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2017PC53 % positive

Tartarus blends first-person action and adventure with an unusual text-input mechanic that shapes how you interact with its world. Its appeal lies in mixing puzzles and exploration within a science-fiction setting.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

The closest matches for Tartarus are The Talos Principle, The Turing Test and Deliver Us the Moon. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Tartarus special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Talos Principle

82 %Match

2014PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable95 % positive28.99 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Pure single-player experience

A meditative first-person puzzler where you play an android solving laser and block puzzles across ancient-looking ruins while grappling with questions of consciousness, humanity and free will. Brilliantly designed puzzles meet philosophical terminal conversations and a haunting atmosphere.

The Turing Test

Sci-fi setting

A first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter's moon Europa, where you play engineer Ava Turing solving chambers built on energy and physics puzzles. Along the way it reflects on artificial intelligence, morality and what consciousness really means.

Deliver Us the Moon

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven sci-fi adventure where you play a lone astronaut exploring abandoned lunar bases, solving environmental puzzles and uncovering what happened to humanity's last hope. Atmospheric and linear, focused on mystery and narrative rather than combat.

Obduction

Sci-fi setting

A puzzle adventure from the makers of Myst: you are whisked to an alien world and solve intricate environmental puzzles across surreal, interlinked landscapes to uncover the mystery behind it.

Relicta

Sci-fi setting

A first-person puzzle game set on a lunar base where you combine magnetism and gravity powers to solve physics challenges and uncover the station's secrets, wrapped in a personal father-daughter story.

Red Matter 2

Sci-fi setting

You play agent Sasha, exploring an abandoned lunar base, solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter. Its tense, claustrophobic atmosphere and blend of brain teasers with brief combat set it apart.

The Talos Principle II

Sci-fi setting

A philosophical first-person puzzle game set in a post-human world, where you solve clever logic puzzles in striking environments while pondering consciousness and humanity. The story and conversations with fellow robots matter as much as the puzzles.

Rivage

Sci-fi setting

Rivage is a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you wake as Miranda aboard a space station caught in a strange cosmic phenomenon. You explore the station, solve intricate puzzles and uncover what happened to your missing crew.

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Sci-fi setting

You are stranded on a derelict spaceship and communicate with the ship AI Kaizen by typing free-form messages. Building trust and persuading it with clever replies is the key to finding your way back to Earth.

Sigils of Elohim

Focus on a single character

You wake in a puzzling world of ancient ruins and advanced machinery, working through increasingly complex challenges set by your creator. The game invites you to choose between faith and asking hard questions about who you are and why you are here.

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