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Games like Captain Blood

1988

You roam a vast galaxy as Captain Blood, gathering clues from alien worlds while racing against the creep of your auto-bionic transformation. The game lives on its puzzles, hyperspace flights and the feeling of being utterly alone among the stars.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Open world
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Captain Blood are Outer Wilds, Hacknet and Trespasser. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Captain Blood special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Hacknet

Pure single-player experience

Hacknet is a hacking simulator played entirely in a terminal, where you use real-style commands to break into systems and uncover the mysterious death of a hacker. It offers little hand-holding, plenty of secrets and an atmospheric network full of puzzles.

Trespasser

Open world

As Anne you survive a plane crash on a dinosaur island and look for a way out with no HUD. Famous for its experimental physics-based controls, which bring unusual immersion and plenty of frustration.

Nauticrawl

Sci-fi setting

You pilot a stolen submersible craft on an alien planet and must work out its baffling levers, buttons and gauges to escape. Figuring out the controls and the surroundings is the heart of the experience.

Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess

Sci-fi setting

You play Raven in this quirky retro adventure, solving puzzles with eight psi-powers such as Brainwarp and Extreme Violence. The five ordeals can be tackled in any order, giving the game surprising freedom.

Taiji

Open world

Taiji is a quiet open-world puzzle game where you must uncover the rules and clues yourself. Careful observation and experimentation lead to aha moments, with almost no hand-holding.

Antichamber

Challenging difficulty

A surreal first-person puzzler where impossible spaces and geometry defy logic. Short philosophical messages guide you through a minimalist, vivid world full of aha moments.

MirrorMoon EP

Open world

A minimalist, abstract space exploration game where you travel through procedural galaxies solving navigation-based puzzles. You can name star systems you discover, and those names persist for other players.

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Challenging difficulty

Riven sends you alone through a decaying, lovingly crafted island world where you must decipher interlocking mechanical puzzles with almost no guidance. Its dense atmosphere and coherent world design make it a classic of the adventure genre.

Glitchspace

Pure single-player experience

You solve puzzles in an abstract cyberspace by using visual programming to rewrite the geometry around you. Along the way you pick up real programming concepts.

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