9 Puzzle games like Nairi: Rising Tide that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 32 games similar to Nairi: Rising Tide down to the 9 that fit the “Puzzle” category. Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook, Retention and Always Remember Me top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Nairi: Rising Tide.

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The best puzzle games like Nairi: Rising Tide

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Nairi: Rising Tide. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.

#1Flower Shop: Winter In FairbrookClosest overall match

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Steam👍 63%· 109

Year 2014Dev Winter WolvesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with Nairi: Rising Tide: visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, while skipping deep RPG systems

The Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook is a dating and farming simulation game and takes place after the first Flower Shop game, Summer In Fairbrook.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Nairi: Rising Tide.

It predates Nairi: Rising Tide by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2RetentionClosest on progression

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Steam👍 35%· 707

Year 2015Dev Sometimes YouPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ Shared with Nairi: Rising Tide: adventure storytelling, visual novel storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, while skipping deep RPG systems

Don't miss our new games!http://store.steampowered.com/app/448470/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/415960/ About the GameThis game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. He rarely slept, and even with 24 hours in a day, it was not enough for him.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against very positive for Nairi: Rising Tide.

It predates Nairi: Rising Tide by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 61%· 271

Year 2014Dev Winter WolvesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ If you enjoyed Nairi: Rising Tide, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, while skipping deep RPG systems

Amy is desperate! Her boyfriend Aaron doesn't remember her anymore after a car accident! Will you be able to make him remember again? Or perhaps it's time to move on. Maybe Amy will fall in love with someone else? It's up to you to decide.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Nairi: Rising Tide.

It predates Nairi: Rising Tide by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

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Steam👍 97%· 38KRAWG👍 89%· 441MC81IGDB84· 9OC84· 66

Year 2016Dev Wolfgame · Ysbryd GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ If you enjoyed Nairi: Rising Tide, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, setting cyberpunk and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life. In this world, corporations reign supreme, all human life is infected with nanomachines designed to oppress them, and the terrifying White Knights ensure that everyone obeys the laws. But, this is not about those people.

Where it drifts furthest from Nairi: Rising Tide: visuals and setting.

It predates Nairi: Rising Tide by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Heileen 3: New Horizons

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Steam👍 63%· 89

Year 2014Dev Winter WolvesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Like Nairi: Rising Tide, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, while skipping deep RPG systems

Heileen 3 continues the story from the end of the second game and takes place in the Caribbean islands. Traveling side by side with Morgan the pirate, Heileen will search for her missing friends, hoping to reunite with all of them. But that's only the beginning, because the story continues!

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Nairi: Rising Tide.

It predates Nairi: Rising Tide by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Venba

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