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Games like Return of the Obra Dinn

Lucas Pope · 2018 · 96 % positive of 29,016

24 games that play like Return of the Obra Dinn and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Left in the Dark: No One on Board, Lazaret and Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness.

Player tags

  • Detective
  • Mystery
  • Puzzle
  • Story Rich
  • Atmospheric
  • Singleplayer
  • Indie
  • Great Soundtrack

At a glance

What games like Return of the Obra Dinn have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Return of the Obra Dinn: Mystery (16 of 24), Puzzle (15) and Story Rich (9).
  • They came out between 2012 and 2026, 9 of them after Return of the Obra Dinn (2018).
  • Best rated by Steam players: The Case of the Golden Idol (98 % positive of 8,616).
  • Port of Call, Return to Mysterious Island and The Case of the Golden Idol both play and look like Return of the Obra Dinn.

By gameplay

Plays like Return of the Obra Dinn

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart91 % positive of 1,594Shared: Mystery · Puzzle · Story Rich
  2. Why Am I Dead At Sea94 % positive of 417Shared: Detective · Mystery · Story Rich
  3. Dimhaven - The Lost Source87 % positive of 1,055
  4. Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage86 % positive of 494Shared: Detective · Mystery · Puzzle
  5. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes79 % positive of 3,570Shared: Detective · Mystery · Puzzle
  6. Uncharted Tides: Port Royal83 % positive of 199Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Pirates
  7. The Case of the Golden Idol98 % positive of 8,616Shared: Detective · Mystery · Puzzle
  8. SUNLESS SEA83 % positive of 9,288Shared: Story Rich · Horror · Atmospheric
  9. Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time86 % positive of 396Shared: Puzzle · First-Person · Historical
  10. WILL: Follow The Light74 % positive of 578
  11. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments89 % positive of 7,191Shared: Detective · Mystery · Puzzle
  12. Overboard!90 % positive of 576Shared: Detective · Mystery · Puzzle

By look

Looks like Return of the Obra Dinn

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント87 % positive of 1,070
  2. Slice of Sea92 % positive of 519
  3. Felvidek98 % positive of 4,037
  4. Alum70 % positive of 186
  5. Hylics98 % positive of 6,696
  6. Buckshot Roulette96 % positive of 95,541
  7. The Knobbly Crook91 % positive of 222
  8. Hylics 297 % positive of 2,969
  9. Verne: The Shape of Fantasy83 % positive of 240
  10. MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE82 % positive of 225
  11. No Players Online83 % positive of 697
  12. Port of Call88 % positive of 1,251

How these matches work

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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