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Update : Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer added at rank #25.
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Machinika Museum (2021)

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Android PC Windows IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Come discover beautiful mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins and use your logic and sense of observation to fix them; and uncover a galaxy-spanning story. Machinika Museum is a puzzle game for people who like to have their brain teased and love a nice story to go along.


  • science
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • hidden-object
  • mystery
  • logic
  • point-and-click
  • short
  • sci-fi
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • futuristic
  • aliens
  • pattern-matching
  • first-person

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This is a Ghost (2024)

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PC Windows

This is a Ghost is a supernatural investigation game. You are a member of a secret society that hunts or sets free scary entities from our world. Gather evidence, identify the entity and send it back to the afterlife. Playable in Solo and co-op : 1 to 4 players.

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  • investigation
  • horror
  • cooperative
  • supernatural
  • lovecraftian
  • psychological
  • thriller
  • demons
  • detective
  • dark
  • 3d
  • mystery
  • realistic
  • tactical
  • first-person

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Treason (2023)

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PC Windows

A group of wise guys found a dead body; there are traitors amongst them... Innocent players have to collect clues to find the murderer(s) and kill them!

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  • investigation
  • first-person
  • pvp
  • detective
  • cooperative
  • shooter
  • fps
  • mystery
  • 3d
  • stealth
  • tactical
  • casual

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Silicon Dreams (2021)

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It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

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  • conversation
  • investigation
  • multiple-endings
  • dystopian
  • cyberpunk
  • choices
  • emotional
  • futuristic
  • sci-fi
  • detective
  • experimental
  • text
  • political
  • story
  • visual-novel

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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (2025)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…


  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • investigation
  • noir
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • conspiracy
  • 1990s
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • story

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Cleo - a pirate's tale (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.


  • investigation
  • pirates
  • 1990s
  • logic
  • linear
  • narration
  • top-down
  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • funny
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • retro

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Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 (2025)

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PC Windows

MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed.

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  • match-three
  • survival-horror
  • escape
  • room
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • comedy
  • cyberpunk
  • mystery
  • narrative
  • rpg
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • exploration
  • horror

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Metel - Horror Escape (2020)

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Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.


  • investigation
  • horror
  • manipulation
  • survival-horror
  • hidden-object
  • time
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • dark
  • survival
  • old-school
  • exploration
  • story
  • puzzle
  • linear

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The Case of the Golden Idol - Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

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  • conspiracy
  • investigation
  • crime
  • mystery
  • detective
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • choices
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • story
  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • historical

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CLeM (2024)

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CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.


  • escape
  • room
  • horror
  • hand-drawn
  • investigation
  • exploration
  • psychological
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • magic
  • supernatural
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • detective

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