- #1 Bad Dream: Coma
97% matchVery Positive91% of 2,223 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 29.8%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Gore 12.5%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: As a direct entry in the same series, it shares the exact same surreal, ink-stained atmosphere and point-and-click mechanics.
- #2 Fran Bow
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 23,083 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.1 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 31.2%, Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 13.9%, Gore 8.1%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a deeply unsettling, surreal world and hand-drawn art style that perfectly captures the psychological horror elements found in Bad Dream.
- #3 The Cat Lady
96% matchVery Positive94% of 6,305 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Detective 12.2%, Adventure 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterpiece of psychological horror that mirrors the dark, melancholic tone and point-and-click gameplay of the seed game.
- #4 Rusty Lake Hotel
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,639 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.5 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 38.9%, Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the bizarre, surreal logic and dark, atmospheric puzzle-solving that defines the Bad Dream experience.
- #5 Downfall
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 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: Point & Click 27.6%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Horror 16.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the creators of The Cat Lady, this title offers a similarly gritty, mature, and disturbing point-and-click horror experience.
- #6 Sally Face - Episode One
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,849 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Horror 15.4%, Hand-drawn 7.8%, Demons 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich point-and-click adventure that explores psychological trauma and horror through a unique, stylized lens.
- #7 Neverending Nightmares
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,046 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Gore 15.7%, Indie 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the psychological manifestations of fear and mental illness, mirroring the thematic core of the seed game.
- #8 Forgotten Hill Tales
92% matchVery Positive90% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
A spin-off series of short stories set in the grotesque world of Forgotten Hill
Why similar: Point & Click 40%, Horror 16.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Gore 10.4%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features the same brand of grotesque, surreal puzzle-solving and dark storytelling found in the Bad Dream series.
- #9 My Friend is a Raven
91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,329 reviews2020
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 17%
You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Point & Click 23%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Indie 8%, Adventure 8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, poignant, and dark point-and-click adventure that shares the psychological horror and indie spirit of the seed game.
- #10 Little Misfortune
90% matchVery Positive92% of 14,190 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.3%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 15.7%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly dark, whimsical, and tragic narrative experience that relies on point-and-click interaction to explore a disturbing world.
- #11 Bulb Boy
91% matchVery Positive86% of 2,282 reviews2015
Dev: Bulbware
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.2%, Horror 19.2%, Adventure 11.8%, Gore 10.4%, Indie 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, horror-themed point-and-click adventure that uses a distinct visual style to convey its creepy, atmospheric narrative.
- #12 Samsara Room
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,260 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 11.8%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric puzzle game from the Rusty Lake team that captures the same dreamlike, unsettling logic.
- #13 The Last Door - Collector's Edition
89% matchVery Positive95% of 2,473 reviews2014
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
Why similar: Point & Click 52.9%, Horror 22.3%, Adventure 8%, Psychological Horror 6.6%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at building atmospheric, Lovecraftian horror through a minimalist point-and-click interface.
- #14 Bad Dream: Stories
88% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.2%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Another entry in the series that provides more of the same hand-drawn, atmospheric horror and puzzle-solving gameplay.
- #15 WORLD OF HORROR
85% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Point & Click 35.7%, Horror 27.1%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Adventure 5.5%, Atmospheric 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a unique, retro-horror aesthetic to deliver a deeply unsettling and surreal cosmic horror experience.
- #16 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
87% matchVery Positive83% of 1,642 reviews2015
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Why similar: Point & Click 58.4%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 7.3%, Horror 6.5%, Atmospheric 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a bleak, post-apocalyptic atmosphere combined with classic point-and-click mechanics and a dark, mature story.
- #17 The White Door
86% matchVery Positive94% of 6,873 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty LakePub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enter The White Door and discover Rusty Lake’s universe in a new game with a unique style! Explore Robert Hill’s dreams and help him to find his lost memories. Can you survive the strict daily routine and bring back color to Robert's life?
Why similar: Point & Click 33.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Detective 15%, Indie 14%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title uses a minimalist, split-screen point-and-click format to explore themes of memory and psychological isolation.
- #18 Disease -Hidden Object-
86% matchMixed61% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: OperaHouse CorporationPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.8%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Gore 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines hidden object mechanics with a dark, psychological horror narrative that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #19 The Flayed Man
84% matchVery Positive91% of 389 reviews2025
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.1%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Gore 12.4%, Horror 11%, Violent 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, pixel-art point-and-click horror game that explores themes of suffering and multiple endings.
- #20 Detention
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,832 reviews2017
Dev: RedCandleGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Point & Click 21%, Psychological Horror 19%, Indie 8%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric psychological horror game uses a 2D perspective to explore dark historical and personal trauma.
