Games like Zuzatan: The Forgotten City

STORY Sarah's consciousness has been taken over by an alien mind from the ancient race of Yith. After three years she has found herself back in control of her own body, awakening in the ruins of an ancient vault, but the Yith are not finished with her. They now demand her help finding an artifact taken from them, that if fallen into the wrong hands could result in the end of all humanity. An ori… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remains of Yith.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

85% User Score Based on 52 reviews

StoryYou are a college student who has just moved to a big city in search of a new life. But instead of a fresh start, you begin to suffer from recurring nightmares. In your dreams, you see a mysterious hill. It’s calling you. Each night the visions grow more vivid: underground tunnels, abandoned structures, and a strange device that once kept something contained. Trying to understand what’s h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Point-and-click adventure game filled with unique puzzles and atmospheric exploration. Journey deep underground into a mysterious forgotten place and uncover the secrets hidden within. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legacy: Reawakening.

The Way Remastered tells a story about a member of a space explorer’s team who lost his beloved and cannot accept her death. During one of his expeditions, he discovers ancient writings that testify the existence of a method for obtaining eternal life. Hoping to get his beloved back, he decides to return to the alien planet. However, the planet hides many secrets and dangers that he must face. A … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Way Remastered.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

95% User Score Based on 39 reviews

In Once Glorious Artahk, you’ll explore the ruins of the ancient city of Artahk in search of a way to save the world from an endless night. Solve a variety of different puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore, then read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to ret… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Once Glorious Artahk.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 82 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 2 reviews

Somewhere deep within the woods a timeless force is stirring. Beneath the ancient burial mound, known locally as Barrow Hill, a forgotten myth awakes.Join the adventure, and uncover the secrets of the past. The legends of the Ancient world will live again; renewed, refreshed and hungry. Time has no meaning, as the sun sets low across the landscape.Come to Barrow Hill and solve the mystery of the D… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

75% User Score Based on 104 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 12 reviews

Tactical Rogue-like Combat. Turn-Based and Real-Time strategy sci-fi adventure. Nova-111 embarks on a journey to recover the 111 scientists scattered through it's alien worlds. Explore, battle and solve clever puzzles in the name of SCIENCE. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova-111.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

92% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Exo-archaeologist Bale arrives on Tor Ulsat with his colleague Jen, an exo-linguist, to study the ruins of the lost Tor civilisation. But when he unwittingly activates the Chronolith - an ancient alien device - reality shatters. Jen vanishes, and Bale is trapped in a fractured world where time loops and echoes of the past and future bleed together. With no way to contact mission control, Bale must… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Causal Loop.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

96% User Score Based on 80 reviews

The King Mere is dead. His brother stands accused.Step into Murder of King Mere, a captivating painterly-pixelated murder mystery set in the secluded City of Ink. King Mere, once a beacon of diplomacy for the Dog Empyre, now lies a bloodstain on the snow. His brother, August, has been swiftly convicted. As the Master Detective's Apprentice, you arrive four days too late to the crime scene. Is th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

78% User Score Based on 60 reviews

Welcome to 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor! This is a 3D realistic puzzle escape game. In the game, you inherit your grandfather's legacy - a manor. While exploring this manor, you discover unspeakable secrets hidden within. Driven by curiosity, you open door after door in the ancient mansion, follow clues, solve magnificent puzzles and mechanisms, and attempt to uncover the truth buried beneath th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 3D Escape Room: Mystic Manor.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

77% User Score Based on 56 reviews

The year is 1995. A young heiress named Victoria Mason has gone missing.As the newest hire at the Gumshoe Detective Agency, you’ve been assigned your very first case, and all you’ve got to go on is a clunky desktop, a dial-up connection, and a handful of suspicious files. You'll dig through emails, websites, chat logs, and glitchy software in search of the truth. With every document you decrypt,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, optimization

90% User Score Based on 105 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

An ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower has forced the world’s population to settle underground. As Shell, a feline child who awakens to find her mother missing, drill downward from the surface layer through a tile-based underground and discover the Everdeep. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everdeep Aurora.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

65% User Score Based on 26 reviews

EMPTY SOUL takes you into the story of Solan Walls, a young scientist girl who suffered a terrible accident. Now she must escape from horrible nightmares. Face the fear in this horror indie game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Empty Soul.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

99% User Score Based on 79 reviews

Experience a seamless blend of 2D and 3D in this mesmerizing narrative adventure, with hand-drawn visuals inspired by Persian miniatures. Wander through the gorgeous neighborhoods of Lantern City while enjoying a ska - dub - reggae inspired soundtrack and help Zig gather thirty charismatic and chatty birds to save Simurgh! But beware, you might come across puzzling challenges on your way… Discove… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 30 Birds.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

70% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

Monorail Stories is an adventure game focusing on extraordinary things happening to ordinary people. Board the monorail and experience a special story about humanity, friendships, and intertwined destinies manifesting during the everyday commute. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monorail Stories.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

93% User Score Based on 15 reviews

This classic-style mystery adventure game, inspired by the Famicom Detective Club series and illustrated by Famitsu's legend Kiyokazu Arai, will take you on a suspenseful journey through the beautiful landscapes of Ise-Shima. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

66% User Score Based on 200 reviews

Critic Score 62%Based on 7 reviews

Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outbuddies DX.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

76% User Score Based on 148 reviews

You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned. Welcome to the Forest, the sacral place in the Ordered. Solve puzzles, find items and a way to use them. Try to reach your brother and have fun. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Through Abandoned: The Forest.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

86% User Score Based on 200 reviews

Somewhere deep within the woods of Cornwall, a timeless force is stirring. Unseen beneath the ancient burial mound, known locally as Barrow Hill, a forgotten myth awakens. Following in the footsteps of the wellknown archaeologist, Conrad Morse, you will discover that the barrow is more than just a collection of forgotten standing stones& Experience the detailed and immersive storyline yourself… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Barrow Hill.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

86% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Your friend Professor Nichols has gone missing. Armed with the archeologist's journal you set out on a journey that will take you to places - and times - you haven't even dreamt of. Timelapse is a classic puzzle-adventure game that has been compared to the famous Myst. You will travel through five breathtaking, faithfully-recreated, 3D worlds of ancient Egypt, Maya, Easter Island, Anasazi, and the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Timelapse.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 1,263 reviews

Environmental Station Alpha is an action adventure platformer with a retro aesthetic and heavy emphasis on exploration. In the game the player controls a robot sent to investigate a mysterious, abandoned space station with the mission to find out what exactly took place there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Environmental Station Alpha.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

81% User Score Based on 112 reviews

Forklift Load is a forklift simulator created by KIMIDORISOFT. You operate a forklift making its way through the world, helping other vehicles with their problems, and trying to discover what happened to human life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forklift Load.

A scientific mission in Antarctica goes awry when something is released from beneath the ice! Who is friend? Who is foe? Only you can solve the mystery of the Occurrence at JCR Outpost! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Occurrence at JCR Outpost.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

73% User Score Based on 166 reviews

Light of Alariya is an open-world, third-person, exploration puzzle game in which you traverse ancient alien temples and ruins to restore the power of the stars and awaken your sleeping civilization. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Light of Alariya.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

61% User Score Based on 23 reviews

In this surreal non-violent exploration adventure you are in a world you don’t remember seeing before at a place forgotten by time and space. Wake up and explore this miraculous world that has been waiting for your return so long. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Essence.

Recently remastered from its 1997 designs, Kamioza brings a simple originality to adventure gaming. It is approachable, mysterious and consuming.  Come discover lost treasure, restore ancient artifacts and unravel mysteries long forgotten. Enter the beautifully bizarre world of Azaria and claim your destiny. Features and ContentPlayers start the game by making a simple player avatar that h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kamioza (Ch1 Azaria).

