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274 games like Detention

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01 Sally Face Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Sally Face

64%

Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.

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64% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Horror Game feel
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02 Bulb Boy Cover

2015 · Android, Mac, Switch

Bulb Boy

57%

One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save ever...

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57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Horror Game feel
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03 Undertale Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Undertale

56%

A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through hostile environments, all the while engaging...

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56% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Role-playing (RPG) Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Story-focused Game feel
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04 The Case of the Golden Idol Cover

2022 · Android, Mac, Switch

The Case of the Golden Idol

55%

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.

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55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Story-focused Game feel
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05 The Rise of the Golden Idol Cover

2024 · Android, Mac, Switch

The Rise of the Golden Idol

55%

The Award-winning detective saga returns. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

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55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Story-focused Game feel
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06 Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love Cover

2019 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

55%

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love is a satirical point-and-click inspired by the classic adventure games. It smuggles you out of your comfort zone and throws into the middle of a Cold War spy intrigue – and there’s an even bigger game being played… Expe...

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55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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07 Almost My Floor Cover

2021 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Almost My Floor

55%

Almost my floor - classic point&click adventure with horror atmosphere. Alex (main character) is a simple man who lives a simple life. But one day everything will change. Is he actually so simple? This story tells about a long way to home. Through child fears,...

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55% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Horror Game feel
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08 Little Nightmares Cover

2017 · Android, Stadia, Switch

Little Nightmares

53%

Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in a mysterious world, Little Nightmares follows the journey of Six, a hungry little girl who must escape the Maw, an iro...

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53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Survival Theme Thriller Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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09 Inmost Cover

2019 · Android, Mac, Switch

Inmost

52%

"Inmost is an atmospheric, story-driven puzzle platformer, following three playable characters within one dark, interconnecting story. In an old abandoned castle, you’ll need to explore every nook and cranny, avoid detection, slice your way through enemies and...

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52% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Story-focused Game feel Horror Game feel
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10 The Walking Dead: Season Two Cover

2013 · Android, Mac, Switch

The Walking Dead: Season Two

48%

Similar to the previous season, The Walking Dead: Season Two is a point-and-click adventure game. The player, in control of Clementine, can direct the character around the environment, examine and interact with various scenery elements and collect and use obje...

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48% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Story-focused Game feel Survival Game feel
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11 The House of Da Vinci Cover

2017 · Android, Mac, Switch

The House of Da Vinci

48%

Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game. Solve mechanical puzzles, discover hidden objects, escape from rooms and dive into the authentic atmosphere of the Renaissance. Use all your wits to find out what's behind your master's disa...

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48% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Role-playing (RPG) Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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12 Inside Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

Inside

45%

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding...

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45% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Story-focused Game feel Choices Game feel
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13 Prey Cover

2017 · PC, PS4, XONE

Prey

45%

In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you...

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45% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Role-playing (RPG) Genre Horror Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Survival Game feel Choices Game feel
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14 Duck Detective: The Secret Salami Cover

2024 · Android, Linux, Mac

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

44%

Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open, in a narrative mystery adventure where nothing is qu...

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44% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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15 Silent Hill Cover

1999 · PS1, PS3, PSP

Silent Hill

43%

Silent Hill is the first installment in the Silent Hill series of psychological survival horror video games. Unlike earlier survival horror games that focused on protagonists with combat training, the main character Harry Mason is an average man. The gameplay...

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43% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Story-focused Game feel Survival Game feel Choices Game feel
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16 Oxenfree Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Oxenfree

43%

Oxenfree is a single-player graphic adventure game played from a 2.5D perspective, with the player controlling a teenager named Alex. Its central mechanic is a "walk and talk" system, where dialogue appears as speech bubbles and the player chooses responses in...

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43% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Role-playing (RPG) Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Story-focused Game feel Choices Game feel
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17 Tangle Tower Cover

2019 · Android, Stadia, Mac

Tangle Tower

43%

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Freya Fellow has been murdered. The lead suspect? A shadowy figure found looming over her body, wiel...

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43% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Side view Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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18 Terraria Cover

2011 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Terraria

42%

Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build structures, and fight enemies. Progression...

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42% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Role-playing (RPG) Genre Horror Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Survival Game feel
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19 BioShock Cover

2007 · Mac, PC, PS3

BioShock

41%

BioShock is a horror-themed first-person shooter set in a steampunk underwater dystopia. The player is urged to turn everything into a weapon: biologically modifying their own body with Plasmids, hacking devices and systems, upgrading their weapons, crafting n...

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41% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Role-playing (RPG) Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Survival Game feel Choices Game feel Horror Game feel
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20 The Walking Dead Cover

2012 · Android, Linux, Mac

The Walking Dead

41%

The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series, the game consists of...

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41% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Survival Game feel Horror Game feel
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