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Hidden Object hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged Hidden Object on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. All 39 of them, most reviewed first. How these pages are made.
Morphopolis83% positive from 4,845 reviews201418% finish itDeck Verified
Puzzle adventure game about insect metamorphosis. Explore a hand-drawn world, solving puzzles as an aphid grub.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful, atmospheric exploration, comparing it to Myst or point-and-click adventures.
The catchControls are slow and wonky, clearly built for touchscreen and awkward with a mouse.
Games like Morphopolis →
This is a hidden object game where players find bees in detailed artworks. It features a relaxing, immersive experience with unlimited hints and replayability.
What players likedPlayers praise this charming, free search-and-find game as a relaxing yet engaging experience with delightful art and music, surpassing many paid alternatives.
The catchZooming in to hunt the tiny bees turns the artwork into a blurry pixel mess.
Games like I commissioned some bees 0 →
Hidden Folks96% positive from 3,204 reviews2017Deck Verified
This is a hidden object game with interactive, hand-drawn environments. Players find targets by interacting with the world and receive hints when needed.
What players likedPlayers praise this hidden object game as a relaxing, hand-drawn "Where's Wally" with hilarious, human-made sound effects and lively, interactive environments.
The catchBig later levels blend together, reducing the hunt to clicking every object on screen.
Games like Hidden Folks →
Hidden Through Time is a hidden object adventure game with a hand-drawn art style. Players find scattered items using clues across historical levels, with a map editor for custom content.
What players likedPlayers praise its relaxing hidden-object gameplay, similar to other games in the genre, with endless fun from community-made maps.
The catchHints are vague or misleading and objects are often barely visible behind scenery.
Games like Hidden Through Time →
Platform 887% positive from 2,755 reviews202457% finish itDeck Verified
This is a short walking simulator where players explore a perpetually moving train, searching for anomalies to escape. It evokes a liminal, unsettling atmosphere inspired by Japanese subways.
What players likedPlayers compare it to a horror WarioWare or RE7, praising its varied, interactive anomalies and atmospheric horror.
The catchMost anomalies just require holding forward, not spotting them
Games like Platform 8 →
Birth96% positive from 2,637 reviews2023Deck Verified
Adventure game with creature construction from collected parts. Solve physics puzzles and interact with creatures in a hand-drawn city.
What players likedPlayers praise this cozy, hand-drawn puzzle game for its unique blend of cute and gruesome, often compared to Rusty Lake.
The catchThe puzzles are so simple they solve themselves, and the whole game ends in two hours.
Games like Birth →
This is a first-person horror quest game where players must escape a maniac's house. The core loop involves hiding evidence of escape before the maniac returns.
What players likedPlayers praise Metel as a puzzle-solving, escape-style horror game, similar to "Schoolboy Runaway" and "Granny."
The catchRandom item spawns and unsolvable puzzles can leave you stuck with no way forward.
Games like Metel - Horror Escape →
A hidden object metroidvania where you find cats. Explore rooms, find keys, and uncover secrets to break a curse.
What players likedPlayers praise its interactive hide-and-seek gameplay with trinkets and a boss, unlike other cat-finding games, making it a low-pressure, achievement-hunter-friendly puzzle.
The catchThe timed final boss breaks the relaxed pace and blocks many players from finishing.
Games like A Castle Full of Cats →
100 hidden cats94% positive from 2,333 reviews202135% finish itDeck Playable
This is a black and white, hand-drawn hidden object game. Players find 100 disguised cats in a city setting with a challenging difficulty.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a fun, quick search-and-find game, despite having only one picture.
The catchOne short level that is over in about ten minutes with no way to replay it.
Games like 100 hidden cats →
A hidden object game about finding and petting cats. It features exploration and collection with a relaxed, discovery-focused feel.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a cute, fun hidden object game, though surprisingly short compared to other games from the developers.
The catchCats hidden behind objects turn it into random clicking on every pixel of the screen.
Games like A Building Full of Cats →
This is a hand-painted point-and-click adventure game where players solve puzzles to guide a cat through gardens. It features a relaxing, atmospheric feel with unique environments and music.
What players likedPlayers praise this charming, short, and sweet puzzle game for its beautiful hand-drawn art, relaxing music, and lovable cat, reminiscent of Samorost but easier.
The catchPuzzle logic is thin, so progress comes from clicking around until something happens.
Games like Milo and the Magpies →
This is a point-and-click adventure game where players solve logic puzzles in a stylish retro-futuristic setting. The core loop involves exploration, observation, and using collected items to overcome challenges.
What players likedPlayers praise this spy-themed point-and-click puzzle game for its clever puzzles, immersive experience, and escape room-like feel.
The catchConstant backtracking between screens eats most of the playtime and turns tedious.
