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1995PCSteam Deck playable5.69 €

You board the USS Lexington in a classic first-person point-and-click adventure to investigate an alien artifact that could change the outcome of a 50-year war. Expect inventory and environment puzzles in a 90s sci-fi setting.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Mission Critical are The Dig, Technobabylon and Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mission Critical special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Dig

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1995PCSteam Deck playable92 % positive5.89 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

A classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure in which a team of astronauts uncovers the secrets of a vanished alien civilization on a distant world. Moody science fiction with clever puzzles and a memorable score.

Technobabylon

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in 2087, where you switch between three characters to uncover a deadly conspiracy in an AI-run city. Classic inventory puzzles and a dense mystery plot are the focus.

Shardlight

Sci-fi setting

A grim point-and-click adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world, where a young woman infected with a deadly plague hunts for a cure in an oppressive society. Inventory puzzles and conversations drive the story.

Gemini Rue

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric neo-noir pixel-art point-and-click adventure where you alternate between an assassin hunting for his brother and an amnesiac patient in a sinister facility. Its bleak sci-fi mystery and twists drive the whole experience.

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Puzzles and brain teasers

You watch an abandoned ship through surveillance cameras and indirectly guide its lone survivor Lea through puzzles and dangers to uncover the truth. The unusual hook is acting only as her eyes and voice.

Beneath a Steel Sky

Sci-fi setting

A classic point-and-click adventure set in a dystopian cyberpunk city, where Robert Foster and his robot Joey uncover the secrets of an all-powerful computer system. Dry British humor, comic-style art by Dave Gibbons and clever inventory puzzles define it.

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