- #1 Gorogoa
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,667 reviews2017
Dev: Buried SignalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 51.7%, Point & Click 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Indie 7.9%, Casual 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core mechanic of manipulating panels to change the narrative and environment, making it the closest experience to FRAMED.
- #2 Carto
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,364 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Family Friendly 18.4%, Indie 13.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Cartoon 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a map-rearranging mechanic that is mechanically identical to the panel-swapping gameplay of FRAMED.
- #3 Viewfinder
95% matchVery Positive94% of 12,998 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 49.8%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Adventure 15.9%, Singleplayer 7.6%, Platformer 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Uses perspective-based puzzle solving that allows you to alter the world by placing images, echoing the creative manipulation found in FRAMED.
- #4 Gunpoint
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,322 reviews2013
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Why similar: Noir 42.7%, Puzzle 25.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Indie 7.9%, Platformer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A heist-themed puzzle game that rewards creative problem-solving and stealth within a noir-inspired setting.
- #5 Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,242 reviews2019
Dev: Yak & Co
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A suave secret agent adventure game. Your mission (should you choose to accept) is to infiltrate enemy spy Ruby La Rouge’s secret hideaway and put a stop to her evil plans!
Why similar: Puzzle 38%, Point & Click 24.1%, Family Friendly 19.9%, Adventure 12.5%, Singleplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A stylish, spy-themed puzzle adventure that captures the same sleek, retro-modern aesthetic as the FRAMED series.
- #6 Tangle Tower
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,631 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Noir 46.9%, Puzzle 19.4%, Point & Click 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%, Adventure 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A detective mystery that uses clever, puzzle-based investigation to drive its narrative forward.
- #7 Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
93% matchVery Positive94% of 7,677 reviews2021
Dev: Silver Lining StudioPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Guide brush strokes and solve a variety of puzzles to help an aspiring artist complete her masterpiece amid her brusque neighbor’s gaze and his pesky cat. As her painting starts to take shape, uncover an emotional tale of chance and artistry revealed behind unrelated yet familiar moments.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.4%, Point & Click 28.1%, Casual 15.3%, Singleplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An artistic, narrative-driven puzzle game that features a similarly cozy yet mysterious atmosphere.
- #8 The Gardens Between
92% matchVery Positive94% of 2,759 reviews2018
Dev: The Voxel Agents
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.2%, Minimalist 27.8%, Family Friendly 17.8%, Puzzle Platformer 12.6%, Adventure 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle game where you manipulate time to solve environmental challenges, sharing a similar minimalist and emotional tone.
- #9 Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,535 reviews2020
Dev: The Wild GentlemenPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
Why similar: Noir 61.6%, Puzzle 15.4%, Point & Click 11.7%, Adventure 7.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a gritty, authentic noir detective experience that perfectly complements the tone of the FRAMED series.
- #10 The Case of the Golden Idol
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,922 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 47.3%, Point & Click 28.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Singleplayer 5.9%, 2D 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deduction-based puzzle game that requires you to piece together a complex narrative, much like assembling a comic book story.
- #11 Genesis Noir
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,266 reviews2021
Dev: Feral Cat DenPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
Why similar: Noir 55.3%, Puzzle 15.5%, Point & Click 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.5%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly stylized, noir-inspired narrative game that uses experimental puzzle mechanics to tell its story.
- #12 Monument Valley
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,796 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 40.5%, Point & Click 13.8%, Casual 13.7%, Adventure 13%, Puzzle Platformer 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features beautiful, perspective-based puzzle gameplay that emphasizes visual elegance and minimalist design.
- #13 Cube Escape Collection
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,927 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology you follow the path of Dale and Laura and other famous Rusty lake characters such as Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl. The series will be updated, preserved and bundled to survive the end of the Flash Games era.
Why similar: Puzzle 55.2%, Point & Click 27.6%, Indie 6.5%, Adventure 6.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A series of surreal, point-and-click puzzle games that share a dark, mysterious atmosphere.
- #14 Zenge
87% matchVery Positive95% of 3,082 reviews2016
Dev: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Relaxing puzzle game, telling the story of Eon through gorgeous art and music.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.1%, Minimalist 20.9%, Casual 14.2%, Indie 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, relaxing puzzle game that focuses on spatial arrangement and visual harmony.
