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2026PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified19.99 €

A first-person puzzle game set in a Gothic-styled city caught between past and future. Exploration and puzzle solving are the core of the experience.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover
  • Lavish presentation
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Desolus are Submachine: Legacy, Obduction and Firmament. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Desolus special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Submachine: Legacy

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2023PCSteam Deck playable20.99 €

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover
  • Sci-fi setting

You explore a vast network of interconnected, mysterious rooms and solve tricky puzzles using items you find. This full remaster of the entire Submachine series offers plenty of discovery and a quiet, enigmatic atmosphere.

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.

Firmament

Puzzles and brain teasers

A steampunk puzzle adventure from the makers of Myst, Cyan. Alongside a clockwork companion you explore several fantastical realms and solve intricate environmental puzzles in first person.

Rivage

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Riven

Puzzles and brain teasers

You wander a mysterious world of linked islands in this fully traversable 3D remake of the classic Riven, playable in first person or VR. Its appeal lies in discovering, decoding machinery and piecing together a quiet, eerie story at your own pace.

The Swapper

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you create clones of yourself and swap between them to solve puzzles on an abandoned space station. Its handcrafted, claustrophobic look and philosophical story about consciousness and identity set it apart.

The Talos Principle II

Puzzles and brain teasers

A philosophical first-person puzzle game set in a post-human world, where you solve clever logic puzzles in striking environments while pondering consciousness and humanity. The story and conversations with fellow robots matter as much as the puzzles.

Soul Axiom

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric puzzle adventure set in a digital afterlife, where you wander through memory-based worlds and solve ability-driven puzzles to uncover your own identity.

Myst V: End of Ages

Puzzles and brain teasers

The finale of the Myst series sends you through strange, freely explorable worlds in first person, solving environmental puzzles and piecing together the history of the D'ni from journals and clues. Your final choice decides the fate of that ancient civilization.

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Puzzles and brain teasers

Riven sends you alone through a decaying, lovingly crafted island world where you must decipher interlocking mechanical puzzles with almost no guidance. Its dense atmosphere and coherent world design make it a classic of the adventure genre.

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