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Looking for games like In the shadows? Here are top platformer recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Californium, Amygdala or Depths of Fear: Knossos.

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  1. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    69% User Score Based on 320 reviews
    Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

    Explore the worlds of Californium, a first person exploration game where you are a writer trapped into shifting realities. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Californium.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    79% User Score Based on 124 reviews

    Creature by Antonino Truisi About the GameAmygdala | Synopsis Welcome to the haunting world of Amygdala, an horror experience that explores the dark depths of the nightmare realm, manifested through incredible and terrifying creatures. Confront your deepest fears and uncover what lies behind the Amygdala. Prepare to immerse yourself in the sinister beauty of horror. Wellcome to Amygdala | S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amygdala.

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  3. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    71% User Score Based on 293 reviews

    Depths of Fear :: Knossos is a Greek-themed 1st person adventure game with stealth, action and edge-of-your-seat elements within rogue-like procedurally generated levels. You will run. You will hide. You will fight. You will die. The fate of Athens is in your hands as you step into the role of legendary Greek hero Theseus. Offering yourself for tribute unto the corrupt King Minos, you embark upon… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Depths of Fear: Knossos.

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  4. 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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  5. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    81% User Score Based on 116 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

    For the first time, experience the disturbing universe of Little Nightmares in first person, through your own eyes, in VR. Find out more at PlayStation Store. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes.

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  6. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    96% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    We are speechless. After a hundred years of silence, research station Fragrance Point starts sending signals to earth. What does it mean? We are sending our most advanced security robot. Armed with lipstick, snazzy boots and a big heart, we are sure it will do the right thing. What will it find? Fragrance Point is a digital paradise where you can do everything you want: Dress up, dance with a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fragrance Point.

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  7. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 170 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 21 reviews

    SCHiM is a game about jumping through shades in a challenging and lively environment, touch the light and it's over! This fast-paced 3D platformer takes elements of light & animation and adds them directly to the gameplay, delivering an experience that you will only find in SCHiM. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCHiM.

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  8. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 770 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

    There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers. But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knock-Knock.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    79% User Score Based on 141 reviews

    https://store.steampowered.com/widget/359560/ [email protected] www.cosmiclogic.ca @Doc__Logic https://www.facebook.com/cosmic.logic Warning: This game contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for photosensitive epilepsy If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shutter.

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  10. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    86% User Score Based on 219 reviews

    This VR Journey takes you to the 'behind the scenes' of the Universe. Beyond a door lies a barren landscape inhabited by strange stonefaced beings. Here, the maintenance and heavy lifting required keeps existence stable and temporal. You are a tourist. Don't do anything foolish. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Utility Room.

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  11. 100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    Extreme Evolution is an expressive platformer adventure; movement is your power: transform, drive, run, split, tumble, and launch yourself. Discover new forms and evolve as you explore this organic underworld open world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity.

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  12. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 2,285 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 17 reviews

    A third-person exploratory action/adventure title in which a boy ends up on a mysterious island and makes his way through its highly stylized environments, containing puzzles and slight navigation challenges, to get to the bottom of why he's ended up there and to reach the end of the road he's inadvertently begun to travel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RiME.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    65% User Score Based on 200 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

    STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stairs.

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  14. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    93% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Philophobia is a platformer in which love is literal Hell and all of the enemies are hearts. The game is fast-paced and the player needs to navigate the bowels of Hell and escape the torment of love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Philophobia: The Fear of Love.

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  15. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 113 reviews

    The year is 20XX, the earth has been ravaged by nuclear wars and our only hope is the research shuttle Nostrami. Unfortunately the ship has been incommunicado for 48 hours now. That's were you... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Scumbags.

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  16. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    77% User Score Based on 31 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Inspired by Super Mario World, Super Ubie Island Remix is an adorable platformer. Help Ubie defeat Dr. Terrestrial, discover secrets, repair his ship and escape Climate Island. Run, jump and glide your way through more than 25 insanely fun levels! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Ubie Island REMIX.

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  17. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    55% User Score Based on 98 reviews
    Critic Score 41%Based on 6 reviews

    Delve deep into your mind to unravel the truth. However, beware that your own conscience is hunting you down, with a twist that allows you to see through its eyes at a deadly cost. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dollhouse.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    96% User Score Based on 164 reviews

    Restore a broken mind to solve a twisted case. Investigate a couple's most intimate moments and piece together the events of a fateful night. Pick what to investigate, deduce awful truths, and solve a dark mystery. But most of all, Mind Diver: find the lost love. Before it's too late. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mind Diver.