- #21 Decay: The Mare
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,081 reviews2015
Dev: Shining Gate SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Why similar: Point & Click 36.9%, Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on psychological horror and point-and-click exploration within a dark, dreamlike setting.
- #22 Slender Threads
82% matchVery Positive91% of 633 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Gore 12.1%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich point-and-click adventure that leans into psychological horror and unsettling, surreal imagery.
- #23 Rusty Lake Paradise
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,651 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 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 42.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 10.7%, Indie 7.2%, Adventure 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' tradition of bizarre, point-and-click puzzle-solving set within a deeply unsettling and mysterious world.
- #24 I dream of you and ice cream
81% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Emilios Manolidis
Windows
A sinister creature has enslaved mankind. Solve puzzles, gather components for a machine you are building, find comfort in your dreams.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.5%, Adventure 17.1%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, puzzle-heavy point-and-click game that captures a similar dreamlike, melancholic aesthetic.
- #25 Sanitarium
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,373 reviews2014
Dev: DotemuPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.2%, Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Atmospheric 5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror point-and-click adventure that heavily influenced the genre's focus on surreal, disturbed realities.
- #26 Nightmare Zapping
79% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Horror 19.3%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Violent 12%, Investigation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D horror game that uses a visual novel and puzzle format to deliver a dark, story-rich experience.
- #27 Fingerbones
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,607 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.6%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 17.3%, Violent 10%, Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie psychological horror experience that relies on atmosphere and exploration to tell a dark story.
- #28 Kathy Rain
78% matchVery Positive92% of 4,010 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 98.3%, Detective 0.6%, Adventure 0.4%, Psychological Horror 0.2%, Indie 0.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven point-and-click mystery that explores dark, personal secrets with a moody, atmospheric tone.
- #29 Year Walk
79% matchVery Positive90% of 2,022 reviews2014
Dev: Simogo
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric and surreal puzzle game that draws on folklore to create a haunting, dreamlike experience.
- #30 STASIS
78% matchVery Positive82% of 2,377 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Point & Click 42.7%, Horror 20.8%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Adventure 9.1%, Atmospheric 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror point-and-click game that excels at creating a claustrophobic and terrifying atmosphere.
- #31 Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
77% matchVery Positive94% of 2,779 reviews2015
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Point & Click 28.1%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 14.6%, Gore 9.5%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
- #32 Slender Threads: Prologue
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 519 reviews2021
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 15.3%, Gore 9.6%, Adventure 6.5%
- #33 Trap welcome to Beryl Part 1
77% matchVery Positive85% of 222 reviews2018
Dev: JucarPub: Il Pleut
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
After receiving a disturbing letter from his brother, our protagonist decides to go looking for him at the hotel Beryl. He will soon discover the strangeness of the places, the objects, the paintings, the shadows and the terrifying models moving, speaking, living of their own will.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.8%, Gore 17.1%, Violent 14.4%, Horror 14.2%, Adventure 8.8%
- #34 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Solitary GamesPub: Lamina Studios
Windows
A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Indie 12.8%, Gore 9.3%
- #35 Horns of Fear
75% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Point & Click 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Horror 15.1%, Gore 13.7%, Violent 10.6%
- #36 Infliction
74% matchVery Positive80% of 968 reviews2018
Dev: Caustic Reality
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Gore 17.3%, Violent 11.9%, Adventure 8%
- #37 Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”
75% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Snot Bubbles Productions
Windows
Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.
Why similar: Adventure 27.2%, Indie 22.7%, Point & Click 14.2%, Gore 13.8%, Horror 8.9%
- #38 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
72% matchVery Positive97% of 390 reviews2022
Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Point & Click 57.4%, Adventure 14.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11%, 2D 3.9%
- #39 Night in Riverager
73% matchVery Positive83% of 237 reviews2021
Dev: Two Star GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 170.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
A Night In Riverager is a free horror short set in the monochrome world of My Beautiful Paper Smile. It tells the tale of a strange hunter in an even stranger land, on a quest to find medicine for his ailing mother. Strange and powerful forces are stirring. Can he resist them?
Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Horror 24.5%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Adventure 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #40 Disturbed
73% matchVery Positive92% of 1,876 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Adventure 11%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #41 DOM RUSALOK
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 239 reviews2021
Dev: Bonereaders
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Russia in the ‘90s. A provincial town at the edge of the crumbling Soviet Empire. A group of kids faces the disturbing horror they are unable to comprehend – the DØM RUSALOK. This is a place where the worst nightmares come true.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.6%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Detective 10.6%, Demons 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%
- #42 Deep Sleep Trilogy
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 886 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You can’t run from your dreams in this unsettling classic point-and-click horror game from award-winning indie developer scriptwelder. To find a way out, you’ll have to go even deeper into your nightmares.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.9%, Horror 25.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 13.5%, Atmospheric 3.4%
- #43 Daymare Town
69% matchVery Positive98% of 132 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: Point & Click 49.4%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #44 The Black Whale
70% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Marrit
Windows
The factory chip began to malfunction. Your horrible headaches don’t bother anyone in this dystopian world. “Black Whale”, the attractive white powder, is the only thing that can stop the pain. And show you the life without the horrors of harsh reality.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 41.4%, Violent 17%, Adventure 16.9%, Horror 12.9%, Indie 8.5%
- #45 Ignis Dei
70% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Orchid
Windows
Heralded by a comet, seen as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death arrived in Florence in 1348. Wander through the woods to escape the plague, face various riddles and encounter mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Demons 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #46 Cry Of Monster
71% matchMixed51% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: MindBreak
Windows
Everything fell apart. People started getting sick… not in a normal way. Now the city is desolate, and the only thing that matters is finding out if your best friend is still alive. You'll have to explore, run, hide, and face the contamination.
Why similar: Adventure 34.8%, Horror 27.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Indie 9.7%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #47 Irony Of Nightmare
70% matchVery Positive87% of 707 reviews2017
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
In the Irony of Nightmare things aren't always as they seem. Those who decide to solve all puzzles of the game, not only will unravel true secret of house, but also will open completely different ending of the story.
Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Indie 17.6%, Detective 17%, Gore 12.3%, Violent 11.1%
- #48 Dead Dreams
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Horror 20%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Gore 15.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #49 Summer Nightmare
72% matchMixed55% of 555 reviews2017
Dev: Team Summer NightmarePub: Elkibe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Gore 26.7%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 9.8%
- #50 Paradigm Shift
74% matchVery Negative15% of 58 reviews2014
Dev: Stake deep interactivePub: Ghost in the cartridge
Windows
Paradigm Shift You awake from a terrifying nightmare to discover that your home city of River Lake has been devastated by an explosion at a neuroscience laboratory.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.9%, Horror 27.1%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 15.4%
- #51 Shiver
68% matchVery Positive92% of 482 reviews2017
Dev: Kowai Sugoi Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Welcome to Windy Oaks National Park. A beautiful and chilling point-and-click horror adventure. On your way to visit your aging father, everything goes wrong, leaving you trapped and isolated.
Why similar: Point & Click 42%, Horror 28.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 13.7%
- #52 Lucid Dream
67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,025 reviews2020
Dev: sizrit
Windows
Lucid Dream is Point and Click horror game. The girl dream of being trapped in a weird place even though you fell asleep as always. Collect the item and Find clues! Escape and wake up from the dream!
Why similar: Point & Click 44.3%, Horror 28.7%, Adventure 15%, Indie 12%
- #53 Darkness Under My Bed
68% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 20.9%, Gore 9.1%, Adventure 8.2%
- #54 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,355 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 38.3%, Psychological Horror 25.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Demons 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #55 THE WELL
65% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Creeps LTD.
Windows
Isolation. Hopelessness. Starvation. By the will of an unknown force, you find yourself isolated from the outside world. Now you are doomed to starve to death. No one will come to your aid. No one will hear your prayers.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.3%, Adventure 19.3%, Horror 19.1%, Gore 16.8%, Violent 14.2%
- #56 ASYLUM
65% matchVery Positive84% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Gore 12.1%, Adventure 9.3%
- #57 Dark Fracture: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive84% of 1,380 reviews2020
Dev: Twisted II Studio
Windows
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Demons 14.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 10.2%
- #58 The Plague Doctor of Wippra
66% matchVery Positive89% of 394 reviews2022
Dev: ElectrocosmosPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
The plague spreads agony and fear in the small town of Wippra. As a plague doctor, you bring healing and relief wherever you can. But ignorance, superstition, and religious zeal make for a deadly threat in this retro medieval medical adventure!
Why similar: Point & Click 75.5%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #59 Last Day of FEAR
69% matchMixed69% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Laush Studio
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Last Day of FEAR - the game tells the story about a detective for the County of Rayna. He was not an easy task to deal with the difficult situation. Near highway 66 was the house where it was quite numerous suicide and murder.
Why similar: Gore 26.9%, Violent 22.7%, Horror 13.2%, Indie 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%
- #60 Deluded Mind
69% matchMixed61% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.
Why similar: Gore 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Violent 15.9%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 13.4%