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31 Puzzle games like A New Beginning - Final Cut that you should try

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We filtered the 47 games similar to A New Beginning - Final Cut down to the 31 that fit the “Puzzle” category. Syberia 3, Life Is Strange and Dreamfall Chapters top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to A New Beginning - Final Cut.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure
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NarrativeSolo
Year 2012Dev Daedalic Entertainment

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Within the “Puzzle” category, the closest game to A New Beginning - Final Cut is Syberia 3 — scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. Life Is Strange and Dreamfall Chapters follow close behind.

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The best puzzle games like A New Beginning - Final Cut

31 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to A New Beginning - Final Cut. Each one has been evaluated across 9 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Syberia 3

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Syberia 3
Closest overall match
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeHistoricalSci-Fi2D
Year 2017Dev Anuman Interactive · MicroidsOn PS4 · Android · PC

It shares the essentials of what A New Beginning - Final Cut does: strong narrative focus, historical setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is setting: a third-person camera.

Released 5 years after A New Beginning - Final Cut.

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Life Is Strange

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Life Is Strange
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFantasySci-FiExploration
Year 2015Dev DON'T NOD · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

Shelved next to A New Beginning - Final Cut for good reason: strong narrative focus, fantasy world and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings a third-person camera.

Released 3 years after A New Beginning - Final Cut.

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Dreamfall Chapters

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Dreamfall Chapters
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFantasySci-FiCyberpunk
Year 2014Dev Red Thread Games · Deep SilverOn PS4 · Linux · PC

On paper it is what A New Beginning - Final Cut is — strong narrative focus, fantasy world and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings a cyberpunk setting and a third-person camera.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting47Visuals0
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Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series

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Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFantasyHistoricalRanged
Year 2014Dev Telltale Games · HBOOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

It comes from the same genre as A New Beginning - Final Cut and shares strong narrative focus, fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a medieval setting and a third-person camera.

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Chaos on Deponia

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Chaos on Deponia
Closest on visuals
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D
Year 2012Dev Daedalic Entertainment · Daedalic Studio WestOn PS4 · Linux · PC

If A New Beginning - Final Cut worked for you because of strong narrative focus, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds 2D presentation. They part company on setting.

Same studio: Daedalic Entertainment.

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Goodbye Deponia

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Goodbye Deponia
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D
Year 2013Dev Daedalic EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

What brings it close to A New Beginning - Final Cut is strong narrative focus, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in setting.

Same studio: Daedalic Entertainment.

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Deponia Doomsday

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Deponia Doomsday
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D
Year 2016Dev Daedalic EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

If A New Beginning - Final Cut worked for you because of strong narrative focus, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus, the same is here. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in setting.

Same studio: Daedalic Entertainment.

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Return of the Obra Dinn

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Return of the Obra Dinn
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeHistoricalFantasyHardcore
Year 2018Dev Lucas Pope · 3909Playtime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

The genre is the same as A New Beginning - Final Cut’s, and with it strong narrative focus, historical setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: horror setting and a first-person view.

Released 6 years after A New Beginning - Final Cut.

Genre100Game mode100Tone74Setting66Visuals0
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Thimbleweed Park

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Thimbleweed Park
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrative2DPixel Art
Year 2017Dev Terrible ToyboxOn PS4 · Linux · Android

The thread back to A New Beginning - Final Cut runs through strong narrative focus, single-player focus and 2D presentation. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is pixel art.

Released 5 years after A New Beginning - Final Cut.

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Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

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Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrative2DCasualExploration
Year 2013Dev HeR InteractivePlaytime ~6hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

What carries over from A New Beginning - Final Cut is strong narrative focus, single-player focus and 2D presentation. What it adds of its own: exploration and discovery, and a casual, approachable feel.

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Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED

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Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrative2DCasualExploration
Year 2011Dev HeR InteractivePlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

What carries over from A New Beginning - Final Cut is strong narrative focus, single-player focus and 2D presentation. Its own ground is exploration and discovery, and a casual, approachable feel.

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Tales from the Borderlands

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Tales from the Borderlands
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeSci-FiMeleeThird Person
Year 2014Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

On paper it is what A New Beginning - Final Cut is — strong narrative focus, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings a third-person camera.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting40Visuals0
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Ceville

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Ceville
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFantasyMeleeThird Person
Year 2009Dev Realmforge Studios · Assemble EntertainmentPlaytime ~1hOn PC

Same family as A New Beginning - Final Cut: strong narrative focus, fantasy world and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings a third-person camera.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting36Visuals0
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Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening

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Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrative2DCasual
Year 1998Dev Humongous Entertainment · Nightdive StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

With A New Beginning - Final Cut it shares strong narrative focus, single-player focus and 2D presentation. The distance is in tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel.

It predates A New Beginning - Final Cut by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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My Brother Rabbit

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My Brother Rabbit
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrative2DCasual
Year 2018Dev Artifex MundiPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

With A New Beginning - Final Cut it shares strong narrative focus, single-player focus and 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is tone: a casual, approachable feel.

Released 6 years after A New Beginning - Final Cut.

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