- #1 Papetura
97% matchVery Positive92% of 1,209 reviews2021
Dev: Petums
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Surreal 20.5%, Relaxing 12.7%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a stunning, entirely handmade paper-art world that perfectly mirrors the tactile, stop-motion charm of the seed game.
- #2 Harold Halibut
96% matchVery Positive82% of 1,145 reviews2024
Dev: Slow Bros.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Why similar: Third Person 23.1%, Exploration 19.6%, Emotional 16.5%, Story Rich 14%, Relaxing 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven adventure crafted with a unique stop-motion animation style that feels like a living, breathing diorama.
- #3 The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
96% matchVery Positive87% of 2,217 reviews2012
Dev: Cockroach Inc.Pub: The Sleeping Machine
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.2%, Surreal 16.6%, Third Person 12.5%, Emotional 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Built using actual clay models, this game offers a surreal, dark, and tactile puzzle experience that aligns perfectly with the seed game's aesthetic.
- #4 Samorost 3
95% matchVery Positive94% of 5,364 reviews2016
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Surreal 21.1%, Relaxing 12.9%, Puzzle 10.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric point-and-click adventure that emphasizes exploration and organic, handcrafted puzzle design.
- #5 CLeM
94% matchVery Positive92% of 276 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
Why similar: Exploration 20.2%, Puzzle 19.8%, Mystery 18.3%, Emotional 18.2%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal puzzle-adventure that blends exploration with a mysterious, slightly unsettling narrative.
- #6 Creaks
94% matchVery Positive95% of 5,721 reviews2020
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
Why similar: Surreal 32.2%, Puzzle 19.6%, Relaxing 15.8%, Mystery 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that captures a similar sense of navigating a strange, subterranean world.
- #7 Whateverland
93% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2022
Dev: Caligari Games
Windows
Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.
Why similar: Dark Humor 35%, Point & Click 24.3%, Exploration 11.7%, Puzzle 11%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that excels at dark humor and stylized, hand-drawn visuals.
- #8 Machinarium
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,289 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Why similar: Steampunk 38.7% ★, Point & Click 21.9%, Surreal 15.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Story Rich 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, hand-drawn point-and-click puzzle game that shares the seed game's focus on small-scale exploration and mechanical charm.
- #9 Catie in MeowmeowLand
91% matchVery Positive92% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: ARTilleryPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Catie in MeowmeowLand is a classical humorous point-and-click adventure game. Help little Catie get back home from the bizarre cat world of MeowmeowLand!
Why similar: Point & Click 32.9%, Surreal 29.8%, Puzzle 16.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Story Rich 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dreamlike point-and-click adventure that leans into dark humor and bizarre, imaginative puzzle scenarios.
- #10 Quern - Undying Thoughts
91% matchVery Positive91% of 3,924 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Steampunk 26% ★, Point & Click 12.2%, Surreal 11.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Exploration 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, atmospheric puzzle game that rewards careful observation and exploration of a mysterious, isolated environment.
- #11 The Last Campfire
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 18,750 reviews2021
Dev: Hello Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Why similar: Philosophical 22%, Puzzle 19%, Emotional 17.9%, Relaxing 14.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, atmospheric puzzle-adventure that captures the same sense of gentle exploration and emotional storytelling.
- #12 AntVentor
90% matchVery Positive82% of 518 reviews2018
Dev: LoopyMood
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
AntVentor is a point & click adventure game. You find yourself in a photorealistic macroworld where you immediately manage to ruin the life of the main character, ant, and foil all his plans for making his dream come true. Can you help get everything back in order?
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Relaxing 12%, Third Person 11.9%, Puzzle 11.4%, Exploration 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a tiny protagonist in a large world, focusing on point-and-click puzzles with a cute, atmospheric presentation.
