
Doctor Arcana's second adventure takes you to a legendary castle on a mysterious island where new puzzling challenges await and dark secrets are guarded by deadly traps. Can you complete the Trials of the Elders?
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Atmospheric, Gothic, Singleplayer.

Doctor Arcana's second adventure takes you to a legendary castle on a mysterious island where new puzzling challenges await and dark secrets are guarded by deadly traps. Can you complete the Trials of the Elders?

The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana
The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana is a dark adventure game set inside the haunted mansion of a mysterious magician who vanished several years ago. Resolve a maze of riddles and perplexing puzzles to unlock doors and secret passages, or be doomed to spend eternity trapped inside the inescapable mansion.

The Curse We Made
A short ride into a cursed town — a hand-drawn puzzle adventure where ghouls and monsters haunt every corner, and gentle, relaxing puzzles slowly bring life back to the world and uncover the truth.
The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana is a dark adventure game set inside the haunted mansion of a mysterious magician who vanished several years ago. Resolve a maze of riddles and perplexing puzzles to unlock doors and secret passages, or be doomed to spend eternity trapped inside the inescapable mansion.
Why similar: Gothic 18.7% ★, Mystery Dungeon 12.9% ★, Noir 9.3%, Point & Click 7.4%, Magic 7.3%
A short ride into a cursed town — a hand-drawn puzzle adventure where ghouls and monsters haunt every corner, and gentle, relaxing puzzles slowly bring life back to the world and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Gothic 32.8% ★, Point & Click 15.4%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Mystery 10.5%, Puzzle 8.7%
Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.
Why similar: Gothic 44.3% ★, Mystery Dungeon 18% ★, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Exploration 7.8%
Oakhaven is a story-driven point-and-click adventure game. Cousins Daphne and Dominic are summoned by their Grand-mère to the family's historic southern manor house. Play as both characters as you explore the house and grounds, solve puzzles, complete tasks, and uncover long-buried family secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 21.6% ★, Point & Click 17.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Puzzle 8.8%
Bloodlust is a dark gothic short narrative exploration game in which you play as Vandor, a vampire desperately trying to survive in the daytime. Your only goal is to quench your bloodlust by taking down the plagued townspeople to give yourself enough strength to reach the safety of your castle.
Why similar: Gothic 21.6% ★, Noir 15.5%, Cinematic 11.4%, Mythology 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%
Louisiana, 1933. Thirty years ago an entire wedding suddenly & mysteriously vanished on the island of Devil's Rock, and with it went the location of the lost treasure of Bellemore Manor. To find it, you might need to die too. A cozy, story-driven, point & click adventure game of the merry & macabre.
Why similar: Gothic 22.3% ★, Point & Click 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Old School 8.1%
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Gothic 36.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Medieval 10.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Point & Click 8.4%
A 3rd-person action-adventure inspired by cult classics. Explore a unique, solo-developed world and vanquish foes in intense battles. Level up your hero and reveal the secrets of a civilization that crumbled into dust five centuries ago.
Why similar: Gothic 37.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Medieval 12.5%, Magic 7.6%, Exploration 6.2%
Three Doors. One Safe Path. Observe the signs, learn the patterns, and uncover the fate of the explorer who ventured before you.
Why similar: Gothic 23.1% ★, Mystery Dungeon 15% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Untangle the story of the family that has occupied Cliffhouse for so many years. Search for clues, solve puzzles, talk to guests, get summoned to a chapel, discover a luscious Japanese garden and find your way through the rainforest. There is so much to discover about the family, the land and the lore.
Why similar: Gothic 30.7% ★, Point & Click 20%, Adventure 11.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...
Why similar: Gothic 29.7% ★, Point & Click 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Mystery 7.5%
Explore the mysterious castle Vintergard. Solve puzzles and unravel the mystery of why you were brought here. Make critical choices that will decide the fate of the castle inhabitants, in this first person point and click adventure inspired by the classics.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.1%, Medieval 13.2%, Adventure 12%, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 10.9%
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Why similar: Gothic 43.1% ★, Medieval 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Adventure 5.3%
A 2D side-scrolling point-and-click puzzle game. A mouse awakens in a nightmare, with no memory of who he is. But one image lingers in his mind — the one he loved most. Why is she gone? Find the way out. Find her.
