Games like Star Lens - CGJ 2019 Entry

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

85% User Score Based on 135 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

After living for generations as persecuted refugees, the Letarri people set their sights on a far-off planet as a promising new home. But when the interstellar mission to colonize the new world goes terribly awry, the fate of their people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prominence.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

85% User Score Based on 84 reviews

Play as Birdo in this infinite platformer. Jump on the falling furniture to reach new heights, but don't get squashed or eaten by the monster! Mobler is created by a student game development team consisting of 9 people. We would love for you to help us by downloading, playing and leaving a review! This will help us greatly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Möbler.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

68% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Stardust Tycoon This project has been moved to Steam where current development is ongoing. Please visit the Steam page and wishlist the game. Steam link : Stardust Tycoon on Steam ***************** Old description below *********************** This game is a 2D sandbox space game, inspired by the original "Frontier Elite". I've taken some liberties regarding the gameplay, but overall, you're… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stardust Tycoon.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

80% User Score Based on 122 reviews

Critic Score 40%Based on 2 reviews

Tardy is a quest about fiddling with computers, terminals gadgets and other hi-tech scrap of all sorts. Deal with crazy machines, solve the mystery of the crew disappearance and help Ramto to come back home! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tardy.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

70% User Score Based on 337 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 3 reviews

A poetic, roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated world When home is no more... Resources are sparse. The world is infinite and unknown. The universe is lonely, open and unforgiving. You're drifting, in a big, empty and silent space. Searching for a new home. You know a few coordinates to some random locations; but this is the only information you got. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RymdResa.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

62% User Score Based on 141 reviews

Revelation, regret and redemption in the twilight dreams of an aging artist. Set against surreal landscapes spanning one man’s life and career, Zed is a desperate quest to reconnect fading memories and create a final work for a very special person. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZED.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

95% User Score Based on 150 reviews

Relive 1980s nostalgia in this text parser driven graphic adventure game. You and your molluscan crew embark on an epic journey to find a new home world. In Chapter 1 - Intershellar, wake up from your long trip only to discover a saboteur has been at work. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snail Trek Chapter 1.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

82% User Score Based on 71 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 18 reviews

Alone With You is a sci-fi game for people who love adventure, exploring and maybe even a little romance. You play the sole remaining member of a doomed terraforming colony. Your planet will crumble and implode in less than a month, and you must use your remaining time to try to escape. The catch? There is only one escape pod left, and it isn’t functioning. Even worse, the only people who special… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alone With You.

A sci-fi art game meditating on life, death and consciousness.  Journey into space through a fragmented memory palace. Warning! Art Game! This is an art game. There is little gameplay, the beginning is a bit confusing and so is the end. The middle requires player effort to untangle the story and figure out what is happening! A single play through probably lasts just over an hour (depending on how … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Salvaged Self.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

91% User Score Based on 9,956 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

*Indie Game Award* Find the ancient planet Earth among the star chart If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OPUS: The Day We Found Earth.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 149 reviews

Aliens are among us! Can you find traces of them on Earth, the moon, and the edges of the galaxy? Find all the clues to prove the existence of alien civilizations and discover how making fried eggs can end up in a monster attack! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Looking for Aliens.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 115 reviews

Come with us now on a journey through music and space... To the world of Voyager! Take it easy and create your own gorgeous emergent journey! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VOYAGER.

The Last Voyage There are no second chances. This is already our last shot. Updated 2021-03-17:  I've gone back and made a few quality of life improvements to the game post-jam. A  fast-forward button has been added, and a few sim and UI tweaks. Take command of Earth's first and last interstellar starship, the Sojourner, and flee our dying world with the last remnants of the human race. In The … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Voyage.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Cosmic Resistance is an engaging 2D pixel art casual game with strategy elements that puts you in the role of a skilled fleet commander. Tasked with leading the charge against an alien invasion, your objective is to liberate humanity from their tyrannical rule. Planets hold the key to victory! Conquer these celestial bodies and harness their abundant resources to fuel your epic fight against the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmic Resistance.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Dive into the enchanting world of "Hidden Cats - Christmas" a hidden object game where your mission is to uncover every cat hidden within stunning hand-painted artwork. Let your keen eye and curiosity guide you through this captivating journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden Cats: Christmas.

