Games like Incompetent Devs

"Abscission" is a single-player Horror Point and Click game, where you play as Detective Will Stanhope, investigating a Lovecraftian story through searching crime scenes, combining clues, and questioning suspects. The game offers multiple solutions to puzzles, and Stanhope's temperament – including melancholic, phlegmatic, sanguine, and choleric – impacts conversations and relationships. Your choices affect how characters respond to Stanhope, shaping his destiny and the game's outcome. A demo is currently available, with a full release planned for late 2022 or early 2023.

"Existensis" is a single-player Fantasy Platformer game, where you journey as an artist known as 'The Mayor', seeking inspiration and the meanings of life and death. Hand-drawn by Ozzie Sneddon, explore over fifteen unique areas, meet colorful characters, and experience branching paths and multiple endings in this vibrant world. The game features around 3-4 hours of hand-crafted content, available to play in the demo.

WHAT IS HACKVENTURE? Hackventure is a quirky surreal RPG about a normal boy and multiple worlds fusing into each others creating chaos. To stop this chaos, Mike and the allies he'll befriend along his journey will face powerful enemies, explore different realities and live horrifying nightmares.  However, it seems like fate has different plans for Mike, and is preventing him from fulfilling his mi…

Umfend is a single-player Horror Action game with a deep, emotional story, taking place in 1996 and re-emerging in 2005. With delightful visuals and an ingenious atmosphere, players must unravel the mysteries of a world of distortion, tackle jump scares, and cherish heart-shaped objects in this two-hour atmospheric horror about love and time.

"Escapeworld Dilemma" is a narrative-driven adventure game where players navigate a series of escape rooms, each with unique puzzles and challenges. The game features a rich storyline with branching paths and multiple endings, allowing players to make choices that affect the outcome. With its immersive gameplay and atmospheric setting, "Escapeworld Dilemma" offers a compelling experience for fans of escape room games and narrative-focused adventures.

"ChromaGun is a comedy shooter where you test a high-tech color-blasting gun in a lab, solving puzzles by coloring walls and attracting WorkerDroids to reach exit doors. Gamezebo praises its 'great mixture of careful puzzle solving and hectic danger-avoiding' in this single-player experience, receiving acclaim from YouTubers and Twitch streamers."

"The Designer's Curse" is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Players must navigate through a series of increasingly difficult levels, using their wits and problem-solving skills to uncover the mystery behind a curse that has befallen them. With a focus on exploration and discovery, the game offers a unique and engaging experience for players who enjoy a challenge.

Algotica Iterations is a puzzle game set in a digital world where players guide the "Code Diver" to solve logic-based challenges. The game features a distinct aesthetic, with a colorful, low-poly art style, and aims to teach players about programming concepts in a fun and accessible way. Players will need to master algorithms, conditionals, and loops to progress through the various levels and uncover the secrets of Algotica.

Insanity VR combines an immersive and intuitive locomotion system in VR, a compelling horror story and escape the room like puzzles with stealth mechanics. As the new intern at a futuristic institute for mental illnesses you get transported into the mind of a patient to reconstruct his memories.

"Slice of Sea" is a relaxing, underwater adventure game where you play as a fisherman's wife searching for her husband who has gone missing at sea. Explore the ocean depths, discover hidden treasures, and interact with a variety of sea creatures to help solve the mystery. The game features beautiful hand-drawn art and a soothing soundtrack, providing a calming escape from the stresses of daily life.