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Games Like Puzzle Box Palace

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Adventure, Singleplayer, Mystery.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 86% — of 124 reviews
Released: 2021-01-18
Developer: SMU Guildhall
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

Overview

Puzzle Box Palace stands out for its surreal, bite-sized escape room experience that blends magical exploration with tactile puzzle-solving. These recommendations focus on titles that capture that same sense of wonder, featuring intricate mechanical puzzles, dreamlike atmospheres, and immersive room-based exploration.

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,076 reviews2020
    Dev: Rusty Lake
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

    Why similar: Puzzle 38.7%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 19.2%, Surreal 17.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A deeply surreal and atmospheric point-and-click puzzle game that shares the dreamlike logic found in Puzzle Box Palace.

  2. #2 The Room
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 31,445 reviews2014
    Dev: Fireproof Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

    Why similar: Puzzle 78.6%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive puzzle box game, featuring highly detailed mechanical objects that require careful manipulation to solve.

  3. #3 The Room Two
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,542 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.

    Why similar: Puzzle 73.8%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Building on the original, this sequel expands the scope of the puzzles into more complex, atmospheric environments.

  4. #4 The Room Three
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,253 reviews2018
    Dev: Fireproof Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

    Why similar: Puzzle 72.6%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a more expansive, interconnected world while maintaining the high-quality tactile puzzle mechanics of the series.

  5. #5 Cube Escape: Paradox
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 11,960 reviews2018
    Dev: Rusty Lake
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    Why similar: Puzzle 68.7%, Adventure 11.6%, Surreal 10.6%, Indie 9.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This entry in the Rusty Lake series perfectly captures the bizarre, surreal, and puzzle-heavy nature of the seed game.

  6. #6 HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 933 reviews2024
    Dev: Stone
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles.Uncover the mysteries of this peculiar room.

    Why similar: Surreal 40.4%, Puzzle 35.8%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 6.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This short, hand-drawn game shares the surreal and intimate puzzle-solving feel of the seed game.

  7. #7 Doors: Paradox
    93% matchVery Positive91% of 2,045 reviews2022
    Dev: Big Loop StudiosPub: Snapbreak
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A relaxing puzzle escape game! Make your way through a variety of hand-crafted 3D dioramas, look for useful objects, find hidden clues and solve fun puzzles! Unravel this mysterious adventure about chaos, order and the surreal.

    Why similar: Puzzle 42%, Adventure 23.8%, Exploration 21.3%, Indie 12.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This game features beautiful, diorama-style levels that focus on solving self-contained, satisfying puzzles.

  8. #8 Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
    92% matchVery Positive88% of 851 reviews2021
    Dev: Kiary Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics

    Why similar: Puzzle 46.3%, Adventure 26.2%, Exploration 24.4%, Indie 3.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This game offers an isometric escape room experience where you manipulate 3D environments to uncover secrets.

  9. #9 Rusty Lake Hotel
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,345 reviews2016
    Dev: Rusty Lake
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

    Why similar: Puzzle 41.8%, Surreal 28.4%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 13%

    Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, unsettling aesthetic and clever room-based puzzles that reward careful observation.

  10. #10 Escape From Mystwood Mansion
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,314 reviews2023
    Dev: Lost Sock Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?

    Why similar: Puzzle 44%, Exploration 28.9%, Adventure 18.4%, Indie 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A cozy, atmospheric escape room game that balances exploration with logical, satisfying puzzle design.

  11. #11 The House of Da Vinci
    90% matchVery Positive86% of 7,183 reviews2017
    Dev: Blue Brain Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game. Solve mechanical puzzles, discover hidden objects, escape from rooms and dive into the authentic atmosphere of the Renaissance. Use all your wits to find out what's behind your master's disappearance.

    Why similar: Puzzle 42.7%, Exploration 24.5%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 11.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It provides a sophisticated escape room experience focused on intricate, Renaissance-inspired mechanical puzzles.

  12. #12 Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,174 reviews2019
    Dev: Yak & Co
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    A suave secret agent adventure game. Your mission (should you choose to accept) is to infiltrate enemy spy Ruby La Rouge’s secret hideaway and put a stop to her evil plans!

    Why similar: Puzzle 44.5%, Exploration 29.7%, Adventure 25.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A stylish, retro-inspired escape room game that emphasizes clever gadgetry and environmental interaction.

  13. #13 Faraway: Puzzle Escape
    89% matchMostly Positive71% of 134 reviews2021
    Dev: Pine StudioPub: Snapbreak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Faraway is an adventure game, a modern tribute to Myst. In Faraway you're an adventurer exploring ruins of ancient temples full of challenges and mysterious riddles.

    Why similar: Puzzle 47.5%, Adventure 37.9%, Exploration 14.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It captures the exploration and puzzle-solving spirit of escape rooms within a series of mysterious, ancient ruins.

