Even though these games play like Myst, you can unfortunately die in these which might deter you. I think the best choice would be the Journey Man Trilogy, which are games about a time traveling police man basically, which I found to be an awesome setting. They look like the kind of games I'd enjoy. I think I wound up adding most if not all you recommended here. And broke down and created a Steam account since i could be here a while and need more options. Heck, if you're just into adventure or puzzle games in general, I can make you a crapton more recommendations on top of those. The Schizm series required you to be a Menza member to solve The Light House was the first puzzle adventure I played.

Prominence (extremely well-designed first-person adventure game) The Painscreek Killings (detective-style game, requires you to take a lot of notes about the things you read) The Talos Principle (haven't personally played, but heard good things about) If you don't mind using Steam, try one of the following: Frogwares' series of Sherlock Holmes games (basically anything that says 'Sherlock Holmes' on it here on GOG) Lighthouse: The Dark Being (Sierra's answer to Myst) Schizm: Mysterious Journey (haven't personally played, but similar style) Return of the Obra Dinn (not really a first-person adventure/puzzle game like the others here, more of a detective thing, but absolutely excellent)

The 7th Guest/The 11th Hour (very cool B-movie horror atmosphere with these, although the puzzles leave something to be desired and the games really need a facelift) Timelapse (not the greatest puzzles here, you basically already played the best of the genre, but still decent) What you're looking for are adventure games with environmental puzzles. Metacritic gave it a positive score of 83/100.Zeogold: Most definitely.

PCWorld gave the game 4 out of 5 stars, saying it was similar to Myst of old with excellent gameplay. There are dozens of puzzles to solve opening approximately fifty locked doors all are needed to find a way off the island. The plot involves a character arriving on the mysterious island of Quern with no memory of the past, passing through a gateway which thereafter self-destructs. The game was developed by four Hungarian graduate students, one of whom lives in the United Kingdom. Quern was released for Xbox One on April 24, 2020. Quern – Undying Thoughts is an adventure video game by Zadbox Entertainment.

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