- #1 Harvester
97% matchVery Positive91% of 1,649 reviews2014
Dev: DigiFX InteractivePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A strange and twisted world...Harvester! The most violent adventure game of all time comes to Steam!
Why similar: FMV 52.9% ★, Classic 12.6% ★, Horror 11.5%, Point & Click 8.7%, Adventure 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same grotesque, unsettling 90s FMV aesthetic and dark, surreal tone as Bad Mojo.
- #2 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,605 reviews2013
Dev: The Dreamers GuildPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!
Why similar: Classic 26.7% ★, Point & Click 22.9%, Adventure 17.8%, Horror 15.2%, 1990's 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: This classic adventure game matches the dark, oppressive atmosphere and mature themes found in Bad Mojo.
- #3 Sanitarium
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,302 reviews2014
Dev: DotemuPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Classic 25% ★, Horror 19.3%, Point & Click 18.8%, Adventure 17.9%, 1990's 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of psychological horror that uses a surreal point-and-click perspective to explore a fractured mind.
- #4 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
94% matchVery Positive97% of 365 reviews2022
Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Point & Click 49.1%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly surreal and dark point-and-click game that captures the same feeling of being trapped in a bizarre, decaying world.
- #5 Phantasmagoria
93% matchVery Positive87% of 516 reviews2016
Dev: SierraPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.
Why similar: FMV 56.2% ★, Classic 9.7% ★, 1990's 9.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Point & Click 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A landmark 90s horror FMV game that shares the same campy yet disturbing narrative style.
- #6 The 11th Hour
94% matchMixed42% of 266 reviews2013
Dev: Trilobyte GamesPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
IN THE 70 DESOLATE YEARS since the horrifying murders chronicled in The 7th Guest, the town of Harley has been ominously silent.Only when journalist Robin Morales vanishes while investigating the rotting abandoned mansion of the legendary toy maker Henry Stauf, do events resurrect a malignant past.
Why similar: FMV 49.6% ★, Adventure 12.1%, Classic 9.7% ★, Horror 8.5%, Point & Click 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Like Bad Mojo, this title relies on intricate puzzles and FMV sequences to build a sense of dread.
- #7 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: Point & Click 28.6%, Horror 27.2%, Puzzle 22.2%, Adventure 22%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal adventure that features perspective-shifting mechanics and a deeply unsettling atmosphere.
- #8 Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
92% matchVery Positive96% of 161 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: FMV 61.4% ★, Adventure 12.9%, Classic 8.9% ★, Point & Click 8.3%, 1990's 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive 90s FMV detective game that captures the era's unique blend of live-action and 3D exploration.
- #9 Bad Dream: Coma
90% matchVery Positive91% of 2,195 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Horror 29.9%, Point & Click 28.2%, Adventure 27.7%, Puzzle 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal point-and-click game where the environment itself feels like a living, breathing nightmare.
- #10 Return to Zork
91% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Activision
Windows
Return to Zork: A mesmerizing interactive adventure of danger, intrigue and cunning.
Why similar: FMV 64% ★, Adventure 26.8%, Point & Click 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic 90s FMV adventure that blends traditional puzzle-solving with a surreal, dark fantasy world.
- #11 The Cat Lady
89% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 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: Horror 35.8%, Adventure 28.8%, Point & Click 23.3%, Puzzle 12%
Why You'll Like It: A grim, psychological horror game that uses a unique art style to tell a dark and mature story.
- #12 Black Mirror II
89% matchVery Positive90% of 697 reviews2014
Dev: Cranberry ProductionPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Enter a dark, captivating world as the massive evil of Black Mirror Castle is reincarnated with over 100 atmospheric locations to explore and 40 different characters to interact with. Will Darren's search lead him to redemption or the hell of insanity?
Why similar: Adventure 44.3%, Point & Click 30.1%, Horror 18.6%, Puzzle 7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, classic-style point-and-click adventure that focuses on mystery and psychological tension.
- #13 STASIS
88% matchVery Positive82% of 2,332 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Horror 31.1%, Point & Click 29.2%, Adventure 26%, Puzzle 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric horror game that excels at creating a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere through its detailed environment.
