- #1 Calm Waters: A Point and Click Adventure
97% matchMixed48% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Tayanna Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tourists disappearing and blood-curdling screams from a mysterious island out to sea...What secrets does this holiday paradise hold? Perhaps it's time to find out...
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Point & Click 22.7%, Casual 22%, Indie 18.2%
- #2 A Detective's Novel
96% matchMixed68% of 890 reviews2016
Dev: Amaterasu Software
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
On a cold November night in a desolate estate deep in the mountains an innocent life has prematurely perished and its up to the player to find out who did it.
Why similar: Indie 67.6%, Adventure 32.4%
- #3 Sinking Island
96% matchMixed70% of 272 reviews2014
Dev: White Birds ProductionsPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Walter Jones, a billionaire had planned on opening up a resort for the rich and famous, but was killed before his dream could be achieved. It's up to Detective Jack Norm to crack the case by interviewing the people on Sinking Island to get valuable clues. A game from Benoit Sokal.
Why similar: Adventure 69.2%, Point & Click 30.8%
- #4 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
95% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Casual 32.2%, Indie 27%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #5 Mystery Hotel: Hidden Objects
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
🔍 Solve the mystery behind a shocking murder at Hotel Noir! 🕵️♂️ Search for hidden objects, uncover clues, and piece together the truth. But remember... trust no one!
Why similar: Casual 41.8%, Point & Click 30.9%, Adventure 18%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Indie 3.6%
- #6 Path of Sin: Greed
94% matchVery Positive88% of 285 reviews2018
Dev: Cordelia GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
It was supposed to be a simple suicide case – a quick inspection and lots of boring paperwork. But the more you delve into this secluded island and the twisted family relations of the owners, the more complicated and unclear this case becomes.
Why similar: Adventure 38%, Casual 37.6%, Point & Click 19.4%, Atmospheric 5%
- #7 Alicia Griffith – Lakeside Murder
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: AgrostemmaPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Help Detective Alicia to solve a mystery behind a ritual murder
Why similar: Adventure 41.5%, Casual 38.2%, Point & Click 16.7%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #8 NightCry
92% matchMixed59% of 297 reviews2016
Dev: Nude MakerPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
NightCry is set on a cruise ship, and you have been invited along for the cruise of a (possibly short) lifetime. While your surroundings are luxurious and the guests are friendly, not everything is as it should be. The guests and the crew start to turn up dead, the victims of some foul murderer.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.9%, Casual 31.3%, Adventure 26.8%, Atmospheric 8%
- #9 The Murder Hotel
90% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Wegenbartho Games
Windows
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #10 A Salem Witch Trial - Murder Mystery
91% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Digital Bento
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
When a murdered family is discovered in 17th Century Salem, at the height of a witch hysteria, people start to suspect something supernatural to blame. An atmospheric murder mystery. Connect the evidence and see if you can deduce the secrets behind the mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 45.3%, Indie 33.9%, Point & Click 14.7%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #11 Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 262 reviews2014
Dev: Nerd Monkeys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A strange murder has occurred in the Hotel Lisbon, a man committed suicide with 14 stabs to the back while at the same time he peacefully drank his coffee. This case with contradictory facts could only be solved by the amazing Detective Case and his sidekick, Clown Bot.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Indie 24.5%, Point & Click 19.8%, Casual 18.8%
- #12 Yesterday Origins
88% matchVery Positive83% of 715 reviews2016
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
John Yesterday becomes immortal following an occult ritual. However, not everything goes to plan. He and his girlfriend Pauline must embark on an investigation to try to reproduce the immortality ritual. But his former acquaintances have other plans for him...
Why similar: Adventure 70.1%, Point & Click 29.9%
- #13 Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
89% matchMostly Negative38% of 114 reviews2011
Dev: Electronic ParadisePub: Akella
Windows
The remote hotel stands atop an ominous snow-peaked mountain, and death permeates every inch of the place. A crime has been committed here obviously, and the remote nature of the retreat means that the culprit is still roaming the halls. Which of the guests is capable of this? Whose past hides sinister truths and who has the most to gain?
Why similar: Adventure 66.2%, Point & Click 33.8%
- #14 Detective Grimoire
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,328 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Point & Click 50.3%, Adventure 34.2%, Indie 15.5%
- #15 Left in the Dark: No One on Board
87% matchVery Positive83% of 779 reviews2014
Dev: Moonrise InteractivePub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Casual 35.5%, Point & Click 18.9%, Indie 6.1%, Atmospheric 2.5%
- #16 Murder Mystery Adventure
89% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2016
Dev: EnsenaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Murder Mystery Adventure tells the suspenseful story of a chilling murder committed in a mysterious mansion upon the hillside at the outskirts of town. Only you can solve the crime. Only you have the wits to solve challenging puzzles to unveil critical clues.
Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #17 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
84% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Why similar: Adventure 50.1%, Point & Click 34.5%, Atmospheric 15.3%
- #18 SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
86% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: Gosatsu Visual Novels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?
