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 25.4%, Point & Click 22.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Mystery 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its entire hook is piecing together an ancient language through context, making it the closest match to Chants of Sennaar's decipherment-driven exploration.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Puzzle 27%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Chants of Sennaar, it turns observation into gameplay, asking you to infer identities and events from visual and audio clues.

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 49.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Colorful 11.4%, Stylized 8.7%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Beneath its action shell is a brilliant metapuzzle about decoding an in-game script and manual through careful observation.

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

Why similar: Word Game 53.6%, Puzzle 31.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Mystery 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: You gradually learn an unreadable language by observing repeated words, expressions, and situations, capturing the same 'be your own linguist' satisfaction.

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: Puzzle 24.7%, Detective 24%, Point & Click 20.4%, Mystery 8.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its deduction chains and contextual clue-reading scratch the same notebook-driven, puzzle-detective itch.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 55.8%, Colorful 9.9%, Exploration 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more abstract, its symbol language and 'learn by noticing' design echo Chants of Sennaar's process of extracting meaning from patterns.

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 42.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Stylized 8.9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same elegant, wordless puzzle-adventure flow and strong sense of mysterious forward momentum.

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 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Chants of Sennaar's sense of archaeological discovery, letting knowledge and interpretation—not upgrades—unlock a mysterious world.

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 74.3%, Indie 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a pure alien-language deciphering game where progress comes from building a symbolic lexicon rather than solving standalone logic rooms.

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 46.7%, Point & Click 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.5%, Stylized 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its beautifully stylized, observation-based panel puzzles feel close to Chants of Sennaar's compact, artful style of problem solving.

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 23.6%, Point & Click 19.7%, Detective 19.5%, Adventure 7.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: You solve mysteries by cross-referencing clues, symbols, places, and notes in much the same way Chants of Sennaar rewards attentive interpretation.

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 21.9%, Detective 16.9%, Point & Click 15.8%, Mythology 11%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: This story-rich adventure mixes folklore, investigation, and environmental puzzle solving with a similarly distinctive world and mood.

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 31%, Detective 20.8%, Point & Click 9.6%, Adventure 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends clever puzzle progression with a playful mystery structure that rewards experimentation and reading situations carefully.

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 47.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Indie 9%, Exploration 6.3%, Adventure 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Exploration, hidden alphabets, and decipherable symbols make it a great fit if you loved unraveling Chants of Sennaar's layered secrets.

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 33.5%, Point & Click 18.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Mystery 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: If you want more atmospheric puzzle exploration with a mysterious civilization at the center, Quern is a strong next step.

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 23.7%, Point & Click 22.1%, Puzzle 21.2%, Mystery 5%, Great Soundtrack 5%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful mystery, clue gathering, and conversational puzzle solving fit the lighter detective side of Chants of Sennaar.

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 44.5%, Adventure 16.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Story Rich 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its classic solitary exploration and environmental puzzle solving tap into the same curiosity-driven adventure appeal.

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 42.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 10%, Mystery 8.8%, Exploration 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Riven deepens that Myst-style formula with more believable worldbuilding and puzzles rooted in understanding an alien culture.

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 26%, Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 18.6%, Mystery 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Listening closely and reconstructing events from incomplete information mirrors Chants of Sennaar's emphasis on attentive, contextual deduction.

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 28.3%, Detective 24.9%, Point & Click 18.5%, Mystery 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a dense deduction game about turning scraps of evidence into confident conclusions, much like Chants of Sennaar's inference-heavy language work.

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 39.6%, Adventure 13.1%, Colorful 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Mystery 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers lush, story-led exploration and contextual puzzle solving in a striking, mysterious setting.

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 38.6%, Colorful 10.1%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its serene, stylized spaces and nonverbal puzzle design make it a good fit if Chants of Sennaar's atmosphere mattered as much as its premise.

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 22.8%, Adventure 19.7%, Mystery 15.5%, Atmospheric 12%, Exploration 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tightly designed mystery of culture, rules, and dialogue choices, it captures the thrill of understanding how an unfamiliar society works.

