Games like PostCurious: choose your next puzzle adventure
For games like PostCurious, choose by what you want to spend time with next. Emerald Echoes continues the world of The Emerald Flame. The Light in the Mist puts its puzzles in a tarot deck, while Adrift offers a shorter story through poems and illustrated pieces. Beyond PostCurious, our game Cryptid follows a lost expedition through maps and letters.
If you came here after The Emerald Flame, you have several directions to go. A follow-up in the same world is one choice. A different format can be a good reason to change publishers, too.
Which PostCurious game should you play next?
These are three distinct options within the PostCurious catalog. The publishers’ pages have the current ordering details for your region.
| Game | Why choose it? | Listed players and time |
|---|---|---|
| Emerald Echoes | You want another alchemical story in the world of The Emerald Flame. | It supports 1–4 players aged 14+ and lists about four hours. |
| The Light in the Mist | You want to discover puzzles across a tarot deck and storybook. | It supports 1–4 players aged 14+ and lists about five hours. |
| Adrift | You want a shorter game built around dreamlike images and poems. | It supports 1–4 players aged 14+ and offers roughly two or more hours. |
Emerald Echoes is a standalone continuation, so playing The Emerald Flame first isn’t required. It follows the search for a legendary alchemist through four chapters and includes a wooden puzzle box. That makes it the most direct answer if you specifically want to return to that setting.
The Light in the Mist uses a 78-card tarot deck and a storybook to tell the story of a missing friend. The cards carry the puzzles as well as the artwork. Its listed five-hour duration leaves room to play over several sittings.
Adrift has four envelopes of poems, illustrations and puzzle pieces. The publisher describes each envelope as roughly 30–60 minutes, so leave some room beyond the two-hour listing. It is fully resettable, and you use the internet to check answers and access hints.
Cryptid: follow an expedition through maps and letters
We make Puzzling Pursuits games, including Cryptid. In this story, your uncle Dr. Herbert Hughes has disappeared on an expedition. The box gives you his trail to follow, with maps and newspaper clippings among the documents.
Look at the spread below: the letter and marked maps are pieces to examine together. You’ll work out how the information connects, solve the resulting puzzles and check your answers in an online companion guide. Choose it if the prospect of spreading an expedition’s papers across your table appeals to you.
Cryptid supports 1–6 players aged 14 and up. Allow 2–4+ hours across two parts; the guide has optional hints. It currently has 4.8 stars from 38 customer reviews. Explore Cryptid’s story and materials.
The larger listed group size may matter if your usual game night has five or six people. Everyone still shares the printed pieces, so make space for people to pass documents around.
Down The Rabbit Hole: choose a shorter illustrated escape
Our introductory game Down The Rabbit Hole sends you through Wonderland. The illustrated doors and clock-face decoder below give you a sense of the materials. There’s a single part to finish, so you can choose it without planning for a multi-chapter story.
Down The Rabbit Hole supports 1–6 players aged 12+, takes 1.5–3+ hours and has 4.9 stars from 82 customer reviews. Answers and hints are in the online companion guide. It’s our suggested starting point for someone new to this kind of puzzle game; that doesn’t mean every puzzle will come immediately.
How to choose without spoiling the puzzles
Compare the format and the time you have before reading detailed solutions or playthroughs. A tarot deck, a wooden puzzle box and a table full of maps ask you to handle different objects. Pick the one you most want to investigate, then check its age guidance and internet requirements.
If you’re curious about our style of puzzle solving, the free Puzzle Archive has fifteen browser puzzles with difficulty labels, optional hints and answer checkers. You can try one without opening a boxed game’s story.
Frequently asked questions
What should I play after The Emerald Flame?
Emerald Echoes is a standalone continuation in the same world. For a different format, consider The Light in the Mist’s tarot deck, Adrift’s illustrated envelopes or Cryptid’s expedition documents.
Do I need to play PostCurious games in order?
Check the title’s description. Emerald Echoes continues the world of The Emerald Flame but is designed to stand alone, so completing The Emerald Flame first is optional.
Which option suits a group of five or six?
Cryptid and Down The Rabbit Hole support 1–6 players. The three PostCurious titles listed in this guide support 1–4. With a larger group, make sure everyone can see the shared pieces.
Can these games be passed on afterward?
Adrift is listed as fully resettable. Cryptid and Down The Rabbit Hole do not require you to cut or write on the game materials, so you can use separate paper and repack them for another group. Check the reset instructions for other titles; knowing a solution changes a second play for the same people.