Set out on a dark adventure in the shadow of an erupting volcano. Rescue people and animals while battling the wrath of nature and the spirits of fire in Into the Fire, a cataclysm extraction survival set in a dangerous world shaken by natural disaster. RACE AGAINST TIMENature has turned against humanity, but not all is lost. Venture into the very heart of hell to save yourself and others. As ash… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into the Fire.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Fire Hero - Pixel Rescue is a 2D pixel art platformer where you play as a firefighter rescuing civilians and animals from burning buildings. You'll travel through different worlds and biomes, following a story with short dialogues that reveal the dramatic events your character is experiencing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fire Hero: Pixel Rescue.

Movement: Arrow Keys Z: select/use itemX: open/close menu  A lone dwarf follows a peculiar white cricket through dark tunnels and stumbles upon the entrance to a long forgotten, ancient forge. Once sealed away by unknown magic, the outer barrier is weak enough to enter and explore. Fight strange creatures and discover the mystery of the Forged Curse in this Rogue-inspired game made in Pico-8 with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE FORGED CURSE.

"My name is Lena Aozora. I'm an adventurer." Join skyfaring adventurer and ninja-in-training Lena on her latest journey to solve the mysteries of the ancient Nascian people--a lost, high-tech society and the last known inhabitants of the ruined surface beneath the sea of clouds. Lena receives guidance from a mysterious girl in white that appeared before her one day...but the promise of an exciti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aozora: Ancient Abyss.

Kudzu is a non-linear adventure for Game Boy about a man trying to save his mentor from a world-eating plant! You are Max, the apprentice gardener, who discovers that his mentor, Zoen, has mysteriously wandered into the nearby kudzu field. The revelations that follow will lead Max and his friends through a mystery centuries in the making! Max will need to face down dangerous creatures such as snak… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kudzu.

Dive into Japanese-Hawaiian story, where light is the last hope to survive. Play as Shima Nobu and fox Miwa and save the village from darkness. Miwa: The Sacred Fox is an 2D adventure platformer game with many interesting puzzle elements and a beautiful hand-drawn mystical world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miwa: The Sacred Fox.

In Phantom Quests, you control SPO-20, a delusional, fame-hungry robot who insists he’s in the world’s greatest band... Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra. Along with his weary, mad scientist creator, Professor B. Miller, they travel across time and space performing bizarre tasks for even weirder NPCs. Investigate laundromat sock conspiracies. Scat to an audience of geese. Team up with Abraham Lincoln f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra: Phantom Quests.

Nihariely’s Spatial Adventure is a pixelart game mixing arcade gameplay, exploration, resource management and puzzles, it is all about the rescue of a civilization collecting master processors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nihariely’s Spatial Adventure.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Play as a spy in a first-person narrative puzzle game. Writing a name allows you to take on that identity. Explore a riad, gather clues, and uncover the truth. With no pen at your disposal, creatively and unexpectedly use the environment to form names and change identities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Name I Wear.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

63% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Drawn by the call of an ancient crystal dagger, you journey into the Forgotten Valley, now ravaged by the Stone Plague. Forgotten Blood is a first-person action RPG inspired by King’s Field and the Souls series. Explore an interconnected world filled with secrets, danger, and hidden paths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to null.

「Pretty Dreadful」 is a story driven point&click adventure. Re:do had big dreams and goals he tried to achieve in a big city. However, having graduated, he realized that he doesn’t know what to do with his life. Though he cannot remember a thing from his own past, Re:do believes he is a regular guy who is destined to have a regular life. Yet, no one can run away from their past, even from … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pretty Dreadful: Heritage.

