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2026 PCNintendo Switch

A detective puzzle game about a disappearance in a remote mountain village, where you combine clues, actions and characters through logic to uncover the truth. It has an eerie, thriller-tinged atmosphere.

What defines Hillthorn:

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

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The closest matches for Hillthorn are Post Mortem, The Black Mirror and Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hillthorn special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Post Mortem

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2002 PC 7.99 € 👍 56 % Mixed, 405 reviews on Steam

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

A dark point-and-click thriller set in Paris, where you play a former detective with clairvoyant visions hunting a killer tied to occult rituals. Puzzles and interrogations drive a dense conspiracy story.

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The Black Mirror

Puzzles and brain teasers

A gloomy gothic point-and-click adventure in which you play Samuel Gordon, exploring a sinister family estate to uncover the truth behind your grandfather's death and an ancient family curse.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Puzzles and brain teasers

An adventure game in which Sherlock Holmes and Watson investigate a case inspired by Lovecraftian mythos. You gather clues, combine objects and solve puzzles in a gloomy Victorian atmosphere.

Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper

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A detective adventure in Victorian London where you play Sherlock Holmes, examining crime scenes, combining clues and solving puzzles to catch Jack the Ripper.

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click thriller starring FBI agent Erica Reed, who uses her power to see the past of crime scenes to hunt a serial killer. Puzzles, investigation and a personal story of loss drive the experience.

Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic Lovecraft-inspired point-and-click adventure where you play detective Howard Loreid investigating an occult murder while your grip on reality slips. Investigation, inventory puzzles and oppressive atmosphere drive the experience.

Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click horror adventure set in the 1990s, where you unravel a dark family mystery through inventory and dialogue puzzles. Its story and creepy atmosphere take center stage.

Yesterday

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Still Life 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

A grim point-and-click crime thriller in which you play FBI agent Victoria McPherson hunting the East Coast Torturer serial killer, solving puzzles and gathering clues to uncover who is behind Mr. X.

Still Life

Puzzles and brain teasers

A grim point-and-click crime thriller where you play FBI agent Victoria and her grandfather Gustav, investigating two eerily similar murder sprees set 75 years apart. Clue-hunting and puzzles drive the experience.