Games Like Children of Silentown: Prologue

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 13.5%, Surreal 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Horror 9.4%, Hand-drawn 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the full version of the seed game, continuing Lucy's journey with expanded mechanics and a deeper narrative.

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: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Point & Click 19.8%, Horror 12.4%, Story Rich 8.6%, Surreal 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential psychological horror point-and-click game that perfectly mirrors the surreal, dark, and child-centric tone of the seed.

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 22.7%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Horror 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same developer as Fran Bow and features a young protagonist navigating a whimsical yet disturbingly dark world.

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Story Rich 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar blend of cute pixel art and psychological horror with a strong focus on exploration and mystery.

An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Point & Click 16.4%, Horror 14.9%, Story Rich 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich adventure featuring a unique art style and a haunting mystery that unfolds through point-and-click exploration.

Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.7%, Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror experience that captures the same feeling of investigating a strange, unsettling environment.

It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Horror 15.9%, Surreal 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, pixel-art horror game with multiple endings that emphasizes the vulnerability of a young protagonist in a dangerous setting.

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

Why similar: Surreal 18.9%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Story Rich 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, hand-drawn adventure focusing on a village of children and the eerie, supernatural mysteries surrounding them.

Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.

Why similar: Surreal 15%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Point & Click 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click game that explores the dark, dreamlike subconscious of its protagonist.

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 16.5%, Point & Click 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Surreal 11%

Why You'll Like It: A mature psychological horror game that, while darker, shares the intense, story-driven point-and-click focus on trauma and surrealism.

TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.6%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Story Rich 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that features a young female protagonist navigating a surreal, dangerous castle.

Experience the creepy tension of a brothers Grimm fairy tale in this puzzle adventure game. Follow the young and brave Lars as he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his sisters mind from the clutches of a mysterious evil.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Cartoony 12%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, puzzle-heavy adventure game that leans into fairy-tale horror and atmospheric exploration.

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.4%, Horror 28.4%, Story Rich 9.7%, 2D 7.8%, Point & Click 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D psychological horror adventure that uses a unique art style to tell a deeply unsettling and story-rich tale.

In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Horror 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Surreal 8.5%, Hand-drawn 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click thriller that focuses on a mysterious town and the unsettling secrets hidden within its inhabitants.

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 16.7%, Horror 12.9%, Point & Click 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn, surreal puzzle game that feels like a dark fairy tale come to life.

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 42.2%, Horror 32%, Emotional 9.3%, Story Rich 7.2%, Surreal 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal psychological experience that captures the feeling of navigating a fragile and unsettling mental state.

A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 33.7%, Surreal 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Horror 10%, Story Rich 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel that continues the surreal, psychological journey with an even stronger emphasis on narrative and atmosphere.

Tiny Bunny: Prologue is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

Why similar: Horror 46.2%, Point & Click 20.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, 2D 6.6%, Story Rich 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, horror-themed visual novel that captures the feeling of a dark, isolated forest setting.

Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.2%, Horror 18.1%, Point & Click 17.2%, Story Rich 13.5%, Puzzle 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a young female protagonist exploring a haunted, atmospheric estate with a focus on mystery and supernatural elements.

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 19.1%, Horror 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, interactive fiction game that uses point-and-click mechanics to build a tense and unsettling atmosphere.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 62.8%, Psychological Horror 11%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Puzzle 5.7%, Story Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that masterfully captures the perspective of a child in a terrifying, surreal environment.

Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.5%, Horror 18.7%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Cute 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: While set in an office, it shares the surreal, horror-filled point-and-click gameplay and dark, mysterious narrative beats.

The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Emotional 9.4%, Story Rich 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click adventure with a strong female lead and a dark, mystery-driven plot.

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Psychological Horror 36%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Hand-drawn 6.8%, 2D 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a distinct, hand-drawn style that focuses on the protagonist's descent into a nightmare world.

Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.

Why similar: Point & Click 59.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Puzzle 7.4%, Fantasy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: While more whimsical, it captures the 'child in a magical, mysterious world' trope with beautiful art and puzzle-solving.

Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Surreal 17.4%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Cartoony 9.2%, Cute 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, surreal point-and-click game that shares the whimsical, nature-inspired art style of the seed game.

