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1995 PC 5.89 € 👍 92 % Very positive, 1,193 reviews on Steam Steam Deck playable

A classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure in which a team of astronauts uncovers the secrets of a vanished alien civilization on a distant world. Moody science fiction with clever puzzles and a memorable score.

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Sci-fi setting
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Strong, story-driven narrative
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Hacknet

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2015 PC 9.75 € 👍 94 % Very positive, 25,115 reviews on Steam

Puzzles and brain teasers
Strong, story-driven narrative
Lots to discover

Hacknet is a hacking simulator played entirely in a terminal, where you use real-style commands to break into systems and uncover the mysterious death of a hacker. It offers little hand-holding, plenty of secrets and an atmospheric network full of puzzles.

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Filament

Puzzles and brain teasers

A calm, fully narrated puzzle adventure where you use a cable-spooling suit to solve wire puzzles aboard a seemingly abandoned spaceship while uncovering its mystery.

Rivage

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Lifeless Planet

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An atmospheric sci-fi adventure where you play a lone astronaut on a seemingly abandoned planet, using a jetpack and robotic arm through platforming and puzzles while uncovering the mystery of earlier human visitors.

Gemini Rue

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric neo-noir pixel-art point-and-click adventure where you alternate between an assassin hunting for his brother and an amnesiac patient in a sinister facility. Its bleak sci-fi mystery and twists drive the whole experience.

Technobabylon

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in 2087, where you switch between three characters to uncover a deadly conspiracy in an AI-run city. Classic inventory puzzles and a dense mystery plot are the focus.

Ether One

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A first-person adventure in which you enter the fading memories of a dementia patient as a memory-therapy worker. Tricky puzzles and a moving story about losing the mind drive the experience.

Red Matter

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric VR puzzle adventure in which you play an astronaut exploring an abandoned moon base in a retro-futuristic Cold War world. You solve hands-on environmental puzzles while uncovering a dark secret.

Obduction

Lots to discover

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.

Shardlight

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.