Skip to main content

Loading games like…

Loading the shelf…

About
FAQ
News

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

© IndieDex. All rights reserved.

Search Backlog Lists Following Profile

Games like Outsider | IndieDex

Outsider
Games like Outsider

Find the Steam hidden gems

single-players with secrets you find without a guideor

Games like Outsider

A choice-driven sci-fi narrative about extraterrestrial contact and a far-reaching mystery, with a literary, character-focused tone and a roughly 12-hour story.

The Message from Deep Space
A contemplative single-player indie puzzle game about decoding an interstellar message with math and science, offering a profound sense of wonder.
2026-06-29
- First person

Puzzle

Indie

STARDROP cover art

STARDROP

A cinematic, story-driven sci-fi exploration game with a female protagonist and a casual walking-sim pace.

2019-02-14

First person
Science fiction
Thriller
Adventure
Indie
Mystery

Quarantine Circular cover art

Quarantine Circular

A short, dialogue-driven single-player text adventure about scientists facing a pandemic and alien contact, with a ~3-hour runtime and mixed feelings on character depth.

2018-05-22

Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Text
Drama

Tides of Tomorrow 🌊 cover art

Tides of Tomorrow 🌊

A single-player narrative adventure in a plasticpunk world where your choices shape other players' stories and you follow friends' footsteps, with a beautiful story and roughly 12-hour playtime.

2026-04-22

Action
Adventure

Lightracer Spark cover art

Lightracer Spark

A single-player sci-fi strategy RPG about shaping alien civilizations through choices, with a roughly 9-hour branching narrative.

2023-04-12

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Drama
Visual Novel

Outer Wilds cover art

Outer Wilds

A contemplative first-person space mystery where players explore a time-looping solar system, solve environmental puzzles, and uncover the story at their own pace over roughly 27 hours.

2020-06-18

Action
First person
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Open world
Mystery

The Invincible cover art

The Invincible

A philosophical hard sci-fi adventure about exploring an alien planet with atompunk tools and making choices that shape a branching story.

2023-11-06

Action
First person
Science fiction
Thriller
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Mystery

OXENFREE II: Lost Signals cover art

OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

A single-player indie adventure about investigating mysterious radio signals in a hometown, with meaningful choices and a roughly 15-hour story that continues the OXENFREE series.

2023-07-12

Science fiction
Adventure
Horror
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Drama

Citizen Sleeper cover art

Citizen Sleeper

A single-player sci-fi RPG set on a decaying space station, where an escaped worker's choices and survival shape a quiet, character-driven story.

2022-05-05

Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist cover art

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

A lengthy, choice-driven narrative RPG about growing up on an alien colony, mixing exploration and card-based battles with replayable branching stories.

2022-08-25

Science fiction
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Text
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game
Drama
Romance
Visual Novel

In Other Waters cover art

In Other Waters

A non-violent sci-fi adventure about an AI guiding a xenobiologist through an alien ocean, with a minimal interface and a ~6-hour contemplative story.

2020-04-03

Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Mystery

Athanasy cover art

Athanasy

A narrative-driven indie game about meaningful choices in an underground city sheltering humanity beneath a dead Earth.

2022-04-13

Science fiction
Adventure
Horror
Fantasy
Indie
Text
Mystery
Visual Novel