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Games like Follow the Meaning

2024PCSteam Deck verified93 % positive−33 % 4.99 € 3.34 €

You step into the shoes of detective Paul Trilby in a peculiar town where residents grow uneasy under the rising power of the Hospital and its Doctors. Crack clever point-and-click puzzles and uncover what lies beyond the wall.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Follow the Meaning are Unforeseen Incidents, Kathy Rain and Puzzle Agent. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Follow the Meaning special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Unforeseen Incidents

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2018PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified88 % positive−40 % 19.99 € 11.99 €

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

A classic point-and-click adventure with hand-painted scenery, where you play Harper Pendrell unraveling a mystery tied to a strange outbreak. Tricky puzzles, witty dialogue and a quirky cast take center stage.

Kathy Rain

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in the 90s: as journalism student Kathy you investigate your grandfather's mysterious death. Moody mystery, pixel art and classic inventory puzzles shape the journey.

Puzzle Agent

Puzzles and brain teasers

FBI agent Nelson Tethers solves Layton-style logic puzzles while unraveling an odd, faintly creepy mystery involving gnomes in a snowy Minnesota town. Graham Annable's scratchy hand-drawn art and deadpan humor define its charm.

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.

Puzzle Agent 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

Telltale's puzzle adventure, drawn in Graham Annable's distinctive sketchy style, sends FBI puzzle investigator Nelson Tethers back to eerie Scoggins. Logic brainteasers drive a quirky, unsettling mystery full of deadpan humor.

Bear With Me: The Lost Robots

Puzzles and brain teasers

You play as Flint in this noir point-and-click adventure set in the grimy underground of Paper City. Its puzzles and story reveal the events leading up to the first three episodes, with the cynical detective Ted E. Bear at the center.

Unheard

Linear, curated structure

As a time-traveling detective who can only rely on sound, you eavesdrop on conversations at past crime scenes and piece together the timeline of each case yourself. An unusual, audio-driven mystery with non-linear storytelling.

The Blackwell Legacy

Accessible and relaxed

A story-driven point-and-click adventure in modern New York where Rosa learns she is a medium and teams up with the sardonic ghost Joey to solve supernatural cases. Light puzzles, dialogue and a melancholic mystery mood take center stage.

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