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  19. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    91% User Score Based on 777 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 17 reviews

    GNOG is a wondrous journey through a universe of visually stunning and playfully interactive monster heads. Explore a myriad of unique interconnected heads and the worlds they carry within, as you try to decipher each one's quirks and advance to the next. Interact with the outside to change the inside and vice versa to reveal the exit! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gnog.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    56% User Score Based on 240 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 1 reviews

    Solarix is a science-fiction stealth-horror game featuring open-ended levels for both combative and stealth-focused playstyles. Solarix combines old-school sci-fi horror with next-gen style and graphics. The story follows an electrical engineer desperately fighting for his life after an infection wipes out an interstellar research station. He must contain the disease, battling both the remnants of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solarix.

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  21. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 1,337 reviews

    Delve into the diverse world of horror movies in this 2D action puzzler. Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lakeview Cabin Collection.

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  22. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    77% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    You are dying. Oxygen level in your brain drastically drops down. You are seeing all your life, flashing before your eyes. You are no longer on earth. You are unconscious. For everyone else this is the matter of seconds, but for you this is taking forever. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clinically Dead.

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  23. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 948 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 20 reviews

    A noir adventure set before, during and after the Big Bang. Explore black holes, primordial Earth, and jazz cafes. Witness the birth and history of mankind. Find comfort in a glass of gin. Search for a way to destroy creation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Genesis Noir.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 213 reviews

    Ginkgo is a single player 3D horror game set in a dreamlike space inspired by East Asian horror. Armed with a magic needle that can sew parts of the world together, solve puzzles and outsmart monsters as you explore a surreal world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ginkgo.

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  25. SUMMARYParanox is a singleplayer survival horror game. As a Paranormal Researcher you find yourself taking an abandoned school as your research project, hoping to uncover the secrets that lay within the shadows. As you explore the haunted school you will find that you are not alone, your goal is to explore the school's twisted labyrinths in search for clues that will maybe lead you to the answers … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranox.

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  26. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    99% User Score Based on 73 reviews

    Automaton Heart presents a world unlike any you've seen in a computer game before. Enter the RPG sequel to Automaton Lung, now with a detailed organ management system, many dungeons and overworld areas, experience system and equipment upgrades, plus more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Automaton Heart.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    "A tall man with a black hat wanders across desolated worlds, stumbling beneath the endless stars." A mysterious wanderer with bright eyes and a tall, black hat traverses these forgotten lands, unraveling their stories and cleansing their darkness. Control strange white weapons and flames to destroy barbed black structures. Discover relics and scant remnants of vanished civilizations. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sidereal.

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  28. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    STORYIn Backrooms Missing Persons, you explore the fates of the lost through a collection of unsettling VHS tapes. Experience their final moments through the warped lens of an old camcorder, piecing together the fate of the lost. Explore yellow halls, hear the hum of flickering lights, and uncover fragments of stories that were never meant to be found. Avalialbe Tapes Office … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Missing Persons.

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  29. Enter the disturbing world of Backrooms Level X, a first-person narrative survival horror game that immerses you in an endless labyrinth of desolate and liminal spaces. 13 levels and giant enemies await you in this unique experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Level X.

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  30. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    73% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Reliefs is a first-person platform adventure puzzle game in a Mediterranean environment covered with Roman ruins left for centuries or indeed millennia. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reliefs The Time of the Lemures.

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  31. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    87% User Score Based on 128 reviews

    All you need to know about that this place is that it was a really bad idea. You have to be brave and determined to learn all the secrets hidden in dark corners. Good luck, you will need it! Do you dare to face the revenge-seeking, bloodthirsty Krasue or the haunting demon Charles? This is just the beginning, more monsters are waiting for you.Collect as many bags of money as possible and escape fr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eyes: The Horror Game.

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  32. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    80% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    A classic horror inspired by the original survival games of the 90s, Ebola Village is a modern take on a first-person adventure where the main character, Maria, investigates a series of mysterious events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EBOLA VILLAGE.

