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Games like Photographs

2019PC82 % positive9.99 €

You work through five self-contained stories set in different times and places, each introducing new puzzle mechanics that grow steadily harder. Dioramas, photographs, sound and voices combine into a narrative that reveals itself slowly and rewards close attention.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Photographs are Kathy Rain, Dr Livingstone, I Presume? and 7 Days to End with You. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Photographs special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Kathy Rain

94 %Match

2016PCSteam Deck playable93 % positive−90 % 9.99 € 0.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Photographs: puzzles to figure out, a strong story and a pure single-player experience.

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.

A Normal Lost Phone

Puzzles and brain teasers

You find a stranger's smartphone and dig through its messages, apps and photos to uncover their secrets. A short, empathetic narrative that unfolds through small puzzles.

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

The List

Puzzles and brain teasers

You play a special agent digging through a police database to solve the puzzling death of a young man three years after the fact. It relies on research and deduction rather than action.

Mystery Case Files: Huntsville

Puzzles and brain teasers

You comb through the town of Huntsville for hidden clues to crack a series of crimes. This hidden-object adventure blends searching cluttered scenes with small puzzles and a detective story.

Syberia

Puzzles and brain teasers

A melancholic point-and-click adventure following lawyer Kate Walker across a dreamlike Europe filled with clockwork automatons, gradually leaving her old life behind. Its haunting locations and mechanical puzzles make the journey memorable.

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