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Games similar to The Gostak

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    Windows
    MacOS
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
    MacOS
    Learn the words and script of an alien language to deliver an important message.
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    Windows
    MacOS
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    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    iPad
    iPhone
    Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.
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    Windows
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    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    PlayStation 5
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    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
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    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
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  • La-Mulana
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Put on your adventurer's hat and dive into a dangerous maze of cryptic secrets.
  • Homicipher
    Windows
    MacOS
    Escape a terrifying basement using the language of its frightening (but possibly kind) residents.
  • Fez
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Explore the third dimension in this retro-style 2D puzzle platformer.
  • Kevin's Playing in Berlin
    Windows
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    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    Unravel the mysteries of a sprawling, deadly network of underground ruins.
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    Web
    Use strange archaic symbols to learn a new numbers system and do some basic math.
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    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    Explore an abstract, Escher-like space where nothing is as it seems.
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    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Decipher codes concealed within confidential records.
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    Pen & Paper
    A collection of origami shapes to be folded in accordance with two simple rules.
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    Web
    Discover the logic rules of the relics and learn of the settlers that left them behind.
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Web
    Pen & Paper
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
    Linux
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
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    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
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    Web
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    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 5
    Xbox Series X|S
    Explore a dark well inhabited by animals and full of secrets.
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    Pen & Paper
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