- #1 Modern Tales: Age of Invention
97% matchVery Positive91% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: Orchid GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Foil the plan for world domination!
Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Steampunk 15.6% ★, Adventure 15.1%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #2 Growbot
96% matchVery Positive90% of 202 reviews2021
Dev: Wabisabi PlayPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.6%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 14.7%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #3 Skyland: Heart of the Mountain
96% matchVery Positive81% of 173 reviews2019
Dev: Cordelia GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In the world built on the shoulders of sleeping giants, join your sister Adrianne to prevent a terrifying annihilation that may irreversibly change the world. Explore the history of a forgotten civilisation to save the citizens of Skyland and reveal the mystery of your father's death.
Why similar: Steampunk 41.4% ★, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Point & Click 15.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #4 Rosewater
94% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.1%, Alternate History 24.2%, Female Protagonist 16%, Adventure 10.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #5 Blood Nova
95% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
Princess Love is set to assume the throne of a powerful galactic empire. But when conspirators try to thwart her ascension, Love and her best friend Kel become stranded on an interstellar lighthouse. Prove Love worthy of rule in this thrilling point and click adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Adventure 13%, Funny 11.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #6 Syberia: The World Before
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,837 reviews2022
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Steampunk 39.1% ★, Point & Click 22.2%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #7 Syberia
93% matchVery Positive88% of 6,691 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Why similar: Steampunk 31.1% ★, Point & Click 27.8%, Adventure 17%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #8 Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
92% matchVery Positive92% of 1,143 reviews2014
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Unburied secrets burn like wild steam – nothing is what it appears!
Why similar: Steampunk 44.8% ★, Point & Click 22.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Adventure 10.7%, Puzzle 4.2%
- #9 AIRHEART - Tales of broken Wings
91% matchVery Positive84% of 188 reviews2018
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Airheart is a dieselpunk airplane action rogue like game, where every colorful level is built on top of the previous one, all the way up to the stratosphere. Welcome to Granaria, a flying city in the clouds. Meet Amelia - a young pilot and fisherwoman wishing to reach the abundant world's edge.
Why similar: Steampunk 55.5% ★, Female Protagonist 24.5%, Indie 13.6%, Colorful 6.4%
- #10 Viktor, a Steampunk Adventure
91% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2017
Dev: Studio SpektarPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
"Viktor, a Steampunk Adventure" is a comedy adventure game set in a cartoonish steampunk world. The story follows Viktor, a wild boar who tries to cope with the loss of his job by going on a quest to become a new Emperor of Austria-Hungary.
Why similar: Steampunk 36.2% ★, Point & Click 24.5%, Funny 10.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #11 The Dark Eye: Memoria
90% matchVery Positive89% of 2,452 reviews2013
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Memoria, players travel through different time periods, following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.9%, Adventure 24%, Story Rich 10.5%, Puzzle 8%, Female Protagonist 3.7%
- #12 Milkmaid of the Milky Way
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 543 reviews2017
Dev: Mattis FolkestadPub: machineboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?
Why similar: Point & Click 31.7%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Indie 8.6%
- #13 Life of Delta
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: Airo GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Embark on a journey through a vast post-apocalyptic environment, full of interesting characters and engaging puzzle games in this sci-fi point-and-click adventure game.
Why similar: Steampunk 30.5% ★, Point & Click 27.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Funny 8.9%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #14 Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 176 reviews2011
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Step into a hilarious, steampunk-tinged point n click space adventure! Play as Captain Brawe, Agent Luna and Danny across four colorful planets — solve clever puzzles, uncover conspiracies, and meet unforgettable characters (space pirates, secret agents, and eccentric aliens).
Why similar: Point & Click 29.1%, Alternate History 22.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Funny 8.6%, Indie 7.9%
- #15 Syberia - Remastered
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 729 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuallyz GamingPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Rediscover the clockpunk universe of Benoît Sokal in this fully remastered version of the first Syberia game. Join Kate Walker and Oscar, a strange and charming automaton, in pursuit of the brilliant inventor Hans Voralberg, and embark on an adventure more immersive and poetic than ever.
