Games Like Ginkgo

Ginkgo

Ginkgo is a single player 3D horror game inspired by East Asian horror. Armed with a magic needle that can sew parts of the world together, solve puzzles and outsmart monsters as you explore a surreal world.

★ VIEWFINDER ★ CLIMB THE BACKROOMS ★ THE PLUCKY SQUIRE ★ ISLE OF EWE ★ GRAPPLE ★ THE ART OF REFLECTION ★ RUSTY LAKE HOTEL ★ TALES OF THE BLACK FOREST ★ DARKWOOD ★ SPOOKY'S JUMP SCARE MANSION: HD RENOVATION ★ HOME SWEET HOME ★ BLAMELESS ★ WE ♥ IT 
1

Viewfinder

94% 👍 OF 12K
About This Game

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …pick up a painting or postcard, apply it to a surface, and step into it as a walkable 3D space.
  • …set a timer, take a photo of yourself, and place your own image past an obstacle to reach new areas.
  • …switch from copying to cutting, where photographing something removes it and you place it somewhere else.
2

Climb The Backrooms

81% 👍 OF 1.2K
About This Game

Ascend through the twisted levels of the Backrooms using physics-based object manipulation to overcome obstacles, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover unsettling secrets. Play solo or team up in online co-op with up to 4 players as you climb higher, think smarter, and survive the unknown.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Stack Objects to Climb
  • …Solve Co-op Puzzles
  • …Push Friends Into Traps
4

Isle of Ewe

86% 👍 OF 691
About This Game

Embark on an adventure and command your flock to bring your fluffy friends back home. The mysterious disappearance of Ramsey sparks your journey as you must collect, throw and bounce from sheep to sheep to bring him back home safely.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Stack Sheep Overhead
  • …Bounce Between Sheep
  • …Throw Sheep to Platforms
5

Grapple

91% 👍 OF 335
About This Game

Grapple is a 3D puzzle platformer. You can fling, swing and climb across everything in Grapple. Different surfaces react uniquely to your gooball. Grapple is as fast paced as you want to play it. With multiple checkpoints and unlimited lives your skill is the only thing slowing you down. 

6

The Art of Reflection

97% 👍 OF 159
About This Game

Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.

7

Rusty Lake Hotel

96% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …solve a whole guest room's puzzles, then kill the guest before you're allowed to leave.
  • …turn each night's victim into the main ingredient for the next dinner course.
  • …watch the remaining guests keep eating dinner as other guests vanish night after night.
8

Tales of the Black Forest

98% 👍 OF 15K
About This Game

In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …get guided by a tiny round pigeon to reach the town theater and break a curse.
  • …travel back to pivotal moments in Japanese history and untangle why the cursed town exists.
  • …explore misty forests, rural streets, city blocks, abandoned spaces, and even a cat cafe.
9

Darkwood

95% 👍 OF 24K
About This Game

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …lock yourself in a lit room with three lamps, then watch the house shake, lights flicker, furniture slide around, and the door slam shut.
  • …set chain traps at your windows and beat an intruder to death while it hangs there, caught like it's on a leash.
  • …eat odd mushrooms and tainted meat for strange powers, then deal with nausea and hallucinations that might be real clues.
10

Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation

96% 👍 OF 4.0K
About This Game

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …jump into Endless Mode where up to five specimens can chase you at once, including multiple copies of the same one.
  • …walk into a Dollhouse DLC room where a caged clown changes the room every time you look away, then vanishes without ever attacking.
  • …read a monster's tells to survive chases, like watching the Puppet's animations to predict when it will teleport.
11

Home Sweet Home

87% 👍 OF 3.8K
About This Game

Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Hide from Spirits
  • …Explore Thai Haunts
  • …Solve Escape Puzzles
12

Blameless

84% 👍 OF 5.1K
About This Game

Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Escape an Unfinished House
  • …Repurpose Building Tools
  • …Investigate Violent Clues
REL Oct 13, 2016 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →