Games Like Ways Unknown

A strange request arrives at the detective agency, concerning a missing homeowner. Explore a silent mansion and unravel the intricate puzzles hidden throughout its rooms. Why did the homeowner vanish? A mystery adventure where you pursue the truth.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, Mystery 18.5%, Investigation 17.8%, Logic 10.9%, Puzzle 10.8%

Explore, unravel enigmas, and solve puzzles to master the four elements of nature and get rid of the magic that keeps you trapped in this dome.

Why similar: Nonlinear 26.9%, Investigation 18.6%, Logic 18.1%, Puzzle 8.6%, Mystery 7.2%

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Mystery 21.8%, Investigation 20.6%, Nonlinear 11.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Nonlinear 21.7%, Logic 13.5%, 3D Platformer 12.5%, Puzzle 8.3%

Tale'Switch is a narrative mystery puzzle game about changing events recorded in a book. Replace the people, objects, and places in its sentences, witness the consequences, trace the choices behind recurring tragedies, and carry clues between stories to unlock the next character's record.

Why similar: Mystery 19.1%, Investigation 18.7%, Logic 15%, Nonlinear 13.6%, Puzzle 11%

Sometimes you encounter anomalies. Find them or none and react correctly to go back to normal days.

Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, Mystery 19.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.2%, 3D Platformer 8.7%

Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.9%, Puzzle Platformer 15.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 12.1%, Logic 10.2%

In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Investigation 13.7%, 3D Platformer 13.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Puzzle 7.7%

Lin Shanhai, a reclusive yet brilliant detective, solved major intricate cases in the 90s, compiling vignettes into the acclaimed Lin Shanhai Case Files through his unparalleled deductive skills, earning legendary status.

Why similar: Nonlinear 21.2%, Investigation 17.1%, Logic 15.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Puzzle 8.2%

You are hanging on a spaceship amidst the endless vacuum. You’ve got to options: either perish there, or collect yourself and find the fabled rescue shuttle.

Why similar: Logic 24%, Puzzle Platformer 23.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Puzzle 11.4%, First-Person 7.8%

Explore a small open world in first-person, solving environmental puzzles across five distinct biomes. Observe, experiment, and uncover secrets at your own pace in this calm, discovery-focused indie experience.

Why similar: Mystery 20.7%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Investigation 9.6%, 3D Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle Platformer 9.1%

FREE TO PLAY: Kidnapped from your everyday life, you find yourself in a large theme park that feels more like an escape room. Solve puzzles, explore 12 themed islands, find resources, use your wits to escape.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.8%, Investigation 15%, Mystery 13.9%, Logic 13.6%, Puzzle 9.7%

A new adventure awaits you in a beautiful park filled with puzzles related to finding patterns in the amazing world of the game. Engage your logic and carefully examine your surroundings to find clues to solve the riddles and mysteries of this place.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.4%, Puzzle 13.7%, Logic 13.4%, Nonlinear 12.4%, First-Person 10.9%

In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.

Why similar: Mystery 26.6%, Nonlinear 19.6%, Logic 16.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Detective 8.9%

"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 14.3%, Logic 13.2%, Puzzle 10.4%

Zof is a first person point and click puzzle game with a difference. The solutions are always simple, but hidden more and more carefully as the game goes on.

Why similar: Investigation 24.4%, Nonlinear 21.9%, Logic 21.6%, Puzzle 11.4%, First-Person 8.8%

Rhombus is a first-person puzzle game where you build your path through panels controlling platforms. Explore and find your way through a compact environment in this small metroidbrainia.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.6%, Logic 16.5%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Puzzle 9.4%, First-Person 9.4%

A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.8%, Mystery 23.9%, Puzzle 10.4%, Investigation 9.7%, Adventure 5.8%

House of Wisdom is a first person puzzle game where the protagonist, one of the many creations of a deity, attempts to find out what happened to its creator who recently disappeared, helping the main character’s kins to deal with their distress along the way.

Why similar: Nonlinear 28.8%, Mystery 18.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Investigation 6.8%

A detective adventure game where you use your superpowers to uncover the truth about the Institute. Collect clues to uncover the Institute's hidden purpose.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Investigation 16.3%, 3D Platformer 15.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Puzzle 10.3%

A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

Why similar: Investigation 21.6%, Nonlinear 20.8%, Mystery 16.7%, Logic 15.5%, Detective 8.7%

The House Dreams Along With Them is a first person puzzle adventure with an emphasis on interactivity and logic. Sleep and dream in the rooms of a mysterious house. Solve the puzzles to make the dreams real and take a step towards the enigmatic reification of night.

