
Basilisk's Isles is an investigation game. Explore the beautiful painterly islands, talk with their colourful inhabitants, and use the different windows and tools at your disposal to unravel their strange mysteries.
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Basilisk's Isles is an investigation game. Explore the beautiful painterly islands, talk with their colourful inhabitants, and use the different windows and tools at your disposal to unravel their strange mysteries.
《下九泉》是一款国产剧情向解谜游戏。主角孟存真死后魂归地府,成为行走于九泉的实习判官。孟存真从一个因受诅咒而不能入轮回的亡魂展开调查,追寻亡者被诅咒的真相。游戏围绕人性中“贪、嗔、痴、慢、疑”展开5个截然不同的单元故事。不到最后一刻,你永远想不到事件背后令人细思极恐的真相…
Why similar: Surreal 12.2%, Mystery 11%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Emotional 9.9%, Narration 9.1%
Little story about a couple of strangers while you solve jingsaw puzzles.
Why similar: Comic Book 26.5%, Text-Based 19.2%, Conversation 16.2%, Narration 13.2%, Puzzle 8.5%
PondThing is a 2D fantasy narrative puzzle game. The sudden death of a stepfather leaves behind a mysterious idol rumored to grant wishes. As the family gathers around this inheritance, conspiracies and hidden truths slowly come to light…
Why similar: Comic Book 33.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 11.1%
In Your Books is a short adventure game where you play the granddaughter of a bookseller. After her disappearance you'll have to take the place of your grandmother. Recommend books, learn to know the locals, solve secret mechanisms and discover where she left.
Why similar: Conversation 19.5%, Comic Book 16.6%, Narration 14.9%, Emotional 14.2%, Text-Based 12.1%
“Escape Tales: The Awakening” is a haunting narrative puzzle game that plunges you into a world shrouded in darkness and mystery. Immerse yourself in a gripping tale of loss, redemption, and the echoes of a forgotten past based on the well-received escape room card game.
Why similar: Narration 18.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Emotional 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.9%
Investigate the murder of a famous streamer and find out who the killer is, but beware of people who don't like you meddling.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Mystery 20%, Investigation 12.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Puzzle 10.6%
An episodic co-op noir murder mystery. Play as one half of a crime-fighting duo: the detective Jack Finch and his police dog, Archie. Use your deduction skills and sense of smell to find evidence, interrogate suspects, and catch the culprit in a gritty story set in the Great Depression.
Why similar: Comic Book 20.6%, Investigation 12.7%, Conversation 12.6%, Text-Based 11%, Mystery 10.9%
Hit & Haunted is a top-down murder mystery game where a hitman is suddenly visited by an apparition of his most recent hit. Switch perspectives to take advantage of their unique mechanics and get to the bottom of this ghastly case.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Top-Down 16.7%, Puzzle 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Emotional 10.6%
Embers of Spiritflame is an Emotional Point & Click detective adventure about the exploration of an old abandoned house. Inside, You go through comic book-inspired levels and begin to uncover why everyone is missing. View events and memories of the place and piece the story together.
Why similar: Comic Book 22%, Conversation 15.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%, Emotional 11.7%
After yet another night of brooding over his wife's murder, Detective Edgar receives a mysterious letter. A music star asks to investigate her own murder. Interrogate the suspects, search for clues and find out what happened. Will you be able to unravel the truth from the lies?
Why similar: Narration 22.2%, Conversation 21.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 9.8%
You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam. Your once-confident search is morphing into panic. Nothing is available. Anything will do. ANYTHING.
Why similar: Comic Book 30.3%, Text-Based 16.9%, Surreal 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Emotional 10.6%
Three Doors. One Safe Path. Observe the signs, learn the patterns, and uncover the fate of the explorer who ventured before you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Emotional 14.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 10.3%
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Mystery 19.3%, Conversation 16.7%, Investigation 16%, Text-Based 15.9%, Puzzle 10.7%
In the middle of the night, while finding her parents, a girl falls to the toy world through attic locked for a long time. Will it be possible for her to find her parents and go back to her world? Let's solve some puzzles and explore the mysterious toy world.
Why similar: Emotional 17.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Exploration 11.7%
After his father's death, a young man discovers records of a forest where his father used to camp. In search of connection and understanding, he decides to explore the area. Among the ancient trees, he uncovers forgotten memories and mysteries to unravel.
Why similar: Emotional 21.4%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 13%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 11.8%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Comic Book 17.5%, Investigation 15.3%, Narration 12.4%, Mystery 11.6%
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Comic Book 24.7%, Conversation 14.4%, Narration 12.7%, Investigation 11.8%, Mystery 10%
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Conversation 16%, Surreal 12.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Mystery 11.1%, Investigation 11%
Survive a plane crash and enter the veil between life and death. Solve physics-bending puzzles, collect lost stars, and cultivate a garden within your mind. In this atmospheric journey inspired by The Little Prince and Sufi mysticism, the only way out is within.
