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    Windows
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    Web
    Learn to function in a textual world you have no basis for imagining.
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    Pen & Paper
    Trapped within a cryptic book, you search for a magician's true name to escape.
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    Pen & Paper
    A book collapsing under mysteries. A house falling apart. Nothing is truly random.
  • Sethian
    Windows
    MacOS
    Write questions in an alien language to get answers from an abandoned computer.
  • La-Mulana
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Put on your adventurer's hat and dive into a dangerous maze of cryptic secrets.
  • La-Mulana 2
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Unravel the mysteries of a sprawling, deadly network of underground ruins.
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    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Unravel five additional tales of power and deceit that shaped the troubled history of Lemuria.
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    Pen & Paper
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  • FMTC
    Web
    Pen & Paper
    Infer the rules behind a series of grid-based puzzles based on the unicity of each solution.
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    Windows
    MacOS
    Gather evidence around an Australian country town to find out why hikers have gone missing.
  • CD-ROM
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    Analyze the contents of optical discs to identify concealed messages.
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    Web
    Discover the rules of these 8 mysterious symbols.
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    Swim through mindscapes, uncovering memories to solve a tragic mystery.
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    Complete forensic documents about gruesome deaths in a lavish British estate.
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    Windows
    MacOS
    Discover the cryptic rules of a simulated alien device.
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    Windows
    MacOS
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    MacOS
    Track down Nazi war criminals by digging through various documents.
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    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Android
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  • The Talos Principle 2 - Road to Elysium
    Windows
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    A 3-part DLC that expands on the story of The Talos Principle 2 and offers extra challenging puzzles.
  • Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
    Windows
    MacOS
    Investigate a missing person triple-case in a quaint Connecticut town.
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    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
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  • Journal 29 Revelation
    Pen & Paper
    Use lateral thinking to collect keys from each puzzle page.
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    Pen & Paper
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    Pen & Paper
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    Figure out each Ritual's secret rules hidden within games of solitaire.
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    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
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