Games similar to The Past Within

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An anthology of surreal and unsettling point-and-click adventures.
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Parallel Experiment
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Alone Together
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The Room Three
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The Room Two
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Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
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Open up the escape rooms inside the mansion of the ill-fated Blackrock family.
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You were told not to play this game — why don't you ever listen?
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Uncover the troubled story of an enigmatic mansion and its past inhabitants.
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