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01 Stip Cover

2026 · PC

Stip

100%

Assign, undo, deduce! Solve a series of minimalist number puzzles. Use constraints to assign numbers to the correct stips. Navigate the interconnected puzzles to uncover secrets. Please ignore any odd Stip behavior.

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The Archive

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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 A Fisherman's Tale Cover

2019 · Meta Quest 2, PC, PSVR

A Fisherman's Tale

81%

"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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The Archive

81% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Cover

2014 · Switch, PC, PS4

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

79%

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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The Archive

79% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Phasmophobia Cover

2020 · Switch 2, PC, PS5

Phasmophobia

79%

Phasmophobia is a cooperative horror investigation game played from a first-person perspective, supporting one to four players. Players take on the role of ghost hunters who must identify the type of ghost haunting a designated location by gathering evidence u...

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The Archive

79% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Poppy Playtime Cover

2021 · Android, Switch, PC

Poppy Playtime

79%

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught...

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The Archive

79% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Lucius Cover

2012 · PC

Lucius

79%

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the Beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” - Revelation 13:18 When little Lucius was born on the devilishly significant date of June 6th, 19...

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The Archive

79% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Little Nightmares Cover

2017 · Android, Stadia, Switch

Little Nightmares

73%

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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73% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Papers, Please Cover

2013 · Android, Linux, Mac

Papers, Please

73%

The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin. Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from...

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73% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Twelve Minutes Cover

2021 · Android, Switch, PC

Twelve Minutes

73%

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...

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The Archive

73% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 The Case of the Golden Idol Cover

2022 · Android, Mac, Switch

The Case of the Golden Idol

73%

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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73% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Cover

2015 · Android, Gear VR, Linux

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

70%

One player is trapped in a virtual room with a ticking time bomb they must defuse. The other players are the “Experts” who must give the instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the information found in the bomb defusal manual. But there’s a catch: the e...

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70% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Puzzles Game feel
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12 Quern: Undying Thoughts Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, PC

Quern: Undying Thoughts

69%

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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The Archive

69% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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13 Don't Knock Twice Cover

2017 · Switch, PC, PS4

Don't Knock Twice

69%

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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The Archive

69% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 House of Caravan Cover

2015 · Mac, PC

House of Caravan

69%

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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69% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 XIII Cover

2003 · Mac, NGC, PC

XIII

65%

XIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on the popular Belgian cult comic created by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance. The game is loosely based on the first five comics. The player unravels clues, trying to solve a conspiracy set in an...

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The Archive

65% Spannender Match
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Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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16 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Cover

2016 · Switch, PC, PS4

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

65%

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration for an extraordinary experience that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Track down evil in the darkest cor...

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The Archive

65% Spannender Match
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Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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17 Hello Neighbor Cover

2017 · Android, Stadia, Switch

Hello Neighbor

65%

Hello Neighbor is a stealth horror game about sneaking into your creepy neighbor's house to figure out what horrible secrets he's hiding in his basement. You play against an AI that adapts from your actions. Really enjoying climbing through that backyard windo...

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The Archive

65% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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18 Observation Cover

2019 · PC, PS4, XONE

Observation

65%

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

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The Archive

65% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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19 Detention Cover

2017 · Android, Linux, Mac

Detention

65%

Detention is a atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

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The Archive

65% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme Single player Mode Puzzles Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 The Red Strings Club Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

The Red Strings Club

65%

"The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy."

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The Archive

65% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Thriller Theme 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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