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The Rise of the Golden Idol

Three centuries after the whodunit mysteries of the Cloudsley family, a relic hunter seeks out an artifact of unimaginable power.

Deliver batteries to your robot pals without snagging your power cable on spiky enemies.

Push boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes within...

Uncover the hidden language of the LOK through letter-based logic puzzles.

Build and optimize complex circuits to fix corrupted files and recover lost images.

Program a transmutation engine to concoct potions and poisons.

Jigsaws and arithmetic are combined in this cat-powered circuitry-building game.

What appears to be a difficult Souls-like adventure game hides layers of secrets and discoveries.

From video essayist GMTK, a puzzle platformer about a robot and his magnet friend escaping a factory.

Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.

Gameplay:

Has narrative

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Tunic
What appears to be a difficult Souls-like adventure game hides layers of secrets and discoveries.
Outer Wilds
Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.
Chants of Sennaar
Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.
Return of the Obra Dinn
A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.
The Case of the Golden Idol
The story of a mysterious artefact told through twelve whodunits.
Portal
Solve test chambers with a portal gun in this first-person classic.
Fez
Explore the third dimension in this retro-style 2D puzzle platformer.
The Talos Principle
Overcome Elohim's tests in this philosophical first-person puzzler.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
You have been invited to Hotel Letztes Jahr, a strange manor full of lateral puzzles and a dark past.
Myst
A genre-defining adventure across enigmatic worlds.
Into the Breach
Pilot your mech squad through puzzly tactical encounters.
Portal 2
Portal returns with an expansive story, new mechanics, and a co-op mode.

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