  14. #14 Superliminal
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 33,523 reviews2020
    Dev: Pillow Castle
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

    Why similar: Surreal 40.4%, Puzzle 34.7%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 12.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It uses perspective-based mechanics to create a surreal, mind-bending puzzle experience that feels like stepping into a dream.

  15. #15 Night Reverie: Prologue
    87% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
    Dev: Somber Pixel
    Windows

    Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of 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 as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

    Why similar: Surreal 37%, Puzzle 29.1%, Exploration 20.4%, Adventure 9%, Indie 4.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This game features a cute, surreal aesthetic and exploration-based puzzles that mirror the whimsical tone of the seed game.

  16. #16 Viewfinder
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    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

    Why similar: Surreal 38.4%, Puzzle 29%, Adventure 16.4%, Exploration 16.3%

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  17. #17 Waterfall Prisoner
    84% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2023
    Dev: APA estudi
    Windows · Mac

    Can you escape from Waterfall Tower? A puzzle-focused escape room game, made in the vein of the classic graphic adventures of old.

    Why similar: Puzzle 43.6%, Adventure 30.6%, Exploration 22.7%, Indie 3.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric escape room game that emphasizes exploration and environmental storytelling.

  18. #18 Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Reversed Escape Room
    85% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 reviews2021
    Dev: VulpesoftPub: Untold Tales
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend.

    Why similar: Puzzle 40.3%, Adventure 25%, Exploration 22%, Indie 12.7%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a narrative-driven escape room experience that requires careful observation and deduction.

  19. #19 Escape Simulator
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 19,184 reviews2021
    Dev: Pine Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

    Why similar: Puzzle 62.1%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 8.9%, Exploration 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly interactive, physics-based escape room experience that allows for deep environmental manipulation.

  20. #20 Dreamcage Escape
    86% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 reviews2016
    Dev: Big Loop Studios
    Windows

    Can you escape the Dreamcage? Are you ready to solve puzzles and crack codes in this new and innovative room escape game?

    Why similar: Adventure 59.9%, Indie 40.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click escape room game with a whimsical, fantasy-themed setting.

  21. #21 Gorogoa
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,375 reviews2017
    Dev: Buried SignalPub: Annapurna Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

    Why similar: Puzzle 59.1%, Indie 13%, Adventure 12.6%, Surreal 8.6%, Exploration 6.7%

    Why You'll Like It: An artistic, surreal puzzle game where you manipulate panels to reveal hidden connections and progress through a dreamlike narrative.

  22. #22 Escape Lala - Retro Point and Click Adventure
    84% matchVery Positive99% of 338 reviews2019
    Dev: DuckbearLab
    Windows · Mac

    You wake up inside a magical cave, can you escape? A nostalgic adventure game <3

    Why similar: Adventure 47.7%, Indie 28.1%, Puzzle 24.2%

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  23. #23 Machinarium
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 20,292 reviews2009
    Dev: Amanita Design
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

    Why similar: Surreal 38.9%, Puzzle 35.2%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A classic surreal point-and-click adventure with charming character design and clever, logic-based puzzles.

  24. #24 A Little to the Left
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 18,481 reviews2022
    Dev: Max InfernoPub: Secret Mode
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.

    Why similar: Puzzle 100%

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  25. #25 With Shining Eyes
    81% matchVery Positive95% of 100 reviews2024
    Dev: Lucas Fisher
    Windows

    Uncover secrets, experience history, solve puzzles and understand one another. Immerse yourself and explore a surreal and colorful world in this short, first-person adventure.

    Why similar: Surreal 39.2%, Puzzle 24.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 15.4%, Indie 1.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and free-to-play experience that focuses on atmosphere and light puzzle elements.

  26. #26 The Escaper
    80% matchVery Positive94% of 773 reviews2020
    Dev: Nocturnal works
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Puzzle 34.7%, Indie 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, touch-friendly escape room game that provides a solid, classic puzzle-solving experience.

  27. #27 Escape from Castle Claymount
    75% matchVery Positive99% of 383 reviews2024
    Dev: STUDIO LOOKPub: Coolmath Games
    Windows

    A 3D point-and-click puzzle adventure featuring beautifully rendered claymation scenery and a colorful cast of characters. Search for clues and solve the hidden puzzles to Escape from Castle Claymount!

    Why similar: Puzzle 35.6%, Adventure 27.1%, Exploration 27.1%, Indie 10.2%

  28. #28 Escape from Mutation Station
    76% matchVery Positive97% of 101 reviews2025
    Dev: Jay Marksman
    Windows

    A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.

    Why similar: Surreal 50.6%, Puzzle 31.8%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 6.2%

  29. #29 Magic Box
    79% matchMixed66% of 132 reviews2017
    Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Magic Box - interesting puzzle game with a lot of interesting and challenging levels.

    Why similar: Puzzle 41.3%, Adventure 34.4%, Indie 24.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A casual, pixel-art puzzle game that directly channels the theme of unlocking mysterious, magical containers.

