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Games Like Curious Cases
For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore. He has solved more cases than one can count, where others hit dead-ends, he gets to work.
Best games like Curious Cases
The best games like Curious Cases are Escape First, Escape First 2, The Experiment: Escape Room, Escape Simulator, and Escape First Alchemist ⚗️. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 70% positive across 338 Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Casual, Indie, Adventure, platform support for Windows, and $6.99 pricing signal.

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Craft potions ⚗️ and solve the riddles of your alchemy master, on Escape First Alchemist
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The game consists of 3 chapters, each chapter unlocks at the end of the previous one. Once a chapter is unlocked, players can jump to it, to continue where they left off.
A scientist has gone missing, after claiming they made a groundbreaking discovery! Vanished from a locked office with only one exit this extraordinary case immediately grabs Detective Moore’s attention. A modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore has solved more cases than one can count, where others hit dead-ends, he gets to work. Some cases are more difficult than others, but he always comes through, but this time is different... Something seems off about this case, it is almost as if greater forces are in play...
Gather up to 6 people and play as one team that tries to solve the puzzles or try the "Versus" mode, where each player plays alone and tries to solve the mystery before the others do!
The game supports full room-scale/standing tracking with motion controllers on both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. VR is not necessary, you can play with a Desktop using keyboard & mouse / game-pad.
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