- #14 Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting [Enhanced Edition]
87% matchMixed68% of 266 reviews2015
Dev: Viperante
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Horror adventure awaits as you step into a place nobody knew existed and hunt for clues around every dark corner and in every scribbled notebook. With a twisted past, and a terrible secret just waiting to be revealed, Cold Winter Farm will leave you questioning whether what you know, is really what you know.
Why similar: Adventure 43%, Horror 29.5%, Point & Click 27.4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric point-and-click horror game that focuses on mystery and environmental exploration.
- #15 Realms of the Haunting
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 523 reviews2014
Dev: Gremlin InteractivePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Forged in the Beginning and protected by the Seven Seals, there lies a place where thought and creation intertwine. The center for all realms of existence, it is the balancing force between good and evil, man and spirit. A focal point for all energies, and the one element that has kept the consuming nature of darkness at bay... Until now.
Why similar: FMV 57.3% ★, Classic 12.3% ★, Horror 10.5%, 1990's 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique 90s hybrid of FMV, horror, and action that shares the experimental nature of Bad Mojo.
- #16 The Hungry Fly
84% matchVery Positive91% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Adventure 50.6%, Horror 49.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological horror game that mirrors the bizarre, insect-like perspective of Bad Mojo.
- #17 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition
85% matchVery Positive91% of 1,154 reviews2014
Dev: Phoenix Online StudiosPub: Pinkerton Road Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Revisit of one of adventure gaming’s greatest classics by master storyteller Jane Jensen! Struggling bookstore owner Gabriel Knight investigates the sinister Voodoo Murders in New Orleans, discovering the secrets of his family history and unfolding his destiny in this tale of horror and suspense.
Why similar: Classic 27.6% ★, Adventure 27.3%, Point & Click 23.9%, Horror 10.2%, 1990's 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click mystery that excels at building a dark, atmospheric world.
- #18 Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
86% matchVery Positive82% of 227 reviews2016
Dev: SierraPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
All Curtis wants is to live a normal, happy life, but something seems to have other plans...
Why similar: FMV 60.5% ★, Adventure 13.5%, 1990's 10.2%, Horror 7.7%, Point & Click 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the 90s FMV horror tradition with a dark, psychological narrative and point-and-click gameplay.
- #19 Downfall
84% 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 39.8%, Horror 30.8%, Point & Click 24.3%, Puzzle 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal psychological horror game that shares the disturbing, dream-like quality of Bad Mojo.
- #20 Kathy Rain
82% 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 98%, Adventure 1.6%, Puzzle 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click mystery that balances a dark narrative with engaging puzzle-solving mechanics.
- #21 The Roach Hotel
81% matchVery Positive89% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Hawt Combo
Windows
The Roach Hotel is a first person analog horror game that drags you into its halls, where every shadow hides a question and every corner dares you to keep following its path.
Why similar: 1990's 32.6%, Horror 29.6%, Puzzle 19.9%, Adventure 17.9%
- #22 GAME.exe
81% matchVery Positive84% of 464 reviews2021
Dev: Punx Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 36 min≥1hr: 16%
You bought a PC that belonged to a suicidal developer, do you dare to run "Game.exe"?
Why similar: 1990's 100%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological survival-horror game that uses a dark, meta-narrative to unsettle the player.
- #23 Curse
83% matchMixed62% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: Stormlord GamesPub: Stormlord Games LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
CURSE is a point-and-click horror game that throws the player into the world of paranormal investigations.
Why similar: Simulation 23.4%, Horror 23.4%, Adventure 21.9%, Point & Click 17.4%, Puzzle 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, first-person horror adventure that relies on exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #24 SIMULACRA
80% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 56.7% ★, Horror 11.7%, Point & Click 9.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #25 SPIDER MALL !
79% matchVery Positive90% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: GHOST DOG FILMS
Windows
A night of urban exploration goes wrong for Explorer X as he finds himself trapped in an abandoned shopping mall facing off against security guards and a giant hungry spider. You make the choices in this live action bodycam FMV game. Escape the mall or die trying!
