Games Like Chants of Sennaar

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.7%, Point & Click 22.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Mystery 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptional archaeology adventure built around translating an ancient, evolving alien language from context, inscriptions, and cultural clues.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 56.3%, Colorful 9.7%, Exploration 6.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its island of interconnected visual puzzles rewards gradual understanding of an unspoken symbolic language and careful environmental observation.

To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.

Why similar: Word Game 54%, Puzzle 30.9%, Mystery 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This intimate narrative puzzle makes you infer an unfamiliar language word by word through repeated conversations and observation.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Puzzle 26.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A superb observation-heavy mystery in which you reconstruct an unfamiliar society and catastrophe by connecting sparse visual and auditory evidence.

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 50%, Exploration 11.8%, Colorful 11.3%, Stylized 8.2%, Action-Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like Chants of Sennaar, it asks you to piece together meaning from a mysterious in-world script, illustrations, and environmental hints.

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 47.2%, Point & Click 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Stylized 5.8%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its wordless hand-drawn puzzles create the same satisfying feeling of discovering how an unfamiliar visual world communicates.

Sethian is a sci-fi puzzle game in which you master a fictitious language. The only surviving speaker is an ancient computer. Does it hold the answers behind the disappearance of the Sethianese people?

Why similar: Puzzle 75.1%, Indie 24.9%

Why You'll Like It: A focused linguistic puzzle game about decoding alien sentences through grammar, vocabulary, and logical contextual deduction.

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: Puzzle 27.6%, Great Soundtrack 20.6%, Mystery 9.8%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Exploration is driven by translating the writings of an extinct civilization and assembling their scientific and cultural history into a larger revelation.

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: Puzzle 28.5%, Detective 26.3%, Point & Click 18.1%, Mystery 8.1%, Atmospheric 5%

Why You'll Like It: A research-driven detective game about making sense of fragmented records, identities, and family connections through careful investigation.

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Indie 8.6%, Exploration 6.4%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful exploration hides a complete fictional alphabet and deeper secrets for players willing to decipher the world’s visual language.

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: Detective 24.7%, Puzzle 24.5%, Point & Click 20.1%, Mystery 8.5%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It similarly turns close reading of scenes, names, motives, and tiny details into a rewarding exercise in deduction.

The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.

Why similar: Puzzle 22%, Detective 17.4%, Point & Click 15.6%, Mythology 10.9%, Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized mystery rooted in folklore, spirits, and cultural history, with puzzle-solving that rewards attentive observation.

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: Puzzle 23.7%, Detective 19.9%, Point & Click 19.2%, Adventure 7.1%, Mystery 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its cozy-but-eerie investigation gameplay has you identify unfamiliar plants and follow cryptic clues through an evocative world.

The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.4%, Detective 27.7%, Point & Click 10.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Adventure 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This follow-up offers more dense, imaginative cases where players must interpret evidence and reconstruct hidden stories for themselves.

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.

Why similar: Puzzle 84.6%, Singleplayer 10.7%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist puzzle adventure revolves around learning the rules and meanings of abstract symbols without explicit instruction.

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Point & Click 21.6%, Puzzle 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.2%, Mystery 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful point-and-click detective adventure with eccentric characters, environmental puzzles, and a welcoming storybook presentation.

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 38.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.2%, Colorful 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its striking, colorful architecture presents a wordless world whose impossible spatial rules must be learned through experimentation.

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: Puzzle 33.7%, Point & Click 18%, Adventure 11.3%, Mystery 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A thoughtful first-person puzzle adventure centered on deciphering a mysterious island’s devices, writings, and secrets.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.9%, Detective 21.3%, Point & Click 9.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its inventive mystery puzzles and charming cast provide a similarly approachable adventure built around uncovering hidden connections.

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 45.1%, Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 13.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Story Rich 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational exploration puzzler where understanding an abandoned world’s mechanisms, documents, and architecture is key to progressing.

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: Puzzle 39.9%, Adventure 13%, Colorful 10.3%, Atmospheric 8%, Mystery 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative puzzle journey combines a vivid stylized setting with ancient symbols, lost cultures, and environmental discovery.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Point & Click 21.4%, Stylized 12.6%, Adventure 11.5%, Mystery 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A richly historical mystery about navigating communities, beliefs, manuscripts, and competing interpretations in a beautifully stylized setting.

The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Mystery 16%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Exploration 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its time-loop investigation emphasizes listening to distinct societies, piecing together their rules, and uncovering a buried cultural mystery.

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: Puzzle 42.9%, Adventure 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 9.2%, Exploration 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its intricate island civilization and environmental puzzles reward patient observation and the gradual comprehension of an unfamiliar culture.

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 53.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Exploration 8.3%, Mystery 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical first-person puzzle adventure whose monumental ruins, written fragments, and civilization-scale themes echo Sennaar’s contemplative atmosphere.

In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

Why similar: Adventure 27.5%, Indie 16.8%, Colorful 15.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Exploration 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative card game centers on communication between very different communities, making understanding others its core theme and mechanic.