  30. #30 Dungeon Escape VR
    78% matchVery Positive82% of 195 reviews2017
    Dev: Silver Machine Studios
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    Dungeon Escape VR is an immersive escape-room puzzle game. To escape you need to solve the challenges and puzzles found in the dungeon.

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  31. #31 VR: Vacate the Room (Virtual Reality Escape)
    78% matchVery Positive84% of 252 reviews2016
    Dev: hOSHI
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    VR: Vacate the Room is a short Escape the Room game.It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out.

    Why similar: Puzzle 40.8%, Adventure 40.1%, Indie 19.1%

  32. #32 Escape Game
    77% matchVery Positive83% of 149 reviews2018
    Dev: RewindApp
    Windows

    In Escape Game you will have to solve the different puzzles hidden in the house to escape!

    Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Adventure 23.6%, Exploration 18.8%, Indie 18.1%

  33. #33 Island Marauder
    76% matchVery Positive81% of 183 reviews2019
    Dev: MSOL
    Windows

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  34. #34 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 117 reviews2025
    Dev: Shenzhen Zhonglian Interactive Technology Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Every corner of this manor holds secrets. You inherit not just the estate, but scattered letters and an intricately designed puzzle. Eyepieces transcending spacetime plunge you into others' memories. Traverse 16 themed chambers, unravel nested mechanisms, until you unveil the buried past...

    Why similar: Puzzle 45.9%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 15.5%, Exploration 10.4%

  35. #35 The Flaws of Gravity
    77% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2017
    Dev: Absorbed Studios
    Windows

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    Why similar: Adventure 42.4%, Indie 31.8%, Puzzle 25.8%

  36. #36 A Game About Boxes
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 52 reviews2026
    Dev: A Cardboard Box
    Windows

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    Why similar: Surreal 42.7%, Adventure 28.7%, Puzzle 15.2%, Indie 13.4%

  37. #37 Pocket Kingdom
    75% matchVery Positive90% of 259 reviews2016
    Dev: 08 GamesPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Islands sometimes appear out of the blue in the clouds. The mysterious Pocket Kingdom is one of them. Wander around its districts, solve puzzles and listen to the weird stories told by the locals. Unveiling the place's mysteries depends on it. So does getting out of it.

    Why similar: Adventure 42.9%, Indie 29.5%, Puzzle 27.6%

  38. #38 Abode
    74% matchVery Positive92% of 375 reviews2016
    Dev: Overflow
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Abode is an escape room puzzle game. You will have to find, combine and utilize tools and furniture in the room to unveil all its secrets.

    Why similar: Puzzle 41.6%, Indie 39.3%, Adventure 19.1%

  39. #39 Floodcore
    71% matchVery Positive96% of 218 reviews2024
    Dev: Floodcore Team
    Windows

    Floodcore is a puzzle adventure game in which you explore an ancient civilization in a flooded world, and discover a mysterious power to overcome the temple's challenges.

    Why similar: Puzzle 40.2%, Exploration 25.3%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 9.8%

  40. #40 Escape: The Brother's Saloon
    73% matchVery Positive80% of 112 reviews2020
    Dev: Woodcrest Games, LLC
    Windows

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    Why similar: Adventure 52.9%, Indie 35.5%, Puzzle 11.7%

  41. #41 3D Escape Room: Cursed Legacy
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 57 reviews2026
    Dev: Shenzhen Zhonglian Interactive Technology Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    After waking up in the manor’s basement, you discover that you’ve aged at an abnormal rate. As you fight to survive, clues and records from different eras gradually bring the mystery into focus. When you become young again, you will inherit the true “legacy”.

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  42. #42 ROOMS: The Toymaker's Mansion
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 127 reviews2015
    Dev: HandMade Game
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    «ROOMS: The Toymaker's Mansion» is a unique puzzle game inspired by sliding puzzles and platformer games. In a twisted mansion made of rooms that slide like sliding puzzle, player should find a way to the exit by moving rooms and using what's inside them.

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  43. #43 Liminal
    74% matchMixed59% of 73 reviews2018
    Dev: Suspicious Box
    Windows

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  44. #44 Blankspace
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 83 reviews2020
    Dev: NoBreadStudio
    Windows · Linux

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    68% matchVery Positive84% of 468 reviews2024
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    Windows

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  46. #46 Dinner with an Owl
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 869 reviews2021
    Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
    Windows

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    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,377 reviews2022
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    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 103 reviews2024
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    Windows

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  51. #51 What Never Was
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 5,085 reviews2019
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  52. #52 Abode 2
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    Windows

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  53. #53 Orpheus's Dream
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 238 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Puzzle 30.8%, Surreal 30.5%, Adventure 20.4%, Exploration 18.3%

  59. #59 HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM
    61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,682 reviews2026
    Dev: Stone
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.

    Why similar: Surreal 43.4%, Puzzle 39.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 5.7%

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