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Games like Obduction

30 games alike in Mystery, Walking Simulator and Surreal, with The Witness, Myst and Riven closest.

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ClosestThe Witness

Obduction, but harder

16 hoursLiked · 84%Its page

MysteryWalking Simulator

6 games that share both with Obduction

  1. 4

    Quern - Undying Thoughts

    Obduction, but an investigation, and 3D

    Loved · 91%

  2. 13

    INFRA

    Obduction, but horror

    Liked · 89%

  3. 19

    Firewatch

    Obduction, but a third of the hours

    Loved · 91%

  4. 23Shortest

    The Complex: Found Footage

    Obduction, but a horror game, and psychological horror

    Loved · 93%

  5. 27

    Dimhaven - The Lost Source

    Obduction, but darkly funny

    Liked · 87%

  6. 30

    What Remains of Edith Finch

    Obduction, but psychological horror, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%

Walking SimulatorSurreal

3 games that share both with Obduction

  1. 5

    MIND Path to Thalamus E.Edition

    Obduction, but a quarter of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 65%

  2. 18

    POOLS

    Obduction, but a psychological horror game, and a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 95%

  3. 28

    Kona

    Obduction, but a detective game

    Liked · 83%

PuzzleMystery

4 games that share both with Obduction

  1. 10

    Call of the Sea

    Obduction, but Lovecraftian, and half the hours

    Liked · 88%

  2. 21

    Gorogoa

    Obduction, but hand-drawn, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 97%

  3. 24

    Escape Simulator

    Obduction, but co-op

    Loved · 94%

  4. 26

    Deliver Us The Moon

    Obduction, but in space

    Liked · 88%

SurrealNonlinear

3 games that share both with Obduction

  1. 12Hidden gem

    Endacopia

    Obduction, but psychological horror, and pixel art

    Loved · 99%

  2. 20

    Antichamber

    Obduction, but minimalist, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%

  3. 22

    The Norwood Suite

    Obduction, but a fifth of the hours

    Liked · 88%

And more like Obduction

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 1Closest

    The Witness

    Obduction, but harder

    Liked · 84%Puzzle · Walking Simulator

  2. 2

    Myst

    Obduction, but with several endings, and half the hours

    Liked · 89%VR · Puzzle

  3. 3

    Riven

    Obduction, but 3D

    Loved · 92%VR · Puzzle

  4. 6

    Kairo

    Obduction, but a quarter of the hours

    Mixed · 74%Surreal · VR

  5. 7

    Dream

    Obduction, but horror, and a fifth of the hours

    Divisive · 56%VR · Walking Simulator

  6. 8

    FORM

    Obduction, but realistic, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 91%VR · Surreal

  7. 9

    Aporia: Beyond The Valley

    Obduction, but horror, and half the hours

    Liked · 82%Walking Simulator · Puzzle

  8. 11

    Taiji

    Obduction, but top-down, and relaxing

    Loved · 91%Nonlinear · Walking Simulator

  9. 14Best loved

    Outer Wilds

    Obduction, but in space, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%Mystery · Exploration

  10. 15

    The Solus Project

    Obduction, but in space

    Liked · 80%VR · Exploration

  11. 16

    ANIMAL WELL

    Obduction, but a metroidvania, and pixel art

    Loved · 96%Puzzle · Surreal

  12. 17

    Marie's Room

    Obduction, but free to play, and a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 93%Walking Simulator · Exploration

  13. 25

    Lost in Play

    Obduction, but 2D, and funny

    Loved · 98%Surreal · Puzzle

  14. 29

    OneShot

    Obduction, but an interactive fiction game, and cute

    Loved · 98%Surreal · Puzzle

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How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of Obduction's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Obduction's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with Obduction stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

Under each name, how it differs from Obduction: a kind of game it is that Obduction is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Obduction's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Obduction, and how its reviewers feel beside Obduction's.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.