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

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Gateway is an award-winning minimalist point & click puzzle adventure set in a desolate black void. The Gateway Trilogy includes remastered versions of the first two games – plus a never-before-seen third installment.

Reviews: Mixed — 68% — of 50 reviews
Released: 2020-03-31
Developer: Cockroach Inc.
Publisher: The Sleeping Machine
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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  2. #2 TRACE Definitive Edition
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  3. #3 Forgotten Hill The Third Axis
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  4. #4 Samorost 3
    95% matchVery Positive94% of 5,364 reviews2016
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  5. #5 The Almost Gone
    94% matchVery Positive80% of 1,195 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac
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    Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Puzzle 13.7%, Surreal 12.2%, Minimalist 10.6%, Mystery 10.1%

  6. #6 The Room Three
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,034 reviews2018
    Dev: Fireproof Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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?

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    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,443 reviews2020
    Dev: Rusty Lake
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    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  9. #9 no signal
    91% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
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  10. #10 Through Abandoned: The Refuge
    92% matchMixed50% of 236 reviews2019
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  11. #11 Bad Dream: Stories
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 114 reviews2021
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  12. #12 Samsara Room
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,865 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    89% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2012
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    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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    Windows
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  26. #26 INMOST
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    Windows

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    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,118 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 791 reviews2019
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    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    76% matchVery Positive80% of 681 reviews2015
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    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 217 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 310 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,341 reviews2019
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    Dev: Nudiventra
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Mechanic 8230: Episode 1 is an adventure game in the point-and-click genre. Help the mechanic find his robot friend RO-2 and together unveil the secrets of the world destroyed by the Cataclysm.

    Why similar: Point & Click 32.8%, Robots 32.1%, Puzzle 14.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Casual 7.9%

  57. #57 3D Escape Room: Detective Story
    66% matchMostly Positive71% of 118 reviews2025
    Dev: Shenzhen Zhonglian Interactive Technology Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    3D Escape Room: Detective Story is an immersive 3D puzzle game that takes you to 1930s London. In the game, you play as an insightful private detective, searching for clues in realistic 3D environments, solving intricate puzzles and mini-games, and cracking bizarre cases.

    Why similar: Escape Room 36.3%, Point & Click 22.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Mystery 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%

  58. #58 Sisyphus Reborn
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,085 reviews2016
    Dev: Edwin MontgomeryPub: Myshkin Entertainment
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%

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

    Why similar: Point & Click 51.4%, Atmospheric 31.3%, 2D 10.1%, Singleplayer 7.2%

  59. #59 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor
    65% matchVery Positive82% of 103 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: Escape Room 29.3%, Point & Click 20.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Logic 11.9%, Mystery 8.9%

  60. #60 Trikaya
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 356 reviews2021
    Dev: SMU Guildhall
    Windows

    Trikaya is an atmospheric first-person puzzle game where the player explores a long-forgotten temple and pieces together a mighty and mysterious artifact to master Wind, Earth, and Fire magic to solve puzzles and uncover the intriguing history of the extraordinary artifact.

    Why similar: Puzzle 37.6%, Exploration 25%, Casual 22.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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