Games Like REDACT

Who is infected with the parasite 'Rubyuk'? Place sensors, observe the readings, and build your deductions. Then confront the nightmare – mostly in a physical manner. This is a short, scary game that combines reasoning with mini-action.

Why similar: 1980s 26.9%, Puzzle 21.8%, First-Person 15.2%, Sci-fi 13.7%, 3D 11.3%

Broken_System is a puzzle-adventure game set in a dystopian future where everything is controlled by a massive corporation. You are just another employee for this company, until one day, you receive a message from a rebel group asking for your help. Can you fix this broken system?

Why similar: 1980s 31.2%, Puzzle 22.7%, First-Person 16.3%, Sci-fi 14.2%, 3D 12.5%

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.

Why similar: Puzzle 44%, First-Person 24.4%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Indie 5%, 3D 3.5%

First Person Puzzle-Platformer imbued with atmosphere of synthwave and 80s.

Why similar: 1980s 31.8%, Puzzle 24.7%, Sci-fi 24.1%, First-Person 13.7%, Indie 5.7%

LIMB: Origins is a dark sci-fi horror game where you must survive in a mysterious parallel world following the disappearance of a research team. Unravel the mysteries of your missing colleagues, explore the world, repair the teleporter, and find your way home.

Why similar: 1980s 34.5%, Puzzle 19.9%, First-Person 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.2%, 3D 10.1%

Escape Room: Romy Project is a first-person room escape game. Players need to collect clues and solve problems to escape.

Why similar: Sci-fi 30.8%, First-Person 27.4%, Puzzle 21.6%, 3D 11.8%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Check-in to The Spectrum Retreat for a stay you won’t forget. Manipulate your way to the truth in this captivating narrative-driven puzzler.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.2%, First-Person 34.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Indie 6.2%

A new, simple and easy puzzle game you can play forever has finally arrived. It is called Petris.Rotate the shapes, move them right or left and try to create as many lines as you can.Colorful, relaxing game. Playing Petris may improve your cognitive skills.

Why similar: 1980s 51.2%, Puzzle 40.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 3.5%

A short horror game where you control a maintenance space elevator and decommission a derelict space station.

Why similar: Sci-fi 28.1%, Puzzle 23.3%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, First-Person 14.9%, 3D 9.7%

Your thirst for solitude has taken you to the farthest reaches of the universe. Will your wish be granted?

Why similar: 1980s 43.4%, First-Person 21.8%, Puzzle 15.6%, 3D 14.2%, Singleplayer 3%

Enter Grinny’s Playhouse, a once‑lively children’s fun centre now abandoned after its mysterious shutdown. Explore the dark party rooms and uncover what happened here. But be careful… the mascot who once entertained families hasn’t fully powered down.

Why similar: Puzzle 27.9%, First-Person 26.9%, 1980s 20.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, 3D 6.9%

Take control of a test subject tasked with testing out a new device capable of shrinking and enlarging the user. Take on a few tests by changing your size and weight in this short single-player experience.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.7%, First-Person 25.3%, Sci-fi 23.3%, 3D 15.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Aether-07 is a space-bending, first person puzzle game set in a retro-futuristic sci-fi universe. Solve challenges with dual-purpose puzzle elements while uncovering the mystery plaguing the Aether mission.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.7%, Sci-fi 26.6%, First-Person 23.4%, 3D 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%

As a technician working for a local electrical company, you are tasked to restore power to an old animation studio which used to produce the state-wide cartoon Sunnytime Friends. Use your flashlight, Go through obstacles, And, most importantly, Don't. Get. Caught.

Why similar: 1980s 57.3%, First-Person 22.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Indie 3.7%

A routine maintenance job turns into something far more unsettling. Investigate a remote research facility, restore power, and uncover what went wrong. Is anyone still alive? Or are you already too late?

Why similar: 1980s 39.3%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, First-Person 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%, 3D 10.4%

"Echo" is a puzzle/horror adventure game. Exploring the darkness, find your password and escape

Why similar: Puzzle 37.8%, First-Person 28.6%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%

At the end of 1990, there was a murder in Changzhuang community. Both mother and son were killed. The case is full of doubts. According to the clues, you plan to visit the murder scene alone at night, search for evidence, obtain clues, and crack the truth.

