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A hidden object game, sometimes called hidden picture or hidden object puzzle adventure (HOPA), is a genre of puzzle video game in which the player must find items from a list that are hidden within a scene. Hidden object games are a popular trend in
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Hidden object games ... For example, you're a detective looking for clues in a picture ... they might be in monochrome on the wallpaper or peeping out from behind something.
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High Score!: The
Illustrated History of Electronic Games
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1428:"15 Puzzle Games You Have To Be A Genius To Complete"
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1504:"Ally Noble Desert Island Disks".
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1395:The Essential Guide to Flash Games
1190:"Uncle Henry's Nuclear Waste Dump"
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1864:Walking sim
1839:Escape room
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1677:Bullet hell
1506:Retro Gamer
1379:February 1,
1063:"Door Door"
976:Chain Shot!
931:Baba is You
905:Escape room
873:Exploration
816:Angry Birds
762:flash games
669:Minesweeper
628:Atari Games
585:Chain Shot!
558:Loco-Motion
532:Blockbuster
513:Lode Runner
503:Space Panic
458:(1985) and
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275:Metapuzzles
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2656:Categories
2579:Open world
2490:Production
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2094:Sim racing
2061:Government
1996:Simulation
1687:Twin-stick
1621:Platformer
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1258:2023-04-19
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616:Pentominos
564:Pipe Mania
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649:Shariki
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468:History
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305:Dilemma
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179:Folding
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553:Konami
455:Tetris
448:, and
430:puzzle
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248:Sudoku
234:Number
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2556:Gacha
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