Games Like Outcore: Desktop Adventure

Outcore: Desktop Adventure

All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.

★ FREERIDE ★ CATS ARE LIQUID - A LIGHT IN THE SHADOWS ★ ONESHOT ★ PROJECT KAT - PAPER LILY PROLOGUE ★ CATS ARE LIQUID - A BETTER PLACE ★ PAPER LILY - CHAPTER 1 ★ ONESHOT: WORLD MACHINE EDITION ★ IMPOSTOR FACTORY ★ FORGOTTEN: THE GAME ★ TURNIP BOY COMMITS TAX EVASION ★ DISCOPUP ★ IB ★ WE ♥ IT 
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FREERIDE

88% 👍 OF 239
About This Game

Your Personality plays the game! Help strange spirits solve their Unfinished Business... or leave them to Despair. In this highly-branching narrative adventure you'll only see about 1/3 of the full story in each playthrough, but the end is whenever you want it to be.

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Cats are Liquid - A Light in the Shadows

93% 👍 OF 713
About This Game

A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Squeeze Through Gaps
  • …Dash as Liquid
  • …Break Room Walls
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OneShot

98% 👍 OF 65K
About This Game

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …solve puzzles by opening folders on your computer and reading files the game plants outside its own window.
  • …put the protagonist to bed, have the game close itself, then reopen it to continue from a dream sequence.
  • …finish what seems like the ending, then discover a changed second run where the game and its installation behave differently.
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

99% 👍 OF 5.9K
About This Game

Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore After Dark
  • …Solve Puzzles Your Way
  • …Stage an Occult Ritual
REL Oct 15, 2021 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1

99% 👍 OF 8.8K
About This Game

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Find Alternate Solutions
  • …Shape Story Outcomes
  • …Search Every Corner
REL Jan 26, 2024 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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OneShot: World Machine Edition

99% 👍 OF 5.8K
About This Game

A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Guide Niko's Journey
  • …Solve Cross-World Puzzles
  • …Search the Virtual Desktop
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Impostor Factory

96% 👍 OF 12K
About This Game

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …wash your hands in a bathroom time machine to reset the whole party.
  • …get trapped in a mansion murder mystery where the same guests die again and again on each reset.
  • …meet a suspicious cat, a sentient rice cooker that makes godly rice, and a long cat that protecc during the same murder mystery.
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FORGOTTEN: THE GAME

67% 👍 OF 156
About This Game

Experience all the stages of dementia in this mood-swinging psychological horror game that we call FORGOTTEN. Travel as a fox through progressively disturbing stages searching for memories explaining the protagonist's life. Pay close attention to what the fox is trying to offer before it's too late

REL Feb 13, 2022 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

95% 👍 OF 14K
About This Game

Play as an adorable yet trouble-making turnip. Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …unlock a secret ending and a hidden boss by collecting the right documents.
  • …fight a giant pig king boss and watch it literally turn into bacon when you win.
  • …use a portal-like tool to create watermelons, blocks, bombs, and even portals to clear mini puzzle rooms.
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DISCOPUP

98% 👍 OF 625
About This Game

DISCOPUP is a mystery game about a seal who wants to sneak inside a dogs-only party. Explore the city and meet shady characters as your search for the perfect dog costume.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build a Dog Disguise
  • …Sneak Into DiscoPup
  • …Explore a Timed Loop