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We filtered the 50 games similar to Phoenix Springs down to the 33 that fit the “Puzzle” category. Somerville, Batman: The Enemy Within and Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Phoenix Springs.

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The best puzzle games like Phoenix Springs

33 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Phoenix Springs. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.

#1SomervilleClosest overall match

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SoloNarrativeDarkSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 70%· 1.8KIGDB68· 6OC69· 76

Year 2022Dev JumpshipOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, melee combat and horror setting, while skipping setting modern

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Phoenix Springs.

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#2Batman: The Enemy WithinClosest on visuals

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonMelee

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 and melee combat, while skipping setting scifi

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#3Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 88%· 18KRAWG👍 72%· 432MC79IGDB75· 13

Year 2016Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping setting scifi

Batman: The Enemy Within, 2017, is an episodic point-and-click graphic adventure video game, a sequel to 2016's Batman: The Telltale Series.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloNarrativeDarkIsometricExploration

Steam👍 73%· 7.9KIGDB79· 8

Year 2021Dev Luis Antonio · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: exploration and discovery, visual topdown and visual 3d, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Phoenix Springs.

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SoloNarrativeDarkSci-FiHorror

Steam👍 88%· 221IGDB90· 1

Year 1987Dev Lucasfilm GamesOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with horror setting, fantasy world and exploration and discovery, while skipping setting modern

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: visuals and setting.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 37 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6The Stanley Parable

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SoloNarrativeDarkExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 45KRAWG👍 89%· 2.0KMC88

Year 2013Dev Galactic CafePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

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

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

The Stanley Parable is a first-person interactive story game. Being initially released in 2011 as a modification for Half-Live 2, it was entirely remade in 2013, featuring updated graphics and more content.

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: visuals.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7A Plague Tale: Innocence

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonStealth

Steam👍 93%· 67KIGDB81· 15OC82· 171

Year 2019Dev Asobo Studio · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

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

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: setting.

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonHistorical

Steam👍 84%· 5.6KIGDB70· 5

Year 2018Dev Big Bad Wolf · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, horror tension and historical setting, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: setting.

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonHorror

Steam👍 82%· 1.1KIGDB68· 3

Year 2005Dev Microids · Meridian4On PC

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension and horror setting, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: setting.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonRanged

Steam👍 76%· 11KIGDB75· 52

Year 2014Dev Telltale Games · HBOOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Phoenix Springs.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#11Blacksad: Under the Skin

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SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonFantasy

Steam👍 83%· 6.8KIGDB66· 4OC62· 43

Year 2019Dev Ys Interactive · MicroidsOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

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

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: setting.

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#12Tales from the BorderlandsClosest on setting

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiThird PersonMelee

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 dark, oppressive atmosphere

It predates Phoenix Springs by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG Epic

#13Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeDarkThird PersonHorror

Steam👍 89%· 192

Year 1993Dev Sierra On-LineOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, horror setting and fantasy world, while skipping setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: setting and visuals.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 31 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiThird PersonFantasy

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 and exploration and discovery, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from Phoenix Springs: setting.

It predates Phoenix Springs by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloNarrativeThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 40KRAWG👍 70%· 776MC75

Year 2018Dev DONTNOD Entertainment · Square EnixPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus.

≠ Missing: dark, oppressive atmosphere.

The award winning Life is Strange series continues with a long-awaited sequel from DONTNOD Entertainment. Two brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz, 16 and 9, are forced to run away from home after a tragic incident in Seattle.

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