Why similar: Gothic 33.3% ★, Point & Click 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
The Legend is Back - Return to the Valley of the Mines in this faithful remake of the genre-defining classic RPG. Explore a hand-crafted, organic open world that reacts dynamically to your actions in a gritty, unrestricted experience like no other.
Why similar: Gothic 30.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Medieval 11%, Magic 10.7%, Exploration 8.2%
A point-and-click adventure game featuring an undergraduate student who needs to find the Helm of Hades while also trying to navigate adult life in contemporary Athens.
Why similar: Mythology 24.5%, Point & Click 23.6%, Hand-drawn 17%, Mystery 9.2%, Old School 8.9%
SpellMaster - The Saga is a story-driving action RPG inspired by the Gothic series. Gameplay takes place in an open, seamless world filled with secrets, mysteries, terrible monsters, and varied NPCs. Who to be and how to behave is yours to choose - this is your Saga
Why similar: Gothic 30.8% ★, Medieval 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Magic 11%, Fantasy 8%
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.
Why similar: Gothic 32.2% ★, Noir 14.4%, Point & Click 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11%, Magic 9.3%
Beyond The Gates is a 2-4 player online co-op horror which mainly focuses on the storyline. Discover the truth behind a dark mystery that has been hidden until now.
Why similar: Gothic 28.1% ★, Mystery Dungeon 24.1% ★, Magic 8.8%, Medieval 8.7%, Exploration 7.6%
Embark on a journey to unravel the mysteries of your past within the enchanting, dark world of Arith. Explore the depths of your own memories in this evocative point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 18%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Puzzle 9.6%
A boy living as a warrant for a political marriage falls in love with a maid despite his unrequited love. You become a black rose fairy who grants wishes and discover that you were once human. Enter the bodies of the people in the mansion and trace their memories to discover their true identities.
Why similar: Gothic 31.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Noir 12.6%, Medieval 11.2%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
The Mansion, a grim yet fascinating building you’re facing, doesn’t exist.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 22.8% ★, Point & Click 14.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Exploration 8.2%
What is this cat doing here? And where are his friends? Explore strange and beautiful islands to find all the little kittens hidden there.
Why similar: Gothic 23.8% ★, Mythology 13.4%, Point & Click 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Magic 8.5%
A puzzle-solving mystery based in an unusual art gallery. You will be constructing and scanning imaginatively designed QR codes to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 37.2% ★, Point & Click 17.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 7.3%
Pepa's Adventure: a papercut point-and-click book. The characters and backgrounds are crafted from handmade papercut art. Pepa, a paper fairy girl, lived with book fairy Lex. One day, scissor fairy Slash cut and stole his pages. Pepa embarks on an adventure to recover stolen pages.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.6%, Hand-drawn 20.2%, Exploration 13.8%, Fantasy 12.6%, Adventure 9.9%
The Queen of Vampires emerges from the ashes of history, seeking to destroy the world of humans and rule over its ruins! No one, human or vampire, will stand in her way!Count Dracula awakens, weakened and stripped of his powers after years of healing from his last battle with Dr. Van Helsing.
Why similar: Gothic 28.9% ★, Point & Click 13.1%, Mystery Dungeon 12.7% ★, Medieval 10.5%, Fantasy 7.8%
It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.
Why similar: Gothic 23.2% ★, Medieval 16%, Magic 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Point & Click 9.1%
A mysterious puzzle game with crossword inspired gameplay. Use your brain, keyboard, and mouse to unravel the secrets beneath a remote island.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Mystery Dungeon 13.2% ★, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 11.7%
A Tale of Two Kingdoms is a graphical adventure in the style of the classic Sierra games. Set in the world of Celtic mythology and fairy tales, it features many sidequests and alternate endings, and a cast of fairies, a hungry giant, and an evil sorcerer stalking you...
Why similar: Mythology 20.2%, Point & Click 16.3%, Medieval 11%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Fantasy 10.5%
Summona Realm is a simple visual novel that uses a map-based system to navigate the story. The game gives the feel of black and white Japanese manga.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.3%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Medieval 14.2%, Magic 14%, Fantasy 10.4%
The Foreigner is a roguelike and platformer. You were sent to the bottom of the tower, if you want to go back to the top, You'll have to love death, because now it will always be with you...
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 26.8% ★, Mythology 13.9%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Magic 9.3%, Exploration 8%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Gothic 36.5% ★, Point & Click 25.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 10.1%, Mystery 7.1%
Medieval Escape Room with Online Co-op. Wake up in a jail cell of a long-forgotten castle filled with mysteries and mind-braking puzzles. Seven rooms to challenge yourself with the mysteries of the lost castle before the timer runs out!
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 21.6% ★, Medieval 11.4%, Cinematic 10.8%, Magic 9.2%, Mystery 8.7%
You are the Ashter – a Slavic fire mage and tracker of mythical beings. Following a legendary creature, you reach a village caught in a time rift. Embark on a magical investigation – travel through time, explore the ancient land, and bond with fire to shape villagers’ fate and uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Mythology 17.1%, Point & Click 12.3%, Medieval 10.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Magic 9.8%
Two Souls, One Path. Not even time can keep them apart.Annelise is the Chosen One of an ancient Prophecy. Cross time and space with her to find and activate the epic Pyrite Talisman in a narrative adventure through two parallel realities.Prequel to Telluria: Forebodings.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 31.3% ★, Point & Click 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Exploration 9.4%, Fantasy 8.1%
実在の近世ヨーロッパ王家をモチーフにした、オカルティックノベルゲーム。 絵画のようなクラシカルなビジュアルと、断絶した一族の謎が織りなす ダークファンタジー。
Why similar: Medieval 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Noir 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10%
The iconic supernatural mystery, The 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology, that delivers an atmospheric story like no other. Explore the foreboding mansion, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 36.1% ★, Noir 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Mystery 11%, Cinematic 9.6%
The Radio is a narrative-driven escape room mystery where you must free a trapped professor from his own choose-your-own adventure radio drama. Use objects in his office like books, pictures, curious devices, and even a time-bending clock, to solve puzzles that bridge the gap between two realities.
Why similar: Gothic 29.4% ★, Noir 18%, Cinematic 13.8%, Point & Click 13.7%, Mystery 9.2%
Twilight Gallery is a surreal puzzle adventure game inspired by flash games of the 2000s. You find yourself in an interactive art gallery after hours that seems to be watching you back. Explore the liminal collection of logic puzzles as you search for an escape.
Why similar: Gothic 20.2% ★, Point & Click 16.5%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Gothic 33.2% ★, Point & Click 14.2%, Noir 14.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。
Why similar: Gothic 32.2% ★, Point & Click 15.8%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%
Coffee Coffin is a gothic narrative café simulation game.Seven lost souls, seven deadly sins, seven obsessions — you will talk with the dead, listen to their stories, and brew coffees that symbolize redemption, guiding them to let go and move on. All dialogue is generated by AI in real time.
Why similar: Gothic 24.8% ★, Point & Click 17.6%, Cinematic 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Casual 9%
Mira is a Slavic-themed visual novel with adventure game elements. The gameplay has a strong emphasis on art, atmosphere, and story. Discover your destiny by walking into Navia, a magical land hidden from the eyes of mortals, and decide on its fate.
