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by Three Dots Games
Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.
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$29.99The Talos Principle 2
Nov 2 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Sci-fi
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
PuzzleStory RichPhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiPuzzle PlatformerExplorationWalking Simulator3D PlatformerLore-Rich👍 12,481
$9.99SPACE TOW TRUCK - ISAAC NEWTON's Favorite Puzzle Game
Jul 29 · Eric Laflamme
Both: Puzzle · Science · Physics
Control gravity, orbit around black holes, and have fun mastering physics with your car in space! With this educational puzzle game, only your genius and your analytical skills can get you out of trouble after a painful car crash on the Moon!
PuzzleEducationSciencePhysicsSpaceSci-fiParkourSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerFunny
$4.99Odyssey - The Story of Science
Apr 19 · The Young Socratics
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Science
Odyssey is an enchanting and innovative science adventure game. Help Kai and her family escape their captors on the Wretched Islands - and learn the history of astronomy, mechanics, and scientific reasoning as you read Kai's journal and solve puzzles along the way!
AdventureIndieEducationPuzzlePhysicsScienceRealisticStory RichFirst-Person👍 207
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Sci-fi
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
$19.99Paper Beast
Jul 24 · Pixel Reef
Both: Exploration · Physics · Puzzle
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: Exploration · 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
$12.99ChromaGun
Feb 16 · Pixel Maniacs
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Sci-fi
Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!
PuzzlePuzzle Platformer3D PlatformerFirst-PersonSingleplayerColorfulSci-fiComedyScienceDark Humor👍 303
$14.99Genesis Noir
Mar 26 · Feral Cat Den
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Surreal
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
NoirPoint & ClickStory RichExplorationPuzzleSurrealAtmosphericStylizedHand-drawnSpace👍 1,696
FreeInMind VR
Jan 19 · Luden.io
Both: Science · Sci-fi · First-Person
Shrink down for a brief, free arcade journey inside the human brain. Follow a guided route through glowing neural landscapes, aim with your gaze, and clear targets to improve your score. Play in VR or on a regular screen.
VREducationScienceFree to PlaySci-fiFirst-PersonExplorationCasualPhysicsSingleplayer
$9.99SpaceChem
Mar 2 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Science
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
PuzzleDifficultProgrammingIndieLogicSingleplayerAutomationSci-fiGreat SoundtrackScience👍 2,628
$0.99"I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
Apr 20 · SameFrame, RBL LABS
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · 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
$19.99The Entropy Centre
Nov 3 · Stubby Games
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Sci-fi
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
PuzzleFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichFuturisticFunnyFemale ProtagonistTime ManipulationAdventurePost-apocalyptic👍 3,360
$17.99Dreamcore
Jan 23 · Montraluz
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Surreal
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSurreal3DHorrorNonlinearRelaxingAtmospheric👍 1,881
$34.99Abiotic Factor
Jul 22 · Deep Field Games
Both: Sci-fi · Exploration · First-Person
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
SurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen World Survival CraftCraftingBase BuildingSci-fiExplorationCo-op CampaignMultiplayerFirst-Person👍 42,120
$9.99HOST
Jul 1 · Garrett Fuselier
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
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
$7.99Machinika: Museum
Mar 23 · Littlefield Studio
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · First-Person
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
PuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickSci-fiAtmosphericIndieHidden ObjectFirst-PersonAdventureInvestigation👍 1,183
$5.99Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Apr 24 · Ankoku
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Surreal
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DAdventureSurrealNonlinearHorrorRelaxing👍 398
$2.99The Shape Of Heart
Oct 25 · Dragon Whisper Game
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Have you ever tried to save your lunch money in order to buy a game or comic book? After so many years, you have grown up, but your colorful life costs all your energies. The unlimited pressure makes you exhausted. Is there anything that could fulfill the void of your heart?
IndieEarly AccessPuzzlePhysicsNarrative👍 202
$1.99Plazma Being
Feb 9 · Hedge Knight Games
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Physics
Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.
AdventurePuzzlePlatformerIndieActionSci-fiAnimePhysics2DSingleplayer👍 312
$14.99FORM
Jun 1 · Charm Games
Both: Surreal · First-Person
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
AtmosphericSingleplayerPoint & ClickVRAdventureSurrealCasualFirst-PersonIndieRealistic👍 957
$4.990°N 0°W
Mar 1 · Colorfiction
Both: Surreal · Exploration · 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
$11.99Haven Moon
Jul 8 · Francois Roussel
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Sci-fi
Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure. In this Myst-like game inspired by Jules Verne’s universe, use your senses and intelligence to find your way through secret passages and curious machinery.
AdventurePoint & ClickMysteryPuzzleExplorationSteampunkSci-fiChoose Your Own AdventureRealisticLogic👍 646
FreeEQI
Jan 15 · Chopin et al.
Both: First-Person · Exploration · Puzzle
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
-30%$12.59Quantum Odyssey
Jan 29 · Quarks Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Science
Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ optimization challenges, hack player creations, and master quantum logic without coding.
Early AccessHardwareProgrammingLogicPuzzleSimulationEducationDifficultScienceAutomation👍 141
$19.99The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Sep 25 · The Astronauts
Both: Exploration · First-Person
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
MysteryAtmosphericDetectiveWalking SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonAdventureHorrorStory RichSingleplayer👍 6,860
$9.99Deep Under the Sky
Aug 22 · RichMakeGame, Colin Northway
Both: Physics · Puzzle · Surreal
Fling, jet, grapple and roll through a psychedelic world as you experience the bizarre mating rituals of alien jellyfish. You'll need careful timing and strategy to explore every cleft and cranny in this chill but challenging 1-button arcade game.
ArcadePhysicsPuzzlePlatformerRelaxingActionPsychedelicPuzzle PlatformerPrecision PlatformerSurreal
$24.99Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
May 16 · Simogo
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationHorrorActionMysteryStylizedAction-AdventureIndiePsychological👍 3,110
$19.99Isles of Sea and Sky
May 22 · Cicada Games
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.
AdventurePuzzleCollectathonMetroidvaniaOpen WorldSokobanPixel GraphicsAtmosphericExplorationRetro👍 1,541
$8.99Powdertron
5 days ago · SalE
Both: Science · Physics
A physics sandbox built on real chemistry. Drop 674 materials into a falling-sand world and watch them react, burn, freeze and explode. Then wire circuits, test wings in a wind tunnel, or split light through lenses — alone or with friends online.
SandboxSimulationBuildingSciencePhysicsTutorial2DCasualRelaxingColorful
$29.99Into the Radius VR
Jul 20 · CM IMMERSIVE
Both: Surreal
Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.
VRFPSPvESurrealSurvivalHorrorOpen WorldPost-apocalypticAtmosphericShooter👍 9,712
$19.99INDUSTRIA
Sep 30 · Bleakmill
Both: Sci-fi · Surreal
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
FPSActionSci-fiSingleplayerDystopian AtmosphericStory RichMysteryShooterSurreal👍 3,056
$8.99True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Oct 19 · Goblinz Enterprises Ltd
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.
ExplorationHidden ObjectHorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzlePoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistAdventureFirst-Person2D👍 1,108