- #13 Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki
89% matchVery Positive81% of 180 reviews2021
Dev: Pomeshkin Valentin Igorevich
Windows · Mac · Linux
«Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki». Atompunk world gone the way of the cumbersome automation of the USSR. In the form of a mechanical capsule, you will have to find a way out of the level, moving along the rails, solving quests and puzzles, overcoming houses, towers and platforms.
Why similar: Steampunk 38% ★, Point & Click 12.5%, Puzzle 9.2%, Mystery 7.7%, Retro 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct steampunk aesthetic and puzzle-solving mechanics that feel right at home with the seed game's tone.
- #14 Heal
88% matchVery Positive84% of 794 reviews2020
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Surreal 20.4%, Puzzle 16.3%, Emotional 13%, Mystery 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, puzzle-heavy point-and-click game that relies on visual storytelling rather than dialogue.
- #15 Botanicula
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,554 reviews2012
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Surreal 22%, Exploration 13.2%, Relaxing 11.9%, Puzzle 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, surreal point-and-click game that focuses on exploration and interacting with a strange, organic environment.
- #16 Neyyah
86% matchVery Positive85% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Defy Reality EntertainmentPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Neyyah is a first-person point-and-click adventure game from Defy Reality Entertainment. You are thrown into a strange secretive world called Neyyah. Use careful observation and logic to uncover the mysteries entwined within Neyyah's peculiar landscapes and bizarre cultures.
Why similar: FMV 26.1% ★, Steampunk 19.8% ★, Point & Click 14.9%, Exploration 7.2%, Puzzle 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person point-and-click adventure that emphasizes deep exploration and complex puzzle-solving.
- #17 Haven Moon
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 677 reviews2016
Dev: Francois Roussel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure. In this Myst-like game inspired by Jules Verne’s universe, use your senses and intelligence to find your way through secret passages and curious machinery.
Why similar: Steampunk 32% ★, Point & Click 17.3%, Philosophical 11.8%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric point-and-click mystery that focuses on exploring a strange, isolated world.
- #18 DE-EXIT - Eternal Matters
85% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: SandBloom StudioPub: HandyGames
Windows
Embark on a surrealistic afterlife journey to discover the secrets of the broken and mysterious Plane of Memory in this cinematic adventure with a hint of stealth. Dive into a wonderful voxel world with an intense atmosphere and save the day!
Why similar: Emotional 18.3%, Exploration 17.2%, Puzzle 16.8%, Relaxing 15.9%, 3D 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle-adventure that explores a surreal, afterlife-themed world with a focus on exploration.
- #19 Miniatures
82% matchVery Positive95% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Other Tales Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Surreal 23%, Point & Click 21.3%, Emotional 11.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Mystery 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of short, surreal, and highly stylized stories that evoke a similar sense of wonder and oddity.
- #20 Isolomus
84% matchVery Positive95% of 397 reviews2020
Dev: Michael Rfdshir
Windows · Linux
Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.1%, Surreal 23.1%, Point & Click 19.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, Story Rich 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and psychological experience that focuses on atmosphere and unique, hand-drawn visuals.
- #21 Mindlock - The Apartment
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 654 reviews2024
Dev: Roof Cut MediaPub: USM
Windows · Mac
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.6%, Point & Click 23.1%, Surreal 15.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Story Rich 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that blends dark humor with puzzle-solving in a confined, mysterious space.
- #22 Woven
84% matchVery Positive81% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: Alterego GamesPub: StickyLock Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore a woollen world where stuffed animals once lived in peace. Search for hidden secrets and customize your character with different animal shapes to solve puzzles. An epic adventure with two very unlikely heroes and a story narrated in rhyme.
Why similar: Story Rich 23%, Exploration 17.9%, Point & Click 14.3%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, story-rich adventure featuring a unique, fabric-based art style that feels tactile and cozy.
- #23 Recursive Ruin
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 310 reviews2022
Dev: Bit RotPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.9%, Surreal 18.7%, Puzzle 13.4%, Exploration 13.3%, Emotional 10%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, puzzle-heavy exploration game that plays with perspective and strange, dreamlike environments.
