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Games similar to The Button Effect

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  • The Witness
    Windows
    MacOS
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    iPad
    A beautiful island of maze-like line-drawing puzzles.
  • Antichamber
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Explore an abstract, Escher-like space where nothing is as it seems.
  • Tri: Of Friendship and Madness
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Conjure gravity-defying triangular platforms to explore every corner of the Odd Gods' world.
  • Coupling
    Windows
    Explore an abstract space where moving is your only action.
  • Lingo
    Windows
    Decipher cryptic word puzzles in a strange, non-linear space.
  • Manifold Garden
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Solve physics-defying puzzles in an abstract world of infinite architecture.
  • Lingo 2
    Windows
    Roam an abstract open world of surprising puzzles in a sequel brimming with new mechanics.
  • Chroma Zero
    Windows
    PlayStation 5
    Explore a world of mystery, color, energy, and movement with knowledge-based progression.
  • Thanks, Light.
    Windows
    Give and take light to alter the rooms inside a surreal, menacing brutalist complex.
  • Superliminal
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    A first-person puzzler where size is just a matter of perspective.
  • Blue Prince
    Windows
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Search for Room 46 in a mysterious manor where the rooms are different each time you enter.
  • Kairo
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Explore abandoned monuments and repair ancient machinary to bring the world back to life.
  • We Were Here Forever
    Windows
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    You awaken, trapped within Castle Rock, to continue the co-op saga of the We Were Here series.
  • Call of the Sea
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Discover arcane knowledge on a remote South Pacific island.
  • Dimhaven - The Lost Source
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Camera in hand, uncover the mysteries of Dimhaven island through first-person adventure puzzles.
  • We Were Here Together
    Windows
    MacOS
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Continuing co-op series We Were Here, venture into the freezing antarctic to rescue your fellow explorers.
  • Looking For Fael
    Windows
    Escape from your own apartment, transformed into a surreal labyrinth.
  • Outer Wilds
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.
  • We Were Here Too
    Windows
    MacOS
    Xbox Series X|S
    Xbox One
    In the second entry of the We Were Here franchise, work together to uncover the grim fate of Castle Rock.
  • Rhombus
    Windows
    Linux
    Control the platforms of a small, abstract open world using handy panels.
  • The Séance of Blake Manor
    Windows
    Linux
    Investigate the disappearance of an aspirant occultist in a sinister hotel.
  • Art Is Rifle
    Windows
    Shoot colors to activate psychedelic puzzles in an abstract world.
  • The Art of Reflection
    Windows
    Pass right through mirrors in this perspective-shifting first-person puzzler.
  • Platonic
    Windows
    Explore five strange worlds of contraptions and cryptic puzzles.
  • Sensorium
    Windows
    Explore the five senses in this non-linear first-person puzzle game.
  • The Looker
    Windows
    MacOS
    Explore a dreamy island parodying a famous first-person puzzle game.
  • Frame - Portals on Steroids
    Windows
    A first-person physics puzzler where portals can move, grow, rotate, and change gravity.
  • Oh my orbs...
    Web
    Connect and release colorful orbs to satisfy hidden rules.
  • Spectacle
    Windows
    View the world through magical glasses where everything can change in the blink of an eye.
  • Zenomatrix
    Windows
    A first-person horror game where the monsters are the puzzle.

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