
Obduction
Explore strange landscapes, solve environmental puzzles and uncover how to get home, at your own pace.
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One cloudy night by the lake, something falls from the sky and takes you across the universe. Obduction drops you into alien worlds stitched with pieces of Earth, and leaves you to explore, puzzle and piece together how to get home. A slow, beautiful, quietly strange adventure from the makers of Myst.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Relaxing
Riven is a world on the verge of collapse, and you have to figure out why. A remake of the 1997 classic, rebuilt by its original creators.
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A VR puzzle adventure on a dead moon of Saturn. Agent Epsilon lands on an abandoned Cold War base to recover secrets, and finds a mystery instead. Scan evidence, translate a lost language, coax strange machinery back to life, and let the eerie, gorgeous isolation do the rest.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Relaxing
Emily Ravenstone parachutes onto Dimhaven, a misty island where her uncle vanished, camera in hand. A first-person mystery from the team behind Quern: explore an abandoned tourist paradise, photograph clues, and untangle clever puzzles that reveal what really happened. Atmospheric, story-driven and gently strange, with an albatross that steals your passport. No timers, no pressure, just you and the island.
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Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure. In this Myst-like game inspired by Jules Verne’s universe, use your senses and intelligence to find your way through secret passages and curious machinery.
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Trapped on an island after a portal closes behind you, you explore its quiet corners, crack mechanical puzzles that build on each other, and piece together what happened here. A first-person puzzle adventure for anyone who likes taking notes, thinking hard and wandering somewhere beautiful.
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'In the hallways of the ancients, the Keepers have existed forever.' The legend also claims that whoever unites these rings with the artifacts of the parallel worlds will achieve great power and immortality.
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Trapped alone on the A.R.E.S. space station, caught in a cosmic anomaly, scientist Miranda must puzzle her way through its locked sections to learn what happened to her crew. A first-person escape room in orbit: intricate logic puzzles, a detailed station to explore, and a mystery that unfolds one solved mechanism at a time.
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Viewfinder hands you an instant camera with a strange rule: place a photo in the world and it becomes real. A picture of a bridge turns into a bridge. A painting turns into a room you can walk into. Reshape surreal worlds to solve gentle puzzles and uncover what happened to the people who built them.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Relaxing
CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.
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Atrus asks you to visit his two imprisoned sons and judge whether they have changed. What you find in their prison worlds is a family secret that reshapes everything the original Myst told you. Lush pre-rendered worlds, live-action actors, a soundtrack by Jack Wall with a contribution from Peter Gabriel, and puzzles that reward patience. Come for the worlds and the brothers; expect a slow hand and a few stubborn riddles.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Relaxing
Venture into the surreal worlds of Obƨidian...if you dare. In Obƨidian, your life is in your hands, so tread carefully. Forget everything you know about existence and prepare to be flipped on your ear. Welcome to the unknown...
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Explore strange landscapes, solve environmental puzzles and uncover how to get home, at your own pace.

Explore an abandoned Volgravian base on Rhea, solve hands-on puzzles and uncover what happened to its vanished crew.

Search an abandoned resort for a missing uncle, photograph clues and solve gentle puzzles at your own pace.

Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure.

Wander a strange island, untangle its machines and uncover the story behind your stranded arrival.

'In the hallways of the ancients, the Keepers have existed forever.'

Solve the station's mechanisms one by one and piece together what happened to the crew.

CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open…

Solve gentle puzzles by reshaping surreal worlds with a camera that makes pictures real, and uncover the story of the people who built them.

You explore two strange prison worlds, solve puzzles and piece together what really happened to Atrus's sons.

Venture into the surreal worlds of Obƨidian...if you dare. In Obƨidian, your life is in your hands, so tread carefully.

Waking from a strange dream, you land in Olujay and get sent on to Neyyah, a scattered chain of almost-empty islands joined by rusted levers and…

Search an abandoned resort for a missing uncle, photograph clues and solve gentle puzzles at your own pace.

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Waking from a strange dream, you land in Olujay and get sent on to Neyyah, a scattered chain of almost-empty islands joined by rusted levers and…

Explore a strange, atmospheric island, gather clues at your own pace and puzzle out what is tearing this world apart.

Solve the station's mechanisms one by one and piece together what happened to the crew.

You have ventured this far, now there is no turning back. Uncover the island’s dark history by travelling through crumbling caverns and mysterious…

Solve gentle puzzles by reshaping surreal worlds with a camera that makes pictures real, and uncover the story of the people who built them.

Take apart strange devices from other worlds and work out how each one opens, one quiet puzzle at a time.

Solve quiet puzzles across strange worlds and uncover a family's story, with several endings waiting on your choices.

While searching for the anomaly, you find yourself trapped inside a facility on a remote sub-Arctic island. What is this place? Who built it?

Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.

Built from the ground up for VR, Wanderer has a unique blend of escape room style puzzles, tactile hands on interactions and action arcade sequences…

Solve the station's mechanisms one by one and piece together what happened to the crew.

The Flux is not keen on giving away its secrets, and you’re one of them.

Search an abandoned resort for a missing uncle, photograph clues and solve gentle puzzles at your own pace.

Waking from a strange dream, you land in Olujay and get sent on to Neyyah, a scattered chain of almost-empty islands joined by rusted levers and…

Dusty is a third-person puzzle game focused on explore beautiful environments. Join archaeologist Dusty on his search for a mysterious civilization.

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Explore a strange, atmospheric island, gather clues at your own pace and puzzle out what is tearing this world apart.

Venture into the surreal worlds of Obƨidian...if you dare. In Obƨidian, your life is in your hands, so tread carefully.

Solve gentle puzzles by reshaping surreal worlds with a camera that makes pictures real, and uncover the story of the people who built them.

Platonic is a first-person puzzle adventure game. Explore five unique worlds. Solve logical challenges. Gather clues and think outside the cube.

Built from the ground up for VR, Wanderer has a unique blend of escape room style puzzles, tactile hands on interactions and action arcade sequences…

Solve quiet puzzles across strange worlds and uncover a family's story, with several endings waiting on your choices.