto BattlerTradingOpen WorldWalking Simulator👍 1,533
$4.99Fatal Logic
4 days ago · ItWorkedOnMyMachine
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing
Fatal Logic is a deductive logic puzzle game where you investigate crime scenes, cross-reference clues, and use the process of elimination to identify the killer across hours of challenging mysteries and community-created workshop levels.
StrategyPuzzleLogicDetectiveInvestigationMysterySingleplayer2DRelaxingIndie
-15%$12.74Eternity Lost: Mystery of Aurum Collector's Edition
3 days ago · Cateia Games
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
Follow a mysterious girl into a hidden underground city built centuries ago by a secret order of Alchemists. Reveal a dangerous conspiracy, search for clues and items, solve puzzles and mini-games, and uncover the secrets of a forgotten world. Will you bring truth to the light?
AdventureMysteryPoint & ClickPuzzleHidden ObjectConspiracyInvestigationSteampunkVisual NovelExploration
-10%$13.49Nightwater
3 days ago · Studio Ashty
Both: Open World · Relaxing
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Open WorldAutomationResource ManagementIncrementalIdlerCraftingSandboxRelaxingSimulationStrategy
FreeWhere Are My Cats?
3 days ago · Ozy Cozy Games
Both: Relaxing · Puzzle
🐱 Explore different regions, find hidden cats, and unlock new areas! Discover all 100 cats across 5 main regions while enjoying a relaxing exploration experience with cozy sounds.
CatsHidden ObjectWholesomeCasualPoint & ClickCozyRelaxingPuzzleCreature CollectorMinimalist
-15%$8.49Dewdrop
3 days ago · Second State Games
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing · Exploration
Make music & solve puzzles with physics at the same time. Draw vines, guide dewdrops through vibrant levels, unlock new sounds, and create your own beats in a relaxing musical sandbox.
PuzzleAudio ProductionMusic-Based Procedural GenerationPhysicsRhythmLogicRelaxing2DAbstractExploration
-10%$14.39Draco and the Seven Scales
3 days ago · Ice Goat Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle
Set sail on a voyage full of pirates, dark magic, and the thrill of discovery! Draco and the Seven Scales is a retro-inspired adventure that harkens back to an age of top down dungeon crawlers and lovable, crunchy pixel art.
MetroidvaniaIndiePixel GraphicsPiratesDungeon CrawlerExplorationPuzzleTop-DownSailingAction RPG
-10%$5.39Alchemess: Tidy Up Your Potion Shop!
4 days ago · Dan Fury, Sunny;)
Both: Relaxing · Puzzle
A cozy first-person sorting game. 2080 hand-named, physically reacting bottles scattered across the floor. A real mess. No, wait.. A real Alchemess! Join the mesmerizing flow of clicking each potion into its individual correct position. Tidy alone, or bring a friend. Or race one. Made with love.
CasualRelaxingSimulationOrganizingCollectathonPuzzle3DMagicFantasyImmersive Sim
$9.50Garden Ink
11 days ago · Kranich
Both: Relaxing · Exploration
Paint, combine and discover! Garden Ink is a cozy sandbox game. Combine decorations and use painting tools to customize your world. With hand-painted graphics and a relaxing soundtrack, it’s time to discover every cute surprise.
CozyRelaxingCuteHand-drawnDecoratingMinigamesExplorationSandboxFamily FriendlyCasual
-25%$5.99Cloudscrapers
7 days ago · Nementic Games
Both: Relaxing · Puzzle
Cloudscrapers is a minimalist strategy game with a relaxing atmosphere. Build your tower, manage resources, unlock new tools, and uncover the secrets hidden in the sky.
CasualCity BuilderRelaxingPuzzleStrategyMinimalistSimulationAtmosphericResource ManagementCozy
-30%$6.29奇点
6 days ago · xzx
Both: Relaxing · Exploration
SINGULARITY is a collection of 61 distinct games — from particle dreamscapes and detective puzzles to tactical combat and survival farming. Collect Embers in every level to grow and unlock more. The Particle Eggs keep expanding over time, so the journey never ends.
