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Looking for games like Pelagic Vortex? Here are top role playing recommendations with a comedy and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Watertight, Timeloop: Sink Again Beach or Riven.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 136 reviews

    Watertight is a short psychological-horror experience set aboard a 1950s deep-sea submarine. FEATURES Solve clever puzzles to restore your submarine’s critical systems Explore the submarine’s cramped, flooded corridors Horror ambience that amplifies claustrophobia A concise, intense experience designed to be finished in 30 minutes THE GAMEPLAYYou’re trapped in a failing submarine with syst… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Watertight.

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  2. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, character development
    84% User Score Based on 74 reviews

    A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Timeloop: Sink Again Beach.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 1,867 reviews

    Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts--a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal. Prepare to go to Riven. Journey through vast, awe-inspiring landscapes, where clouds sit nestled in a deep blue sky and the rolling sea waters shimmer from bright morning sunlight. But be forewarned: nothing is quite as it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Riven.

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  4. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 524 reviews
    Critic Score 52%Based on 4 reviews

    Fract Osc is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FRACT OSC.

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  5. 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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  6. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 450 reviews
    Critic Score 64%Based on 6 reviews

    Mainlining is a new take on the traditional point and click adventure. The entire game takes place on the simulated desktop of the protagonist's computer. Assuming the role of an MI7 agent, the... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mainlining.

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  7. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    88% User Score Based on 93 reviews

    Discover secrets, solve puzzles and survive the serial-killer in this pixelated topdown. You are Akin, an exterminator, who bought a house in a rural area, but the past of this house will affect your present. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Immortal Mantis.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 135 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    After living for generations as persecuted refugees, the Letarri people set their sights on a far-off planet as a promising new home. But when the interstellar mission to colonize the new world goes terribly awry, the fate of their people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prominence.

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    42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    42% User Score Based on 261 reviews

    AR-K is a classical point and click adventure with an updated twist. IMPORTANT:This pack includes episodes 1 and 2 of AR-K AR-K: Gone With The Sphere AR-K: The Girl Who Wasn't There Alicia Van Volish is a former cop and current journalism student who wakes up after a one-night stand with a terrible hangover and a lot of questions: How much did she drink? Did she really take that guy home with her?… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AR-K.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 116 reviews

    The Navigator is a 2D puzzle-platformer where the player assumes control of a young boy travelling the high seas. The mysterious world around him is filled with floating rocks that have various celestial properties, and the player must help the boy align these celestial rocks to lead him on his journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Navigator.

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  11. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    In the vast desert, you discover a tiny fish sealed inside a small bottle. It seems to want something. Solve the puzzles to collect the items the fish desires. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 瓶の中のサカナのために.

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    You are the new crew member of a polar station, surrounded by frozen wastes and endless darkness. Every hour, a mysterious timer activates on the station. You have limited time to decipher the code and enter it into the terminal. You will have at your disposal a telephone and a station operating manual, which will become your trusted companions in this strange place. With each new co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hate You.

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  13. Jimmy, captain of the deep-sea research vessel Trilobite, leads his crew—including his younger brother, Jack—to investigate an unidentified signal. But unlike previous missions, the newly assigned, enigmatic commander appears to have ulterior motives… Sea Blindness is a 2D pixel-art narrative RPG Game. In the year 2064, players assume the role of Jimmy, a deep-sea researcher who becomes ent… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sea Blindness.

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  14. 69%Game Brain Score
    69% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    When the only world you've ever known is in danger, what would you do to save it? HYADES is an in-development RPG about a group of friends exploring a vast urban city in order to save everything they've ever known. Align yourself with celestial signs as you explore the city of Hyades and uncover the secrets lurking below! Play the HYADES demo today with the download below for Windows/Mac/Linux, o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HYADES.

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  15. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Aplestia:Retold unravels the story of Britton, Summer, Rover and Marina, four friends that went on their first S Class Quest by mistake! Even though they are still rookie adventurers, they will try their best to tackle on a difficult, gem-related and full of mystery adventure! Follow their steps as they travel on the colorful and gem-monster pested Aplestia island! They will have to find secrets, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aplestia: Retold.

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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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  17. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    98% User Score Based on 116 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 7 reviews

    The Gap is a sci-fi first person narrative exploration thriller. You play as Joshua Hayes, a neuroscientist who's lost it all. Your mysterious ability to explore parallel realities through deja vu seems to be the only way to recover your memories and salvage your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Gap.

