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Games like 5 Days a Stranger

2003PC

You play Trilby, a master cat burglar trapped in a seemingly abandoned manor with other captives. Teaming up to uncover the building's shady past, you solve point-and-click puzzles while Yahtzee Croshaw's sharp, sarcastic humor keeps the creepy mystery lively.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots of humour

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In short: Games like 5 Days a Stranger

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes 5 Days a Stranger special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

91 %Match

2008USK 12PC, Steam Deck playable86 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about 5 Days a Stranger: puzzles to figure out, plenty of humour and a strong story.

A classic LucasArts-style point-and-click adventure in which Edna escapes from a psychiatric hospital together with her talking stuffed rabbit Harvey. Dark humor, quirky characters and clever inventory puzzles define the experience.

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Harvester

Strong, story-driven narrative

A disturbing point-and-click adventure set in a seemingly idyllic small town where an amnesiac protagonist uncovers a sinister secret. Macabre black humor, grotesque violence and quirky puzzles define the experience.

Julian & Friends

Accessible and relaxed

You follow Julian and his friends through a psychological horror adventure styled after early-2000s point-and-click games. Expect plenty of chaos with characters from the notorious 98xx world.

Slender Threads

Accessible and relaxed

In Slender Threads you play an ordinary traveling salesman whose fate gets tangled with unseen forces in a peculiar town. This point-and-click thriller combines puzzle solving with an unsettling, mysterious atmosphere.

The Next Big Thing

Lots of humour

A comedic point-and-click adventure in which a journalist and her macho colleague attend a horror movie awards show and discover the film monsters are real. Wacky puzzles and many movie tributes drive the experience.

Agatha Knife

Accessible and relaxed

You guide Agatha, a child torn between her love of meat and her friendships with animals, through a darkly comic point-and-click adventure. Solve offbeat puzzles while she invents her own religion, Carnivorism, and tries to win over her animal friends.

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