Steer by what it is tap once for more of it, twice for none of it
359 games like Riven · 1996 – 2026
Timed Xbox exclusive
Zadbox Entertainment · Linux, Switch, PS5 +3
Quern is a first person puzzle adventure with captivating story and beautiful graphics. Quern refreshes the genre with flexible gameplay and reuseable puzzle mechanics. The visuals and the music combine traditional and modern elements provi
80 rating2 lists14 h main storyOften paired
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Switch, PS4, PS5 +4
I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.
81 rating7 lists4 h main storyOften paired
Mobius Digital · Switch, PS4, PS5 +4
Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a s
87 rating8 lists12 h main storyOften paired
Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
The Town of Light is a psychological adventure told in the first person. The story is set in Italy in the first half of the 20th Century in a place which really existed and has been meticulously reconstructed. Exploring and interacting with
64 rating4 lists3 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
Kotake Create · Android, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +5
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Take a good look around and find a way to escape.
81 rating1 list1 h main story
Windows
Pollen is a first-person exploration game optimized for the upcoming Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Pollen is a first-person exploration game set on Titan, the sixth and largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system wi
55 rating2 lists3 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
Piccolo Studio · PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
Explore the corners of a surrealistic post-human world to give life on Earth a second chance in this touching story about sacrifice and hope.
65 rating1 list8 h main story
Out of the Blue Games · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 +2
Journey to the far corners of the Earth and unearth ancient horrors in this Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure and sequel to 2020’s critically acclaimed Call of the Sea.
69 rating2 lists6.5 h main story
Finish Line Games · PS4, Windows, Xbox One
Channeling elements of Monty Python and the funnier episodes of the X-Files, Maize is an absurdist, first-person adventure with a cornucopia of highbrow puzzles to solve, talking oddities to meet, and mysteries to be harvested.
66 rating1 list3.5 h main story
Vladimír Kudělka · Linux, PS4, Windows +2
Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person
60 rating1 list1.5 h main story
Android, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +5
Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as its inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with botanical research, to figure out the ideal habitat for a collectio
74 rating3 lists3.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Jump Over the Age · Switch, Windows, macOS
In a future where humanity's ceaseless consumption has expanded out to encompass the stars, and Earth's last biological life clings to a poisoned planet, In Other Waters tells the story of Ellery Vas, a biologist who stumbles upon extraterr
70 rating1 list4.5 h main story
Switch, PS5, Windows +1
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia of the late XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusu
81 rating3 lists3.5 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
White Paper Games · PS4, Windows, Xbox One
The game takes place in a single government building, in real time over four hours, the game advances without input from the player, but almost all in-game actions can affect the game's story. The game is set in late 1987 within the same u
70 rating2 lists6 h main storyOften paired
Intelligent Games · MS-DOS, Windows
The player is a Raptor, a highly sophisticated thief armed with cutting edge equipment, who has just received word from a competitor that they may have found the Holy Grail. Offering to split the profits with your for your help, you make yo
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3-Fold Games · Linux, Switch, Windows +3
Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled. A game about dementia and what happens when yo
70 rating2 lists1 h main story
KOTAKE CREATE · Android, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +5
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Take a good look around and find a way to escape.
81 rating7 lists
PlayStation console exclusive
Robot Invader · Android, Meta Quest, PS4 +4
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine calle
60 rating2 lists2 h main story
Eastshade Studios · PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1
Eastshade is a first-person, open world exploration game. You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make frien
77 rating4 lists4 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
Ocelot Society · Windows, macOS
"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine. You type messages into a computer, and Kaizen answers. As in any relationship, you experience gratitude, disappointment, and sometimes jealousy. It is by working th
72 rating2 lists2.5 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
PlayStation console exclusive
PS4, PlayStation VR, Windows
You died. Welcome to XING: The Land Beyond, an atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure for desktops and virtual reality. Enjoy your peaceful escape from the chaotic world of the living, and travel the lands of the dead.