Why similar: Mythology 20.2%, Point & Click 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Fantasy 10%
A stylized point-and-click adventure set high in the forest canopy. Talk to villagers, ride ziplines and wooden cable cars, and solve gear-and-pulley puzzles as you uncover the forest’s forgotten history.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.2%, Mythology 18.4%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 11%, Cinematic 9.6%
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.8%, Point & Click 21.3%, Gothic 19.8% ★, Atmospheric 8.7%, Puzzle 8%
Treis Zoes is a visual novel where not only choice is important, but also the motive of choice. Explore the world of living skeletons on the experience of past travelers and add your own to the encyclopedia of the dimension of Death.
Why similar: Gothic 39.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Magic 8.3%, Fantasy 8%
Make earthquakes. Turn night into day. Transform into a small furry creature. No one can party like a druid. An adventure game with sarcastic British humor and classic, hand-drawn art.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.4%, Mythology 15.6%, Magic 12.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Medieval 10.2%
An indie horror game from a first-person perspective where the player explores a mansion through the use of puzzle-solving, finding specific items and trying to avoid unknown dangers. The particular focus of the game is atmosphere, mystery and scares as well as continual story development.
Why similar: Gothic 32.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Cinematic 10.6%, Exploration 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
End of Eden is an open world RPG where you arrive unwanted on a cursed island and must earn every inch. Master tight melee, archery and magic. Join a faction, grow deep talents, craft gear, and explore a living world with real routines, tough bosses and meaningful quests.
Why similar: Gothic 37.1% ★, Atmospheric 12.1%, Fantasy 11.4%, Magic 8.7%, Medieval 8.2%
Trapped in an endless dream, it seems there's no way to wake up. You find an car that's been abandoned for a long time. Will you solve all the puzzles to figure out what happened here before?
Why similar: Point & Click 22.5%, Mystery 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, Puzzle 15.3%, Atmospheric 9%
After an ancient curse binds Earl to the ghost of a long deceased King, Earl must the break into the tombs and graves of the sacred island to recover the scattered mummified body parts of the cursed King.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 26.8% ★, Mythology 13.7%, Cinematic 12.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 14.9%, Point & Click 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Magic 11.9%, Mystery 9.9%
A mythological puzzle–adventure where one or two players explore the divine ruins of forgotten gods and uncover the truth behind their eternal curse.
Why similar: Mythology 25.1%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%
URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Dark Fantasy 23.3%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Casual 7.9%
Battle your way through the levels, search for the gear you need to stay alive, and find the exit to the next level. Explore entirely new procedural levels every time, just to see how many you can get though.
Why similar: Gothic 36.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, Medieval 12.5%, Magic 12.1%, Old School 9.9%
Scrolls fo the lord - first-person action game in fantasy decorations. Fight with swords or use the power of magic in the role of “Devastated” - knight who has risen from the dead.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 26.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Magic 12.4%, Medieval 12.2%, Old School 9.6%
Asterfel is a third-person Action-RPG. You find yourself shipwrecked on an island nation, where greed and magical mining rouse an old god from it’s slumber. Encounter three factions, discover forgotten history, and shape the island’s future. Will you thrive, survive, or witness the end of an era?
Why similar: Gothic 39.7% ★, Medieval 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Castle Dornstein is a Gothic mystery adventure. Travel to Bohemia with Hemlock, a young scholar hired to translate a mysterious medieval text, The Devil’s Diary. When the book goes missing, everyone becomes a suspect and you must explore a castle where a dark history lurks in the shadows.
Why similar: Gothic 31% ★, Point & Click 19.4%, Medieval 12.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Fantasy 9.4%
In the realm of the Norse monsters, the last survivor of the mighty crystal wolves embarks on an epic adventure to overthrow an ancient evil and rekindle the light of Veilendor.
Why similar: Gothic 25.9% ★, Mythology 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Magic 10.3%, Fantasy 8.3%
Still Winter is a Dark Fantasy Action-Adventure game with light RPG and survival elements about a retired adventurer whose story is not yet finished. Fight monsters, cook powerful meals from their remains, and descend into a mysterious dungeon to uncover the source of a new, spreading threat.
Why similar: Mystery Dungeon 27.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Medieval 10.3%, Old School 9.7%, Magic 9.6%