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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Mystery.

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Hotel Sowls is an eerie mystery adventure. You are a pharmacist who, after a long and grueling journey, finally acquires a rare and enigmatic stone; only to have it stolen overnight at Hotel Sowls. Can you recover the stone and uncover the secrets hidden within this strange and unsettling hotel?

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive — 96% — of 582 reviews
Released: 2019-12-31
Developer: Studio SOTT
Publisher: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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  58. #58 Dinner with an Owl
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 860 reviews2021
    Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
    Windows

    Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.

    Why similar: Point & Click 36%, Mystery 24.4%, Adventure 17.2%, Puzzle 15.2%, 2D 7.1%

  59. #59 THIEF'S SHELTER
    65% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
    Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
    Windows

    THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.

    Why similar: Point & Click 29.9%, Detective 23.5%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 12.2%, Puzzle 11.7%

  60. #60 Rainswept
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 302 reviews2019
    Dev: Frostwood Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: Detective 41.8%, Mystery 29.2%, Adventure 19.3%, 2D 9.7%

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