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Looking for games like Polar Shift? Here are top casual puzzle recommendations with a mystery and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Two Parsecs From Earth, Insurance Agent Simulator or Machinika: Atlas.

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  1. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    70% User Score Based on 20 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 3 reviews

    Two Parsecs From Earth gameplay is remarkable interactive and adaptive to you! Choose 3 abilities during the exploration and experience your adventure in 8 different ways according to your own decisions, accompanied by music that adapts to your abilities choices. Once the adventure is over, you have the opportunity to do it again differently in the unique "New game+" mode integrated into the story… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Two Parsecs From Earth.

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  2. Step into the life of an insurance agent and experience the rhythm of work, routine, and downtime in a first-person simulation. Complete office responsibilities during the day, move between different locations, interact with your surroundings, and enjoy a more relaxed side of city life after hours. In Insurance Agent Simulator, your day is built around practical office tasks such as sorting files… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insurance Agent Simulator.

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  3. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 223 reviews

    Embark on a mesmerizing puzzle game adventure with Machinika: Atlas. Stranded within a crashed alien ship on Saturn's moon, "Atlas", assume the role of the museum researcher, the protagonist of Machinika: Museum, whose escape pod led them to the heart of an alien vessel. Machinika: Atlas is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, unfolding its narrative on Atlas, a moon of Saturn. Whi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Machinika: Atlas.

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  4. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 3,038 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 7 reviews

    A single player exploration and survival experience, played in first person and developed in Unreal Engine 4. Set on a mysterious and uninhabited alien planet. With Earth on the brink of destruction, as mankind's last hope, and stranded on a deserted alien planet, the player has to survive the harsh environment and find a way to send a signal back home. Confronted with merciless weather, and dan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Solus Project.

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  5. Edward's Journey is a full 3d top-down action-adventure RPG. It is a single player game with a large world that you can explore. More of the world can be accessed as you gain certain items and/or solve puzzles. Teleports exist throughout certain parts of the world for quicker travel. Your main weapons in the game are sticks. Each stick has one main weapon slot and a possibility of two additiona… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Edward's Journey.

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  6. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    100% User Score Based on 46 reviews

    Welcome Aboard! You’re Oda, a first time space traveler, forging their own story aboard a mysterious solar punk spaceship. Explore a strange ship filled with cozy cosmic chaos, master a physical world full of unexpected situations and uncover the traces left behind by former inhabitants - one journey at a time. A mysterious ship of wonders. Explore the strange rooms of a vast, organic spaceship… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Sprouts.

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  7. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 2,348 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 21 reviews

    BUD is back! Join this adorable wobbly robot on his fantastical acroBUDic adventure to the moon. "Grow Up is a joyful and ageless fantasy game. BUD, a clumsy and charming robot, is on a mission to find MOM, his parental spaceship. Leap, bounce, and float in a vast open world as BUD explores the new planet in this beautiful acrobatic adventure." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GROW UP.

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  8. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    87% User Score Based on 165 reviews

    Inspired by classic western isometric RPGs, this is an intentionally short hardcore role-playing game set in space 20 years after a major conflict over asteroid mining. Roleplaying Multiple solutions Choice & Consequence Optional but unlimited violence Note: this is a stand-alone prologue for the full game. While it also serves the purpose of the demo version, it has the beginning, substantia… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Wreck.

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  9. Come forth and embark on a journey unlike any other, a test of survival, sanity, and ultimately, trust. Traverse strange, liminal realities alone or with up to three others, scavenge what's left, and fight to make it one more day in a dimension that's not quite real... and never quite safe. A DEAL YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MADEYou were desperate. Life in the real world had become unlivable, until they… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chains of Reality.

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  10. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 724 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 18 reviews

    "Dive into this nautic adventure as curiosity will guide you through a space ship wreck on an unknown planet made up of water. When one of the lead scientists still on board tries to unriddle the possibility of a relaunch young Janitor Harold is around to assist her. Join Harold in his clumsy undertakings to stir up the ark-like ship’s stale day-to-day life and find the secrets that lie behind… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Harold Halibut.

