Games Like Locktale

Locktale

Discover a tale about identity and love in this game of ciphers and puzzles... that may force you to think outside the (text)box.

★ CROSSCELLS ★ THE ROOTTREES ARE DEAD ★ TUNNET ★ SAVE ROOM - ORGANIZATION PUZZLE ★ NOUN TOWN LANGUAGE LEARNING ★ DATABASE DETECTIVE: MINOR CRIMES DIVISION ★ THE SIGNAL STATE ★ IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? ★ SCHRODINGER'S CAT BURGLAR ★ HEXCELLS PLUS ★ I'M ON OBSERVATION DUTY 6 ★ SUDOCATS ★ WE ♥ IT 
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The Roottrees are Dead

96% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …scour a late-1990s internet on dial-up, chasing tiny breadcrumb clues until a single maiden name finally clicks.
  • …reconstruct a huge blank family tree by pinning down each person's name, face, job, spouse, and alternate identities.
  • …finish the main mystery, then unlock a second campaign with a whole new investigation into infidelity, scandal, and possible descendants.
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Save Room - Organization Puzzle

97% 👍 OF 2.5K
About This Game

When you enter a save room you know you are safe, no danger can come to you, you can relax. Take advantage of this short period of time to organize your inventory, heal your wounds and reload your weapons. Can you make all the items fit in your inventory?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …clear a level only after every gun in your case is loaded.
  • …eat eggs, bad meat, or fish just to free a single inventory slot.
  • …turn a packed grid into a solvable chain by healing, reloading, and combining items in the right order.
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Noun Town Language Learning

85% 👍 OF 759
About This Game

Learn 1,000+ words and phrases in 12 languages - including Japanese & Spanish - with no subscription and no ads. Explore a colorful open world, beat vocab mini-games, and speak to NPCs using real speech recognition. Language learning that actually sticks, and actually feels like a game.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Restore Island Color
  • …Plant Flowers for Colors
  • …Repair Number Robots
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Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division

98% 👍 OF 708
About This Game

Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Query Crime Databases
  • …Search 40+ Websites
  • …Connect Clues Online
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The Signal State

87% 👍 OF 700
About This Game

Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Patch Synth Modules
  • …Match Target Signals
  • …Repair Farm Machinery
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Is This Seat Taken?

97% 👍 OF 6.2K
About This Game

Is This Seat Taken? is a logic puzzle game where you play matchmaker for groups of hilariously particular people. Each character has pet peeves that make seating them a delightful challenge. Find the perfect spot for each person to unlock new levels in this cozy, silly, and relatable experience.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …dodge cologne, stink, and loud music by arranging bus seats.
  • …handle multi-round rooms where some stay seated, others leave, new arrivals show up, and you keep re-solving the layout.
  • …turn one bad popcorn placement in the cinema into a chain of forced swaps that can make you restart.
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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar

98% 👍 OF 696
About This Game

Portal with cats - Become entangled in a quantum puzzle adventure! Mittens gains the incredible power to be in two places at once. Explore twisted test chambers, make mischief and evade capture by a whisker! 🐈🐈‍⬛

Player reviews say you can…

  • …split into two separately controlled cats, solve puzzles in parallel, then fuse back into one.
  • …slip through doors that could have opened by staying unobserved, then watch reality lock in when you're seen.
  • …drop into co-op anytime and each control one half of the same split cat to pull off coordinated puzzle sequences.
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Hexcells Plus

95% 👍 OF 2.8K
About This Game

Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …solve every hex-grid board with pure logic and never have to guess.
  • …use blue number tiles that count how many blue cells sit within a radius, including other radius-clue tiles.
  • …hit question-mark tiles that hide information and split the board into sections, forcing you to narrow down huge uncertain areas.
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I'm on Observation Duty 6

94% 👍 OF 693
About This Game

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Spot Camera Changes
  • …Click Anomalies to Report
  • …Catch Otherworldly Intruders
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Sudocats

99% 👍 OF 1.8K
About This Game

Sudoku for cat people. Cats are wonderful creatures but you better not put them together without proper introduction. So, plan ahead to display them in the right order so they get along!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Solve Cat Sudoku
  • …Switch Cats for Numbers
  • …Unlock Cat Profiles