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Games like Escape the Arcade (playdate)

Games like Escape the Arcade (playdate)

Looking for games like Escape the Arcade (playdate)? Here are top casual puzzle recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Clone Your Way Out, Vasilisas Torment or Backrooms Exploration.

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  1. Clone Your Way Out é um jogo de Puzzle sidescroller em que você controla adoráveis clones rosados, e seu objetivo é levar a arma de clonagem até a saída, manejando o seu recurso de munição, e fazendo bom uso da sua mira e habilidades de puzzle!  ===============================================================  CONTROLES: setas movem a camera WASD movem os clones mouse mira e seleciona o clone que a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clone Your Way Out.

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  2. Incredibly hardcore side-scrolling 2d platformer with an interesting storyline. Once Vasilisa was cursed by dark forces. They turned her into a scarecrow. But all the knights were afraid to save Vasilisa's soul, they thought that they too would be cursed. Only Ivan the Fool decided to save her. Climb a pillar above the sky, bypassing incredibly difficult obstacles, and find the key that will save … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vasilisas Torment.

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  3. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    48% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Traverse your way through this Atmospheric Psychological Horror! Explore the 9 eerie levels of The Backrooms, a place where everything seems familiar, with a constant feeling of something or someone watching you. Why were you chosen to enter The Backrooms? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Exploration.

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  4. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    96% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Servant robot Led reboots in the stern of the ship Dream Chaser, only to find he's broken and malfunctioning. His memory drives have been corrupted. He has no idea what's going on. And he needs your help to find out what happened to himself and the ship. And where his master is. Credits: Project Lead, Production, Game & Narrative Design by Alex Itsios Programming by Vitor Maduro, Derek Goodin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sinking of the Dream Chaser.

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  5. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 130 reviews

    You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dofamine.

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  7. ABOUTA Session with Dr. Liebnitz is a single-player exploration game taking place in the mind of the playable character. EXPLORE // CURE the MindYou play as The Character. You will be wandering through the Character's mind, trying to cure it from fear, depression, anger and many more deep, troubling conditions. This is only possible due to the extravagant techniques of one Dr. Liebnitz, w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Session with Dr. Liebnitz.

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  8. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    91% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Mystery in the Office is an immersive text-based game that takes you on a journey through an abandoned office with a history of terrible management, mysteriously locked from the outside.INVESTIGATEExplore a series of highly interactive rooms and carefully examine every object to find a way out. All objects are clickable and they will provide information to advance the story.RESOLVEFind your way t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mystery in the Office.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    You play Elie who's 16 years old. A teenager with no story, curious, a bit of a dreamer, a fan of video games. He (she...?) loves spending his afternoons role-playing with his two best friends, Gab and Medie. Elie lives in Sector G with his mother and little sister, who can be a bit of a handful (but at this age, that's only to be expected). The world around Elie seems ordinary. People go to wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pluralys.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Gabe: 18 years old, introverted, and socially awkward in real life. However, he is a well-known humorist in the online world under his anonymous identity. Skilled in software and game development, possessing both technical and creative abilities. Passionate about game projects, particularly those integrating innovative ideas such as mental technology and gaming.        Internet Friend: S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Codebound.

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  11. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 232 reviews

    “Lots of Cats on an Adventure” is a game where you find hidden cats in comic strips, meow! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lots of Cats on an Adventure.

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  12. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Join Our Discord! About the GameFeatures Experience an engaging story filled with charm, adventure and cute animals! Explore a large, hand drawn world full of colorful characters! Craft creative solutions by combining items with the new Toolbelt! Solve challenging brainteasers and navigate intricate puzzle-dungeons! Tailor your experience with new guidance and hint systems! Orient yoursel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NAIRI: Rising Tide.

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  13. Welcome to "A Terrific Weekend Adventure," where I invite you to enter a world of nostalgia created for the ZX Spectrum. As you embark on this retro journey, you'll find yourself immersed in a universe inspired by the timeless Enid Blyton-style novels of days gone by. With "A Terrific Weekend Adventure," my idea was to pay homage to those old types of stories. And so, naturally, you'll find this … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Terrific Weekend Adventure.

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  14. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    95% User Score Based on 65 reviews

    Can you find the truth? Nine people wake up trapped in an abandoned research facility. Split into three teams, separated into different halls, the members of the two Answer Teams need to compete in a game of life and death. The goal: to figure out the "truth" behind the secret member of the Question Team: Emilia. Do you really want to? Each part of Anamnesia will cover the same timefram… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?.

