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We filtered the 46 games similar to Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall down to the 18 that fit the “Mobile” category. Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening, My Brother Rabbit and Syberia top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall is Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening — scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. My Brother Rabbit and Syberia follow close behind.

#1Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening77 #2My Brother Rabbit77 #3Syberia77 #4Putt-Putt Joins the Parade77 #5Florence76

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The best games like Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall on Mobile

18 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall. Each one has been evaluated across 7 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.

#1Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So FrighteningClosest overall match

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Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloCasualNarrative2D

Steam👍 98%· 359RAWG👍 91%· 21

Year 1998Dev Humongous Entertainment · Nightdive StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

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

≠ Missing: exploration and discovery.

Humongous Tees Now Available!Official Humongous Entertainment T-shirts featuring Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, Freddi Fish, and Putt-Putt are now available on Amazon. About the GameJoin Pajama Sam, the world's youngest superhero! ...

It predates Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2My Brother Rabbit

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My Brother Rabbit

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloCasualNarrative2D

Steam👍 96%· 2.0KRAWG👍 76%· 45OC77· 16

Year 2018Dev Artifex MundiPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Missing: exploration and discovery.

A loving family discovers that their daughter has fallen ill. While her parents set out to get her the treatment she needs, her determined older brother turns to the power of imagination to help them cope.

Released 5 years after Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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77

Syberia

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeCasual2DSci-Fi

Steam👍 88%· 6.7KIGDB77· 5OC76· 13

Year 2002Dev Microïds Canada · MicroïdsOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi, while skipping exploration and discovery

It predates Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

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Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloCasualNarrative2DIsometric

Steam👍 94%· 344

Year 1992Dev Humongous Entertainment · Nightdive StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: visual isometric, while skipping exploration and discovery

Humongous Tees Now Available!Official Humongous Entertainment T-shirts featuring Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, Freddi Fish, and Putt-Putt are now available on Amazon. About the GameWhat does it take to be in a parade? Hard work, a bright shiny chassis and a little help from your friends.

It predates Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

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Florence

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloCasualNarrative2DCozy

Steam👍 93%· 16KIGDB80· 1OC85· 16

Year 2018Dev Mountains · Annapurna InteractiveOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping exploration and discovery

Released 5 years after Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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#6A New Beginning - Final Cut

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A New Beginning - Final Cut

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrative2DFantasyHistorical

Steam👍 75%· 2.1KRAWG👍 50%· 126MC72IGDB75· 2

Year 2012Dev Daedalic EntertainmentPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, historical setting and setting scifi, while skipping vibe casual

A point-and-click adventure from Daedalic Entertainment, A New Beginning is a story of time travel and ecological cataclysms. Presented in-game future is dark, mostly due to the fact that life is possible only deep underground, in caves and crevices.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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#7Underground Blossom

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Underground Blossom

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrative2DHorror

Steam👍 98%· 6.8KRAWG👍 92%· 25

Year 2023Dev Rusty LakePlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension and horror setting, while skipping vibe casual

Descend into the Rusty Lake Underground and travel through the life and memories of Laura Vanderboom! Travel from station to station, each metro stop symbolising a piece of Laura's past and future. Solve various puzzles, find the correct metro to board and uncover one of Laura’s timelines, while simultaneously helping her make sense of her life and escape the corruption of her mind!

Released 10 years after Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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Syberia 3

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrative2DHistoricalSci-Fi

Steam👍 52%· 4.7KIGDB44· 8OC51· 54

Year 2017Dev Anuman Interactive · MicroidsOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: historical setting, setting scifi and visual third person, while skipping vibe casual

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

Released 4 years after Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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#9Thimbleweed Park

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Thimbleweed Park

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrative2DPixel Art

Steam👍 93%· 4.2KIGDB83· 13OC83· 101

Year 2017Dev Terrible ToyboxOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual pixel, while skipping vibe casual

Released 4 years after Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

Genre100Game mode100Tone85Visuals52

#10Life Is StrangeClosest on progression

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Life Is Strange

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeExplorationFantasySci-Fi

Steam👍 96%· 173KIGDB79· 7

Year 2015Dev DON'T NOD · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, setting scifi and visual third person, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall: visuals.

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Gone Home

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 77%· 18KRAWG👍 69%· 887MC86IGDB74· 12OC85· 17

Year 2013Dev The Fullbright Company · Annapurna InteractivePlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · iOS

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with visual first person, while skipping vibe casual

Portland. It's June 7, 1995. After a year of living abroad, the game's main character, 21-year-old girl Katie Greenbriar, finally returns home, waiting for a warm welcome from her family. But somehow, she finds that there is no one in the house! Where is everyone? What happened here?

Where it drifts furthest from Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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#12Samsara Room

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Samsara Room

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrative2DHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 97%· 10.0K

Year 2020Dev Rusty LakeOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, horror setting and visual first person, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall: visuals.

Released 7 years after Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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Steam GOG itch.io

#13Milo and the Magpies

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Milo and the Magpies

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeExplorationCozy

Steam👍 98%· 3.4K

Year 2021Dev Second MazePlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping vibe casual

Can you guide Milo home? Milo, a curious and resourceful cat, needs to find his way back home through various gardens while trying to outsmart the pestering magpies that keep getting in his way.

Released 8 years after Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

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Steam GOG itch.io

#14Tales from the Borderlands

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Tales from the Borderlands

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeMeleeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 19KIGDB88· 11

Year 2014Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall: visuals.

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#15Batman: The Enemy Within

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Batman: The Enemy Within

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeMeleeDarkThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 10KIGDB76· 2

Year 2017Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual novel storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall: visuals.

Released 4 years after Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall.

Genre100Game mode100Tone73Visuals0

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