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2026PCXbox

As 17-year-old Hope you search for your missing parents, using an artist's eye to piece together clues. This non-linear mystery adventure uncovers a dark side beneath an ordinary, peaceful life.

Strong, story-driven narrative
Puzzles and brain teasers
Lots to discover
Dark, serious atmosphere

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The closest matches for Hope in the City are Dahlia View, Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo and Kathy Rain. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hope in the City special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Dahlia View

98 %Match

2021PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified85 % positive24.50 €

As retired detective Robert Conway, you investigate a missing girl by piecing together clues, memories and puzzles. A dark, narrative-driven mystery thriller built around calm exploration and deduction.

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Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

Strong, story-driven narrative

A psychological thriller loosely inspired by Hitchcock's classic, where you play through three perspectives and several timelines, solving puzzles and separating reality from deceptive memory.

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.

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Accessible and relaxed

You browse the found smartphone of a missing young woman and piece together her story from messages, photos and apps. A quiet, narrative-driven investigation with light puzzles and social themes.

Rainswept

Accessible and relaxed

A quiet, story-driven point-and-click murder mystery set in a rainy small town, centered on grief, love and unresolved trauma. Its melancholic mood and gentle soundtrack carry the experience.

Teleforum

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You piece together the final live broadcast of a vanished host, where every witness remembers something different. Question his wife, search his apartment and sort the contradictions to uncover what really happened.

The White Door

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click puzzle adventure from Rusty Lake: as an amnesiac patient you follow the clinic's daily routine and dive into dreams to uncover Robert Hill's past. The story is told almost wordlessly.

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

Strong, story-driven narrative

A retired senior inspector reopens an old case in a narrative detective adventure, uncovering lie after lie among the people around the victim. The focus is on memories, questioning and piecing the truth together.

Unheard

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

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.