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  15. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    72% User Score Based on 117 reviews

    Today marks your final exam to become a wizard. Will you pass the test? Immerse yourself in Mystic Academy, an exhilarating escape room that will challenge your magical prowess. Solve puzzles, decipher mystical artifacts, learn spells, find hidden objects, and explore various rooms of your wizardry school. Overcome daunting trials to prove your wizardry skills and succeed in the exam! *A… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mystic Academy: Escape Room.

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  16. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 119 reviews

    A journey through the psyche. Escape your night shift at the hotel, explore dreamlike worlds, and lose your sense of Self while reliving the time before dawn in this dark, adventure / puzzle game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night Loops.

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  18. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    94% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    Jump into an adventure to revive your soulmate and travel through fabulous hand-painted jigsaw puzzles! Play the way you want using different number of pieces, shapes and helpers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Jigsaw Adventures - Roads of Life.

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  19. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 2,614 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    You try to clear your vision and get on your feet after your arrival. You hear the portal closing behind you as you take a step forward. You are trapped, your way back is gone. Quern - Undying Thoughts is a first-person puzzle adventure game, inviting you on a journey to explore it and solve its challenges. Put your mind to the test with the increasingly complex puzzles, and unravel the mysteri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quern: Undying Thoughts.

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  20. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    90% User Score Based on 83 reviews

    The Prologue of Universe for Sale, in this demo you will get a taste of what will be in the final game, which is currently in development. Live a sci-fi narrative experience about human relationships and self-acceptance, follow the stories of the nameless Master, a mysterious cultist and Lila the universes vendor. Walk through Jupiter's roads, meet absurd characters with incredible stories to tel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Universe For Sale - Prologue.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    72% User Score Based on 86 reviews

    Help Lily use her imagination to unlock her memories and relive the events of a night that changed her life. Discover what happened and what is 103. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 103.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    96% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    Eight strangers awake in an unfamiliar complex. They find themselves forced to solve intricate puzzle rooms and fight for their lives in deadly games. What happened to the outside world and why do they all remember the face of a serial murderer called the Botfly Killer? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Move 78.

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  24. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Come on in and make yourself comfortable in our bar, stranger! You will have to literally recreate the history of this place by collecting photos of legendary personalities of the "Dungeon" Bar. You are waiting for 15 exciting puzzle levels in the style of classic jigsaw puzzles with a mesmerizing soundtrack. C'mon, let's go! ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠠⠄⠄⠒⠂⢀ ⢀⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢀⡀⠄⣰⣶⣦⡈ ⠄⠄⠂⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣖⣿⣷⣴⡄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⣸… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Bar: Gachi Puzzles.

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  25. dive into the world and prepare to have your brain twisted into a pretzel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ISOLAND:Pumpkin Town.

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  26. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    A surreal, short-form puzzle adventure / horror game built for the GameBoy, POCKET MYSTERY EP DX updates the original POCKET MYSTERY EP with full color graphics, re-designed puzzles, updated music and sound effects, and additional content. FEATURES A STRANGE MURDER: As Detective Walker Rylance, explore the mysterious Minerva’s Nocturne hotel, investigating the locked-room murder of four colleague… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POCKET MYSTERY EP DX.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, stability
    88% User Score Based on 81 reviews

    Unlock the secret to unparalleled success through the power of teamwork! Time Over challenges you to prove that no mission is too difficult when you join forces with others. Your main mission is to find the boxes on time before the other players. Step into the shoes of a daring hero, joined by seven other unique characters, as you race against time to collect 10 elusive magic boxes. But beware… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Time Over.

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  28. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 433 reviews

    “Lots of Cats in Every Moment” is a game where you find hidden cats while romance unfolds! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lots of Cats in Every Moment.

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  29. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    57% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    Miku and friends crash land on a mysterious planet during their space journey... There they meet many unique characters! Play all kinds of games to grant everybody's wishes! Contains nine minigames including the previously released Amiguru Jump and Amiguru Train. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hatsune Miku: The Planet of Wonder and Fragments of Wishes.

