9 Puzzle games like The Talos Principle: Reawakened that you should try

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We filtered the 41 games similar to The Talos Principle: Reawakened down to the 9 that fit the “Puzzle” category. Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Talos Principle: Reawakened.

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The best puzzle games like The Talos Principle: Reawakened

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Talos Principle: Reawakened. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

#1Half-Life 2: Episode TwoClosest overall match

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiPost-ApocalypticFirst Person

Steam👍 97%· 41KRAWG👍 93%· 2.0KMC90IGDB70· 1

Year 2007Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox · Android

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat, while skipping exploration and discovery

The strongest of the Half-Life 2 releases: open forest driving, the best encounter design in the series, and a Hunter fight that remains a high point of enemy AI. Roughly six hours. It ends on the cliffhanger that was never resolved, which for many is harder to sit with now than it was in 2007.

It predates The Talos Principle: Reawakened by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Deus Ex: Human RevolutionClosest on tone

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 29KIGDB92· 8

Year 2011Dev Eidos Montréal · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, open world exploration and stealth mechanics, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Where it drifts furthest from The Talos Principle: Reawakened: setting.

It predates The Talos Principle: Reawakened by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 68%· 3.3KRAWG👍 84%· 251MC76IGDB80· 2

Year 2005Dev Headfirst Productions · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements. You will draw upon your skills in exploration, investigation, and combat while faced with the seemingly impossible task of battling evil incarnate.

Where it drifts furthest from The Talos Principle: Reawakened: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for The Talos Principle: Reawakened.

It predates The Talos Principle: Reawakened by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 32KRAWG👍 89%· 3.4KMC96IGDB93· 8

Year 2007Dev Digital Extremes · 2K GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

FPS with RPG elements, Bioshock invites players to experience horrors of underwater isolation in the city of Rapture, the failed project of the better future. After surviving the plane crash, the protagonist has only one way to go – to the giant lighthouse that opens a way to the underwater utopia.

Where it drifts furthest from The Talos Principle: Reawakened: setting and progression.

It predates The Talos Principle: Reawakened by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Prey

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 91%· 54KIGDB76· 16OC81· 166

Year 2017Dev Arkane Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, horror tension and survival mechanics, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Where it drifts furthest from The Talos Principle: Reawakened: setting.

It predates The Talos Principle: Reawakened by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher BayClosest on visuals

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SoloSci-FiFirst PersonThird PersonStealth

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Year 2004Dev Tigon Studios · Vivendi GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics and melee combat, while skipping strong narrative focus

It predates The Talos Principle: Reawakened by 21 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Thirty Flights of Loving

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SoloNarrativeExplorationFirst PersonRanged

Steam👍 64%· 1.9KRAWG👍 62%· 89MC88IGDB90· 1

Year 2012Dev Blendo GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, vibe casual and ranged combat, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

Explore the world of Thirty Flights of Loving through a first-person short story. In this sequel to Gravity Bone, take a deep dive with high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at. Saddle up, gunslinger.

Where it drifts furthest from The Talos Principle: Reawakened: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for The Talos Principle: Reawakened.

It predates The Talos Principle: Reawakened by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Half-Life 2: Episode One

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiFirst PersonRanged

Steam👍 96%· 31KRAWG👍 91%· 2.1KMC87IGDB87· 2

Year 2006Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~4hOn PC · Xbox · Android

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and melee combat, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

A short follow-up focused almost entirely on Alyx as a companion — the AI and dialogue work is what it was really testing, and it holds up. Roughly four hours. It is the slightest of the three: much of it is dark corridors and elevator sequences, and it functions more as a bridge than as a game in its own right.

Where it drifts furthest from The Talos Principle: Reawakened: setting.

It predates The Talos Principle: Reawakened by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloExplorationFirst PersonRangedMelee

Steam👍 95%· 15KRAWG👍 78%· 182MC84IGDB80· 3OC77· 17

Year 2019Dev Supra GamesPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, Metroidvania exploration and open world exploration, while skipping strong narrative focus

A first-person puzzle game structured like a metroidvania: a small sandbox where new tools retroactively open earlier areas, and almost every corner hides something. Puzzle design is genuinely clever. Combat is the weak part — enemies are simple damage sponges that interrupt the puzzling — and the art style is plain enough to look cheap.

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