Games like The Crack (壳中之物）

Chasing that mysterious and story-driven feeling you got from The Crack (壳中之物）? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

CLeM
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
92% of 241 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
UNMEMORY
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Also in Visual novel and Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
84% of 79 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
CODE CRACKER 代码破译者
Relive nostalgic dream of that golden old age with the retrospective graphic. In this game, you play as a college student who meets diverse characters and solve multiple puzzles together with them. The story unfolds in different ways corresponding to the choices you made along with the gameplay.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
88% of 120 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
囚笼之诗
You wake in a monster’s cage with no memory and 30 days to act. Choose to escape, obey, or become its favorite.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
100% of 19 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99
Escape The Past
Stuck on this island, you have only one thing in your mind... Escape ! It's time for you to uncover the secrets of your life. Fight what you created and accept its consequences. Are you ready to escape your past ? In this new escape game, try to solve all the enigmas through several oneiric landscapes.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
80% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
An amnesiac girl wakes in a strange mansion with nothing but a pocket mirror. Explore its twisted rooms, solve puzzles, meet characters who are more than they seem, and piece together who you are. A gothic horror adventure with gorgeous pixel art, a haunting soundtrack and several endings shaped by your choices.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
92% of 1,624 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
Adventure Escape Mysteries
A collection of story-driven escape room mysteries: investigate a Navy ship explosion, hunt a serial killer in a sleepy town, or crack a murder as Detective Kate Gray. Search hand-drawn scenes, gather clues and solve puzzles that are tough but always fair. One more chapter is always tempting.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
86% of 1,198 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 136Free
Sorry, James
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Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
79% of 715 Steam reviews are positive$3.49
Illusion
It was only after I and my buddies escaped from the terrifying laboratory that I realized that there might be a bigger conspiracy behind it. The adventure is far from over, But don't forget, what's happening here is just the beginning.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
88% of 196 Steam reviews are positiveFree
SELF
SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
77% of 238 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Until Then
Mark is a regular high school student until a meeting sets off a chain reaction: people vanish, memories stop adding up, and something is very wrong beneath the everyday. A pixel-art narrative adventure from the Philippines that starts as a warm coming-of-age story and turns into a mystery you will not put down.
Also in Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
96% of 16,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 133$19.99
Hymer 2000
A text puzzle game about a dying computer. You talk to Hymer, an AI left in an abandoned facility, and type any keyword to dig up old conversation logs. Piece together what happened to the children who lived there, collect strange illustrated faces, and find the secret Hymer keeps before shutting it down for good.
Also in Visual novel and Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
89% of 1,050 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Hidden gems like The Crack (壳中之物）

Desktop Explorer

Dig through files and clues with a peculiar program to find out what happened to someone who vanished.

$17.99

Crushed In Time

Help Holmes and Watson solve a mystery by grabbing and stretching the world itself, one odd puzzle at a time.

$24.99

Mind Diver

Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.

$17.99

My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me

A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.

$10.99

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.

$4.99

Hymer 2000

Converse with a fading AI and search its memories to uncover what happened at an abandoned facility.

$4.99

The Crimson Diamond

Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond…

$14.99

CLeM

CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist.

$15.99

Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum

Wander a twisted gothic mansion, solve its puzzles and let your choices decide which ending you earn.

$19.99

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game.

$9.99

Until Then

Follow Mark through school days, first love and a mystery that slowly unravels everything he thought he knew.

$19.99

a pet shop after dark

PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.

$9.99

Newest games like The Crack (壳中之物）

囚笼之诗

You wake in a monster’s cage with no memory and 30 days to act. Choose to escape, obey, or become its favorite.

$6.99

My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me

A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.

$10.99

Desktop Explorer

Dig through files and clues with a peculiar program to find out what happened to someone who vanished.

$17.99

Apopia: Sugar Coated Tale

Apopia: Sugar Coated Tale is a comedic adventure with dark mysteries. Help young girl Mai to find her way home.

$10.49

Blackout Tonight

A side-scrolling puzzle adventure where a power outage hits an apartment building during a stormy night.

$2.99

Hymer 2000

Converse with a fading AI and search its memories to uncover what happened at an abandoned facility.

$4.99

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.

$4.99

Mind Diver

Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.

$17.99

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game.

$9.99

The Diary

Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present?

$15.99

The Crimson Diamond

Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond…

$14.99

Until Then

Follow Mark through school days, first love and a mystery that slowly unravels everything he thought he knew.

$19.99