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01 The Room 4: Old Sins Cover

2018 · Android, PC, iOS

The Room 4: Old Sins

82%

The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact. The trail leads you to the attic of their home, and the discovery of an old, peculiar dollhouse. What secrets lie within these walls?

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82% Starker DNA-Match
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Myst Cover

1993 · 3DO, Amiga, Atari2600

Myst

81%

Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle game developed by Cyan and released in 1993. Players explore a mysterious island filled with interactive environments, books, and clues that reveal its story. The gameplay focuses on solving logic-based puzzles and uncovering...

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81% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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03 Rusty Lake Hotel Cover

2015 · Android, Mac, PC

Rusty Lake Hotel

73%

Welcome our guests to the Rusty Lake Hotel and make sure they will have a pleasant stay. There will be 5 dinners this week. Make sure every dinner is worth dying for. Rusty Lake Hotel is a mysterious point and click game developed by the creators of the intri...

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73% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

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04 Rusty Lake: Roots Cover

2016 · Android, Mac, PC

Rusty Lake: Roots

65%

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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Recursion

65% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Unforeseen Incidents Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Unforeseen Incidents

65%

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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Recursion

65% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 House of Caravan Cover

2015 · Mac, PC

House of Caravan

65%

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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65% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 A Last Ditch Effort Cover

2022 · PC, browser

A Last Ditch Effort

65%

A Last Ditch Effort is a short horror puzzle game that's inspired by outer wilds.

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65% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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08 Death Come True Cover

2020 · Android, Switch, PC

Death Come True

63%

An authentic full motion video game from Kazutaka Kodaka, creator of the Danganronpa. Is this a game or a movie? The story reacts to your choices. The story takes place in a hotel. The main character, Makoto Karaki (Kanata Hongo) is a wanted serial killer. H...

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63% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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09 Endless Mind Cover

2025 · PC

Endless Mind

62%

Explore a labyrinth filled with dangers. Deadly traps, constant pressure, time is against you: every second counts to move forward. Will you be able to escape the multiple threats and regain your freedom?

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62% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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10 Finding Paradise Cover

2017 · Android, Linux, Mac

Finding Paradise

60%

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

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60% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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11 Portal 2 Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Portal 2

59%

Sequel to the acclaimed Portal (2007), Portal 2 pits the protagonist of the original game, Chell, and her new robot friend, Wheatley, against more puzzles conceived by GLaDOS, an A.I. with the sole purpose of testing the Portal Gun's mechanics and taking reven...

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59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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12 Portal Cover

2007 · Android, Linux, Mac

Portal

59%

Waking up in a seemingly empty laboratory, the player is made to complete various physics-based puzzle challenges through numerous test chambers in order to test out the new Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, without an explanation as to how, why or by w...

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59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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13 Half-Life Cover

1998 · Linux, Mac, PC

Half-Life

59%

Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a theoretica...

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59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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14 Mirror's Edge Cover

2008 · PC, PS3, X360

Mirror's Edge

59%

Mirror's Edge is a first-person action-adventure game focused on parkour and free-running. Set in a heavily surveilled city, players control Faith, a courier who traverses rooftops using wall-runs, jumps, and slides to deliver sensitive information. The gamepl...

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59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Soma Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Soma

59%

SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It is an unsettling story about identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human. Enter the world of SOMA and face horrors buried deep beneath the ocean waves...

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59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Puzzles Game feel
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16 Planet Alpha Cover

2018 · Switch, PC, PS4

Planet Alpha

58%

Planet Alpha is an adventure set in a living alien world where you have the ability to manipulate the daytime. To survive on this strange planet you will have to be observant of how the environment and the wildlife behaviour changes depending on the time of d...

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58% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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17 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Cover
57%

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the first 3D open-world game in the Zelda series. Link can travel anywhere and be equipped with weapons and armor found throughout the world to grant him various bonuses. Unlike many games in the series, Breath of the...

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57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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18 Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Cover

2010 · Mac, PC, PS3

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

57%

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is an action-adventure game set in Rome, where Master Assassin Ezio Auditore takes on the Templar Order. Players recruit and command a Brotherhood of Assassins to dismantle the corrupt powers entrenched in the city. The game combin...

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57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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19 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Cover

An epic adventure across the land and skies of Hyrule awaits in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch. The adventure is yours to create in a world fueled by your imagination. In this sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, y...

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57% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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20 Don't Knock Twice Cover

2017 · Switch, PC, PS4

Don't Knock Twice

57%

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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57% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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