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Within the “Narrative” category, the closest game to Riven is 80 Days — scoring 86/100 on our similarity scale. Samorost 3 and A Building Full of Cats follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Riven. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.
✓ Shared with Riven: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, visual novel storytelling and open world exploration, while skipping visual first person
It predates Riven by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ If you enjoyed Riven, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Its own twist: cozy, relaxing feel, setting space and visual 2d, while skipping visual first person
Where it drifts furthest from Riven: visuals.
It predates Riven by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Like Riven, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual
≠ Where it differs: brings cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping fantasy world
MORE DEVCATS GAMES About the Game A Building Full of Cats is a hidden object game where you need to pet all the cats in the building. Don't leave any cat behind! 300+ cats 5+ Floors 50+ hidden cats Secret cats? Who knows...
✓ If you enjoyed Riven, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, visual pixel and visual 2d, while skipping setting scifi
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is a pixel art point-and-click quest, split into "sessions." During them, you play as a female Scythian warrior who searches for an ancient book and explores the Caucasus. Accidentally she releases the evil and needs to fix the consequences of her actions.
Where it drifts furthest from Riven: visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Riven.
It predates Riven by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ If you enjoyed Riven, expect puzzle design, vibe casual and vibe relaxing
≠ Its own twist: combat tactical, visual 2d and visual isometric, while skipping adventure storytelling
Grow green forests by drawing a continuous line through cells in each level. To proceed through a location, you have to fill all the appropriate cells with trees. The further you go into the woods, the more sophisticated the levels become!
Where it drifts furthest from Riven: visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Riven.
✓ Like Riven, it's known for puzzle design, vibe casual and vibe relaxing
≠ Where it differs: brings free to play, while skipping adventure storytelling
Lines X Lines Infinite About the Game Lines X Free is a Numberlink-based puzzle game involving finding paths to connect colored tiles in a grid.
✓ Nearly identical: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual.
≠ Missing: vibe relaxing.
Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds! Journey to an island world eerily tinged with mystery... where every rock, every scrap of paper, every fleeting sound holds a clue to an ancient mystery.
Same studio: Cyan Worlds.
✓ Shared with Riven: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat and visual 2d, while skipping vibe relaxing
Where it drifts furthest from Riven: visuals.
It predates Riven by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ If you enjoyed Riven, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d, while skipping vibe relaxing
Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games.
It predates Riven by 22 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ If you enjoyed Riven, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Stands apart with linear, story-driven structure, while skipping vibe relaxing
Nancy Drew®: Secret of Scarlet Hand is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games.
It predates Riven by 22 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Nearly identical: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus.
≠ Missing: vibe relaxing.
Fear lingers in a remote laboratory after a physicist's suspicious demise. A police investigation resulted in nothing except a case as cold as the secretive personalities and steel walls that enshroud a top-secret Tesla-inspired facility.
It predates Riven by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
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