Taiji
- A 2D puzzle game where you slowly unravel how to solve each different element of the puzzles, eventually culminating in a massive puzzle gauntlet. Basically identical in concept and execution to The Witness, but still very much its own unique and fun game.
The Golden Idol
- A puzzle game where each level you must examine a scene to figure out exactly what happened, eventually piecing together the full story over several levels. Don't let the art style put you off, it's an incredibly well done game. Most similar to Return of the Obra Dinn in concept.
Stories: The Path of Destinies
- an action RPG with a branching choice-driven storyline, but not every story has a happy ending... You'll piece together the true story over multiple playthroughs and eventually find the one true path. It wasn't a particularly life-changing game but it was still a lot of fun and worth checking out if it sounds interesting!

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Obra Dinn and Tunic are not like that.

Obra Dinn, you're just investigating a memory and doing detective work. You might notice a slip of paper, or broken glass, that helps you with the next step.

Tunic is more about unlocking pages, that you can then remembering that "ah to open up a red door, you have to do a little dance".

Both games, you can absolutely play them in a linear path without repeating the level over and over (like your example of Mario 64).

So I'd say give them a chance. :-)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Chants of Senaar too. I feel like the only game in the image that has you doing that stuff a bunch is Outer Wilds