- #15 Chants of Sennaar
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 33,976 reviews2023
Dev: RundiscPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 48.7%, Point & Click 14.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A language-deciphering puzzle game that rewards discovery and logical deduction in a beautifully designed world.
- #16 Calvino Noir
88% matchMixed65% of 388 reviews2015
Dev: Calvino Noir
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The film noir stealth game. Calvino Noir is the exploratory, sneaking adventure through the 1930s European criminal underworld. Architecture meets Noir as you become unwillingly entangled in a revolutionist plot.
Why similar: Noir 72.9%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-based noir adventure that utilizes a side-scrolling perspective to build tension and atmosphere.
- #17 Where Cards Fall
86% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: The Game BandPub: Snowman
Windows
Spread decks of cards to solve challenging spatial puzzles and progress through dream-like landscapes in this award-winning title. Traverse beautifully crafted, isometric puzzles that give way to a wordless coming-of-age story, that invites you to reflect on the formative moments of your own life.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.9%, Casual 16.5%, Adventure 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 11.8%, Singleplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle game about memory and growth that uses spatial manipulation to progress through the story.
- #18 Puzzle Agent
85% matchVery Positive89% of 2,838 reviews2010
Dev: Telltale
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Puzzle 43.5%, Point & Click 24%, Casual 15.1%, Adventure 12.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky, detective-themed puzzle game with a distinct, hand-drawn art style that feels like a graphic novel.
- #19 Florence
83% matchVery Positive93% of 16,387 reviews2020
Dev: MountainsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.
Why similar: Casual 20.6%, Music 16.3%, Indie 16.2%, Adventure 15.7%, Family Friendly 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, interactive narrative experience that uses simple, intuitive mechanics to tell a poignant story.
- #20 Hue
82% matchVery Positive93% of 11,340 reviews2016
Dev: Fiddlesticks GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A color-based puzzle-platformer with a minimalist, narrative-driven design that emphasizes visual clarity.
- #21 Please, Touch The Artwork
82% matchVery Positive83% of 506 reviews2022
Dev: Thomas Waterzooi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A cozy puzzler with story. Recreate paintings by applying lines & colors in a specific order. Explore beautiful mazes & collect letters of a poem. Help two sweethearts find a path towards each other. Three games in one. Hints when stuck. 160+ paintings, 3~4 hours, set to a chill soundtrack.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.5%, Minimalist 28.3%, Family Friendly 15.7%, Casual 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: An art-focused, narrative puzzle experience that encourages interaction with its environment to solve problems.
- #22 Glass Masquerade
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,062 reviews2016
Dev: Onyx Lute
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Welcome to Glass Masquerade - an artistic puzzle game inspired by Art Deco & stained glass artisans of the 20th century. You need to combine hidden glass pieces to unveil clocks and themes exhibited by various cultures of the world at the 'International Times Exhibition'
Why similar: Puzzle 79.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, Casual 6.7%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, artistic puzzle game that focuses on visual beauty and satisfying completion.
- #23 The Room
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 31,729 reviews2014
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 64.4%, Point & Click 18.5%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers tactile, intricate puzzle-solving in a mysterious setting that rewards careful observation.
- #24 Renoir
84% matchMixed52% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Black Wing FoundationPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Renoir is a story-driven puzzle platformer that draws inspiration from classic 1940s film noir. Detective James Renoir has but a single shot to crack one hell of a case: his own murder!
Why similar: Noir 51.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 12.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Puzzle Platformer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A noir-themed puzzle-platformer that uses light and shadow as core mechanics to navigate its world.
- #25 Unpacking
78% matchVery Positive93% of 40,663 reviews2021
Dev: Witch BeamPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.8%, Casual 16.7%, Point & Click 16.3%, Family Friendly 12.6%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle game that tells a story through the simple act of organizing items in a space.
- #26 Old Man's Journey
80% matchVery Positive87% of 4,257 reviews2017
Dev: Broken Rules
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.4%, Family Friendly 16.2%, Point & Click 14.4%, Casual 10.1%, Adventure 10%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused puzzle game where you manipulate the landscape to guide a character through their life story.
- #27 Hidden Folks
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,543 reviews2017
Dev: Hidden Folks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!
