Games like The Long Return
Looking for games like The Long Return? Here are top puzzle recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Spirit of the North, The Last Campfire or RiME.
1 78%Game Brain Scorestory, musicstability, grinding86% User Score 3,488 reviewsCritic Score 70%7 reviewsSpirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. The story takes root from various pieces of Nordic folklore. The game is unique in that it purposefully has no dialog or narrative. Players must breathe in their surroundings to solve various puzzles and speculate the meaning of a lost ancient civilization. Play as an…
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93%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability97% User Score 5,581 reviewsCritic Score 83%3 reviewsThe Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
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78%Game Brain Scorestory, musicoptimization, replayability88% User Score 2,285 reviewsCritic Score 70%22 reviewsA third-person exploratory action/adventure title in which a boy ends up on a mysterious island and makes his way through its highly stylized environments, containing puzzles and slight navigation challenges, to get to the bottom of why he's ended up there and to reach the end of the road he's inadvertently begun to travel.
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75%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability72% User Score 2,876 reviewsCritic Score 79%7 reviewsA beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own. Uncover artifacts from the young couple’s life as they too become intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
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93%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability96% User Score 2,704 reviewsCritic Score 78%1 reviewsCarto is a tile placement adventure game where you explore the lands you placed and discover the secrets while exploring. What will happen to the world and the characters when you rearrange the tiles of the map?
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79%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability81% User Score 2,276 reviewsCritic Score 76%19 reviewsSeasons After Fall is a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature. As a wild fox you are sent on a perilous journey to meet the four Guardians, aided only by your ability to change the seasons at will, manipulating a gorgeous 2D world. Each of the seasons has a drastic change on the environment: it is up to you to ch…
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86%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, character development92% User Score 774 reviewsCritic Score 79%9 reviewsTimelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power. Timelie: Game of the Year Edition includes: - a copy of the base game - a copy of the Hell Loop DLC
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsoptimization, stability83% User Score 510 reviewsCritic Score 77%2 reviewsAporia: Beyond The Valley brings a unique approach to the art of storytelling, by not using text or dialogue. It offers new, interesting puzzle mechanics, and elaborate environmental storytelling within an immersive world. Aporia: Beyond The Valley is a first-person puzzle game set in the world of Ez’rat Qin. Explore a world filled with strange nature, ancient technology, and haunted by a spirit …
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81%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability87% User Score 2,684 reviewsCritic Score 74%34 reviewsUnravel is a game about Yarny, a tiny character born from a single thread. Yarny embarks on a big adventure into the nature, inspired by the beauty of Northern Scandinavia. Without any spoken words, the character will have to solve puzzles and use tools to overcome tough challenges. All this, in order to find memories of his lost family. Only Yarny can be the bond that ties everything together in …
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91%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, optimization91% User Score 993 reviewsJoin Postmouse on their very first journey to deliver mail in a treacherous world unfit for a tiny mouse. Explore the ruins, meet charming characters and solve puzzles on your way through an abandoned mansion in this free, student-made adventure - all in one small mouse-sized package!
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