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Games like 5 Days a Stranger

2003PC

You play Trilby, a master cat burglar trapped in a seemingly abandoned manor with other captives. Teaming up to uncover the building's shady past, you solve point-and-click puzzles while Yahtzee Croshaw's sharp, sarcastic humor keeps the creepy mystery lively.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots of humour

The closest matches for 5 Days a Stranger are Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, Sally Face and Harvester. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes 5 Days a Stranger special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

90 %Match

2008PCSteam Deck playable86 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about 5 Days a Stranger: puzzles to figure out, plenty of humour and a strong story.

A classic LucasArts-style point-and-click adventure in which Edna escapes from a psychiatric hospital together with her talking stuffed rabbit Harvey. Dark humor, quirky characters and clever inventory puzzles define the experience.

Sally Face

Accessible and relaxed

An episodic point-and-click adventure about a boy with a prosthetic face who investigates a murder series and supernatural secrets in a gloomy apartment building. Its distinctive comic-like low-poly look, 90s atmosphere and emotional story set it apart.

Harvester

Lots of humour

A disturbing point-and-click adventure set in a seemingly idyllic small town where an amnesiac protagonist uncovers a sinister secret. Macabre black humor, grotesque violence and quirky puzzles define the experience.

Dinner with an Owl

Lots of humour

In this point-and-click adventure you spend a eerie yet funny evening in a sinister mansion hosted by the peculiar Franz Brown. Solve puzzles with your unwilling guests to escape, while the game keeps delivering unsettling surprises.

Phantasmagoria

Accessible and relaxed

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

Julian & Friends

Accessible and relaxed

You follow Julian and his friends through a psychological horror adventure styled after early-2000s point-and-click games. Expect plenty of chaos with characters from the notorious 98xx world.

Gray Matter

Accessible and relaxed

A classic point-and-click adventure set in modern-day Oxford: as the student Samantha and the neuroscientist Dr. Styles, you solve puzzles around secret societies, illusion and the power of the human mind.

Scratches

Pure single-player experience

A classic point-and-click horror adventure set in a decaying English manor, where you play a writer investigating eerie noises and dark secrets from the past. Dense creepy atmosphere and tricky puzzles drive the experience.

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