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Games similar to Archaica: The Path of Light

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  • Self Reflection
    Windows
    Web
    Reposition mirrors to look into yourself.
  • SOLAS 128
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    Reflect pulses of light around a large, interconnected, and rhythmic machine.
  • DROD: King Dugan's Dungeon
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Get rid of the vermin infesting a dungeon in Beethro's original turn-based adventure.
  • Prime Mover
    Windows
    MacOS
    Set up circuit boards within circuit boards to create fast and efficient logic layouts.
  • DROD: The City Beneath
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Wherein a calculating smitemaster is challenged by both roaches and bureaucrats.
  • Upalu Mundi
    Windows
    Lay tracks and place stations on miniature terrain models to design efficient transport networks.
  • Bean & Nothingness
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Turns beans into monsters in this whimsical yet challenging puzzle game.
  • Opus Magnum
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    Program a transmutation engine to concoct potions and poisons.
  • DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Solve turn-based puzzles as Beethro's grandfather in this revised introduction to the DROD series.
  • DROD: The Second Sky
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    The climactic, formidable conclusion to Beethro's epic pest-battling adventure.
  • The Descent of King Hesper
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    A monumental DROD community hold containing hundreds of turn-based roach-slaying conundrums.
  • Octopticom
    Windows
    Linux
    Position lasers, mirrors and other optical components to output the desired sequences of colors.
  • Prelogate
    Windows
    Linux
    Control laser beams with optical tools and logic gates.
  • Mosaic of the Strange
    Windows
    MacOS
    Complete large minesweeper-like grids and unlock fragments of a supernatural story.
  • Reliquia Park
    Web
    Discover the logic rules of the relics and learn of the settlers that left them behind.
  • Glowkeeper
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Use match-3 mechanics on obstacles to navigate a mysterious, interconnected world.
  • Perimeter
    Web
    Dive into a liminal puzzle space made out of logic grids and ARG elements.
  • Shards Between Us
    Windows
    MacOS
    Summon magical plants as sisters Glas and Viola navigate their crumbling home and their sisterly bond.
  • Void Stranger
    Windows
    Twists and turns in a sokoban fantasy epic.
  • She Remembered Caterpillars
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    A short color-matching game exploring loss and grief.
  • Dittori
    Windows
    Master the power of entanglement to meet a primordial god deep down an ancient temple.
  • Vapormancer
    Web
    Collect fire, water and steam magic to defeat elemental enemies in a sprawling Magic Tower room.
  • Opus Magnum: De Re Metallica
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    Craft alchemical substances using novel, occult glyphs.
  • Wilderplace
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Explore a maze-like, hand-drawn world of restless spirits.
  • Hamstermind
    Windows
    Linux
    Rotate and slide rooms to progress through an ancient pyramid.
  • Temple of Snek
    Windows
    Munch on treasure hunters and keep growing in this rhythmic snake puzzler.
  • DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Guide Beethro and his nephew through tricky turn-based encounters down countless caves.
  • Order of the Sinking Star
    Windows
    Uncover the secrets of a vast interconnected realm where dozens of puzzle mechanics collide.
  • Homgard
    Windows
    Reveal maps and stories of an abandoned city by solving nonograms with custom rules.
  • He Who Watches
    Windows
    Walk on walls and fire magical arrows in this puzzling dungeon crawler.

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