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Games Like Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Female Protagonist.

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Third Eye Open is a supernatural narrative adventure about a young girl coming of age. The game is set in a small Malaysian suburb which the player navigates to speak to friends, families, and ghosts. Various minigames immerse the player deeper into the protagonist's journey.

Reviews: Very Positive — 96% — of 90 reviews
Released: 2024-09-04
Developer: Cellar Vault Games
Publisher: Chorus Worldwide Games
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Windows

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    94% matchVery Positive91% of 12,023 reviews2016
    Dev: Night School Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    95% matchMostly Positive78% of 351 reviews2014
    Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Female Protagonist 26.5%, Hand-drawn 25.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 3%

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    94% matchVery Positive84% of 214 reviews2022
    Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
    Windows · Mac

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    93% matchMixed69% of 281 reviews2022
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    Windows

    The Outbound Ghost is an adventure RPG about helping ghosts ascend to the afterlife. Battle the past using figments of your personality. Craft badges to earn abilities. Explore a town of troubled spooks and discover life can be tough, even when you're dead.

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    Dev: 萝卜不长毛线公司Pub: Hawthorn Games
    Windows

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    91% matchVery Positive89% of 93 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    90% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
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    This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.

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    89% matchVery Positive87% of 1,485 reviews2023
    Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

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  12. #12 Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt
    89% matchMostly Positive72% of 327 reviews2017
    Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 640 reviews2012
    Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    86% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
    Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows

    Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

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    87% matchMostly Positive77% of 776 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.

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  16. #16 FILTHY US
    86% matchMixed68% of 471 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    85% matchVery Positive92% of 3,928 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%

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    Windows
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  24. #24 DreadOut 2
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    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Windows
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    Dev: GameTomo TeamPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,197 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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    77% matchVery Positive84% of 664 reviews2018
    Dev: Storytale
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 117.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    78% matchMixed48% of 54 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac
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  35. #35 Cemetery Mary
    74% matchVery Positive97% of 375 reviews2021
    Dev: arcadekitten
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    76% matchVery Positive92% of 335 reviews2017
    Dev: Ithaqua Labs
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    72% matchVery Positive92% of 276 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    73% matchVery Positive90% of 184 reviews2023
    Dev: Nekoday
    Windows

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    75% matchMostly Positive77% of 712 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    72% matchVery Positive97% of 180 reviews2023
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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 808 reviews2018
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    Windows
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  42. #42 DreadOut
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,628 reviews2014
    Dev: Digital Happiness
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    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    71% matchVery Positive95% of 6,752 reviews2016
    Dev: Fishing Cactus
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    70% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
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    68% matchVery Positive93% of 299 reviews2024
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    67% matchVery Positive96% of 307 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2019
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    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,242 reviews2021
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    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 352 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 173 reviews2017
    Dev: Ilsanjo
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Story Rich 13.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%

  56. #56 Greyfox RPG
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,021 reviews2015
    Dev: Lesley DoddPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    You play as a new arrival to a foggy and mysterious town. You find yourself waking up in the bodies of the town's inhabitants at pivotal moments of their lives. Make tough choices as you discover the truth about this town called Greyfox.

    Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Female Protagonist 35.4%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  57. #57 Demon Hunter 3: Revelation
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 311 reviews2016
    Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Face your own supernatural past!

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 41.2%, Adventure 26.2%, Story Rich 19.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  58. #58 Fear the Spotlight
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
    Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

    Why similar: Stealth 27.1%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Story Rich 12.3%, Stylized 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

  59. #59 Dark Light
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
    Windows

    Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13.3%

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