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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Puzzle, Singleplayer, Psychological Horror.

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An escape-room styled series of puzzles await in the car that seems to contain neither rhyme nor reason. See if you can solve the mysteries of the photographs, and figure out what it means to be the ONE IN THE BACK.

Reviews: Very Positive — 96% — of 167 reviews
Released: 2025-10-14
Developer: Mr. Jingo
Genres: Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: YETU GAME
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    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%

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    96% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2026
    Dev: Jenna YourstonePub: JamJam Studios
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    In this game, you’ll encounter puzzles which require you to use your environment in order to solve them. Take note of every detail, they can help you in uncovering Sofia’s story.

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    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,865 reviews2020
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    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,052 reviews2024
    Dev: Sochin Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.

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    94% matchMixed57% of 75 reviews2021
    Dev: MPlant Games
    Windows

    Serene Asylum is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game. Solve puzzles as you uncover the dark history of the insane asylum and try to escape before you are stuck in game forever. But don't be scared, it's just a game after all, right? Now... if you can read this, you need to wake up!

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Puzzle 26.9%, Story Rich 20.8%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Casual 6.3%

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    94% matchVery Positive95% of 362 reviews2019
    Dev: Jesse CarradinePub: Jesse Carradine?
    Windows

    Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.

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    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,212 reviews2016
    Dev: Fireproof Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.

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    93% matchMixed63% of 528 reviews2018
    Dev: Airem
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?

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    91% matchVery Positive97% of 365 reviews2022
    Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

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    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 543 reviews2024
    Dev: basandaika games
    Windows

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    90% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2026
    Dev: RenkaPub: Renka P
    Windows

    The End of the World and Her Room is a short, free point-and-click puzzle game. This is a quiet and fleeting story: in the final moments, inside her room, you observe the surroundings, search for clues, unlock her phone’s password, and slowly understand the traces the world has left behind.

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    88% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
    Dev: Robot Invader
    Windows · Mac

    Full tilt surveillance horror. Keep your eyes locked on security cameras for an outrageous collection of horrific anomalies, suspicious movement, and the occasional T-Rex. Observe, detect, survive!

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    89% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2023
    Dev: GomPangGames
    Windows

    [The Paradixion: Son's Room] is a point-and-click adventure game with a mysterious atmosphere.Solve various puzzles with a unique atmosphere and find the hidden elements in the game to gather clues about the story.

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    89% matchMixed67% of 343 reviews2017
    Dev: Bazitov Mikhail
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%

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    87% matchVery Positive89% of 434 reviews2022
    Dev: Lollin' Pony
    Windows

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    Windows

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    86% matchVery Positive88% of 443 reviews2021
    Dev: HollowPixels
    Windows

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    85% matchVery Positive97% of 99 reviews2025
    Dev: Jay Marksman
    Windows

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    Windows

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    84% matchVery Positive91% of 141 reviews2021
    Dev: Strongshell Software
    Windows

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    83% matchVery Positive84% of 305 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    81% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: Zeroshade123
    Windows

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    79% matchVery Positive96% of 310 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    78% matchVery Positive90% of 70 reviews2026
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    Windows

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  29. #29 Blankspace
    80% matchVery Positive94% of 83 reviews2020
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    Windows · Linux

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    Windows

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    78% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive82% of 536 reviews2020
    Dev: mc2games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    74% matchVery Positive87% of 265 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    73% matchVery Positive94% of 932 reviews2021
    Dev: [SAMPLE TEXT] Studios ltd
    Windows

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    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 593 reviews2025
    Dev: Curious Fox Sox
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,195 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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  39. #39 Photographs
    75% matchVery Positive84% of 164 reviews2019
    Dev: EightyEight Games
    Windows

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    76% matchMixed59% of 596 reviews2016
    Dev: GameXP.com
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%

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    71% matchVery Positive95% of 853 reviews2021
    Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
    Windows

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    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,008 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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  43. #43 Puzzle Box Palace
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 122 reviews2021
    Dev: SMU Guildhall
    Windows

    Puzzle Box Palace is an escape room style puzzle game where you are pulled into your grandfather's magical puzzle box. Solve puzzles, manipulate the puzzle box, and jump across furniture as you look for a way out.

    Why similar: Puzzle 53.5%, Surreal 37.4%, Indie 9.1%

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    71% matchVery Positive91% of 103 reviews2023
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    74% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    69% matchVery Positive95% of 559 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive97% of 107 reviews2024
    Dev: Teamey
    Windows

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    72% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
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    69% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
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    69% matchVery Positive95% of 397 reviews2020
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    Windows · Linux

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    72% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    67% matchVery Positive92% of 184 reviews2024
    Dev: MötivPub: Next in Game
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%

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    66% matchVery Positive89% of 96 reviews2025
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    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 reviews2021
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    70% matchVery Positive83% of 779 reviews2014
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    Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.

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  56. #56 Phil Alone
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    68% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2024
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    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 457 reviews2024
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    64% matchVery Positive96% of 207 reviews2025
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    67% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
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