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2013PC76 % positive

An interactive retelling of the classic man-on-the-run thriller: as the wrongly accused Richard Hannay you flee 1914 London and unravel the riddle of the 39 Steps. Story takes center stage, with decisions steering the course of events.

  • Historical setting
  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for The 39 Steps are Titanic: Adventure out of Time, Sunset and Suzerain. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The 39 Steps special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Titanic: Adventure out of Time

93 %Match

1996PC87 % positive4.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The 39 Steps: a historical setting, choices with consequences and a strong story.

A point-and-click adventure set aboard the Titanic during its final hours, where you solve puzzles and act against the clock to save lives and possibly alter the ship's fate. The authentic historical setting and time pressure define the experience.

Sunset

Accessible and relaxed

You play Angela, a housekeeper in 1972 cleaning a wealthy man's apartment while a military coup unfolds outside. It's a quiet, narrative-driven game that tells its political story from inside one flat through observation and choices.

Suzerain

Choices with consequences

A text-heavy political simulation in which you lead the fictional nation of Sordland as president through crises, corruption and conflict. Your decisions reshape relationships, policy and the ending.

The Pale Beyond

Historical setting

You become the reluctant leader of a polar expedition trapped in the ice, juggling scarce supplies and crew morale while making tough calls. A narrative-driven survival adventure with a historical Antarctic setting.

We. The Revolution

Historical setting

You play a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris during the French Revolution, weighing evidence, balancing factions and trying to avoid the guillotine yourself. Interrogations, clues and morally heavy verdicts drive a tense, comic-styled courtroom drama.

Freud's Bones: The Game

Accessible and relaxed

A narrative point-and-click adventure set around the birth of psychoanalysis, where you engage with Freud, dreams, sexuality and existential doubt. It leans on dialogue and atmosphere rather than action.

Astrologaster

Accessible and relaxed

You play Simon Forman, an Elizabethan astrologer and doctor, reading star charts to solve patients' problems. Its charm lies in the absurd cases, from court intrigue to missing spoons, delivered with sharp period-flavoured humor.

The Gallery

Accessible and relaxed

An interactive thriller where an art curator is held hostage by a portraitist threatening to detonate a bomb. Two narrative strands, set in 1981 and 2021 with different protagonists, tell the story from two perspectives.

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