Games like Call of the Sea
If you like Call of the Sea (puzzle, narrative and first-person), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
The Talos Principle
- In common: thinking and story
When you want to think calmly through well-designed puzzles and reflect a little along the way.
The Witness
- In common: thinking and exploring
- Difference: less story
When your mind is sharp and you want to think deeply, with no rush or pressure.
What Remains of Edith Finch
- In common: story
- Difference: less thinking
When you have a quiet afternoon and want a complete, moving experience with no difficulty at all.
Firewatch
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: less thinking
When you want a grown-up, lovely story you can finish in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
Chants of Sennaar
- In common: thinking and exploring
When you want to think calmly and feel like a linguist: every word you decipher is a small victory.
Outer Wilds
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: longer sessions
When you feel like exploring and thinking calmly, with at least an hour ahead of you. Every loop ends with a discovery.
Return of the Obra Dinn
- In common: thinking and story
When you fancy feeling like a real detective and your mind is sharp. Every confirmed deduction is a small victory.
Lightmatter
- In common: thinking
- Difference: less story
When you fancy puzzles for a couple of evenings: two reviewers finished it in around four and around six hours.
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.
Portal
- In common: thinking
- Difference: less exploring
When you have an afternoon and want a complete, clever and fun experience.
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 Call of the Sea
A combat-free first-person adventure: in 1934, Norah reaches an island in the South Pacific in search of her missing husband. You explore, read notes, her journal collects the clues and you solve puzzles involving symbols, mechanisms and a giant organ.
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