31%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

47% User Score Based on 17 reviews

"Hunahpu Quest. Mechanoid" is a challenging 2D platformer about the new adventures of an epic indian hero Hunahpu. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hunahpu Quest. Mechanoid.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

91% User Score Based on 57 reviews

Episodes 1 and 2 are complete. If you purchase the game now, you will receive the full version and all future updates free of charge.«The Guardian of Nature» is a wholesome puzzle adventure game about the interconnectedness of nature, created in a wonderful hand-drawn and hand-animation style. You play as Henry, a Guardian of Nature who needs to go on a magical journey to save nature and The Tree… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Guardian of Nature.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

79% User Score Based on 28 reviews

100 hidden Cats: Pirates is a hidden objects/clicker game. There are 100 pirate crew cats on the map, Your task is to point out all of them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 100 Hidden Cats: Pirates.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

90% User Score Based on 848 reviews

Voyager-19 is a short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems. Features: Explore different star systemsPhotograph planets with a slow display cameraRecord radio waves coming off planetsNavigate star systems with a basic star mapManage what systems get power as your nuclear battery decaysStruggle to see as pixels die from interstellar radiationUncover the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voyager-19.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

57% User Score Based on 83 reviews

The world is dying. Many years after the banishment of the evil that plagued the land, the world was hit by waves of unbearable heat. Now in order to save the world the band of young adventurers have set upon a quest to vanquish the Sun. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unforgiving Trials: The Space Crusade.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

77% User Score Based on 192 reviews

The plan was simple - the ship would wake you from your cryocapsule before you arrived at a potential new home. A planet for humanity to start a new life on. But when you awaken, you are already on the ground amongst the wreckage of your ship with no one else in sight. Stranded and surrounded only by debris, you start your journey under an unfamiliar sky. The planet has a breathable atmosphere, w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Under A New Sun.

Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpost Delta.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

68% User Score Based on 28 reviews

A hand-drawn 3D adventure game. Help unfinished drawing Sketch realize who he was meant to be as he chases after the artist's pencil, in a story of self-discovery of the art and his artist told in parallel. Featuring 2D character animation in a 3D environment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unfinished - An Artist's Lament.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

56% User Score Based on 437 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving. The multiplayer of MirrorMoon EP lets players share Galaxy Maps with other players: the first explorers to land on a planet w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MirrorMoon EP.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

90% User Score Based on 3,658 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 3 reviews

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Duskers.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

73% User Score Based on 80 reviews

Accept Captain Nemo's challenge and complete 20,000 leagues under the sea! Vibrant interiors of a character vessel, magical underwater views, and tropical islands. Complex and diverse locations: experience regular landscapes alongside 360-degree panoramas and 3D views! Hidden objects game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Captain Nemo.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

76% User Score Based on 66 reviews

Take a dive into the magic world of your favorite fairy tale Beauty and the Beast! Experience unusual 360-degree panoramas and 3D views in the classic Hidden Object game! Help Belle to go through all the ordeals and find love! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beauty and the Beast.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

68% User Score Based on 88 reviews

In this space flight simulator you take control of the space vessel Eurisko XI in its quest through deep space. Its goal: find our new home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Earth Analog.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

75% User Score Based on 40 reviews

A game you can read. A book you can play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNMEMORY.

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.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

68% User Score Based on 148 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 26 reviews

InnerSpace is a game about exploration, about player-driven moments both small and grandiose. Take your time, soar through the skies and dive through the oceans, and the secrets of the Inverse will reveal themselves. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to InnerSpace.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

92% User Score Based on 24 reviews

The city of Venice, once a significant tourism destination but now almost uninhabited, is struggling with the unpredictable behaviour of tides. Some of the most important monuments are being taken away, among the complaints of the citizens, and the lower part of the city becomes inaccessible more often than not. In Venice 2089, you'll explore the city through the eyes of Nova, a bored teenager wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Venice 2089.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

82% User Score Based on 88 reviews

An exciting adventure through space and time awaits for you in the newest hidden object game! Immerse yourself into a real investigation, full of intrigue and mysterious temporal anomalies! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Time Machine: Find Objects. Hidden Pictures Game.

43%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

43% User Score Based on 95 reviews

Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. 

Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ALONE IN SPACE.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

There's no room for error when travelling at the speed of light, racing through star systems in a desperate search for a new world to house Mankind. But there are plenty of opportunities for mistakes. Alien races of every conceivable size, shape, temperament and sophistication seek to aid, use, corrupt or destroy you - and you don't know which. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hyperspeed.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

70% User Score Based on 81 reviews

Elea is a surreal sci-fi adventure game in which you play as space scientist Elea. In 2073, Earth was struck by a horrid childhood disease and Elea’s husband Ethan joined an expedition to colonize Solace, a habitable exoplanet, to save humanity from extinction. The interstellar ship he was on, Pilgrimage, went radio silent shortly after it reached planet Solace. Thirteen years later, Elea joins a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elea - Episode 1.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