70 rating2 lists11 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Fullbright · Linux, PS4, Windows +2
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088. Explore every detail of how the station's crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in
74 rating5 lists2.5 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
Presto Studios · PS2, Windows, Xbox +1
MYST III: EXILE introduces a new villain Saavedro, who seeks revenge when he finds out his homeland was destroyed by Atrus' sons. The player must track the villain through several surrealistic Ages, navigating puzzles to uncover the truth b
85 rating6 lists7.5 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
PlayStation console exclusive
Pixel Reef · Meta Quest, PS4, PS5 +3
From the creative mind of renowned game designer Eric Chahi (Another World, Heart of Darkness, From Dust) comes Paper Beast, a playful exploration game of big data and vibrant wildlife. Paper Beast will see player-explorers discover an eco
75 rating5 lists3 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, Windows, Xbox One
Firework is a Chinese horror puzzle game. The story takes place in a remote mountain village. An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of the massacre. Lin Lixun, rookie police, participates in the r
68 rating1 list4 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Geography of Robots · PS4, PS5, Windows +3
Norco is a Southern Gothic point & click narrative adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and verdant industrial swamps of a distorted South Louisiana. Your brother Blake has gone missing in the aftermath of your mother's
85 rating2 lists6 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Kaizen Game Works · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove
83 rating2 lists12 h main story
Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +2
to a T is a 3D narrative adventure game developed by Keita Takahashi and the uvula team, with a strong focus on character, interaction, story and exploration. Play as a teenager (Teen), with a unique posture just trying to live a normal lif
79 rating4 lists5.5 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Set during a single, endlessly-looping day within "The Sexy Brutale" - a stately English mansion converted into a bizarre casino and named by the enigmatic Marquis - players take on the role of elderly priest Lafcadio Boone. To progress, Bo
78 rating4 lists6 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, Windows, Xbox One +1
Birth is a pleasantly creepy point-and-click puzzle game about living alone in a large city and constructing a creature to keep you company out of spare bones and organs you find lying around. Explore libraries, post offices, museums, cafes
75 rating1 list1 h main story
Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
ChromaGun is a first person puzzler about colors. The basic principle is as easy as applying it is complex: exit the chambers via the exit doors. Use the ChromaGun to colorize walls and WorkerDroids to progress in the chambers. WorkerDroids
77 rating1 list1.5 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, PS4, PS5 +5
Manifold Garden is a game that reimagines physics and space. Explore a world of beautiful Escher-esque architecture where the laws of physics are different. Geometry repeats infinitely in every direction and falling down leads you back to
83 rating6 lists5 h main story
Studio Fizbin · Switch, PS4, PS5 +4
Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enoug
79 rating1 list5.5 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Vertical Robot · Meta Quest, Oculus VR, PlayStation VR +2
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a frozen, faraway planet.
68 rating1 list3 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Pine Studio · Android, Switch, Windows +2
The Academy is a puzzle-packed adventure set in a school filled with mystery. Leave your mark on Arbor's Academy and find out why it only welcomes the best and the brightest.
78 rating1 list9.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Fireproof Studios · Android, Switch, Windows +1
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a
80 rating1 list1 h main story
Blue Isle Studios · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
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.
69 rating4 lists4 h main story
Android, Switch, PS4 +6
Fold corners and edges of the screen to open new pathways and solve puzzles in the super charming Paper Trail, with a soundtrack that'll melt your heart.
78 rating2 lists6 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Android, Switch, Windows
Having completed your degree in mortuary sciences, you have taken on an apprenticeship at River Fields Mortuary. Over the past several months you have logged many hours aiding the Mortician in daily tasks along with learning the ins and out
78 rating3 lists2 h main story
Kheops Studio · Windows, macOS
Continue the exciting adventure to stay alive and get rescued. Even more ways to experiment and combine items to solve intricate puzzles.
70 rating1 list9 h main story
Microids Studio Paris · PS4, PS5, Windows +2
Embark on a journey across continents and through time, as you piece together the puzzle of a life.
79 rating3 lists13 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Young Horses · Switch, PS4, PS5 +5
Bugsnax takes you on a journey to Snaktooth Island, home of the legendary half-bug half-snack creatures, Bugsnax. Invited by intrepid explorer Elizabert Megafig, you arrive to discover your host nowhere to be found, her camp in shambles, an
75 rating6 lists8 h main story
Switch, PS4, PS5 +5
Enter and explore memories from long ago. Relive moments frozen in time. Hindsight is a narrative exploration game spanning the entirety of a woman’s life, from birth to present day, as she tries to make sense of it all. Revisit her childh
75 rating2 lists2 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
Team17 · Meta Quest, Switch, PS4 +4
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
78 rating2 lists5 h main story
Linux, Switch, PS5 +4
Liminal space game with focus on eerie exploration and immersion instead of typical horror. Navigate through endless alike rooms. Explore, orient, get out.
82 rating1 list2 h main story
Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
82 rating3 lists9 h main story
Frogwares · PS4, PS5, Windows +1
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death. As Sherlock, your legacy is writ
76 rating3 lists15 h main storyAlso in Graphic adventure games
Timed Xbox exclusive
Hourences · PS4, PlayStation VR, SteamVR +2
A single player exploration and survival experience, played in first person and developed in Unreal Engine 4. Set on a mysterious and uninhabited alien planet. With Earth on the brink of destruction, as mankind's last hope, and stranded on
66 rating5 lists14 h main story