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207 games like Linework

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01 Unforeseen Incidents Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Unforeseen Incidents

81%

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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Linework

81% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Memoranda Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Memoranda

81%

Memoranda is a 2D point and click adventure game inspired by author Haruki Murakami’s surreal short stories. The game tells the story of a young lady who gradually realizes that she is forgetting her own name. But is she really losing her memory?

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Linework

81% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Heal Cover

2020 · PC

Heal

81%

Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.

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Linework

81% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Moses & Plato: Last Train to Clawville Cover

A murder mystery where you are the main suspect! An ambassador on a peace mission has been killed on board the Clawville Express. Time progresses as you sniff out clues, eavesdrop on conversations, and interrogate passengers. Can you solve the case before the...

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Linework

77% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 The Room Two Cover

2013 · Android, Switch, PC

The Room Two

73%

Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of...

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Linework

73% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Whispers of a Machine Cover

2019 · Android, Mac, PC

Whispers of a Machine

70%

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

Your match for

Linework

70% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Lamplight City Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Lamplight City

70%

"A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?"

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Linework

70% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 The Crimson Diamond Cover

2024 · Mac, PC

The Crimson Diamond

70%

"The Crimson Diamond is a text-parser EGA mystery adventure game by indie game developer Julia Minamata. The Crimson Diamond is inspired by classic adventure games of the late 80s and early 90s, particularly Sierra On-line's The Colonel's Bequest. Explore Cri...

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Linework

70% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Touch Detective 2 1/2 Cover

2007 · Android, NDS, Switch

Touch Detective 2 1/2

68%

- The 2nd installment of the original "Touch Adventure"!! - The controls are simple...investigate suspicious items and people with a single touch!! - The items and testimonies you collect are the keys to the mystery...apply your deductive skills and intuition...

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Linework

68% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Phoenix Springs Cover

2024 · Linux, Mac, PC

Phoenix Springs

66%

Phoenix Springs is a point-and-click mystery adventure developed by Calligram Studio. It follows journalist Iris Dormer as she searches for her estranged brother and investigates the isolated desert community of Phoenix Springs. Rather than collecting physica...

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Linework

66% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Unsolved Case Cover

2022 · Android, Mac, PC

Unsolved Case

63%

Unsolved Case is the free prequel to the popular cooperative point-and-click puzzle game 'Cryptic Killer' series. Dip your toes in and go back to where it all began as you team up in two as detective duo Old Dog and Ally, up against the Cryptic Killer. For the...

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Linework

63% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Anderer Spielmodus als beim Ausgangsspiel · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 Return of the Obra Dinn Cover

2018 · Mac, Switch, PC

Return of the Obra Dinn

60%

In this 1-bit first-person mystery game, a merchant ship called the Obra Dinn has appeared at a London harbor, years after being declared lost at sea. As an insurance adjuster, the player must examine the ship for clues.

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Linework

60% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
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13 What Remains of Edith Finch Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

What Remains of Edith Finch

59%

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay a...

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Linework

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 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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Linework

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
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No description available from IGDB

15 Gone Home Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Gone Home

59%

A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home. Kati...

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Linework

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 The Witness Cover

2016 · Mac, PC, PS4

The Witness

59%

The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea...

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Linework

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

No description available from IGDB

17 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Cover

2014 · Switch, PC, PS4

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

59%

In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, you play as Paul Prospero, an occult detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter and realizes that the boy is in grave danger. When Paul arrives in Ethan's home of Red Creek Valley, he realizes things are even...

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Linework

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Superliminal Cover

2019 · Android, Linux, Mac

Superliminal

59%

Falling asleep at 3AM, you close your eyes to the cheesy commercial of Dr. Pierce's dream therapy program. You wake up in an unfamiliar environment, only to realize that you're stuck in a dream - a dream where perception is reality. Welcome to Superliminal. S...

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Linework

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Layers of Fear Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, PC

Layers of Fear

59%

Layers of Fear is a psychedelic horror that will keep you on-edge for the reminder of the game. Delve deep into the mind of an insane painter and discover the secret of his madness, as you walk through a constantly shifting house. Heavily inspired by the mast...

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Linework

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ First person Perspective ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Twelve Minutes Cover

2021 · Android, Switch, PC

Twelve Minutes

59%

Twelve Minutes is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. The game blends the dream-like tension of The Shining with the claustrophobia of Rear Window and th...

Your match for

Linework

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Point-and-click Genre ✓ Puzzle Genre ✓ Mystery Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Puzzles Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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