Best Surreal Games

Every Surreal game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Surreal setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Surreal theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Surreal world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Surreal-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Surreal Games rankings

9.8

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Action-Adventure · Shooter

PlayStation 2 · Xbox · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PlayStation Vita · Nvidia Shield

Espionage / SpyPsychologicalSurreal+1

MysteriousImmersiveTense+3

9.8

Hotline Miami

Action · Shooter

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 5 · Android

CrimePsychologicalSurreal+1

IntenseFast-PacedBrutal+3

9.8

Community

4.8

1 rating

UNDERTALE

RPG · Adventure

PC · macOS · Linux · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

FantasyMonstersPsychological+1

QuirkyWeirdEmotional+3

9.7

Balatro

Strategy

PC · Mac · Android · iOS · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch

ModernSurreal

StrategicAddictiveSatisfying+2

9.7

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Action · RPG · Action-Adventure

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · New Nintendo 3DS · Wii U · Xbox One · iOS · Nintendo Switch

Dark / GrimSurrealPsychological+1

CreepyDarkChallenging+3

9.7

Inscryption

Strategy · Puzzle · Adventure

PC · Linux · Mac · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

PsychologicalSurrealDark / Grim

MysteriousCreepyUnsettling+3

9.7

SIGNALIS

Survival · Horror · Adventure

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiDystopianPsychological+1

EerieUnsettlingTense+3

9.7

LittleBigPlanet 2

Platformer · Sandbox

PlayStation 3

FantasyCute / WholesomeSurreal

Open-EndedWhimsicalCharming+2

9.7

Library Of Ruina

RPG · Strategy · Simulation

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

DystopianDark / GrimPsychological+1

DarkChallengingStrategic+3

9.7

Pizza Tower

Platformer · Adventure · Action

PC · Nintendo Switch

ComedySurrealWorkplace

Fast-PacedFranticChaotic+3

9.7

Community

10.0

1 rating

Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut

Visual Novel · Horror · Adventure

PC · macOS · Linux · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox

PsychologicalSurrealDark / Grim+1

MysteriousCreepyUnsettling+3

9.6

Noita

Action · Platformer · Simulation

Microsoft Windows

FantasyMythologyNature / Wilderness+1

ChaoticChallengingBrutal+3

9.6

Silent Hill

Survival · Horror · Adventure

PlayStation

PsychologicalSurrealDark / Grim

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

9.6

OMORI

RPG · Adventure

PC · macOS · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

PsychologicalSurrealDreamlike+1

MysteriousUnsettlingEmotional+3

9.6

Community

9.9

1 rating

Wonderful Everyday: Down the Rabbit-Hole

Visual Novel · Adventure

Windows

PsychologicalSurrealDreamlike+1

MysteriousUnsettlingThought-Provoking+3

9.6

Geometry Dash

Action · Platformer · Rhythm / Music

Windows · macOS · iOS · Android

ModernSurrealContemporary

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+5

9.6

Caves of Qud

RPG · Simulation · Sandbox

PC · Mac · Linux · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiPost-ApocalypticFantasy+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.6

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Action · Shooter

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 5 · Stadia

CrimePsychologicalSurreal+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.6

Returnal

Shooter

PlayStation 5 · PC

Sci-FiAlienPsychological+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.5

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

RPG · Sandbox

PC · Xbox

FantasyHigh FantasyNature / Wilderness+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.5

Super Meat Boy

Action · Platformer

Xbox 360 · PC · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Wii U · Nintendo Switch

Dark / GrimComedySurreal

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.5

Rhythm Heaven

Rhythm / Music

Nintendo DS

ComedySurrealCute / Wholesome

QuirkyWeirdCharming+3

9.5

LittleBigPlanet

Platformer · Puzzle · Sandbox

PlayStation 3

FantasyCute / WholesomeSurreal

PlayfulQuirkyWhimsical+2

9.5

Killer7

Action-Adventure · FPS

GameCube · PlayStation 2 · Windows

NoirPsychologicalSurreal+1

MysteriousAtmosphericDreamlike+3