Games like A Guidebook of Babel
If you like A Guidebook of Babel (adventure, puzzles and narrative), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
- In common: story and thinking
When you want to laugh with a classic adventure that's over in a few afternoons and where you can barely die.
Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
- In common: story and thinking
When you're in the mood for a funny point-and-click adventure where you can't die and the game gives you hints if you get stuck.
Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)
- In common: story and thinking
When you fancy a short classic adventure: it takes about six to eight hours to finish and has Spanish voice acting.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1
- In common: story
When you have a free afternoon and want a fun point-and-click adventure that wraps up in about two hours.
The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
- In common: story
When you have a few evenings free: there are six books of roughly an hour each and a single ending.
Pentiment
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: easier
When you fancy reading at a leisurely pace and weighing up difficult decisions.
Tales from the Borderlands
- In common: story
- Difference: less thinking
When you fancy an episodic comedy adventure: each episode lasts around an hour and a half.
Her Story
- In common: story and thinking
When you want a mystery you can solve in a single evening with a notebook and some curiosity.
Papo & Yo
- In common: story
When you have a free afternoon and want a short story that's hard to take in: it's over in about four hours.
Finding Paradise
- In common: story
- Difference: less thinking
When you fancy a moving story in calm sessions: it's over in a few afternoons.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About A Guidebook of Babel
You have died and boarded the Babel, a cruise ship to the afterlife. You travel back in time, use a pen to rewrite the event that got a character into trouble, and the butterfly effect changes the story. A notebook helps you connect clues.
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