Games like The Artful Escape

A vibrant, story-driven 3D platformer where a teenage guitarist explores surreal dreamscapes, featuring dazzling visuals and music but repetitive gameplay in a roughly 4-6 hour single-player campaign.

Solar Ash
A beautiful, ~7.5-hour high-speed gravity-bending action-adventure with emotive story and some rough platforming.
2022-12-08
- Action
- Science fiction
- Platform
- Adventure
- Third person
- Indie
Figment
A charming, music-filled action-adventure through a surreal mind, with light combat and puzzles, in a roughly 6-7 hour linear journey.
2017-09-22
- Action
- Comedy
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
After Us
A single-player exploration adventure through a surreal post-human world, blending sorrow and hope in a touching story, with forgiving platforming and new mechanics per zone for a roughly 19-hour journey.
2023-05-23
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Third person
- Drama
A Musical Story
A short 1970s rhythm adventure where playing through songs unlocks Gabriel's memories, though reviewers found the story slow-paced.
2022-03-04
- Adventure
- Indie
- Text
- Drama
- Music
- Visual Novel
Penny’s Big Breakaway
A vibrant 3D platformer about chaining yo-yo tricks and combos, with a rewarding movement system and a moderately paced 11-12 hour campaign.
2024-02-21
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Third person
- Indie
ART IS RIFLE
A surreal single-player puzzle FPS with beautiful visuals and a short campaign around six hours.
2025-02-27
- Shooter
- Action
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie
- Open world
Psychonauts 2
A heartfelt 3D platform-adventure about a young psychic exploring surreal minds, with dark humor and customizable psychic powers in a roughly 30-hour story.
2021-08-24
- Action
- Comedy
- Platform
- Adventure
- Third person
Lila’s Sky Ark
A compact single-player action-adventure set in a psychedelic dreamworld, with puzzle-solving, punishing boss battles, and a poetic mystery to uncover.
2022-04-21
- Action
- Science fiction
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Bird view / Isometric
One Hand Clapping
A short vocal 2D platformer where singing and humming solves puzzles in a gentle adventure about finding confidence in your voice.
2021-12-14
- Action
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Fantasy
Sword of the Sea
An atmospheric surfing adventure with fast, skateboard-inspired movement through sand and water as you restore a lost ocean, praised for its fluid controls and stunning but brief journey.
2025-08-19
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Third person
- Indie
The Plucky Squire
A single-player, ~8-hour action-adventure set in a storybook world, where charming heroes jump between 2D and 3D realms to save friends, though reviewers note it's easy and limits experimentation.
2024-09-17
- Action
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
Onde
A short, meditative abstract sound-surfing platformer with ethereal visuals and music, praised for its stunning style despite uneven controls.
2022-03-17
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Arcade

Games like The Artful Escape

Solar Ash
A beautiful, ~7.5-hour high-speed gravity-bending action-adventure with emotive story and some rough platforming.
2022-12-08
- Action
- Science fiction
- Platform
- Adventure
- Third person
- Indie
Figment
A charming, music-filled action-adventure through a surreal mind, with light combat and puzzles, in a roughly 6-7 hour linear journey.
2017-09-22
- Action
- Comedy
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
After Us
A single-player exploration adventure through a surreal post-human world, blending sorrow and hope in a touching story, with forgiving platforming and new mechanics per zone for a roughly 19-hour journey.
2023-05-23
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Third person
- Drama
A Musical Story
A short 1970s rhythm adventure where playing through songs unlocks Gabriel's memories, though reviewers found the story slow-paced.
2022-03-04
- Adventure
- Indie
- Text
- Drama
- Music
- Visual Novel
Penny’s Big Breakaway
A vibrant 3D platformer about chaining yo-yo tricks and combos, with a rewarding movement system and a moderately paced 11-12 hour campaign.
2024-02-21
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Third person
- Indie
ART IS RIFLE
A surreal single-player puzzle FPS with beautiful visuals and a short campaign around six hours.
2025-02-27
- Shooter
- Action
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie
- Open world
Psychonauts 2
A heartfelt 3D platform-adventure about a young psychic exploring surreal minds, with dark humor and customizable psychic powers in a roughly 30-hour story.
2021-08-24
- Action
- Comedy
- Platform
- Adventure
- Third person
Lila’s Sky Ark
A compact single-player action-adventure set in a psychedelic dreamworld, with puzzle-solving, punishing boss battles, and a poetic mystery to uncover.
2022-04-21
- Action
- Science fiction
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Bird view / Isometric
One Hand Clapping
A short vocal 2D platformer where singing and humming solves puzzles in a gentle adventure about finding confidence in your voice.
2021-12-14
- Action
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Fantasy
Sword of the Sea
An atmospheric surfing adventure with fast, skateboard-inspired movement through sand and water as you restore a lost ocean, praised for its fluid controls and stunning but brief journey.
2025-08-19
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Third person
- Indie
The Plucky Squire
A single-player, ~8-hour action-adventure set in a storybook world, where charming heroes jump between 2D and 3D realms to save friends, though reviewers note it's easy and limits experimentation.
2024-09-17
- Action
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
Onde
A short, meditative abstract sound-surfing platformer with ethereal visuals and music, praised for its stunning style despite uneven controls.
2022-03-17
- Platform
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Arcade

Solar Ash

Figment

After Us

A Musical Story

Penny’s Big Breakaway

ART IS RIFLE

Psychonauts 2

Lila’s Sky Ark

One Hand Clapping

Sword of the Sea

The Plucky Squire

Onde

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