- #1 Murmurs of the Mist
97% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Jenna YourstonePub: JamJam Studios
Windows
In this game, you’ll encounter puzzles which require you to use your environment in order to solve them. Take note of every detail, they can help you in uncovering Sofia’s story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Horror 15.8%, Story Rich 12.1%, Puzzle 11%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #2 Castle of Secrets
96% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Surreal 16.5%, Female Protagonist 14%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 10.6%
- #3 Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,353 reviews2019
Dev: Mografi
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 15.7%, Cinematic 12.6%, Mystery 12.2%, Drama 11.1%, Horror 11.1%
- #4 CLeM
95% 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: Female Protagonist 18.4%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Mystery 15.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Horror 12.3%
- #5 Love Alone Death
94% matchVery Positive99% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Female Protagonist 14%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Drama 10.1%
- #6 Afterdream
94% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Surreal 12.6%, Horror 12%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
- #7 灵童
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Taolizhixia Studio
Windows
Ling Tong "is a new Chinese style horror suspense puzzle game that combines click to solve puzzles and storyline adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.8%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Thriller 11.8%, Horror 10%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #8 Bad Faith
92% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 23.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Thriller 11.8%, Horror 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #9 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528 reviews2025
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Point & Click 15%, Surreal 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #10 Murder by Numbers
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,650 reviews2020
Dev: MediatonicPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Why similar: Comic Book 23.6%, LGBTQ+ 21.6%, Female Protagonist 13%, Puzzle 8.7%, Cartoony 8.7%
- #11 Fran Bow
91% 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: Psychological Horror 18.1%, Point & Click 17.9%, Psychological 13.5%, Horror 9.7%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #12 Free Will
89% matchVery Positive97% of 323 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Psychological 44.8%, Puzzle 15.1%, Story Rich 14.9%, Horror 9.5%, Dark 6.6%
- #13 Fantasmagorie
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: Needlepoint Productions
Windows
Journey through a distorted theatre held together by the fragile mind of a grieving puppet master. With only a needle and thread, traverse through this world and evade twisted and terrifying creations. Shatter the delusion and unravel the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Psychological 24.6%, Surreal 20.9%, Cinematic 12.8%, Horror 10.5%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #14 Outlying Islands
87% matchVery Positive96% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Comic Book 20.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Thriller 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #15 vivid/stasis
85% matchVery Positive94% of 3,373 reviews2025
Dev: Team VividstasisPub: Hajimeli
Windows
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.9%, Surreal 24.2%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Story Rich 6.1%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
- #16 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.9%, Story Rich 14%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Horror 13.2%, Puzzle 12.1%
- #17 The Almost Gone
86% matchVery Positive80% of 1,195 reviews2020
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Puzzle 14.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Surreal 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #18 Trauma
88% matchMixed69% of 687 reviews2011
Dev: Krystian Majewski
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 24%
An elaborate puzzle challenge combined with an unconventional story.
Why similar: Point & Click 47.9%, Female Protagonist 26.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Casual 9.9%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #19 DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
84% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Darius Immanuel GuerreroPub: AppSir Games
Windows
Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.
Why similar: Surreal 24.5%, Horror 20%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Psychological Horror 18%, Story Rich 12%
- #20 Intruder In Antiquonia
84% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Narrative 24.7% ★, Point & Click 21.2%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #21 A Void Hope
83% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.6%, Dark 26.4%, Puzzle 21.8%, Mystery 15%, 2D 9.1%
- #22 Hold Me Still
82% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Zeroshade123
Windows
"Hold Me Still" is a point-and-click puzzle mystery game where you investigate your friend's disappearance by exploring their house, collecting clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.7%, Puzzle 17.6%, Drama 11.8%, Casual 11.7%, Mystery 9.3%
- #23 Broken Pieces
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 511 reviews2022
Dev: Elseware ExperiencePub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Broken Pieces is a psychological thriller taking place in a french coastal village somehow outside the flow of time. Solve the mysteries by putting the pieces of the story back together by figuring out the enigma behind this mystical place.
Why similar: Psychological 22%, Thriller 12.8%, Surreal 12.1%, Point & Click 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #24 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Horror 13.2%, Puzzle 12.3%
- #25 9 Clues 2: The Ward
81% matchVery Positive91% of 982 reviews2015
Dev: Tap It GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Solve the mystery of Mnemosyne Asylum!
Why similar: Point & Click 28.6%, Horror 14.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Mystery 9.6%
- #26 Fear the Spotlight
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,141 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Surreal 22.2%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 14.7%, Story Rich 13.5%
- #27 Blood Orange: Definitive Edition
78% matchVery Positive95% of 222 reviews2023
Dev: Decent TreatmentPub: Semicolon
Windows
Underwater psychological horror with a shocking, character-driven narrative. Explore ruins beneath the amazon river basin, and converse with their dolphin inhabitants. Skillfully capture and develop photographs with your underwater camera.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Thriller 21.1%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Female Protagonist 13%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #28 Whispering Willows
80% matchVery Positive82% of 1,862 reviews2014
Dev: Night Light InteractivePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.6%, Point & Click 15.1%, Story Rich 14.5%, Horror 13.8%, Mystery 12.4%
- #29 Belladonna
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 776 reviews2015
Dev: NeckboltPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Belladonna is a gothic adventure game, twisted and dark. Take the role of a corpse girl rising from the dead in an abandoned laboratory, and unravel the mysteries concerning your own death and reanimation.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.7%, Female Protagonist 30.1%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Horror 9.5%
- #30 Ms.Director
78% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: SketchyNonsense
Windows
Cameras and heads are rolling in this noir inspired RPGmaker horror game. Save the spectral starlets trapped in the deadly director's mansion, and escape without joining them in their fate.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28%, Horror 21.6%, Cartoony 9.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
- #31 Reflection of Mine
79% matchVery Positive80% of 246 reviews2017
Dev: Redblack Spade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Reflection of Mine is a dark puzzle video game about the dissociative identity disorder. The entire game takes place in the broken mind of Lilly Witchgan and the goal is to discover who is real – Lilly herself or one of her many personalities.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.5%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Puzzle 15%, Story Rich 13.2%, Mystery 12.1%
- #32 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Mystery 12%, Horror 11.5%
- #33 Adventure Escape Mysteries
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,089 reviews2020
Dev: Haiku Games Co
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Play a story-driven room escape game with unique puzzles enjoyed by tens of millions of players. Solve mysteries, puzzle through escape rooms, and find the clue that will crack the case in a critically acclaimed puzzle adventure game!
