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16 Great Games Like Observation

Observation puts you on a space station to solve a power outage and find missing crew. However, here you play the role of the SAM, the System Administration Maintenance artificial intelligence software, rather than human protagonist. Your limited view, due to panning cameras and restricted interactions, make this both unusual and intentionally creepy.

Unfortunately, Observation is not available on Android, Mac, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme, and at a lower age rating:

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Observation
PEGI Rating 16+ for ObservationESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for Observation

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Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB MATURE 17+

Release Date: 21/05/2019

Platforms: PC and PlayStation 4

Genres: Action, Narrative, Puzzle and Simulation

Players: This is a single player game

Costs: Purchase cost



 
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Twin Mirror
PEGI Rating 16+ for Twin MirrorESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for Twin Mirror

Twin Mirror

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB MATURE 17+

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Adventure and Narrative

Players: This is a single player game

Twin Mirror is an narrative adventure where you play Sam, a 33-year old man recovering from a recent break-up who returns to his hometown for the funeral of his best friend. As you explore the world and interact with different characters, a twisting,...


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No Man's Sky
PEGI Rating 7+ for No Mans SkyESRB Rating TEEN for No Mans Sky

No Man's Sky

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 10/08/2016, updated in 2018

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Open World and Simulation

Players: This is a single player game. You can play with up to 32 players online

This game invites you to take your spaceship to explore and colonise a universe rich with diverse planets, creatures and fauna. Facing so vast a space is daunting at first, but a rhythm of survival, combat and trading draw you into a space drama of your...


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There Is No Game

There Is No Game

Rating: Not rated by PEGI or ESRB

Release Date: 06/10/2020

Platforms: Mac and PC

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Puzzle

Developer: @ThereIsNoGame

Players: This is a single player game

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is a comedic adventure with a strange twist. From the outset the game’s narrator insists that there is no game to play. As you inevitably ignore his instruction you go on a journey through silly and unexpected video...


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Return of the Obra Dinn
PEGI Rating 16+ for Return of the Obra DinnESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for Return of the Obra Dinn

Return of the Obra Dinn

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB MATURE 17+

Release Date: 18/10/2019

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Narrative and Puzzle

Players: This is a single player game

You play a shipping company agent assessing what happened on board a fictional East India Company ship where all the passengers have all mysteriously died. Exploring the ship, you can revisit the moment of death for each body in order to identify each...


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Portal
PEGI Rating 12+ for PortalESRB Rating TEEN for Portal

Portal (Series)

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 10/10/2007, updated in 2011

Platforms: Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Web Browser, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Genres: Action, Narrative, Platform, Puzzle and Simulation

Players: You can play with 2 players in the same room

You are in a science laboratory where you seem to be being tested. Watched by the artificial intelligence GLaDOS, you have a gun that can create a pair of magic portals on any surface: one is an entrance and the other is an exit. Through a series of...


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Alt-Frequencies
PEGI Rating 12+ for AltFrequenciesESRB Rating TEEN for AltFrequencies

Alt-Frequencies

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 16/05/2019

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC and iOS

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Puzzle

Developer: @AccidentalQ

Players: This is a single player game

Alt-Frequencies is an adventure game played by listen to a series of radio shows. It's a story about people stuck in a time loop without realising it and what you can do to save them.


Game image Detroit Become Human

Detroit: Become Human
PEGI Rating 18+ for Detroit Become HumanESRB Rating TEEN for Detroit Become Human

Detroit: Become Human

Rating: PEGI 18+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 25/05/2018

Platforms: PlayStation 4

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Narrative and Shooting

Developer: @Quantic_Dream

Players: This is a single player game

This is a branching narrative game from Quantic Dream, the studio behind Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls. This is the third game in the series and offers a more refined version of the filmic branching experience.


Game image Everybodys Gone to the Rapture

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
PEGI Rating 16+ for Everybodys Gone to the RaptureESRB Rating TEEN for Everybodys Gone to the Rapture

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 12/08/2015, updated in 2016

Platforms: Mac, PC and PlayStation 4

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Open World

Players: This is a single player game

Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture lands you in a fictional deserted English village in 1984. As you walk the streets of another era you discover bright human forms who re-enact events like a radio play. Through their eyes, you see a web of fear,...


Game image Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds
PEGI Rating 7+ for Outer WildsESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 11/12/2018, updated in 2018

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Open World and Simulation

Players: This is a single player game

Outer Wilds is an exploration space mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time-loop. After 20 minutes of game time, you must start again – but each time brings a new opportunity to learn how you ended up on the planet and solve the...


