60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Adventure, Story Rich, Mystery.
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Mystery of the Malign
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
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Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Mystery 24%, Conspiracy 15.1% ★, Puzzle 10.8%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Lore-Rich 10%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Nonlinear 25.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Mystery 12.2%, Puzzle 11.2%
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Why similar: Mystery 25.9%, Detective 25.7%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Puzzle 10.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Time Management 26%, Mystery 21.4%, Time Manipulation 19% ★, Detective 11.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.1% ★, Mystery 22%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 8.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Mystery 22.9%, Detective 18.5%, Time Management 16.4%, Lore-Rich 13%, Puzzle 9.8%
Create unique spells by combining magical runes to solve puzzles your way. Transform objects, manipulate time, and discover the mysteries of a world where everyone has vanished, leaving only 12 people behind. Every puzzle has multiple solutions - if you can imagine it, you can probably do it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Mystery 18.2%, Open World 16.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 8.7%
A puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world where the invention of a cloning device has messed things up, big time. Armed with a clone gun and a mighty fine mustache, the chore of saving THE WHOLE OF CIVILIZATION rests on your shoulders. Don’t blow it.
Why similar: Dark Humor 32.1%, Mystery 19.6%, Puzzle 16.2%, Exploration 13.1%, Story Rich 9.9%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.6% ★, Detective 18%, Mystery 13.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Puzzle 6.8%
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.9% ★, Nonlinear 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: Mystery 24.3%, Horror 20.2%, Puzzle 14.9%, Exploration 14.7%, Story Rich 10.3%
Play as Cassiel, a foul-mouthed angel trapped in a time loop with a mission to save Heaven. Use the magical clock bestowed upon you from Death (yes, that Death, from Manual Samuel, stop asking) to jump between timelines across Heaven, Hell, Earth and Helheim to stop Heaven from going boom. Again.
Why similar: Metroidvania 49.2%, Action-Adventure 25.4%, Adventure 18.7%, Story Rich 6.7%
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Mystery 39.7%, Puzzle 26.7%, Exploration 24.2%, Adventure 9.4%
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Mystery 23.6%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, Story Rich 10%
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 38.9% ★, Detective 21.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Puzzle 8.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
A 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that spans multiple dimensions and universes. Encounter a diverse cast of characters and unravel mind-bending mysteries as you embark on unique adventures across different worlds.
Why similar: Mystery 31%, Horror 22.6%, Detective 16.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Adventure 10.3%
Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.
Why similar: Mystery 24.2%, Detective 21%, 2.5D 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 10.9%
Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Mystery 21.5%, Puzzle 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 10.8%
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 44.7% ★, Nonlinear 18%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation. Play as Lucas, a former police officer, alongside a mysterious Shadow who can see the “past.” Remember—every choice you make will change the fate of countless characters!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.4% ★, Detective 19.5%, Mystery 15.1%, Story Rich 7.2%, Puzzle 7.2%
Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.9% ★, Detective 17.3%, 2.5D 14.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
You Can Save Everyone is a heartfelt horror meta-puzzle game. Trapped deep within a facility with only a console to communicate with the others inside, decipher the proper methods to control the console, and - just maybe - save everyone. But be careful. The locks aren't just there for you.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 54.2% ★, Horror 13.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Exploration 8.2%
The Watchmaker is an action adventure set in a strange steampunk world of giant clock mechanisms, where time has gone mad. Join Alexander, a clock tower keeper, on his quest to restore time to its natural rhythm!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 64.1% ★, Puzzle 19.3%, Adventure 16.6%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Dystopian 35.7%, Mystery 28.4%, Adventure 21.5%, Story Rich 14.4%
Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.
Why similar: Mystery 30.4%, Horror 22.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, Story Rich 12.5%, Exploration 11.3%
A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 48.5% ★, Dark Humor 23.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, Exploration 6.3%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Story Rich 30.7%, Choices Matter 27.9%, Puzzle 20.8%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 10.1%
Embark on a journey of anomalies and repetition in "Prison Loop," a captivating indie puzzle game. Trapped in a mysterious temporal loop within a high-security prison, your objective is to observe anomalies throughout the environment.
Why similar: Mystery 22.8%, Horror 20%, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 13.9%, Action-Adventure 13.5%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Mystery 32.1%, Choices Matter 23.2%, Story Rich 17.7%, Exploration 16.5%, Adventure 10.5%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 50.3%, Story Rich 31.3%, Choices Matter 18.4%
A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 55.6% ★, Mystery 17.9%, Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 10%, Adventure 3%
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Exploration 57.7%, Adventure 42.3%
You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.4% ★, Dystopian 29.1%, Horror 22.4%, Adventure 6.9%, Exploration 5.2%
Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore the hidden paths! Go deeper in a limited time and discover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 45.9% ★, Detective 24%, Exploration 8.8%, Puzzle 8.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
An explosive mix of action and mystery, seasoned with black humor and a sinister atmosphere. Journey into Hell alongside a brave boy named Blizzy and defeat Evil itself. Save the world and become a hero. But at what cost?
