Surreal Hidden Gems on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated surreal games.

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Stray Cat Crossing Stray Cat Crossing is an indie pixel horror game about an encounter with a mysterious little girl named Cat. Explore a surreal world filled with colorful characters, challenging riddles, and dark secrets.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Aug 2015
Forget Me Not: My Organic Garden “Master, Master! I did it!!” "I can hear you, no need to shout! Oh, my! This is a rather firm Kidney." My Organic Garden is an avant-garde organ-clicking game. Whether it’s to get Master’s praise, or to please the customer, click away and ship those organs!

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 21 Aug 2015
RymdResa A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!

Price -84% 2.07€
Rating 7.0
Release 20 Aug 2015
Through Abandoned: The Underground City It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Price -96% 0.27€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Jul 2015
Potatoman Seeks the Troof Test both mind, body and spirit in this surreal bullet hell platformer. Plum the depths of your potato-consciousness to overcome impossible challenges in search of the elusive, tantalizing TROOF.

Price -96% 0.16€
Rating 7.2
Release 03 Dec 2014
The Old City: Leviathan The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Price -46% 3.27€
Rating 6.9
Release 03 Dec 2014
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!

Price -98% 0.40€
Rating 8.0
Release 09 Oct 2014
The Journey Down: Chapter Two Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!

Price -84% 2.03€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Aug 2014
FRACT OSC FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 22 Apr 2014
Master Reboot Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.

Price -96% 0.57€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 Oct 2013
Incredipede Grow arms and legs to transform into a snake, spider, butterfly, or fifty-legged horror - anything you can imagine. Control your creations in a fumblecore dash to solve each puzzle. Learn to swing through the trees, climb sheer cliffs, or even fly.

Price -96% 0.47€
Rating 6.9
Release 18 Mar 2013
The Cat and the Coup In The Cat and the Coup, you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Jun 2011
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity Create crazy, yet functional, custom vehicles to solve missions with your own unique style!

Price -88% 1.28€
Rating 7.6
Release 21 Apr 2011
Myst: Masterpiece Edition The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!

Price -81% 1.17€
Rating 8.1
Release 02 Feb 2011
The Void Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.

Price -94% 0.68€
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Dec 2009
Sacrifice Sacrifice is the acclaimed real-time strategy game that focuses on combat instead of resource gathering. The only two resources you'll need to worry about are mana and souls. Need more units? Capture the souls of your enemy. Cast spells of awesome power.

Price 24.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Aug 2009
The Path There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.

Price 8.49€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Mar 2009
Darwinia Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious  awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.

Price -96% 0.54€
Rating 7.6
Release 01 Dec 2005

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