Why similar: FMV 76% ★, Adventure 11.5%, 1990's 7.4%, Horror 5.1%
- #26 Back
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 365 reviews2024
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
《Back》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
Why similar: FMV 72.6% ★, Horror 13%, Adventure 9%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #27 Tex Murphy: Overseer
82% matchMixed55% of 64 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.
Why similar: FMV 57.9% ★, Adventure 15.2%, Classic 14.7% ★, 1990's 6.8%, Point & Click 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Another strong entry in the 90s FMV detective genre that captures the specific feel of the era.
- #28 Navicula Meatus
77% matchVery Positive96% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: Torgomind
Windows
A dark and surreal puzzle adventure set in a decaying town where veins pulse through ruined structures and the night hums with unfamiliar life.
Why similar: Horror 38.8%, Puzzle 27.7%, 1990's 17.7%, Adventure 15.8%
- #29 The Repairing Mantis
78% matchVery Positive96% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Erupting Avocado
Windows
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Horror 54.6%, Adventure 45.4%
- #30 Forgotten Hill The Third Axis
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Enter the twisted world of Forgotten Hill in a new third dimension
Why similar: Adventure 39.1%, Horror 24.3%, Point & Click 23.8%, Puzzle 12.9%
- #31 Critters for Sale
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,743 reviews2021
Dev: Sonoshee
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Experience death from the comfort of your seat.
Why similar: Point & Click 53.1%, Adventure 46.9%
- #32 Mummy Sandbox
77% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Z. Bill
Windows
Mummy Sandbox is a first person digging simulator meets point & click adventure. Traverse forgotten sandboxes and dig up corpses to learn their secrets!
Why similar: Adventure 34.1%, Horror 32%, Puzzle 20.2%, Point & Click 13.6%
- #33 OH DEMON! Fix my TV
73% matchVery Positive90% of 437 reviews2026
Dev: Melt
Windows
In this horror, comedy, and puzzle game, you will play as a demon summoned by an old woman to fix her television, sending you on an adventure beyond all reason.
Why similar: Adventure 40.9%, Horror 36.7%, Puzzle 22.4%
- #34 Bubbaruka!
76% matchVery Positive89% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Benjamin SchadePub: Super Nova Studios
Windows
A survival horror puzzle game about exploring an abandoned children's toy, stalked by the shambling husks of scrapped concepts that pursue you endlessly throughout the environment as you try to solve the cryptic puzzles left behind by the developers and keep your pet alive.
Why similar: 1990's 31.1%, Horror 24.5%, Puzzle 16.9%, Adventure 14.6%, Simulation 12.9%
- #35 The Horrorscope
74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,100 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Simulation 44.2%, Adventure 30.1%, Horror 25.7%
- #36 Kitten Love Emulator
76% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: TruePub: False
Windows
Come explore a disgustingly LOVE-addled world! Solve 'puzzles' in ever-changing, emotion-based, overly-hyphenated levels -- while hunting down the murderer. Experience an ever tightening knot in your stomach as you realize: "Something is terribly wrong here, and I don't want to dig any deeper".
Why similar: Simulation 52.2%, Adventure 47.8%
- #37 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: Horror 31.8%, Adventure 24.7%, Point & Click 23.5%, Puzzle 20%
- #38 Cave Crawler
73% matchVery Positive85% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Technomancy Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.
Why similar: Horror 55.6%, 1990's 26.3%, Adventure 18.2%
- #39 Tender Loving Care
75% matchVery Positive83% of 196 reviews2017
Dev: Aftermath MediaPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
You are about to enter a fantasy quite unlike anything you've ever seen or felt before - a fantasy built from the stuff of your very own mind. Tender Loving Care is not just a finely crafted suspense story; it's an exploration into your innermost perceptions, opinions, and attitudes.