Why similar: Mystery 24.1%, Horror 22.6%, Lore-Rich 19.6%, Puzzle 14.4%, Story Rich 10.9%
Toroban is an infinitely wrapping puzzle game.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.7% ★, Nonlinear 20%, 2.5D 18.2%, Open World 15.1%, Puzzle 7.8%
Night Reverie is 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 living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Mystery 22.8%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Exploration 18.3%, Puzzle 17.4%, Story Rich 14.9%
The world has been swallowed into the grey void of time and space. The only key to the winding puzzle - a time-controling pocket-watch - lies in the hands of a clockmaker Father. The watch creates a mysterious barrier between the Father and his estranged Daughter.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 72.2% ★, Puzzle 11.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 6.4%
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Mystery 23.1%, Nonlinear 18.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Story Rich 10.3%, Puzzle 9.5%
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.4% ★, Conspiracy 21.1% ★, Mystery 18.2%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 9%
Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 45.1% ★, Horror 15.1%, Action-Adventure 11%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 10%
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Mystery 37%, Puzzle 28%, Exploration 21.3%, Adventure 13.7%
A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 39.4% ★, Open World 15.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Action-Adventure 9%, Story Rich 7%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Mystery 27.2%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 8.1%
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Detective 35%, Mystery 26.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Exploration 10%
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.1%, Mystery 20.6%, Horror 16.6%, Puzzle 11%, Exploration 8.8%
Ouroboros presents a bright, cheerful world in which something is horrifyingly wrong. The hero has a princess to save and a quest set before him, but there are unsettling signs that all this has happened before.
Why similar: Story Rich 32%, Puzzle 28.5%, Action-Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 17.5%
The Apocalypse shattered a world in disarray. Facing his impending death, a young boy named Sid crossed paths with Torii, a girl who feeds on the energy of time. In the harbour town of Astella, a mysterious adventure is about to unfold along with the investigation of an unusual crime...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 28%, Mystery 18.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Action-Adventure 13%, Story Rich 11.3%
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 38.6% ★, Dystopian 18.8%, Metroidvania 17.4%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Puzzle 7.2%
Mosaic of the Strange is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring ENORMOUS interlocking puzzles. Help Special Agents Cullen and Brady investigate a bizarre murder, while discovering 144 real-world paranormal case files.
Why similar: Mystery 25.8%, Open World 25.3%, Puzzle 16.5%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 8.9%
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Mystery 21.3%, Story Rich 14.9%, Puzzle 13.9%, Exploration 9.4%
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.3%, Adventure 32.2%, Choices Matter 18.7%, 3D 14.7%
Simulation World - This is a puzzle, story and open world. Feel the vanilla atmosphere as you progress through the puzzles. Rescue the simulation from a virus that wants to destroy the computer world
Why similar: Open World 24.8%, Puzzle 24.4%, Story Rich 22.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Nonlinear 13.9%
Embark on an adventure with Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on this surprising and elastic point-and-click game. Grab, pull, and release to help them solve a bizarre investigation full of humor and meta-time travel!
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Mystery 27.9%, Puzzle 14.8%, Adventure 11.9%, 3D 10%
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Mystery 27.1%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Horror 11.3%, Exploration 11%
Causality is a survival horror game. You must rescue 3 students trapped in a school full of mysterious psychic phenomena, and uncover the secrets behind therein. The real story behind the school, and the causal relationship of the events, is all in your hands.
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Puzzle 17.4%, Mystery 17.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 15.7%
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: Mystery 27%, Lore-Rich 23%, Puzzle 16%, Adventure 11.1%, Story Rich 11%
In this logic based puzzle game, switch between Orbs to solve puzzles and light up your world. Play co-op with yourself, freeze time, fly drones, play with sound… and overcome the evil shadow interfering with your quest.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 56.5% ★, Mystery 14.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 7%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
Travel through time and help Mai and her Grandfather uncover the mysteries of the world after the Last Great War. Explore the connections between ancient eras and dystopian futures in an adventure that blends thrilling combat with precision platforming.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.4% ★, Metroidvania 23.2%, Dystopian 18.4%, Mystery 9%, Adventure 4.7%
