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2020PC, Steam Deck playable80 % positive19.99 €

A story-driven tech-noir detective adventure where you investigate both the real world and the subconscious mind of a victim, piecing together clues. Dialogue, puzzles and themes about the mind and technology take center stage.

  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like The Signifier

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

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2019PEGI 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox78 % positive24.50 €

Brings what grabs you about The Signifier: a strong story, a sci-fi setting and a dark atmosphere.

You play S.A.M., the AI of a damaged space station, using cameras, systems and puzzles to uncover what happened to the crew. A slow-burning, eerie sci-fi thriller with strong atmosphere and an unusual perspective.

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Dry Drowning

Dialogue and role-playing

A dark detective visual novel in a dystopian future city: as a morally shady investigator you hunt a serial killer inspired by Greek myth, solving evidence puzzles while your decisions shape the ending.

Asemblance

Sci-fi setting

A short first-person psychological puzzle thriller in which you are trapped inside a memory-simulating machine and must explore the memories to break the cycle.

Gemini Rue

Strong, story-driven narrative

An atmospheric neo-noir pixel-art point-and-click adventure where you alternate between an assassin hunting for his brother and an amnesiac patient in a sinister facility. Its bleak sci-fi mystery and twists drive the whole experience.

Sanitarium

Puzzles and brain teasers

A grim point-and-click adventure where an amnesiac man wakes in a disturbing asylum. Surreal chapters in which you step into different roles and a deeply unsettling atmosphere make it a classic of psychological horror.

Lucifer Within Us

Puzzles and brain teasers

As a digital exorcist in a futuristic church, you investigate murders by gathering evidence, exposing contradictions and purging the daemons of suspects. A narrative detective game mixing deduction puzzles and interrogations.

Stasis: Bone Totem

Strong, story-driven narrative

An isometric point-and-click horror adventure set in the icy deep sea, where a family confronts a sinister threat. Grim atmosphere, inventory puzzles and a dense sci-fi story take center stage.

Sally Face

Accessible and relaxed

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.

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