Why similar: Narration 25.7%, Emotional 17.3%, Surreal 13.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 9.6%
Led to a remote exoplanet by a distress signal, B3-4K discovers a laboratory under the surface of the planet. Push blocks, flip levers, and turn mirrors to solve puzzles and explore the mysteries of the laboratory.
Why similar: Comic Book 28.1%, Puzzle 15.2%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Top-Down 11%, Story Rich 9.8%
Welcome to Regilus, a paradise planet turned into a popular tourist destination! But your holiday adventure soon turned into a nightmare. Stranded on an alien planet you need to find your way out. Remember though, not everything here is as it seems.
Why similar: Mystery 14.8%, Emotional 14.1%, Investigation 13.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Puzzle 8.3%
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Comic Book 27.1%, Investigation 14.2%, Emotional 11.4%, Puzzle 9.4%, Mystery 9.2%
THE NORMAL THING is a story about a dog who lost his memory. Sunless forests, strange gardens, weird inhabitants... Start a little journey to retrieve your memory.
Why similar: Top-Down 17.9%, Mystery 15.3%, Puzzle 14.4%, Conversation 11.4%, Investigation 10.7%
A first-person psychological puzzle horror where you escape control using a TV remote. Explore surreal rooms filled with CRT televisions, switch channels to solve logic-based puzzles, and uncover a haunted smart home system that constantly observes you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.4%, Surreal 18.4%, Puzzle 14.5%, Adventure 12%, Mystery 9.9%
[[b]"Perfect" [/b]is possible only for those who know matematics] When you open your eyes, you are alone in a white room. In a mansion dominated by the mysteries of numbers.Solve the presented math puzzles and aim for the exit.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.3%, Mystery 15.7%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 8.3%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Comic Book 30.8%, Text-Based 19.5%, Emotional 16.5%, Conversation 13.9%, Narration 12.3%
Signal Lost: The Ping is a first-person atmospheric horror adventure set in a pitch-black underground facility. Use sonar-like PING pulses to reveal paths for a heartbeat, but each ping raises the Threat and draws the Sentinel closer.
Why similar: Conversation 14.1%, Investigation 12.3%, Narration 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10%
Face logic challenges in this Escape Room game, where every second counts! Join Mirra, your mercenary partner, to uncover the mysteries of an abandoned colonizer ship on an unknown planet.
Why similar: Mystery 19.6%, Conversation 16.2%, Exploration 15.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Investigation 9%
You are a trapped nameless hero in a grim world that has been distorted by corrupted feelings. Fight back! Dive into a 2D hand-drawn story-rich platformer, mixing exploration and action. In this short journey, you need to pass through the darkest side of this strange world and ask: do I feel?
Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Narration 20.5%, Emotional 20.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Story Rich 9%
Help Ink, our hero, fight the evil that consumes the forgotten Library of Arga. Collect Knowledge and control your environment to explore this grandiose building, uncover secrets, and forge your own path in this adventure and puzzle game! But beware, your greed could lead you astray...
Why similar: Narration 20.2%, Puzzle 11.4%, Text-Based 11.3%, Top-Down 10%, Exploration 9.9%
Vestige is a third‑person narrative adventure where you explore a mysterious island to piece together the fragments of a forgotten past. Discover buried memories and confront the emotions that shaped Paul’s life.
Why similar: Narration 23.6%, Conversation 12.4%, Emotional 11.9%, Mystery 11%, Exploration 9.9%
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Narration 15.9%, Emotional 14.6%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
Trying to fit in at her new school, Sonechka befriends a group of girls who call themselves the village witches. Completing their dares, she soon finds the tasks becoming increasingly strange, eerie, and cruel. How far will she go to be accepted?
Why similar: Narration 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Surreal 14.5%, Conversation 11.9%, Emotional 11%
Lin Yue'an embarks on a journey home, but unsettling events soon disrupt her ordinary life. Strange dreams, lost memories, and eerie occurrences lead her to uncover hidden truths. Can she trace everything back to its true origin and escape the net of fate that has already been woven around her?
Why similar: Mystery 15.7%, Narration 14.8%, Surreal 14.7%, Emotional 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Mystery 20.8%, Exploration 15%, Puzzle 12.2%, Story Rich 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 21%, Top-Down 15.6%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 12.7%, Emotional 12.6%
Judgment Day is a psychological horror puzzle-adventure game. Detective Roger Morgan is trapped in a twisted version of his partner Jack Clark’s home. Each puzzle he solves unravels dark secrets, distorting reality and blurring the line between friend and foe, forcing him to question everything.
Why similar: Comic Book 27.3%, Narration 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Emotional 8.5%
Tiger Orchid is a streamer who has found herself trapped in the new release 'She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game'. Play along with Tiger as she enters a flat covered in comic book art. Who lives here? What's up with the creepy knitted birds? How do you get out? Will someone fix the toaster?