Why similar: 1980s 35.6%, Puzzle 20.4%, First-Person 15.5%, Sci-fi 14%, 3D 11.5%

"Travel the Backrooms" is a horror puzzle game that supports 1-4 players! Explore a variety of levels, solve the unique puzzles of each level, and be careful not to get caught by the "Entities"...

Why similar: 1980s 32.4%, Puzzle 24.8%, First-Person 15%, 3D 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

This collection is the latest collection of the MeiQi Series, which will include the S09E06 and the 10thSeason.

Why similar: 1980s 35.4%, Puzzle 20.8%, First-Person 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, 3D 11.3%

A weekend getaway to Pine Creek in '86 turns into a nightmare when your wife vanishes as strange lights appear in the sky. Solve puzzles, hide from the grays, save Sarah and survive the night in this first-person stealth survival horror. The truth is darker than you think.

Why similar: 1980s 35.8%, Puzzle 17.8%, Sci-fi 16.9%, First-Person 13.4%, Psychological Horror 7.6%

Dive into a secret 1980s laboratory where the "Super Kids" program turned into a nightmare. Hunted by Lou, a blind girl transformed into a terrifying monster after a failed experiment, infiltrate the facility, use the environment to your advantage, and try to survive this first chapter.

Why similar: 1980s 41.5%, First-Person 20.7%, 3D 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.6%

Last Frame is a First-Person Psychological Horror set within an isolated West Virginia corporate facility. Explore your surroundings, use what you can to survive, and uncover the secrets to discover your true purpose.

Why similar: 1980s 37.7%, Puzzle 16.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, First-Person 15.8%, Sci-fi 13%

Sethian is a sci-fi puzzle game in which you master a fictitious language. The only surviving speaker is an ancient computer. Does it hold the answers behind the disappearance of the Sethianese people?

Why similar: Puzzle 48.5%, Sci-fi 36.4%, Indie 15.1%

Frog Corner is a single-player horror game where you go to an abandoned arcade looking for the arcade machine "Frog Corner", yet you go too deep inside the building. The deeper you go in the weirder and deadlier it gets.

Why similar: 1980s 28.8%, Puzzle 18.3%, First-Person 16%, 3D 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Awaken aboard a silent orbital research station. Solve environmental puzzles, uncover the crew's fate, and survive the growing influence of ARGUS, the station's ever-watchful AI.

Why similar: Sci-fi 26.6%, Psychological Horror 25%, Puzzle 23.9%, First-Person 15.9%, 3D 5.1%

A monotonous daily routine. The mannequin you brought home was more than just a thing. Escape your home while evading the mannequin that stalks you only when you look away. Your choices will define your destiny.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.7%, First-Person 24.9%, 3D 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16%, Indie 3%

The Cubedex of Brass and Wood contains six puzzling machines. For some, the goal is obvious but the solution is not; for others, figuring out the goal is part of the puzzle.

Why similar: Puzzle 41.5%, First-Person 30.1%, 3D 20.1%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%

GUILT is indie horror game inspired by P.T GUILT contain Jumpscares, Puzzles, Flickering Light, Psychological Atmosphere. Support 32 and 64 bit. Recommend using headphones while playing this game

Why similar: Puzzle 39.1%, First-Person 27.9%, 3D 21.5%, Indie 7.2%, Singleplayer 4.4%

You work the late shift at Echo's Inc reviewing bodycam footage of employees that vanished. Tonight it's Melvin's tape. You press play and suddenly you're not watching anymore. You're him. Living his last shift.

Why similar: 1980s 35.8%, Puzzle 22.5%, First-Person 16.8%, 3D 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%

Revisitor is a first person puzzle-platformer game set in a futuristic virtual space. Use two different types of teleportation to both navigate and solve a series of increasingly challenging missions.

