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The Painscreek Killings Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

Similarity 79%
Price -77% 4.79€
Rating 8.8
Release 27 Sep 2017
Quern - Undying Thoughts 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.

Similarity 78%
Price -75% 5.74€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Nov 2016
Krypta FM Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Similarity 77%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Jul 2024
What Remains of Edith Finch What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Similarity 77%
Price -86% 2.63€
Rating 9.4
Release 24 Apr 2017
Once Alive A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.

Similarity 77%
Price -80% 2.43€
Rating 8.0
Release 18 Nov 2024
Firewatch Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Similarity 77%
Price 19.50€
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Feb 2016
INFRA INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Similarity 76%
Price 28.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Jan 2016
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Similarity 76%
Price -96% 0.84€
Rating 6.8
Release 10 Sep 2013
Homesick Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Similarity 73%
Price 14.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 28 May 2015
The Suicide of Rachel Foster Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Similarity 73%
Price -95% 0.89€
Rating 6.7
Release 19 Feb 2020
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

Similarity 72%
Price -20% 3.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 06 Oct 2025
Draugen Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.

Similarity 71%
Price -68% 6.43€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 May 2019
Murdered: Soul Suspect MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

Similarity 71%
Price -96% 0.90€
Rating 8.4
Release 05 Jun 2014
Return of the Obra Dinn Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Similarity 70%
Price 19.50€
Rating 9.5
Release 18 Oct 2018
Kona Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Similarity 70%
Price -93% 1.08€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Mar 2017
The Old City: Leviathan The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Similarity 70%
Price -85% 0.94€
Rating 6.9
Release 03 Dec 2014
DREAM LOGIC DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

Similarity 70%
Price 4.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Sep 2022
Riven 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.

Similarity 69%
Price -57% 14.93€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Jun 2024
The Park® Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Similarity 69%
Price -70% 3.89€
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Oct 2015
Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.

Similarity 68%
Price -82% 2.81€
Rating 7.4
Release 02 Feb 2023
Summerland Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.

Similarity 68%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 01 Dec 2020
Metamorphosis Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.

Similarity 67%
Price -98% 0.61€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 Aug 2020
Virginia Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.

Similarity 67%
Price -81% 1.98€
Rating 6.3
Release 22 Sep 2016
SCP: Secret Files SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation, an organization tasked with containing dangerous anomalies. You join as an assistant researcher for Dr. Raymond Hamm and complete a strenuous induction program that will make you question everything you know.

Similarity 67%
Price -93% 0.87€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Sep 2022
Firmament Firmament is a new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms… and beyond!

Similarity 67%
Price -92% 2.81€
Rating 6.9
Release 18 May 2023
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.

Similarity 67%
Price 19.50€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Sep 2019
Runo A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.

Similarity 67%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 05 Jul 2021
Adios A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer.

Similarity 67%
Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Mar 2021
Scanner Sombre Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

Similarity 66%
Price -94% 0.44€
Rating 8.6
Release 26 Apr 2017
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure Staffer Case is a new sort of mystery game, asking players to find clues, arrange them into documents, and point out the contradictions between them to solve a series of murders. Each mystery unraveled leads you closer to the truth lying at the heart of each case!

Similarity 66%
Price -89% 1.87€
Rating 9.1
Release 30 Apr 2023
REVEIL REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Similarity 66%
Price -84% 3.37€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Mar 2024
The Séance of Blake Manor The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.

Similarity 64%
Price -38% 12.24€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Oct 2025
Abandoned Souls Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

Similarity 64%
Price 4.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 14 Jul 2023
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

Similarity 64%
Price -97% 1.15€
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Jun 2016
Bottle (2016) Bottle is a short game which you play as a man of solitude. It is about the mood of melancholy in the winter nature.

Similarity 64%
Price 0.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 21 Apr 2016
NUTS NUTS is a single-player walking simulator surveillance mystery. Record the squirrels, report your findings, and piece together what’s really going on in Melmoth Forest.

Similarity 62%
Price -98% 0.68€
Rating 8.3
Release 04 Feb 2021