Why similar: Adventure 55.7%, Indie 44.3%
- #19 Mind Diver
82% matchVery Positive97% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Adventure 47.2%, Indie 38%, Atmospheric 14.8%
- #20 Hotel Sowls
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 579 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Sott
Windows · Mac
Hotel Sowls is a mysterious adventure game with unique and appealing 2D graphics. As an pharmacologist, you managed to get a valuable and mysterious stone after a hard journey and you decided to take a break at the Hotel Sowls. But the next morning, someone in the hotel stole the stone!
Why similar: Adventure 48.2%, Indie 37.4%, Point & Click 14.4%
- #21 Hope Lake
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Far MillsPub: RunServer
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Hope Lake Boarding School was abandoned long ago, when one of its teachers drowned by accident. Many years later, all of the female students began to disappear, one by one. Visit the place where it all began. Try to pick up the maniac's trail and put a stop to his crime spree.
Why similar: Adventure 31.1%, Casual 28%, Indie 20.5%, Point & Click 16.8%, Atmospheric 3.7%
- #22 Downfall
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,627 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Why similar: Adventure 42.2%, Indie 29.5%, Point & Click 22.7%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #23 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Casual 55.5%, Adventure 44.5%
- #24 The Sexy Brutale
81% matchVery Positive92% of 4,073 reviews2017
Dev: Cavalier Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
Why similar: Adventure 50.5%, Indie 36.7%, Point & Click 9%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #25 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 580 reviews2026
Dev: BRANEPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Adventure 58%, Point & Click 35.4%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #26 The Wisbey Mystery
83% matchMixed65% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Argali EntertainmentPub: RunServer
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
For many years people from one little town keep away from a local manor by the woodside. It’s dark, wrecked walls keep a terrible secret about the unsolved murder of the sheriff and his wife.
Why similar: Casual 37.8%, Indie 29.9%, Adventure 17.4%, Point & Click 14.8%
- #27 The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
80% matchVery Positive82% of 269 reviews2020
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.
Why similar: Adventure 48.8%, Indie 37.8%, Atmospheric 13.4%
- #28 The Case of the Golden Idol
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,171 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Point & Click 45.6%, Adventure 41.5%, Atmospheric 13%
- #29 Darkway: Murder of King Mere
76% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: IM/MORTAL Studios
Windows · Mac
The King Mere is dead. Once the leader of diplomacy in the Dog Empyre, now a bloodstain on snow. You are the Apprentice, sent by the Master Detective to the City of Ink, to uncover who really murdered the King at the edge of the world.
- #30 I fell from Grace
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 78 reviews2017
Dev: Deep Taiga
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
I fell from Grace is a retro style adventure game, that blends storytelling and puzzle solving in a branching narrative style. Can you solve the mystery of the strange gift that has cured your wife of terminal illness, but unleashes sinister events before it's too late?
Why similar: Adventure 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #31 Detective From The Crypt
77% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2021
Dev: BOV
Windows · Linux
Jane wakes up in a crypt as a ghost. You are investigating the death of her family together. Seeking and researching evidences. Building an accusation based on them. You have a laboratory to research evidences. Play and get the feeling of being a true Victorian detective.
Why similar: Adventure 30.8%, Point & Click 25.3%, Casual 18.7%, Indie 17.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #32 Yet Another Killing Game
74% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Soulseer Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!
Why similar: Adventure 59.4%, Point & Click 40.6%
- #33 Candlelight: Lament
75% matchVery Positive93% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: 正方形劳伦斯Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Ed broke the curfew to visit his friends in order to find out the truth of his granddaughter's disappearance, but the truth was far more terrible than he thought.
Why similar: Adventure 87.2%, Indie 12.8%
- #34 For Your Tranquility
76% matchMixed68% of 190 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Adventure 35.3%, Indie 31.9%, Point & Click 30.5%, Atmospheric 2.2%
- #35 Dark Lore Mysteries: The Hunt For Truth
78% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2014
Dev: Gogii GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
A violent murder has awoken a small town with a troubled past, they thought that chapter was over with, but has it returned?
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #36 Depraved Awakening
74% matchVery Positive91% of 611 reviews2019
Dev: PhillyGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
You are a private eye in Free City. Your latest client has found himself dead. As for how, many suspect suicide, though you're smarter than that. But poking around may get you in some hot water, but then again why would you be a private eye if you couldn't take the heat?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 Mountain Trap: The Manor of Memories
77% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2016
Dev: Color Brush StudioPub: RunServer
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What will you do if the vacation of your dreams doesn't go as planned? If your friend is alone in a foreign country and gets into trouble, will you have enough strength and courage to help her?
