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2025PCSteam Deck playable65 % positive15.79 €

A puzzle mystery where you piece together a missing-person case from several diaries. Deductions and frequent twists keep you guessing what is true until late.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for The Diary are Loom, Kathy Rain and Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Diary special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Loom

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1990PC90 % positive5.89 €

Brings what grabs you about The Diary: puzzles to figure out, a strong story and a dark atmosphere.

A classic LucasArts adventure where you play a young Weaver who solves puzzles by playing melodies on a distaff instead of using a typical inventory. Its unusual musical magic and melancholic, fairy-tale world set it apart.

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Kathy Rain

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in the 90s: as journalism student Kathy you investigate your grandfather's mysterious death. Moody mystery, pixel art and classic inventory puzzles shape the journey.

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Strong, story-driven narrative

You browse the found smartphone of a missing young woman and piece together her story from messages, photos and apps. A quiet, narrative-driven investigation with light puzzles and social themes.

Adam Wolfe

Strong, story-driven narrative

A classic point-and-click style adventure where you play paranormal investigator Adam Wolfe uncovering ghosts, curses and secret orders beneath modern San Francisco. Puzzles and a dark mystery story take center stage.

A Normal Lost Phone

Accessible and relaxed

You find a stranger's smartphone and dig through its messages, apps and photos to uncover their secrets. A short, empathetic narrative that unfolds through small puzzles.

The Blackwell Legacy

Accessible and relaxed

A story-driven point-and-click adventure in modern New York where Rosa learns she is a medium and teams up with the sardonic ghost Joey to solve supernatural cases. Light puzzles, dialogue and a melancholic mystery mood take center stage.

Unheard

Puzzles and brain teasers

As a time-traveling detective who can only rely on sound, you eavesdrop on conversations at past crime scenes and piece together the timeline of each case yourself. An unusual, audio-driven mystery with non-linear storytelling.

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