12 Puzzle games like Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition down to the 12 that fit the “Puzzle” category. Rise of the Tomb Raider, Amnesia: The Bunker and Hitman 3 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition.

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition. Each one has been evaluated across 13 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Rise of the Tomb RaiderClosest overall match

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Steam👍 94%· 152KIGDB87· 25OC86· 108

Year 2015Dev Crystal Dynamics · Microsoft StudiosOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, third-person shooting and deep RPG systems, while skipping setting scifi

Bigger and better paced than the 2013 reboot: tombs are more numerous and more elaborate, and the crafting and hunting loops give the hub areas a reason to exist. Traversal is excellent. The story is forgettable and the survival framing sits awkwardly beside a protagonist who kills dozens of people without comment.

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: progression and game mode.

It predates Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Amnesia: The BunkerClosest on combat

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 93%· 12KIGDB85· 4OC77· 97

Year 2023Dev Frictional GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and sandbox freedom, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: setting and tone.

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#3Hitman 3Closest on progression

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SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 63KIGDB85· 16OC85· 196

Year 2021Dev IO InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, sandbox freedom and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping setting scifi

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SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 40%· 1.5KIGDB45· 2

Year 2008Dev Eden Games · Atari InteractiveOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping stealth mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition.

It predates Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 58KRAWG👍 88%· 2.2KMC77IGDB73· 6

Year 2010Dev 2K Czech · 2K GamesPlaytime ~13hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, shooter and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom, while skipping first-person shooting

A tightly linear crime story set in a 1940s and 50s American city, more interested in Vito's decade than in filling a map with icons — the world is a backdrop for the narrative, not a checklist. The writing and period detail are why people still recommend it. This original SKU is the problem: it is a 32-bit build that crashes and stutters badly on current Windows, and the Definitive Edition exists.

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: setting.

It predates Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 30KRAWG👍 93%· 3.1KMC94IGDB94· 4

Year 2002Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, shooter and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom, while skipping first-person shooting

Tighter and more focused than the open worlds that followed it, with a compact city you learn by heart rather than by map marker. Driving carries most of the game. The shooting has aged badly — no proper cover, stiff aiming — and missions restart from the beginning, which turns a late failure into a long redo.

It predates Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 ClassicClosest on setting

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SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 97%· 914RAWG👍 74%· 77

Year 1997Dev DotEmu · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, cozy, relaxing feel and combat magic, while skipping shooter

Little Big Adventure 2, also known as Twinsen's Odyssey is the sequel of Little Big Adventure (also known as Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure) in which you've liberated the world from its evil dictator.

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: combat and visuals.

It predates Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Disney•Pixar Finding Nemo

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SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 217

Year 2015Dev KnowWonder · Disney InteractivePlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual and fantasy world, while skipping shooter

Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo features two main storylines. As in the 2003 animated feature film, the clown fish Nemo is headed for his first day at school when he's captured near Australia's Great Barrier Reef by a scuba diver and winds up in an aquarium in a dentist's office.

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition.

It predates Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

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SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 80%· 14KIGDB67· 8OC65· 41

Year 2016Dev Frogwares · Bigben InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, vibe casual and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping shooter

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition.

It predates Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG Epic

#10Hob

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 88%· 5.5KIGDB72· 8OC75· 53

Year 2017Dev Runic GamesOn PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and deep RPG systems, while skipping shooter

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: setting and visuals.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 64%· 162

Year 2009Dev Boss BaddiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and vibe casual, while skipping shooter

Lunnye Devitsy is the story of an alien who falls from the moon onto a huge mountainside on the planet below. Explore strange locations, aid mysterious characters and find your way home.

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: visuals and tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition.

It predates Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 97%· 144KRAWG👍 89%· 1.3KMC91IGDB91· 12OC91· 178

Year 2020Dev Moon Studios · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~11hOn PC · Xbox · Nintendo

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping shooter

A New Journey Begins Embark on an adventure with all new combat and customization options while exploring a vast, exotic world encountering larger than life enemies and challenging puzzles. Seek help from discoverable allies on your path to unravel Ori’s true destiny.

Where it drifts furthest from Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition: setting and visuals.

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