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  11. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 645 reviews
    Critic Score 86%Based on 2 reviews

    Else Heart.Break() is a reimagination of the adventure game – a fantastic story set in a fully dynamic and interactive world. Instead of rigid puzzles you will learn (with the help from other characters in the game) how the reality of the game can be changed through programming and how any problem can be solved in whatever way you find suitable. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Else Heart.Break().

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    71% User Score Based on 144 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    A peaceful 3rd person adventure and town-building game. Explore, gather, build, befriend, and quest in a beautifully handcrafted world. Build and grow a new settlement and explore the lands surrounding it in this Peaceful Action-Adventure & Town-Builder. Search the lush forests of the Dusken Woodlands for resources, and adventure through mysterious new places to find lost artifacts. Meet strange… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dwarrows.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 117 reviews

    NeuraGun is a first-person science fiction puzzle game. The player will have to go through a maze of mysteries that will lead him out of the tangled scientific complex. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeuraGun.

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  15. Ever wondered what it is like to experience Sleep Paralysis? A Single player Phycological Horror Walking Simulator exploring the horrors of Sleep Paralysis and the bizarre and magical wonders of Lucid dreaming and Liminal Spaces, all based on my own personal experiences with sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming. It's a cold rainy day in the late 90s and you are just about to go to bed after a lon… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sleep Demon.

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  16. NOTEThis product is still in a very early alpha phase. INTRODUCTIONDeadly Shaft is a thrilling open-world survival horror game set in a luxurious, mysterious mansion on a remote island called “Veilshore”. The player Ashley, a 21-year-old gothic woman with magical abilities from “Emberwick”, falls into a trap and must confront the dark secrets of the mansion and its owner. Deadly Shaft has stealt… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly Shaft.

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  17. In The Last Crawler you play as a ventilation repair man named David and you enter the vents of Blackwell Station but everything is not as it seems. The vents are not safe and you must find a new way out before its too late. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Crawler.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Big Balls is a fast paced multiplayer party game built around physics driven movement, ridiculous moments, and just enough skill to ruin your friendships. Compete against over 10+ friends in wild minigames, intense races, and unpredictable gamemodes. See your best times on the Leaderboards, and see if you can hit the global top scores!! PvP - Damage players by hitting them at high speeds, laun… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BIG BALLS.

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  19. Your Way is a travel simulator with a conundrum element. Here you can walk through the forest and admire nature. The goal of the game is to solve the code and find the way to the mysterious end of the path. But it is not necessary to follow the cipher, because many different paths can lead to the goal. The main features of the game: - solve the code, - enjoying the nature, - walk a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your way.

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  20. Psychedelia: The Psychonaut is a pixel art action-adventure where you blaze your way through a psychedelic rebellion. Your motorbike’s been stolen. The world’s been taken over by tyrants and a secret lizard government. Only one thing left to do: trip harder than reality can handle. Every drug you take transforms the visuals, the vibe, and sometimes even what you’re fighting. Drop acid to e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Psychedelia: The Psychonaut.

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  21. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    The WorldThe year is 1989. Three decades have passed since the onset of "Global Isolation," triggered by an anomalous incident in the Mediterranean Sea. In this time, the world has transformed beyond recognition. All connections between continents have been severed, and shifting boundaries known as "running lines" gradually consume the land year after year. Nations grapple with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Irreversible.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 76 reviews

    Play full game now on Steam!   ~10 minutes to playthough Will you rise to the occasion - or succumb? Another night of hard work. Your boss is a douche, your job sucks, and you have every intention of quitting and finding something new.  You think everything is normal, but things might take a sharp turn - for the worse. Will you rise to the occasion, or succumb? Will you do what it takes, o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Envelope.

