Games Like Deepwell

Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Top-Down 14.6%, Exploration 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Adventure 9.8%

A forgotten mining town. Peaceful by day, mysterious by night. Enter the dream and unravel the town’s secrets.

Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 24.1%, Exploration 22.7%, Story Rich 14.7%, 2D 7.7%

Welcome to the Deep: Pixelart platformer indie game located deep inside caves. You are a cave explorer who accidentally falls in a pit which leads to a big cave system. After some exploration, you find remains of an old civilization that used to live there and decide to explore it a little further.

Why similar: Adventure 47.5%, Pixel Graphics 31.5%, 2D 11%, Indie 10%

Discover the true meaning of apples in this charming adventure-platformer.

Why similar: Adventure 55.3%, Lore-Rich 25.6%, Nature 19.1%

Faefever tells the story of a troubled journalist trying to uncover the mystery of a missing brother and sister in the small town of Glenroch, where not all things are as they seem.

Why similar: Adventure 71.9%, Indie 16.4%, Story Rich 11.7%

Floodcore is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore an ancient civilization in a flooded world, and discover a mysterious power to overcome the temple's challenges.

Why similar: Exploration 27.9%, Adventure 25.1%, Top-Down 21.2%, Mystery 20.2%, Indie 3.4%

To the town in the hole... a story about a place where I can't go.

Why similar: Adventure 57.7%, Story Rich 19.6%, 2D 14.5%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!

Why similar: Adventure 23.9%, Lore-Rich 23.1%, Mystery 17.8%, Exploration 12.3%, Top-Down 12.1%

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: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Top-Down 11.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Adventure 8.1%

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 19.3%, Adventure 19.3%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 13.9%, 2D 13.6%

A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Mystery 16.8%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 12.9%

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: Exploration 22.7%, Top-Down 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, 2D 12.2%, Mystery 10.4%

"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.4%, Adventure 14.8%, Exploration 14.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Nature 11.2%

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: Exploration 28.7%, Pixel Graphics 24.4%, Mystery 15.9%, Adventure 15%, 2D 11%

You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Exploration 10.6%

"Hold Me Still" is a point-and-click puzzle mystery game where you investigate your friend's disappearance by exploring their house, collecting clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering the truth.

Why similar: Adventure 31.1%, Exploration 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Mystery 12.1%, 2D 10%

URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.

Why similar: Adventure 47.9%, 2D 24.8%, Story Rich 14.6%, Indie 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked.​ Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.

Why similar: Adventure 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, 2D 8.7%, Indie 7.2%

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 49.4%, Adventure 19.5%, 2D 18.4%, Indie 10.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

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

Why similar: Investigation 30.6%, Mystery 19.9%, Exploration 16.5%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Story Rich 9.3%

Pluralys is an RPG focused on exploration, comedy and intrigue. You play Elie, a young person living a peaceful life, until unexpected visitors arrive and change everything. What seems like a quiet, cozy story hides a deeper mystery and many other adventures to discover.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Exploration 12.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Top-Down 10.9%, Lore-Rich 10.9%

A stranger arrives at a quiet and isolated town... PIGBLUE.

Why similar: Mystery 34.9%, Adventure 30.8%, Pixel Graphics 21.2%, Story Rich 7.5%, Indie 3.9%

Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 is the first part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from the region to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!

Why similar: Adventure 27%, Mystery 25%, Exploration 20.6%, Nature 12.8%, 2D 9.9%

Can you save the world from an unknown destiny?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Investigation 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Mystery 12.1%

Gather resources and explore to help lost settlers build a new home in this relaxing, foraging RPG.

Why similar: Nature 26.7%, Exploration 21.3%, Top-Down 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 12%, 2D 11.1%

A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.9%, Investigation 24.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Mystery 13.8%, Story Rich 7.3%

You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.

Why similar: Adventure 27.5%, Investigation 23.1%, Exploration 20.2%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Mystery 9%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: Exploration 19.7%, Top-Down 19.1%, Story Rich 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Mystery 10.6%

A deep and immersive narrative puzzle game.

Why similar: Investigation 67.6%, 2D 14.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics

Why similar: Investigation 37.3%, Mystery 21.5%, Exploration 19.7%, Adventure 19.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.1%, Mystery 16.9%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%

"Deep Lake: Prologue" visual novel In the neo-Gothic genre, with a psychological story. Our hero's name is Sali. Sali is a former forensic photographer for the crime department. The accident that happened to him reveals in him a mysterious gift that can lead him to a terrible death.

Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Exploration 28.4%, 2D 15.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Story Rich 10.2%

Dreambreak is a story-driven adventure set in an alternative post-Cold War world, a quirky and unique mix of clashing gameplay genres. Get fingered for murder in without actually going there!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Investigation 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 10.9%

Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 12.5%, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 11.4%

Traveller's Hymn is a top-down, grid-based, open-world adventure game. Explore a vast land, battle monsters, collect loot, help locals and cook hearty meals while unraveling the mystery behind the land's curse.

Why similar: Exploration 32.4%, Adventure 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 23%, 2D 8.5%, Lore-Rich 7.6%

Dive into a world of mystery and wonder in Shattered Dimension. As an unexpected investigator, you're plunged into a labyrinthine plot filled with enigmatic puzzles and intriguing characters.Uncover hidden truths by engaging in conversations and following the intricate web of relationships.

Why similar: Investigation 41.1%, Adventure 29.4%, Exploration 11%, Story Rich 7.2%, 2D 5.5%

The Deep Forest tells a classical tale of searching for family. Players will experience the changing seasons throughout the game and explore enchanting scenes depicting each season.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 33.3%, Nature 29.3%, Exploration 18.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 5.3%

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

Why similar: Adventure 29.8%, Exploration 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Mystery 12.8%, Story Rich 7%

Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.

Why similar: Adventure 39.6%, Mystery 29.4%, Exploration 25.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 1.6%

A free detective "Hidden object" game. Solve the crime now!

Why similar: Investigation 35.6%, Adventure 32.5%, Mystery 15.6%, 2D 15.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%

A short (and free) adventure game, where you are tasked with helping a hurt, hungry, but inventive dung beetle on its journey to find something to eat near the end of the mushroom season.

Why similar: Nature 43.6%, Adventure 31.8%, 2D 18.4%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.8%, Exploration 13.9%, Mystery 10.8%, 2D 9.7%, Adventure 8.7%

Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 29.2%, Exploration 22.1%, Adventure 19%, Mystery 14%, Story Rich 10.3%

A young adventurer Hugh Radcliff is in pursuit of one of the greatest mysteries of history: The Lost Colony. Deal with pirates, reveal conspiracies and make tough choices on your difficult journey for unveiling this mystery. Try the free prologue now!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26%, Adventure 25.4%, Mystery 24.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, 2D 9.1%

NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

Why similar: Adventure 24.2%, Exploration 23.6%, Mystery 21.6%, Story Rich 15.1%, 2D 12.8%

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Investigation 19.6%, Adventure 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Exploration 10.9%

Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

Why similar: Investigation 25.6%, Exploration 24.7%, Adventure 22.6%, Mystery 20.1%, Story Rich 5%

A game in which you explore surreal and beautiful forests.

Why similar: Nature 37.6%, Adventure 31%, Exploration 26.6%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Investigation 31.7%, Mystery 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 9.7%

Disappearing cows, strange visitors, talking trees... What is going on here...? Is the end of the world, the cowpocalypse really here? Discover the mysteries trough this puzzle filled, 2,5D, point & click style adventure game.

Why similar: Adventure 67.7%, Indie 14.4%, Story Rich 14.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Mondealy: Day One is a prologue for the 2D adventure game Mondealy. You can see how adventures in the magical kingdom of Dargratt begin.

Why similar: Top-Down 20.2%, Exploration 20%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Adventure 17.9%, 2D 10.6%

A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47%, Adventure 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.

Why similar: Exploration 27.4%, Adventure 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Story Rich 14.6%, 2D 8.6%

Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.6%, Adventure 24.7%, 2D 15.8%, Mystery 9.2%, Exploration 6.7%

A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 55%, Adventure 25.1%, Story Rich 9.6%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 2%

HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE is an award winning, hour long melancholy, point-and-click narrative mystery set in the bible belt of Sweden.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.9%, Adventure 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Mystery 9.2%, 2D 8.7%

Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Investigation 21.2%, Adventure 17%, Exploration 14.6%, Story Rich 9%

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.3%, Adventure 17.8%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 9.9%, 2D 9.7%

A mystery adventure game set in a present-day Lovecraftian universe.

Why similar: Adventure 95.1%, Indie 4.9%