Why similar: Steampunk 37.2% ★, Point & Click 23.9%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Funny 9.8%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #16 KAPIA
87% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: 2 FOR 2
Windows
Dive into the funky universe of KAPIA to help Stefan and Reny on their adventure to solve the mystery of dome survivors. Play as both characters and uncover the origin of crisis that divided the world.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.9%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Funny 14.4%, Adventure 12.5%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #17 Monolith
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 335 reviews2023
Dev: Animation Arts
Windows · Linux
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.4%, Female Protagonist 26.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 3.1%
- #18 Neon Hearts City
83% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Point & Click 42.5%, Adventure 18.8%, Story Rich 12.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Colorful 6.2%
- #19 Intruder In Antiquonia
84% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.8%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #20 Elroy and the Aliens
81% matchVery Positive97% of 429 reviews2025
Dev: Motiviti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.9%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Adventure 13.5%, Funny 11%, Story Rich 10%
- #21 Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
84% matchVery Positive86% of 1,794 reviews2013
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The award-winning debut adventure game from the creators of Deponia and The Whispered World now on Steam. Accompany young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on a whacky attempt to escape from her padded cell. Experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and far beyond its brick walls.
Why similar: Point & Click 45.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Funny 9.6%, Indie 7.4%
- #22 Alternativa
86% matchMixed47% of 210 reviews2010
Dev: Centauri ProductionPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Alternativa is a story that will take you to a world much different to what you'd expect in 2045. To a world destroyed by war and revolutions, a world led by an oppressive and cruel dictatorship. Classic point&click adventure game based on the original sci-fi/cyber-punk script which is composed of a number of shorter stories that...
Why similar: Point & Click 58.9%, Adventure 41.1%
- #23 Teslagrad 2
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 552 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Lumina, a young Teslamancer, finds herself stranded after her airship crash lands in Wyrmheim, a remote and treacherous land to the North. Embark on a dangerous adventure, exploring a gigantic, abandoned tower looming over a fjordside valley, on a quest to get Lumina home and back to her family.
Why similar: Steampunk 53.2% ★, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Puzzle 8.2%, 2D 4.1%
- #24 The Abandoned Planet
79% matchVery Positive94% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Point & Click 35.3%, Female Protagonist 23.3%, Story Rich 10%, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 8.7%
- #25 The Sundew
81% matchVery Positive87% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: 2054
Windows · Linux
You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.
Why similar: Point & Click 26%, Alternate History 24.1%, Female Protagonist 17%, Adventure 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #26 Machinarium
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,289 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: Steampunk 43.3% ★, Point & Click 25.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #27 Bizarre Earthquake
82% matchMixed58% of 499 reviews2016
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Bizarre Earthquake is a third-person point & click adventure game. The story is about a seismologist and her assistant who try to uncover the mysteries behind a bizarre earthquake they encounter.
Why similar: Adventure 47.2%, Point & Click 24%, Indie 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #28 Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD
80% matchVery Positive90% of 199 reviews2019
Dev: Alasdair Beckett-KingPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Nelly Cootalot is the stupidly named pirate adventurer with a heart of gold. Uncover corruption and wanton punning in this HD revival of a classic freeware adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.8%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Funny 10.8%, Indie 8.3%
- #29 Zniw Adventure
77% matchVery Positive100% of 290 reviews2020
Dev: Azure Mountain
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zniw Adventure is a hand-drawn point and click adventure game with a strong 90's vibe and cartoon animations. Play as Zniw - a yellow female dinosaur who is on a mission to find the ultimate gift for her mother's hatchday!
