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Team Cognition · 2021 · Windows

Steam: 83 % positive of 466 reviews, as of Oct 28

Free demo for Cognition Method - a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover an innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveal a non-ordinary story.

24 games that play like Cognition Method: Initiation and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The Talos Principle, The Talos Principle 2 and Superliminal.

Player tags

  • Sci-fi
  • Puzzle
  • Physics
  • Logic
  • Action-Adventure
  • Philosophical
  • First-Person
  • Psychological Horror
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  11. Obduction78 % positive of 3,042Shared: Sci-fi · Puzzle · First-Person
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At a glance

What games like Cognition Method: Initiation have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Cognition Method: Initiation: Puzzle (21 of 24), Sci-fi (16) and Physics (10).
  • They came out between 2013 and 2026, 8 of them after Cognition Method: Initiation (2021).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Control, I'm Not Coming Back (97 % positive of 7,297).

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Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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