Games Like Blue Prince

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Mystery 39.4%, Puzzle 24.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same deeply rewarding deductive investigation and atmospheric mystery-solving found in Blue Prince.

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.3%, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 12.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Nonlinear 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers masterclass environmental puzzle design that challenges your perception and logic at every turn.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Mystery 25.9%, Exploration 19.3%, Puzzle 16.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Both games center on relentless exploration, gathering clues, and piecing together a vast, enigmatic puzzle.

The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.8%, Mystery 23.2%, Exploration 15%, Adventure 7.7%, Story Rich 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a rich, surreal puzzle-box adventure steeped in cryptic investigations and stylish atmosphere.

Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.7%, Exploration 20.9%, Mystery 11.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Story Rich 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational puzzle adventure, it shares Blue Prince's love for isolated, mechanism-driven exploration.

Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.7%, Exploration 28.2%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Stylized 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Blue Prince, it hides layer upon layer of secrets and encourages meticulous note-taking and lateral thinking.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.5%, Exploration 17.3%, First-Person 16.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It plays with perspective and spatial alteration to create mind-bending puzzle mechanics.

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.1%, First-Person 15.7%, Exploration 15.3%, Nonlinear 13%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It bends architectural logic and spatial rules in a way that resonates with Blue Prince's shifting rooms.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Investigation 35.1%, Mystery 24.1%, Puzzle 15.7%, Story Rich 8.5%, Exploration 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It taps into the same sharp observational skills and deduction required to unravel Blue Prince's mysteries.

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: Investigation 19.5%, Puzzle 17.9%, Mystery 17.1%, Exploration 12.3%, First-Person 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its immersive, intricately designed world invites slow, methodical exploration and complex puzzle-solving.

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.7%, Mystery 20.9%, Exploration 20.9%, Nonlinear 15%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It rewards deep curiosity and hidden-path discovery with dense, interconnected puzzle layers.

In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 7.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at linguistic and environmental deduction, mirroring the cerebral satisfaction of Blue Prince's puzzles.

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.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.1%, Mystery 17.7%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Exploration 14%, First-Person 12%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, non-Euclidean spaces offer an architectural puzzle experience akin to navigating Mt. Holly.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Roguelite 24.6%, Puzzle 22.4%, Story Rich 16.9%, Roguelike 16.6%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a dark, mysterious tone with escalating meta-puzzles hidden within its core gameplay loop.

The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.5%, Mystery 17.3%, Exploration 16.7%, Story Rich 15.7%, First-Person 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features intricate philosophical puzzles set within grand, exploratory environments.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Investigation 28.7%, Mystery 20.5%, Puzzle 15.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Story Rich 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends cozy occult investigation with meticulous deduction and puzzle-solving.

Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Why similar: Investigation 23.9%, Mystery 19.1%, Puzzle 16.5%, Exploration 10%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic island-exploration and mechanical puzzle-box vibe of intricate design.

Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.3%, Mystery 29.3%, Escape Room 10.3% ★, Atmospheric 6.8%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on tactile, intricate puzzle boxes that require close physical inspection to solve.

A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

Why similar: Puzzle 76%, Singleplayer 8.5%, Strategy 8%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers clever, recursive spatial puzzles that test your understanding of containment and structure.

Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game. Solve mechanical puzzles, discover hidden objects, escape from rooms and dive into the authentic atmosphere of the Renaissance. Use all your wits to find out what's behind your master's disappearance.

Why similar: Mystery 22.7%, Puzzle 17.7%, Escape Room 14.9% ★, Exploration 11%, Investigation 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It challenges players with mechanical contraptions and hidden-object deduction.

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.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.1%, First-Person 17.6%, Exploration 14.8%, Story Rich 13.6%, Stylized 6%

Why You'll Like It: It uses perspective and optical illusions to construct brilliant, mind-altering puzzle rooms.

Welcome to Escape Academy. Train to become the ultimate Escapist. Solve Puzzles. Hack Servers. Meet the Faculty. Brew the perfect cup of tea. Escape Rooms in single player or co-op with a friend - local or online!

Why similar: Escape Room 47.5% ★, Puzzle 18.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Story Rich 6.5%, First-Person 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the timed, room-to-room puzzle progression of navigating unique chambers.

Moncage is a unique puzzle adventure game where you explore a fascinating world trapped inside a mysterious cube. With each face displaying a unique scene, you’ll have to leverage the illusions and discover the hidden links to solve the puzzle.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 8.2%, First-Person 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It turns the camera into a puzzle box where optical illusions connect disparate scenes.

A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.2%, Mystery 21%, Exploration 16%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the minds behind Myst, it offers atmospheric exploration and environmental secrets.

Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

Why similar: Investigation 32.4%, Mystery 20.4%, Puzzle 12.8%, Exploration 10.3%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a pure, unguided investigative experience where every clue must be found yourself.

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: Investigation 19.9%, Puzzle 19.1%, Mystery 16.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, First-Person 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends first-person exploration with clever narrative-driven puzzle mechanics.

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Puzzle 42.2%, First-Person 13%, Story Rich 11.8%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: It challenges the intellect with sophisticated spatial and logic puzzles driven by a deep narrative.

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

Why similar: Puzzle 29.8%, Nonlinear 19.7%, Exploration 18.9%, Atmospheric 8%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deceptively deep puzzle mechanics disguised as a relaxing exploration game.

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

Why similar: Escape Room 35.6% ★, Puzzle 21%, Mystery 10.1%, Investigation 9%, First-Person 6.3%

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.5%, Mystery 15%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%, Stylized 6%

Why You'll Like It: It uses tile-shifting and visual association to create a unique, artistic puzzle experience.

