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iRank98
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrative2DAnimeFirst Person
Steam👍 98%· 43K
Year 2013Dev CapcomOn PS4 · Android · PC
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The best games like Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask on PC
25 similar games foundUpdated May 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. 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.
75
iRank82
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrative2DCasualSandbox World
Steam👍 88%· 8.7KIGDB82· 4OC70· 33
Year 2023Dev Daniel Benmergui · Annapurna InteractiveOn Android · PC · iOS
✓ Shared with Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and visual novel storytelling
≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and vibe casual
Released 12 years after Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone66
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrative2DDarkCyberpunk
Steam👍 94%· 14KIGDB78· 6OC80· 53
Year 2018Dev Deconstructeam · Devolver DigitalOn Linux · PC · Mac
✓ Like Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, it's known for adventure storytelling, puzzle design and visual novel storytelling
≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting cyberpunk
Released 7 years after Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
Genre100Game mode100Tone68Visuals53
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeFirst PersonThird PersonPixel Art
IGDB84· 2
Year 2007Dev CapcomOn PC
✓ Shared with Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: puzzle design, visual novel storytelling and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings visual first person, visual third person and visual pixel, while skipping visual 2d
Where it drifts furthest from Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: visuals.
Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeFirst PersonPixel Art
IGDB80· 3
Year 2006Dev CapcomOn PC
✓ Like Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, it's known for puzzle design, visual novel storytelling and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings visual first person and visual pixel, while skipping visual 2d
Where it drifts furthest from Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: visuals.
Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals0
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeDarkHorrorSci-Fi
Steam👍 82%· 4.8KIGDB80· 22
Year 2016Dev Spike Chunsoft · Aksys GamesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox
✓ If you enjoyed Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, expect puzzle design, visual novel storytelling and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, deep RPG systems and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping visual 2d
Released 5 years after Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
Genre100Game mode100Tone66
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeTacticalDarkHorror
Steam👍 97%· 32KOC90· 27
Year 2023Dev Black Tabby GamesOn Linux · PC · Mac
✓ Like Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, deep simulation and deep RPG systems, while skipping visual 2d
Where it drifts furthest from Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: visuals.
Released 12 years after Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
Genre100Game mode100Tone69Visuals0
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeDarkAnimeHorror
Steam👍 96%· 37KIGDB82· 9
Year 2010Dev Spike Chunsoft · NIS AmericaOn Linux · Android · PC
✓ Like Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping visual 2d
Where it drifts furthest from Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: visuals.
Genre100Game mode100Tone69Visuals0
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeDarkAnimeSci-Fi
Steam👍 92%· 9.2KIGDB86· 2OC82· 47
Year 2019Dev Spike ChunsoftOn Xbox · PS4 · PC
✓ Like Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, it's known for visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and puzzle design
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting anime, while skipping visual 2d
Where it drifts furthest from Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: visuals.
Released 8 years after Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
Genre100Game mode100Tone66Visuals0
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrative2DHorrorFantasy
Steam👍 95%· 20KIGDB88· 12OC86· 76
Year 2017Dev Infinite Fall · FinjiOn PS4 · Linux · PC
✓ Shared with Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: adventure storytelling, visual novel storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping puzzle design
Released 6 years after Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrative2DDarkFantasy
Steam👍 87%· 792RAWG👍 57%· 28IGDB60· 1OC71· 15
Year 2012Dev Crunching KoalasPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Shared with Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world, while skipping puzzle design
Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing. Cinders is a witty young woman living with an overbearing stepmother and her two daughters, as if she was reenacting a certain well-known fairytale.
Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Tone89
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrative2DCozyAnime
Steam👍 84%· 583
Year 2012Dev 773 · Nyu MediaPlaytime ~3hOn PC
✓ Shared with Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask: visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, cozy, relaxing feel and setting anime, while skipping puzzle design
Comedy fanatic and high school student Mairu Hibisu has decided to set up a comedy club in her school, but her nemesis and the head of the student council, Chitose Karasuyama, isn’t about to make things easy… The school rules require a minimum of 5 students to set up a new club and Mairu is 3…
Genre100Game mode100Tone86Visuals72
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrative2DDarkAnime
Steam👍 95%· 77KRAWG👍 77%· 952
Year 2013Dev Soviet GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · iOS · Android
✓ If you enjoyed Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, setting anime and visual first person, while skipping puzzle design
Everlasting Summer is a visual novel about a man named Semyon who is teleported from modern Russia into summer camp somewhere in Soviet Union.
Genre100Game mode100Tone66Visuals56
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeSci-FiFantasyHistorical
Steam👍 84%· 587RAWG👍 75%· 20IGDB80· 1
Year 2013Dev Love Conquers All GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
✓ If you enjoyed Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping puzzle design
Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own.
Genre100Game mode100Tone100
CasualVisual Novel
SoloNarrativeSci-FiAnime
Steam👍 93%· 2.3KRAWG👍 73%· 40MC62IGDB73· 2
Year 2012Dev Love Conquers All GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
✓ If you enjoyed Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, expect visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and setting anime, while skipping puzzle design
Just UpdatedNow includes the Science and Tradition DLC Includes two new costumes for the cosplaying AI *Hyun-ae: a scientist's lab coat, and the traditional hanbok that the Pale Bride wore.
Genre100Game mode100Tone100
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