Why similar: FMV 86.1% ★, Adventure 13.9%
- #40 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
74% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Adventure 25.6%, Simulation 24.7%, Point & Click 22.9%
- #41 Dingir OS
72% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Simulation 28.8%, Horror 28.1%, Point & Click 24.3%, Puzzle 18.8%
- #42 The Devil is in the Details
71% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: HideWorks
Windows
A survival horror spot-the-difference game set in a twisted Hell gameshow. Demons will distract you, torment you, or try to kill you. The Arbiter is your mysterious guide—sometimes helpful, sometimes...not so much. Spot the anomalies or suffer the consequences.
Why similar: Horror 40.7%, Adventure 31.4%, Puzzle 27.9%
- #43 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
71% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Puko
Windows
This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.
Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Adventure 32.2%, 1990's 30%
- #44 Benny Bash
71% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Adventure 25.7%, Puzzle 22.5%, Point & Click 19.3%
- #45 Noctropolis
72% matchVery Positive82% of 121 reviews2015
Dev: Flashpoint ProductionsPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a world where comic books are real - The final issue is Evil!
Why similar: FMV 63% ★, Adventure 16.3%, Point & Click 10.9%, 1990's 9.8%
- #46 The Cursed Tape
69% matchVery Positive81% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Why similar: Horror 55.1%, Adventure 28.4%, Simulation 16.5%
- #47 Mirror Forge
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 179 reviews2022
Dev: MystiveDevPub: DreadXP
Windows
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
Why similar: Horror 61.7%, Simulation 38.3%
- #48 Zoochosis
69% matchMixed60% of 2,285 reviews2024
Dev: Clapperheads
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?
Why similar: 1990's 38%, Simulation 31.6%, Horror 30.4%
- #49 The Backrooms Regret
70% matchMixed61% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: Noirware
Windows
Are you ready to survive in this hostile world? Discover who you are and how you ended up in this dimension. But don't worry, you can rely on warm company that will make your experience much more 'pleasant.' Oh, and good luck, you'll need it.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Simulation 26.2%, Horror 20.1%, Puzzle 16.7%
- #50 Riddlewood Manor
67% 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: Horror 28%, Adventure 25.9%, Point & Click 24.6%, Puzzle 21.5%
- #51 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 343 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Point & Click 41.4%, Simulation 32.8%, Horror 25.9%
- #52 Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
70% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?
Why similar: FMV 59.9% ★, Adventure 15.2%, Classic 13% ★, Point & Click 6.3%, 1990's 5.7%
- #53 Malware
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,164 reviews2024
Dev: Odd Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Malware lurks where you least expect it. Unscrupulous software vendors have hidden traps inside legitimate installers — can you spot them all and keep your computer clean?
Why similar: Simulation 30.7%, 1990's 28.3%, Point & Click 21.4%, Puzzle 19.6%
- #54 oneway.exe: Module 1.0
66% matchVery Positive87% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Disordered Media
Windows
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Simulation 26.9%, Puzzle 23.2%, Adventure 17.1%
- #55 The Last Job
68% matchMixed66% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: DefinitelyNotScaryGames
Windows
What seemed like an easy job, descends into something horrifying. Explore mysterious house, that holds dark secrets, in this first person horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 55.8%, Puzzle 23.2%, Adventure 21%
- #56 DEVIL'S WAY
69% matchMixed43% of 233 reviews2024
Dev: Rose Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror game that tests your wits, courage and dark sense of humor. Solve puzzles to survive in a world full of dark secrets, but beware - there could be something waiting around every corner!
Why similar: Simulation 36.4%, Horror 36.2%, Puzzle 27.4%
- #57 Fortuito: Lost History
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: FabioPDJ
Windows
Fortuito: Lost History is an indie adventure first-person horror, face the unknown with classic fps mechanics, solve puzzles and immerse in this bad trip!
Why similar: 1990's 34.3%, Adventure 30.2%, Puzzle 21.1%, Horror 14.3%
- #58 Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus
65% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus drags you into a sordid world of mirrors and shadows where the demon lurks. Dare to take on this macabre pixel-art graphic adventure of horror and madness. Solve puzzles and explore two parallel timelines.
Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Point & Click 26.6%, Adventure 24.9%, Puzzle 19.3%