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Games like The Search
Jason Godbey · 2017 · 73 % positive of 1,320
24 games that play like The Search and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The Sojourn, Through Abandoned: The Forest and Quern - Undying Thoughts.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like The Search have in common
- The tags they share most often with The Search: Puzzle (21 of 24), Exploration (14) and Hidden Object (11).
- They came out between 2014 and 2025, 14 of them after The Search (2017).
- Best rated by Steam players: Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery (94 % positive of 6,910).
By gameplay
Plays like The Search
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
The Sojourn
72 % positive of 204
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
Through Abandoned: The Forest
76 % positive of 431
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Hidden Object
Quern - Undying Thoughts
91 % positive of 3,544
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Point & Click
The Witness
84 % positive of 18,937
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
CLeM
92 % positive of 221
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Female Protagonist
The Star Named EOS
96 % positive of 456
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Hidden Object
The Almost Gone
80 % positive of 1,135
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Point & Click
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
94 % positive of 6,910
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Hidden Object
Rituals
63 % positive of 273
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Adventure
Path to Mnemosyne
76 % positive of 236
Shared: Puzzle · Hidden Object · Female Protagonist
Journal
78 % positive of 350
Shared: Point & Click · Female Protagonist · Story Rich
Call of the Sea
88 % positive of 5,168
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Female Protagonist
More matches
- Viewfinder94 % positive of 8,505Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
- The Eyes of Ara83 % positive of 795Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Hidden Object
- Amphora78 % positive of 202Shared: Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Colorful
- Discolored78 % positive of 650Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Hidden Object
- Oneiros84 % positive of 299Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Hidden Object
- Phoenix Springs92 % positive of 182Shared: Point & Click · Female Protagonist · Story Rich
- Mythic Wonders: The Philosopher's Stone88 % positive of 367Shared: Puzzle · Hidden Object · Point & Click
- Follow the meaning93 % positive of 780Shared: Puzzle · Hidden Object · Point & Click
- Leila90 % positive of 286Shared: Puzzle · Hidden Object · Point & Click
- N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure67 % positive of 192Shared: Puzzle · Story Rich · Narration
- Wurroom93 % positive of 708Shared: Exploration · Point & Click · Surreal
- Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek84 % positive of 1,693Shared: Puzzle · Hidden Object · Point & Click
By look
Looks like The Search
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
A Wolf in Autumn
73 % positive of 421
Dracula 4 and 5 - Special Steam Edition
60 % positive of 157
Escape From Monster
67 % positive of 272
Promesa
86 % positive of 176
Arruyo
54 % positive of 175
Silent Nights
75 % positive of 185
Brukel
88 % positive of 230
Wooden Floor
49 % positive of 212
Phasmophobia
95 % positive of 768,779
House of Caravan
67 % positive of 793
ALONE?
41 % positive of 186
Wooden House
59 % positive of 309
More matches
- Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder72 % positive of 602
- Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy82 % positive of 187
- Anna - Extended Edition61 % positive of 1,595
- MonteCrypto: The Bitcoin Enigma46 % positive of 267
- Dead Secret81 % positive of 583
- Rise of Insanity79 % positive of 1,212
- The Moon Sliver75 % positive of 1,097
- Hide and Seek39 % positive of 380
- You Deserve71 % positive of 268
- Exanimum: The Silent Call84 % positive of 269
- Decay: The Mare76 % positive of 1,935
- Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul71 % positive of 766
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.