Why similar: Mystery 20.3%, Logic 18.4%, Investigation 17%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Puzzle 11.8%

Object 17 - is a puzzle game. This is a real test of your mental abilities. The main skill you will need is abstract thinking.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 27.8%, 3D Platformer 20.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Logic 12%, Mystery 8.3%

Conundrum is a first-person puzzle-game that takes you on a journey through a complex where every room is a puzzle, and the whole complex is a mystery.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Nonlinear 23.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 5.3%

New Adventure Escape Room Game with Full High Definition Resolution and High Detailed Graphics! First Person Character control with Realistic Gameplay! Can you Escape?

Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Logic 16.3%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Mystery 15.2%, Puzzle 9.4%

A first-person casual adventure/ puzzle game. You are immersed in a beautiful land with not much direction but one, find a way to climb the tower and meet the dying god. You will need to think outside the box, land puzzling jumps, and remember what you see to progress.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.7%, 3D Platformer 17.4%, Logic 13.2%, Puzzle 10.2%, Mystery 9.9%

Step up to the challenge and test your skills with responsive controls and extremely difficult puzzles. Six faces, four powers (🚀,📦,💣,⚓). Easy to learn, hard to master, with 64 hand-drawn puzzles to solve. Unleash your creativity and dive into a world of fun with tons of alternate mechanics.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.7%, Nonlinear 27.2%, Logic 22.6%, 3D Platformer 11%, Puzzle 4.9%

Explore and solve your way through the gloomy halls in which you find yourself stuck. Thinking symmetrically will be key! Isolated and environmental puzzles feature in this first-person puzzle experience.

Why similar: Nonlinear 25.9%, Logic 21.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Mystery 8.8%

This is a moving puzzle adventure story about a teenage girl, Mia, who witnessed the tragic fall of her homeland and the explosion of the Sun. A heavy burden fell on her fragile shoulders - she must restore light to the land and peace in her heart. Will she succeed?

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.3%, Mystery 16.8%, 3D Platformer 12.4%, Logic 10.3%, Puzzle 8.9%

Immerse yourself in the fascinating ancient world of cube puzzles, where each step reveals a new mystery. You will explore different zones, each filled with unique puzzles that require the use of cubes to solve them.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.7%, Logic 13.6%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, First-Person 9.1%

This is a first person adventure about helping an inventor start a very unusual and untested reactor, to save a distant civilization. You explore the island, find clues in the environment, and make progress by solving simple, but interconnected and layered puzzles ( see main description for more ).

Why similar: Nonlinear 22.3%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 15%, Logic 14.4%, First-Person 9.7%

After centuries of slumber, Rek awakens to find his beloved Nilo missing. Travel through ancient pyramids, oasis paths, and forgotten ruins, mastering three unique forms to overcome challenges and defeat the guardians standing in your way.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 31%, Logic 23.9%, 3D Platformer 17.8%, Puzzle 13.3%, Adventure 5.9%

Memory’s Reach is a first person puzzle based metroidvania. Explore a huge, interconnected world of labyrinthian megastructures filled with alluring mysteries. Solve challenging puzzles, acquire powerful abilities, and uncover forgotten lore as you seek to reveal the legacy of a doomed civilization.

Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Nonlinear 16.4%, Logic 15.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Puzzle 8.4%

A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20.1%, Investigation 17.9%, Logic 14.2%, Mystery 14.2%, Puzzle 7.7%

Escape room, puzzle box, first person adventure game where you explore a mysterious island and summon its Gods.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.5%, 3D Platformer 16.9%, Logic 15.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Puzzle 9.6%

Step into the shadows of Contraria, solve 3D puzzles and collect ProtoCores while crew logs whisper from another time—or maybe another reality. Keep solving. Keep looping. Until the final room. The Answer… or just another Question.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.8%, 3D Platformer 24%, Logic 12.1%, Puzzle 11%, Mystery 8.5%

Seek out and solve 10,000+ puzzles at your own pace across this sublime puzzle game.

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Logic 15.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Puzzle 7.2%

The Noodle Cable Technologies welcome you in their company. Untangle and plug huge cables in room-sized puzzles and witness mind-altering surrealist environments.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.4%, Logic 19.2%, Puzzle 13.8%, Mystery 11.4%, First-Person 11.2%

In Hourglass you can create a time-clone of yourself to solve challenging puzzles. You will play as Aywa, a young adventurer who is traveling to Egypt to find her missing father - an archeologist, who never returned from his latest expedition.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.9%, 3D Platformer 13.4%, Logic 12.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 10.7%

Croquis is a first person, 3D puzzle & platformer game. You play as Unit 35, a robot used by scientists to draw the top-down view of buildings on paper, in order to train their AI for an unknown architectural project.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.5%, 3D Platformer 20%, Puzzle 11.9%, First-Person 9.8%, Mystery 8.7%

A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.

