Games like HOST
by Garrett Fuselier
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?
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$14.99MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Aug 5 · Pantumaca Barcelona, @CarlosGameDev, Dani Navarro, Luka Nieto
Both: Puzzle · Walking Simulator · Surreal
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
$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
$4.990°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
$29.99INFRA
Jan 15 · Loiste Interactive
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · 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
$19.99Paper Beast
Jul 24 · Pixel Reef
Both: Exploration · VR · 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
$4.99Writer. Chapter 1
Jan 6 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator
You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
ExplorationPuzzleDetectiveWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorHorrorSimulationControllerLinear
$12.99Shape of the World
Jun 5 · Hollow Tree Games
Both: Surreal · Walking Simulator · Exploration
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
-50%$2.99Escape First 2
Jun 20 · OnSkull Games
Both: Puzzle · VR · Exploration
"Escape First 2" is the second installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
AdventurePuzzleCasualCo-opHorrorVRExplorationHidden ObjectFirst-Person3D👍 259
$19.99The Solus Project
Jun 7 · Hourences, Grip Games
Both: Exploration · VR · First-Person
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
SurvivalAdventureExplorationSci-fiVRSurvival HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonAtmosphericSpace👍 2,471
$1.99Heaven Island - VR MMO
Dec 23 · Fabio Ferrara, Giulia Airoldi
Both: Walking Simulator · VR · Exploration
More a Journey in your Inner Self than a game, "Heaven Island" is an experience in which you'll explore wonderful places. The inspiration for the environments comes from the Renzo Piano designs and from the book "Origins of Architectural Pleasure" in which the welfare is of primary importance.
Walking SimulatorAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerVRExplorationOpen WorldMultiplayerRelaxingCasual👍 376
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · 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
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
$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
$9.99Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
May 15 · Liquid Flower
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Exploration
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
-50%$2.99Escape First
May 10 · OnSkull Games
Both: Puzzle · VR · Exploration
"Escape First" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
AdventurePuzzleMultiplayerCasualCo-opHorrorVRSimulationOnline Co-OpExploration👍 381
$4.99Sense of Darkness
Dec 21 · Iurii Coseacov
Both: VR · Exploration · Puzzle
Where am I? Is it a dream? The afterlife? Or just a hallucination? You have a rare chance to experience awakening in this adventure VR game. Are you ready to step into the darkness and discover what lies beyond the veil?
VRImmersive SimAdventureExplorationPuzzleSurrealAtmosphericPhilosophicalDarkHorror
-90%$0.99The Guest
Mar 10 · Team Gotham
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Walking Simulator
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
PuzzleIndieAdventureHorrorMysteryAtmosphericFirst-PersonWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorShort👍 852
$6.99CAVE VR
Jun 3 · XJennyo, Tooth Lee, Yue, Nari
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
CAVE is the original VR puzzle game, looking for a journey of exploration in the ancient mysterious cave ruins, the ruins of the ancient inhabitants are from the exit ruins in layers, and the horse-hunting treasure hunt on the road seems to imply on.
CasualAdventurePuzzle3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerExploration3DRealisticFirst-PersonVR