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Looking for games like Paper Roots? Here are top puzzle recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Meridian 157: Chapter 1, The Initiate or Aurora Hills: Chapter 2.

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  2. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    80% User Score Based on 163 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game with horror elements. This is your trial; complete it, or die! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Initiate.

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  3. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 278 reviews

    Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aurora Hills: Chapter 2.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    Veritas is a game of mystery and discovery from Glitch Games, creators of the Forever Lost trilogy, that poses the question; what is truth, and does it even matter? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Veritas.

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  7. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    98% User Score Based on 1,457 reviews

    You arrive in the lands of Glimmith, a kingdom above the clouds. Your newest benefactor has hired you, a famed stained glass artisan, to help him restore the area to its former glory. However, he has given you an unusual stipulation: use whatever colors you please, so long as you follow the rules! A cozy hamlet, an enchanted forest, and a forlorn castle await. Keep your eyes open for hidde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Artisan of Glimmith.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    93% User Score Based on 427 reviews

    Welcome back! The game nobody expected is getting a sequel no one's ready for - bigger and more chaotic than the last. If you have not played the first game - feel free to start here. Lingo 2 has a totally new rule structure, so you can play them in either order. If you did play the first game and only enjoyed solving the word puzzles - you might want to let a friend try this first. There… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lingo 2.

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  9. 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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  10. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 141 reviews

    The recently acquired diary of Emma Ravenhearst may hold the key to unraveling the tale behind Ravenhearst Manor, yet pages are missing. Locate and assemble diary pages to unlock the mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst.

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  11. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 638 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 9 reviews

    Goetia is a point-and-click adventure game – and, as in any adventure game, you’ll be seeking out clues, finding objects, and figuring out how to use or combine them in order to progress through the different areas, puzzles and encounters. However, there is one major difference compared to other adventure games that you might be used to. In Goetia, you play the part of Abigail, the ghost of a youn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goetia.

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  12. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 800 reviews

    You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Lost Tape.

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  13. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    99% User Score Based on 8,749 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact. The trail leads you to the attic of their home, and the discovery of an old, peculiar dollhouse. What secrets lie within these walls? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Room: Old Sins.

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  14. 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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  15. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    59% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    ESCAPE FROM CRIMSON MANOR: TRAPPED TOGETHERTwo minds, one escape. The ultimate cooperative puzzle experience. Escape from Crimson Manor: Trapped Together is above all a test of communication and deduction. Set in an interconnected Victorian manor, this game brings the intricate puzzle design of The Inheritance of Crimson Manor to a dedicated two-player experience. ️ THE MAIN EVENT: Cooperative P… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape From Crimson Manor: Trapped Together.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, humor
    91% User Score Based on 654 reviews

    TEST TEST TEST is a retro pixel-art point-and-click puzzle adventure where you must escape a time loop as an overworked office employee. Find clues, gather information, and solve cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements. Will you able to release yourself from the clutch of time itself? Or will you be stuck in this reality forever? ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TEST TEST TEST.

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  18. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    78% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    Forgotten Hill: The Third Axis is a point-and-click adventure that challenges you to solve puzzles in a creepy mansion. Explore eerie rooms, use inventory items, and decipher clues. Play to escape the mysteries! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgotten Hill The Third Axis.

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  19. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned. Welcome to the Forest, the sacral place in the Ordered. Solve puzzles, find items and a way to use them. Try to reach your brother and have fun. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Through Abandoned: The Forest.

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  20. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 3,274 reviews

    The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s. As a young and upcoming journalist, you are to uncover the secrets behind the town killings and publish the truth in the city papers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Painscreek Killings.

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  21. 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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  22. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 760 reviews

    The Inheritance of Crimson Manor is a narrative horror puzzle game set in a beautiful and enigmatic #victorian era manor with a dark secret. Unravel The #Mystery After working for more than ten... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Inheritance of Crimson Manor.

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  23. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 966 reviews

    Explore a mysterious and detailed world full of puzzles. It is important to think hard and to pay close attention, as vital clues are sometimes hidden in plain sight. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Taiji.

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  24. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    87% User Score Based on 117 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    You don't work in a regular assembly line. In this escape room, you will investigate what is really being manufactured in a secret factory, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles. Will you unravel the truth? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Regular Factory: Escape Room.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    47% User Score Based on 95 reviews

    Evie is a short first-person horror narrative that unfolds a mind-boggling event, set in the middle of an eerie forest that was left undiscovered for good reasons. The story starts off by reading diaries left in an abandoned house by a lady named Evie. As a player, you will quickly realize that great tragedies hit her life and uncontrollably fell into a downward spiral of despair. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evie.