Why similar: Casual 46.2%, Indie 35.5%, Point & Click 18.3%
- #38 Them - The Summoning
78% matchMostly Negative31% of 65 reviews2014
Dev: GamaticPub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
When a longtime friend contacts you to visit him with the utmost urgency, you arrive to find a troubled man haunted by visions of his recently deceased wife. When he suddenly dies under suspicious circumstances, you become the main suspect in two inexplicable deaths.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #39 LumineNight
72% matchVery Positive90% of 479 reviews2024
Dev: Spickasoft
Windows
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Adventure 47.9%, Point & Click 28.7%, Atmospheric 13%, Indie 10.4%
- #40 The Fernweh Saga: Book One
73% matchVery Positive91% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?
Why similar: Casual 66.9%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Indie 14.3%
- #41 Murder Is Game Over
73% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: HitherYon Games
Windows
Join the investigation in Murder Is Game Over, a pixel art point-and-click game where you and Cleo try to solve the murder of a famous game designer. Can you uncover the clues and catch the killer before it's game over?
Why similar: Point & Click 52.9%, Casual 47.1%
- #42 D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die -Season One-
73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,971 reviews2015
Dev: Access GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This is the story of a man with a very strange fate. His name is David Young. Two years ago, his wife was murdered by an unknown assailant, and Young suffered a blow to the head that cost him his memory. His wife's final words: “Look for D.”
Why similar: Adventure 40.6%, Casual 23.2%, Point & Click 20.2%, Indie 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #43 Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
72% matchMixed66% of 1,161 reviews2022
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.
Why similar: Adventure 33.9%, Casual 30.1%, Indie 20.9%, Point & Click 15.1%
- #44 Inspector Waffles
71% matchVery Positive95% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: Goloso Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Point & Click 39%, Adventure 35.3%, Indie 25.7%
- #45 A Night at the Watermill
70% 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 47%, Adventure 39.8%, Atmospheric 13.2%
- #46 A Void Hope
69% 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: Adventure 61.1%, Indie 20.1%, Atmospheric 18.8%
- #47 Little Kite
71% matchVery Positive84% of 176 reviews2017
Dev: Anate Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The game about one tragic evening for a struggling family, when emotions and tensions are simply too high to manage.
Why similar: Adventure 53.8%, Indie 28.1%, Point & Click 18%
- #48 Rainswept
70% matchVery Positive87% of 301 reviews2019
Dev: Frostwood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Adventure 69.9%, Atmospheric 30.1%
- #49 Rusty Lake Paradise
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,942 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.8%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 26.9%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #50 The Drifter
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,092 reviews2025
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 48.3%, Adventure 41.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #51 Paradise Killer
67% matchVery Positive93% of 4,378 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Point & Click 67.3%, Atmospheric 22.2%, Adventure 10.5%
- #52 The Deed: Dynasty
69% matchVery Positive82% of 989 reviews2016
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Getting away with murder has never been easy. These three members of a proud and noble family are separated by five centuries, but have in common a vengeful and murderous intent. Plans must be formed, blood must be spilled and evidence must be planted ...
Why similar: Adventure 52.6%, Indie 35.4%, Atmospheric 12%
- #53 Behind The Door
71% matchMixed57% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Dio Alias Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It's a story about a skeptical detective John who's investigating the abandoned's house massacre where group of teenagers were killed. On early night Detective John arriving to the abandoned house to find out what has happened there but suddenly he realized that he is not alone...
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Indie 34%, Point & Click 24%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #54 Bloody Hallowfest
66% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Cubyte Games
Windows
What starts as the preparation for a special Halloween night event at a summer camp turns into a nightmare when someone with a bloodied axe ends the lives of all your friends. Will you manage to escape and save yourself?
Why similar: Adventure 67.6%, Atmospheric 21.8%, Indie 10.6%
- #55 Why Am I Dead At Sea
67% matchVery Positive95% of 423 reviews2015
Dev: Peltast Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder. As a ghost, you will have to possess people and use them to investigate your surroundings. But in this place no one is who they seem...and everyone has a secret.
Why similar: Adventure 57.7%, Indie 42.3%
- #56 Strangeland
65% matchVery Positive93% of 953 reviews2021
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Why similar: Adventure 56%, Point & Click 38.8%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #57 The Case of the Worst Day Ever
63% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Hero Game Co LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 59.4%, Casual 21.7%, Point & Click 18.9%
- #58 MeiQi 2022
66% matchVery Positive80% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: QZQ Studio
Windows
At the end of 1990, there was a murder in Changzhuang community. Both mother and son were killed. The case is full of doubts. According to the clues, you plan to visit the murder scene alone at night, search for evidence, obtain clues, and crack the truth.
Why similar: Adventure 76.3%, Indie 23.7%
- #59 Mind's Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten
70% matchMostly Negative30% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Anino GamesPub: Alawar Casual
Windows
Follow an enterprising journalist who smells murderous intent behind what everyone assumes was a suicide.
Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Casual 35.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #60 SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders
68% matchVery Positive81% of 320 reviews2010
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your husband Richard lies dead beneath the cherry blossoms of Old Japan, and the police are of no help. Step into history and uncover the truth when no one else will. Find devilishly hidden clues, explore exotic locales, and bring the killer to justice!
Why similar: Casual 76.7%, Adventure 23.3%