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Games like Viewfinder

2023USK 0PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified94 % positive24.99 €

You snap photos with an instant camera and then place them in the world, turning the images into real paths, bridges and platforms. The result is a series of inventive perspective puzzles in a stylish sci-fi setting.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Interconnected level design
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lavish presentation

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In short: Games like Viewfinder

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

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Best match

Cocoon

98 %Match

2023USK 6PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified94 % positive22.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Viewfinder: puzzles to figure out, lavish production and a sci-fi setting.

Cocoon is a wordless puzzle adventure where you play a small insectoid creature carrying worlds inside orbs and nesting them within each other to solve puzzles. The worlds-within-worlds mechanic delivers clever aha moments and a mysterious atmosphere.

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Obduction

Puzzles and brain teasers

A puzzle adventure from the makers of Myst: you are whisked to an alien world and solve intricate environmental puzzles across surreal, interlinked landscapes to uncover the mystery behind it.

The Swapper

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you create clones of yourself and swap between them to solve puzzles on an abandoned space station. Its handcrafted, claustrophobic look and philosophical story about consciousness and identity set it apart.

Lightmatter

Puzzles and brain teasers

An atmospheric first-person puzzle game where shadows are deadly and you must manipulate light sources to progress safely. Its comic-book look and gloomy sci-fi mood recall Portal and The Talos Principle.

The Turing Test

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter's moon Europa, where you play engineer Ava Turing solving chambers built on energy and physics puzzles. Along the way it reflects on artificial intelligence, morality and what consciousness really means.

Q.U.B.E. 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzler where you play archaeologist Amelia, reshaping color-coded blocks and structures in an alien world to progress. Compared to the original it is more colorful, more open and more story-driven.

The Talos Principle

Puzzles and brain teasers

A meditative first-person puzzler where you play an android solving laser and block puzzles across ancient-looking ruins while grappling with questions of consciousness, humanity and free will. Brilliantly designed puzzles meet philosophical terminal conversations and a haunting atmosphere.

The Talos Principle II

Puzzles and brain teasers

A philosophical first-person puzzle game set in a post-human world, where you solve clever logic puzzles in striking environments while pondering consciousness and humanity. The story and conversations with fellow robots matter as much as the puzzles.

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