Gaming Puzzle games

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Recently I've been hooked on puzzle games, but I'm starting to fear that I'm gonna run out of the truly good games. The worst part is that these games, while great, don't really feel the same on a second playthrough :(

Do you got any recommendations? I'm looking for games like the ones below. I tend to prefer 3D over 2D.

Portal
Portal 2
The Talos Principle
The Witness
Stephen's Sausage Roll
(about 50% done. Not as fun as the ones above)

(Antichamber is already in my library, but I haven't played it yet)
 

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Man, I've been unable to find a game that satisfies the craving left after The Witness. If you do find something even remotely similar please let me know.
 

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Man, I've been unable to find a game that satisfies the craving left after The Witness. If you do find something even remotely similar please let me know.
The Witness seems to be very unique :(

The Talos Principle is more similar to Portal, but it's an excellent game. I highly recommend it.
 

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The Return of the Obra Dinn and Braid are the obvious ones. They are the two most rewarding puzzle games I've played.
 

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For 3D - The Turing Test, Superhot, Riven and Real Myst.

Sort of inbetween is The Sexy Brutale and Fez (great games).

For 2D - Limbo, Celeste and Baba is You (top down).

Point and clicks also hit a lot of the same notes. The Monkey Island series, Broken Sword, the Blackwell games, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango!, LOOM, The Dig, etc etc.
 
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Our Secret Below. If you like the idea of a first person indie horror/escape room with some fairly challenging puzzles.

Came out a few days ago on Steam.
 

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For 3D - The Turing Test, Superhot, Riven and Real Myst.

Sort of inbetween is The Sexy Brutale and Fez (great games).

For 2D - Limbo, Celeste and Baba is You (top down).

Point and clicks also hit a lot of the same notes. The Monkey Island series, Broken Sword, the Blackwell games, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango!, LOOM, The Dig, etc etc.
Baba is great for about 75% of it, then starts to break its own rules. Still enjoyed it though.

For a bit of nostalgia, try Head Over Heels. It's 3D isometric originally on Speccy, but there's a remake floating about online.
 

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Head over Heels is a great game. The remake did a brilliant job. I remember it having a few hugely frustrating softlock scenarios though so I advise a guide.
 
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Try the Eyes of Ara, amazing game. Also Quern.

Would love recommendations to, my favourite genre.
 

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I just finished The Room and found it fun. I think I paid a buck for it in the sales and I definitely got my money's worth. You make your way through the layers of a puzzle box and it takes a couple of hours. Fairly straight forward puzzles and it never gets frustrating but you do have to work a little for some of the answers. There are two more games in the series and I'll pick them up sometime.

 

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Recently I've been hooked on puzzle games, but I'm starting to fear that I'm gonna run out of the truly good games. The worst part is that these games, while great, don't really feel the same on a second playthrough :(

Do you got any recommendations? I'm looking for games like the ones below. I tend to prefer 3D over 2D.

Portal
Portal 2
The Talos Principle
The Witness
Stephen's Sausage Roll
(about 50% done. Not as fun as the ones above)

(Antichamber is already in my library, but I haven't played it yet)
There was a great java puzzle game that I used to really like

The world is a cube (or circle) and you have to choose what order to introduce 10 elements into the world to create life.

Thats it, but it had beautiful animations.

Anyone remember it?