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2013 PC 4.99 € 👍 74 % Mostly positive, 1,717 reviews on Steam

Kairo is a quiet, minimalist first-person exploration and puzzle game where you wander surreal abandoned architecture and reactivate ancient machinery. Its lonely, eerie mood and soundtrack take center stage.

What defines Kairo:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

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Quern: Undying Thoughts

93 %

2016 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 22.99 € 👍 92 % Very positive, 3,544 reviews on Steam

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover
  • Pure single-player experience

A Myst-style first-person puzzle adventure set on a mysterious island, where interlinked puzzles can be tackled in any order while a enigmatic story slowly unfolds.

Homesick

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric first-person puzzle game about exploring an abandoned building, solving puzzles and piecing together what happened to its former residents. The serene yet foreboding mood is broken up by unsettling nightmare sequences.

Desktop Explorer

Puzzles and brain teasers

You dig through the abandoned profiles of an old PC in a point-and-click mystery, uncovering an eerie secret. Puzzles, cryptic games and outdated software piece together what happened to its previous user.

The House of Da Vinci 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

A Renaissance-set puzzle adventure where you explore rooms full of mechanisms, hidden clues and inventions tied to Leonardo da Vinci. The puzzles take center stage, backed by a calm, mysterious atmosphere.

Myst IV: Revelation

Puzzles and brain teasers

A quiet puzzle adventure where you explore beautifully crafted alien worlds (Ages) and solve intricate mechanical puzzles. The story of Atrus and his estranged sons ties up loose ends from the Myst series.

Dimhaven: The Lost Source

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzle adventure from the team behind Quern, in which you explore Dimhaven and unravel the mystery of the Ravenwood legacy. The focus is on challenging environmental puzzles and discovery.

Myst

Puzzles and brain teasers

A landmark adventure where you wander a mysterious island alone and solve intricate logic puzzles woven into the environment to uncover the fate of two trapped brothers. With no combat or hand-holding, it is a quiet, observation-driven journey of discovery.

Fract Osc

Distinctive, stylised art style

A minimalist, abstract exploration game where you solve puzzles to revive a world built from sound. You shape tones and create music that becomes part of the world itself.

Small Radios Big Televisions

Distinctive, stylised art style

A surreal puzzle adventure set in abandoned factories where you collect data tapes to enter abstract virtual worlds. Puzzles and new ways of moving are uncovered through experimentation, wrapped in a distinctive, minimalist aesthetic.

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