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2019 PC 8.19 €

Play as Ophelia in a time loop through Shakespeare's Hamlet, reliving the days at Elsinore castle to stop the tragedy. You gather information, manipulate characters and see how your choices reshape the unfolding story.

What defines Elsinore:

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Elsinore are The Forgotten City, Inspector Schmidt: The Ebbing and Chronique des Silencieux. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Elsinore special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Forgotten City

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2021 PCPlayStationXbox 24.99 € 👍 96 % Overwhelmingly positive, 11,459 reviews on Steam

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

A time-loop mystery set in a Roman city where any sin kills everyone. You question residents, exploit the repeating day, and unravel the secret through conversation, deduction and moral choices.

Inspector Schmidt: The Ebbing

Choices with consequences

A detective RPG where you play an inspector in a remote village, investigating a mysterious death by questioning villagers, decoding strange symbols and hiding from a threat lurking in the moor.

Chronique des Silencieux

Choices with consequences

As a rookie private eye in 1970s southern France, you question witnesses, spot their lies and form hypotheses to uncover the secrets of a stubborn old man. The focus is on dialogue and deduction rather than action.

The Last Express

Choices with consequences

A real-time adventure aboard the Orient Express on the eve of World War I: you unravel a murder, eavesdrop on dozens of voiced passengers, and must choose carefully where and when to be. Its Art Nouveau rotoscoped look is unmistakable.

The Occupation

Lots to discover

A real-time thriller set in 1987 Britain: you sneak through a government building, eavesdrop and piece together evidence while the clock keeps ticking. Your choices and time management shape how the conspiracy unfolds.

We. The Revolution

Dark, serious atmosphere

You play a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris during the French Revolution, weighing evidence, balancing factions and trying to avoid the guillotine yourself. Interrogations, clues and morally heavy verdicts drive a tense, comic-styled courtroom drama.

Pentiment

Distinctive, stylised art style

A narrative murder-mystery set in 16th-century Bavaria, styled like an illuminated manuscript. Your conversations and choices reshape the fate of a village and its abbey over 25 years.

Kill The Shadow

Choices with consequences

As Detective Lucas you investigate strange cases in an alternate divided post-war city, using persuasion, deduction, time rewinding or violence. In the end you choose between justice and love.

Lamplight City

Choices with consequences

A point-and-click detective adventure set in an alternate steampunk-tinged 19th-century city, where investigator Miles Fordham solves cases and hunts his partner's killer. Wrong accusations have real consequences, since cases carry on even when you reach incorrect conclusions.

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