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The Case of the Golden Idol

The story of a mysterious artefact told through twelve whodunits.

Pilot your mech squad through puzzly tactical encounters.

A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.

A massive, meditative, 54,000+ piece minesweeper puzzle, revealing Dutch proverbs in a 16th century painting.

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

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

Find a path through colors to match a given pattern.

Split and merge to rescue your Starpuffs in this simultaneous-movement puzzler.

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

Handcrafted Sudoku puzzles on strangely-shaped 3D grids.

Gameplay:

Has narrative

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Outer Wilds
Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.
Tunic
What appears to be a difficult Souls-like adventure game hides layers of secrets and discoveries.
Return of the Obra Dinn
A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.
Chants of Sennaar
Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.
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.
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.
Animal Well
Explore a dark well inhabited by animals and full of secrets.

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