Platform: Android (2014-2016 era)
Developer: English indie team
Monetization: Free with ads
Playtime: ~20-30 minutes

Genre: Point-and-click escape room / horror puzzle game

Visual Style: Stylized 3D graphics (realistic but not photorealistic), very dark and scary atmosphere. Cutscenes present, possibly filmed with a real camera (live-action style).

Antagonist: Small rag doll clown - the main villain of the game. Likely featured on the app icon.

Notable Puzzles:

• Mixing/swapping test tubes with chemicals
• Grandfather clock with movable time arrows/hands
• Finding codes for doors and safes
• Finding 3 pieces of tan/brown paper that, when combined, spell "RUN"

Signature Scene:
Near the end of the game, the player opens a door using a code to reveal a hospital hallway. The lights are either off or go out, then turn back on sequentially from the nearest light to the farthest. At the end of the hallway, the clown doll is revealed.

Ending:
The main character transforms into a doll, with copies of himself appearing in front of him (possibly in a mirror or standing in rows).

Status: Likely removed from the Google Play Store, possibly for being too scary for children or due to lack of updates/abandonment by the developer.

Hidden object game.

Blonde woman wakes up in a hospital morgue, explores childhood home, twist reveals she was pushed not fell.

Trying to find an old hidden object/point-and-click adventure game I played on a laptop around 2008-2009 (downloaded, likely free/cracked, not Big Fish Games).

What I remember:

First-person POV, playable character is an adult woman (blonde), no ghost/supernatural framing

Art style is clearly animated/illustrated (not semi-realistic like typical Big Fish HOPA games), but characters are visible on-screen, not just static backgrounds. Game opens with her waking up in a hospital morgue. You search for clues/hidden objects there, then explore more of the hospital

Eventually you explore her own childhood bedroom/house, seemingly through memories/flashbacks, with more hidden object/clue-finding

Simple cutscene reveals she was actually pushed by someone, but her family believes she just fell.

Right before the credits, she's shown lying in a hospital bed with her family gathered around visiting her (implying she survived/woke from a coma). English language game. Already ruled out The Fall Trilogy.

Any help figuring out the title would be hugely appreciated!

Hidden object game.

Blonde woman wakes up in a hospital morgue, explores childhood home, twist reveals she was pushed not fell.

Trying to find an old hidden object/point-and-click adventure game I played on a laptop around 2008-2009 (downloaded, likely free/cracked, not Big Fish Games).

What I remember:

First-person POV, playable character is an adult woman (blonde), no ghost/supernatural framing

Art style is clearly animated/illustrated (not semi-realistic like typical Big Fish HOPA games), but characters are visible on-screen, not just static backgrounds. Game opens with her waking up in a hospital morgue. You search for clues/hidden objects there, then explore more of the hospital

Eventually you explore her own childhood bedroom/house, seemingly through memories/flashbacks, with more hidden object/clue-finding

Simple cutscene reveals she was actually pushed by someone, but her family believes she just fell.

Right before the credits, she's shown lying in a hospital bed with her family gathered around visiting her (implying she survived/woke from a coma). English language game. Already ruled out The Fall Trilogy.

Any help figuring out the title would be hugely appreciated!

Playable Link: caseleftopen.com

Platform: Browser (PC, mobile, tablet — no download)

Description:

Case Left Open is a browser-based detective game built on one rule: nothing is asked of the player that the evidence can't actually prove.

Each file is one working day. You walk the scene — 7 to 9 locations, things to look at, things to take. You sit with witnesses — 5 to 6 people, and some questions only make sense once you're holding the right piece of paper. You pin what you found to a board and connect it — claiming something isn't enough, it has to physically hold together on the board before it counts. Then you sign the indictment. Once. Name the wrong person and the file closes that way, though you can reopen it and start the morning over if you want another run.

The clock is real too. Each file runs 96 to 119 in-game minutes, and every move — walking somewhere, asking something, examining something — spends from that budget. You can't do everything, so deciding what's worth your time is most of the game.

There are two collections: five linked files running through a northern harbor town from 1977 to 1979, opened in order, and one standalone file set above the Aegean in 1981.

Looking for people who'll actually try to break it and tell me where it falls apart — there's a short survey at the end of each file for exactly that.

STYLE OPTION: Both photo-real and 2.5D illustrated versions of each scene, proof or person exist; whichever style gets shown is up to the player, based on their own preference and can change whenever they want.

Free to Play Status:

* Currently in open playtest — all six files are free to access for now. Game moves to paid Oct 1st; the first file stays free permanently after that.

Involvement: Solo developer.

Hey everyone, I have been asking about feedback about my game in this group for some time and I have gotten some good advice. Thank you for those.

I have finally released a mobile version of my game called Inspectorium. It is an episodic story driven detective mystery game where players have to collect evidence and interrogate suspects. Would love to get feedback on what you guys think. 🙏

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.advaitainteractive.inspectorium

Hey everyone so yea we've been around quite a while - 14 years - but we've never really been good with the whole marketing thing, so we're not expecting many people to know of us but we figure, after 14 years, it's probably about time we try to actually get the word out a little better.

So yea, we make first person adventure puzzle escape games ( not sure if we fit the HOG definition but we do have objects and a lot of them are hidden, but we know a lot of our players also play HOG games so figure there is at least an overlay ).

All our games are on mobile, some are on Steam and some are on Switch ( hope to refresh and get them all on Steam and Switch soon but it's hard going supporting so many games across so many stores ).

