Games like The Outer Islands
If The Outer Islands is your kind of game, the closest matches are Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room, The Painscreek Killings and Unable to Exit 8 — 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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Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room
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Top pick for The Outer Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths. In this mysterious Escape room, you will have to solve puzzles to find the hidden vault with the treasure. But you will find much more...
The Painscreek Killings
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Second-strongest match for The Outer Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Unable to Exit 8
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Third-strongest match for The Outer Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
You receive an invitation on a "special" dating app, get excited and then get involved in an endless cycle of couples' hotels. You have to watch carefully for any unusual information. Can you solve these puzzles?
Scene Investigators
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Ranked #4 for The Outer Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
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Ranked #5 for The Outer Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
The Last Case of John Morley
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Ranked #6 for The Outer Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Syberia: The World Before
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Ranked #7 for The Outer Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
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Ranked #8 for The Outer Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths. In this mysterious Escape room, you will have to solve puzzles to find the hidden vault with the treasure. But you will find much more...
The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Outer Islands.
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!
Frequently asked about The Outer Islands
- What games are most similar to The Outer Islands?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Outer Islands are Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room, The Painscreek Killings, Unable to Exit 8.
- Who developed The Outer Islands?
- The Outer Islands was developed by Slapstick Games.
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