Games like Obduction
Closest overall match: The Witness (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Sally Face at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: The Unfinished Swan at about 2 hours.
We compared Obduction against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: Mystery, Surreal and Exploration. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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65%
1. The Witness
Shares Nonlinear, overlay, Surreal, Walking Simulator and Mystery and 8 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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57%
2. The Unfinished Swan
Shares Surreal, Walking Simulator, Mystery, Exploration and First-Person and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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57%
3. Paradigm
Shares overlay, Surreal, Point & Click, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
-
57%
4. Thimbleweed Park
Shares overlay, Mystery, Point & Click, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; about 5h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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57%
5. The Talos Principle
Shares Walking Simulator, Mystery, Exploration, First-Person and Open World and 5 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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56%
6. Sally Face
Shares Mystery, Point & Click, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.2 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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55%
7. Layers of Fear
Shares Surreal, Walking Simulator, Mystery, Point & Click and Exploration and 7 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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55%
8. Deponia Doomsday
Shares Point & Click, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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55%
9. Call of the Sea
Shares Surreal, Mystery, Exploration, First-Person and Full controller support and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
-
54%
10. Among the Sleep
Shares VR, Walking Simulator, Survival, Exploration and First-Person and 5 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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54%
11. Detention
Shares Surreal, Point & Click, Exploration, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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54%
12. Seasons After Fall
Shares Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Obduction?
On our similarity model, The Witness is the closest match to Obduction — shares Nonlinear, overlay, Surreal, Walking Simulator and Mystery and 8 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; same release year.
Which game like Obduction is rated highest?
Sally Face holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 125 players.
Are there games like Obduction on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 6 games like Obduction on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Obduction on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 7 games like Obduction on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Obduction on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.