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  30. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    PLAY THE FREE DEMO!All the colors have gone missing from the world. While on a mission to bring them back you discover you are being hunted by those who would see the colors banished. Your only hope is a woman in red who may be holding the key to preventing the world from becoming discolored. Discolored 2 is a first-person puzzle horror filled with mystery and suspense. Taking place in a world … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Discolored 2.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development
    89% User Score Based on 168 reviews

    Your first day as a police clerk... unveils a tapestry of mysteries! You play as Justina Smith, a newly hired clerk at the Azure City Police Department, as she finds out the truth behind a series of suspicious crimes. Work with the eccentric detectives Ernest Hunt and Sophie Swift as you investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and discover the secrets hidden among the paper trails.Five int… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paper Perjury.

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  32. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 182 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    A story-driven experience with puzzles about a middle-aged woman trying to make peace with herself. Join her in this dive to her mind and travel through memories and traumas. The unique 2d art style, meticulous sound design and hand-drawn animations bring her to life If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leila.

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  33. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 3,693 reviews

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to An Arcade Full of Cats.

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  35. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Night: Burlesque.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    99% User Score Based on 1,458 reviews

    Submachine is a hand-drawn point and click adventure game. You will find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and inventory items to collect to help you along the way. The underground world of submerged machines offers you vast variety of locations and structures to discover and repair. While everything is shattered, you will try to put things back … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Submachine: Legacy.

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  37. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    63% User Score Based on 268 reviews

    For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore. He has solved more cases than one can count, where others hit dead-ends, he gets to work. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Curious Cases.

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  38. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 73 reviews

    You will travel round the world with the Jules Verne heroes! Each location (scene) is a new continent or a new country where you will find yourself in the atmosphere of this region thanks to the picturesque and colorful graphics and the unique musical background. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Around the World in 80 days.

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  40. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    75% User Score Based on 59 reviews

    Nevrosa is an escape room game with horror and action elements, where you are trying to find your way out of laboratory through solving puzzles while being locked with a strange creature. Mystical machines, old family curse and various endings depending on your ways of play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nevrosa: Escape.

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  41. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 103 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 2 reviews

    Immerse yourself into Path to Mnemosyne, a hypnotic adventure created within an infinite zoom! Walk the path, explore your mind and recover all lost memories by solving dozens of imaginative puzzles. A mysterious story, a minimalist script and disturbing sounds and graphics, will make Path to Mnemosyne a bizarre and memorable gameplay experience for any player. Will you be able to reach the end … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Path to Mnemosyne.

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  42. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    56% User Score Based on 268 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 3 reviews

    The Franz Kafka Videogame is an original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka. The protagonist named K., gets a sudden offer of employment and this event changes his life forcing him to make a distant voyage. To his surprise, the world beyond his homeland appears to be not as normal as he would think. Together with K., you will experience an atmosphere of absurdity, surrea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Franz Kafka Videogame.

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  44. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, monetization
    96% User Score Based on 912 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Enigmatis: The Mists of Ravenwood is a critically-acclaimed, beautifully crafted casual adventure game rich with horror, plot twists and shadowy intrigue. Follow the trail of a demonic preacher and unravel the secrets shrouded in the mists of Ravenwood Park! What happened to the abandoned camper covered by enormous claw marks? What lurks in the park’s shadows? Will you be able to solve the mystery… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood.

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  45. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    87% User Score Based on 198 reviews

    Enter the world of Drawn, and unravel the secrets of the Painted Tower. Overcome challenging puzzles on your quest to save Iris. A curse has locked each floor of the tower, and only the most creative adventurer can find a way through. Enter lush painted worlds and meet fantastic characters who will help you…and sometimes try to stop you, on your quest through the dream world of The Painted Tower. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drawn: The Painted Tower.

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  46. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization
    93% User Score Based on 255 reviews

    [Media 2856285] This is the story of Edda, a girl in her early 20s. Like anyone in her age, she’s lost. She lost her way in the journey to achieve her dreams. She lost her way in the journey... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When The Past Was Around - Prologue.

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  48. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 416 reviews

    Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to manipulate a time loop and save the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kraken Academy.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 117 reviews

    NeuraGun is a first-person science fiction puzzle game. The player will have to go through a maze of mysteries that will lead him out of the tangled scientific complex. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeuraGun.

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  50. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 798 reviews

    Hidden object game in the city setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Ultra hard! Really very difficult! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 100 hidden cats 2.

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