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2016PCSteam Deck verified89 % positive14.99 €

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.

Post-apocalyptic setting
Puzzles and brain teasers
Dark, serious atmosphere
Strong, story-driven narrative

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The closest matches for Shardlight are Primordia, Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive and Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Shardlight special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Primordia 95% match – Post-apocalyptic setting
Newest alternative: Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive 95% match – released 2019

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Primordia

95 %Match

2012PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified96 % positive−70 % ~~9.99 €~~ 2.99 €

A classic point-and-click adventure set in a decaying world of robots, where you play Horatio and his sarcastic companion Crispin solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of a vanished humanity. A bleak post-apocalyptic setting meets dry humor and philosophical themes.

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Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive

Dark, serious atmosphere

A classic point-and-click puzzle adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world where you must survive four days through puzzle solving and decisions. It offers a tense, oppressive horror atmosphere with survival pressure.

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today

Dark, serious atmosphere

A dark point-and-click adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world where a plague dissolves people and time itself. You solve inventory and environmental puzzles while uncovering an oppressive, mysterious story.

Richard & Alice

Dark, serious atmosphere

A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in a frozen dystopian future. Two men meet in a prison, and flashbacks gradually unfold a bleak family drama. Puzzles are secondary to the dialogue and atmosphere.

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Sci-fi setting

A classic-style point-and-click adventure set in a desolate future, where you wake without memories and solve puzzles to uncover what happened to you.

The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven point-and-click adventure in which you play a curious maintenance robot in a post-apocalyptic world, solving puzzles and uncovering the truth behind humanity's extinction.

Paradigm

Post-apocalyptic setting

An absurd, surreal point-and-click comedy adventure set in a post-apocalyptic Eastern European country, where you solve puzzles as the mutant hero Paradigm. Its bizarre humor and a candy-vomiting genetically engineered sloth give it its charm.

Whispers of a Machine

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi Nordic noir adventure where you play a cybernetically enhanced detective solving murders in a post-AI world. Your choices and interrogation approaches shape the story, alongside classic point-and-click puzzles.

Reversion: The Escape -1st Chapter

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven sci-fi point-and-click adventure in which memory-less Christian teams up with the mysterious Victoria to escape a eerie hospital in a bleak future. Puzzles and conversations gradually reveal his past.

Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb

Post-apocalyptic setting

A classic point-and-click adventure where you play Rif the Fox, hunting for a stolen magical Orb. Set in a world of animal tribes living among the ruins of humanity, it combines inventory puzzles with a mystery plot.

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