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.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

100% User Score Based on 39 reviews

The Ultimate How-to-Socialize video game for the Socially Curious! Social Caterpillar follows an introvert navigating the exhausting task of socializing. Interactions are puzzles that need solved. The more you solve, the more energy you gain to explore... but only if you can ignore the wet whispers of the mysterious Yellow Voice... Solve people like puzzles! Solve a myriad of puzzles, each… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Social Caterpillar.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

67% User Score Based on 21 reviews

See What Others Miss The camera doesn't lie, but the truth isn't always obvious. Step into the role of a detective investigating crime scenes where every detail matters and every photograph could be the key to solving the case. Armed with your camera, you'll document crucial evidence at crime scenes - photograph traces, examine objects from every angle, and capture details that reveal the story be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Files.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Coldwake is a text-driven mystery set in the icy aftermath of a global collapse. Armed with nothing but an old terminal and your curiosity, you’ll dig through corrupted logs, hidden directories, and fragmented memories buried in a forgotten facility. Every command you type is a key—one that might unlock a lost file, a piece of a shattered mind, or a chilling secret about what really happened benea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coldwake.

**A Tiny Space Adventure** follows a brother and his dog, Jupiter, on an exciting journey through space to rescue his sister. With fun puzzles, quirky characters, and unique aliens, this adventure offers a delightful experience for players of all ages. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Tiny Space Adventure.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

90% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Ruby and the Lost Crystals is a calm third-person puzzle adventure where you swap between two characters with unique abilities to solve magical puzzles, activate mechanisms, and explore the ruins of a forgotten civilisation. A solo adventure with dual-character gameplayYou control: Ruby, a young girl who can physically interact with the environment: push blocks, turn capstan, activate pressu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ruby and The Lost Crystals.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

73% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Reliefs is a first-person platform adventure puzzle game in a Mediterranean environment covered with Roman ruins left for centuries or indeed millennia. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reliefs The Time of the Lemures.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

88% User Score Based on 34 reviews

A grizzled private eye in a sci-fi adventure takes a murder case no one else will touch. He’s seen it all before, but nothing’s prepared him for a conspiracy that leads off-world. Something big is about to happen. Whatever it is... it goes live at midnight. The top lawyer of showbiz is shot dead, and that’s where private eye Simm Gurnett steps in. Something’s rancid big time, so much so that eve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Saturn.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

49 Keys is a narrative-focused game that will test your wits and nerves. Peruse the pages of a Lovecraftian tale, interact with maps and solve the puzzles encountered along the way. Trace your master's footsteps to uncover the deepest secrets of the arcane, on a quest brimming with horror and magic. Embark on a Disturbing Journey Alas, I knew not of the extraordinary, bizarre, and gut-ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 49 Keys.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere

92% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Repeating corridors, subtly distorted spaces. Can you escape this endless loop? "Phil in the Mirror" focuses on the experience of uncovering mysteries through careful observation and reasoning amidst light tension. You must find 'anomalies' as you pass through corridors that look the same every time. However, the true challenge of this game does not end with simply finding the 'different picture'… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phil in the Mirror.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

87% User Score Based on 126 reviews

A cursed horror game inside another game, set on the 80’s In Tormenture you take the role of a child, who motivated by rumours about a cursed 8-bit horror videogame, decides to play it. People say the developers of the game made a deal with the devil to reach the eternal life, resulting in serious consequences. To solve the mysteries of the game and avoid getting trapped in it, you will need to fi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tormenture.

47%Game Brain Score

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Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

64% User Score Based on 25 reviews

A stranger in an unfamiliar land, you discover a mysterious device that appears to allow you to listen to the spirits of those who once inhabited this place. The device picks up the voice of a man named Lee who claims to be the sole survivor on this planet.With Lee’s guidance, you are led to follow a trail of clues taking you deep into the physics-defying depths of the planet known as the lungs; a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sylvio: Black Waters.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 1,220 reviews

You are the Carimara, and your mission is to conjure a ghost by answering their questions using your cards. A short and creepy fairytale, full of surprises and mysteries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs.