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90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 7,526 reviews

Critic Score 84%Based on 4 reviews

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.Viewfinder is a mind-bending first person adventure game in which you can bring pictures to life by placing them into the world. Features Reshape Reality: Beyond ph… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Viewfinder.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

94% User Score Based on 11,345 reviews

Your estranged father, a theme park engineer riddled with lawsuits dubbed "the Escape Artist", has died.  You inherit his decrepit shack in the middle of the woods.  The shack, and the objects within it, distort reality and break the laws of physics. A game made in collaboration between the University of California, Irvine and the Laguna College of Art & Design, The Escape Artist is a single-play… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Escape Artist.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

94% User Score Based on 16,880 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 4 reviews

Mind-bending Optical Puzzles If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Superliminal.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

83% User Score Based on 15,440 reviews

The Witness is an exploration-puzzle game. The game is being developed by a small, independent team, a mix of full-timers and contractors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Witness.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 18,971 reviews

Critic Score 86%Based on 29 reviews

The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game from Croteam, the creators of the legendary Serious Sam series, written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Talos Principle.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

91% User Score Based on 4,236 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 17 reviews

Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Valley.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

79% User Score Based on 1,810 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Event[0].

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 1,654 reviews

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Reality.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 2,729 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 9 reviews

Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yuppie Psycho.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 916 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 6 reviews

Continue ARID's journey of self discovery as she's thrust into a challenging and bizarre adventure that will test your wits as a player. The Fall Part 2: Unbound will put you in perspectives that you haven't seen before in a game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fall Part 2: Unbound.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

73% User Score Based on 2,174 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 4 reviews

PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon... Lifeless Planet is a third-person action-adventure that features an old-school sci-fi story and spectacular environments in the spirit of classic action-adventures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifeless Planet.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 829 reviews

Critic Score 8%Based on 1 reviews

When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quadrilateral Cowboy.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 2,679 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 7 reviews

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Observation.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 6,565 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 11 reviews

Supraland is a first-person metroidvania puzzle game. Explore, solve puzzles, beat up monsters, find secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Supraland.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

87% User Score Based on 8,172 reviews

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Turing Test.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

91% User Score Based on 3,600 reviews

The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sexy Brutale.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

75% User Score Based on 10,416 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 5 reviews

Scorn is an atmospheric first person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry. It is designed around an idea of "being thrown into the world". Isolated and lost inside this dream-like world you will explore different interconnected regions in a non-linear fashion. The unsettling environment is a character itself. Every location contains its own theme (st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scorn.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

81% User Score Based on 1,041 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 24 reviews

The Deluxe Edition gives players access to all released content including Q.U.B.E. 2 Main Game and the Season Pass (Two Puzzles Pack, Original Soundtrack and Glove Skin). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Q.U.B.E. 2.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

94% User Score Based on 2,961 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hex.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

83% User Score Based on 4,036 reviews

Original Soundtrack for Owlboy, composed by Jonathan Geer. Includes 70 songs from the Owlboy soundtrack, in MP3 and FLAC formats. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Owlboy.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

94% User Score Based on 5,540 reviews

An adventure across worlds within worlds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to COCOON.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

87% User Score Based on 4,318 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements. Your character is an AI controlling a combat suit whose occupant is unresponsive and presumably dead or seriously injured. You have crash landed on an unknown planet for unknown reasons and must seek medical attention for your 'pilot'. The bulk of the gameplay resolves around completing a series of object-matching p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fall.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

85% User Score Based on 9,562 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

Chernobylite is a non-linerar, science-fiction survival horror RPG. Explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and uncover the truth of your tortured past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chernobylite.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

63% User Score Based on 1,786 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert. The player’s task is to repair the mechanical body of his companion and solve the mystery of the neglected entertainment park located not far from the yurt toget… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cradle.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

95% User Score Based on 12,972 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 5 reviews

Antichamber is a single-player first-person puzzle-platform video game. Many of the puzzles are based on phenomena that occur within the Impossible Objects created by the game engine, such as passages that lead the player to different locations depending on which way they face, and structures that seem otherwise impossible within normal three-dimensional space. The game includes elements of psycho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antichamber.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

