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24 alternatives to Journal 29: Interactive Book Game
Solve the riddles, collect the keys, complete the adventure.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Journal 29: Interactive Book Game launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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An interactive book game of riddles and puzzles.
2017 · journal29.com · its alternatives →
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An interactive book of riddles and puzzles
2017 · its alternatives →
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An immersive escape the book novel filled with 40+ puzzles!
2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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Journal 29 Revelation: Interactive Book Game
2018 · journal29.com · its alternatives →
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Journal 29 Revelation: Interactive Book Game
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Interactive puzzlebook from the creator of journal 29
2024 · cluegon.com · its alternatives →
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Newbery Medal Winner- Intelligent mystery w/ a lot of humor
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A visual puzzle inspired by beautiful typography
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Journey through a book of maps filled with amazing adventure
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Investigates the myriad board games around the world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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An interactive puzzle book by the creator of Journal 29
Jul 2026 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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_Dimity Jones In Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel in Eighty-Nine Ciphertexts_ is a (mostly) fictional story, contained in a single text file, that requires the reader to solve puzzles as they go along, and to use each chapter's solution as a key to decipher the next. Think: escape room in the form of a novel. A computer, and rudimentary coding skills in a language of your choice, will be indispensable for performing the transformations -- and might help with the solving too! My wife, the author, passed away five years ago. This is not the last thing she wrote, but it is the most…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lock & Key▲75Enjoy a game of riddles that is both fun and challenging.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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