Similar games?

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Hey, there was another post about this, but after playing a few titles I found theyre very inadequate as Mystery games.

What I am looking for is a game like Obra Dinn, where I as the player am solving the mystery, not an Adventure or Puzzle game with a Mystery story.

In Obra Dinn youre actually trying to look at specific details and make connections.

I had been putting off playing LA Noire and finally played it, which was more of a third person sandbox with a mystery story, which was heavily railroaded. I played Painscreek Killings, which was extremely disappointing, the actually gameplay only consisted of find key and use on lock, read first person accounts of what happened. Her Story, while it had a great story, I can hardly even qualify as a game.

But yes, I am looking for a Mystery game where the player is solving the mystery and NOT the player character. Is Return of the Obra Dinn really as ground breaking as it seems to me right now, or are there other games actually like it out there?

[Nick]

I don't think there's any other games like Obra Dinn in terms of solving a mystery using your own powers of deduction. Some Sherlock Holmes games (like Crimes and Punishments) come close, though to speak of them in the same breath is insulting to Obra Dinn.

If you move away from detective work, Obra Dinn reminded me a lot of Her Story and Outer Wilds, though I appreciate you said you didn't get on with Her Story.

Outer Wilds (NOT The Outer Worlds!!!) is a puzzle/adventure game set in a time loop where you gradually acquire information to figure out what's going on on various planets in a solar system. Each planet has unique characteristics, and you slowly learn how to navigate them and learn the backstory of characters through knowledge you obtain - and which you (as the player) have to interpret correctly. It's one of the most beautiful, stimulating and satisfying games I think I've ever played. Obra Dinn scratched a very similar gaming itch - though personally I did prefer The Outer Wilds overall. Whether it's similar enough for you....perhaps not. But it's still a tremendous game and well worth everybody's attention.

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Publicado originalmente por Nick:

Outer Wilds (NOT The Outer Worlds!!!)

I'd like to correct my previous post, I forgot about Outer Wilds! Definitely the closest game currently to Obra Dinn overall. All about the player solving a mystery, and its ending only being feasibly reachable through the player's understanding of it.

One of my regrets is that I misunderstood the game at first look (confusing it for a generic space exploration games like others that were releasing at the same time) so I assumed it wasn't my type of game and watched some streamers play it.
I took way too long to realize that it was actually an amazing mystery game, and by that point I'd had already seen too much.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds/

[Ancalagon]

Outer Wilds is a good answer! This may actually be the closest game to Obra Dinn. And it's pretty masterfully executed.