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 32.6%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Colorful 9.6%, Adventure 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Though more mechanical, it shares Chants of Sennaar's polished indie feel and delight in perspective-shifting discovery.

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 45.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Exploration 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Another note-taking, knowledge-accumulation puzzle game where understanding systems and making connections is the real progression.

Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Stylized 11.4%, Exploration 7.8%, Mystery 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This pattern-deduction puzzler channels the same pleasure of learning an internal logic entirely through observation.

Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.4%, Point & Click 24.7%, Colorful 12.6%, Adventure 8%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: For the colorful, storybook adventure side of Chants of Sennaar, it offers charming wordless puzzles and inventive scene-to-scene logic.

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 32.7%, Indie 6.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Exploration 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends first-person exploration with word and symbol logic, making it appealing if the linguistic side of Chants of Sennaar was your favorite part.

Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Detective 26.4%, Stylized 11.8%, Atmospheric 9%, Mystery 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal world, open-ended investigation, and clue synthesis suit players who enjoyed Chants of Sennaar's stylized mystery and piecing-things-together vibe.

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 45.8%, Point & Click 32.7%, Adventure 10%, Mystery 6.5%, Singleplayer 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 42.3%, Puzzle 29.2%, Adventure 8.1%, Exploration 4.9%, Colorful 4.5%

The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...

Why similar: Puzzle 30.7%, Detective 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Adventure 8.4%, Mystery 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish mystery-puzzle game built on observation and repeating events until the rules of its world finally click.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 35.5%, Puzzle Platformer 13.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%

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 27%, Puzzle 17.8%, Detective 16.3%, Mythology 13.7%, Adventure 5.6%

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 29.7%, Mythology 24.4%, Stylized 11.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%

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 40.1%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 9%, Adventure 8.7%

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.7%, Adventure 16.9%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Exploration 8.9%, Indie 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 48%, Colorful 13.3%, Adventure 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Exploration 7%

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 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Colorful 9.7%, Stylized 8.6%, Adventure 7.7%

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 73.4%, Stylized 12.6%, Action-Adventure 7.7%, Story Rich 6.3%

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 36.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Colorful 10.4%, Stylized 8.7%

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 53.2%, Puzzle 30.4%, Adventure 4.2%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Relaxing 4%

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 39.3%, Point & Click 18.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Relaxing 7.1%, Puzzle Platformer 6.3%

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 23.1%, Point & Click 19.8%, Detective 19.3%, Adventure 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%

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 29.2% ★, Puzzle 26.2%, Point & Click 15.1%, Colorful 9.8%, Adventure 7.2%

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 29.3%, Puzzle 23.8%, Indie 16.8%, Colorful 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.3%

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 82.6%, Singleplayer 9.5%, Indie 7.9%

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 14.9%, Adventure 12%, Colorful 10.7%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%

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 28.7%, Point & Click 24.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%

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 52.8%, Puzzle 32.8%, Relaxing 5.1%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 4.2%

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 34.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.4%, Adventure 12%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Colorful 8.8%

Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.

Why similar: Mythology 35.2%, Adventure 15.7%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Indie 9.5%

Help renowned explorer and adventurer Adam Venture and his accomplice Evelyn discover artifacts, unravel ancient mysteries, decipher strange symbols and solve ingenious puzzles around gorgeous historical sites from the 1920's.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Adventure 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Indie 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.6%

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 46.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Stylized 9.2%, Mystery 7.3%, Exploration 6.2%

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 29.3%, Point & Click 20.8%, Colorful 13.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Puzzle Platformer 8.7%

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 35.6%, Word Game 30.6%, Stylized 8.8%, Exploration 7.5%, Adventure 6.1%

"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Detective 28%, Adventure 9.8%, Puzzle Platformer 6.9%, Mystery 5.8%

Explore a woollen world where stuffed animals once lived in peace. Search for hidden secrets and customize your character with different animal shapes to solve puzzles. An epic adventure with two very unlikely heroes and a story narrated in rhyme.

Why similar: Adventure 21.9%, Puzzle 14.1%, Indie 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Story Rich 9.4%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 36.1%, Colorful 14%, Adventure 10.8%, Stylized 9.4%, Mystery 7.6%