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2017 PC 3.99 € 74 % positive Mostly positive, 1,320 reviews on Steam

A story-driven point-and-click puzzle adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes alive. Solving puzzles and uncovering secrets is the core of the experience.

What defines The Search:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for The Search are Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy, Evan's Remains and The Star Named Eos. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Search special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

98 %

1999 PCPlayStationSteam Deck verified 12.99 € 75 % positive Mostly positive, 608 reviews on Steam

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Pure single-player experience

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.

Evan's Remains

Puzzles and brain teasers

A calm puzzle adventure where you explore a mysterious island as a young woman, solving platforming puzzles while the story unfolds through visual-novel-style narrative sequences.

The Star Named Eos

Puzzles and brain teasers

A photography-based puzzle adventure where you step into past moments through photographs and solve puzzles to uncover what happened to your mother. It has an emotional story and a calm, reflective atmosphere.

Syberia 3

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click adventure in which Kate Walker travels with the nomadic Youkol people through a melancholic world of automatons. The focus is on puzzles, conversation and a fairy-tale story rather than action.

Syberia II

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click adventure in which Kate Walker travels with eccentric Hans in search of the last mammoths through whimsical, clockwork-flavored worlds. Intricate puzzles, automatons and a melancholic mood define the journey.

Syberia

Puzzles and brain teasers

A melancholic point-and-click adventure following lawyer Kate Walker across a dreamlike Europe filled with clockwork automatons, gradually leaving her old life behind. Its haunting locations and mechanical puzzles make the journey memorable.

Pneuma: Breath of Life

Puzzles and brain teasers

A calm first-person puzzler set in a lavish Unreal Engine 4 world, where you play an awakening being solving riddles in ancient temple-like spaces. A philosophical, slightly wry narrator accompanies the quest to understand the nature of existence.

Nairi: Tower of Shirin

Puzzles and brain teasers

A charming point-and-click puzzle adventure following a girl named Nairi as she uncovers secrets in a storybook-like world troubled by conflict. Cute hand-drawn visuals meet puzzle solving and a more serious story.

Goetia

Distinctive, stylised art style

A point-and-click adventure where you play Abigail, a ghost who drifts through walls and ceilings, combining items and unraveling the secrets of a haunted mansion.

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