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2025 PC 15.79 € 65 % positive Mixed, 146 reviews on Steam

A puzzle mystery where you piece together a missing-person case from several diaries. Deductions and frequent twists keep you guessing what is true until late.

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

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The closest matches for The Diary are Adam Wolfe, Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence and The Incident at Galley House. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Diary special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Adam Wolfe

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2016 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 5.99 € 92 % positive Very positive, 1,123 reviews on Steam

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

A classic point-and-click style adventure where you play paranormal investigator Adam Wolfe uncovering ghosts, curses and secret orders beneath modern San Francisco. Puzzles and a dark mystery story take center stage.

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Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Puzzles and brain teasers

A pixel-art point-and-click adventure where a young writer explores a silent abbey, solving puzzles and uncovering a dangerous secret.

The Incident at Galley House

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle mystery adventure about a grisly event at Galley House in 1936, where a strange device reveals echoes of the past so you can piece together the truth.

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic hidden-object adventure where you follow a demonic preacher through the foggy Ravenwood Park and uncover the mystery behind eerie events. It focuses on hidden-object scenes, mini-games and a creepy mystery plot.

Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic hidden-object adventure in which you hunt for a missing girl and uncover an ancient evil in rural Vermont. Puzzles, item searches and an eerie mystery mood drive the experience.

Left in the Dark: No One on Board

Puzzles and brain teasers

A hidden-object puzzle adventure in which a private detective investigates a derelict ghost ship, uncovering grim secrets and a few scares along the way.

Moebius: Empire Rising

Accessible and relaxed

A point-and-click paranormal mystery from Jane Jensen where you play antiques dealer Malachi Rector, using deduction and historical knowledge to solve puzzles across the globe.

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief

Accessible and relaxed

A classic point-and-click crime adventure set in 1960s Europe, told in three chapters. You experience both the hunt for a master thief and the thief's own perspective, with puzzles and a twisty mystery at the core.

The Samaritan Paradox

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-driven point-and-click mystery adventure in which you play Ord Salamon, searching an island for a dead writer's secret final novel while uncovering the truth about his suspicious death.

Havsala: Into the Soul Palace

Pure single-player experience

An investigative puzzle game where you piece together diaries, books, paintings and other clues to work out when and where the Soul Palace's visitors live. The focus is on deduction and narrative discovery.

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