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A detective puzzle set in the 1998 internet: you dig through websites and archives to gather clues and reconstruct the family tree of the secretive Roottree dynasty piece by piece.
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As the searcher Sumio Mondo, you explore a resort island stuck in a time loop and solve quirky, often cryptic puzzles. A surreal, offbeat Suda51 story with plenty of dark humor.
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A detective puzzle game where you investigate crimes across multiple eras, studying maps that change over time. Sharp observation and a light comedic touch help you piece together a story linked through history.
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A cozy puzzle adventure where you explore quirky islands with Percy and his dog Drayton, solve puzzles for treasure, and uncover a dark family secret.
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A deduction-driven detective puzzler where you solve 20 bizarre crime scenes in 1970s America by gathering clues, identifying people and piecing together events yourself. There is no hand-holding, only your own logic and observation.
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Over three nights in a cursed gallery, you solve a cold-case murder by hanging portraits to glimpse the past and cracking puzzles in shifting rooms. A stylish puzzle adventure with a whodunit atmosphere.
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A classic point-and-click adventure (known as Broken Sword) in which American tourist George Stobbart gets caught up in a Paris bombing and uncovers a Knights Templar conspiracy. Clever inventory puzzles, dry humor and a gripping conspiracy plot define the experience.
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A first-person point-and-click adventure in the vein of Myst, where you follow an explorer's legacy into a South American jungle to return a sacred creature. Clever puzzles and atmospheric locations by Benoît Sokal take center stage.
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As Nancy Drew, you investigate a century-old mystery aboard a haunted train out West, searching scenes for clues, questioning suspects, and cracking puzzles and mini-games.
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You play a volunteer moderator in a surreal 90s-style internet, digging through fake websites, emails and apps. You solve small cases, uncover hidden pages and enjoy nostalgic humor wrapped around a surprisingly serious story.
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A text-parser mystery adventure in a late-80s EGA style, inspired by Sierra's The Colonel's Bequest. As amateur geologist Nancy Maple you explore a lodge, eavesdrop on suspects and unravel a mystery around a diamond.