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2020PCSteam Deck playable80 % positive19.99 €

A story-driven tech-noir detective adventure where you investigate both the real world and the subconscious mind of a victim, piecing together clues. Dialogue, puzzles and themes about the mind and technology take center stage.

  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Signifier special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Gemini Rue

96 %Match

2011PCSteam Deck verified86 % positive7.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Signifier: a strong story, a sci-fi setting and a dark atmosphere.

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.

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A short first-person psychological puzzle thriller in which you are trapped inside a memory-simulating machine and must explore the memories to break the cycle.

Observation

Strong, story-driven narrative

You play S.A.M., the AI of a damaged space station, using cameras, systems and puzzles to uncover what happened to the crew. A slow-burning, eerie sci-fi thriller with strong atmosphere and an unusual perspective.

Stories Untold

Strong, story-driven narrative

An anthology of four eerie episodes that blends retro-futuristic atmosphere with unusual puzzles solved through devices and terminals. The story unfolds step by step and builds toward a surprising twist.

Stasis: Bone Totem

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An isometric point-and-click horror adventure set in the icy deep sea, where a family confronts a sinister threat. Grim atmosphere, inventory puzzles and a dense sci-fi story take center stage.

Stasis

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A grim sci-fi horror point-and-click adventure in an isometric view: aboard a seemingly abandoned spaceship you solve classic item and computer puzzles while piecing together a disturbing story.

The Long Reach

Strong, story-driven narrative

A pixel-art horror adventure where you solve puzzles in a small town while an unsettling tale of madness and experimentation unfolds. Bleak atmosphere, dark humor and a rotating cast of characters drive the experience.

Sanitarium

Puzzles and brain teasers

A grim point-and-click adventure where an amnesiac man wakes in a disturbing asylum. Surreal chapters in which you step into different roles and a deeply unsettling atmosphere make it a classic of psychological horror.

Conarium

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric first-person Lovecraftian adventure in which you play Frank Gilman, unraveling the fate of a doomed Antarctic expedition. Puzzles, eerie dreamlike realms and a bleak story take center stage rather than combat.

Dry Drowning

Strong, story-driven narrative

A dark detective visual novel in a dystopian future city: as a morally shady investigator you hunt a serial killer inspired by Greek myth, solving evidence puzzles while your decisions shape the ending.

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