Best Surreal Games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated surreal games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free surreal games are available at the bottom of the page.
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DELTARUNE
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!
The New Flesh
Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.
Miscrits: World of Creatures
After years of absence, Miscrits is back and better than ever! Return to the world of Miscria and capture hundreds of iconic Miscrits. Train your Miscrits to their strongest forms and put a stop to the Magicites, who threaten to eliminate all Miscrit life from the world!
Necrophosis
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
Out Of Hands
Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.
South of Midnight
South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and unravel your family’s hidden past.
Dreams of Aether
A collection of dozens of Aether-flavored microgames! Dive into the Dreams of Aether, where everyone is trapped in a never-ending nightmare! Meet some of the strangest characters Aether has to offer!
ENA: Dream BBQ
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
神树残响（Echoes of the Divine Tree）
"Fight with faith!" This is a traditional-style yuri-themed card RPG. Build your deck, unearth relics, forge equipment, strive to become stronger, defeat various oddities, and change the fate of the divine tree's offspring, Hecate.
Pathologic 3: Quarantine
In this free prologue to a narrative-driven adventure, watch a mysterious plague break out in a small town. Learn what drove a celebrated academic to leave his acclaimed lab. Examine patients, uncover strange secrets, and make first steps towards immortality.
ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER
Your house needs a deck. You have a hammer. Freedom is $1,000,000.
Auto Sale Life
Build an automotive empire. Buy, sell, and customize cars to create your own brands and showrooms. Become a shrewd entrepreneur in this immersive car trading and customization game.
ANEURISM IV
A dystopian simulator where your choices shape a decaying city. Join other players to protect the metropolis from ruin, hasten its downfall, or simply work in the factories. With no set goals or rules, every action has consequences in a world teetering on the brink.
Nubby's Number Factory
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
FACEMINER
Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.
The Test: Reality Check
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Garten of Banban 0
Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…
BrokenLore: LOW
BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in a mist-covered, beautiful Japanese village, blending hyper-realistic graphics with low-poly elements. The main enemy is the Gashadokuro, a yokai from Japanese folklore.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
Slender Threads
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Moral Dilemma: The Interview
A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.
DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.
Butcher's Creek
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
Most played surreal games on Steam
Take a look at the top surreal games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 14th 2025.
1. Nubby's Number Factory
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode. Nubby's Number Factory is a strategy, rogue-like and arcade game developed and published by MogDogBlog Productions. Released on March 07th 2025 has received 9,433 reviews of which 9,206 were positive and 227 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played surreal game, thanks to its 657 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.5
9,206
227
657
players
2. ENA: Dream BBQ
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world. ENA: Dream BBQ is a surreal, adventure and singleplayer game developed by ENA Team and published by Joel G. Released on March 26th 2025 has received 24,413 reviews of which 24,088 were positive and 325 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. While seeing 280 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among surreal games based on player count.
9.6
24,088
325
280
players
3. The Bonerooms
The Bonerooms is a goofy horror-themed multiplayer game about surviving in a living maze. What will be your downfall? The spooky inhabitants of the maze, or your fellow players? The Bonerooms is a horror, multiplayer and surreal game developed and published by Jasozz Games. Released on October 30th 2024 has received 794 reviews of which 566 were positive and 228 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. While seeing 113 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among surreal games based on player count.
6.8
566
228
113
players
4. Cruelty Squad
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world Cruelty Squad is a capitalism, surreal and immersive sim game developed and published by Consumer Softproducts. Released on June 15th 2021 has received 20,791 reviews of which 20,136 were positive and 655 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played surreal games.
9.5
20,136
655
65
players
5. Superliminal
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective. Superliminal is a puzzle, first-person and surreal game developed and published by Pillow Castle. Released on November 05th 2020 has received 30,151 reviews of which 28,522 were positive and 1,629 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played surreal games.
9.3
28,522
1,629
46
players
6. Into the Radius VR
Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment. Into the Radius VR is a vr, extraction shooter and fps game developed and published by CM Games. Released on July 20th 2020 has received 10,783 reviews of which 10,089 were positive and 694 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played surreal games.
9.1
10,089
694
42
players
7. vivid/stasis
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the dark truth about a mysterious organization. Everything happens for a reason. However, the truth behind that reason is left obstructed. vivid/stasis is a rhythm, visual novel and lgbtq+ game developed by Team Vividstasis and published by Hajimeli and SKY HOUR WORKS. Released on March 07th 2023 has received 2,171 reviews of which 2,031 were positive and 140 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played surreal games.
