Games like The Search
Closest overall match: Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter) (★ 1.8). Highest rated: HIVESWAP: Act 1 at ★ 2.6. Quickest to finish: Backbone: Prologue at about 1 hours.
These 8 games score highest on our similarity model for The Search — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Steam Achievements, Singleplayer and Point & Click.
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83%
1. Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter)
Shares Point & Click, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 1.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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74%
2. Alpha Polaris: A Horror Adventure Game
Shares Point & Click, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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70%
3. Shadows on the Vatican Act I: Greed
Shares Point & Click, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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68%
4. Oknytt
Shares Point & Click, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 higher.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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67%
5. Planet Ancyra Chronicles
Shares steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 1.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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67%
6. The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles
Shares Point & Click, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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67%
7. HIVESWAP: Act 1
Shares Point & Click, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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67%
8. Backbone: Prologue
Shares Point & Click, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 higher.
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Search?
On our similarity model, Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter) is the closest match to The Search — shares Point & Click, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
Which game like The Search is rated highest?
HIVESWAP: Act 1 holds the highest player rating in this list at 2.6/5 from 64 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Search 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.