Why similar: Puzzle 35%, First-Person 24.7%, Sci-fi 24.2%, 3D 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%

ENKI is a repeatable horror experience about escaping, featuring multiple endings that will ensure you that every playthrough will be a bit different from the previous one. In only 30 minutes find your way to freedom through occult symbolism, mysteries and discoverable secrets... Survive or die!

Why similar: Puzzle 37.6%, First-Person 26.4%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 4.3%

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.7%, Sci-fi 29.7%, First-Person 23.8%, Psychological Horror 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Howdy, stranger! Hide from a vigilant UFO, find weapon components, and protect the farm from malevolent extraterrestrial threats.

Why similar: Sci-fi 27.3%, First-Person 20.6%, Puzzle 20.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, 3D 12.7%

Abducted by an alien civilization, you are given the chance to prove humanity is ready to join the intergalactic community. All you need to do is escape!

Why similar: Sci-fi 36.5%, Puzzle 32.4%, First-Person 25%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Light of the Ancients is a relaxing first-person puzzle game where you solve environmental challenges to unlock ancient pathways and uncover a long-lost secret.

Why similar: Puzzle 41%, First-Person 29.1%, 3D 22.4%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Ding Dong Pitch is holiday horror at your doorstep. Sound is deadly, and perfect pitch is your only defense. Unsettling carolers sing while you must match their notes to keep them from breaking in.

Why similar: Puzzle 31%, First-Person 23.2%, 1980s 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Indie 3.1%

SCP: CONTROL ERROR is a short psychological horror game where you take part in a live experiment inside a restricted underground facility. The test begins. You're observed.

Why similar: 1980s 33.7%, Puzzle 15.8%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, First-Person 13.8%

NEOSTALKER is a tense turn-based first-person puzzle experience that combines grappling-hook movement, lethal machinery, and tactical planning in a series of dangerous spatial challenges on the way to the heart of a factory that has become a threat to everything around it.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.7%, Sci-fi 34.8%, First-Person 18.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Escape The Complex is a first-person, 3D, puzzle game set in an abandoned and dilapidated complex. Your goal is to explore the complex, solving puzzles to advance through each area until you escaping the complex entirely.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.4%, Sci-fi 30%, 3D 19.1%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 3%

Mazut — you’ll launch it just to look. But you won’t be able to leave. A surreal, liminal world calls you forward. It knows you. You feel it. Mazut has arrived. Now you can’t leave.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.2%, First-Person 29.6%, 3D 21.9%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Enter Smiley Steel Factory, explore a hidden underground circus beneath Nexora, solve mysteries, and uncover the truth behind an experiment that should have never begun

Why similar: Puzzle 32.3%, First-Person 23.3%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, 3D 17.8%, Indie 4.1%

Left Alone: Rebirth is a first-person psychological thriller, with a heavy focus on story and exploration. Delve into a sinister world, with atmospheric and chilling interiors. All is not as it seems in these eerily tranquil and gut wrenchingly realistic environments.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.6%, First-Person 23.8%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, 3D 18%, Indie 2.5%

Trapped inside a scientific anomaly, solve puzzles with evolving teleportation tech and uncover the fate of the vanished “keepers”. Built alongside our community, props we made for Project Lighthouse are free for other game developers.

Why similar: 1980s 29%, Puzzle 28.5%, First-Person 25.5%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Survive a merciless hunt in the House of Nowhere. Alone in a haunting home that no longer feels like your own, you must solve puzzles to escape into a vast, silent forest. Scavenge for your life and uncover the truth before the ancient thing hunting you turns your story into a forgotten legend.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.5%, First-Person 24%, Psychological Horror 19.7%, 3D 18.1%, Indie 2.4%

Will you be able to get out of this long corridor? A long road with death on the prowl will stand between you and the exit. There is no other way, you are already inside.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.5%, First-Person 28.3%, 3D 21.3%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%

The third Lin Shanhai case involves a severed female corpse found hanging in an abandoned factory, missing from City A's hospital morgue. With the body assaulted and police stumped, you'll search multiple crime scenes to unravel this mysterious case.

