- #1 Modern Tales: Age of Invention
97% matchVery Positive90% of 272 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 26.4%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Steampunk 15.7% ★, Adventure 15.4%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #2 Skyland: Heart of the Mountain
96% matchVery Positive81% of 176 reviews2019
Dev: Cordelia GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 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 41.5% ★, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Point & Click 15.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #3 Rosewater
95% matchVery Positive92% of 409 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 25.6%, Alternate History 24.5%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #4 Growbot
96% matchVery Positive90% of 208 reviews2021
Dev: Wabisabi PlayPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 29.5%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 14.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #5 Blood Nova
94% matchVery Positive92% of 123 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 28.7%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Funny 11.8%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #6 Whirlight - No Time To Trip
92% matchVery Positive94% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: imaginarylab
Windows
In the heart of Verice Bay, a brilliant idea takes shape in the hands of an eccentric inventor and an eclectic artist. Follow Margaret and Hector in a point-and-click graphic adventure that will take you to the edge of space and time to help them avert imminent danger.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Story Rich 11.3%, Funny 10.2%
- #7 Milkmaid of the Milky Way
94% matchVery Positive95% of 555 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 31.5%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 8.7%, Indie 8.4%
- #8 Syberia: The World Before
91% matchVery Positive90% of 5,031 reviews2022
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Steampunk 39% ★, Point & Click 22.1%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 8%
- #9 Viktor, a Steampunk Adventure
93% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2017
Dev: Studio SpektarPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"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% ★, Point & Click 24.1%, Adventure 10.2%, Funny 10.1%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #10 Syberia
91% matchVery Positive88% of 6,819 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Why similar: Steampunk 31.2% ★, Point & Click 27.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #11 KAPIA
90% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: 2 FOR 2
Windows
A mystery adventure about propaganda, surveillance and AI control, seen through the eyes of a grandfather and granddaughter.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Funny 14.3%, Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #12 AIRHEART - Tales of broken Wings
89% matchVery Positive84% of 189 reviews2018
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 55.8% ★, Female Protagonist 24.6%, Indie 13.3%, Colorful 6.3%
- #13 Monolith
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 358 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%, Female Protagonist 27%, Story Rich 12.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 3.2%
- #14 Syberia - Remastered
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 851 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuallyz GamingPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 39.9% ★, Point & Click 24.1%, Female Protagonist 16%, Puzzle 7%, Story Rich 7%
- #15 Life of Delta
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 148 reviews2023
Dev: Airo GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 30.7% ★, Point & Click 27.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Funny 8.9%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #16 Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 177 reviews2011
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 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%, Alternate History 23%, Adventure 12.1%, Funny 8.5%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #17 Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,157 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 10.9%, Puzzle 4.2%
- #18 Aether & Iron
82% matchVery Positive85% of 558 reviews2026
Dev: Seismic Squirrel
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.
Why similar: Alternate History 31.3%, Point & Click 26.6%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 8.5%
- #19 The Dark Eye: Memoria
85% matchVery Positive89% of 2,511 reviews2013
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 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 44.6%, Adventure 24.5%, Story Rich 10.4%, Puzzle 8%, Female Protagonist 3.7%
- #20 Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD
84% matchVery Positive91% of 200 reviews2019
Dev: Alasdair Beckett-KingPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.6 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 27.6%, Female Protagonist 20%, Adventure 13%, Funny 10.8%, Indie 8.2%
- #21 Zniw Adventure
83% matchVery Positive100% of 298 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 36.1%, Female Protagonist 23.3%, Adventure 14.7%, Funny 8.3%, Indie 7.3%
- #22 Elroy and the Aliens
81% matchVery Positive97% of 480 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%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Adventure 13.5%, Funny 11.1%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #23 The Sundew
82% matchVery Positive86% of 107 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 25.8%, Alternate History 24.3%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #24 The Abandoned Planet
79% matchVery Positive94% of 258 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 35.2%, Female Protagonist 23.5%, Puzzle 10%, Story Rich 9.9%, Adventure 8.9%
- #25 Bear With Me: The Lost Robots
81% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2019
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Miyagi Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 35.8%, Female Protagonist 24%, Story Rich 12.1%, Adventure 11.8%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #26 Intruder In Antiquonia
80% matchVery Positive91% of 117 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 31.7%, Female Protagonist 19.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #27 Neon Hearts City
79% matchVery Positive84% of 56 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 42.3%, Adventure 19.2%, Story Rich 12.1%, Puzzle 11.3%, Colorful 6.1%
- #28 Alternativa
84% matchMixed46% of 214 reviews2010
Dev: Centauri ProductionPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 58.2%, Adventure 41.8%
- #29 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
78% matchVery Positive81% of 483 reviews2022
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 34.1%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Puzzle 8%
- #30 Teslagrad 2
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 595 reviews2023
Dev: Rain GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 12.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, 2D 4%
- #31 Machinarium