Games like Agent A: A puzzle in disguise →
This is a puzzle adventure game where players solve clues and overcome obstacles to save creatures and stop Baron Igor. It features stunning 2k HD graphics and a new take on the Frankenstein story.
What players likedPlayers praise its relaxed hidden object gameplay and nice puzzles, reminiscent of a straightforward seek-and-find game.
The catchAchievements stay bugged and refuse to unlock even after repeated full playthroughs.
Games like Frankenstein: Master of Death →
IMMORTALITY84% positive from 1,942 reviews202234% finish itDeck Verified
An interactive film trilogy where players match cut through footage to solve a mystery, featuring a cinematic teleportation mechanic and a dark, investigative feel.
What players likedPlayers praise its satisfying mystery-solving and discovery, comparing it to Sam Barlow's "Her Story" but with a focus on film reels.
The catchFinding clips means clicking objects at random, which becomes repetitive busywork.
Games like IMMORTALITY →
This is a hidden object puzzle adventure game where players explore detailed environments to find items and solve puzzles. It features a charming, artistic style and interactive storytelling.
The catchDespite the maze premise the paths are linear and on rails with little to explore.
Games like Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective →
Hidden-object puzzle-adventure game. Investigate a mystery using an Evidence Board to collect clues and solve puzzles.
What players likedPlayers praise its challenging hidden object puzzles and epic mystery story, comparing it to Nancy Drew and Supernatural.
The catchConstant backtracking across the map with no fast travel makes it a slog.
Games like Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek →
This is a cute, casual hidden-object game where players click on 100 cats in a hand-drawn Italian scene, featuring a relaxing soundtrack and optional timer mode.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a genuinely enjoyable, if not groundbreaking, experience similar to other pleasant, casual games.
The catchWhole game finishes in roughly fifteen minutes
Games like Travellin Cats in Italy →
This is a hand-drawn, point-and-click adventure puzzle game about love and loss. Players solve puzzles in surreal memory rooms to uncover a bittersweet story.
What players likedPlayers praise this beautiful, melancholic puzzle game for its compelling story and moving portrayal of grief and lost love.
The catchThe story stays shallow and the characters are too flat to make the loss land.
Games like When The Past Was Around →
This is a hidden object adventure game with a dark pirate theme. Players solve puzzles to rescue a daughter from an undead pirate's curse.
What players likedPlayers praise the engaging mini-games and light thought required, similar to other casual hidden-object adventures.
The catchThe map has no fast travel, so progress means endless backtracking through rooms.
Games like Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart →
This is a hidden object adventure game with an Art-Deco underwater city setting. Players solve puzzles and find objects, with an option to play minigames instead.
The catchNo fast travel means constant backtracking, worsened by slow elevator animations.
Games like Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden →
This is a hidden-object puzzle-adventure game with a unique Detective Mode for investigation. It features a 1950s noir horror mystery with challenging puzzles and a gripping plot.
What players likedPlayers praise its enjoyable puzzles and charmingly bad production value, reminiscent of a B-movie.
The catchHidden object scenes and puzzles are trivially easy and the game ends quickly.
Games like 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek →
Varenje87% positive from 1,515 reviews201814% finish itDeck Verified
A 3D adventure game where you explore a miniature world as a tiny person, collecting raspberries to brew a potion. The core loop involves puzzle-solving and platforming in a whimsical, nostalgic setting.
What players likedPlayers say it's like a hidden object game, praising its beautiful, trippy art and engaging challenge level.
The catchThe free listing is only chapter one, with the rest locked behind a paid DLC.
Games like Varenje →
A hidden object game where players find cats across history. It features a vertical tower climb and an adaptive soundtrack.
What players likedPlayers praise this hidden object game for its adorable cats, enjoyable content, and improvements over previous DevCats titles.
The catchGlitches are common, from vanishing tools to the game not launching after updates.
Games like A Tower Full of Cats →
This is a cute hidden-object game where players click to find 100 cats in a hand-drawn scene, featuring a relaxing lo-fi soundtrack. It offers a timer mode with a leaderboard and an Easter egg hunt.
The catchIt is over in around ten minutes and is bare bones even for the genre.
Games like Travellin Cats in Bali →
Anomaly Exit90% positive from 1,251 reviews202463% finish itDeck Playable
A memory-based horror game in which your train keeps stopping at what looks like the same station. Study it and leave only if nothing has changed, or get back on board, alone or with up to five other passengers.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a fun, unique co-op anomaly horror game, best enjoyed with friends for about an hour.
The catchAnomalies lean on lights going out and cheap jump scares far too often.
Games like Anomaly Exit →
A short, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure with physics puzzles. Players collect rent from woodland residents in a delicate story.
What players likedPlayers praise its imaginative, whimsical, and clever puzzle gameplay with a mild horror ambience.
The catchIt is over in under half an hour and the puzzles are far too easy to resist.