Why similar: Comic Book 23.4%, Narration 17.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Exploration 11.3%
This is an AVG narrative puzzle game, the story background is set in the late 19th century Europe, players will experience it as the protagonist . The game is divided into three main lines and one hidden line.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Comic Book 22.9%, Emotional 20.9%, Puzzle 8.4%, Exploration 8%
You wake up in an empty forest in Ohio. A voice calls you. Says you're friends. Says you need to get out. But the signal keeps breaking, and so does your memory. Your friend will guide you from a distance, but he can't save you. Escape the creatures in the dark and find your friend.
Why similar: Conversation 21.9%, Narration 17.1%, Emotional 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Mystery 13.1%
Project Diaspora: Planet Exploration is a game set in a virtual jungle planet called Diaspora, which is a dangerous unknown planet. Do the mission given by exploring planets and ruins, and check out the story that happens to the main character.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.7%, Conversation 16.9%, Exploration 15.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 10.5%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: Emotional 13.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Puzzle 12.1%, Surreal 11.9%, Investigation 11.7%
In "Bargan's Treasure," the player embarks on an adventure to restore a once-thriving village. After a disaster cut off power and water, the villagers fled, leaving puzzles in their wake. Your mission is to solve these puzzles, bring the villagers home, and revive the village.
Why similar: Narration 17.3%, Puzzle 15.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Exploration 14.2%, Nature 13.1%
ALARM. Enter the code. Return to the bedroom before it's too late. The gas is coming. You are being watched. Something is inside the closet. A psychological horror about time, control, and survival.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.5%, Conversation 14.8%, Surreal 14.3%, Narration 13.7%, Puzzle 8.3%
Through His Eyes is a psychological horror game where a father, trapped in a haunting time loop, must uncover the truth and escape from his house to find his daughter but a dark presence won’t let him go. Unlock doors, solve puzzles and break the cycle.
Why similar: Emotional 14.8%, Investigation 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Adventure 11.1%
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
Why similar: Conversation 18.8%, Narration 14.2%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 8.6%
Trapped in an endless Roman corridor, you must observe carefully, solve eerie puzzles, and survive horrors in this roguelite puzzle-adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 18.3%, Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Puzzle 10.9%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.2%, Emotional 14.1%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Puzzle 8.8%
Explore the island you inherited from your grandfather. Discover the secrets and stories it holds and relive your memories in search of an answer: Why did he want you here?
Why similar: Narration 27.2%, Emotional 23.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 9.2%, Nature 9%
Answer the prayers of lost souls, exorcise dark spirits and solve puzzles to uncover the mystery of a forgotten island.
Why similar: Top-Down 18.2%, Exploration 15.7%, Puzzle 14%, Nature 12.6%, Mystery 11.9%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Narration 12.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Surreal 10.6%
Twelve-year-old Leva, returning to the mining village after the hospital, learns about the mysterious disappearance of his friend, and the familiar rhythms of school life begin to unravel. Soon, his days turn into a terrifying nightmare, accompanied by the relentless stomping of hundreds of insects.
Why similar: Narration 18.5%, Conversation 18.4%, Surreal 16.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Mystery 9.9%
Wield your Balearic sling in a first-person puzzle narrative adventure through ancient ruins. Uncover a lost civilization and reactivate forgotten machines to reveal the secrets buried beneath Ciudadela.
Why similar: Puzzle 16.1%, Emotional 14.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Adventure 10.3%
Orms follows Sam, a boy lost in a surreal world shaped by his fears. Guided by Kira, he must restore a lighthouse to reconnect with his parents. The game is inspired by Machinarium, but crafted in 3D with expanded locations. It blends emotional storytelling with atmospheric exploration.
Why similar: Surreal 15.7%, Emotional 15.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Mystery 11.9%, Nature 11.7%
Lones is a single-player adventure. Leave stress behind and live off-grid in the Canadian woods. Investigate and uncover the truth behind a mysterious and peculiar shadow.
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 16.5%, Nature 15.2%, Exploration 12%, Puzzle 9.4%
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Surreal 22%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Emotional 14%, Exploration 10.1%, Mystery 8.5%
Nights in Endless Dream is another psychological anomaly game that focuses on the story of our main character and 2D aesthetics. Memorize the rooms and find the anomalies to escape the dream.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Mystery 16.8%, Investigation 16.7%, Surreal 13%, Puzzle 10.8%
The line, is a game with puzzles integrated into the narrative. The story takes place in a dystopian future, where the sea level rose so much that it flooded most of the planet, thus collapsing societies.
Why similar: Investigation 22.3%, Puzzle 15.3%, Narration 15.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 12.8%
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
Why similar: Surreal 17.8%, Emotional 16.2%, Top-Down 13.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
Players must collect rule slips in each scene, abide by their contents, and explore the game setting. The protagonist relives each story until breaking free from the vast cage of the "World of Rule Strangeness", resolving the inner demons and dilemmas of many.
Why similar: Comic Book 36.4%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 11.8%