Puzzle Agent 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Puzzle Agent 2

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2011

Should you play it?

Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!

What works

  • Unique art style and atmosphere
  • Engaging and quirky story
  • Varied and enjoyable puzzles
  • Good voice acting and sound design
  • Short and accessible gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Short playtime
  • Some puzzles repetitive or too easy
  • Story ending considered unsatisfying by some
  • Lack of puzzle variety and innovation
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Puzzle Agent

  • Children of Silentown

  • Loco Motive

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

  • The Darkside Detective

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

Less thrilling

Games that feels like Puzzle Agent 2 but with less suspense and thrill

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Tick Tock Isle

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet

  • FoxTail

  • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Puzzle Agent

  • Batman - The Telltale Series

  • The Wolf Among Us

  • Tales from the Borderlands

  • Poker Night at the Inventory

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Puzzle Agent 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Puzzle Agent 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Puzzle Agent 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026