Sad landscapes of dying nature, an amazing soundtrack, amazing mechanisms and beautiful locations, interesting puzzles and vivid characters - all this Syberia Benoit Sokal. She was released in 2002 and became one of the most striking quests of her time. The main character, the young journalist Kate Walker, sets off in search of the brilliant heir to the Voralberg family, Hans, who creates stunning toys and cars.
The player along with Kate will have to make friends with Oscar, a mechanical engineer, and go with him on a train to the cities in which the ingenious inventor left his mark.
The mysterious, sad atmosphere did not leave anyone indifferent. Some puzzles were simple, others more complicated, but they all remained invariably interesting and supplemented the world of Siberia with cute and important details.
But the gaming industry has presented us with several more projects that can create a similar atmosphere and capture with your head. We present you 10 games similar to Siberia: a list of quests in Russian for PC, from which it is impossible to tear oneself away.
10. Memento Mori
The name itself Memento mori – memento Morisets a mysterious and sad tone to what is happening on the monitor screen. However, the speech in the game from the Czech company Centauri Production will focus on the abduction of paintings from the State Hermitage.
The investigation is undertaken by an employee of the interpol Larisa Svetlova. The second character to be controlled was Maxim Duran, a famous thief of paintings. But he claims that he is not involved in the crime, and intends to prove it. However, evidence and new information allow history to be revealed in all its frightening fullness.
9. Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Want to feel the gloomy atmosphere of cyberpunk? Then you need a game Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals from White Birds Productions. The action of this quest takes place in the near future, in 2023, where everything went wrong.
Paris is ruled by a cruel dictator who created a new religion and persecutes all those who disagree. The player is invited to try on the role of Alcid Nikopol, a young man who is eager to unravel the mystery of his father’s death and overthrow the dictatorial regime.
Graphic designers have done their best, and the atmosphere is perfect. Sound fails as well. In addition, the game is part of a large universe, and after passing you can get acquainted with Enki Bilal's short stories.
8. Lost Horizon
Outside 1936. Soldiers of the Third Reich travel around the world in search of unique weapons to translate their nightmarish plans. Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and unsuccessful smuggler, is asked to find his friend Richard, who has gone missing in Tibet. But Fenton does not even realize that he will have to overcome three continents and get to the secret that can turn the whole world upside down.
Screenwriters have tried, and the plot Lost horizon captures from the first scenes. At first, it might seem that the game has a lot of dialogs, but they are necessary, and you will feel how the story is addictive, and some especially complex puzzles will not let you go even after turning off the computer.
7. Sanitarium
Sanitarium in Russian localization turned into "Shizarium"And talks about a young man named Max. He was not lucky: he was in a car accident, lost his memory and ended up in a mental hospital. The main task of Max is to remember who he is and what he did in his life. He wanders around the hospital, collecting bits and pieces of disparate memories.
There are 13 levels in the game, which vary greatly in content and atmosphere. Some of them exist in Max's imagination. Players note atmospheric, a sense of insanity, an exciting plot, many characters with an individual story and an interesting graphic solution.
6. The Moment of Silence
The moment of silence came out in Russia in 2005 and received the name "Moment of truth". This is a classic quest in which you need to navigate locations and find the objects necessary for the development of the plot.
The game will transfer you to America in 2044, the situation in which will greatly remind Orwell dystopias. Under your control, you will get a literally crushed by the life of a man named Peter Wright. His wife and child died in a terrorist attack, and a man fills the sadness with alcohol.
One day he hears someone breaking through the next door. Through the peephole, he sees how the special forces are dragging a neighbor, and an upset wife asks Peter to figure out what happened. Since Wright has nothing to lose, he gets involved in this adventure.
5. State of Mind
Having received well-deserved praise for The Moment of Silence, the author of the game went further and created his own super-cyberpunk in State of mind. Here, neon signs in the pouring rain, and flying cars, and bars with strip clubs, where robots and illegal program providers work, that's all we love. But developers go further and create a world in which virtual reality is not just part of leisure, it has penetrated everywhere, even into the human brain, and is able to change it. A truly frightening prospect.
The player is invited to learn the story of Richard Nolan. He wakes up in a hospital and recalls fragments of his biography with difficulty. Only at home he learns that he has a wife and a son, but where they are, the hero does not represent. Finding answers to this and many more questions lies with Richard, and you along with him.
4. Myst
Myst - This is not just a quest, not just a game. This is a legend. First released in 1993, it became an example for a number of similar games. Incredibly atmospheric, large-scale, complex and beautiful game that draws into its mysterious, magical world.
The player lands on the island of Mist, owned by a certain Atrus. You need to move around the locations by clicking with the mouse. The main task is to interact with objects by rotating or moving them, while changes can occur in completely different parts of the island.
You do not need to collect things in your inventory, you do not need to find objects, the whole gameplay is to solve complex puzzles. And enjoying the stunning views of the island.
3. Emerald City Confidential
Wadjet Eye Games sometimes work wonders: in a short time and literally on the knee, they create projects that it is absolutely impossible to pass by. So it became Emerald City Confidential.
The action takes place in the Land of Oz, the very one that created Lymen Frank Baum. Only about any canonicity of speech, of course, is not. Instead, you will be offered to enjoy a drawn quest with the atmosphere of the 40s. Bandits, dark alleys, femme fatal and Scarecrow, Lumberjack, flying monkeys. How do you like this combination?
The game will play for Petra, a girl-detective who receives a task from Dolly herself: to find her missing groom, who promised to return the poor thing to the real world. The pleasure of passing guaranteed.
2. Return to Mysterious Island
The basis for the creation of the game was the work of Jules Verne “The Mysterious Island”. The action takes place after the events described in the novel. This time, the captive of the island was the girl Mina, who survived after a shipwreck.
She managed to escape and live on the island without weapons of tools and even find a friend - monkey Jupe. And then one day a helicopter flew after her. Salvation is so close. But will this be the end of the girl’s misadventures?
1. Black Mirror
The first game about the estate Black Mirror was released in 2003. With its heavy atmosphere and dark history, it won the hearts of gamers and sunk into the soul for a long time. Two more sequels came out, but they could not repeat the success of the original game.
And in 2017, a new Black mirror - rethinking the old project. The whole atmosphere in the spirit of Lovecraft, the play of light and shadow, the mysterious inhabitants of the estate, the Black Mirror itself, which is breathtaking. The only significant drawback of the game is that it is short, and after the credits I want twice as much.