Why similar: Puzzle 26.5%, Point & Click 15.7%, Minimalist 15.3%, Casual 13%, Family Friendly 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive, hand-drawn world that rewards keen observation and exploration, similar to the visual focus of FRAMED.
- #28 Inked: A Tale of Love
79% matchVery Positive83% of 321 reviews2021
Dev: Somnium Games d.o.o.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Inked is a narrative-driven puzzle game set in a world of beautiful ballpoint pen-drawn landscapes. Playing as the Nameless Hero, you will solve intriguing puzzles while searching for your love Aiko.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.5%, Great Soundtrack 25.4%, Casual 12.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, hand-drawn puzzle adventure that emphasizes narrative and emotional storytelling.
- #29 Donut County
78% matchVery Positive92% of 12,047 reviews2018
Dev: Ben EspositoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Casual 16.4%, Indie 11.6%, Family Friendly 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game with a humorous, story-driven approach that is easy to pick up and play.
- #30 Larcin Lazer
77% matchVery Positive99% of 295 reviews2023
Dev: Tambouille
Windows
In this puzzle game combining action and stealth, your memory will be your best tool! Remember the location of the lasers, they disappear as soon as you move. Avoid deadly lasers with style, steal from the richest and save your cat 🐱 Prepare for a MEMORABLE heist
Why similar: Heist 27.6% ★, Noir 27.3%, Comic Book 12.3%, Puzzle 12%, Minimalist 9.1%
- #31 The Henry Stickmin Collection
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 59,232 reviews2020
Dev: PuffballsUnitedPub: Innersloth
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A choose-your-own-path where failing is more fun than succeeding.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.4%, Family Friendly 20.1%, Adventure 13%, Casual 12.2%, Indie 10.8%
- #32 Karma. Incarnation 1
77% matchVery Positive82% of 368 reviews2016
Dev: AuraLabPub: Other Kind Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
This multi-award winning adventure game explores a love story between two beautiful souls through ingenious humour, mind bending puzzles and a bizarre, hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation style.
Why similar: Puzzle 21.9%, Point & Click 18.8%, Casual 16.8%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 14.1%
- #33 Hook
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,921 reviews2015
Dev: Maciej Targoni
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, Minimalist 20.8%, Casual 14.4%, Family Friendly 12%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%
- #34 Linelight
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,110 reviews2017
Dev: My Dog Zorro
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.4%, Casual 16%, Minimalist 15%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Indie 12.2%
- #35 Splice
75% matchVery Positive87% of 590 reviews2012
Dev: Cipher Prime Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level ("strand") consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves ("splices").
Why similar: Puzzle 54.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Casual 15.3%, Indie 13.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #36 Mr. Shadow
75% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: bycomb
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Mr. Shadow is a 2D graphic adventure game. The player uses a simple point and click interface to solve diverse puzzles. Enter a surreal and dark world inhabited by shadows.
Why similar: Puzzle 26.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.2%, Casual 19.6%, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 14.9%
- #37 Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions
72% matchVery Positive91% of 3,222 reviews2019
Dev: Onyx Lute
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Welcome to the Glass Masquerade sequel - an artistic puzzle game inspired by stained glass artisans and Wonderland depictions of the 20th century. You need to combine hidden glass pieces to solve every riddle and free yourself from a tangled dream.
Why similar: Puzzle 47.7%, Casual 23.5%, Indie 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #38 gravilon
76% matchMixed59% of 1,254 reviews2015
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An inventive, thought-provoking puzzle platformer. Use powerups in each environment, and your own inherent gravity-bending powers, to complete each level. The more you play, the more story details you'll uncover.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.6%, Minimalist 22.4%, Indie 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Adventure 8%
- #39 Woven
73% matchVery Positive81% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: Alterego GamesPub: StickyLock Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Casual 20.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Family Friendly 15.9%, Indie 13.8%, Puzzle 11%
- #40 Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
71% matchVery Positive95% of 2,194 reviews2019
Dev: Grace BruxnerPub: worm club
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery. Also there's a wizard.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.2%, Casual 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 10.2%
- #41 A Case of Fraud
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 518 reviews2025
Dev: Hesperus Games
Windows · Mac
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.3%, Point & Click 27.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 9.6%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #42 The Basement Collection
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,665 reviews2012
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A collection of 9 award winning indie games from the creator of "Binding of isaac" and "Super Meat Boy"!