- #24 ANIMAL WELL
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,519 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Exploration 21.1%, Surreal 20.2%, Puzzle 18.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Relaxing 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dense, atmospheric exploration game that hides complex puzzles within its surreal, pixel-art world.
- #25 Rusty Lake Hotel
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,008 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.2%, Puzzle 20.4%, Surreal 17.4%, Dark Humor 10.6%, Mystery 7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dark, and highly atmospheric point-and-click game that shares the seed game's penchant for the bizarre.
- #26 Growbot
81% matchVery Positive90% of 202 reviews2021
Dev: Wabisabi PlayPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.
Why similar: Point & Click 45.1%, Puzzle 18.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, hand-drawn puzzle game that emphasizes exploration and a charming, whimsical art style.
- #27 Fran Bow
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Point & Click 41%, Puzzle 20.2%, Surreal 15.4%, Story Rich 14%, Atmospheric 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dark point-and-click adventure that explores psychological themes through a unique, hand-drawn lens.
- #28 Escape First Alchemist: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
First-person escape adventure game. Solve riddles of a reclusive alchemist that trapped you in his workshop. Brew potions and overcome challenges as he laughs at your failures and makes light of your successes...But what if things are not what they seem?
Why similar: Puzzle 26%, Exploration 24.5%, Realistic 17.2%, 3D 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines escape-room mechanics with a magical, atmospheric setting that rewards careful investigation.
- #29 Submachine: Legacy
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,405 reviews2023
Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Philosophical 17.7%, Steampunk 16% ★, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 11.9%
- #30 Flibbius McDoogle and the Mysterious Flying Machine
76% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Unsigned Double Collective
Windows
Flibbius McDoogle and the Mysterious Flying Machine is a short adventure puzzle game. Use your wits, creativity and puzzle solving ability to help Flibbius take to the skies!
Why similar: Puzzle 20.8%, Relaxing 19.2%, Third Person 16.4%, Exploration 14.7%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #31 Bayou Island - Point and Click Adventure
81% matchMixed48% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: Andy Howard Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Make your way through this thrilling old school style point and click adventure game and try to solve the mysterious circumstances plaguing Bayou Island.
Why similar: Point & Click 52%, Puzzle 13.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Exploration 8.8%, Story Rich 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click adventure that focuses on exploration and lighthearted, quirky puzzles.
- #32 illum
77% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Elsa LiuPub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a heartwarming journey with your little light friend to solve puzzles and bring light to the mystical realm of Illum.
Why similar: Exploration 16.2%, Puzzle 15.7%, Third Person 15.4%, Relaxing 13.8%, 3D 9.9%
- #33 HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
75% matchVery Positive95% of 559 reviews2024
Dev: Stone
Windows
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles.Uncover the mysteries of this peculiar room.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.3%, Surreal 26.6%, Puzzle 18.1%, Relaxing 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #34 Slice of Sea
76% matchVery Positive91% of 596 reviews2021
Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.
Why similar: Steampunk 41.5% ★, Puzzle 18.4%, Exploration 17.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%, Mystery 6.2%
- #35 Alice's Adventures - Hidden Object Puzzle Game
78% matchVery Positive87% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A cozy hidden objects adventure in Wonderland. Colorful 360-degree scenery, animation, and 3D visual effects will make your adventure vivid and fun! Scroll, zoom, use hints; no stress, just exploration.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.5%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Relaxing 13.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Retro 8.6%
- #36 The Star Named EOS
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 595 reviews2024
Dev: Silver Lining StudioPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Star Named EOS is a story-rich puzzle adventure built around photography. Recreate compositions of past photos to uncover the truth of a family mystery. Experience a harmonious mixture of beautiful hand-drawn art and engaging puzzles on a journey of reminiscence.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Surreal 24%, Puzzle 15.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #37 Mr. Pumpkin Adventure
77% matchVery Positive82% of 385 reviews2016
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Mr. Pumpkin's Adventure is a point-and-click puzzle game. The main character of this game is Mr. Pumpkin who lost his memories. During the adventure, you will help him solve all the puzzles, which will eventually unveil an evil plot.