8.9
2,031
140
39
players
8. Yume Nikki
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream. Yume Nikki is a indie, free to play and rpgmaker game developed by kikiyama and published by PLAYISM. Released on January 09th 2018 has received 8,629 reviews of which 8,120 were positive and 509 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played surreal games.
9.1
8,120
509
38
players
9. Lingo
Lingo is a first person word puzzle game with a large, abstract world to explore. With its epiphany-driven gameplay and impossible geometry, Lingo provides a unique and nonlinear experience. Lingo is a indie, puzzle and first-person game developed and published by Brenton Wildes. Released on December 12th 2021 has received 633 reviews of which 596 were positive and 37 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played surreal games.
8.8
596
37
36
players
10. The Classrooms
The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours. The Classrooms is a early access, psychological horror and procedural generation game developed by Hillcrest Games Inc. and Xefier Games and published by Xefier Games. Released on October 28th 2022 has received 1,978 reviews of which 1,780 were positive and 198 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played surreal games.
8.6
1,780
198
28
players
Best deals on surreal games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of surreal games available on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted surreal games.
1. Albino Lullaby: Episode 1
Albino Lullaby is a horror adventure game that doesn't rely on jump scares or gore. Escape from a surreal psychological nightmare as the world dynamically twists and contorts around you. Albino Lullaby: Episode 1 is a indie, adventure and horror game developed and published by Ape Law. Released on September 14th 2015 has received 379 reviews of which 266 were positive and 113 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. Featuring a massive 98% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for surreal category.
6.7
266
113
-98%
24.50€
0.52€
2. Manifold Garden
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits. Manifold Garden is a puzzle, surreal and abstract game developed and published by William Chyr Studio. Released on October 20th 2020 has received 7,229 reviews of which 6,901 were positive and 328 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 97% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in surreal games.
9.2
6,901
328
-97%
19.50€
0.59€
3. Paradigm
Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy. Paradigm is a adventure, indie and point & click game developed and published by Jacob Janerka. Released on April 05th 2017 has received 1,580 reviews of which 1,491 were positive and 89 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 97% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in surreal games.
9.0
1,491
89
-97%
14.99€
0.54€
4. Creaks
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters. Creaks is a puzzle, hand-drawn and atmospheric game developed and published by Amanita Design. Released on July 22nd 2020 has received 4,855 reviews of which 4,607 were positive and 248 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 96% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for surreal games.
9.1
4,607
248
-96%
19.99€
0.96€
5. Zeno Clash
Zeno Clash is an action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game is played from a first person perspective and the combat is generally up close and brutal. Experience a deep storyline set in a fantastic world. Zeno Clash is a action, surreal and indie game developed and published by ACE Team. Released on April 21st 2009 has received 3,045 reviews of which 2,621 were positive and 424 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 96% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for surreal games.
8.3
2,621
424
-96%
9.99€
0.48€
6. The Franz Kafka Videogame
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka. The Franz Kafka Videogame is a adventure, surreal and indie game developed by Denis Galanin (mif2000) and published by Daedalic Entertainment. Released on April 06th 2017 has received 837 reviews of which 540 were positive and 297 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 96% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for surreal games.
6.3
540
297
-96%
6.99€
0.33€
7. Small Radios Big Televisions
Explore the inner workings of deserted factories in search of data cassettes that contain boundless virtual worlds. Collect more tapes and explore more worlds and you'll soon discover new methods of traversal and control that will take you farther than you'd ever expect. Small Radios Big Televisions is a indie, adventure and puzzle game developed by Fire Face Corporation and published by . Released on November 08th 2016 has received 371 reviews of which 265 were positive and 106 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 94% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for surreal games.
6.8
265
106
-94%
11.99€
0.75€
8. The Norwood Suite
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival. The Norwood Suite is a first-person, exploration and surreal game developed by Cosmo D and published by Alliance. Released on October 02nd 2017 has received 1,205 reviews of which 1,058 were positive and 147 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 93% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for surreal games.
8.3
1,058
147
-93%
9.99€
0.76€
9. Aspire: Ina's Tale
Set out on a mystical adventure of self-discovery against the backdrop of fantastical landscapes of The Tower. Meet its dwellers and unravel their stories. Manipulate spirits to solve puzzles, and lead Ina on her path to freedom. Aspire: Ina's Tale is a surreal, female protagonist and puzzle-platformer game developed by Wondernaut Studio and published by Untold Tales. Released on December 17th 2021 has received 365 reviews of which 309 were positive and 56 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 93% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for surreal games.
