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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.
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$4.990°N 0°W
Mar 1 · Colorfiction
Both: Surreal · Exploration · Psychedelic
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
$6.99Fractal Block World
Oct 18 · Dan Hathaway
Both: Exploration · Surreal · Psychedelic
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
$5.99Dreaming Sarah
Mar 12 · Asteristic Game Studio, Anthony Septim
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Exploration · Surreal
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
MetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerExplorationCasualPlatformerFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorSurreal2DRelaxing👍 2,301
$9.99Escape From Lavender Island
Aug 31 · Jeremy Couillard, Chris Parrello
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure · First-Person
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
ExplorationHidden ObjectWalking SimulatorAction-Adventure3DFirst-PersonThird PersonAlternate HistoryDark ComedyFunny👍 197
$9.99Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
Oct 29 · sodaraptor
Both: Surreal · Exploration · First-Person
Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
AdventureSurrealExplorationPlatformerAbstractAtmosphericHorrorRetroWalking SimulatorFirst-Person👍 718
$19.99YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
Feb 22 · KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Active Gaming Media Inc.
Both: Exploration · Puzzle Platformer
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
ExplorationPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleFemale ProtagonistPlatformerPsychological HorrorHorror2.5DCuteStory Rich👍 1,350
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: First-Person · 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
$14.99Broken Reality
Nov 29 · Dynamic Media Triad
Both: Surreal · 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
$29.99INFRA
Jan 15 · Loiste Interactive
Both: Exploration · First-Person
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
ExplorationPuzzleAtmosphericFirst-PersonWalking SimulatorAdventureMysteryStory RichIndieSingleplayer👍 3,469
$24.99Eastshade
Feb 13 · Eastshade Studios
Both: Exploration · First-Person
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👍 5,184
FreeEQI
Jan 15 · Chopin et al.
Both: First-Person · Exploration · 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
$9.99HOST
Jul 1 · Garrett Fuselier
Both: Exploration · 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
-90%$0.99Niko: Through The Dream
Jul 17 · Studio Paint
Both: Puzzle Platformer · First-Person
Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!
AdventureIndiePuzzleMinimalistPuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericSingleplayerFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackWalking Simulator👍 200
$7.99Return to Mysterious Island
Mar 6 · Kheops Studio
Both: First-Person · Exploration
Join intrepid sailor and recent island castaway Mina as she explores the hidden secrets within the Jules Verne classic inspired Mysterious Island. Gather key articles left from the island’s previous inhabitants and combine them in unique and interesting ways to stay alive and stay hopeful for rescue.
AdventurePoint & ClickCasualPuzzleFemale ProtagonistFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayerEscape Room👍 404
$8.99Dream
Jul 31 · HyperSloth
Both: Exploration · First-Person
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
IndieAdventureExplorationWalking SimulatorAtmosphericVRFirst-PersonCasualPuzzleHorror👍 880


