- #1 Landlord of the Woods
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,297 reviews2021
Dev: Madison Karrh
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Why similar: Surreal 17.9%, Point & Click 16%, Hidden Object 15.1%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Physics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a cozy yet strange hidden-object and point-and-click puzzle style set in a whimsical, isolated world.
- #2 Life Gallery
96% matchVery Positive82% of 450 reviews2023
Dev: 751 Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Life Gallery is a puzzle game with a unique, illustration-style art design that leads the players into a world of profound horror.
Why similar: Surreal 28.7%, Point & Click 17.8%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Stylized 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same unsettling, hand-drawn surrealism and clever puzzle mechanics focused on bizarre anatomical creations.
- #3 Creaks
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,195 reviews2020
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
Why similar: Surreal 27.4%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Puzzle 12.8%, Relaxing 11.5%, Stylized 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an atmospheric, hand-drawn puzzle adventure filled with surreal creatures and hauntingly beautiful environments.
- #4 Rusty Lake: Roots
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,219 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Puzzle 18.9%, Hidden Object 12.8%, Surreal 8.1%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends surreal puzzle-solving with a strange, eerie family history told through clever point-and-click interactions.
- #5 Fran Bow
94% 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 24.5%, Surreal 11.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Dives deep into a creepy, hand-drawn surrealist world with point-and-click puzzle mechanics and dark themes.
- #6 Strange Horticulture
94% matchVery Positive94% of 16,173 reviews2022
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.5%, Relaxing 18.4%, Puzzle 17.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Captures a similarly cozy, dark, and methodical puzzle experience focused on unusual items and quiet mystery.
- #7 Miniatures
93% matchVery Positive95% of 387 reviews2024
Dev: Other Tales Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Surreal 25%, Point & Click 18.1%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Stylized 9.8%, Puzzle 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Presents short, highly stylized, and surreal narrative vignettes akin to the quirky storytelling style of Birth.
- #8 Tales from Candleforth
91% matchVery Positive86% of 181 reviews2024
Dev: Under the Bed GamesPub: Feardemic
Windows
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.
Why similar: Surreal 21.2%, Hidden Object 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Point & Click 13.4%, Puzzle 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines hand-drawn folk horror aesthetics with intricate hidden-object and surreal puzzle elements.
- #9 My Hidden Things
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: SIXDOTS
Windows
In the beginning there was nothing, only a chaos of dreams, out of which came Xary. He tried to understand people's nature and help them. Yet he is too young. And here you are. Together, you need to figure this all out…
Why similar: Hidden Object 19.1%, Point & Click 18.2%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Puzzle 9.8%, Relaxing 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on intimate, narrative-driven hidden-object puzzles inside closed, quirky environments.
- #10 SILT
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,004 reviews2022
Dev: Spiral Circus GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…
Why similar: Surreal 33.2%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Puzzle 16.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Horror 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses players in a dark, atmospheric underwater surreal puzzle world with striking monochromatic art.
- #11 The Paradixion: Son's Room
90% matchVery Positive85% of 54 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%, Hidden Object 19%, Puzzle 11.7%, Hand-drawn 11%, Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: A mysterious, surreal point-and-click adventure with an isolated, atmospheric mood and intricate puzzles.
- #12 Bad Dream: Coma
89% 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 19.6%, Surreal 17%, Hidden Object 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Gore 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, surreal point-and-click journey through a hauntingly quiet and strange dreamscape.
- #13 HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE
88% matchVery Positive95% of 1,045 reviews2024
Dev: Stone
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
HER TREES : THE PUZZLE HOUSE is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles.Uncover the mysteries of this peculiar room.
Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Point & Click 20.8%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Puzzle 11.8%, Relaxing 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn escape room experience featuring surreal imagery and quiet, methodical puzzle progression.
- #14 Rusty Lake Hotel
89% 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 26.4%, Surreal 16.6%, Puzzle 15.4%, Hidden Object 7.4%, Hand-drawn 7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers bizarre, surreal room-escape puzzles starring anthropomorphic animals in a darkly humorous tone.
- #15 Rusty Lake Paradise
87% 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 32.7%, Puzzle 20.7%, Surreal 8.6%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Horror 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Uses esoteric puzzles and surreal island mysteries to tell a dark, captivating point-and-click story.
- #16 Little Misfortune
86% 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 35.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 9.5%, Cute 8.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Explores a dark, whimsical, and surreal fairytale world through a point-and-click narrative lens.
- #17 Botanicula
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,716 reviews2012
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Why similar: Surreal 20.8%, Point & Click 18.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Relaxing 9.6%, Stylized 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same charming, tactile, and delightfully weird organic puzzle-solving in a vibrant miniature ecosystem.
- #18 Follow the meaning
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,043 reviews2024
Dev: HiKing Mind StudioPub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Point & Click 22.5%, Surreal 18.5%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Hidden Object 12.7%, Puzzle 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that embraces surreal, abstract puzzle design and cryptic storytelling.
