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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to Gloomy Eyes down to the 36 that fit the “Adventure” category. Sayonara Wild Hearts, Amazing Adventures Around the World and The Wizard's Pen top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Gloomy Eyes.

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle
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CasualSolo
Year 2025Dev Atlas V

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Within the “Adventure” category, the closest game to Gloomy Eyes is Sayonara Wild Hearts — scoring 74/100 on our similarity scale. Amazing Adventures Around the World and The Wizard's Pen follow close behind.

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The best adventure games like Gloomy Eyes

36 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Gloomy Eyes. Each one has been evaluated across 5 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.

#1Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sayonara Wild Hearts
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualThird PersonMeleeNarrative
Steam👍 97%· 8.8KIGDB81· 7OC84· 53
Year 2019Dev Simogo · Annapurna InteractiveOn PS4 · Switch · PC

✓ Like Gloomy Eyes, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, melee combat and fantasy world

Genre100Game mode100Tone88Visuals72
Amazing Adventures Around the World
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasual
Steam👍 83%· 119
Year 2008Dev SpinTop Games · PopCap GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Nearly identical: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual.

≠ Missing: visual third person.

Pieces of an ancient stone tablet have started turning up around the globe and the Museum needs your help to locate the pieces and find the most expensive gem ever known...the “World Diamond”. Under the direction of the Museum, you must immediately begin your global seek & find adventure.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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The Wizard's Pen
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasual
Steam👍 82%· 56
Year 2009Dev PopCap GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Nearly identical: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual.

≠ Missing: visual third person.

The Wizard has vanished, and only you can find him in this spellbinding hidden-object adventure! The clues to the Wizard's whereabouts are in his workbook, but all the pages are blank. You'll need his magic pen to uncover and guess the image on each page.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100
Escape Rosecliff Island
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualNarrative
Steam👍 73%· 337
Year 2009Dev SpinTop Games · PopCap GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ If you enjoyed Gloomy Eyes, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, while skipping visual third person

An unexpected storm has left you shipwrecked on a mysterious and remote private island. Seek & find cleverly hidden objects and solve puzzles to find a way off the island! Find over 2100 hidden objects in 25 intriguing and mysterious locations to find items that will help you escape!

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Gloomy Eyes.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone92
Samorost
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualFantasy2D
Steam👍 96%· 5.3K
Year 2003Dev Amanita DesignOn PC · Mac

✓ If you enjoyed Gloomy Eyes, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and visual 2d, while skipping visual third person

Where it drifts furthest from Gloomy Eyes: visuals.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0
Aperture Desk Job
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualSci-FiFirst PersonFree to Play
Steam👍 95%· 25K
Year 2022Dev ValveOn Linux · PC

✓ Shared with Gloomy Eyes: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with setting scifi, visual first person and free to play, while skipping visual third person

Where it drifts furthest from Gloomy Eyes: visuals.

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Dispatch
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualIsometric
Steam👍 98%· 174KRAWG👍 94%· 195IGDB85· 2OC87· 120
Year 2025Dev AdHoc StudioOn PC · PS

✓ If you enjoyed Gloomy Eyes, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings visual isometric, while skipping visual third person

Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero.

Where it drifts furthest from Gloomy Eyes: visuals.

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Bejeweled 3
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualRangedRelaxing
Steam👍 96%· 7.9KIGDB78· 6
Year 2010Dev PopCap GamesOn PC · Mac

✓ Shared with Gloomy Eyes: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, vibe relaxing and ranged combat, while skipping visual third person

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone83
Mystery P.I. - The Vegas Heist
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualNarrative
Steam👍 85%· 79
Year 2008Dev SpinTop Games · PopCap GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ If you enjoyed Gloomy Eyes, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, while skipping visual third person

The heist of the century has just happened! You've been hired by the casino to find & return the stolen money before its grand opening in 16 hours. Search for over 2300 cleverly hidden objects in 25 intriguing locations to solve the Vegas Heist.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone83
Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualNarrativeExploration
Steam👍 64%· 67MC78
Year 2009Dev HeR InteractivePlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ If you enjoyed Gloomy Eyes, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus and exploration and discovery, while skipping visual third person

Your friend Bess Marvin is kidnapped and the only chance you have to save her is by solving a 300-year-old Bahamian mystery! Dangerous waters keep treasure hunters from exploring the reefs around Dread Isle, but this remote island might hide the riches of El Toro’s lost fleet!

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Gloomy Eyes.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone73
Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualNarrativeFirst Person
Steam👍 59%· 631MC69IGDB50· 3
Year 2007Dev Kheops Studio · THQ NordicPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Nintendo

✓ Like Gloomy Eyes, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus and visual first person, while skipping visual third person

As an expert safecracker, you are hired by the wealthy family of a recently deceased to search his mansion for his last will and testament. Duncan W. Adams was an avid safe collector and an 'eccentric,' to say the least. Adams has hidden the deed to his vast fortunes in one of 35 safes.

Where it drifts furthest from Gloomy Eyes: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Gloomy Eyes.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone84Visuals0
Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualNarrativeExploration
Steam👍 73%· 182RAWG👍 33%· 21MC68IGDB80· 1
Year 2006Dev HeR InteractivePlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ Like Gloomy Eyes, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus and exploration and discovery, while skipping visual third person

Nancy Drew®: The Creature of Kapu Cave is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games. Say Aloha to Trouble in Paradise!

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Gloomy Eyes.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone72
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualNarrativeExploration
Steam👍 82%· 213RAWG👍 81%· 21MC81IGDB70· 1
Year 2008Dev HeR InteractivePlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Like Gloomy Eyes, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus and exploration and discovery, while skipping visual third person

Touted as the most romantic event to grace the ruined halls of Ireland's Castle Malloy, the Simmons-Mallory wedding was supposed to be a fairytale beginning, but now the groom is missing! Did a banshee crash the wedding or is this a case of cold feet?

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone71
Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualNarrativeExploration
Steam👍 73%· 254RAWG👍 83%· 24MC73IGDB70· 1
Year 2008Dev HeR Interactive · SEGAPlaytime ~8hOn PC · Nintendo

✓ Shared with Gloomy Eyes: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus and exploration and discovery, while skipping visual third person

Nancy Drew®: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Gloomy Eyes.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone70
Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device
PuzzleLogic Puzzle
SoloCasualNarrativeExploration
Steam👍 91%· 92
Year 2012Dev HeR InteractivePlaytime ~6hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ If you enjoyed Gloomy Eyes, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus and exploration and discovery, while skipping visual third person

Fear lingers in a remote laboratory after a physicist's suspicious demise. A police investigation resulted in nothing except a case as cold as the secretive personalities and steel walls that enshroud a top-secret Tesla-inspired facility.

It predates Gloomy Eyes by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone70

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