Why similar: Steampunk 33% ★, Point & Click 18.8%, Surreal 14.6%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 10%
- #38 Liminal Lane
74% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Ravenhome Studios
Windows
Welcome to Liminal Lane. A short, single player, first person, atmospheric walking simulator. A nostalgic, surreal experience exploring Liminal Spaces. Uncover the secrets of Liminal Lane and escape the Lucid Dreams and Haunting Nightmares.
Why similar: 1980s 18%, Puzzle 16.8%, 1990's 16.3%, Exploration 16.3%, Emotional 12.3%
- #39 Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
74% matchVery Positive95% of 371 reviews2022
Dev: WatchDaToastPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Save a peaceful world from being annihilated by machines in this oldschool point&click tale, inspired by classic animated movies and adventure games of the 90s.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.4%, 1990's 21.3%, Exploration 18.5%, Puzzle 17.6%, Adventure 4.3%
- #40 Crossroad OS
73% matchVery Positive99% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: GuyPub: Martin Games
Windows · Linux
Explore the mysterious operating system Crossʀoad OS. Adventure through its decaying programs, solve puzzles, collect items and meet strange creatures.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.5%, Mystery 22.2%, Puzzle 19.2%, Exploration 19%, Adventure 4.1%
- #41 Strange Antiquities
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,842 reviews2025
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Puzzle 14.2%, Relaxing 13.9%, Exploration 13.7%, Mystery 12.5%
- #42 Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo
71% matchVery Positive100% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: GallaPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.3%, Emotional 16.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Mystery 10.8%
- #43 Landlord of the Woods
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,182 reviews2021
Dev: Madison Karrh
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.9%, Surreal 28.9%, Puzzle 15.8%, Relaxing 8.8%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #44 Night Reverie
72% matchVery Positive97% of 324 reviews2021
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Exploration 15.8%, Puzzle 14.5%, Relaxing 12.8%, Emotional 11.4%
- #45 DISCOPUP
68% matchVery Positive98% of 416 reviews2025
Dev: Parry Mechanics
Windows · Mac
DISCOPUP is a mystery game about a seal who wants to sneak inside a dogs-only party. Explore the city and meet shady characters as your search for the perfect dog costume.
Why similar: Surreal 28.1%, Retro 14.8%, Mystery 14%, Puzzle 13.8%, Exploration 10.6%
- #46 Riddlewood Manor
69% matchVery Positive93% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows · Mac
Riddlewood Manor is a point & click adventure set in a haunted house that will try to kill you each step of your way. Overcome eerie logic puzzles to uncover a maze of mysterious rooms filled with dark secrets, spooky encounters, and hidden pathways. Optional jump scare warning is available.
Why similar: Dark Humor 30.9%, Point & Click 22.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Mystery 9.5%
- #47 Daymare Town
68% matchVery Positive99% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
Windows
Daymare Town is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a heart of a strange city populated by peculiar Metamorph creatures. This town is full of nooks and crannies, puzzles, secrets and items to collect to help you along the way. Can you escape the nightmare of a day?
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.2%, Point & Click 28.8%, Exploration 15.9%, Puzzle 8.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #48 Fuzz Dungeon
71% matchVery Positive100% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Descend through absurd layers of history as a rat-dog-witch trying to escape employment and transcend reality. Explore weird museums, cosmic hallways, and your own bad dreams in a chaotic mash-up of art, humor, and a playable existential crisis.