Why similar: Point & Click 27%, Horror 15%, Mystery 14%, Puzzle 13.9%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #34 Phoenix Springs
75% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Calligram Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.
Why similar: Comic Book 21.5%, Psychological 18.3%, Point & Click 15.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Cinematic 11%
- #35 Marie's Room
76% matchVery Positive93% of 6,612 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Story Rich 29.5%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Point & Click 14.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #36 Reaplaced
75% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Mystery Gamedev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.2%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Horror 17.3%, Dark 15.5%, Mystery 14%
- #37 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
74% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
Why similar: Surreal 20.3%, Point & Click 20.2%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Horror 13.8%
- #38 Bye Sweet Carole
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,067 reviews2025
Dev: Little Sewing MachinePub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.5%, Horror 19.2%, Cartoony 17.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 12.4%
- #39 Whitehaven
77% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Psychological 25%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Thriller 16.6%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 11.7%
- #40 A Night at the Watermill
73% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.8%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Thriller 14.8%, Dark 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #41 Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,875 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Toaster Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 22%
A 2-Player Networked Horror Co-Op game. Explore the deepest recesses of your mind to put yourself back together. Work together to defend yourself from its denizens.
Why similar: Psychological 32.2%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Horror 17.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Dark 9.9%
- #42 The Paradixion: Son's Room
72% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: GomPangGames
Windows
[The Paradixion: Son's Room] is a point-and-click adventure game with a mysterious atmosphere.Solve various puzzles with a unique atmosphere and find the hidden elements in the game to gather clues about the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 13.2%, Puzzle 11.9%, Mystery 10.7%
- #43 Blood Lily Loop
71% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.7%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Horror 14.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Drama 8.9%
- #44 LOVE ETERNAL
68% matchVery Positive96% of 282 reviews2026
Dev: brlkaPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
Why similar: Surreal 17.8%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Cinematic 12%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.9%
- #45 THANATOS
71% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.7%, Horror 27.6%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Story Rich 16.9%
- #46 Detective Ridelle
70% matchVery Positive99% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: PuzzLab
Windows
Detective Ridelle is a cozy murder mystery game featuring escape room style puzzles. Find clues, interrogate suspects, solve the mystery - before it's too late.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.6%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Mystery 16.1%, Story Rich 13.7%, Puzzle 12.5%
- #47 UNMEMORY
72% matchVery Positive84% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Point & Click 18.7%, Thriller 18.3%, Mystery 17%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #48 Hazy Mind
70% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 31.9%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Story Rich 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Horror 10.1%
- #49 Saint Kotar
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Point & Click 17%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 10.2%, Thriller 8.4%
- #50 The Method of Hiding a Body
68% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Mystery 23.8%, Story Rich 22.6%, Drama 20.7%, Female Protagonist 3%
- #51 Enigma of Fear
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,058 reviews2024
Dev: Dumativa
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.2%, Mystery 22.2%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Puzzle 15.9%, Story Rich 14.2%
- #52 Until Oblivion
67% matchVery Positive98% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: ixavon
Windows
Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.2%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Story Rich 20.2%, Colorful 7.6%
- #53 Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,599 reviews2014
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Enter Ravenwood Park and discover the secrets hidden in the mists…
Why similar: Point & Click 30.1%, Puzzle 16.1%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Horror 13.5%, Mystery 9.8%
- #54 The Room Syndrome
69% matchVery Positive95% of 362 reviews2019
Dev: Jesse CarradinePub: Jesse Carradine?
Windows
Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.4%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Puzzle 20.8%, Dark 14.3%, Casual 12.1%
- #55 Kathy Rain
68% matchVery Positive92% of 3,928 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 97.8%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Mystery 0.6%, Psychological Horror 0.3%, Story Rich 0.2%
- #56 YOUR HOUSE
67% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Comic Book 25.8%, Thriller 18.1%, Point & Click 15.2%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #57 Ib
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Surreal 20%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 13%
- #58 ONE IN THE BACK
65% matchVery Positive96% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: Mr. Jingo
Windows
An escape-room styled series of puzzles await in the car that seems to contain neither rhyme nor reason. See if you can solve the mysteries of the photographs, and figure out what it means to be the ONE IN THE BACK.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Puzzle 13.8%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #59 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
66% matchVery Positive92% of 3,008 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 22.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 9%, Dark 8.1%
- #60 Bizarre Earthquake
71% matchMixed58% of 499 reviews2016
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Bizarre Earthquake is a third-person point & click adventure game. The story is about a seismologist and her assistant who try to uncover the mysteries behind a bizarre earthquake they encounter.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.4%, Female Protagonist 23%, Puzzle 17.9%, Mystery 14.7%