Why similar: Investigation 24.8%, Mystery 18.5%, Nonlinear 15.5%, Logic 15.1%, Detective 8%

An unexpected inheritance has forced you to come to your grandfather's mansion. Grandfather was not an ordinary man, but a former NKVD officer. The house is filled with various puzzles. And to find the will you need to solve all of them.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.9%, Logic 16%, Investigation 15.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Adventure 8.4%

Forced to abandon Inertium, Barnicle Strass returns to Quark Corp to salvage his legacy. But inside this heavy steampunk facility, a different reality awaits. As the sole carbon lifeform among light entities, he must navigate the machinery. Inside these walls, LIGHT IS ALL THAT'S LEFT.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 29.9%, Logic 21.4%, 3D Platformer 15.8%, First-Person 10.2%, Puzzle 9.9%

Children have vanished without a trace inside Toony’s Daycare. Beneath its playful surface lies a hidden world of science and shadows. Uncover the secrets of the twisted experiments within, piece together the fate of the missing kids, and confront the dark figure who rules the daycare.

Why similar: Mystery 22.4%, Investigation 17.2%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, 3D Platformer 10.5%

Explore the mist-shrouded town of Rose Harbor in an atmospheric point-and-click puzzle adventure. Collect and use unusual items, unravel riddles, solve handcrafted puzzles, and follow the tangled clues behind a celebrated rose gardener’s mysterious disappearance.

Why similar: Investigation 22.1%, Mystery 21.1%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, First-Person 6.5%

Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?

Why similar: Investigation 23.4%, Mystery 20.9%, Nonlinear 15.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, First-Person 7.2%

In PROJECT REWRITE, a research center gives you a gun that changes the properties of physical objects. Read the parameters of different items and transfer them to another physical object to solve puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 33.1%, 3D Platformer 24.8%, Puzzle 14.8%, First-Person 8.9%, Adventure 7%

Be a part of an adventurous journey in Cubots: The Origins. Explore and survive in beautiful, atmospheric environments!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.4%, Nonlinear 18.6%, Logic 18.2%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 8.7%

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

Why similar: Logic 22.8%, Mystery 17.3%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Puzzle 11.6%, First-Person 10%

Satisfrustration is a trippy first-person puzzle game with directional gravity. Complete satisfying and disorientating puzzles made by The Taskmaster that become more frustratingly difficult to find solutions.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 44.7%, 3D Platformer 26.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, First-Person 11.7%, Indie 2.3%

Syke is a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mysterious and beautifully warped reality. You play as an individual making their way through areas of strange geometry; solving puzzles to piece together the story of their love.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20%, Puzzle Platformer 18.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Puzzle 9.9%, First-Person 8.3%

Find your way out of a looping labyrinth by observing, experimenting, and uncovering its hidden logic.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20.6%, Investigation 18.5%, Logic 15.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, First-Person 9.9%

Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.

Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Logic 18%, Mystery 17.9%, Puzzle Platformer 12%, Puzzle 8.5%

Restless is a detective-style, point-and-click game where you listen to real stories from real people to solve puzzles. Track down spirits, perform divinations, and restore grave sites to bring peace to a mysterious island, all while connecting more deeply with your fellow humans.

Why similar: Mystery 26.6%, Nonlinear 24.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, Detective 9.2%

Hello, this is Fael... Listen, this is going to sound strange, but... I think I'm lost in the apartment. Right now... I... I don't know where I am. Can you come and help me?

Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Logic 15.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 9.6%

Use WSAD keys to move and mouse to look. It's simple. Our fearless hero-androir get stucked into the labyrinth.You are to help him to find the way. You'll come across incessant mazes and you are to overcome it. You'll need a planty of patience to find the way out and don't die on your way. Good Luck on Your journey!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, 3D Platformer 15.6%, Logic 14.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 10.9%

Wield your Balearic sling in a first-person puzzle narrative adventure through ancient ruins. Uncover a lost civilization and reactivate forgotten machines to reveal the secrets buried beneath Ciudadela.

Why similar: Mystery 16.2%, Puzzle 14.7%, Logic 12.8%, Investigation 12.3%, First-Person 11.2%

A first-person puzzle-platformer psychological horror where you explore the fragmented mind of a murderer to uncover the truth behind a tragic space station massacre.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Investigation 20.1%, Mystery 15.6%, Logic 14.6%, Puzzle 6.7%

Explore an open world full of beautiful views and locations, and enjoy a relaxing atmosphere while immersing yourself in unique challenges that will challenge your imagination and logical thinking.

Why similar: Nonlinear 17.3%, Logic 15.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14.8%, 3D Platformer 11.9%, Mystery 11.7%

Explore an alien world alongside an enigmatic companion. Follow the threads of a lost expedition while unravelling your own forgotten past. A mystery-driven adventure where knowledge is your greatest tool as you investigate interconnected ecosystems and gradually understand their rules.

Why similar: Investigation 26.7%, Nonlinear 18%, Mystery 15.7%, 3D Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 7.6%