Why similar: Point & Click 36.2%, Female Protagonist 23.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Funny 8.3%, Indie 7.4%
- #30 Bear With Me: The Lost Robots
78% matchVery Positive89% of 131 reviews2019
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Miyagi Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Bear With Me: The Lost Robots is an all new prequel chapter featuring Amber’s brother Flint and the callous detective Ted E. Bear. Take to the gritty and bustling undergrounds of Paper City, discovering new characters and rich lore leading up to the events of the first 3 episodes of Bear With Me.
Why similar: Point & Click 36%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Adventure 11.6%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #31 Agatha Knife
78% matchVery Positive93% of 639 reviews2017
Dev: Mango Protocol
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Embark on a whimsically twisted adventure with Agatha, a child torn between her love for eating meat and her friendships with animals. Join her as she discovers religion and creates her own, Carnivorism, to convince animals that the sacrifice of their flesh is the secret to their eternal happiness.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.9%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #32 Whispers of a Machine
76% matchVery Positive93% of 1,957 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.7%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Adventure 21%, Story Rich 6.5%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #33 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
72% matchVery Positive98% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.7%, Adventure 17.8%, Story Rich 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Funny 7%
- #34 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
75% matchVery Positive81% of 472 reviews2022
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.4%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #35 Shardlight
76% matchVery Positive90% of 786 reviews2016
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.9%, Female Protagonist 23.1%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 8.2%, Story Rich 6%
- #36 Memoranda
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 159 reviews2017
Dev: Bit ByterzPub: Digital Dragon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Memoranda is a 2D point and click adventure game inspired by author Haruki Murakami’s surreal short stories.The game tells the story of a young lady who gradually realizes that she is forgetting her own name. But is she really losing her memory?
Why similar: Point & Click 35.7%, Adventure 26.1%, Female Protagonist 23.5%, Indie 14.8%
- #37 TOHU
73% matchVery Positive84% of 712 reviews2021
Dev: Fireart Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.5%, Female Protagonist 23.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #38 Flight of the Amazon Queen: 25th Anniversary Edition
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: MojoTouch
Windows
The year is 1949 and you assume the role of Joe King, a pilot for hire who will embark on a quest to rescue a kidnapped princess and in the process, encounter a dangerous temple, fearsome Amazonian warriors, and a powerful mad scientist intent on taking over the world!
Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Alternate History 28.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Puzzle 9.8%, 2D 5.5%
- #39 Return to Mysterious Island
74% matchVery Positive84% of 456 reviews2014
Dev: Kheops StudioPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Join intrepid sailor and recent island castaway Mina as she explores the hidden secrets within the Jules Verne classic inspired Mysterious Island. Gather key articles left from the island’s previous inhabitants and combine them in unique and interesting ways to stay alive and stay hopeful for rescue.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.7%, Adventure 29.2%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Puzzle 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #40 Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love
73% matchVery Positive87% of 425 reviews2019
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love is a satirical point and click inspired by the classic adventure games. It smuggles you out of your comfort zone and throws you into the middle of a Cold War spy intrigue - where there’s an even bigger game being played …
Why similar: Point & Click 31.7%, Alternate History 18.6%, Adventure 14.3%, Funny 13.1%, Indie 8.3%
- #41 Pendula Swing - The Complete Journey
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2020
Dev: Valiant Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore a memorable 1920s fantasy world where you interact with, befriend and romance hundreds of characters with unique quests, as an already rich and famous heroine.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Alternate History 25.3%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Adventure 11%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #42 Shadows of the Afterland
67% matchVery Positive98% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Madrid, 1960: A maid named Pilar dies. You arrive in the afterlife looking like Pilar but speaking as Carolina, a police officer from the future. Possess the living and cross between worlds to uncover the truth behind a soul split between two identities in this point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.6%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 9.5%, Funny 8.6%
- #43 Lamplight City
71% matchVery Positive90% of 828 reviews2018
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Point & Click 33.9%, Alternate History 29.6%, Adventure 13%, Story Rich 9.2%, Indie 7.5%
- #44 Cleo - a pirate's tale
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 784 reviews2021
Dev: Christoph Schultz
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.5%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Funny 15.8%, Adventure 13.8%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #45 Alexia Crow and the Cave of Heroes
75% matchMixed45% of 67 reviews2015
Dev: Questtracers
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An adventure game with hand-painted graphics and an intriguing story. It's up to you to escape from the mysterious Cave Of Heroes by solving brain-bending puzzles. Explore a game world based on Ancient Greek mythology in this fascinating and thought-provoking journey.