Every corner of this manor holds secrets. You inherit not just the estate, but scattered letters and an intricately designed puzzle. Eyepieces transcending spacetime plunge you into others' memories. Traverse 16 themed chambers, unravel nested mechanisms, until you unveil the buried past...

Why similar: Escape Room 30.6% ★, Mystery 19.6%, Puzzle 17.8%, First-Person 6.2%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Investigation 24.5%, Mystery 20.5%, Puzzle 14.9%, Exploration 9.5%, Story Rich 8.4%

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Puzzle 21.1%, Mystery 20.6%, Exploration 11.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Nonlinear 8.4%

Can you escape from Waterfall Tower? A puzzle-focused escape room game, made in the vein of the classic graphic adventures of old.

Why similar: Escape Room 32.5% ★, Investigation 19.8%, Puzzle 14%, Mystery 12%, Exploration 7.9%

Explore the haunted halls of the infamous Atlas Theater, a 1940’s era movie palace that played host to a shocking Hollywood tragedy. Solve intricate puzzles, discover startling artifacts, and evade sinister forces to uncover the twisted truth behind the theater’s dark history.

Why similar: Escape Room 28.6% ★, Mystery 14.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 7.5%

In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?

Why similar: Escape Room 32.6% ★, Mystery 15.9%, Puzzle 12.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Exploration 9.1%

After waking up in the manor’s basement, you discover that you’ve aged at an abnormal rate. As you fight to survive, clues and records from different eras gradually bring the mystery into focus. When you become young again, you will inherit the true “legacy”.

Why similar: Escape Room 32.1% ★, Mystery 20.2%, Puzzle 17.6%, Atmospheric 5.8%, First-Person 5.6%

The Artisan of Glimmith is a cozy, relaxing puzzle game about coloring stained glass and restoring the artworks of a kingdom above the clouds. Explore a world of handcrafted puzzles designed with intent, where simple rules lead to delightful surprises.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.3%, Level Editor 20.3%, Exploration 14%, Nonlinear 13.3%, Strategy 6%

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Why similar: Escape Room 27.3% ★, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 11.6%, Investigation 10.9%, Nonlinear 9.4%

Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend.

Why similar: Escape Room 35.8% ★, Mystery 15.1%, Puzzle 14.4%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 6.7%

Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.

Why similar: Escape Room 26.1% ★, Investigation 20.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Level Editor 10%

This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

Why similar: Roguelite 23.3%, Mystery 21.3%, Puzzle 18.9%, Exploration 15.3%, Story Rich 7.1%

Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.

Why similar: Mystery 21.5%, Nonlinear 19.4%, Puzzle 17.6%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 9.9%

Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Exploration 25.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 11.2%

Dive into a world of puzzles, medieval mysteries, and strategic challenges. Navigate, solve, and leap your way through a thrilling adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.9%, Exploration 22.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Strategy 9.6%, 3D 8.3%

Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.

Why similar: Mystery 29.4%, Puzzle 26.5%, Exploration 20.8%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 5%

The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact. The trail leads you to the attic of their home, and the discovery of an old, peculiar dollhouse. What secrets lie within these walls?

Why similar: Puzzle 28.5%, Escape Room 24% ★, Mystery 23.3%, Exploration 5.4%, Story Rich 5.1%

Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Puzzle 37.9%, Mystery 29.8%, Escape Room 14.9% ★, Atmospheric 4.2%, Adventure 3.6%

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Why similar: Investigation 32.2%, Mystery 19.2%, Puzzle 16.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.4%

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.5%, Mystery 29.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Investigation 30.9%, Mystery 27.1%, Puzzle 21.5%, Story Rich 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.2%

The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.

Why similar: Investigation 29.5%, Mystery 20.7%, Puzzle 16.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, First-Person 8.2%

Solve your way through this fast-paced rogue-lite puzzle game and outwit unforgiving creatures as you venture into the mysterious Power Plant!

Why similar: Roguelite 25.7%, Puzzle 22.3%, Mystery 18.8%, Roguelike 13.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.5%, Mystery 27.4%, Escape Room 11.3% ★, Atmospheric 5.9%, First-Person 3.1%

A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.

Why similar: Puzzle 24%, Nonlinear 24%, Exploration 17.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Stylized 8.7%

Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.

Why similar: Puzzle 21.5%, Mystery 19%, Exploration 13.5%, First-Person 9.7%, Story Rich 8.2%

Blankspace is an escape room visual novel with point-and-click elements. Investigate your surroundings, solve puzzles, make meaningful choices, and figure out the the mystery behind Chris and Beryl's predicament.

Why similar: Adventure 24.6%, Mystery 21.5%, Indie 19.2%, Puzzle 17.9%, Story Rich 8.5%

Step into the 1950s with My Hotel. As the new owner of a mysterious hotel, revive its glory through stylish renovations, solve hidden secrets, and master faction intrigues. A captivating blend of history and adventure awaits.

Why similar: Mystery 24.3%, Roguelike 13.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Strategy 8.8%

3D Escape Room: Detective Story is an immersive 3D puzzle game that takes you to 1930s London. In the game, you play as an insightful private detective, searching for clues in realistic 3D environments, solving intricate puzzles and mini-games, and cracking bizarre cases.

Why similar: Escape Room 34% ★, Mystery 18.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 4.3%

You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.9%, Exploration 20.1%, First-Person 15.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Stylized 6.8%