Games like The Room VR: A Dark Matter

A VR puzzle adventure game where players interact with intricate contraptions to solve mysteries. It offers a suspenseful, tactile experience exploring cryptic locations.

97% positive from 2,485 · 2020 · 41% finish it · Steam Deck Unsupported · Lowest ever $6.24 (2025-07-13)

AdventurePuzzleVRMystery InvestigationSingleplayer

Six games like The Room VR: A Dark Matter

Strange Horticulture

95% positive from 10,005 reviews2022Deck Verified

A narrative puzzle game where you identify plants to influence an occult mystery. Explore, collect, and use plant effects to solve the story.

What players likedPlayers praise its cozy, atmospheric puzzle-solving, often comparing it to escape rooms or hunt-a-killer games, with a delightful plant-identification core.

The catchPlant identification is repetitive, low-challenge description matching

Both are tagged Investigation, Mystery and Puzzle.

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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

96% positive from 1,253 reviews2025Deck Playable

This is a point-and-click urban thriller adventure game. Players solve serial murders by investigating and logging findings in Kathy's notebook.

What players likedPlayers praise "Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer" as a well-crafted point-and-click mystery, akin to Wadjet Eye Games, with engaging puzzles and a compelling story.

The catchStory loses momentum and dumps everything at the end

Both are tagged Investigation, Mystery and Puzzle.

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The Rise of the Golden Idol

95% positive from 2,529 reviews202460% finish itDeck Verified

This is a point-and-click detective game where players investigate crime scenes to deduce motives and identify culprits. It features a unique mechanic of collecting keywords from observations to build theories.

What players likedPlayers praise its "eureka moment" mysteries and engaging story, a worthy sequel to the first "Golden Idol" game.

The catchSolving reduces to trial-and-error word swapping

Both are tagged Investigation, Mystery and Adventure.

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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

95% positive from 1,274 reviews202437% finish itDeck Verified

This is a point-and-click adventure game featuring a globe-trotting mystery with fully voiced characters and challenging puzzles. Players explore exotic locations, solve riddles, and uncover conspiracies.

What players likedPlayers praise the beautiful remaster of this classic point-and-click adventure, which looks and feels like their nostalgic memories.

The catchSlow pacing with drawn-out, hard-to-skip animations

Both are tagged Investigation, Mystery and Adventure.

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Loco Motive

93% positive from 1,182 reviews202437% finish itDeck Verified

A comedy point-and-click murder mystery aboard a 1930s steam train. You play the three prime suspects in turn, a lawyer, a rookie detective and a spy, solving item puzzles to clear their names.

What players likedPlayers praise "Loco Motive" as a classic point-and-click adventure, reminiscent of Monkey Island, for its humor, story, and exceptional voice acting.

The catchThe comedy is loud and constant but the jokes almost never land.

Both are tagged Investigation, Mystery and Adventure.

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The Silver Case

89% positive from 1,147 reviews201619% finish itDeck Playable

A first-person visual novel adventure game where players solve puzzles and riddles to uncover a dark, interconnected mystery. It features a neo-noir, hardboiled detective feel.

What players likedPlayers praise its incredible, relevant story about the dark side of humanity, despite simple and linear gameplay.

The catchThe plot is told so incoherently that many finish it still not knowing what happened.

Both are tagged Investigation, Mystery and Adventure.

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More about The Room VR: A Dark Matter

What players liked

Players praise its solid puzzles and story, comparing it favorably to Fireproof Games' other highly-regarded VR titles like Ghost Town.

The catch

It runs about three hours, which feels thin next to the price and earlier entries.

Reviews: 97% positive from 2,485
Released: 2020
Finish it: 41% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Unsupported
Price: Lowest ever $6.24 (2025-07-13)
Play: Single-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 97% positive, but with 2,485 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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