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Vincent is torn between his girlfriend and a seductive affair, and by night must climb deadly block towers in nightmares. By day he drinks at the bar and makes choices that steer the story, mixing relationship drama with brutally tough block-pushing puzzles.
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The closest matches for Catherine are Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Papers, Please and Mind Scanners. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Catherine special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A helpless Mudokon slave escapes a grotesque meat-processing plant using cunning, chanting and possession instead of weapons, rescuing fellow workers along the way. Its blend of black humor, punishing puzzle-platforming and striking art makes it a cult classic.
84 % 9.75 €
Distinctive, stylised art style
As a border inspector in the fictional Eastern Bloc state of Arstotzka, you scrutinize paperwork under time pressure while balancing duty, your family's survival, and the fates of desperate travelers. A bleak, morally gripping game with many endings.
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82 % 13.99 €
Distinctive, stylised art style
You play a mind-scanning psychiatrist in a retro-futuristic dystopia, diagnosing citizens and treating them through quirky arcade-style minigames while juggling time and resources. Your choices about patients carry weight and paint an unsettling picture of society.
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82 % 31.99 €
Lots of humour
As the reluctant hero Abe, you lead a Mudokon uprising through a dark yet quirky platformer of sneaking, puzzling and rescuing. Its blend of stealth, mass rescues and black humor sets it apart.
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82 % 14.79 €
Distinctive, stylised art style
A semi-autobiographical life sim about surviving high school, where you juggle time, diet and obligations through puzzle-style mechanics. Funny, painfully honest and visually distinctive.
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81 % 23.79 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
A time-loop thriller set in a single cramped apartment, where you relive the same twelve minutes and use what you learn each loop to unravel a dark secret surrounding your wife. A top-down point-and-click mystery with a star-studded voice cast.
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80 % 16.79 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
You work as a bouncer in a dystopian post-Brexit Britain, checking IDs under time pressure while deciding whether to resist or comply. A biting political satire in pixel art built around document-checking gameplay.
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80 % 13.79 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
As a state-appointed apartment manager in a totalitarian regime, you spy on tenants and make morally heavy decisions. Time, money and conscience are all scarce, and your choices lead to many different endings.
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80 % 16.99 €
Tactical depth
A 2.5D stealth game where you play an assassin outwitting guards with a grappling rope, physics and shadows, while a little girl watches your choices between killing and sparing. Each encounter is a stealth puzzle, since being spotted usually means instant death.
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80 % 24.50 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
You work the control room of a TV station in a satirical 1980s dystopia, cutting live broadcasts on the fly. Every call on what to show or censor shapes the story, mixed with dark humour and live-action footage.
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