Why similar: Adventure 61%, Indie 39%
- #46 Anna's Quest
70% matchVery Positive88% of 2,480 reviews2015
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.
Why similar: Point & Click 43%, Female Protagonist 20%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 9.2%, Puzzle 3.2%
- #47 Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 270 reviews2023
Dev: Tibba Games
Windows
Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.
Why similar: Point & Click 51.6%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 12.3%, 2D 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #48 Syberia 3
71% matchMixed52% of 4,698 reviews2017
Dev: Microids
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The next generation in adventure games, Syberia 3 takes you inside an enchanting, mysterious universe full of life for you to explore in 3D. Plunged into the heart of a world inhabited by a cast of interesting characters, you'll discover and experience a fabulous tale as imagined by Benoit Sokal.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.3%, Steampunk 21.6% ★, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Adventure 15.5%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #49 Escape Lala 2 - Retro Point and Click Adventure
69% matchVery Positive99% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: DuckbearLab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Our beloved princess is missing… What happened? Discover the world of Escape Lala 2, solve mysteries, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.4%, Adventure 23.6%, Indie 15.8%, Puzzle 8.2%, Story Rich 8%
- #50 Kathy Rain
68% matchVery Positive92% of 3,928 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 98%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Adventure 0.6%, Indie 0.2%, Story Rich 0.2%
- #51 Perils of Man
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 251 reviews2015
Dev: IF GamesPub: Vertigo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
When Ana receives an unexpected gift from her missing father, she is catapulted headlong into a mystery that will take her on a journey through time. At last she must decide if a perfectly predictable world is a curse on humanity or a triumph for mankind.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.8%, Adventure 30.2%, Indie 17%, Female Protagonist 15.1%
- #52 Contrast
68% matchVery Positive91% of 5,616 reviews2013
Dev: Compulsion Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.4%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 14.4%, Puzzle 13.6%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #53 Amphora
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 212 reviews2014
Dev: Moondrop
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Amphora is a peculiar puzzle game that mixes story elements and physics. Amphora presents you with an unfamiliar world with a striking visual style inspired by all the shadow theatre traditions and colors of the world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.9%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 16.9%, Puzzle 16.6%, Colorful 7.6%
- #54 Heaven's Vault
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,386 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.8%, Female Protagonist 23.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Puzzle 8.5%, Indie 6.8%
- #55 Chinatown Detective Agency
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.9%, Female Protagonist 23.2%, Story Rich 14.5%, Adventure 13.1%, 2D 5.1%
- #56 Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,353 reviews2019
Dev: Mografi
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.3%, Funny 15.6%, Adventure 14.2%, Story Rich 12.8%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #57 A Twisted Tale
65% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Voodoo Bembel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a humouristic point and click adventure inspired by all the masterpieces which made us stick to our computers back in the day (and therefore we played outside way too infrequently). [Chapter 1 available]
Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Adventure 16.9%, Funny 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #58 Lucy Dreaming
65% matchVery Positive98% of 370 reviews2022
Dev: Tall Story Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.8%, Funny 15.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #59 The Last Shot
66% matchVery Positive89% of 126 reviews2023
Dev: Rumata LabPub: Nelset
Windows
An adventurous engineer, a diesel-punk world divided by endless conflict, and a whole lot of colossal guns. Sounds like a good time! With massive war machines threatening your home, will you be the one small cog that brings it all to a halt?
Why similar: Steampunk 71.4% ★, Puzzle 10.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Adventure 8%