Games like Landlord of the Woods →
This is a psychological thriller adventure game with hidden object elements. It features an oppressive atmosphere and a story-driven mystery.
What players likedPlayers praise its creepy horror, engaging story, amazing puzzles, and realistic environments, similar to classic adventure games.
The catchPuzzle logic is contrived, making you hunt odd tools for things anyone could do by hand.
Games like True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 →
Adam Wolfe92% positive from 1,191 reviews201634% finish itDeck Playable
A supernatural detective adventure game with point-and-click investigation, puzzle-solving, and a dark, psychological thriller feel. Players solve mysteries to find a missing sister within a larger conspiracy.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a well-executed point-and-click/hidden object game with a wonderful, interesting story and good voice acting.
The catchPuzzles are trivially easy, closer to clicking through a story than solving anything.
Games like Adam Wolfe →
Kinoko83% positive from 1,177 reviews2020
Relaxing third-person experience where you clear snow and plant flowers to bring spring. Complete tasks to unlock stone pillars and progress through forest areas.
What players likedKinoko is a relaxing, visually appealing game with cute animals and Ghibli-esque vibes, praised for its cozy and peaceful atmosphere.
The catchIt crashes within minutes for many players, often before you get anywhere.
Games like Kinoko →
A hidden object game where you find cats to help them get adopted. It's a heartwarming experience focused on animal rescue.
What players likedIt's a chill hidden object game about finding cats, praised for its sweet depiction of disabled cats and support for shelters.
The catchForced minigames and story sections keep interrupting the simple hunt for hidden cats.
Games like A Shelter Full of Cats →
This is a steampunk adventure game with detective and action elements. Players solve mysteries and battle mechanical creatures in a hand-drawn world.
What players likedPlayers praise its stylish steampunk worldbuilding, good story, and above-average, theme-fitting puzzles.
The catchRuns only about three hours and the puzzles are far too easy to be satisfying.
Games like Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink →
This is a hidden object adventure game with a horror theme. Players solve puzzles and find clues to unravel a mystery in a spooky park.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a polished hidden object adventure, on par with Mystery Case Files, with clever puzzles and refined visuals.
The catchThe puzzles offer almost no challenge, even on the hardest difficulty setting.
Games like Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood →
Dead Signal89% positive from 1,074 reviews20231% finish itDeck Playable
This is a survival horror game where players monitor security cameras, manage threats, and complete tasks under pressure. The core loop involves spotting differences on cameras and responding to environmental hazards.
What players likedPlayers praise its intense tension, comparable to other horror games, for an amazing experience.
The catchLong runs end in random unavoidable deaths and bugs no skill could prevent.
Games like Dead Signal →
Tiny Lands92% positive from 1,073 reviews202118% finish itDeck Verified
A 3D "find the differences" puzzle game with dynamic environments and no time limits. Players explore interactive scenes at their own pace.
What players likedPlayers praise this isometric 3D find-the-differences game for its simple concept, extensive content, and suitability for short play sessions.
The catchNearly every difference is just a slightly resized, recolored or nudged object.
Games like Tiny Lands →
Cats in Time96% positive from 1,056 reviews202143% finish itDeck Verified
Cats in Time is a 3D puzzle exploration game where players find hidden cats across various historical and future time periods. It features tactile puzzles and a relaxing atmosphere.
What players likedPlayers praise "Cats in Time" as a cozy, well-thought-out puzzle game, similar to "Escape Simulator" but with cute cats.
The catchPuzzles frequently bug out or soft lock, forcing a full restart of the level.
Games like Cats in Time →
This is a hidden object adventure game with a dark fantasy feel. Players solve puzzles and find items to uncover a mystery.
What players likedPlayers praise its enjoyable hidden object puzzles and engaging story, reminiscent of classic Artifex Mundi titles.
The catchPuzzles are trivially easy and recycled from the studio's other hidden object games.
Games like Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride →
A cute hidden object game where players find 100 cats in hand-drawn Chinese scenes. It offers a relaxing experience with a chill soundtrack and adjustable features.
The catchSome cats are tiny and very hard to spot
Games like Travellin Cats in China →
This is a hidden object puzzle adventure game. Players solve puzzles and find hidden objects in a detective story with an eerie feel.
What players likedPlayers praise its cinematic story, satisfying ending to the trilogy, and upgraded, detailed visuals.
The catchIt is a clear step down from the first two, with a weak, predictable story.
Games like Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala →
A story-driven 2D noir adventure with dialogue-based puzzles and a sarcastic tone. Players solve mysteries with a teddy bear detective to find a missing brother.
What players likedPlayers praise its engaging narrative and charming detective story, reminiscent of classic point-and-click adventures.
The catchEndless dialogue drags out every scene, leaving very little actual puzzle solving to do.
Games like Bear With Me - Episode One →
