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2014PC11.79 €

A pure text adventure about alchemy aboard a crashed starship. You solve intricate, interlocking puzzles by planning rituals and typing commands, making for a demanding and rewarding experience.

Puzzles and brain teasers
Challenging difficulty
Deep systems to master
Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Hadean Lands

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hadean Lands special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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2015PC97 % positive4.99 €

A programming puzzler where you write assembly-style code for a broken, fictional computer to fix its nodes. Dry, demanding and all about tinkering and optimizing solutions.

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Hack Run

Calm and deliberate

A hacking puzzle game played entirely through a simulated DOS/UNIX-style command-line operating system. You infiltrate a mysterious organization step by step and uncover its secrets.

You wake in a puzzling world of ancient ruins and advanced machinery, working through increasingly complex challenges set by your creator. The game invites you to choose between faith and asking hard questions about who you are and why you are here.

Shenzhen I/O

Deep systems to master

A Zachtronics programming puzzler where you build circuits and write code in a compact assembly language. The authentic-feeling manual and demanding optimization challenges make it a true tinkerer's test.

Infinifactory

Challenging difficulty

A 3D engineering puzzler from Zachtronics in which you build factory lines for alien captors that assemble products. The appeal lies in tinkering and optimizing your solutions against other players' results.

King's Quest III: To Heir is Human

Challenging difficulty

As the enslaved boy Gwydion, you secretly learn magic under the watchful eye of the evil wizard Manannan, solving puzzles and escaping to uncover your identity as the lost prince of Daventry. A classic Sierra adventure with time pressure and unforgiving puzzles.

Myst: Masterpiece Edition

Lots to discover

You explore the mysterious island of Myst alone and travel through magical books to other worlds, unraveling their puzzles and the story behind them. A quiet, atmospheric puzzle adventure with no combat, where observation and thinking are everything.

Exapunks

Challenging difficulty

A programming puzzle game set in a 1990s hacker world, where you write assembly-like scripts for tiny spider-bots that crawl through other people's networks. It pairs a grim cyberpunk story about a deadly virus with a charming zine-style manual.

Hacknet

Lots to discover

Hacknet is a hacking simulator played entirely in a terminal, where you use real-style commands to break into systems and uncover the mysterious death of a hacker. It offers little hand-holding, plenty of secrets and an atmospheric network full of puzzles.

Myst

Lots to discover

A landmark adventure where you wander a mysterious island alone and solve intricate logic puzzles woven into the environment to uncover the fate of two trapped brothers. With no combat or hand-holding, it is a quiet, observation-driven journey of discovery.