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 26.7%, Puzzle 21.6%, First-Person 15.3%, Sci-fi 13.8%, 3D 11.4%

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%, Puzzle 22.6%, First-Person 16.5%, Sci-fi 14.2%, 3D 12.6%

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 43.7%, First-Person 24.6%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Indie 5%, 3D 3.6%

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 49.1%, Puzzle 27.2%, First-Person 17.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Indie 2.5%

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

Why similar: 1980s 31.7%, Puzzle 24.6%, Sci-fi 24.1%, First-Person 13.9%, 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 34.3%, Puzzle 19.8%, First-Person 16.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%, 3D 10.2%

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 27.5%, Puzzle 21.4%, 3D 11.9%, Singleplayer 5.2%

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 43.9%, First-Person 34.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Indie 6.3%

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 40.6%, Singleplayer 4.7%, Indie 3.5%

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

Why similar: 1980s 43.2%, First-Person 21.9%, Puzzle 15.5%, 3D 14.4%, 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 27.7%, First-Person 27%, 1980s 20.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, 3D 7%

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 28.4%, First-Person 25.4%, Sci-fi 23.3%, 3D 15.4%, Singleplayer 4%

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 33.5%, Sci-fi 26.6%, First-Person 23.5%, 3D 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%

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 39.1%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, First-Person 12.5%, Sci-fi 12.3%, 3D 10.5%

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

Why similar: Puzzle 37.5%, First-Person 28.8%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%

"The Backrooms: Travel" 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 32.2%, Puzzle 24.7%, First-Person 15.1%, 3D 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

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 35.4%, Puzzle 20.3%, First-Person 15.6%, Sci-fi 14%, 3D 11.6%

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

Why similar: 1980s 35.2%, Puzzle 20.7%, First-Person 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, 3D 11.4%

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 28.6%, Puzzle 18.2%, First-Person 16.1%, 3D 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.9%

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 48.3%, Sci-fi 36.5%, Indie 15.3%

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 34.4%, First-Person 25%, 3D 19.2%, 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 41.2%, First-Person 30.3%, 3D 20.3%, Indie 5.5%, 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 38.8%, First-Person 28%, 3D 21.6%, 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 35.6%, Puzzle 22.3%, First-Person 16.9%, 3D 13.2%, 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 34.7%, First-Person 24.8%, Sci-fi 24.2%, 3D 9.6%, Singleplayer 3.9%

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

Why similar: Sci-fi 27.2%, First-Person 20.7%, Puzzle 19.9%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, 3D 12.8%

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 37.4%, First-Person 26.6%, Psychological Horror 23.3%, Indie 8.5%, 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 38.6%, Sci-fi 29.6%, First-Person 23.9%, Psychological Horror 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%

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 40.7%, First-Person 29.2%, 3D 22.6%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 3.6%

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 32.1%, First-Person 25.2%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%

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 30.8%, First-Person 23.3%, 1980s 22%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Indie 3.2%

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 39.8%, First-Person 29.8%, 3D 22%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 4%

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 33.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, First-Person 13.9%

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 44.1%, Sci-fi 30%, 3D 19.2%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 3%

A fast-reaction 3D puzzle game where you rotate a cube to match incoming geometric shapes against a backdrop of neon-soaked vaporwave aesthetics, fizzing laser beams, and pulsing music.

Why similar: 1980s 47%, Puzzle 35.2%, 3D 15.8%, Singleplayer 2%

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 34.3%, First-Person 24.1%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, 3D 18.2%, Indie 2.4%

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 34.3%, First-Person 23.9%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, 3D 18.1%, Indie 2.5%

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 43.2%, First-Person 28.5%, 3D 21.4%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%

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 38.4%, First-Person 27.2%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%

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

Why similar: 1980s 36.9%, Puzzle 23.5%, First-Person 16.9%, 3D 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

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 38.1%, First-Person 27.5%, Psychological Horror 24%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 3.4%

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 36.4%, First-Person 28.8%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 4%

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 41.8%, Puzzle 23.8%, First-Person 16%, 3D 7.6%, Psychological Horror 5.1%

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 42.2%, Sci-fi 32.4%, 3D 22.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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 34.4%, Puzzle 21%, First-Person 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, 3D 11.9%

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 34.8%, Psychological Horror 25%, First-Person 20.3%, 3D 15.6%, Indie 2.5%

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 44.5%, First-Person 27.8%, 3D 21.4%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Everything is for Humanity is a story-driven, exploration and puzzle-solving based science fiction horror game which sets in a massive science facility in 2020. You will discover tons of things and find out about the blood-chilling truths with its first-person experience.

Why similar: First-Person 24.3%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Puzzle 21.2%, Sci-fi 13.6%, 3D 11.2%

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 43.3%, Puzzle 25.2%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, 3D 14.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Parallax is a first-person puzzle game with two overlapping worlds. Weave back and forth between black and white as you try to be in the right place, in the right dimension, at the right time. Use switches, boosters and gravity to help you reach the exit. Can you conquer every mind-bending level?

Why similar: Puzzle 50%, First-Person 38.4%, Indie 11.6%

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 51.9%, Puzzle 28.7%, 3D 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%, Indie 1.3%

A first-person puzzle horror game where shifting corridors, challenging puzzles, and dwindling resources stand between you and survival.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.2%, First-Person 20.4%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, 3D 14.9%

Explore an abandoned mansion shrouded in mystery and danger. Face eerie creatures, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets that could be your key to escape – or something far darker.

Why similar: Puzzle 40.1%, First-Person 31.5%, 3D 20.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%, Indie 3.8%

Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.

Why similar: Puzzle 53.4%, First-Person 28.6%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 3%

Autumn, 1986. A weekend getaway to Pine Creek turns into a nightmare when your wife vanishes as strange lights appear in the sky. Solve environmental puzzles, hide from the grays, and survive the night in this 80s sci-fi survival horror. The truth is darker than you think.

Why similar: 1980s 39.6%, Sci-fi 26.1%, Puzzle 17.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Indie 1.6%

On a derelict research space station, you'll find yourself solving puzzles to complete a high value contract, but in the end, will the job be worth it?

Why similar: Sci-fi 31.6%, Puzzle 30.2%, First-Person 28.3%, Indie 9.9%

A writer who has lost his inspiration rents a secluded farmhouse to finish his final story. But strange things begin to happen. Is he losing his mind… or is this house hiding something that should have stayed buried?

Why similar: 1980s 50%, First-Person 24%, 3D 18.4%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Terror Call is a first-person horror puzzle game filled with jump scares, eerie environments, and deadly mysteries. Explore dark locations, solve tense puzzles, and survive relentless threats where every decision can mean escape or death.

Why similar: 1980s 35.6%, Puzzle 23%, First-Person 16.4%, 3D 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

This collection has 11 short horror games that you can freely choose which one you want to play.

Why similar: 1980s 35.7%, Puzzle 23.9%, First-Person 16.5%, 3D 12.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

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: First-Person 29.9%, Puzzle 29.9%, Sci-fi 17.1%, 3D 14.2%, Singleplayer 5.1%