- #19 Isolomus
85% matchVery Positive95% of 442 reviews2020
Dev: Michael Rfdshir
Windows · Linux
Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!
Why similar: Surreal 29.5%, Point & Click 19.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Horror 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, hand-drawn, and deeply surreal horror-adjacent experience with unique visual storytelling.
- #20 Gorogoa
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,830 reviews2017
Dev: Buried SignalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.2%, Hand-drawn 22.1%, Point & Click 17.7%, Stylized 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of hand-drawn, artistic puzzle design where you manipulate frames to connect surreal scenes.
- #21 Softie
83% matchVery Positive99% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: Kristina Springer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Softie is a short creepy (but cute!) point-and-click adventure game. Take on the role of a cuddly teddy bear trying to find their lost owner in a peculiar house.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.7%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Cute 15.3%, Horror 12.8%, Adventure 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends a cute outward appearance with dark, unsettling point-and-click adventure mechanics.
- #22 Later
81% matchVery Positive97% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: GaHa Games
Windows
A short hidden object adventure about doing things later. Search, find, and don't lose yourself.
Why similar: Hidden Object 25.7%, Point & Click 23.2%, Surreal 19.3%, Hand-drawn 10%, Atmospheric 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric point-and-click hidden-object experience with an intimate, stylized indie feel.
- #23 The Old Tree
82% matchVery Positive90% of 3,319 reviews2015
Dev: Red Dwarf Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 11%
The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.6%, Puzzle 19.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Horror 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal point-and-click puzzle game about nurturing strange life in an isolated setting.
- #24 Samorost 3
82% matchVery Positive94% of 5,577 reviews2016
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.1%, Surreal 19.6%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Relaxing 10.2%, Stylized 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hand-drawn point-and-click exploration game driven by quirky animations, physics, and atmospheric puzzles.
- #25 The White Door
81% 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 32.4%, Puzzle 21.3%, Surreal 13%, Adventure 10%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle game with a split-screen stylized presentation and a heavy focus on daily routines and surreal memories.
- #26 Tux and Fanny
79% matchVery Positive98% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Ghost Time GamesPub: Means Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you in your quest. There's nothing as simultaneously charming and strange as the world of Tux and Fanny.
Why similar: Relaxing 24.5%, Surreal 20.6%, Puzzle 19.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Cute 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A delightfully bizarre and surreal indie adventure filled with quirky minigames and hand-drawn charm.
- #27 Cube Escape Collection
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,028 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology you follow the path of Dale and Laura and other famous Rusty lake characters such as Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl. The series will be updated, preserved and bundled to survive the end of the Flash Games era.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.1%, Puzzle 20.5%, Surreal 11.5%, Horror 7.2%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A compilation of surreal, atmospheric room-escape mystery games that share Birth's penchant for eerie, quiet puzzles.
- #28 Creature Kitchen
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 9,915 reviews2026
Dev: The Rat Zone
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.6%, Relaxing 21.4%, Cute 13.6%, Stylized 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #29 HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,015 reviews2026
Dev: Stone
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.
Why similar: Surreal 23%, Point & Click 21.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Relaxing 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #30 Machinarium
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 20,867 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Why similar: Point & Click 22.2%, Surreal 19.7%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Stylized 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic hand-drawn puzzle adventure about repairing a mechanical world through clever point-and-click logic.
- #31 Pilgrims
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,336 reviews2019
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?
Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Hand-drawn 22.4%, Relaxing 14.2%, Stylized 13.7%, Puzzle 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A playful, card-based point-and-click game with hand-drawn art and countless silly, surreal solutions to puzzles.
- #32 ISLANDS: Non-Places
80% matchVery Positive83% of 373 reviews2016
Dev: Carl BurtonPub: Carlburton Llc
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 22%
The familiar becomes magical in this critically acclaimed interactive artscape. Explore ten scenes inspired by the everyday and let your expectations of reality be transformed. Carl Burton's other work has been featured in the New York Times, Serial, Colossal, and Medium.
Why similar: Surreal 49.7%, Relaxing 20.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 9.4%, Casual 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive, surreal toy-like puzzle experience focused on tactile, meditative manipulation of everyday objects.
- #33 Wound Man
76% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Aspidochelone Studios
Windows
Wound Man is a macabre jigsaw puzzle adventure where you reconstruct a tortured figure from centuries-old anatomical art. Uncover hidden secrets and collect strange curiosities with every piece.
Why similar: Hidden Object 20.8%, Surreal 16.4%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Puzzle 10.9%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #34 I'm Making a Monster
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: zorkie studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Piece by piece, you pour your soul into the monster. This is your burden and you bear it willingly. Your friends think that this is unhealthy.
