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by William Chyr Studio
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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-70%$7.49Viewfinder
Jul 18 · Sad Owl Studios
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · First-Person
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleFirst-PersonSingleplayerAbstractSurrealPsychologicalAdventurePhysicsAtmospheric👍 11,929
$19.99Antichamber
Jan 31 · Alexander Bruce
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Surreal
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
PuzzleFirst-PersonIndieSurrealExplorationSingleplayerAbstractNonlinearAdventureMinimalist👍 13,659
$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
$14.99Moncage
Nov 15 · Optillusion
Both: Puzzle · Surreal · Abstract
Moncage is a unique puzzle adventure game where you explore a fascinating world trapped inside a mysterious cube. With each face displaying a unique scene, you’ll have to leverage the illusions and discover the hidden links to solve the puzzle.
PuzzleCasualIndieSingleplayerAdventureSurrealAtmosphericAbstractCartoonExperimental👍 5,127
$4.99Cat Museum
Mar 17 · 751 Games
Both: Puzzle · Surreal · Psychedelic
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
$9.99Portal
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · First-Person
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerFirst-Person3D PlatformerSingleplayerSci-fiComedyFemale ProtagonistPhysicsFunny👍 173,660
$9.99Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
Oct 29 · sodaraptor
Both: Surreal · Exploration · Abstract
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
$9.99The Bridge
Feb 22 · Ty Taylor, Vega Castañeda
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Surreal · Puzzle
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Puzzle PlatformerHand-drawnSurrealPhysics2DPuzzleSingleplayerLogicEmotionalIndie👍 3,425
$29.99Obduction
Aug 24 · Cyan, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
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
$4.99ISLANDS: Non-Places
Nov 17 · Carl Burton
Both: Surreal · Experimental · Abstract
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
$19.99Samorost 3
Mar 24 · Amanita Design
Both: Psychedelic · Surreal · Puzzle
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
$16.99Etherborn
Jul 18 · Altered Matter
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Minimalist
Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.
IndieAdventureGreat SoundtrackPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericPlatformer3D PlatformerMinimalistColorful👍 103
$9.99Evergarden
Aug 16 · Flippfly LLC
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Abstract
You have just arrived in a magical forest world with a hexagon board at its center, a mysterious creature nearby, and secrets lurking in the shadows. Why are you here, and what will you do next? A deceptively simple puzzle game, wrapped in a magical adventure.
PuzzleStrategyAdventureOpen WorldExplorationLogicHex GridRelaxingAbstractMagic👍 120
$19.99The Gardens Between
Sep 19 · The Voxel Agents
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Surreal
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
Puzzle PlatformerHidden ObjectPuzzleWalking SimulatorFemale Protagonist3DRelaxingSurrealLinearStory Rich👍 2,362
$9.99Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
May 15 · Liquid Flower
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Puzzle Platformer
A serene first-person puzzle platformer set across strikingly beautiful worlds. Place and remove cubes to solve handcrafted puzzles, discover hidden secrets, and lose yourself in an atmosphere unlike anything else. Includes a full level editor and Steam Workshop support.
PuzzleFirst-PersonAtmosphericRelaxingPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerExplorationCozyWalking SimulatorLevel Editor👍 608
$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
$2.99LYNE
Mar 17 · Thomas Bowker
Both: Puzzle · Minimalist · Abstract
Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.
PuzzleLogicMinimalistRelaxingDifficultCasualProcedural GenerationAbstractMouse OnlyTouch-Friendly👍 7,186
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
$0.99Landlord of the Woods
Mar 17 · Madison Karrh
Both: Puzzle · Surreal
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
$3.99The Search
Apr 13 · Jason Godbey
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
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
$24.99COCOON
Sep 29 · Geometric Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Puzzle Platformer
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndiePuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericStylized3DSingleplayerFuturistic👍 7,963
$5.99Starseed Pilgrim
Apr 16 · droqen
Both: Puzzle · Minimalist · Exploration
Starseed Pilgrim is a game about tending a symphonic garden, exploring space, and embracing fate.You are a gardener, tending to empty noise and empty space to fill them both with colour.You are a refugee, building your own world away from the spreading darkness.You are an explorer, discovering new places, new rules, and new fascinations.
IndieAdventurePuzzleMinimalistExplorationPuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericPlatformerDifficult2D👍 192
$19.99YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
Feb 22 · KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Active Gaming Media Inc.
Both: Exploration · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
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
$14.99The Swapper
May 30 · Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
PuzzleSci-fiAtmosphericIndieSpacePlatformerPuzzle PlatformerSingleplayerAdventurePhilosophical👍 5,064
$12.99Shape of the World
Jun 5 · Hollow Tree Games
Both: Surreal · Exploration · First-Person
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 SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonRelaxingAdventure👍 263
$14.99TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
Oct 9 · Rat King Entertainment
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!
AdventureIndiePuzzleExplorationFirst-Person3D PlatformerSurrealPlatformerAtmosphericSingleplayer👍 365
-89%$0.76Sizeable
Mar 19 · Business Goose Studios
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Minimalist
Sizeable is a relaxing and peaceful puzzle/exploration game! Shrink and grow your way through small dioramas in search of hidden objects!
CasualPuzzleHidden ObjectIndieRelaxingExplorationSingleplayer3DMinimalistIsometric👍 3,106
$9.99Deep Under the Sky
Aug 22 · RichMakeGame, Colin Northway
Both: Puzzle · Psychedelic · Puzzle Platformer
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






