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2020PC, Nintendo Switch80 % positive9.99 €

A quiet puzzle adventure where you search small diorama-like rooms for clues to piece together the story behind a death. The mood is melancholic and the puzzles are compact and accessible.

  • Emotional impact
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots to discover

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In short: Games like The Almost Gone

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

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Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

95 %Match

2017PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable91 % positive

Brings what grabs you about The Almost Gone: emotional impact, puzzles to figure out and a strong story.

You browse the found smartphone of a missing young woman and piece together her story from messages, photos and apps. A quiet, narrative-driven investigation with light puzzles and social themes.

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Gorogoa

Emotional impact

Gorogoa is a short, hand-drawn puzzle game where you stack, zoom and shift illustrated panels to uncover hidden connections. Its wordless tale of longing and a life's journey unfolds entirely through this inventive mechanic.

The Unfinished Swan

Emotional impact

You splatter paint across a blank white world to reveal shapes and spaces as you chase a swan through a surreal storybook kingdom. A short, inventive, fairy-tale experience built on discovery rather than combat.

Underground Blossom

Emotional impact

A surreal Rusty Lake point-and-click puzzler where you solve tasks at metro stations to relive key moments from Laura Vanderboom's life. Quirky puzzles and a melancholic mood define this short, narrative-driven journey.

Sally Face

Strong, story-driven narrative

An episodic point-and-click adventure about a boy with a prosthetic face who investigates a murder series and supernatural secrets in a gloomy apartment building. Its distinctive comic-like low-poly look, 90s atmosphere and emotional story set it apart.

The Last Campfire

Strong, story-driven narrative

A calm, atmospheric puzzle adventure where you guide a small lost ember through melancholy lands and uncover why its people vanished. The puzzles are approachable, and the mood is both wistful and comforting.

That Dragon, Cancer

Strong, story-driven narrative

A deeply personal, poetic narrative game about a family's fight to save their young son from cancer. Short and intimate, it centers on faith, hope and loss, and is emotionally powerful.

A Fisherman's Tale

Emotional impact

A short VR puzzle adventure where you play Bob, a fisherman puppet, and solve puzzles by manipulating miniature models nested inside the world itself. Clever spatial tricks and a touching story set it apart.

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