Vanished Puzzle Quest
Saltium Games · 2026 · Exploration, Point & Click, Puzzle, Education, Casual
PC
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About Vanished Puzzle Quest
Vanished is an immersive, first-person puzzle adventure where an encroaching fog of forgetfulness which has robbed everyone at the Great Centers of Islamic Science of their memories and you must now battle against a mysterious foe to reclaim memory, history, and purpose.To escape the fog, you’ll need to follow a trail of hidden clues and overcome harrowing challenges to unravel the mystery behind the attack and recover your lost memories before centuries of scientific discovery vanish forever. Decipher the meaning behind medieval artifacts that allowed scholars of the Middle Ages to map the stars, predict the seasons, and lay the foundations of science. You will need these tools to solve puzzles and survive the perils of this world in your quest to save civilization and restore lost knowledge.Key Features:EXPLORE & LEARNEmbark on a mysterious quest to restore the lost wisdom of the great centers of learning in the Medieval world, uncover ancient secrets, and discover the truth behind the Mysterious Fog that has erased your memories. Solve intricate and interactive 2D & 3D puzzles based off of real life and historically accurate tools and artifacts from the Islamic Golden Age of Science.CRAFTABLE OBJECTS AND ARTIFACT BASED PUZZLES.Experiment and combine hidden objects to form new tools to aid you in your progress. Find hidden objects, solve logic problems, decode ciphers, and manipulate game objects to discover the next piece to the puzzle.BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES & ZOOM ZONESExperience stunning animated sequences and awe-inspiring landscapes as you step into a world of wonder and mystery. In select areas, use our special zoom feature to dive deeper—magnify details, uncover hidden clues, and unlock secret mini-games. Every close-up could reveal a new layer of the story.COLLECT MAP FRAGMENTS & DISCOVER SECRETS.With every step of your adventure and fragment of memory recovered, discover a map fragment that will lead you through a trail of clues to recover the great history that was lost through the effects of the Mysterious Fog. Travel to exciting locations like Samarkand, Damascus, Baghdad, Timbuktu and Cairo on your adventures.HINTS SYSTEMProgress without worry or frustration with a hint system designed to guide you through the steps to enjoy the game without becoming discouraged or feeling stuck from completing your journey.
What Steam players say
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Very clever game. Well done.
I really liked the puzzles, they were a little complicated and some could have used a bit more clarity of explanation before auto completing, but overall I liked it
sometime it has bugs, over all was good game
Well illustrated, perfectly balanced puzzles for casual players of all ages.
Good game - puzzles are varied with some you need you think about and work out. Disappointing that 4 of the achievements which should have been awarded were not - Cordoba – Light of Wisdom, Once More Into the Breach, Listen to my Tale and Ghost in the Shell.
For something free, this game is just an absolute delight. Immaculate Arabian nights setting and vibes that lean more into the scientific and historical rather than the fantastical and folkloric, taking you on a journey across the Islamic world during its golden age. Delighting the eyes and ears with charmingly beautiful art and music, while also satiating the mind with facts and information about the many ingenious devices and artefacts engineered by some of history's forgotten scientific trailblazers. Perhaps the only additional thing I wish had been done is giving the player the opportunity to actually use said devices and see them in action, instead of just showing a model along with a written description of them. Nonetheless, it was still an enjoyable little point-and-click adventure reminiscent of the 90s edutainment games I sunk hours into as a child. On the side of the puzzles, they are very disparate with only very little cohesion between them. Fortunately as a lover of most kinds of puzzles, I enjoyed all of them save one or two (I'm not very fond of sliding block puzzles). I have to mention that there seemed to be a bug with the minutes on the elephant clock puzzle for …
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