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Looking for games like file://maniac? Here are top puzzle recommendations with a mystery, thriller and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Chronigma, World Wide Hack or The Sundew.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    100% User Score Based on 481 reviews

    Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chronigma.

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  2. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    63% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    World Wide Hack is an MMO simulation game about realistic hacking and cybersecurity. Collect the most effective sets of hacking and security tools, gather assets, and improve your computer to hack others, control parts of the network, or create the best websites and tools which will help other hackers and make you rich! Work with others to make your experimental activities useful for your faction … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World Wide Hack.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, stability
    91% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sundew.

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  4. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 1,966 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 5 reviews

    Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.

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  5. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    95% User Score Based on 162 reviews

    Isometric card battler RPG with a touch of virtual creatures, set in a futuristic, digital world, with over-the-top villains and a very shadowy plot. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anode Heart: Layer Null.

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  6. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    86% User Score Based on 91 reviews

    oneway.exe is a first-person investigation puzzle horror game centered on story and internet culture. Explore the digital decay found within the unfinished game of UNTITLED.exe, and solve puzzles as you begin to piece together the story of the three developers who created it.  Face the internet horrors that haunt your past. The ones you've never heard of. They don't exist. IS THIS THE WAY IT… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to oneway.exe: Module 1.0.

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  7. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 428 reviews

    One year after the events of Episode I, Captain Pilgrim is once again carrying a shipload of passengers between star systems. This time her guests include a mysterious priestess, a wayward youth and a robotics genius. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Pilgrim Episode II: Epsilon Indi.

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  8. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    85% User Score Based on 4,260 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 4 reviews

    Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling. Ready your star-faring engine, and venture into an expanse of hostile factions, lurking deities, forbidden knowledge, vast fortune, and fates worse than death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunless Skies.

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  9. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    96% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Scenes: The Nanny.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, atmosphere
    93% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of connected cases that lead you deeper and deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure. Another cigarette tumbles into the abyss. The sun is slowly coming up, glisteni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lacuna: Prologue.

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  11. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    86% User Score Based on 726 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 3 reviews

    Tales of the Neon Sea is a retro-styled pixel-art adventure, developed by Palm Pioneer and published by Zodiac Interactive. [Media 2154696] Set in a fully realized cyberpunk cityscape where... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales of the Neon Sea.

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  12. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 1,284 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 9 reviews

    A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Technobabylon.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 1,327 reviews

    A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Date in the Park.

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  14. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 4,068 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental text adventures, including a remaster of the original episode The House Abandon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stories Untold.

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  16. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    99% User Score Based on 2,312 reviews

    After scraping out a bleak existence in the post-apocalyptic wastelands, you thought you were prepared for anything. But now there’s no way to run. The choices you make determine how everything plays out in this classic point-and-click adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive.

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  19. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    PHYSARUM is a sandbox simulation game. Simulate the real world slime mold Physarum polycephalum by generating millions of living particles. Create and mutate slime species in real time to discover countless mesmerizing and emergent patterns. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PHYSARUM: Slime Mold Simulator.

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  20. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 137 reviews

    Echoes of the HouseА short, linear psychological horror game that plunges the player into a haunting mystery. The story follows Christopher, who arrives at his grandmother's remote countryside home for what should be an ordinary visit. However, strange occurrences quickly reveal that nothing is as it seems, with the eerie atmosphere building as players uncover deeper, unsettling layers to the narr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes Of The House.

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  21. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 1,838 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 5 reviews

    Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Simulator 2.

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  22. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 287 reviews
    Critic Score 64%Based on 5 reviews

    WILL: Follow The Light is a story-driven, first-person adventure puzzle game about a perilous personal journey through the harsh northern latitudes. To find peace and reunite with his family, Will must sail across endless waters, face numerous challenges, and ultimately discover himself. EXPLORE A STORY OF FATHERS AND SONS You play as Will, a lighthouse keeper on a remote island in the northern … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WILL: Follow The Light.

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  23. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    82% User Score Based on 3,626 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 24 reviews

    Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nobody Wants to Die.

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  24. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 5,232 reviews

    We Need to Go Deeper is a 2-4-player cooperative submarine rogue-like set in a Jules Verne-inspired undersea universe. In the game, you and your crew must embark on many voyages into a mysterious undersea trench known as The Living Infinite. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Need To Go Deeper.

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  25. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 550 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 13 reviews

    A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world that gets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it? Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today.

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  26. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 330 reviews

    ESCAPE WITH FRIENDSPlay alone or in a team of up to 6 players! Challenge yourself with the 60-min time limit, or take your time and play in Relax mode with unlimited time!FIND CLUES AND SECRETSInteract and examine with dozens of objects to uncover the secrets of the rooms. Chapter 1: The Mansion LabYou have been invited by Professor Cheshire and his assistant Hildegarde to try their new experiment… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mad Experiments: Escape Room.

