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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Point & Click, Story Rich, Singleplayer.

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Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

Reviews: Very Positive — 94% — of 117 reviews
Released: 2023-10-26
Developer: Beyond Booleans
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Windows

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    Median: 36 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.

    Why similar: Point & Click 55.4%, Horror 29.1%, Adventure 15.4%

  57. #57 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 612 reviews2017
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

    Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Mystery 9.3%

  58. #58 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,886 reviews2021
    Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Crime 19.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Investigation 11.5%

  59. #59 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,781 reviews2021
    Dev: Dead Idle Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

    Why similar: Point & Click 38.1%, Horror 17.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Dark 9.4%

  60. #60 The Drifter
    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,585 reviews2025
    Dev: Powerhoof
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

    Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Investigation 18.6%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Story Rich 9.2%

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