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  34. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    98% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    What The Hack! Is a humoristic, story puzzle game, where you, a computer program, tries to avoid getting destroyed by escaping a facility. Doing so by hacking and hijacking devices in your surroundings. You play as Boolian, a facility worker whose consciousness is unexpectedly zapped into a computer. Before you can even process what’s happened, a security drone begins checking for malware. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What The Hack!.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    78% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Nephilim is a student-made isometric combat and exploration game set in a dying fantasy land. As Strider Lazarus, you'll learn to master both Light and Shadow to vanquish the foes standing in your path. Switch between the Light and the Dark worlds to empower your abilities, get over obstacles and solve puzzles.  Fight Angels and Demons alike using all the tools in your arsenal! You'll nee… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nephilim.

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  37. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    68% User Score Based on 519 reviews
    Critic Score 52%Based on 3 reviews

    Bye Sweet Carole is a horrific thriller game inspired by the greatest animation movies and created by Chris Darril. (Remothered series) Be ready to jump into the world of Corolla and meet the rabbits that has infested it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bye Sweet Carole.

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  38. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    60% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    "I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why." - H. P. LovecraftAn indie adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness where you will assume the role of geologist William Dyer, leader of the Miskatonic University Expedition to the antarctic continent. Experience rising tension when all contact is lost with the advanced camp foll… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mountains of Madness.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    87% User Score Based on 99 reviews

    The 2024 true-crime podcast "My Escape from the Slackjaw Killer" took America by storm—with its unflinching interview of his only known surviving victim. Painstakingly recreated from testimony, crime scene photos, and FBI reports, this game puts you in Slackjaw's world and asks: Will you survive? Average playtime: 1 hour Explore the world of a serial killer as his next victim. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SLACKJAW.

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  41. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    Step into the tangled mind of a dementia patient as he visits the house of his late grandpa, who also suffered from the ethereal embrace of dementia. Witness your perception warp, gravity surrender its grasp and the very essence of space and time tumble into a puzzling dance as your advancing dementia twists your reality into the unfamiliar. Pre-Dementia Play through 6 levels and acquaint yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Andarin Weppes: Pre-Dementia.

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  43. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 420 reviews

    You awake and find yourself in a parallel dimension. The year is 2032. All you can remember is that you’ve been participating in some kind of experiment that went horribly wrong. Travel through parallel worlds to get back home and uncover your past in this puzzle game where sci-fi meets surrealism. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE.

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  45. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    95% User Score Based on 166 reviews

    The Master’s Pupil is a hand painted puzzle adventure game set inside the eye of an artist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Master's Pupil.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    61% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Is a first-person psychological horror game that tells the chilling story of an overconfident realtor named Pavel.  He thought that he would earn some money before his honeymoon trip, but ended up in a terrible nightmare in which you have to be afraid of every rustle and pray to all the gods so as not to go crazy with horror... The action will unfold in several locations - the entrance of the hou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Please, Forgive Me.

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  47. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 2,174 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 4 reviews

    Lifeless Planet was inspired by Cold War era science fiction stories, posing questions about humankind's desire for space travel. What if you journeyed across the galaxy to another planet, only to find humans had already been there? What kind of person would sign up for a one-way mission, leaving behind planet Earth and everyone they've ever known and love... to go in search of an Earth-like plane… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifeless Planet.

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  48. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 50 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 2 reviews

    Handy Smurf has created a revolutionary invention: SmurfoMix! However, it's missing a key ingredient, the Green Stone, which is in the greedy clutches of Gargamel. So Handy Smurf and his team set off on a mission to retrieve the famous stone from Gargamel's laboratory, but a fatal misstep causes it to explode, its fragments scattering throughout the Cursed Land.In addition to unleashing into the w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Smurfs 2: The Prisoner of the Green Stone.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    86% User Score Based on 63 reviews

    Ties is a 3D Adventure and platforming game in which you play Mink, a fearless child, and Gum, a small stretchy creature. After some adventures, they finally reach Gum's birthplace. Seeking to know the truth about their origins, they discover a forsaken land whose nature seems to be hostile... Explore an oniric world and discover all of its secrets during a dangerous and memorable quest. Use… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ties.

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  50. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 300 reviews

    Brew magical mixtures for the local adventurers - and get them hooked! Team up with a mushroom-loving witch to restore her run-down shop. Build automated production lines, experiment with exotic ingredients, explore a cozy world - and try not to blow everything up. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Magical Mixture Mill.

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