82% User Score Based on 1,758 reviews

Reveal the Deep is a short exploration-based indie game, where the user traverses through the wreck of a 19th century steamship. There is a heavy focus on piecing together the story of the ship's past, through a variety of notes and clues. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reveal the Deep.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

94% User Score Based on 17 reviews

I paid more artists to hide pigeons and bread in 15 pieces of artwork. Can you find them all? Warning: Relaxing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I commissioned some pigeons.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Welcome to TETHER. In this mysterious, hand-crafted platformer, pilot a cute drone and explore the desolate ruins of a space station that mysteriously went dark. Where did everyone go? Why is everything falling apart? Only you can discover the secrets lying just underneath the surface . . . Charming pixel art and animations Character/lore-rich story with plenty of dark humor Created by one pers… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TETHER.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Story Sean and Belle are on their way to visit their son for his birthday but suddenly they wake up in a mysterious world. Lost and confused, the couple ventures out into the unknown to find out where they are and where their son is. Gameplay In The Lost Son is a puzzle platformer where you play as two characters that you can switch between. Each character has a unique interaction with color. T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Son.

Isostasy. Equilibrium. The balance between opposing forces. Hot and cold. Solid and liquid. Light and dark. Peth-Luk and Gol-Luk, the gods that emerged from the Isostasy at the initiation of the current Fathom...but those are only myths... You play as Beihnn. Explore eight different zones with different terrain. Find items to help you progress, talk to other characters for hints, solve puzzles, an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isostasy.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Explore cozy art studios and uncover hidden cats in this charming seek-and-find adventure. Search through beautifully illustrated creative spaces, click to collect every feline, and complete each level. Can you find them all? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cats Visiting Cozy Art Studios.

RetroSpace is a love letter to the immersive games of yesteryear, with a modern sensibility and some unique, genre-bending twists. IMMERSIVE DISCO-PUNK SPACE-HORROR! You were but a simple janitor, now you are the last hope of all humanity! A space station has been swallowed by a sentient black hole, weird animal and plant hybrids roam the corridors, and even time itself has gone completely mad… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RetroSpace.

In the year 2184, decades after environmental collapse rendered Earth uninhabitable, humanity's last hope lies among the stars. The development of quantum propulsion technology finally enabled deep space exploration beyond our solar system, leading to the formation of the Space Exploration Fleet - a desperate mission to find a new home for our species. During this search, the project discovered Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quantum Javelin.

I really enjoyed participating in the ScreamJam, even tho my entry wasn't counted because I submitted it too late, but I think it has potential and I'm going to work on this game some here and there,  the level ups add a hundred HP to whatever you already have plus 2 times the level bonus HP. it gets harder as the more levels you go up, the more monsters that are shooting at you and running off.  … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mists Of Andromeda.

Marble Machines User Guide Introduction Marble Machines is a simple yet satisfying building and simulation puzzle game, your goal is build intricate and exciting machines that help a group of marbles find their home, through seemingly impossible and sometimes even dangerous levels. Marble Machines is a side on 2D puzzle game using simulated physics, the key mechanic is gravity, each level has a be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marble Machines.

Sky Farm Available on the Google Play Store - http://bit.do/skyfarm About the game: Sky Farm is a mobile turn-based puzzle game where you must use time travel to progress through levels. This project was originally developed under UCI's Computer Game Science Capstone Project Course during Fall 2017 and Winter 2018 Quarter.  Instructor - Joshua G. Tanenbaum  ***Update 5/5/2018 - IEEE GameSig 2018 … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sky Farm.

In the cosmic expanse of "Gravity Forge," master the art of interstellar transportation through a puzzling universe where gravity is both your ally and adversary. As an aspiring space trucker, you are plunged into the clandestine world of galactic ore transport. Navigate through 18 challenging levels by manipulating the trajectory of ore between planets using the gravitational forces of black hole… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravity Forge: The Quest for Antimatter.

"i am smiley" is a game project developed in two weeks as an entry for the International Game Concept Challenge (IGCC 2017) held in September 2017 at Trident College in Nagoya, Japan. The player controls a rogue AI on the run and  has to solve puzzles by possessing different kinds of robots with varying abilities, all the while avoiding being detected by the guards. The team behind the project con… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to i am smiley.

  The Game  Join this wacky caravan  of cultist sorcerers in a desperate attempt to convince an eldritch horror to NOT devour their world! The Doomsday Cult: Summit Penance is a jam game meant to be placed in the same world as another jam game of mine: "The Doomsday Cult". It's a 2D side-scroller platformer that requires you to perform sacrifices along the way to progress. Run, knock enemies out, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doomsday Cult: Summit Penance.