Games like Photographs
Looking for games like Photographs? Here are top casual simulation recommendations with a mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Silence, Stories Untold or Contrast.
1 View Game75%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, grinding78% User Score 784 reviewsCritic Score 72%15 reviews"Silence is a single-player, Mystery Point and Click game with an intriguing story, spectacular graphics, and delightful music. Players control 16-year-old Noah, journeying through the world between life and death to find his lost sister. Despite the dense, emotional atmosphere and encounters with dark creatures, the game features humor and likable characters, making for a unique and memorable experience."
View Game2 View Game85%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability87% User Score 4,068 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews"Stories Untold" is a narrative-driven experimental adventure game, combining text-adventure, point-and-click, and horror elements in 4 interconnected stories. It offers 80s retro aesthetics with innovative gameplay and tense psychological horror, engaging players in a unique anthology of visual storytelling. Try the free demo "The House Abandon" for a taste.
View Game3 View Game74%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, replayability90% User Score 2,420 reviewsCritic Score 59%16 reviews"Contrast is a single-player platformer game with an interesting plot, set in a dreamlike 1920s world, where you play as Dawn, the imaginary friend of Didi, who can shift between a 3D world and a 2D shadow world. Solve puzzles by manipulating light sources and enjoy the game's excellent soundtrack, dense atmosphere, and wholesome story. However, the game is very grinding, buggy, and has low replayability."
View Game4 View Game75%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, stability76% User Score 887 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviews"State of Mind" is a thrilling game set in 2048 Berlin, where technology has taken over public sectors and surveillance is ubiquitous. The protagonist, Richard Nolan, wakes up in a hospital to find his family missing. As Richard investigates their disappearance, he becomes embroiled in a global conspiracy threatening humanity's future. The game explores the dichotomy between a dystopian reality and a digital utopia.
View Game5 View Game88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding90% User Score 5,173 reviewsCritic Score 75%1 reviews"Assemble With Care" is a narrative-driven game about restoring antiques and healing relationships in a sun-soaked town. Players, as globetrotting restorer Maria, complete meaningful puzzles to restore objects, meeting townsfolk and helping them reconnect through tactile gameplay, vibrant visuals, and powerful writing. The game features nostalgic charm with objects and music inspired by decades past.
View Game6 View Game86%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, character development92% User Score 774 reviewsCritic Score 79%9 reviews"Timelie is a single-player stealth puzzle adventure game with a unique time-controlling mechanic, where you guide a girl and a cat with precognitive abilities through a vibrant world, solving puzzles and avoiding enemies by manipulating the timeline to plan your escape strategy."
View Game7 View Game78%Game Brain Scorestory, musicoptimization, replayability88% User Score 2,285 reviewsCritic Score 70%22 reviewsRiME is a single-player, open-world puzzle adventure game with a wholesome story and dense atmosphere. As a young boy stranded on a mysterious island, you'll explore enchanting landscapes, solve ingenious puzzles using sound, light, and time manipulation, and uncover secrets that reveal the island's forgotten past. With its outstanding gameplay, graphics, and soundtrack, RiME offers a captivating experience, despite minor optimization issues and some grinding.
View Game8 View Game88%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability90% User Score 1,490 reviewsCritic Score 83%2 reviews"Pinstripe" is a suspenseful adventure game about Teddy, a former minister, navigating a frozen Hell to rescue his abducted daughter Bo from the clutches of the mysterious, demonic Mr. Pinstripe. Along the way, Teddy will face his past and confront the dark secrets that led to his current predicament. With unique hand-drawn art and a focus on narrative, "Pinstripe" is a deeply personal and emotional journey.
View Game9 View Game84%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, optimization89% User Score 933 reviewsCritic Score 79%27 reviewsForgotton Anne is a 2D cinematic adventure game set in the stunning Forgotten Lands, a hidden dimension filled with discarded objects. You play as Anne, the enforcer of this world, tasked with maintaining order and returning the lost objects to the human world. Along the way, you'll uncover a plot that threatens to keep Anne and her friend, Master Bonku, trapped in the Forgotten Lands forever. Your choices will determine their fate and the future of the Forgotten Lands.
View Game10 View Game90%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicscharacter development, replayability90% User Score 813 reviews"Lorelai," by Harvester Games, is the final installment in R. Michalski's Devil Came Through Here trilogy. This horror action game features an intriguing coming-of-age story about a young girl, Lorelai, fighting to escape the horrors in her family home. With beautiful game mechanics, outstanding visuals, and a haunting soundtrack, "Lorelai" promises a dense and emotional experience, available in full HD with English voice acting and Xbox controller support.
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