Why similar: Puzzle 25.9%, Indie 24%, Adventure 14%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Casual 7.6%
- #43 YOUR HOUSE
69% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 37%, Comic Book 31.3%, Puzzle 14.9%, Point & Click 7.2%, Adventure 4%
- #44 Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,773 reviews2024
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 32.7 hrsMean: 35.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.4%, Adventure 31.1%, Puzzle 13.6%, Point & Click 9.7%, Singleplayer 7.3%
- #45 Genius Greedy Mouse
73% matchVery Positive83% of 119 reviews2016
Dev: Space Fractal
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
GENIUS GREEDY MOUSE is a clay based puzzle game featuring a host of fun and challenging levels.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.4%, Casual 12.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Indie 8.7%
- #46 Recursed
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 665 reviews2016
Dev: PortponkyPub: Shambles Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Indie 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Adventure 9.2%
- #47 SiNKR 2
70% matchVery Positive96% of 271 reviews2019
Dev: Robert WahlerPub: Wahler Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
SiNKR 2 is a minimalist puzzle game evolved from the award winning SiNKR. There is just you, hooks, pucks, and various contraptions. Subtle differences within level themes drive different solutions to superficially similar scenarios.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.1%, Minimalist 24%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Casual 9.4%, Indie 8.1%
- #48 PUZZLE: ULTIMATE
72% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: AFBIK Studio
Windows
PUZZLE: ULTIMATE - a logic game, the task of which is to assemble puzzles of various sizes.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.9%, Indie 22.7%, Casual 21.2%, Adventure 16.9%, 2D 3.3%
- #49 Contrast
70% matchVery Positive91% of 5,694 reviews2013
Dev: Compulsion Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Why similar: Noir 53.6%, Puzzle 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 5.6%
- #50 Phonopolis
63% matchVery Positive93% of 1,612 reviews2026
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 35.1%, Point & Click 18.1%, Family Friendly 15.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Casual 10.6%
- #51 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 560 reviews2014
Dev: SkyGoblin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
Why similar: Noir 70.2%, Point & Click 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 4.4%
- #52 Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
71% matchMixed60% of 235 reviews2018
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
Why similar: Noir 48.7%, Puzzle 10%, Point & Click 10%, Casual 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%
- #53 Tengami
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,828 reviews2015
Dev: Nyamyam
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Point & Click 17%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Adventure 12.3%, Casual 11.8%
- #54 Mighty Switch Force! Collection
69% matchVery Positive88% of 163 reviews2019
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Switch up the fun with four games in one! As cybernetic peacekeeper Officer Patricia Wagon, you'll use your platforming skills, puzzle-solving abilities, and level-altering Siren Helmet to catch criminals, extinguish infernos, and smash enemies. Four-player co-op and versus modes included!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.1%, Indie 26.2%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Strategy 13.7%, 2D 4.5%
- #55 Mosaic Chronicles
67% matchVery Positive82% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Error 300
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Unravel enchanting stories of love and courage through captivating stained-glass puzzles.
Why similar: Comic Book 45.8%, Puzzle 27.7%, Casual 9.4%, Indie 8.2%, Cartoon 4.7%
- #56 I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,305 reviews2021
Dev: Schell Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Become an elite super spy ready for espionage, explosives, and gadgets galore. This popular escape-the-room VR franchise is back with more ingenious puzzles, cunning villains, and dangerous locales.
Why similar: Puzzle 81.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 6.2%
- #57 Strange Jigsaws
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,531 reviews2025
Dev: FLEB
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A game of strange jigsaws.
Why similar: Puzzle 33.5%, Casual 16.2%, Adventure 15.4%, Minimalist 15.3%, Family Friendly 9.2%
- #58 LIT: Bend the Light
67% matchVery Positive94% of 325 reviews2020
Dev: Copperglass
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.
Why similar: Casual 33%, Indie 24.6%, Puzzle 17.9%, Addictive 10.8% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.1%
- #59 Gemini Rue
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,884 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Why similar: Noir 62.5%, Point & Click 18%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 4.3%, Great Soundtrack 3.7%