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2020PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable92 % positive16.99 €

You step into the shoes of detective Lazarus Bundy, whose career was wrecked by a dangerous serial killer, and secretly investigate the disappearance of Elke Mulzberg. This point-and-click adventure lives on its puzzles and a dark crime story.

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

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In short: Games like The Hand of Glory

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Hand of Glory special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

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2025PCSteam Deck playable96 % positive−45 % 19.99 € 10.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Hand of Glory: a strong story, a dark atmosphere and puzzles to figure out.

You step into the shoes of down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain and hunt a notorious serial killer before the tables turn. The game is built around careful investigation, gathering clues and solving puzzles in a bleak urban setting.

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Overclocked: A History of Violence

Dark, serious atmosphere

A psychological point-and-click thriller in which you play an army psychiatrist interviewing five patients at a forensic hospital during a storm, piecing together their memories and traumas. Dialogue, puzzles and a dark narrative about violence drive the experience.

Slender Threads

Strong, story-driven narrative

In Slender Threads you play an ordinary traveling salesman whose fate gets tangled with unseen forces in a peculiar town. This point-and-click thriller combines puzzle solving with an unsettling, mysterious atmosphere.

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Strong, story-driven narrative

You browse the found smartphone of a missing young woman and piece together her story from messages, photos and apps. A quiet, narrative-driven investigation with light puzzles and social themes.

Teleforum

Accessible and relaxed

You piece together the final live broadcast of a vanished host, where every witness remembers something different. Question his wife, search his apartment and sort the contradictions to uncover what really happened.

Replica

Accessible and relaxed

You dig through a suspected terrorist's smartphone, reading messages, photos and apps, and decide how to judge them. A short, dark thriller about surveillance, morality and manipulation.

Kathy Rain

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in the 90s: as journalism student Kathy you investigate your grandfather's mysterious death. Moody mystery, pixel art and classic inventory puzzles shape the journey.

Yesterday

Strong, story-driven narrative

A dark point-and-click mystery from the makers of Runaway: across New York and Paris you chase a conspiracy involving a cult that targets homeless people, solving classic inventory and dialogue puzzles. The story of memory loss and identity is the clear focus.

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