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 20,605 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 43.4% ★, Point & Click 25.7%, Adventure 7.8%, Story Rich 7.3%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #32 Theropods
73% matchVery Positive94% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Lost TokenPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outsmart hungry dinosaurs and bloodthirsty barbarians in a wordless point-and-click adventure through a prehistoric world — with a sci-fi twist.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.8%, Adventure 21.3%, Female Protagonist 21%, Story Rich 5.2%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #33 Whispers of a Machine
75% matchVery Positive93% of 2,011 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 39.3%, Adventure 21.4%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Story Rich 6.5%, Puzzle 5.6%
- #34 Agatha Knife
76% matchVery Positive93% of 658 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 30.9%, Adventure 27.9%, Indie 20.8%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #35 Shardlight
76% matchVery Positive90% of 806 reviews2016
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 38.7%, Female Protagonist 23.2%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 8%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #36 Bizarre Earthquake
78% matchMixed58% of 505 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 47.9%, Point & Click 23.6%, Indie 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #37 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
70% matchVery Positive97% of 574 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 36.5%, Adventure 18.2%, Story Rich 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Funny 7%
- #38 Lamplight City
73% matchVery Positive90% of 868 reviews2018
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 33.7%, Alternate History 29.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, Indie 7.4%
- #39 Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,902 reviews2013
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 45.1%, Adventure 16.8%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Funny 9.7%, Indie 7.2%
- #40 Return to Mysterious Island
74% matchVery Positive83% of 474 reviews2014
Dev: Kheops StudioPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.1 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 44.2%, Adventure 29.5%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Puzzle 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #41 Pendula Swing - The Complete Journey
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 65 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: Alternate History 25.4%, Point & Click 25.3%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #42 TOHU
71% matchVery Positive83% of 726 reviews2021
Dev: Fireart Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 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 35.4%, Female Protagonist 23.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #43 Flight of the Amazon Queen: 25th Anniversary Edition
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 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 34.9%, Alternate History 28.3%, Adventure 16.2%, Puzzle 9.9%, 2D 5.3%
- #44 Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love
71% matchVery Positive87% of 430 reviews2019
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 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 31.5%, Alternate History 18.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Funny 13.1%, Indie 8.1%
- #45 Alexia Crow and the Cave of Heroes
75% matchMixed44% of 68 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 62%, Indie 38%
- #46 Contrast
70% matchVery Positive91% of 5,694 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 37.5%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 14%, Puzzle 13.7%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #47 Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
68% matchVery Positive96% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: WatchDaToastPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Save a peaceful world from being annihilated by machines in this oldschool point&click tale, inspired by classic animated movies and adventure games of the 90s.
Why similar: Point & Click 50.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Puzzle 12.6%, Colorful 8.8%, 2D 7.3%
- #48 Memoranda
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 164 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 35.4%, Adventure 26.6%, Female Protagonist 23.5%, Indie 14.5%
- #49 Cleo - a pirate's tale
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 803 reviews2021
Dev: Christoph Schultz
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 35.3%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Funny 15.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #50 Anna's Quest
69% matchVery Positive88% of 2,547 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 42.9%, Adventure 20.3%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Indie 9%, Puzzle 3.2%
- #51 Perils of Man
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 252 reviews2015
Dev: IF GamesPub: Vertigo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 37.5%, Adventure 30.8%, Indie 16.6%, Female Protagonist 15.1%
- #52 Escape Lala 2 - Retro Point and Click Adventure
68% 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 37.3%, Adventure 24.2%, Indie 15.5%, Puzzle 8.3%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #53 Gestalt: Steam & Cinder
65% matchVery Positive80% of 2,247 reviews2024
Dev: Metamorphosis GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by 16 and 32-bit classics, Gestalt: Steam & Cinder fuses tight 2D platforming and exhilarating combat with an engrossing, twist-laden narrative in a stunningly handcrafted steampunk world.
Why similar: Steampunk 50.2% ★, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 6.3%
- #54 Kathy Rain
67% matchVery Positive92% of 4,001 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 0.7%, Indie 0.2%, Story Rich 0.2%
- #55 Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 286 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 21.8%, Indie 12%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #56 Clockwork Ambrosia
64% matchVery Positive85% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: RealmsoftPub: OI Games
Windows
Design your own arsenal in Clockwork Ambrosia, a steampunk metroidvania in the vein of a run-and-gun platformer. Join Iris, an airship pilot who must combat an army of deadly robots and monsters, and experiment with over 100 rule-based weapon mods and armors to prevail through this wild adventure!
Why similar: Steampunk 69.2% ★, Female Protagonist 25.6%, 2D 5.2%
- #57 Shadows of the Afterland
63% matchVery Positive96% of 157 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 31.7%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 9.5%, Funny 8.6%
- #58 Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,379 reviews2019
Dev: Mografi
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 9.2 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 25.4%, Funny 15.5%, Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #59 A Twisted Tale
65% matchVery Positive94% of 72 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 40.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Funny 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Story Rich 7.3%