CasualRelaxingAtmosphericCozyExplorationLore-RichGod GameStory Rich2DTactical RPG
-10%$1.79100 Goldmine Cats
3 days ago · 100 Cozy Games, Cats
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing
🐾 Join the cutest adventure in themed locations full of cats! 😻 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of special places and try to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🐈🕵️♂️ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈
CasualCatsHidden ObjectIndiePoint & ClickPuzzleCozyWholesomeRelaxingCute
-40%$1.79I Wish You Weren't Here
3 days ago · Covenant
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
After waking up alone in an unfamiliar building, you have 2 questions: Why are you here, and where is everyone? As you explore, things start to make sense - but not everything is as it seems
AdventurePuzzleExplorationEmotionalSingleplayerStory RichWalking SimulatorPsychologicalDarkAtmospheric
$12.99Island Market Simulator
Sep 3 · Zentium Studio
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
SimulationOnline Co-OpManagementCasualMultiplayerLife SimStrategyEconomyBuildingSingleplayer👍 171
$1.99Word Sylla
3 days ago · Pixel Panda Games
Both: Puzzle
Hexa Word Sylla Word Submit Puzzle offers a dynamic gameplay experience that will keep you hooked for hours. Delve into the depths of your vocabulary and logic skills as you unravel syllabic mysteries and unlock the full potential of the English language.
CasualPuzzleTriviaWord GameSpelling3DIsometricSnowSingleplayer
FreeHearthpiece
7 days ago · 3dGecko GmbH
Both: Puzzle · Relaxing
A free, cozy jigsaw puzzle: 24 to 1000 pieces, 56 comic-style pictures, trays you name yourself and a table without edges. No timer, no ads. The pictures are AI-generated. Puzzle your own photos with the optional DLC.
PuzzleCasualCozyRelaxingWholesomeFamily FriendlyCartoonyColorfulFree to PlayIndie
FreeAniimo
6 days ago · Pawprint Studio
Both: Open World · Exploration
Aniimo is a free-to-play, next-gen creature-catching open-world RPG. Explore the vast continent of Idyll, Twine with unique Aniimo, unlock new abilities. Travel to a sky-floating metropolis, meet other Pathfinders, and battle in exciting competitions. Choose your Aniimo and begin your epic journey!
Open WorldCreature CollectorMultiplayerAdventureRPGExplorationCollectathonOnline Co-OpPvPCo-op
-25%$5.24Ashworth
3 days ago · MR ROCK
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
Something has been waiting for you. Explore a forgotten place buried beneath the earth, solve twisted puzzles, and piece together a dark story one clue at a time. But the deeper you go, the more it wakes. Survive what hunts you, or become part of Ashworth's story.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleIndieAtmosphericAdventureStory RichExplorationWalking Simulator
-10%$21.15Huglings
4 days ago · Cuddlecados
Both: Open World
Huglings is a cozy adventure for 1-4 players where you can help the huglings restore their village, which was damaged by the goblins. Create peace as you farm, craft, and decorate your dream home. No pressure, just a peaceful world to explore and a heartwarming journey of friendship and helpfulness!
CasualOpen WorldAdventureCraftingCharacter CustomizationCozyCuteMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-Op
-10%$9.90Poopy's Playland
3 days ago · EmilJoes Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle
Play as a grieving mother whose child went missing in a playland one year ago. Use your trusty flashlight to navigate through the dark, solve replayable puzzles to progress forward, and hide from the unstable killer mascots! Investigate the mysteries and find out the truth...
ExplorationPuzzleHorrorSurvival HorrorAction-AdventureFemale Protagonist3DFirst-PersonColorfulRealistic
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
Both: Relaxing
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
-30%$2.59君と最後の放課後
3 days ago · P.E.G
Both: Puzzle
Escape the classroom where a girl has locked you in on graduation day. Solve puzzles while looking back on your memories together, and make your way to the place where she is waiting to finally confess your feelings.
AdventureStrategySimulationTriviaPuzzleLogicDating SimWord GameMultiple Endings2D