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Puzzle 25.9%, Detective 23.9%, Point & Click 18%, Mystery 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: You solve cases by listening closely to overlapping conversations and inferring relationships, events, and motives from incomplete information.

Learn a cryptic language of world-changing words and master their mind-bending effects. Embark on your charming puzzle-solving journey to help the LOK creatures thrive.

Why similar: Word Game 53.3%, Puzzle 32.7%, Relaxing 5.2%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: A polished word-puzzle game about discovering how a strange vocabulary functions, offering a more abstract take on language-based problem solving.

Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Adventure 16.8%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Exploration 9%, Relaxing 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its wordless storytelling, beautiful desert ruins, and fleeting encounters evoke the same sense of spiritual travel across a forgotten world.

From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.

Why similar: Puzzle 43%, Adventure 14.1%, Stylized 8.4%, Puzzle Platformer 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Journey into the forgotten world of Helix, where ancient powers awaken within you. Unlock and combine embodied abilities to unravel the mysteries of a lost civilization. Descend into a tale that will challenge your mind and soul, solving intricate puzzles as you ascend to the light of a new day.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.5%, Adventure 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Puzzle Platformer 7.5%

Lingo 2 blends word puzzles and impossible geometry, with brand new puzzle mechanics and a large, colorful world to discover. Welcome back!

Why similar: Word Game 42.8%, Puzzle 29.1%, Adventure 7.8%, Exploration 5%, Colorful 4.5%

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: Word Game 26.9%, Puzzle 17.9%, Detective 16.9%, Mythology 13.5%, Adventure 5.4%

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!

Why similar: Puzzle 46.1%, Point & Click 32.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 6.8%, Singleplayer 4.8%

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 40.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 8.5%

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 49.4%, Colorful 13.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Exploration 6.9%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 35.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 10%, Mystery 9.8%

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 30.3%, Mythology 24.5%, Stylized 10.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%

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 33.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%, Colorful 9.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Explore the miniature universe filled with Eastern mythology, forgotten folk tales and surprising historical events in this puzzle adventure game. Step into real artworks, reveal mysteries by solving unique puzzles, and be the hero of the miniature folk.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.1%, Mythology 18.2%, Point & Click 17.1%, Colorful 9.7%, Adventure 7.2%

Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?

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

The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Colorful 9.6%, Stylized 8.1%, Adventure 7.6%

Amphora is a peculiar puzzle game that mixes story elements and physics. Amphora presents you with an unfamiliar world with a striking visual style inspired by all the shadow theatre traditions and colors of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Colorful 10.3%, Stylized 8.3%

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.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.4%, Word Game 33.9%, Indie 6.3%, Exploration 5.7%, Adventure 5.6%

Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.7%, Point & Click 18.2%, Adventure 11.1%, Relaxing 7.2%, Puzzle Platformer 6.3%

Can you learn Japanese by solving puzzles? So to Speak is a game about wandering in Japan, looking at signs, overhearing conversations, and using context clues in the environment to figure out what it all means. No background in Japanese is assumed.

Why similar: Language Learning 36.5% ★, Puzzle 23.7%, Point & Click 13.3%, Colorful 8.7%, Adventure 6.4%

Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!

Why similar: Puzzle 35.9%, Word Game 31%, Stylized 8.3%, Exploration 7.5%, Adventure 6%

A short puzzle game where you decipher a fictional language, mix potions, and treat patients. Enjoy the thrill of understanding and the small stories that unfold from each cure.

Why similar: Word Game 53.7%, Puzzle 30.2%, Adventure 4.1%, Relaxing 4%, Atmospheric 4%

Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Puzzle Platformer 10.6%, Colorful 10.5%

Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

Why similar: Puzzle 23.2%, Detective 19.9%, Point & Click 19.4%, Adventure 7.3%, Mystery 6.7%

SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Can you conquer the crypt and uncover the mystery at the heart of CRYPTMASTER?

Why similar: Word Game 74.3%, Stylized 11.9%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Story Rich 6.4%

Mystic Pillars is an original blend of intriguing puzzles and an immersive storyline set in Ancient India, providing you with a unique gameplay experience.

Why similar: Adventure 29.2%, Puzzle 24.1%, Indie 16.3%, Colorful 9.5%, Atmospheric 5.2%

A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.9%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 13.6%, Exploration 10.7%

Set sail for a world-changing adventure as you guide Noor in their quest through a series of mind-bending illusions and atmospheric puzzles. Can you unlock the secrets of the mysterious world – and the meaning behind the Sacred Light?

Why similar: Puzzle 29.7%, Point & Click 20.5%, Colorful 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.4%, Point & Click 21.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Colorful 9.4%, Stylized 8%

A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful, rugged world of RiME. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Colorful 8.7%

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 83.2%, Singleplayer 9.2%, Indie 7.7%

A hand-drawn adventure blending visual novel storytelling with point-and-click puzzles. Explore a vibrant yet dangerous oasis city where humans and animals live side by side. Meet unforgettable characters, trade and combine quirky items, and solve challenging puzzle-dungeons filled with mystery.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Point & Click 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Adventure 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%

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 47.3%, Adventure 14.7%, Stylized 8.7%, Mystery 7.7%, Exploration 6.3%