Games Like petrichor

Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.

Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Conspiracy 15.4% ★, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 8.8%, Puzzle 8%

Step into the unsettling world of The Blackwood Legacy, a first-person puzzle horror game set in the eerie halls of Blackwood Manor. Solve intricate puzzles, unveil long-held secrets, and decipher the mystery surrounding your father's disappearance.

Why similar: Supernatural 15.7%, Conspiracy 12.3% ★, Mystery 11.3%, Stylized 10.1%, Puzzle 9.4%

Go to an abandoned village to find your missing brother. Explore the objects that come in your way. Solve the terrible mystery of this mysterious place.

Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Conspiracy 20.4% ★, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 8.6%, Investigation 8.1%

An otherworldly being has trapped you in their mysterious extradimensional prison. Explore a home ripped from time, activate the signals, and follow them to free that which binds you in this surreal first-person non-linear puzzle game.

Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Supernatural 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Surreal 10.1%, Stylized 8.9%

Infernal West is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game set in a Wild West saloon. Observe every detail, identify the anomalies warping reality, and unravel the mysteries hidden within an endless loop. Every decision may bring you closer to the exit... or trap you in the loop forever.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.7%, Investigation 12.2%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 8.9%

You're the kingdom's Medium. Summon old cosmic gods, beings that don't lie, but don't speak plainly. Ask. Interpret their visions. Every answer brings you closer to the truth. Every vision drags you one step closer to madness.

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.1% ★, Detective 23.2%, Investigation 17.3%, Puzzle 8.4%, Horror 8%

After Death is a police horror videogame based on real events, where the fate of Bisman is in your hands. Prosecutor Bisman is murdered, next to his body there is only his ghost, without memories, wanting to solve the mystery of his own death. Meanwhile, the Reaper is on the prowl...

Why similar: Conspiracy 22.7% ★, Detective 12.4%, Investigation 8.9%, Stylized 7.7%, Puzzle 7.7%

The mansion your grandfather left you is more than an inheritance. When the power comes on, not only the lights awaken, but the darkness buried inside. Shadow Mansion 2 is a first-person psychological horror focused on atmosphere, exploration, and stealth.

Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Thriller 10.3%, Horror 9.4%, Puzzle 8.2%

Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Supernatural 9%, Exploration 7.5%

A fading seaside town, a dark secret lurking beneath the waves, and a plot that will test your powers of deduction... Use logic, observation and your trusty notebook to untangle your way to the truth in this puzzling mystery.

Why similar: Conspiracy 22.7% ★, Detective 20.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Investigation 10.3%

A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.

Why similar: Conspiracy 21.4% ★, Psychedelic 20.2%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 6.7%

You're an Inquisitor following a trail of death. A cult is at work, your predecessor has vanished, and the region teeters on the edge of chaos. Find the truth. Uphold the Inquisition. Do not fail.

Why similar: Conspiracy 23.4% ★, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 13.3%, Supernatural 8.6%, Puzzle 8.1%

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Conspiracy 13.5% ★, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 9.3%

A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.

Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Conspiracy 22.3% ★, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Puzzle 7.8%

Investigate the sleepy town of Lakewood as you follow the trail of numerous missing person cases and the mysterious cause of the disappearances. Unravel the secret of Lakewood and try to survive its tightening grip.

Why similar: Conspiracy 21.2% ★, Investigation 15.4%, Thriller 8.9%, Mystery 8.4%, Horror 8.4%

It is a hermetic horror that pretends to be your friend. The game begins at a flower shop. At first, it looks like a naive florist simulator. Gradually, the game pulls you into the abyss of madness.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.2%, Detective 12.3%, Thriller 8.8%, Investigation 8.3%, Horror 7.8%

Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.

Why similar: Conspiracy 23.2% ★, Detective 15.7%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%

Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.

Why similar: Conspiracy 29% ★, Detective 22.2%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Thriller 7%

Embark on a first-person adventure to a mysterious café in Cairo. Adopt a new perspective and shape reality to your will as you unravel an occult conspiracy hidden in plain sight.

Why similar: Conspiracy 20.3% ★, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 11.9%, Supernatural 10.6%, Psychedelic 10%

Hello Neighbor 2 is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson (The Neighbor) who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that tracks and adapts to your every move.

Why similar: Conspiracy 18.2% ★, Psychedelic 16.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 11.7%, Puzzle 8.3%

A thrilling blend of adventure, mystery, and history! Play as Nancy Drew to uncover the truth behind the theft of a client's heirloom necklace. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover a sinister web of cyber crime, and sleuth through Prague's mysterious streets entwined with medieval legends and alchemy.

Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 9%

A comedy adventure game featuring classic inventory based puzzles. Arthur is a skeptic who dedicated his life to denying the paranormal. Murray is the electric Imp he accidentally summoned. Now Arthur must solve mysteries while bound to the very evidence of the supernatural itself.