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 23.9%, Surreal 17.9%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Puzzle 9.4%, Cute 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of point-and-click puzzle design that relies on environmental storytelling and a unique, atmospheric world.

A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.

Why similar: Point & Click 39.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality point-and-click adventure with a strong focus on narrative choices and supernatural mystery.

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: Psychological Horror 25.3%, Point & Click 23%, Horror 19.3%, Story Rich 12.9%, Surreal 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological horror adventure that excels at building a heavy, oppressive atmosphere through its narrative.

In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Horror 16.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Puzzle 7.9%

In this game, you’ll encounter puzzles which require you to use your environment in order to solve them. Take note of every detail, they can help you in uncovering Sofia’s story.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.7%, Horror 19.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Puzzle 9%

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: Point & Click 16.5%, Surreal 14%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 10.6%

Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

Why similar: Surreal 22%, Female Protagonist 16%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Point & Click 11.7%, Story Rich 10.8%

A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?

Why similar: Horror 15.5%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Surreal 13.3%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.6%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%

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 31.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Horror 9.4%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Story Rich 7.7%

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.4%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Puzzle 8.1%

"I can't sleep." A cute and possibly just a little bit scary puzzle platformer game. Move stickers to the right positions in order to get rid of the monsters and complete the sticker book.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Cute 13.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Cartoony 7.4%

What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.7%, Surreal 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Horror 10.9%

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.1%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10.5%

Follow a recluse who is the only being left in the world as she struggles with little things in her everyday life. This game was made entirely out of scanned traditional watercolor art.

Why similar: Surreal 19.7%, Hand-drawn 16%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Horror 10.8%

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 22.1%, Horror 18%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Puzzle 9.5%

DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.5%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Mystery 9.4%

A dimly lit room, her first time stay home.... Do you gently watch over little Anna? Or....

Why similar: Point & Click 21%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Surreal 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Horror 11.4%

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Surreal 14.6%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

The story is about Ash. An ordinary girl who takes a journey through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures. Ash must find her way back home...before something else finds her.

Why similar: Surreal 38%, Multiple Endings 33.9%, Story Rich 21.7%, Adventure 6.5%

A new home. A new family. A nightmare waiting inside. Adopted into a new family, Maria soon realizes she was never meant to feel safe there.

Why similar: Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Story Rich 12%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?

Why similar: Point & Click 13.8%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%

Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.

Why similar: Horror 35.2%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Cute 11.5%, Mystery 8.1%

The Castle of Secrets — a game with a deep and mysterious storyline, beautiful 3D graphics, unique gameplay and mechanics, will immerse you in a fairy tale of reality and mystery. How will this fairy tale end? It's your call.

Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Surreal 11.6%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10%, Puzzle 9.6%

Before The Night is a horror action adventure game based on a macabre twist to a fable. Survive in the tiny, cute animal village! Your animal friends will literally turn rabid at night! Uncover the secrets of the world where animals keep human pets. Join the cute pet human "Lisa" on her adventure!

Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Cartoony 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Cute 10.7%

Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Surreal 28.2%, Cute 15.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 8.5%

Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?

Why similar: Point & Click 18.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Horror 13.1%, Hand-drawn 10.6%

A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.

Why similar: Surreal 17.6%, Point & Click 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Horror 15%, Female Protagonist 14.4%

A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.6%, Story Rich 17.8%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Cute 17.3%, Emotional 8.1%

This stand-alone prologue puts you in the tiny shoes of Grace Saunders – an 11-year-old girl delivering a letter, when things go horribly wrong… Experience the unique 1920s horror atmosphere of Alone in the Dark and prepare for the terror that awaits in Derceto Manor

Why similar: Horror 28.6%, Psychological Horror 24.6%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Mystery 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%

A Prologue to Almost My Floor, an upcoming horror-themed point'n'click adventure. Alex is a real fan of creepy stuff and horror movies, but he never expected to experience it himself just by taking the elevator back home! Can he avoid the madness and deal with the evil he's up against?

Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Puzzle 8.1%

Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers

Why similar: Surreal 25.9%, Point & Click 22.2%, Story Rich 13.7%, Emotional 12.4%, Mystery 8%

If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures.

Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Story Rich 10%, Multiple Endings 9.2%