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  18. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    86% User Score Based on 459 reviews

    Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is real and what isn’t. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 1.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    56% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    An abandoned boat. A system of surveillance camera that works. A woman, Lea Nichols, only survivor of a team of researchers. Monitor, manage, search… Behind your camera, guide Lea Nichols to freedom but also to the truth. Be her eyes and ears to help fulfill her destiny! But be careful, remember that things are not always what they seem… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to eXperience 112.

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  21. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Join Juul, a youth whose mind has been altered by a terrible curse, and Glasswalker, an Elder Pilgrim of a spiritually evolved people, as they travel across the world to seek treatment for the horrible curse of anxiety. On your journey you will travel through colorful landscapes, meet beautiful and dangerous creatures, and seek guidance from great beings made purely from thought. Each level pres… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Müll Littoral.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    A police detective gets involved into a case about a missing couple. Soon he finds out that the husband was working at a mental asylum and he was conducting a research over a mysterious disappearance of patients. Among the files there is something he would never thought he would find. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Westwood Shadows.

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  23. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    65% User Score Based on 329 reviews

    Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to House of Caravan.

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    28%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    28% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    Outpost 13 is a point and click adventure strategy game where you, a monster, must escape an icy planet by strategically killing off crew members while maintaining your cover as "Fen" the crew's pet dog. Play smart and you might just make it off-world alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpost 13.

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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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  27. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    68% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    Trapped in a past time - can you use your puzzle solving skills and escape? Working long hours on your recent research with experimental time-shifting serums at Ridgeway Space/Time Labs has taken its toll. You promise yourself a break after the next batch of results. Taking a moment after hours of painstaking research you drowsily make yourself a refreshing coffee, moments later some drops of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ALUMNI - Escape Room Adventure.

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  28. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    75% User Score Based on 309 reviews

    It’s the first game of Abandoned series. Classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who dissapeared in the huge and mysterious place called Abandoned. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Through Abandoned.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    83% User Score Based on 1,020 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 5 reviews

    VirtuaVerse is a cyberpunk point & click adventure set in the future not so far away; one where Artificial Intelligence prevailed above all other AI's and their governments and society has migrated to a permanently integrated reality. In your quest around the world, you will have to walk across hardware graveyards, deal with digital archeology, tribes of cryptoshamans, and virtual reality debauche… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VirtuaVerse.

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  30. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 188 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 3 reviews

    When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heaven Dust.

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  32. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 50 reviews

    An adventure about searching for a missing hunter and meeting with alien beings! Explore wild nature, follow the friend's trail, climb on a rock, lure out a boar, meet a wolf, survive in a rockfall. Heal a deer and trick a creature! Meet the Unknown! Save a friend and yourself in a strange alien world. Find the mystery behind a friend's missing!Key Features Explore the wilderness of the cold lan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Frosts: First Ones.

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  33. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    71% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hermitage Strange Case Files.

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  34. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:character development, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Take charge of the Polaris Mk 0 and repair your damaged ship, learn from your crewmates, and discover the true nature of what lies beyond existence… before you do it all over again. Follow the core tenants of the Sectorian Collective as you: Seek Knowledge Each loop in the game will offer you new insights into how to efficiently rectify the Polaris Mk 0’s many misfortunes whilst traveling through… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond The Marion.

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  35. Imperium is a 2D Lo-fi, Sci-fi Puzzle Adventure game set in a dystopian future where you take on the role of BS-23, a former scientist of the condemned scientific organisation known as The Betterment. Imprisoned due to their involvement with the original Betterment, BS-23 is sent out onto dangerous missions alone and unarmed with the objective to obtain vital data at the behest of the Galactic Cou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imperium.

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  36. 55%Game Brain Score
    55% User Score Based on 9 reviews

    Post-jam update! Thank you to everyone who played our game during Doki Jam! Now that the jam is officially over, we've got a big update to flesh out the game a little as well as add a bit of bonus content to unlock. We've completely overhauled the aiming system with a new UI, better sensitivity response, and a smoother laser at extreme sensitivities. It should now be much easier to get some real… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Bullet Dokibird.

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  37. About this game The Darkness has invaded. In this third-person action-adventure, you take on the role of a light-infused human test subject, recently awoken on a vessel under siege. Solve telekinesis-based puzzles, and fight off the forces of Darkness in a race against time to save the research vessel's crew. Will you defeat the Dark? Features Defeat the Dark with light-powered weapons… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Radiance.

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  38. 31%Game Brain Score
    31% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    Mystery Isles is a text adventure game written in PunyInform for the ParserComp 2024 itch.io jam. You are stranded on a deserted island and must solve puzzles and figure out a way to escape. You were looking forward to a quiet day fishing in your new fishing boat. After a couple of hours catching nothing (and a few beers) you lay back for a rest and drift off to sleep ... You wake a few hours l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mystery Isles.