Why similar: Conspiracy 16.8% ★, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 14%, Supernatural 11.3%, Mystery 8.1%

Regret has chased Lilith across the years… but a chance to escape is within reach. Drawn in by a message from your estranged daughter, you must reshape reality with a mystical Film Reel to solve a mass vanishing. To erase your guilt, you'll decide what… and who… to leave on the cutting room floor.

Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Supernatural 16.6%, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Investigation 11.8%, Mystery 8.4%

An exploration game about knowledge and discovery. Change the seasons, investigate plants, and discover secrets about the world to stop an ecological disaster.

Why similar: Conspiracy 28.8% ★, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 8.7%, Exploration 8.3%

Play as Mona, a modern-day witch who has the ability to “enter” crime scenes through photographs. She uses her ability to help the police with supernatural cases. But what happens when, one day, a case becomes personal and the murderer gets too close?

Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Investigation 10%

Investigate an abandoned island and its haunted estate in this first-person psychological horror game. Recover paranormal equipment, unlock new areas, follow environmental clues, and uncover the history behind an escalating supernatural presence.

Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Investigation 16%, Supernatural 11.3%, Horror 8.6%, Thriller 8.2%

A singleplayer first-person horror puzzle adventure set in a dark, atmospheric house. Keep calm and solve riddles to unravel a strange disappearance. Gather clues, face demonic entities, and survive the nightmare.

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 10.4%, Horror 8.7%

The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

Why similar: Conspiracy 30.3% ★, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 10.1%, Puzzle 7.9%

Project Liminal Redux is a first-person horror made in realistic 3D graphics. The gameplay consists of collecting notes, solving riddles and escaping from various entities. The main goal is to survive and escape.

Why similar: Conspiracy 28.9% ★, Supernatural 14.7%, Horror 9.1%, Mystery 9%, Exploration 8.2%

A supernatural mystery where perspective informs reality. Guide agents from the Eventide Agency through paranormal investigations across a neon-soaked cityscape. Explore, collect clues, and interpret the evidence to uncover the facts of each case and expose a deeper truth.

Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 14.6%, Supernatural 13.1%, Conspiracy 10.6% ★, Puzzle 9.7%

Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!

Why similar: Conspiracy 29.6% ★, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 8.9%, Supernatural 8.1%

Escape the Urban Underground delivers a terrifying, highly immersive VR escape room experience that will push your mind to the limit. Deep beneath the bustling city lies a forgotten subway station, sealed off from the world. A gruesome murder has just taken place on these decaying platforms.

Why similar: Conspiracy 15.5% ★, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 13.2%, Thriller 7.9%, Mystery 7.5%

Inner Darkness is a first-person horror game made in pixelated 3D graphics that immerses you in an atmosphere of loneliness. The gameplay consists in walking around locations, solving riddles.

Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Psychedelic 21.8%, Horror 10%, Surreal 9.4%, Exploration 8.8%

A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.

Why similar: Psychedelic 18.2%, Supernatural 11.9%, Horror 10.2%, Puzzle 9.8%, Surreal 9.5%

The game is a first-person puzzle adventure, with wacky and old-fashioned graphics, which will transport the player into a dreamlike, psychedelic world composed of an experimental game system that will challenge and test even the most experienced puzzle gamers in the industry.

Why similar: Psychedelic 30.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Surreal 10%, Exploration 10%

A Geoguessr-inspired narrative detective puzzle game set on an alien planet. As the Cartographer, you must gather and examine clues to locate missing archaeologist Abigail Lidari and uncover the fate of an ancient alien civilization.

Why similar: Conspiracy 28% ★, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Puzzle 8.4%

The Immemorial Order II Sisters of Darkness is primarily a spooky, atmospheric, first-person walking simulator that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Why similar: Conspiracy 25.9% ★, Psychedelic 16.8%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Horror 8.6%

A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.

Why similar: Conspiracy 33.9% ★, Detective 23.1%, Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Puzzle 8.6%

Scared by Squares is a psychological horror game and an experiment in fear: can a simple cube scare you? Explore unsettling liminal spaces, solve environmental puzzles, survive hidden traps, and hunt anomalies in a world of corrupted geometry.

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.9%, Supernatural 11.7%, Surreal 8.8%, Mystery 8%, Horror 7.9%

Explore the dark corners of a haunted art museum in The Midnight Exorcist, an investigative puzzle game. Discover hidden secrets and follow the clues to piece together the ancient mystery of the museum’s past – and the ghostly dangers of its present.

Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Supernatural 14.2%, Thriller 11.4%, Mystery 10%, Puzzle 9.6%

As a journalist, immerse yourself in the places you wrote articles about. Figure out what is happening around you and plunge into the world of old floppy disks and pixel graphics of the 80s, alternating with scenes of the real world.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17.9%, Supernatural 13.8%, Detective 12.1%, Old School 11.2%, Thriller 10.6%

Locked and left to your own devices once again! Muster your wits and find a way out of a yet undiscovered part of your recently inherited mansion. The Prologue takes place between the events of Gordian Rooms 1 and 2.