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  27. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 708 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 24 reviews

    Social Media: Steam | Discord | Twitter | Facebook Gamedec is a single-player non-combat cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gamedec.

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  28. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    43% User Score Based on 65 reviews

    Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber ​​City 2157. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    95% User Score Based on 107 reviews

    Vessels is an atmospheric, character-driven narrative adventure game. Players assume the role of crewmember quarantined in the airlock of their ship with no memory of how they got there, and with crewmates who refuse to let you out. Players can posses other crew members to explore the ship and find a way to free yourself, where different choices can lead to multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vessels.

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  30. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 355 reviews

    Beneath a Steel Sky is a cyberpunk, point and click, adventure game. You assume the role of Robert Foster and embark on a quest to make the world a better place, along with your robot companion Joey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beneath a Steel Sky.

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  31. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    69% User Score Based on 59 reviews

    The Adventurezator is an emergent adventure game about creating emergent adventure games! When Pigs Fly is our adventure campaign of courage, intrigue, and betrayal (and dumbness) - created using the Adventurezator itself! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adventurezator: When Pigs Fly.

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  32. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 1,414 reviews

    An episodic puzzle adventure about a bunny who seeks to find the horrifying truth behind her existence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 4/1/1992.

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  33. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    64% User Score Based on 236 reviews

    "Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade.

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  34. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    73% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    He can't escape the memories that haunt him, and soon Setyo realizes he must return to Neo-Surabaya to save what's left of his family. Experience the upheaval of Setyo's mundane life in Bay City in this action-adventure prologue to Rendezvous. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 466 reviews

    Experience a bite-sized slice of Lovecraftian horror in this updated version of our cult freeware point and click adaptation of HP Lovecraft's classic short story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Terrible Old Man.

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    58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    58% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    NYKRA has gone through some big changes, please read this: https://github.com/ENDESGA/NYKRA_Before/tree/main-------NYKRA is a narrative platformer pixelart game with puzzle and RPG mechanics set in an ever collapsing reality. You travel via a being named Keu through 7 different planets, unraveling the complex mess of reality ahead of you. But as you read through the alien literature, discover … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NYKRA: Before.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 962 reviews

    NITE Team 4 is a hacking simulation and strategy game with Alternate Reality Game elements connected to The Black Watchmen universe. You play as a new recruit in the sophisticated hacking cell, Network Intelligence & Technical Evaluation (NITE) Team 4. Engaged in cyberwarfare with black hat groups and hostile states, you will be in a struggle to penetrate highly secure targets. Your job is to use … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NITE Team 4.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 1,736 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Gemini Rue is a neo-noir classic adventure game from the creator of acclaimed Blackwell Series, Wadjet Eye Games. The game features: - Over 60 hand-drawn backgrounds - A moody, film noir atmosphere - Control both Azriel and Delta-Six - An innovative investigation system - A gripping sci-fi mystery If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gemini Rue.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, stability
    97% User Score Based on 212 reviews

    Minotaur is an adventure game set in a new world called The Universe of Seven. Here’s what we hope you’ll love about it: Story and characters Minotaur’s story is mainly focused on nine... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minotaur.

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  41. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability
    71% User Score Based on 247 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 4 reviews

    Return to the vibrant cyberpunk world of Neo-San Francisco from 2064: Read Only Memories, filled with friendly and familiar faces. Neurodiver will introduce new characters, locations, and mechanics, including the ability to dive into and change other characters' memories, as well as overhauled art and an unsolved case to crack with multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER.

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  43. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 142 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 18 reviews

    Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Manage your detective agency and use real world research to solve cases as you unravel a global conspiracy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chinatown Detective Agency.

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  44. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 550 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 8 reviews

    Brok is an innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BROK the InvestiGator.

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  46. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 984 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 8 reviews

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lacuna.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 901 reviews

    Hadley wakes in a facility. She is 9 months pregnant. They want her baby... CAYNE is the free, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CAYNE.

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  48. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 2,961 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 10 reviews

    Observer is a first person perspective horror game that focuses on a dark, atmospheric environment and deep story telling. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Observer.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    79% User Score Based on 130 reviews

    A former combat hacker, a corporate CEO and a gangsta-rapping android get possessed by mysterious, otherworldly entities and must band together to save themselves and uncover the entities' origins. Talk, puzzle and explore your way through this (often humorous) cyberpunk thriller. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Born Punk.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    89% User Score Based on 452 reviews

    Resonance is a joint effort between Wadjet Eye and xii games. This is an old-school adventure game with an engaging story for all old-school fans. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Resonance.

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