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The Case of the Golden Idol

The story of a mysterious artefact told through twelve whodunits.

Handcrafted Sudoku puzzles on strangely-shaped 3D grids.

Play a game within a game to escape an old, haunted shack.

Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.

Pilot your mech squad through puzzly tactical encounters.

Strategically plant trees to create regions of similar shape and color.

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

Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.

Battle monsters and level up your dicey heroes in this roguelike strategy game.

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

Gameplay:

Has narrative

Platform:

MacOS

Web

Windows

Xbox Series X|S

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Myst
A genre-defining adventure across enigmatic worlds.

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