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  23. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 335 reviews

    MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3.

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  24. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    71% User Score Based on 590 reviews
    Critic Score 56%Based on 2 reviews

    Beyond Contact is a fiercely formidable survival game, inspired by the art and style of pulp science-fiction comics, the moral dilemmas of contemporary science-fiction films, and the unforgiving gameplay of survival genre classics. Taking place on the often mysterious and always deadly, procedurally-generated, alien world of Ketern, Beyond Contact features exploration and discovery, a robust syst… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Contact.

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  25. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elephantasy: Flipside.

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  26. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    90% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    The Lotus Holidays is an experimental adventure game by Sad Mask Party, featuring an intricate, interactive story that can unfold in many unexpected ways. It is quite weird, trippy and stylized, sometimes even bordering on surreal. But ultimately, it is a deeply personal tale, even if sneaky about it. It aspires to be an experience that is equally immersive and subversive.The GameplayThe gamepla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lotus Holidays.

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  27. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 1,163 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

    Kidnapped for no clear reason to a dazzling yet mysterious island on the Mediterranean Sea, a young girl has to find a way to escape. Armed with only her wits, agility, and the will to survive, she must make her getaway or Die Young. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Die Young.

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  28. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    Embark on an extraordinary journey through a mystical realm where warlocks and magic reign supreme. Introducing "Warlocks Deeds," a superbly crafted medieval survival sandbox voxel game that will transport you to a world of enchantment and adventure! In Warlocks Deeds, you'll step into the shoes of a budding warlock, ready to unravel the secrets of the magical arts and forge your path… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warlocks Deeds.

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  29. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 3,567 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 2 reviews

    Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Trucker.

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  30. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 872 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

    In a galaxy far far away, you are one of thousands of Cargo Commanders, facing ambushes and dangers as they scavenge abandoned containers for valuable cargo. Competing with the other commanders for leaderboard positions in various space sectors, you need to find enough cargo to earn you way back home! The main job of a Cargo Commander is to explore containers and collect as much cargo as possible.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo Commander.

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  31. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 626 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 7 reviews

    You play ION, a young exploration unit on a mission to secure natural resources. When you crash-land on an alien planet your ship is almost completely destroyed. Not only do you have to survive in a strange new world full of dangers, but to have even a hope of escape you must find a way to contact your home planet for help. With only your ship’s A.I. for company, you set out to explore your new h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phoning Home.

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  32. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    71% User Score Based on 76 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    The archeological research mission faced some unexpected difficulties. Your spaceship crashed. You are sure you have to escape this planet. But how? No one can help you. You are here all alone. Or not? At least you know what you should do next... “Star Story: The Horizon Escape” offers you a perfect way to relax in a sci-fi Wild West-esque world of the Horizon. Want to blow off some steam? Go kic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Story: The Horizon Escape.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere
    87% User Score Based on 346 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 5 reviews

    Arriving on a curious planet, Vix and her toolbox Tin explore space, fixing machines with unconventional tools and eating cozy meals with kind robot locals. On an epic adventure, the duo repairs an interstellar beacon, constructs giant mechs, and unravels a cosmic mystery that transcends existence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FixFox.

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  34. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    71% User Score Based on 178 reviews

    ** **"Fortunately, you’re god! Or at least, you’re basically god. I doubt the Mims can tell the difference. This means that on top of being in charge of RTS-like defense and expansion,... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mims Beginning.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 534 reviews

    Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scavenger SV-4.

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  36. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 1,004 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 5 reviews

    Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is an anti-adventure game about picking up trash in an alien bazaar. You play as the Janitor, an Alaensee woman with a municipally-subsidized trash incineration job, and dreams of leaving the planet of Xabran’s Rock far behind her. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor.

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  37. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    97% User Score Based on 217 reviews

    A short exploration game about poking around a convenience store and finding a gift with the help of its owner. But sometimes the perfect gift finds you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Depanneur Nocturne.