Why similar: 1980s 34.6%, Puzzle 21.1%, First-Person 15.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, 3D 11.8%

The "Meiqi" series is a plot-oriented puzzle game. This collection is the beginning of the Meiqi Series, including all 6 episodes of the first season, namely Meiqi/Tingting/Sifeng/Aiguo/Cuilan/Jasmine, This is the entrance to the little universe of Sun Meiqi's mysterious case.

Why similar: 1980s 42%, Puzzle 23.9%, First-Person 15.9%, 3D 7.6%, Psychological Horror 5.1%

80's horror inspired FPS, a nightmarish scene taking place at an abandoned orphanage.

Why similar: 1980s 37.1%, Puzzle 23.7%, First-Person 16.8%, 3D 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

The core of the game is to solve the mystery with the element of suspense. The story takes place in China in 2003. The player will play a sick little boy in the game. He will recall the good things and save himself from escaping again and again.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.7%, First-Person 27.1%, Psychological Horror 24%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Play as Sally, the granddaughter of a brilliant and eccentric inventor, who invited you to explore her 70s lab, filled with unique inventions. Solve puzzles by crossing TV screens that alter your gravity, size, or both. Observation, manipulation, and thinking are key to progressing!

Why similar: Puzzle 35.1%, First-Person 27.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, 3D 13.4%, Singleplayer 4.7%

You wake up... not knowing where you are. An unfamiliar place, shrouded in a blood-curdling silence. In Stillness, you find yourself in a distorted reality where the boundaries between dream and reality blur, and the familiar turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.7%, First-Person 28.7%, Psychological Horror 26.2%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Box Hard is a minimalist and challenging game where every room is a puzzle. No tutorial, no hints—observe, experiment, and find the solution to progress. Only the most perceptive will succeed. Are you ready for the challenge?

Why similar: Puzzle 38.4%, First-Person 27.3%, Psychological Horror 23.9%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

The classic Minesweeper experience launched into a 3D space environment. Strategically reveal cells against a backdrop of stars and nebulae to beat your best times. Play the traditional beginner, intermediate, and expert difficulties or take control and create your own board in the custom mode.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.5%, Sci-fi 32.3%, 3D 21.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Untangle is a minimalist puzzle game about clearing crossed lines and sharpening your mind. Drag the points, separate every connection, and solve each tangled pattern in as few moves as possible. Simple to understand, satisfying to master.

Why similar: 1980s 57.5%, Puzzle 39.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Rotate the cube to match the shapes as the speed keeps climbing. A fast, reflex-driven 3D action game wrapped in neon vaporwave, where run-based escalation and rule-bending powerups make every attempt its own.

Why similar: 1980s 51.7%, Puzzle 30%, 3D 16.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

The Anomalous Backrooms is a psychological observation horror game set in various portions of the backrooms. Study each room, decide whether something has changed, and choose the correct exit. Get eight right to escape. Make one wrong choice, and the loop resets.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.1%, 3D 29%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Indie 3.9%

Welcome to the Threshold, a place where reality is altered, and memories become disturbing, dark reflections of what once was. Find items to help escape, and explore an almost fully interactive environment!

Why similar: Puzzle 44.9%, First-Person 27.6%, 3D 21.2%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%

It's your first day and you're trapped in your school–or at least what seems to be of it. Through piecing together hints hidden across rooms, accessing your teachers' computers, and fixing what's broken, find your way out of the room... before they can catch you. This game should work on laptop.

Why similar: 1980s 43.5%, Puzzle 25.3%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, 3D 14%, Singleplayer 1.9%

A psychological horror puzzle about an strange VHS tape that captured a disturbingly realistic ritual. Each viewing changes what happens on screen. Notice these changes, figure out what they mean and see if you can rewrite the ending.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.4%, Psychological Horror 25.7%, First-Person 19.8%, 3D 15.7%, Indie 2.6%

Nuclear meltdown is a collective video game in which a group of players find themselves having to face an emergency in a nuclear power plant despite not having the technical skills.

Why similar: 1980s 52%, Puzzle 28.7%, 3D 16.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%, Indie 1.3%