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Looking for games like A Short Tale? Here are top puzzle recommendations with a mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Great Escapes, Forever Lost: Episode 3 SD or Incoherence.

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  1. 89%Game Brain Score
    89% User Score Based on 1,754 reviews

    Great Escapes is a game for all room escape and adventure fans! Built around the idea of quality over quantity, you won't find filler hidden object scenes or overly obtuse puzzles designed to get you paying for hints. All the hints are free, so what would be the point!?! Rather than 50 rooms and countless adverts, Great Escapes uses packs of well-designed and thought out rooms so that you can choo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Great Escapes.

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  2. 87%Game Brain Score
    87% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    The truth is near. Look inside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forever Lost: Episode 3 SD.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    93% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Incoherence is a fragmented first-person point and click mystery adventure game.  Enter the mind of Jason Bethlam as he awakes to a brightly lit room. With an assortment of items, a camera, and no memory of how you got there you’ll need to photograph everything and solve puzzles to piece together the mystery of what happened and escape. Features: • A first person point and click adventure g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Incoherence.

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  4. 89%Game Brain Score
    89% User Score Based on 485 reviews

    ** The Epic Conclusion To The Forever Lost Saga! ** "adventuring at its best" - TouchArcade "It's a bit like The Room, only with more rooms." - Pocket Gamer "Creepy, Welcomely Old-Fashioned iPhone Adventure Game" - Kotaku The truth is near. Look inside. Founded in 1806, the Hawthorne Asylum was active during a time when patients were treated less like people and more like lab rats. Although cl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forever Lost: Episode 3 HD.

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  5. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    89% User Score Based on 1,104 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    The sequel to Off-Peak, The Norwood Suite is a surreal first-person adventure game by Cosmo D. Journey to the secluded Hotel Norwood, where odd characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Norwood Suite.

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  6. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    98% User Score Based on 746 reviews

    Humongous Tees Now Available!Official Humongous Entertainment T-shirts featuring Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, Freddi Fish, and Putt-Putt are now available on Amazon. About the GameGrandma Grouper's kelp seeds are missing and without them all of the sea creatures will go hungry! Help underwater detective Freddi Fish and her finny friend Luther solve the case. Explore underwater caves, deep canyons and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds.

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  7. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 1,458 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 6 reviews

    In this unique Zelda-lite game, explore and fight your way through surreal and creepy, nature, urban and abstract themed areas in the human Young's subconscious, evoked by a 16-bit-era visual style and a moody, dream-like soundtrack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anodyne.

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  8. 82%Game Brain Score
    82% User Score Based on 169 reviews

    "adventuring at its best" - TouchArcade "It's a bit like The Room, only with more rooms." - Pocket Gamer "Creepy, Welcomely Old-Fashioned iPhone Adventure Game" - Kotaku "Over 3 million downloads of the Forever Lost series, that many players can't be wrong!" - Glitch Games Congratulations! You managed to escape from that … what was it? A hospital, a lunatic asylum? No it was something else, was i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forever Lost: Episode 2 HD.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    81% User Score Based on 1,725 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 14 reviews

    Channeling elements of Monty Python and the funnier episodes of the X-Files, Maize is an absurdist, first-person adventure with a cornucopia of highbrow puzzles to solve, talking oddities to meet, and mysteries to be harvested. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Maize.

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  10. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 574 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 9 reviews

    Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice invites players to slip back into the leather pants of self-titled heartthrob and try-hard ladies man Larry Laffer as he sets out to find his true love, the divinely delightful Faith. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice.

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  11. 40%Game Brain Score
    40% User Score Based on 4 reviews

    "Accompanied by a beautiful score, the entire game is situated around its use of visuals and audio to build up a wonderful atmosphere - something a lot of other games in the genre forget." - PocketGamer Play as paranormal investigator John “Buster of Ghosts” Murr as he explores yet another mysteriously creepy house. This time he’s on the case of Evelyn Bright, a 10 year old girl that went miss… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forgotten Room.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    97% User Score Based on 541 reviews

    Humans had the silly idea of bringing dinosaurs back to life, and ever since, relationships between the two species have been strained. No dinosaurs wanted to become a cop, so you were created in a laboratory to become the only dinosaur cop. Every day, you ask yourself: are you making the world better for your dino peers, or are you just a tool of human propaganda? Features: A rich and funn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dinocop.

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  15. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 3,634 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 7 reviews

    You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Discover mysteries and uncover secrets about the land. Surmount natural impasses to reach forgotten places. Experience how your actions impact the world around you If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eastshade.

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  17. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 1,106 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 3 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unforeseen Incidents.

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  18. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 492 reviews

    Travel to the mystic lands of Mononino and help the Treefruities to recover the lost leaves of their home tree. Search for clues to master the many puzzles and challenges on your journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leaves: The Journey.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, emotional
    68% User Score Based on 100 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 10 reviews

    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? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Memoranda.

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  21. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 497 reviews

    Your granddaughter is coming over on the ferry from the mainland. You have promised her a puppy for her birthday– a dachshund named "Peanut". But Peanut has escaped her pen and is free on the island. You must traverse the island and rescue the mischievous puppy, before your granddaughter arrives. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Dachshund.

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  22. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 1,248 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 6 reviews

    Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stacking.

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  23. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 760 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    The Inheritance of Crimson Manor is a narrative horror puzzle game set in a beautiful and enigmatic #victorian era manor with a dark secret. Unravel The #Mystery After working for more than ten... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Inheritance of Crimson Manor.

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  24. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 4,353 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 30 reviews

    Discover Paradise Killer on the official PlayStation website - trailer, versions, story details, game features and more If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paradise Killer.

