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2016 PC −44 % 3.99 € 2.23 € ends today 👍 97 % Overwhelmingly positive, 7,743 reviews on Steam

A dark point-and-click puzzle game where you grow the Vanderboom family tree across generations. Bizarre, macabre puzzles and an eerie atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

What defines Rusty Lake: Roots:

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

The closest matches for Rusty Lake: Roots are Strangeland, Servant of the Lake and Cube Escape: The Cave. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Rusty Lake: Roots special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Strangeland

98 %

2021 PCNintendo Switch −70 % 12.49 € 3.74 € ends today 👍 93 % Very positive, 872 reviews on Steam

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

A dark point-and-click adventure set in a macabre, surreal carnival that mirrors the protagonist's psyche. Tricky puzzles and an oppressive yet hopeful story drive the experience.

Servant of the Lake

Puzzles and brain teasers

A new point-and-click puzzle adventure in the Rusty Lake series, expected to deliver the franchise's dark, surreal atmosphere and intricately layered puzzles. As it is a new release, this rating relies mostly on the series' established style.

Cube Escape: The Cave

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short, eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure set in the surreal Rusty Lake universe, where you solve cryptic puzzles in a sinister cave and piece together the unsettling lore bit by bit.

Cube Escape: Case 23

Puzzles and brain teasers

A surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure in the Rusty Lake universe: as Detective Dale Vandermeer you probe a strange death and solve eerie, offbeat object puzzles in compact, atmospheric scenes.

Cube Escape: Birthday

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short, eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure from the Rusty Lake universe: you celebrate your ninth birthday in 1939 until an unexpected guest turns the party into a disturbing tragedy.

Cube Escape: Theatre

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short, dark and surreal point-and-click puzzle game from the Rusty Lake series, set in a theatre inside the protagonist's mind where you complete six plays. Quirky puzzles and an eerie mood define the experience.

Allogloom

Puzzles and brain teasers

A hand-drawn point-and-click adventure in which Nora explores the town of Gruesome Grove, solves puzzles, befriends oddballs and faces monsters. The tone is macabre, mysterious and at times gory.

Cube Escape: The Mill

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short, eerie point-and-click escape puzzle set in the Rusty Lake universe: inside Mr. Crow's mill you solve quirky, macabre puzzles and piece together a dark story bit by bit.

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.

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