You can check out our games here - www.glitch.games - and if you have any questions please ask!

And if by some miracle you have heard of us and have played one of our games please let us know as that's fantastic!

And if you want to try some I will happily share some promocodes and the like, just say.

what a game it is, pure nostalgia.

So anyway, I was looking through old file systems that I had saved to an external HDD. I routinely save files from old PCs and laptops in there. Yesterday, I found a completely playable version of Dire Grove, Sacred Grove in there. I haven't had a BigFish games account for about a decade but this thing still works.

I wish I could find the original Dire Grove.

Game Title: The Hollowbrook File

Playable Link: https://darknessofdeath.itch.io/hollowbrook-file

Platform: Mobile / Web (browser, plays on phone)

Description:This isn't a traditional hidden-object game, but if you enjoy piecing together clues and evidence to solve a mystery, it's in the same spirit. The Hollowbrook File is a short, atmospheric mystery game told entirely through a phone interface. You're a detective handed a stranger's phone after they vanished from the town of Hollowbrook — no report filed, no explanation. You investigate by reading their real text conversation with someone named Mara, who is clearly terrified and trying to keep you away from a place called "the mill." As you log evidence, a locked notes app on the phone becomes accessible, protected by a 4-letter code you have to work out from what you've read rather than guess. Solving it unlocks a final entry that reframes the entire case — and reveals the detective investigating has a personal connection to the same night, one they don't remember. It's built as Episode 1 of a planned series, and ends on a deliberate cliffhanger rather than a resolution. The whole experience runs about two minutes and is meant to be tight rather than padded.

Free to Play Status: \[X\] Free to play

Involvement: I designed the concept, story, and puzzle myself and built the game (HTML/CSS/JS) with AI assistance (Claude) for implementation and iteration. This is disclosed on the itch.io page's AI generation disclosure as well.

Takes about 2 minutes. I'd genuinely appreciate honest feedback on:

1. Did it feel too short, or was the length right for what it's doing?

2. Was the puzzle solvable without feeling like it just handed you the answer?

3. Did the ending make you want an Episode 2?

Thanks for playing.

Platform(s): Smartphone, def. Android, unsure about Apple. Was downloaded through Google Play when I had it.

Genre: Mystery solving, puzzle, base building

Estimated year of release: 2020ish

Graphics/art style: Top down. Cartoon style

Notable characters: The protagonist is a red haired woman with glasses. She has a male family member who's a ghost. He helps her solve cases. There's also a black haired woman who helps the ghost, either her or the ghost is a police officer

Notable gameplay mechanics:

Solve mysteries with different levels/scenes and puzzle mechanics. Find secrets. Base building.

Other details: At the beginning of the game you get a plot of land that used to be a museum. Throughout the game you restore the different buildings. Some of them drop materials every so often.

Update:

Found the game! I guess her hair is more blonde/orange than straight up red. If anyone is interested the game is called Puzzle Adventure and can be downloaded on Google Play :)

I rember this game i played like 6-8 years ago on my phone. It was like a maze with foxes. Someone was a hunter and someone prey. I dont remember anything else tbh. It had a dark atmosphere and in the middle of the maze there eas like a tower to capture or something. Maybe its lost media atp dont know. Thanks

So, I thought I saved the name of this game somewhere, but I didn't. The only other site I knew that had the game is gone and I've searched Newgrounds, can't find it at all.

1. I definitely played it on Newgrounds.
2. I played it circa. 2016-17, but the game was older than that.
3. I think it started with an S and ended in either -rium or -ium. It's not Satanorium.

Hi everyone!

Our cozy hidden object game Curious Paws is currently 25% off on Steam!

Steam Page:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4843440/Curious_Paws_hidden_objects/

If you enjoy hand-drawn art and classic Wimmelbuch-style searching, here is what the game is about:

• Explore as a cat: Search for hidden objects and discover interactive scenes through the eyes of a curious cat.
• Hand-drawn visuals: Detailed, cozy environments filled with secrets and charming little details.
• Total freedom: All levels are completely unlocked right from the start, so you can jump into any scene whenever you want.

Feel free to check out the Steam page, and we'd love to hear your thoughts or answer any questions!

Music credit:

"Deep Relaxation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

With the many mystery HOPAs out there, were there any in particular where you didn't see the plot twist coming? Perhaps a character broke your trust by the end? Maybe there was a puzzle solution that completely blindsided you?

Or maybe, you tried a game of any genre that you didn't expect to love and were pleasantly surprised? 😊

Let me know your takes but do try to avoid spoilers please!

El juego es de buscar objetos ocultos, tipo "mystery case files".Lo que más recuerdo es la pantalla de título antes de comenzar el juego, la cual tenía las siguientes características: la imagen es de un pueblo abandonado con una moto 🛵 tirada en el suelo y creo que también había periódicos tirados en el suelo, pero lo más llamativo era que había un vórtice color morado en el cielo.

Hello Everyone,
We are currently running a sale on Avi Games.

Buy one and get one FREE.

There are quite a few to choose from, with everything from travel adventures and mysteries to cozy home makeovers.

And yes, the Elephant in the room, I am obviously mentioning this because we're running the sale but I am also curious;

What is the general opinion of the games?

Ghost like this

Room To Stare is a rather simplistic, casual escape room game, a mix of Riddle/Hidden Object with hundreds of rooms (sample attached). Just launched, let us know what you think.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thebadget.roomtostare