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  26. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    84% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strange Telephone.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    Neyyah is a first-person point-and-click adventure game from solo developer, Aaron Gwynaire. You are thrown into a strange secretive world called Neyyah. Use careful observation and logic to uncover the mysteries entwined within Neyyah's peculiar landscapes and bizarre cultures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neyyah.

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  31. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 857 reviews

    Few are chosen. Fewer succeed. You stumble upon a battered old book and find yourself transported to the island of Myst. As you explore the surreal landscape, you quickly learn that something has gone wrong.  Terribly wrong. An ancient betrayal must be unveiled. Secret books concealed on the island of Myst lead the way to incredible worlds born of a master storyteller’s imagination. Yet one… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Myst: Masterpiece Edition.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    94% User Score Based on 3,060 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 4 reviews

    “I know what he’s doing… He’s watching you.”Travel to Riven, a beautiful and mysterious world on the verge of collapse. Explore this mysterious place, solve its puzzles, reveal its mysteries, make a daring rescue, and escape. Features VISIT A MYSTERIOUS WORLD“I am Gehn. I assume you’ve heard of me.”Riven takes you on a journey through dense jungles, awe-inspiring caverns, and monolithic structures… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Riven.

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  33. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    96% User Score Based on 57 reviews

    You awaken in a damp cell, located in the deepest basement of the mysterious Waterfall Tower. In making your way out, you discover you weren't the first in this predicament, someone preceded you - and they left behind hints that might help you abscond before the night is over. A compact videogame experience that aims to evoke the classic, puzzle-centered adventure games of the past. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Waterfall Prisoner.

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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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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 87 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Lempo is a psychological horror game inspired by Finnish mythology in which you play as Paul, your casual 9 to 5 guy, lost in a forest after his day of work. Uncover stories of people who were trapped in Metsänpeitto before. Make use of what little items you come by to find out what’s happening in this eerie place and go back to your peaceful life before this malevolent forest consumes you. Featur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lempo.

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  39. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    71% User Score Based on 104 reviews

    She waits. Explore an abandoned house in black and white as you solve cryptic puzzles and try to make discoveries. If you like to work with others to discover things, then you may like this game. I hope you love it, I really hope you do. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Please Love My Computer Game.

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  40. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 80 reviews

    Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Memorrha.

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  42. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 336 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 3 reviews

    Ether 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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ether One.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, emotional
    67% User Score Based on 329 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 6 reviews

    On a camping trip during the last days of autumn, your sister disappears in the middle of the night. Lake Ridden is a horror mystery where you’ll uncover dark secrets of the past trying to bring her home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lake Ridden.

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  44. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    58% User Score Based on 38 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 4 reviews

    ”I've been here before..." Jean-Jacques Gordot woke up to find himself trapped in a red room. A door that won't open, a hanging light bulb, scattered wine bottles. And for some reason, this room gives him a feeling of deja vu... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CRIMSON ROOM® DECADE.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 447 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 8 reviews

    Filament is a laid back, story-rich and fully narrated puzzle game centred around solving sets of cable-based puzzles whilst exploring a seemingly abandoned spaceship. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Filament.

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  46. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    58% User Score Based on 446 reviews
    Critic Score 45%Based on 2 reviews

    As an expert safecracker, you are hired by the wealthy family of a recently deceased to search his mansion for his last will and testament. Duncan W. Adams was an avid safe collector and an 'eccentric,' to say the least. Adams has hidden the deed to his vast fortunes in one of 35 safes. You must crack them all using hints scattered throughout his extravagant mansion. The stakes are high. Use your … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure.

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  47. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 87 reviews

    Three men once manned the lighthouse on Fetch Rock, but they vanished without trace on New Year, 1900. No-one knows what really happened to those three poor souls, and no-one is brave enough to stay in the lighthouse, alone, after dark. Except you...travel to Fetch Rock Island, and discover what really happened...‘Fetch’ is the old English word for ‘ghost’; The old lighthouse is built upon somethi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Fall 2: Lights Out.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 174 reviews

    The Artifact is a sci-fi themed spin on the classic escape the room game. Players explore different locations, using 22nd century technology to crack codes and solving increasingly head scratching puzzles that will help decipher the mystery of the alien device, and perhaps what lies beyond... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Artifact.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    78% User Score Based on 571 reviews

    Black Rose is a first-person survival horror game in which you assume the role of Linda, an average girl who heard rumors about an old abandoned funeral home being haunted. No one knows what... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Rose.

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  50. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    56% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    AETHERNAUT is a first person puzzle game in the vein of Portal and Talos Principle. Use light, sensors, portals and time travel to gather the aether vials and access the core of the Construct. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aethernaut.

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