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A lonely single-player survival-exploration trek across an alien planet, centered on resource management and a repetitive artifact hunt lasting about 8 hours.

Low Oxygen
A compact single-player puzzle adventure exploring an abandoned alien facility with moderately challenging plant-based puzzles.
2023-03-16
- Adventure
- Indie

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Lost Nova

A cute, relaxing single-player alien-planet adventure about exploring, salvaging, crafting, trading, and upgrading your way home in roughly six hours.

2022-05-11

Action
Platform
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Open world

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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

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Epitasis

A short single-player adventure blending exploration and puzzle-solving through the remnants of an alien civilization, with praised visuals but mixed critical response.

2019-05-01

Action
First person
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Mystery

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The Planet Crafter: Prologue

A short, relaxing space survival prologue focused on terraforming a barren planet through base building and atmosphere management, with reviewers averaging 4-8 hours.

2021-12-19

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Deliver Us The Moon

A calming yet adventurous sci-fi thriller about an astronaut investigating a moon mission in a resource-depleted near future, with exploration-based puzzles and a ~6-8 hour story.

2019-10-10

Action
First person
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Indie
Mystery

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Q.U.B.E. 2

A single-player first-person puzzle adventure through alien ruins, with engaging, difficult puzzles and a mysterious archaeologist story.

2018-03-13

Action
First person
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Mystery
Virtual Reality

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Surviving Mars: Pioneer

A VR survival sim on Mars with simple, casual exploration and building, marred by some controller and soft-lock issues and offering a short median playtime.

2025-09-04

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Strategy
Simulator
Virtual Reality

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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

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OPUS: The Day We Found Earth

A short, contemplative single-player adventure where a robot searches the galaxy with a deep-space telescope to find Earth.

2016-04-22

First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Visual Novel

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J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars

A calm sci-fi point-and-click adventure about an astrobiologist alone near an unknown planet, with a ~10-12 hour story.

2014-09-12

Science fiction
Adventure
Indie

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Starsand

An open-world desert survival game with crafting, base construction, and mystic mysteries, offering a short, mixed-experience campaign.

2022-11-17

Action
First person
Adventure
Survival
Simulator