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2019PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified83 % positive4.99 €

A surreal 2D adventure where you dial six-digit phone numbers, each leading to its own strange world. Discovery, puzzles and multiple endings drive an eerie journey.

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

The closest matches for Strange Telephone are Ib, Californium and Pocket Mirror: GoldenerTraum. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Strange Telephone special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Ib

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2012PC

  • Lots to discover
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

A short, atmospheric psychological horror adventure in which a girl solves puzzles and evades living artworks inside an eerie museum. Your choices lead to multiple endings, making this freeware RPG Maker classic memorable.

Californium

Accessible and relaxed

A surreal first-person exploration game inspired by Philip K. Dick: as a writer you drift through shifting realities and psychedelic, vividly colored worlds while searching for your own identity.

No One Lives Under the Lighthouse

Accessible and relaxed

You take over as the new keeper of a remote island lighthouse after your predecessor vanished, and slowly slip into a creepy mix of pixel art, light puzzles and creeping dread. It is a short experience built on mood and mystery rather than combat.

Paper Lily: Chapter 1

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark pixel-art adventure about a young person shut away at home after a traumatic event, who takes one last chance when a mysterious golden letter arrives. Puzzles, horror and emotional storytelling take center stage.

Mundaun

Distinctive, stylised art style

A horror adventure set in a remote Alpine valley, rendered entirely in a pencil-sketch style. You explore eerie places, solve handcrafted puzzles and survive unsettling encounters with scarce resources.

Night Loops

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark puzzle adventure where you try to escape a night shift at a hotel, wandering through dreamlike worlds and your own psyche. Its looping structure and surreal atmosphere take center stage.

OneShot

Puzzles and brain teasers

A pixel-art puzzle adventure in which you help a child named Niko relight the dead sun of his world. The game breaks the fourth wall, involving your computer and your own decisions in touching and clever ways.

Dropsy

Puzzles and brain teasers

A quirky point-and-click adventure where you play Dropsy the clown, solving puzzles and helping people and animals through hugs rather than words. Its odd, hand-drawn look and a warm yet shadowy story about kindness and redemption set it apart.

Lust from Beyond

Lots to discover

An erotically charged Lovecraftian horror set in a Victorian mansion, where you unravel cult secrets and puzzles. Its visuals draw on Giger and Beksiński for a disturbing, dark atmosphere.

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