4 Hardcore games like Portal Stories: Mel that you should try

Its point of contact with Portal Stories: Mel is puzzle design, strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. What it adds of its own: exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera.

On paper it is what Portal Stories: Mel is — puzzle design, punishing difficulty and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is visuals and tone: a casual, approachable feel and an isometric view.

Its point of contact with Portal Stories: Mel is puzzle design, punishing difficulty and melee combat. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: 2D presentation.

On paper it is what Portal Stories: Mel is — puzzle design, punishing difficulty and melee combat — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and 2D presentation.