Why similar: Dark Humor 34.1%, Surreal 25.2%, Third Person 17.3%, Exploration 14.3%, 3D 9%
- #49 Softie
69% matchVery Positive100% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Kristina Springer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Softie is a short creepy (but cute!) point-and-click adventure game. Take on the role of a cuddly teddy bear trying to find their lost owner in a peculiar house.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.6%, Emotional 18%, Exploration 15.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #50 Postmouse
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,559 reviews2023
Dev: Critters CollectivePub: The Animation Workshop
Windows
Join Postmouse on their very first journey to deliver mail in a treacherous world unfit for a tiny mouse. Explore the ruins, meet charming characters and solve puzzles on your way through an abandoned mansion in this free, student-made adventure - all in one small mouse-sized package!
Why similar: Exploration 31.3%, Third Person 27.8%, Puzzle 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 10.5%
- #51 Embracelet
71% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: Mattis FolkestadPub: machineboy
Windows
Travel to northern Norway, solve puzzles using a mysterious, magical bracelet and make new friends on your journey to discover the past - and yourself!
Why similar: Point & Click 22.1%, Puzzle 16.5%, Exploration 15.2%, Story Rich 10.5%, Emotional 10.4%
- #52 Poco
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 7,474 reviews2025
Dev: WhalefallPub: Micah Boursier
Windows · Mac
Poco is the story of the world's smallest clown, who is banished from the circus and finds themself in a mysterious undergrowth full of lost and broken things. Explore, meet strange creatures, solve puzzles, and help Poco return to the circus in this charming 2D/3D hybrid point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.9%, Point & Click 24.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Exploration 12%, Relaxing 9.4%
- #53 URLate
67% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: NoSepoGames
Windows
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 54.9%, Puzzle 12.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Relaxing 9.6%, Adventure 6.7%
- #54 Midvinter
72% matchVery Positive86% of 99 reviews2016
Dev: Talecore Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Midvinter is a cozy little point-and-click game, which invites you to explore Swedish folklore using puzzles and riddles as well as compelling music and voice over. In it, you as a player take on the role of gnome - the guardian of the farm - and get to interact with various dark and fantastical creatures.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.5%, Puzzle 22.7%, Exploration 14.7%, Emotional 12.7%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #55 MouseVentures
67% matchVery Positive96% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A puzzle game where you control Pipo, a stuffed mouse. He will enter two storybooks to help the characters inside while use magnetism and light to solve the puzzles that stand in their way.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.1%, Third Person 37%, 3D 22.8%
- #56 realMyst: Masterpiece Edition
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,572 reviews2014
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Released in 2014, experience one of the first 3D adaptations of the renowned puzzle-adventure game Myst! Each discovery you make, every puzzle you solve, will bring you closer to reversing a wrong that has gone unchecked for ages.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.9%, Puzzle 19%, Exploration 13.7%, Mystery 9.8%, FMV 8.5% ★
- #57 Sinking Inn
69% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Open Alpha
Windows · Mac
A small, lonely boy on a hopeful quest navigates through a dark and dreary motel. Dive into its mysterious, eerie atmosphere and find your way through the motel's strange puzzles, as it becomes increasingly clear that reality is not as it seems.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.3%, Puzzle 17.3%, Exploration 16.1%, Third Person 14.5%, Surreal 6.8%
- #58 Myst: Masterpiece Edition
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,043 reviews2011
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, FMV 16.2% ★, Steampunk 12.2% ★, Puzzle 10.5%, Surreal 8.1%
- #59 100 hidden mice
67% matchVery Positive95% of 453 reviews2021
Dev: Anatoliy Loginovskikh
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Hidden object game in the laboratory setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Difficult and interesting! Very large location!
Why similar: Point & Click 38.8%, Puzzle 21%, Relaxing 18.4%, Exploration 16.4%, Adventure 5.5%
- #60 Lunar Axe
67% matchVery Positive89% of 146 reviews2022
Dev: Ops Game Studio
Windows · Linux
After a big earthquake in the city, ruins of an old building collapse and you end up trapped inside an abandoned house. Find a way out and unravel the mystery of inexplicable tremors, revealing ancient secrets and a mystical artifact, before the city is destroyed.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.2%, Puzzle 20.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%