7.9
309
56
-93%
12.79€
0.99€
10. Shape of the World
A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress. Shape of the World is a casual, indie and nature game developed by Hollow Tree Games and published by Plug In Digital and Dear Villagers. Released on June 05th 2018 has received 389 reviews of which 307 were positive and 82 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 93% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for surreal games.
7.4
307
82
-93%
10.79€
0.85€
Free surreal games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play surreal games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play surreal games.
1. ENA: Dream BBQ
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world. ENA: Dream BBQ is a surreal, adventure and singleplayer game developed by ENA Team and published by Joel G. Released on March 26th 2025 has received 24,413 reviews of which 24,088 were positive and 325 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. With 280 active players enjoying it for free, this strategy game has reached the #1 spot among the top free surreal games on Steam.
9.6
24,088
325
280
players
2. The Bonerooms
The Bonerooms is a goofy horror-themed multiplayer game about surviving in a living maze. What will be your downfall? The spooky inhabitants of the maze, or your fellow players? The Bonerooms is a horror, multiplayer and surreal game developed and published by Jasozz Games. Released on October 30th 2024 has received 794 reviews of which 566 were positive and 228 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. Thanks to its free to play tag and a daily player base of 113, this surreal game has secured the #2 spot in the ranking of free surreal games on Steam.
6.8
566
228
113
players
3. vivid/stasis
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the dark truth about a mysterious organization. Everything happens for a reason. However, the truth behind that reason is left obstructed. vivid/stasis is a rhythm, visual novel and lgbtq+ game developed by Team Vividstasis and published by Hajimeli and SKY HOUR WORKS. Released on March 07th 2023 has received 2,171 reviews of which 2,031 were positive and 140 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played free surreal games on Steam.
8.9
2,031
140
39
players
4. Yume Nikki
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream. Yume Nikki is a indie, free to play and rpgmaker game developed by kikiyama and published by PLAYISM. Released on January 09th 2018 has received 8,629 reviews of which 8,120 were positive and 509 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played free surreal games on Steam.
9.1
8,120
509
38
players
5. The New Flesh
Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox. The New Flesh is a music, casual and surreal game developed by Freshly Baked Games LLC and Red Vox and published by Freshly Baked Games LLC. Released on June 01st 2025 has received 608 reviews of which 600 were positive and 8 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played free surreal games on Steam.
9.2
600
8
18
players
6. Off-Peak
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago. Off-Peak is a free to play, indie and surreal game developed by Cosmo D and published by Cosmo D Studios. Released on October 21st 2016 has received 1,721 reviews of which 1,535 were positive and 186 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played free surreal games on Steam.
8.5
1,535
186
3
players
7. How Fish Is Made
Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC! How Fish Is Made is a surreal, short and horror game developed by Wrong Organ, Johanna Kasurinen, Jeffrey Tomec and Martin Halldin and published by Wrong Organ and CRITICAL REFLEX. Released on January 14th 2022 has received 4,784 reviews of which 4,566 were positive and 218 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played free surreal games on Steam.
9.2
4,566
218
2
players
8. Liquidators
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake. Liquidators is a stylized, surreal and atmospheric game developed by Gray Unit and published by Gray Unit and Juggernaut Entertainment. Released on September 30th 2020 has received 1,118 reviews of which 1,072 were positive and 46 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played free surreal games on Steam.
9.0
1,072
46
2
players
9. Mitoza
It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza. Mitoza is a free to play, surreal and choices matter game developed by Gal Mamalya and published by Second Maze. Released on March 05th 2021 has received 3,417 reviews of which 3,294 were positive and 123 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played free surreal games on Steam.
9.2
3,294
123
1
players
10. Animyst
Explore a strange and dark afterlife as the Undead. Inhabit the body of a Skeleton or Fleshy Corpse and build a new life in The Droughts, a giant desert of ancient ruins and occult monsters. Craft powerful spells and befriend or battle other players in a single open online world... Animyst is a dark fantasy, demons and horror game developed and published by Animyst Games. Released on July 02nd 2018 has received 439 reviews of which 375 were positive and 64 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played free surreal games on Steam.
8.0
375
64
1
players