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

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
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for The Dig are Hacknet, Rivage and Filament. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Dig special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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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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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.

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.

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.

Obduction

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

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.

Causal Loop

Puzzles and brain teasers

A story-driven puzzler where you record your own past actions as up to three echoes and replay them to solve brain-bending puzzles. The sci-fi tale revolves around time, consequence and survival.

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