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  39. Gameplay In Klepto-Chronia, you play as Amelia, a time travelling thief archeologist from the future, as she visits the past to steal recover artifacts  before they are lost to time. When Amelia's time-hacker breaks mid heist expedition, she has to solve puzzles while avoiding being caught, in order to make her way through the mansion of Dr. Ology, and find her way home. Amelia's broken time devic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Klepto-Chronia.

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  40. An action RPG and spiritual sequel to Demon's Souls (2009) in which the player embodies the Chosen Undead, who is tasked with fulfilling an ancient prophecy by ringing the Bells of Awakening in the dark fantasy setting of Lordran, an open world with intricate areas full of beasts, former humans gone hollow, and magical abominations whom the player must overcome in challenging and unforgiving c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Souls.

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  41. 48%Game Brain Score
    48% User Score Based on 4 reviews

    Synopsis Garden of Moving Things is a narrative, point-and-click adventure inspired by classics of the genre such as "Loom", "Legend of Kyrandia", and "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis".  You play as high-schooler Iona Saint-Germaine, one of a handful of survivors of a catastrophic event that has destroyed the city and somehow created a reality where the flow of time fluctuates and people ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Garden of Moving Things.

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  42. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    half puzzle, half instrument. an audio game. Instructions Click on the "Run audio game" button to start loading. After loading is finished, you should hear some instructions.Hold down one or more of the A, S, D, F letter keys to choose a tone.Press the Spacebar key to play the Instrument. Releasing Spacebar too quickly after pressing it causes some problems, so try to hold it for at least 100 mill… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strung.

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  43. As Gamindustri tears itself apart, two veterans seek to keep themselves—and their loved ones— together… at all costs.Faced with unspeakable odds as two armies march to one last cruel fight, Cave and IF finally cross paths on the field of combat. Once friends with bonds that could never be shaken, both now stand on opposing sides of this twisted conflict; two incompatible ideologies, both equally d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MEASURE FOR MEASURE -CAVE VS IF-.

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  44. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    99% User Score Based on 81 reviews

    PANTHALASSA In Panthalassa, you delve into an alien underwater world where you play as Magellan (aka MAG), an autonomous exploratory submarine who suffers a catastrophic malfunction and awakes anew, reborn in a highly advanced body, in a world they do not recognize. With technology alien to them and new emotions that were not there before. In this game, you must find out where you are… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panthalassa.

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  45. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 451 reviews

    A young man named Selim Kara is found dead under mysterious circumstances. When a camera is connected to his computer, the system becomes corrupted and its files turn unreadable. You are an agent at the National Intelligence Center. Your assignment is simple: recover the files. WELCOME BACK TO 2005... BUT DIFFERENT. Boot into a strangely familiar desktop. Old and slow, but just as much fun interne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heaven Does Not Respond.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    80% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    Introducing Syke, a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mesmerizing and enigmatic reality. Awakening in a world of impossible physics, you play as an individual making their way through areas of surreal complexity. Through a multitude of engaging puzzles and clues, you will work to piece together a story that defines the nature of this very world. Features: Four distinct and visually s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Syke.

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  47. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    88% User Score Based on 187 reviews

    Thalassa is a single player, first person psychological drama set in 1905. You play as Cam, a deep sea diver in a crew of adventurers and pioneers aboard Thalassa. As you prepare to raise a long-forgotten Spanish galleon from the ocean, what should be a great day for history takes a turn for the worst. Upon needing to take some time to heal from the event, you discover Thalassa has met a mysteri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thalassa Edge of the Abyss.

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  48. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    97% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Trapped on a space station with a ruthless killer, Edward Locke must solve this mystery, or it will be his last. In this strange place, filled with even stranger people, Edward will discover more about himself than he ever could have imagined. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Murder On Space Station 52.

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  49. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    Trapped deep within a mysterious facility, your connection is limited to that device in your hands. You must use it to interact with your surroundings, operating a computer alongside a strange console that controls the locks in the entire facility. You must help the people trapped inside to escape, but be careful. The locks aren't there just for you. Your only objective? Save Everyone. That d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Can Save Everyone.

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  50. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    53% User Score Based on 132 reviews

    In this classic adventure, you will take on the role of young Scotland Yard Detective Brent Halligan, assigned to solve the puzzle surrounding a mysterious order of Druids and a series of gruesome murders. It appears that the neo-Druids are conducting ritual killings in order to conjure up incredibly sinister forces.In the course of their investigations, the engaging anti-hero and his ally, a youn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mystery of the Druids.

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