Games Like Submachine: Legacy

Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

Why similar: Philosophical 19%, Puzzle 17.2%, Exploration 14.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Logic 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive experience for players who love interconnected, complex puzzle worlds that require deep observation.

Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.3%, Exploration 21.4%, Point & Click 17.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: As the foundational inspiration for the genre, it perfectly mirrors the isolated, puzzle-heavy exploration found in Submachine.

Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Hand-drawn 25.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Mystery 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Amanita Design's masterpiece offers a surreal, hand-drawn world that rewards curiosity and environmental interaction.

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: Point & Click 24%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Steampunk 17.3% ★, Puzzle 12.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This iconic hand-drawn point-and-click adventure features intricate, logic-based puzzles within a distinct, atmospheric setting.

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: Point & Click 35.8%, Puzzle 21.5%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Mystery 8.4%, Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the surreal, dark, and cryptic puzzle-solving DNA that makes the Submachine series so memorable.

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 30.6%, Puzzle 17.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%, 2D 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: The game features a haunting, hand-drawn aesthetic and clever, atmospheric puzzles that feel right at home in a dystopian setting.

Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Logic 10.8%, Steampunk 10.7% ★, Exploration 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, hand-drawn adventure that focuses on exploration and item-based puzzles in a quiet, lonely world.

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: Hand-drawn 26.1%, Puzzle 24%, Point & Click 16.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Mystery 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its unique hand-drawn mechanics and focus on visual observation make it a perfect match for fans of creative puzzle design.

Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Puzzle 13.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Futuristic 12.2%, Logic 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactile, mechanical puzzles in a mysterious setting that will appeal to fans of Submachine's puzzle variety.

Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Steampunk 16.5% ★, Puzzle 15.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Exploration 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that captures the feeling of being trapped in a mysterious, logic-filled environment.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Exploration 24.6%, Mystery 21.6%, Puzzle 17.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: While in 3D, it perfectly captures the feeling of uncovering a vast, ancient mystery through non-linear exploration and deduction.

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Why similar: Point & Click 47.2%, Dystopian 13.8%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Steampunk 5.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian, atmospheric point-and-click adventure that focuses on uncovering the history of a ruined world.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Dystopian 22%, Point & Click 20.6%, Philosophical 17.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its deep, surreal atmosphere and narrative-driven point-and-click gameplay provide a similarly haunting experience.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Mystery 19%, Puzzle 15.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant deduction game that rewards the same kind of careful, screen-by-screen observation required in Submachine.

Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.3%, Hand-drawn 19.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Puzzle 11%, Colorful 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, hand-drawn point-and-click game that emphasizes exploration and playful interaction with its environment.

Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Made in Ukraine.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.3%, Hand-drawn 18%, Logic 12.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A wordless, hand-drawn puzzle adventure that relies on environmental storytelling and logic.

Daymare Town is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a heart of a strange city populated by peculiar Metamorph creatures. This town is full of nooks and crannies, puzzles, secrets and items to collect to help you along the way. Can you escape the nightmare of a day?

Why similar: Point & Click 24.4%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Exploration 12%, Dystopian 12%, Puzzle 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same surreal, hand-drawn, and cryptic DNA as the Submachine series, focusing on bleak, puzzle-filled environments.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.3%, Puzzle 18.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This dark, surreal point-and-click adventure excels at creating a disturbing yet captivating atmosphere.

Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…

Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Hand-drawn 20.1%, Puzzle 14.4%, Mystery 11%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn, cryptic puzzle adventure that feels very similar to the pacing and style of Submachine.

Arrog is an enigmatic puzzle adventure game featuring hand-drawn art and set in a bizarre black-and-white world with color accents.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Hand-drawn 23.2%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 7.3%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric, and hand-drawn puzzle experience that relies on visual storytelling rather than text.

Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Why similar: Point & Click 38.3%, Hand-drawn 36.2%, Puzzle 20.1%, Steampunk 1.8% ★, Logic 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, hand-drawn puzzle game that emphasizes finding hidden objects and solving logic puzzles.

Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.9%, Point & Click 20.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional, hand-drawn adventure that uses environmental manipulation to progress through its story.

It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.5%, Hand-drawn 18.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Mystery 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same desolate, puzzle-filled, and point-and-click structure that defines the Submachine experience.

Begin your new job as a servant at the mysterious Vanderboom estate. Solve puzzles, serve the family and uncover their dark alchemical secrets in Servant of the Lake, a new upcoming single-player point-and-click adventure in the Rusty Lake series.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.8%, Puzzle 15.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.4%, Dystopian 17.3%, Point & Click 16.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Logic 8.3%

Embark on a journey through a vast post-apocalyptic environment, full of interesting characters and engaging puzzle games in this sci-fi point-and-click adventure game.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.6%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Steampunk 11.9% ★, Dystopian 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that features a variety of creative, logic-based puzzles.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Mystery 34.3%, Puzzle 27.2%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in deduction and observation that rewards players for piecing together a complex, non-linear narrative.

Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.3%, Puzzle 24.5%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Mystery 7.5%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Another entry in the Rusty Lake series that provides a surreal, dark, and puzzle-heavy point-and-click experience.

Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Steampunk 17.4% ★, Adventure 13.9%, Puzzle 13.7%, Mystery 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, atmospheric point-and-click adventure that excels at building a strong sense of place and mystery.

Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure. In this Myst-like game inspired by Jules Verne’s universe, use your senses and intelligence to find your way through secret passages and curious machinery.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Philosophical 17.4%, Steampunk 14.9% ★, Logic 10.1%, Mystery 10%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric puzzle game heavily inspired by the Myst series, focusing on exploration and environmental clues.

«The Guardian of Nature» is a hand-drawn, size-changing adventure. Embark on a magical journey with botanist Henry, use your size-changing ability to explore nature in big and small and solve solarpunk puzzles to put nature back in order.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Hand-drawn 19.8%, Puzzle 15.3%, Colorful 7.6%, Adventure 6.8%

A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.4%, Exploration 18.4%, Mystery 15.8%, Adventure 15.1%, Point & Click 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the developers of Myst, this game offers a modern take on the classic environmental puzzle-exploration formula.

VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.

Why similar: Dystopian 23.8%, Point & Click 22.2%, Futuristic 9.9%, Old School 9.8%, Puzzle 7.5%

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 30.6%, Point & Click 28.3%, Mystery 17.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Steampunk 5.3% ★

Journey into the forgotten world of Helix, where ancient powers awaken within you. Unlock and combine embodied abilities to unravel the mysteries of a lost civilization. Descend into a tale that will challenge your mind and soul, solving intricate puzzles as you ascend to the light of a new day.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.6%, Hand-drawn 22.5%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Exploration 12%, Adventure 11.7%

Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!

Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Dystopian 18.7%, Puzzle 14.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Futuristic 9.8%

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Why similar: Philosophical 45.3%, Point & Click 20.3%, Adventure 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Indie 4.6%

In the vast desert, you discover a tiny fish sealed inside a small bottle. It seems to want something. Solve the puzzles to collect the items the fish desires.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.8%, Philosophical 21.6%, Hand-drawn 19.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Adventure 4.8%

It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Exploration 10%

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Why similar: Point & Click 29.3%, Puzzle 15.3%, Exploration 14.3%, Futuristic 12.8%, Old School 8.1%

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

Why similar: Point & Click 30.1%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.2%

Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 27.2%, Puzzle 15.3%, Colorful 13.6%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 7.3%

You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.3%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Philosophical 14.1%, Dystopian 11.4%, Logic 9.4%

A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.7%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, Mystery 10.6%, Futuristic 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%

In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology you follow the path of Dale and Laura and other famous Rusty lake characters such as Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl. The series will be updated, preserved and bundled to survive the end of the Flash Games era.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.4%, Puzzle 22.8%, Mystery 14.9%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Atmospheric 4.8%

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Why similar: Point & Click 29.1%, Puzzle 15%, Mystery 13.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Gnomdom is a point & click puzzle game where you find little gnomes stuck in various places and help them return to their home.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.8%, Hand-drawn 26%, Puzzle 13.7%, Logic 8.8%, Colorful 6.6%

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

Why similar: Philosophical 27.3%, Point & Click 24.3%, Mystery 16.4%, Futuristic 15.7%, Story Rich 7.1%

After a big earthquake in the city, ruins of an old building collapse and you end up trapped inside an abandoned house. Find a way out and unravel the mystery of inexplicable tremors, revealing ancient secrets and a mystical artifact, before the city is destroyed.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Hand-drawn 21.4%, Puzzle 12.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Adventure 6.6%

Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the mighty Atlantis.

Why similar: Dystopian 25%, Steampunk 19.3% ★, Puzzle 9.5%, Point & Click 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%

You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Hand-drawn 20%, Puzzle 14.7%, Logic 8.3%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Planet RIX-13 is а 2D adventure, in which you play as a space explorer engaged in searching for planets potentially suitable for life.

Why similar: Point & Click 38%, Futuristic 19.5%, Puzzle 19.3%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 9%

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Logic 19.3%, Puzzle 18.3%, Mystery 14%, Exploration 11.8%, Colorful 9.9%

The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets

Why similar: Puzzle 41.4%, Adventure 37.1%, Indie 21.4%

The Tesla Mystery is a puzzle-driven adventure game. Join the journey of investigation in a Paris infused with steampunk and Art Nouveau styles. Nikola Tesla, mastermind behind the Science Conference, has vanished under mysterious circumstances. Now, and uncover the truth hidden in the city...

Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Steampunk 20.9% ★, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Puzzle 13.3%, Mystery 12.2%

Creepy Tale is a mysterious adventure rich in riddles and eerie atmosphere. An autumn morning promised a quiet fishing trip, but events took Martin to "some other place." Find the way home, uncover loads of secrets, and save everyone that you can.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.8%, Point & Click 23.1%, Puzzle 14.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Adventure 8.5%

In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

Why similar: Point & Click 48%, Puzzle 13.9%, Adventure 12%, Hand-drawn 7.3%, Steampunk 5.1% ★

An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.4%, Puzzle 14.1%, Mystery 13.9%, Futuristic 12.9%, Exploration 12.7%

Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.8%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Exploration 9%

It has been two days since the once vibrant Air City went completely silent and now it seems to be flying on its own

Why similar: Point & Click 26.4%, Puzzle 15.8%, Steampunk 14% ★, Logic 11.4%, Adventure 9.8%