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216 games like Dear Reader

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01 Wordscapes Cover

2017 · Android, Mobile, iOS

Wordscapes

64%

Get the incredibly addicting word game that everyone is talking about! Starts off easy but gets challenging fast. Can you beat the game? This modern game combines the best of word searching and crosswords for tremendous brain challenging fun! Never experienc...

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Dear Reader

64% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Puzzles Game feel
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02 Quern: Undying Thoughts Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, PC

Quern: Undying Thoughts

63%

Quern is a first person puzzle adventure with captivating story and beautiful graphics. Quern refreshes the genre with flexible gameplay and reuseable puzzle mechanics. The visuals and the music combine traditional and modern elements providing a unique mood f...

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Dear Reader

63% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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03 Don't Knock Twice Cover

2017 · Switch, PC, PS4

Don't Knock Twice

63%

Don't Knock Twice is a single-player first-person survival horror game with support for virtual reality headsets. The player explores a large manor house in search of a missing daughter, interacting with almost every object and following hints delivered throug...

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Dear Reader

63% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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04 House of Caravan Cover

2015 · Mac, PC

House of Caravan

63%

Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.

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Dear Reader

63% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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05 Rusty Lake: Roots Cover

2016 · Android, Mac, PC

Rusty Lake: Roots

61%

James Vanderboom's life drastically changes when he plants a special seed in the garden of the house he has inherited. Expand your bloodline by unlocking portraits in the tree of life.

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Dear Reader

61% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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06 Unforeseen Incidents Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Unforeseen Incidents

61%

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

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Dear Reader

61% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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07 Grindstone Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Grindstone

61%

A puzzle battle adventure. Help Jorj climb Grindstone Mountain and defeat many creeps that try to stop him.

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Dear Reader

61% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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08 Poly Bridge Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Poly Bridge

60%

Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles. Ch...

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Dear Reader

60% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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09 while True: learn() Cover

2019 · Android, Linux, Mac

while True: learn()

60%

You're a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits a...

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Dear Reader

60% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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10 Manifold Garden Cover

2019 · Mac, Switch, PC

Manifold Garden

59%

Manifold Garden is a game that reimagines physics and space. Explore a world of beautiful Escher-esque architecture where the laws of physics are different. Geometry repeats infinitely in every direction and falling down leads you back to where you started. M...

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Dear Reader

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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11 Bookworm Cover

2003 · GBA, Mac, NDS

Bookworm

58%

Assist Lex in creating various words by chaining tiles that touch each other within the grid. The longer your word, the more points you earn, and sometimes you may even discover gem tiles to increase your score! Be wary though, as fire may sometimes threaten t...

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Dear Reader

58% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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12 A Fisherman's Tale Cover

2019 · Meta Quest 2, PC, PSVR

A Fisherman's Tale

58%

"Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words. Playing as Bob, a tiny fisherman puppet, you live alone in your tiny cabin, oblivious to t...

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Dear Reader

58% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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13 Abzu Cover

2016 · Switch, PC, PS4

Abzu

57%

Abzu is an exploration game where you are a lone diver in a lush ocean world. The diver descends deeper and deeper into the depths, where she will encounter majestic creatures, discover ancient secrets, and search for her true purpose. Abzu roughly translates...

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Dear Reader

57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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14 Word Cross Puzzle Cover

2018 · iOS

Word Cross Puzzle

57%

Are you tired of the old-fashioned word search interfaces? Do you want to enjoy a totally new experience of word puzzle game? Now, you can download Word Cross and play on BOARDS for FREE! Word Cross is a creative crossword puzzle game which can inspire your p...

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Dear Reader

57% Spannender Match
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Puzzle Genre Puzzles Game feel
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15 Whirly Word Cover

2011 · iOS

Whirly Word

57%

A fantastic new word game, with over 7,500 puzzles. Don't worry about getting stuck, with a built-in dictionary players can look up definitions while playing. Challenge your vocabulary prowess and play until you win!

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Dear Reader

57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Puzzle Genre Puzzles Game feel
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16 Word Charm Cover

2017 · iOS

Word Charm

57%

Word Charm is a word search game featuring over 2000 levels of increasing difficulty. Players swipe letters to form words, with the option to shuffle letters and use hints when stuck. The game offers various themes and backgrounds, daily challenges, and an ext...

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Dear Reader

57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Puzzle Genre Puzzles Game feel
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17 Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna Cover

2014 · Android, Linux, Mac

Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna

56%

Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is an atmospheric puzzle platformer and the first game to be developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, drawn from a traditional story that has been shared across the generations. Nearly 40 Alaska Nati...

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Dear Reader

56% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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18 Scribblenauts Cover

2009 · NDS

Scribblenauts

56%

What Will You Write? Help Maxwell reach the Starlite by solving each challenge. Write any object you can think of and watch it come to life. Try another word and watch an entirely different solution unfold. With your stylus and imagination, the possibilities...

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Dear Reader

56% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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19 Bridge Constructor Cover

2012 · Android, Linux, Mac

Bridge Constructor

56%

Bridge Constructor put you into the role of an engineer in bridge building. In numerous different levels you'll design and create bridges over deep valleys, dangerous canyons, city streets and raging rivers. Once satisfied with your creation, send the trucks a...

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Dear Reader

56% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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20 Bookworm Adventures Cover

2006 · PC

Bookworm Adventures

56%

Help Lex battle through books in a spelling sensation of epical proportions! Vanquish villains, whomp foes and annihilate over 150 enemies. Increase your word power with fantastic gems, potions and treasures. With exciting mini-games and brilliant bonus modes,...

Your match for

Dear Reader

56% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Puzzle Genre Educational Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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