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  38. Enjoy freedom in an open world as a wolf, one of nature's most wild and powerful creatures. Wolf Simulator: Silent Paws invites you to an adventure full of mysteries waiting to be discovered in the heart of nature. Determine your own destiny and develop all the skills you need to survive in this dangerous world. Silent Paws is not just a game, it also offers an immersive survival experience integr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wolf Simulator: Silent Paws.

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  39. Distant Lands: Earendel is a 3D clicker about knowledge, memory and reality Based on a future world where a strange and undefined disaster took place, we are chosen for unknown reasons to complete the mission of "hiding" stars, cleaning the astral view to watch further and discover new and random stars. You'll have to unveil why we shoot stars, why are we chosen and why everything lo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distant Lands: Earendel.

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  40. /!\ Please make sure to read the following description before playing as I didn't have enough time to add an in-game tutorial T_T /!\ Controls Arrow Keys: Turn Left / Turn Right Spacebar: Activate Nitro R Key: Respawn if you get stuck B Key: Brake to drift!!!!! Thanks to the GMTK Jam staff for the incredible work! TAXI LOOPER Developed for the 2025 GMTK Game Jam! Welco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Taxi Looper.

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  41. Die again and again, to start all over again, the taste of victory is sweeter if the path to it is through pain and suffering... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to True Hate.

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  42. The main character of the game is a journalist named Konstantin, who specializes in the field of paranormal phenomena and investigates various mysterious cases. Especially those related to aliens and the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life. One day Konstantin himself became the hero of an amazing and unusual story... Embark on a fantastic journey full of mysteries and riddles. Become a h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mental State. Game One.

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  43. Survive the frozen wilderness and rebuild a life in a harsh northern frontier. Gather resources, craft tools, and upgrade your remote cabin while enduring cold temperatures, dangerous nights, and the quiet pressure of something watching from the forest. As you progress, ancient gateways begin to awaken, allowing travel to distant biomes such as deserts, swamps, and darker lands filled with new mat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eclipse Hollow.

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  44. A combat-free metroidvania where stealth is key. Exploration is done both by acquiring new powers and rearranging parts of the levels, and a crucial choice later on will lead to one of two different paths and endings. This demo contains the first of the game's areas. OBJECTIVE Finding herself in space by hitching a ride with the alien who kidnapped her three kittens, a cat mom will have to us… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Simple Expurriment.

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  45. Parasite is a non-linear retro platformer with a mix of action and puzzles. The player controls an alien worm wanting to get rid of a human space colony on his planet. There are multiple shapes to unlock and to switch between to facilitate the navigation and sabotage the complex. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Parasite.

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  46. You are a robot, built by a dying robot to continue his life's work: bridging communities together, bringing prosperity to the islands, and ridding them of their fog problems. Ready-built with instructions on how to build, how to solve peoples needs, how to clear the fog, and basic combat routines, you were prepared for the task ahead. Your builder explained his own failures and successes, and as … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bridgelands.

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  47. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    90% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Robots at Midnight is a retro-futuristic Action RPG set on the planet Yob, a world left in ruins and haunted by the machines once built to serve it. After twenty years in cryo-sleep, Zoe wakes to find a world she barely recognizes. To survive and to save what’s left, she must track down her missing father, lost during the cataclysmic event known only as The Blackout. Along the way, she’ll take on… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Robots at Midnight.

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  48. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 206 reviews

    Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Digger: Galactic Treasures.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 1,432 reviews

    Immerse yourself in Astrometica, a space exploration and base-building survival game. After an explosion at a mining space station, you awaken inside an emergency pod adrift in the vastness of space. To survive, you must harness your skills, explore the endless universe, and search for other survivors’ emergency pods or outposts. Space Exploration: Experience the thrill of exploring the vast… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astrometica.

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  50. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 882 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 16 reviews

    Xeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xeodrifter.

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