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Games like Pony Island

2016PCSteam Deck verified95 % positive4.99 €

A devil-run arcade machine turns out to be a meta puzzle-horror adventure that keeps breaking its own rules and toying with your expectations. With dark humor, hacking-style puzzles and clever twists, it is short but memorable.

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

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In short: Games like Pony Island

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Pony Island special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Rusty Lake: Roots

96 %Match

2016PCSteam Deck verified97 % positive3.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Pony Island: dread and tension, puzzles to figure out as well as a dark atmosphere.

A dark point-and-click puzzle game where you grow the Vanderboom family tree across generations. Bizarre, macabre puzzles and an eerie atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

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Rusty Lake Paradise

Puzzles and brain teasers

An eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure on a remote island where the ten biblical plagues torment your family. Bizarre rituals, a dark atmosphere and surreal art make it classic Rusty Lake.

Sanitarium

Dread and tension

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.

Rusty Lake Hotel

Puzzles and brain teasers

A macabre point-and-click puzzle game in which you play a hotel chef serving odd guests through clever, twisted puzzles. Its surreal, eerie atmosphere and cryptic Rusty Lake lore make it stand out.

Sally Face

Strong, story-driven narrative

An episodic point-and-click adventure about a boy with a prosthetic face who investigates a murder series and supernatural secrets in a gloomy apartment building. Its distinctive comic-like low-poly look, 90s atmosphere and emotional story set it apart.

Cube Escape: Paradox

Strong, story-driven narrative

A short, eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure set in the Rusty Lake universe: as Detective Dale Vandermeer you solve puzzles across two intertwined realities and slowly piece together a strange mystery.

The White Door

Strong, story-driven narrative

A dark point-and-click puzzle adventure from Rusty Lake: as an amnesiac patient you follow the clinic's daily routine and dive into dreams to uncover Robert Hill's past. The story is told almost wordlessly.

Strangeland

Dread and tension

A dark point-and-click adventure set in a macabre, surreal carnival that mirrors the protagonist's psyche. Tricky puzzles and an oppressive yet hopeful story drive the experience.

Mad Father

Dread and tension

A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.

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