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Superliminal
PEGI Rating 7+ for SuperliminalESRB Rating EVERYONE for Superliminal

Superliminal

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 12/11/2019

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Open World and Puzzle

Players: This is a single player game

Superliminal is a puzzle game incorporating optical illusions and forced perspective. As you play and explore you can manipulate objects so that when put down their perspective, scale and size has changed. This enables you to progress through areas...


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Recompile
PEGI Rating 12+ for Recompile

Recompile

Rating: PEGI 12+

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Adventure, Narrative, Platform and Puzzle

Developer: @phi6

Players: This is a single player game

Recompile is a platform game about hacking and exploring an expansive virtual world. Drawing inspiration from the Tron film, It's a combination of classic platform games where you slowly get more powers to advance further, and branching narrative games....


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Tacoma
PEGI Rating 16+ for TacomaESRB Rating TEEN for Tacoma

Tacoma

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 24/04/2018

Platforms: Mac, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Role-Playing

Players: This is a single player game

Tacoma is set aboard a space station in the year 2088. As you explore you can discover how the station’s crew lived and worked, using an AR device that lets you review past actions and conversations, you discover clues that unravel a plot of trust,...


Game image Kerbal Space Program

Kerbal Space Program
PEGI Rating 3+ for Kerbal Space ProgramESRB Rating EVERYONE for Kerbal Space Program

Kerbal Space Program

Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 31/03/2016

Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Genres: Adventure, Creative, Open World and Simulation

Players: This is a single player game

Kerbal Space Program is a space flight simulation game. You direct a space program, staffed and crewed by aliens. It looks like a cute game for kids, but under its comic exterior is a hugely complex and engaging space simulation.


Game image In Other Waters

In Other Waters
PEGI Rating 12+ for In Other WatersESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for In Other Waters

In Other Waters

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 03/04/2020

Platforms: Nintendo Switch and PC

Genres: Adventure, Narrative, Open World, Puzzle, Simulation and Strategy

Players: This is a single player game

This is an underwater exploration game where you play an Artificial Intelligence assistance to a stranded xenobiologist in a mysterious alien ocean. The world is not seen except through the instrumentation available to you. This creates a non-violent...


Game image Universal Paperclips

Universal Paperclips
PEGI Rating 3+ for Universal PaperclipsESRB Rating EVERYONE for Universal Paperclips

Universal Paperclips

Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 09/10/2017

Platforms: Android, Web Browser and iOS

Genres: Adventure, Simulation and Strategy

Developer: @flantz

Players: This is a single player game

Universal Paperclips is an adventure game about making paperclips. It sounds simple, but behind the incremental process of clicking a button to create these paperclips is a story about how the desire to make paperclips (or anything) if fully realised...


Game image Twelve Minutes

Twelve Minutes
PEGI Rating 18+ for Twelve MinutesESRB Rating MATURE 17+ for Twelve Minutes

Twelve Minutes

Rating: PEGI 18+, ESRB MATURE 17+

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Narrative, Puzzle and Role-Playing

Developer: @FacaElectrica

Players: This is a single player game

Twelve Minutes is an adventure thriller game about a single apartment building. You view things from above and can interact with a simple click and drag interface. What starts as a romantic evening with your wife turns into a nightmare when a police...


Observation is in This List

In addition to the similar games listed above, which have been linked to this game specifically in the database, you may find games with a similar theme to Observation in the following list:

Solve a Mystery

Like a good crime drama or whodunnit novel, solving mysteries and puzzles is a good way to engage in a story. However, rather than just watching these mysteries while someone else does the heavy lifting, these video games place you firmly in the role of the detective. Gathering statements, sifting evidence and making intelligent leaps of deduction requires care and attention. These investigations makes these games slower than others, but it’s worth the effort each time you find the correct conclusion and move the story on.

These games present you with a mysterious scenario to be solved. Whether with direct puzzles, locations to investigate or crime scenarios to deduce, they offer a unique, first-hand sleuthing challenge.
 
Game image Uncharted The Lost Legacy

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
PEGI Rating 16+ for Uncharted The Lost LegacyESRB Rating TEEN for Uncharted The Lost Legacy
Game image Uncharted Drakes Fortune

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
PEGI Rating 16+ for Uncharted Drakes FortuneESRB Rating TEEN for Uncharted Drakes Fortune
Game image Disc Room

Disc Room
PEGI Rating 16+ for Disc RoomESRB Rating TEEN for Disc Room
Game image The Good Life

The Good Life


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