Games like The Escape Artist

"Superliminal" is a first-person puzzle game that manipulates perspective and optical illusions, where perception is reality. Players solve impossible puzzles by thinking outside the box and expecting the unexpected in a subdued, dream-like world. The game features a voiced narrative and showcases the strangely bizarre.

"Viewfinder is a single-player Science Fiction Platformer game with an interesting plot, outstanding gameplay, and unique atmosphere. Using an instant camera, players can bring pictures to life and reshape the world in this mind-bending first-person adventure. The player-driven narrative and exploration of multiple hub worlds allow for a customizable experience, inviting both casual and dedicated players to find answers to the impossible."

"The Pedestrian" is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-platformer game. Players rearrange and connect street signs to guide a pedestrian through various levels. The game features physics-based puzzles and a unique art style, creating a distinctive and engaging experience.

Antichamber is a challenging, first-person puzzle game that breaks traditional game design. Explore a non-Euclidean environment filled with illusion, manipulating space and perception to solve mind-bending puzzles. With no combat or death, players must use their wits and intuition to navigate this unique and thought-provoking world.

Manifold Garden is a meditative, first-person puzzle game that explores concise geometry and manipulation of gravity. Players will wrap their head around navigating through Escher-inspired architecture, solving puzzles by changing the direction of gravity and understanding the properties of the world around them. The game features beautiful, minimalist visuals that emphasize the unique world design and a serene, atmospheric soundtrack.

The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game. As a sentient AI, you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to unlock the secrets of your own existence. With stunning visuals and a thought-provoking narrative, The Talos Principle offers a unique gaming experience.

"COCOON is a single-player Science Fiction Platformer game with excellent mechanics, beautiful visuals, and splendid music. Leap between worlds inside orbs, each with unique abilities, to unravel a cosmic mystery through diverse industrial and organic environments. The unique world-leaping mechanic and emotional narrative make for a highly grinding and memorable experience."

"Braid is a single-player fantasy puzzle-platformer game with beautiful graphics, stunning music, and forgiving yet challenging gameplay. Manipulate time in unique ways to rescue an abducted princess across a series of worlds. Every puzzle reveals something new in this filler-free game, now with Steam Cloud support."

"Lightmatter is a single-player Science Fiction Adventure game with an intriguing story, stellar gameplay, and fantastic visuals. As a visitor to the world debut of Lightmatter, a revolutionary renewable energy source, you'll encounter mind-bending technological wonders and a life-changing experience, as described in a personal invitation from Virgil, CEO of Lightmatter Technologies."

Spoiler Warning: This game contains major spoilers for The Witness. The game assumes that you have previously played and learned every mechanic (excluding the hidden ones) in The Witness. The 12th WitCup took place on May 14, 2022. The problem was given by @Leaving Leaves. The goal of the puzzle is to understand the structure of a seemingly complicated configuration of elements from The Witness, a…