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Stacking is a puzzle game where characters are Russian stacking matryoshka dolls. Controlling the smallest doll in the game, Charlie Blackmore, you go on an adventure. Your main ability is that you can stack and unstack into larger dolls and gain their ability to solve puzzles.

Unfortunately, Stacking is not available on Android, PS4, PS5, Switch or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Stacking

Game Details

Release Date: 08/02/2011

Price: 70% off

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Content Rating: PEGI 7

Players: 1

Genres: Adventure, Puzzle and Narrative

Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made

Developer: Double Fine (@DoubleFine)

Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass

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Lost Ember

Release Date: 19/07/2019, updated in 2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Lost Ember is an animal exploration adventure game. While forward progress is relatively linear, it involves beguiling flying, swimming, digging and running to explore the mysterious world through the eyes of different animals.

Donut County

Release Date: 15/08/2018, updated in 2018

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

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Inscryption

Release Date: 19/10/2021, updated in 2022

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5 and Switch

Components: 2D Overhead, Cards and Hand-Made

Inscryption starts as a card-based adventure where you build a deck of cards to take on adventures and battles. To this, it adds escape-room style puzzles, both in the card game and in the room in which you are playing. The result is a psychological...

Little Orpheus

Release Date: 12/06/2020, updated in 2022

Platforms: Apple TV, Mac, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

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Land of Screens

Release Date: 04/02/2022

Platforms: Mac, PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

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Maquette

Release Date: 02/03/2021

Platforms: PC, PS4 and PS5

Components: 3D First-Person

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Everything

Release Date: 21/03/2017, updated in 2019

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4 and Switch

Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

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Ghost Trick

Release Date: 19/06/2010, updated in 2023

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Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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Wandersong

Release Date: 27/09/2018, updated in 2019

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Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

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Psychonauts 2

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Costume Quest

Costume Quest (Series)

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Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Hand-Made

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Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

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7 Younger Content Rating than Stacking

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12 Video Games Like Stacking Based on Genre

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27 Great Games Like Stacking

Game Details

6 Similar Games Short List

Lost Ember

Donut County

Inscryption

Little Orpheus

Land of Screens

Maquette

9 Similar Games Long List

Everything

Ghost Trick

Wandersong

Katamari Damacy Reroll

Psychonauts 2 (Series)

Costume Quest (Series)

Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

Moon: Remix RPG Adventure

The Pedestrian

7 Younger Content Rating than Stacking

12 Video Games Like Stacking Based on Genre

Stacking is in These Lists

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