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Games similar to Desktop Explorer

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Take a look at some of the most similar games below.

  • Utter a Name
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Open windows into the past to figure out the stories of several blighted souls.
  • Rusty Lake Hotel
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Prepare macabre dinners for a dwindling party of hotel guests.
  • Year Walk
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Follow an eerie Swedish folk ritual to catch a glimpse of the future.
  • Maelstrom Legacy: The Tesla Mystery
    Windows
    MacOS
    Join a young inventor looking into the disappearance of a scientist in Paris, one puzzle at a time.
  • The Posthumous Investigation
    Windows
    MacOS
    Observe and manipulate the suspects in this Brazilian time loop mystery.
  • Hypnospace Outlaw
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Hunt down virtual wrongdoers and lose yourself in a pretend '90s cyberspace.
  • Immortality
    Windows
    MacOS
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Browse raw footage from a triptych of lost movies and piece together the story behind an elusive actress.
  • Tangle Tower
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Explore a dramatic mansion to understand how a painting seemingly killed a teenage artist.
  • Detective Grimoire
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Gather clues to uncover the secret of a swamp and its alleged mythical creature.
  • Samsara Room
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Inspect odd objects under the watch of an eerie reflection.
  • Cube Escape Collection
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    Android
    An anthology of surreal and unsettling point-and-click adventures.
  • Underground Blossom
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    Android
    Take the metro through Laura Vanderboom's life, solving surreal puzzles at each station along the way.
  • Home Safety Hotline
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Our operators are currently identifying the supernatural threats looming inside your home. Please hold.
  • Funeral for the Sun
    Windows
    Investigate a magical realist world of memories to uncover a Latin American story of resistance.
  • Rusty Lake Paradise
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Stop the supernatural plagues that scourge the inhabitants of a small island.
  • The Past Within
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    iPad
    Android
    A co-op entry in the Rusty Lake series, split between point-and-click puzzles and 3D contraptions.
  • Rusty Lake: Roots
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Discover and solve the grim events that the past Vanderbooms went through.
  • Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
    Help the puzzle-solving team expose the villainous Masked Gentleman.
  • Who Summoned It?
    Windows
    Harness magical tools and deduction to investigate the summoning of a disastrous creature.
  • Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Android
    Piece together an emotional story by browsing through a discarded phone.
  • Hotel Dusk: Room 215
    Searching for a missing friend, an ex-cop eventually finds his way to a lonesome hotel in rural Nevada.
  • Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
    Tackle an eclectic collection of puzzles as you go after the artifacts of a mythical civilization.
  • Professor Layton and the Last Specter
    Meet young Luke and investigate a paranormal mystery through a new collection of brain teasers.
  • Gorogoa
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    iPad
    Android
    Assemble vignettes to explore a hand-drawn story.
  • The Séance of Blake Manor
    Windows
    Linux
    Investigate the disappearance of an aspirant occultist in a sinister hotel.
  • Unsolved Case
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Crack the Cryptic Killer's codes as a detective duo.
  • Return of the Obra Dinn
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.
  • Parallel Experiment
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Hunt down the Cryptic Killer through a series of co-op challenges in noir scenes.
  • Samorost 3
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Play magical flutes through surreal, fantastical worlds filled with adventure puzzles.
  • Strange Antiquities
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Explore the gloomy town of Undermere where you manage a store filled with occult antiquities.

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