Games like Countdown City
Looking for games like Countdown City? Here are top puzzle recommendations with a thriller focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Last Audit of the Damned, Mystery Academy or Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town.
1 47%Game Brain Score47% User Score 6 reviewsSolve the puzzles to get off the island before you are a permanent part of the eternal balance sheet. Pirates, ghosts, whiskey, and bureaucracy. You were the Ship's clerk. Now you’re a half-drunk, half-dead survivor trying to out-negotiate a spectral crew of backstabbing undead pirates. Welcome to the world’s most cursed accounting audit. Play through 7 twisted chapters of puzzles, dark humor, …
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2 45%Game Brain Score45% User Score 5 reviewsEvery Shift A Test, Every Suspect A Liar. Chief Halvorsen’s glare cuts deeper than the January wind as he slams a file in front of you. “Junior Detective,” he growls, the title dripping with disdain. “You’re here because the mayor’s nephew needed a favor. Don’t. Screw. This. Up.” Your first case? A missing astrolabe. The file reeks of “busywork,” but the chief’s smirk says it all: Fail, and yo…
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3 77%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, optimization86% User Score 227 reviewsCritic Score 68%11 reviewsThird-person adventure game, set in a fantasy pirate-themed world with a modern touch. Combining the traditional point-and-click genre gameplay with a unique cartoon 3D graphics, Willy Morgan has the dreamy atmosphere, the humor and the freedom to explore typical of timeless classics such as Monkey Island.
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4 70%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding65% User Score 645 reviewsCritic Score 86%2 reviewsElse Heart.Break() is a reimagination of the adventure game – a fantastic story set in a fully dynamic and interactive world. Instead of rigid puzzles you will learn (with the help from other characters in the game) how the reality of the game can be changed through programming and how any problem can be solved in whatever way you find suitable.
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5 79%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicreplayability, grinding88% User Score 566 reviewsCritic Score 70%16 reviewsThe Special Edition Pack includes Shadowgate and The Special Edition Upgrade DLC
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6 72%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, replayability82% User Score 39 reviewsYOUR HOUSE is a unique, text-driven mystery game that blends immersive reading with interactive puzzles, pulling players into a gripping thriller. Set in the 1990s, it follows Debbie, a rebellious teenager on a mission to uncover the secrets of a mysterious mansion. The house itself is a living puzzle, holding the hidden pasts of three enigmatic characters. As Debbie progresses, she unravels the…
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7 91%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability91% User Score 280 reviewsBetween Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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8 58%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability74% User Score 336 reviewsCritic Score 70%2 reviewsEther One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace. There is also a deeper, more adventurous path in which you can complete complex puzzles to restore life changing events of the patient's histo…
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9 84%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability84% User Score 172 reviewsSolstice is a dystopian mystery thriller about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
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10 65%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, grinding65% User Score 108 reviewsA strange letter from a friend sowed seeds of uncertainty. Now you travel around the rooms of Livingstone's house to find out the truth - what happened here after you left? Use logical thinking, puzzle-solving skills, and perceptiveness to delve into the house and unravel the mystery.
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