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We filtered the 49 games similar to Playing Kafka down to the 19 that fit the “Mobile” category. Beneath a Steel Sky, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge and Tales of Monkey Island top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Playing Kafka.

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

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Year 2024Dev Charles Games

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to Playing Kafka is Beneath a Steel Sky — scoring 76/100 on our similarity scale. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge and Tales of Monkey Island follow close behind.

#1Beneath a Steel Sky76 #2Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge74 #3Tales of Monkey Island74 #4Deponia74 #5Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective74

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The best games like Playing Kafka on Mobile

19 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Playing Kafka. Each one has been evaluated across 6 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.

#1Beneath a Steel SkyClosest overall match

76

Beneath a Steel Sky

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DFree to PlayDark

Steam👍 89%· 567

Year 1994Dev Revolution Software · Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.On Linux · PC · iOS

✓ Like Playing Kafka, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, setting cyberpunk and setting scifi

Where it drifts furthest from Playing Kafka: visuals.

It predates Playing Kafka by 30 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone77Visuals45

#2Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's RevengeClosest on tone

74

Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DFantasyHistorical

Steam👍 95%· 3.0KIGDB86

Year 2010Dev LucasArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC · iOS

✓ Like Playing Kafka, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping free to play

It predates Playing Kafka by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100

#3Tales of Monkey Island

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Tales of Monkey Island

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DCartoon

Steam👍 89%· 797IGDB80

Year 2009Dev Telltale Games · LucasArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC · iOS

✓ Shared with Playing Kafka: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: setting cartoon, while skipping free to play

It predates Playing Kafka by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100

74

Deponia

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DSci-Fi

Steam👍 87%· 14KRAWG👍 76%· 727MC74IGDB78· 2

Year 2012Dev Daedalic EntertainmentPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Like Playing Kafka, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with setting scifi, while skipping free to play

Quest, very close to the original canon of the genre. The game has a minimum of hints, and puzzle solving is often very unobvious. The plot of the game moves forward with the actions of the main character - Rufus, who lives on the planet of Deponia, long ago turned into a dump.

It predates Playing Kafka by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100

#5Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

74

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DFantasy

IGDB50· 3OC86· 79

Year 2010Dev CapcomOn iOS

✓ If you enjoyed Playing Kafka, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, while skipping free to play

It predates Playing Kafka by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100

73

Broken Age

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DRangedCasual

Steam👍 84%· 8.2KIGDB77· 13OC79· 38

Year 2014Dev Double Fine ProductionsOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Shared with Playing Kafka: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping free to play

It predates Playing Kafka by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone85

#7Blackwell Unbound

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Blackwell Unbound

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DDarkPixel Art

Steam👍 94%· 774

Year 2007Dev Wadjet Eye GamesOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ If you enjoyed Playing Kafka, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual pixel, while skipping free to play

It predates Playing Kafka by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone84Visuals78

#8Return to Monkey Island

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Return to Monkey Island

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DCasualFantasy

Steam👍 91%· 9.0KIGDB92· 8OC87· 100

Year 2022Dev Terrible Toybox · Devolver DigitalOn Xbox · Linux · Android

✓ Shared with Playing Kafka: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, fantasy world and setting cartoon, while skipping free to play

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone80

#9The Blackwell Legacy

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The Blackwell Legacy

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DDarkPixel Art

Steam👍 90%· 1.6KIGDB70· 3

Year 2006Dev Wadjet Eye GamesOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ If you enjoyed Playing Kafka, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual pixel, while skipping free to play

It predates Playing Kafka by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone84Visuals69

73

Primordia

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DDarkPost-Apocalyptic

Steam👍 97%· 3.4KIGDB65· 3OC73· 18

Year 2012Dev Wormwood Studios · Wadjet Eye GamesOn Linux · PC · iOS

✓ Like Playing Kafka, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, dark, oppressive atmosphere and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping free to play

Where it drifts furthest from Playing Kafka: visuals.

It predates Playing Kafka by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone81Visuals42

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#11Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

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Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DRangedDark

Steam👍 89%· 3.4KIGDB63· 3

Year 2012Dev rondomedia Marketing & Vertriebs GmbHOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Shared with Playing Kafka: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat, while skipping free to play

It predates Playing Kafka by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone69

#12Rusty Lake Paradise

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Rusty Lake Paradise

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DDarkHorror

Steam👍 95%· 7.2K

Year 2018Dev Rusty LakeOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Shared with Playing Kafka: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping free to play

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone68

Steam GOG itch.io

72

Kathy Rain

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrative2DDarkPixel Art

Steam👍 92%· 4.0KIGDB81· 3OC81· 32

Year 2016Dev Clifftop Games · Raw FuryOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ If you enjoyed Playing Kafka, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere and visual pixel, while skipping free to play

It predates Playing Kafka by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals72Tone69

#14The Room 4: Old Sins

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The Room 4: Old Sins

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 98%· 18KRAWG👍 92%· 97MC86

Year 2018Dev Fireproof GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Like Playing Kafka, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, horror setting and exploration and discovery, while skipping visual 2d

Enter The Room: Old Sins and be transported to a place where tactile exploration meets challenging puzzles and a captivating story. The sudden disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes the hunt for a precious artefact.

Where it drifts furthest from Playing Kafka: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0

#15The Room Two

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The Room Two

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeFantasyHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 98%· 21KRAWG👍 94%· 248MC88IGDB81· 4

Year 2013Dev Fireproof GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ If you enjoyed Playing Kafka, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, fantasy world and horror setting, while skipping visual 2d

Following the release of The Room in 2014, Fireproof Games are proud to bring the critically acclaimed sequel to PC. The Room Two continues the time-spanning journey of its predecessor while significantly expanding its unique puzzle gameplay.

Where it drifts furthest from Playing Kafka: visuals.

It predates Playing Kafka by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0

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