94% User Score Based on 9,988 reviews

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pony Island.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

76% User Score Based on 17,425 reviews

Critic Score 97%Based on 3 reviews

Buy Deathloop on PlayStation Store. Take part in the eternal struggle between two extraordinary assassins in the latest title from Arkane Studios. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DEATHLOOP.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 2,254 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 6 reviews

Pixel art action-puzzler If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MO:Astray.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

87% User Score Based on 5,138 reviews

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery game focused on exploration and discovery. As occult-minded private detective Paul Prospero communicate with the dead to discover the fate of a missing boy and the mystery behind a dark ancient force lurking in Red Creek Valley. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

87% User Score Based on 4,068 reviews

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental text adventures, including a remaster of the original episode The House Abandon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stories Untold.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

86% User Score Based on 4,119 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 1 reviews

Storyteller lets you build stories using a visual language. The goal on each level is to make a story that fits the given title by placing settings and characters that react to each other, creating a narrative through their relationships.Storyteller's comic-panel design and charming animations allow for experimentation within the framing of its many stories: just drag and drop characters to see ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Storyteller.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

78% User Score Based on 1,225 reviews

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 9,004 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 29 reviews

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FEZ.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 4,168 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 1 reviews

Amy Ferrier's first day on Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma is not exactly what she expected. Discover the story of a remote space facility and the crew that lived there in Tacoma, the new game from the creators of Gone Home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tacoma.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

87% User Score Based on 5,680 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

This edition includes the game and the following: • Original Soundtrack Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth's natural resources are depleted. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deliver Us The Moon.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

84% User Score Based on 7,282 reviews

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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WitCup 12.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

89% User Score Based on 1,104 reviews

The sequel to Off-Peak, The Norwood Suite is a surreal first-person adventure game by Cosmo D. Journey to the secluded Hotel Norwood, where odd characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Norwood Suite.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

65% User Score Based on 645 reviews

Critic Score 86%Based on 2 reviews

Else Heart.Break() is a reimagination of the adventure game – a fantastic story set in a fully dynamic and interactive world. Instead of rigid puzzles you will learn (with the help from other characters in the game) how the reality of the game can be changed through programming and how any problem can be solved in whatever way you find suitable. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Else Heart.Break().

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 5,138 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 22 reviews

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space. The Swapper takes place in an isolated and atmospheric sci-fi world. Players wield an experimental device which allows them to create clones of themselves, swapping their entire consciousness into new bodies to overcome the challenges of the enviro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Swapper.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

88% User Score Based on 2,285 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 17 reviews

A 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RiME.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

94% User Score Based on 17,744 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

A Retro inspired Action RPG with butter-smooth physics and a fast paced combat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CrossCode.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

90% User Score Based on 862 reviews

Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mists of Aiden.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

81% User Score Based on 2,802 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 12 reviews

You See? ICEY, I See! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ICEY.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

85% User Score Based on 852 reviews

In a world of magic, your mind is your greatest weapon. Learn the ways of magic and design your own spells to fight enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and right past wrongs in the kingdom of Mystralia. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mages of Mystralia.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 2,641 reviews

Critic Score 92%Based on 1 reviews

Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Entropy Centre.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 14,206 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A Story About My Uncle is a non-violent First-Person platform adventure game built in the Unreal Engine. It is a story about a boy who searches for his lost uncle and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement through the world in A Story About My Uncle is a crucial part of its core gameplay, focusing on swinging yourself through caverns with a grappling hook mechanic that gives… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Story About My Uncle.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

85% User Score Based on 1,266 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 4 reviews

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Station.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 747 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 8 reviews

The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure where you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to traverse reality and book worlds, and track and retrieve famous items like Thor's Hammer and the Excalibur in exchange for your creative freedom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

77% User Score Based on 1,964 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

80% User Score Based on 1,980 reviews

After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend, a marvel of the old civilization eons gone, still awaiting its first human occupants. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost. In Echo everything has consequence: As you try to wield its magical technologies it becomes apparent that the Palace has … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ECHO.