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Games like Mystery Box 5: Elements

If Mystery Box 5: Elements is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Da Vinci Cryptex 2, Mystery Box VR: Hidden Secrets and Odd Machines: Lost Artifacts — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Mystery Box 5: Elements: Explore a new series of intricate boxes filled with alluring enigmas and brain-teasing challenges that will leave you a lasting impression

2024StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDWindows · macOSby XSGames
Mystery Box 5: Elements — Steam game cover

Players who liked Mystery Box 5: Elements also play

Steam players who put hours into Mystery Box 5: Elements also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. The Da Vinci Cryptex 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mystery Box 5: Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Take the challenge again and crack 50 new incredible riddles in the sequel of The Da Vinci Cryptex!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mystery Box VR: Hidden Secrets

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Mystery Box 5: Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    A VR escape room game where you have to solve intriguing riddles to open boxes and discover nice stories about popular inventions!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Odd Machines: Lost Artifacts

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mystery Box 5: Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    You are a legendary treasure hunter, looking for the Stone of Silence, a powerful artifact that got lost in an old temple. There, you will find a series of weird machines full of puzzles to crack to gain your freedom!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Tiny Machinery: Lost Reality

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mystery Box 5: Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    You've been kidnapped by unknown scientists and your brain has been plugged into a sophisticated machine to run an experiment: travel into a virtual dimension to unlock weird machinery.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Da Vinci Cryptex

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mystery Box 5: Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Are you ready to solve 50 incredible riddles to gain your freedom? Test your IQ skills by playing The Da Vinci Cryptex and find out the genius you are!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Tiny House

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mystery Box 5: Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Embark on an adventure to unlock the secrets hidden within an enigmatic mansion with Tiny House.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Escape From Benjamin's Room

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Mystery Box 5: Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Crack challenging puzzles to escape the room and recover Benjamin's memories.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Da Vinci Cryptex 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mystery Box 5: Elements fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Welcome to the 5th chapter of The Da Vinci Cryptex escape room puzzle series! Are you ready to test your IQ and claim your freedom?

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mystery Box 5: Elements at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mystery Box 5: Elements on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mystery Box 5: Elements on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Mystery Box 5: Elements on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mystery Box 5: Elements on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mystery Box 5: Elements on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mystery Box 5: Elements on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mystery Box 5: Elements on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mystery Box 5: Elements on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from XSGames

Other recommendable Steam games by XSGames, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Mystery Box: Hidden Secrets

    WHY THIS

    Another title from XSGames, the studio behind Mystery Box 5: Elements. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    A point-and-click puzzle game where you have to solve intriguing riddles around different boxes and discover some cool stories about popular inventions!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mystery Box 4: The Journey

    WHY THIS

    Another title from XSGames, the studio behind Mystery Box 5: Elements. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Welcome to the 4th chapter of the popular 'Mystery Box' escape room puzzle game series! 10 new boxes full of enigmas to crack are waiting for you on this journey through lost worlds.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mystery Box 3: Escape The Room

    WHY THIS

    Another title from XSGames, the studio behind Mystery Box 5: Elements. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Welcome to the 3rd chapter of the "Mystery Box" series. You're trapped inside dark rooms and must solve intriguing enigmas to open boxes and escape. Can you make it?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mystery Box 2: Evolution

    WHY THIS

    Another title from XSGames, the studio behind Mystery Box 5: Elements. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Enjoy the 2nd chapter of the Mystery Box game series! Unlock 57 boxes by solving tons of intriguing puzzles that will put your brain to work!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Portals: Escape the Infinity

    WHY THIS

    Another title from XSGames, the studio behind Mystery Box 5: Elements. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    A transcendent point-and-click puzzle adventure. Can you escape 50 Portals?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Da Vinci Cryptex

    WHY THIS

    Another title from XSGames, the studio behind Mystery Box 5: Elements. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Are you ready to solve 50 incredible riddles to gain your freedom? Test your IQ skills by playing The Da Vinci Cryptex and find out the genius you are!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Mystery Box VR: Escape The Room

    WHY THIS

    Another title from XSGames, the studio behind Mystery Box 5: Elements. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    The VR version of the third chapter of the Mystery Box series. Can you crack crazy puzzles to open incredible boxes and escape the room you're trapped in?

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Da Vinci Cryptex 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from XSGames, the studio behind Mystery Box 5: Elements. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mystery Box 5: Elements.

    Take the challenge again and crack 50 new incredible riddles in the sequel of The Da Vinci Cryptex!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mystery Box 5: Elements

How much does Mystery Box 5: Elements cost?
Mystery Box 5: Elements is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mystery Box 5: Elements?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mystery Box 5: Elements are The Da Vinci Cryptex 2, Mystery Box VR: Hidden Secrets, Odd Machines: Lost Artifacts.
Who developed Mystery Box 5: Elements?
Mystery Box 5: Elements was developed by XSGames.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Mystery Box 5: Elements.

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