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by Three Dots Games
Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.
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Nov 2 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Sci-fi
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
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Apr 10 · Dogubomb
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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$17.99Dreamcore
Jan 23 · Montraluz
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Surreal
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
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$34.99Abiotic Factor
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Both: Sci-fi · Exploration · First-Person
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
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Apr 24 · Ankoku
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Surreal
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
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$34.99Riven
Jun 25 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
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Jan 29 · Quarks Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Science
Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ optimization challenges, hack player creations, and master quantum logic without coding.
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$24.99Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
May 16 · Simogo
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
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$9.99A Webbing Journey
May 19 · Fire Totem Games
Both: Exploration · Physics · Puzzle
Adorable spider chaos! Swing around the house, weave crazy structures, play with physics-based objects, and pull off chores with nothing but your webs and your wits in this madcap sandbox adventure.
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$19.99Isles of Sea and Sky
May 22 · Cicada Games
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.
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$24.99COCOON
Sep 29 · Geometric Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
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$8.99Powdertron
5 days ago · SalE
Both: Science · Physics
A physics sandbox built on real chemistry. Drop 674 materials into a falling-sand world and watch them react, burn, freeze and explode. Then wire circuits, test wings in a wind tunnel, or split light through lenses — alone or with friends online.
SandboxSimulationBuildingSciencePhysicsTutorial2DCasualRelaxingColorful
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Feb 26 · semiwork
Both: Physics · First-Person
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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$2.99Tempter
Jul 31 · Blue Pixel Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
"Tempter" is a suspenseful first-person horror game that shows how humans can be even more dangerous than demons when they gain power. It centers on the struggle to save one's soul against a demon after breaking a pact.
ExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzleVisual NovelWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonSurrealHorrorAction
$5.99Zoonomaly
Mar 6 · LIGHTS ARE OFF LLC
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
You must survive a monster infested zoo while searching for key shards that unlock the truth to its origin. Collect all the key shards by solving puzzles throughout the grounds and put a stop to the monster mayhem.
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$11.99Machinika: Atlas
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Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · First-Person
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$24.99Submachine: Legacy
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Both: Puzzle · Exploration
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Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
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Jan 30 · OMEGAMES STUDIO
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
DetectivePuzzleAdventureStory RichIndieMysteryExplorationPuzzle PlatformerInvestigationLogic👍 15,841
$4.99Follow the meaning
Nov 22 · HiKing Mind Studio
Both: Puzzle · Surreal
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
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$29.99Pacific Drive
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Both: Exploration · Sci-fi · First-Person
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Both: Puzzle · First-Person
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Both: Puzzle · Exploration
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Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
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Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Sci-fi
Break the laws of entropy in Denbora and jump through time to solve complex temporal puzzles. Can you defeat Dirua and the challenges it will put you through?
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$19.99Moon Mystery
Oct 28 · Cosmoscouts
Both: Sci-fi · Puzzle
The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.
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Both: Science
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Colony SimZombiesSciencePost-apocalypticResource ManagementBase BuildingOutbreak SimCity BuilderTower DefenseSandbox👍 393
$1.99State of Matter
Jul 18 · Team Plutinite
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · First-Person
State of Matter is a First-Person Puzzle Action Shooter utilizing a new element and its three states of matter to traverse through a derelict mining outpost in the Kuiper Belt. Armed with an experimental mining tool, you must solve puzzles and defeat enemies as you travel deeper into the facility.
PuzzleFPSSci-fiSingleplayerAdventureSpace3DFirst-PersonControllerAction
$14.99Cybernetic Fault
May 5 · Whale Rock Games
Both: Sci-fi · Exploration
Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!
CyberpunkSci-fiStory RichInvestigationExplorationCharacter Action GameHackingAction-AdventureAction3D👍 679
$9.99Whispers in the Void
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Both: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person
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AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleWalking SimulatorExplorationHidden ObjectFirst-PersonRealistic
$0.99Down is Relative
May 17 · Bret Swearengen
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Physics
A first-person story-based puzzle game with an emphasis on subverting your current familiarity to gravity. The perfect game for those that enjoy interesting twists and unique puzzle elements.
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$14.99Murder On Space Station 52
Sep 25 · Made From Strings
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Sci-fi
Trapped on a space station with the Keychain Killer you must unravel this mystery, or it will be your last. Collect evidence, interrogate suspects and solve puzzles to stand a chance.
ExplorationNoirDetectivePuzzleSci-fiPoint & ClickCyberpunkHand-drawnAdventureStory Rich
$14.99Boxes: Lost Fragments
Feb 1 · Big Loop Studios
Both: Puzzle
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.
PuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureCasual3DAtmosphericHidden ObjectIndieStory Rich👍 3,245
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Jul 18 · Microbird Games
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
Discover the magic and lore of the Alps in this acclaimed Action Adventure. Forge relationships with locals to help you solve puzzles, battle monsters and uncover secrets of the legendary Dungeons of Hinterberg!
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Nov 6 · Nukepop Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Physics
Explore and survive the spooky puzzling world of Little Screamies! BUT BEWARE!! Not everything is as it seems at Little Laboratories Inc...
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$4.99Unblinking
Feb 13 · BIT FOX DEN
Both: Puzzle · Surreal
Inspired by the cult classic 'Intelligent Qube', this bite-sized puzzle game is a love letter to fans of challenging, brain-twisting fun. Can you solve your way out of the death row?
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Both: Puzzle · Exploration
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Both: Puzzle
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Both: First-Person · Exploration
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Both: First-Person · Exploration
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