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  25. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 193 reviews

    Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aurora Hills: Chapter 2.

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  26. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    72% User Score Based on 76 reviews

    Explore charming Christmas scenes inspired by global traditions, with plenty of cats and characters. Enjoy a relaxing, cozy journey—now with bonus stages featuring a new progressive colorization effect that gradually reveals the map’s colors as you play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden Cats in Christmas.

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  27. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    98% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    All professions are important, all professions are needed! Explore a world of crafts, each with a place for cats. Find them and the world will be colored! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden Cats 2: Crafts.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 213 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 7 reviews

    Lose yourself in the mystery of "Phoenix Springs", a modern point-and-click set in a striking neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phoenix Springs.

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  29. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 220 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 15 reviews

    Flock is a multiplayer co-op game about the joy of flight and collecting adorable flying creatures with your friends. Soar through beautiful landscapes, seeking out rare and elusive creatures to add to your flock. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flock.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    99% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    an escape room game about an isolated station and mysterious signals emitted by a black hole. ◈◈◈ in developmenttentative eta winter 2024demo available now ◈◈◈ you were stationed at dutchman station to find the meaning behind the mysterious signals being sent from the black hole. all of your other coworkers have left and you're the only one remaining. the station has since fell into disu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to no signal.

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  32. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 5,302 reviews

    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 quite as it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.

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  33. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 14,670 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 2 reviews

    Escape Simulator is a next-gen escape room experience: pick up and examine everything, move furniture, smash pots and melt locks! Play solo or with a friend to solve cryptic puzzles and riddles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Simulator.

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  34. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    85% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    You are on your first solo ghost hunt, under the watchful instructions of Bear and Jen from the O.P.G paranormal team. Use real gadgets in a real location, a house investigated by the developers on the request of three different owners. It is a case worthy of a video game, so welcome to Incubus. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Incubus: A ghost-hunters tale.

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  35. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Explore a sinister village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a story-driven point & click game. Delve into the horror of guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Whispering Valley.

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  36. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    65% User Score Based on 270 reviews

    The Nadi Project it is a first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The NADI Project.

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  37. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 3,600 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 29 reviews

    The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sexy Brutale.

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  38. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 2,943 reviews

    The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s. As a young and upcoming journalist, you are to uncover the secrets behind the town killings and publish the truth in the city papers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Painscreek Killings.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    91% User Score Based on 122 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 6 reviews

    Growbot is a 2D point and click adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a beautiful biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens, you play as Nara, a growbot in training to become a captain. When your station home is attacked by rapidly growing crystals, it's down to you to save it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Growbot.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 287 reviews

    It be the golden age of pirates! Dogs of the sea! Quite literally. Our swashbuckling sausage-dog star is Gaius James Rover, son of the famous clown Jolly Rover, who died from a blow to the groin from an improperly loaded joke cannon. Following the tragically comedic death of his father, young Gaius, who insists on using his middle name James, goes to live with his uncle, a wealthy plantation owne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jolly Rover.

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  41. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    84% User Score Based on 818 reviews
    Critic Score 47%Based on 4 reviews

    Nuclear war, post apocalypse, barren and lifeless wastelands. Lifeless? Not so much! Mutated insects have made their home in a bomb shelter and they're set on exploring the world. Let this point&click adventure welcome you to a hilariously bizarre end time world and join the roaches Jim and Bud on their journey to the surface. Journey of a Roach tells the story of two roach-buddies, who want not… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Journey of a Roach.

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  42. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    73% User Score Based on 219 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 9 reviews

    It’s 2062. Tina – a 9 years old orphan – lives with SAM-53 – her big clumsy robot guardian – on a rooftop makeshift shelter in Neo-Berlin, a dark megalopolis controlled by corporations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ENCODYA.

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  43. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 119 reviews

    a Museum of Dubious Splendors, is a storybook from the world of Somewhere. A quiet game about prosaic objects and spurious histories, it is an irreverent rumination on the nature of an archive and forms of recollection. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to a Museum of Dubious Splendors.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    Void Breach is a low-res, retro point-and-click adventure game where an experiment has gone unpredictably wrong. Your daughter is whooshed through a tear in space! Embrace the void and follow her. The only way to bring her back. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Void Breach.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 374 reviews

    Zniw Adventure is a 2D, traditionally animated point and click adventure game with educational content, starring a young, yellow, female dinosaur having all sorts of adventures in the prehistoric land of Polisemia. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zniw Adventure.

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  46. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    75% User Score Based on 309 reviews

    It’s the first game of Abandoned series. Classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who dissapeared in the huge and mysterious place called Abandoned. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Through Abandoned.

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  47. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    99% User Score Based on 538 reviews

    Tales From Off-Peak City is a first-person adventure game series. Volume 1: Caetano's Slice is the first game of many in the anthology of Tales. While each 'Volume' is its own self-contained story and experience, taken together, they build towards the larger over-arching narrative of what’s really going on at the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street and what role you ultimately play in its fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1.

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  49. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    99% User Score Based on 107 reviews

    Our beloved princess is missing… What happened?Find out in this magical Point and Click adventure in the mysterious land of Lala.Solve puzzles, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world.Escape Lala 2 is the second installment in the Escape Lala series, with a new story, and much longer gameplay.Explore this land filled with surprises and beautiful landscapes all handcrafted in re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Lala 2.

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  50. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 2,571 reviews
    Critic Score 86%Based on 4 reviews

    Pat the alligator, a (mostly) harmless and (probably) innocent reptile is at the center of a conspiracy that could bring down the biggest, scariest family in Alligator New York City: his own! Explore the city, meet the Family, and try to save Pat before the clock runs out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Later Alligator.

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