Missing: Since January
Missing: Since January is an Adventure, Puzzle, and Single-player video game developed by The Adventure Company. Throughout the course, the player serves as an investigator who has to examine the disappearance of journalist Jack Lorski and his young female companion, Karen Gijman. The game takes the player to Europe, where the player encounters a series of bizarre murders.
It all depends on the player’s detective skills to solve the puzzles and bring the truth to light. The player has to think about many suspicious things and come to a desperate end. The game has multiple ends where the player can come to different ends regarding his playstyle. Most of the game is text-based, and the player has to select the right option.
Multiple puzzles are there where every puzzle must be completed in a limited time to progress to the next puzzle. The puzzles require exploring the environment for pieces of evidence, clues, and solutions. The core features of the game are Puzzles, Multiple Endings, shreds of evidence, and Detective Skills.
#1 The Experiment
The Experiment is an Adventure, Puzzle, VR, and Single-player video game developed by ON Skull Games. Throughout the game, the player controls an unnamed character where he finds himself entrapped in a room full of darkness. The player, while visiting a doctor, notices that something is missing at his office.
Before realizing it, the doctor drugs the character, and he lays down. The player opens his eyes on a chair in the black room and cannot get out of the building. The doctor runs a dangerous experiment on animals and people where he has considered the player his next subject. The player has not only to escape but also to figure out what’s going on.
It is a room puzzle game where the player can play it in three modes such as solo, competitive, and co-op mode. In co-op mode, the player has to team-up with six friends and solve the puzzles. In versus mode, every player is in a separate room and has to escape alone before any other player does so to win.
#2 Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring
Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring is an Adventure, Point-and-Click, and Single-player video game developed by Frogwares. Throughout the game, the player assumes the protagonist’s role, named Holmes, where the main mission is to investigate the murder of Sir Melvyn Bromsby at Sherringford Hall. While exploring the hall, the player controls the character from the third-person perspective.
The player has to examine everyone as a suspect, even his daughter named Lavinia, who is living with her. The game has two characters, such as Holmes and Watson, where every character has unique skills. The player has to click in the direction he wishes. When the player sees the footsteps icon, clicking will take the character to the next authorized spot.
Double-clicking on the screen allows the player to run or chase someone. The inventory bar pops up when the player clicks the right button. The player has tools such as a magnifying glass, measuring tape, and test tube in inventory that he can use frequently. Inventory also includes a notebook, which has a witness’s conversations.
#3 Asemblance
Asemblance is an Adventure, Simulation, Horror, and Single-player video game developed by Nilo Studios. Throughout the game, the player serves as an unnamed protagonist who finds himself entrapped in an experimental machine. It is a machine that simulates the memories, and the player has to get rid of this strange device before it implements the functionality on the character.
While inspecting the machine, the player views the environment from the first-person perspective. The player has lost his memory, and during the exploration, he faces memories from his past that recall his identity. The game is interactive where the player can interlink with the placed objects such as computer screen, teleporters, etc.
With the AI voice, the game offers a horror environment in the dark mansion. The player can experience day/night cycles where at night it seems darker. Get into the horror escape adventure, perform actions guided by AI voice, interact with the environment, and recall the identity. The game’s core features are First-person Perspective, Interactive, Dark Machine, Day/Night Cycle, and Exploration.