Why similar: Stylized 24.3%, Hand-drawn 22.9%, Point & Click 17.9%, Magic 12%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #35 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
77% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.7%, Surreal 22.7%, Stylized 10.9%, Horror 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #36 Hidden Skulls
73% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Adventure Awaits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Immerse yourself in a short but mysterious adventure in a black and white world full of monsters and evil! Explore the map and find 100 cleverly hidden skulls of different creatures and recreate the picture in color. Play and relax if you are not afraid!
Why similar: Hidden Object 27.2%, Point & Click 22.3%, Hand-drawn 15%, Puzzle 8.3%, Stylized 7.5%
- #37 URLate
73% matchVery Positive94% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: NoSepoGames
Windows
URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.1%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Puzzle 7.9%, Relaxing 6.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #38 Partum Artifex
74% matchVery Positive97% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: DalaKoala Games
Windows
A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.2%, Atmospheric 19.2%, Horror 17.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #39 I dream of you and ice cream
75% 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 38.1%, Puzzle 21.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Horror 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #40 FORM
74% matchVery Positive91% of 982 reviews2017
Dev: Charm Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.
Why similar: Surreal 27.9%, Point & Click 24.9%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Puzzle 9.4%, Atmospheric 9%
- #41 Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story
72% matchVery Positive88% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Under The Bed Games
Windows
Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story is a point & click puzzle adventure with hand-drawn 2D graphics and a cozy horror setting that tells a short story set in the Tales from Candleforth universe.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.1%, Hand-drawn 23%, Puzzle 14.9%, Horror 10%, Psychological Horror 7.3%
- #42 Love Alone Death
70% matchVery Positive98% of 450 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 44.6%, Gore 11.7%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #43 My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt
73% matchVery Positive91% of 247 reviews2020
Dev: Yai Gameworks
Windows · Mac
A lonely cloaked being called Mole services instructions from what he believes is the voice of God. As he wanders a desolate, otherwordly underground his faith is tested as he must deliver a baby.
Why similar: Gore 24.4%, Surreal 22.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 11.3%, Horror 9.6%
- #44 Happy Game
71% matchVery Positive90% of 3,640 reviews2021
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
Why similar: Surreal 24.6%, Point & Click 16.6%, Horror 12.7%, Cute 10.2%, Stylized 7.9%
- #45 Castle of Secrets
72% matchMixed58% of 66 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: Hidden Object 19.4%, Surreal 18.6%, Point & Click 18.5%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #46 THE LONGING
71% matchVery Positive92% of 7,477 reviews2020
Dev: Studio SeufzPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 37.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.9%, Hand-drawn 21%, Puzzle 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #47 Care
70% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.1%, Horror 27.7%, Atmospheric 26%, Adventure 6.1%
- #48 Thy Creature
71% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2022
Dev: Growing Seeds
Windows
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Puzzle 24.7%, Cute 18.2%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Story Rich 12.4%, Horror 9.7%
- #49 a pet shop after dark
69% matchVery Positive89% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.8%, Hidden Object 17.1%, Puzzle 13.9%, Horror 9.9%, Atmospheric 8%
- #50 CLeM
68% matchVery Positive91% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Hand-drawn 20.5%, Puzzle 18.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Horror 9.3%
- #51 Water Womb World
66% matchVery Positive97% of 415 reviews2026
Dev: Yames' Games
Windows
Aqua Catholicism; Explore Man's Original Sin Under The Sea
Why similar: Point & Click 36.8%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Stylized 12.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #52 Hell of a Birthday
67% matchVery Positive96% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: MyGrandfather Games
Windows
IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!! and nobody came to celebrate with you… Hell of a Birthday is a First-Person comedic horror game where you play as the Birthday Boy trying to survive your special day. From the maker of Bite Night and Invasion of the Halloween Fiends comes another unique adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Cute 21.8%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Casual 12.6%
- #53 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,001 reviews2025
Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: Surreal 46.2%, Horror 14.1%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 7.2%
- #54 When The Past Was Around
68% matchVery Positive95% of 4,438 reviews2020
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Hidden Object 16.9%, Point & Click 14%, Relaxing 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
- #55 My Friend is a Raven
69% 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: Point & Click 19.6%, Surreal 14.8%, Horror 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #56 The Room Two
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,825 reviews2016
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.6%, Point & Click 26.4%, Hidden Object 21.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Horror 6.4%
- #57 The Curse We Made
66% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Potion Pixel
Windows · Mac
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Hand-drawn 16%, Puzzle 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Hidden Object 7.8%
- #58 Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”
70% 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: Surreal 21.3%, Adventure 18.7%, Point & Click 14.6%, Indie 12.2%, Gore 12.2%
- #59 Children of Silentown
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,586 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.4%, Surreal 19.1%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Puzzle 9.8%, Stylized 7.2%
- #60 Plug & Play
68% matchVery Positive85% of 4,946 reviews2015
Dev: Mario von RickenbachPub: Etter Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 8%
Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.
Why similar: Surreal 42.5%, Puzzle 11.8%, Point & Click 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 6.3%