Why similar: Conspiracy 29.2% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 9.2%

Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.

Why similar: Conspiracy 25% ★, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Puzzle 7.4%

Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.

Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Investigation 18.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Mystery 8%

Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.

Why similar: Conspiracy 28.9% ★, Detective 13.7%, Supernatural 11.1%, Surreal 9.9%, Mystery 7.1%

A college radio DJ has vanished, but the school says she withdrew. Search forum posts and confidential records to uncover the people behind anonymous handles. Piece together what happened to Starlingdive in a deduction mystery spanning three connected cases, from college radio to the music industry.

Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Conspiracy 23.1% ★, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Puzzle 10.6%

Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor 2 is back! It is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that adapts to your every move.

Why similar: Psychedelic 17.1%, Conspiracy 16.5% ★, Investigation 15.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, Detective 9.1%

Henny has been worn to the bone by a soul-sucking corporate career that has gifted her with heart problems. After she rage quits and starts pet sitting, she discovers her new gig will be just as horrifying as her last.

Why similar: Conspiracy 21.4% ★, Investigation 15%, Detective 12.9%, Supernatural 10.9%, Mystery 8.3%

A surreal psychological horror game where familiar rooms become strange and unpredictable. Explore your home, uncover hidden details, and experience reality changing around you.

Why similar: Psychedelic 25.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Supernatural 9.5%, First-Person 8.7%

Black Pine is a 4-player online co-op horror survival game where you and your crew are hired contractors, sent deep into the Appalachian Mountains to restore critical infrastructure after unknown events devastate the area. Take on dangerous repairs and avoid the horrors lurking in the shadows!

Why similar: Conspiracy 29% ★, Investigation 16.3%, Supernatural 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Horror 9.9%

You are the Lawspeaker, a defender of justice. Decode local rituals. Seek the truth. Dismantle conspiracies to save the innocent from execution. Put an end to the deception by revealing the mystery of the Sacred King in this deduction puzzle game.

Why similar: Conspiracy 34.7% ★, Detective 20.1%, Puzzle 11.1%, Mystery 11.1%, Adventure 9.8%

Dive into a decade of secrets, mysterious characters and their inexplicable deaths - in the shadow of the darkest time in human history. Investigate crimes, decode documents, collect clues and solve riddles - one word at a time. The deeper you read, the less any of it seems to be an accident.

Why similar: Conspiracy 25.3% ★, Detective 24.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 7.8%

In this game, you are a palianytsia — a traditional Ukrainian bread. You escape from the kitchen, solve puzzles, and explore your own nature. Over time, the game shifts from bright and cheerful to eerie and unsettling, and your goal is to uncover what is really going on.

Why similar: Conspiracy 25.6% ★, Surreal 11%, Supernatural 9.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Stylized 8.6%

210 anomalies, 7 levels, 1 mystery to solve. Uncover the terrible event and fix the time paradox to save a machine and a human. Use the elevators for your decision and find the solution through clues in anomalies. You're the guest hotel detective to solve the mystery. It is hard – prepare your mind!

Why similar: Time Travel 16% ★, Investigation 15.9%, Detective 15.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Exploration 8.6%

Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.

Why similar: Conspiracy 28.9% ★, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 9.5%, Thriller 8.6%

Your adventure continues in Gordian Rooms 2... Explore the Isle of Lye, an isolated testing ground for the Gordian Society’s finest! Uncover the secrets of a grand mansion and its surroundings, get to know its quirky former inhabitants, and challenge your wits.

Why similar: Conspiracy 30% ★, Investigation 15.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 9.3%, First-Person 9%

An immersive wandering simulator through the endless Backrooms. Explore empty corridors, listen to their whisper, and lose yourself in the depths of dark spaces. A subtly oppressive atmosphere, meditative strangeness, and the feeling of an alien, silent world.

Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Thriller 11.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Exploration 8.6%

You take part in testing a next-generation experimental android on a restricted floor of a research complex. But soon it becomes clear that the experiment is far more complicated, and you'll have to uncover what’s really happening here.

Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 22.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Stylized 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%

Tiptoe the thin line between curious and classified: A Noir Detective Adventure. 1957, the Atomic Age: Investigate strange cases, solve intricate mysteries, follow the evidence & question strange characters in the deserts of Area 7. As cases are solved, pieces of a deeper story are revealed.

Why similar: Conspiracy 22% ★, Detective 18.8%, Investigation 13.4%, Supernatural 10%, Mystery 8.6%

Face the Dread, Survive the Night. An island has seemingly appeared just overnight in the middle of the ocean. Lost and stranded, the player searches for a way out but finds the island inhabited by a violent locals who stop at nothing to kill all outsiders.

Why similar: Conspiracy 32.7% ★, Investigation 14.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Old School 9.6%