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The Room 4: Old Sins (2018)
7.9/10on IGDB
Released
Open parts of a miniature house and use an eyepiece to reveal details you can’t see at first. Explore how the dollhouse, machines, and letters relate to the people who disappeared. The clues take you from one model room to another, with a hint system there if you need a nudge.
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Rusty Lake: Roots (2016)
7.9/10on IGDB
Released
Explore the Vanderboom family through separate scenes on its family tree. Simple objects turned into unsettling puzzles show you more about how the generations are connected. You can look at a scene on its own first, then return to the family tree to see where the event belongs.
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The House of Da Vinci (2017)
7.3/10on IGDB
Released
Investigate Leonardo’s disappearance by manipulating the locks, compartments, and inventions of his workshop. Use the extra viewing tools to look for what the machines conceal. The physical puzzles keep the search tied to the things he was working on.
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The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition (2025)
Released
Examine electrical machines and empty rooms in the abandoned Wardenclyffe facility. Flashbacks give you a different view of why the project was built and what went wrong. This is the Definitive Edition, and the two timelines help you make sense of the machinery you’re handling.
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Quern: Undying Thoughts (2016)
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Work out the purposes of the machines on an island as you trace the people who studied them before you. Letters give you some direction, while experimenting and comparing objects reveals how separate places fit together. Set aside space for notes if you want to remember details across several sessions.
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Obduction (2016)
7.6/10on IGDB
Released
Explore unfamiliar worlds and recognize pieces of home that have ended up there. Machines and old records give you ways to work out how people arrived and tried to make a life. Start here if you enjoy a mystery where opening another route can give an earlier location a new meaning.
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The Crimson Diamond (2024)
Released
Type what you want your character to examine or do as you explore a remote lodge and become curious about its residents. Details in rooms and overheard conversations give you more to ask about later. The developer’s online hintbook offers a way back in if finding the right verb slows you down.
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Twelve Minutes (2021)
6.7/10on IGDB
Released
Use each pass through a repeating apartment scene to test a different conversation or move an object in advance. What you learn carries over even when your actions reset. The story includes sudden violence and disturbing revelations, and some choices depend on timing.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (2022)
7.8/10on IGDB
Released
Follow a letter to an English village and look for why people have different accounts of the local barrow. Use items and conversations to get closer to a work site with a long history. Expect a deliberately unsettling folk horror story where understanding the village matters as much as opening the next door.
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2023)
9.3/10on IGDB
Released
Possess nearby objects and rewind to the few minutes before a death to see which events you can change. Saving someone gives you new information about the evening and your own past. A scene plays out more than one way, so you can use failed attempts to learn the sequence before trying another one.
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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (2017)
8.3/10on IGDB
Released
Escape rooms in two games whose branches change what you know about the people locked inside them. Look at the flowchart when you want to revisit a decision or compare outcomes. Expect substantial reading alongside the physical puzzles, with answers sometimes making sense only after a different route.
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AI: The Somnium Files (2019)
8.4/10on IGDB
Released
Enter dream worlds and build an idea of what the person remembers by trying out actions that follow dream logic. The six-minute limit counts the time particular choices use. You can follow branches to see how a clue from one experience adds meaning to events you’ve already seen.
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Another Code: Recollection (2024)
7.1/10on IGDB
Released
Explore family spaces and solve object puzzles as Ashley investigates memories and questions from her own childhood. Both remade stories use places and belongings to bring what she remembers into focus. You can turn on hints or navigation assistance to spend less time searching for the next place.
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Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (2007)
8.5/10on IGDB
Released
Hold the DS like a book and compare the accounts of hotel guests, using objects and room details to decide what to ask. The hotel becomes easier to read as you learn why the guests are there. Expect a substantial amount of dialogue and a few puzzles built around the original hardware.
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Botany Manor (2024)
6.7/10on IGDB
Released
Work out the conditions plants need by looking at letters, notes, and examples around a country estate. Put the research into your herbarium as you learn more about the botanist who assembled it. A solution tells you something concrete about the plant and the obstacles she faced getting people to take the work seriously.
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The Star Named Eos (2024)
Released
Use old photographs to reconstruct scenes with the objects around you, then look for details that link the pictures to your family. Framing the right image opens up more of the story. Choose this for visual clues you can inspect slowly, with less reading than in an archive mystery.
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Gorogoa (2017)
7.8/10on IGDB
Released
Move the illustrated panels, line up shapes, and reveal paths hidden in different parts of the drawings. A scene you recognized at one size can become a detail inside another place or time. It’s a good choice if you want to make sense of a wordless story by noticing what repeats.
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The Gardens Between (2018)
Released
Move time forward and backward through dreamlike islands built out of objects two friends remember. Watch the same action from different moments until you see how to carry the light onward. Familiar belongings and the time mechanic do most of the storytelling, with very little to read.
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Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery (2021)
7.7/10on IGDB
Released
Look around an artist’s room and use sketches, objects, and patterns to finish the paintings in front of you. Each finished piece puts more of her life into view. This is a gentle choice if you like finding one visual cue at a time and letting the story gather from the results.
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When the Past Was Around (2020)
6.8/10on IGDB
Released
Find and use objects in a series of rooms that reveal a young woman’s relationship and loss. Music and repeated details carry the connection between one scene and the next. It’s a short visual story where an ordinary thing can mean more after you’ve seen where it came from.
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The Almost Gone (2020)
5.9/10on IGDB
Released
Rotate miniature scenes to find small objects and clues that you can’t see from the first angle. The rooms connect through the personal history they reveal. Try it if you want each little space to offer a clue about a household and what happened there.
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