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2025PEGI 16PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive19.50 €

The Drifter is a classic-style point-and-click adventure that prioritizes story and an investigative feel over obtuse puzzles. Its pacing is lean and the grounded puzzles keep the plot moving briskly.

  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Pixel art
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Drifter special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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2015PC, Steam Deck verified94 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Drifter: a strong story, pixel art and puzzles to figure out.

A story-driven cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in 2087, where you switch between three characters to uncover a deadly conspiracy in an AI-run city. Classic inventory puzzles and a dense mystery plot are the focus.

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The Blackwell Epiphany

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An atmospheric point-and-click adventure in which you play stranded space traveler Tessa Carter, solving puzzles on an alien planet while searching for a way home. Story and mood take center stage.

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A pixel-art cyberpunk detective adventure set in a rainy neon city, where you solve cases through puzzles, clue hunting and mini-games. Its noir mood, robots and quirky gangster cats give it a distinct charm.

Milkmaid of the Milky Way

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A classic point-and-click adventure about Ruth, a farm girl in 1920s Norway whose life is upended by an arriving spaceship. A heartfelt tale of breaking free and finding one's place, in charming handcrafted 90s-style pixel art.

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