- #1 Bad Dream: Coma
97% matchVery Positive91% of 2,195 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 38.7%, Horror 30.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Indie 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click horror adventure that shares the same unsettling, dream-like atmosphere and pixel-art aesthetic.
- #2 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,656 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 12.6%, Atmospheric 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creator, this game refines the point-and-click survival mechanics found in the Deep Sleep series.
- #3 The Charnel House Trilogy
96% matchVery Positive80% of 681 reviews2015
Dev: Owl Cave
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.4%, Horror 30.7%, Adventure 17%, Indie 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven horror experience that captures the same indie, low-fi aesthetic and psychological depth.
- #4 The Cat Lady
95% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Point & Click 32.1%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 10.2%, Atmospheric 5%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric psychological horror game that excels at dark, narrative-driven point-and-click exploration.
- #5 Dreams in the Witch House
94% matchVery Positive93% of 421 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.7%, Horror 29.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Adventure 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines point-and-click exploration with Lovecraftian horror and survival elements in a way that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #6 Downfall
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,627 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Horror 29.1%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 14.1%, Atmospheric 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a haunting, surreal art style and a focus on psychological horror that mirrors the tone of the Deep Sleep series.
- #7 Decay: The Mare
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,029 reviews2015
Dev: Shining Gate SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Why similar: Point & Click 34.9%, Horror 33.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Indie 12.1%, Atmospheric 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click horror game that focuses on psychological tension and atmospheric puzzle-solving.
- #8 Fran Bow
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Point & Click 42.6%, Horror 29.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 9.1%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click adventure that explores disturbing, dream-like realities through a dark and imaginative lens.
- #9 Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
92% matchVery Positive85% of 1,304 reviews2012
Dev: Jasper ByrnePub: Superflat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
Why similar: Horror 44.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 14.5%, Atmospheric 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art psychological horror game that masterfully blends dream-like sequences with survival gameplay.
- #10 Decarnation
91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,039 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Horror 37.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 12.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, narrative-heavy horror game that directly explores the protagonist's nightmares and psychological state.
- #11 The Lost Crown
90% matchVery Positive83% of 514 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Adventure 26.3%, Horror 24.3%, Indie 15.3%, Atmospheric 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click horror adventure set in a spooky, atmospheric location that emphasizes mystery.
- #12 Asleep: Act 1
88% matchVery Positive94% of 545 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Horror 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art survival horror game that mirrors the dream-exploration theme and unsettling atmosphere of the seed game.
- #13 Bad Dream: Stories
89% matchVery Positive95% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.
Why similar: Point & Click 45.7%, Horror 26.2%, Adventure 20.3%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Indie 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of short, unsettling point-and-click horror experiences that share the same developer's signature style.
- #14 Silence of the Sleep
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 703 reviews2014
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
Why similar: Horror 53.3%, Adventure 22.2%, Indie 16.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes atmosphere and 2D exploration in a dark, surreal world.
- #15 Ib
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Horror 51.4%, Pixel Graphics 29.7%, Indie 18.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential pixel-art horror game that relies on atmosphere and puzzle-solving within a surreal gallery setting.
- #16 Dark Fear
87% matchVery Positive94% of 232 reviews2016
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Dark Fear is a pixel horror game with RPG and adventure game elements. Explore a diverse landscape filled with forests, mountains, lakes and deserts. Make allies in the local village, upgrade your weapon and armor, go hunting/fishing and fight your way to the truth by slaying your foes, solving puzzles and helping people with their...
Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Adventure 24.3%, Point & Click 23.4%, Indie 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled horror adventure that blends point-and-click mechanics with RPG elements and a dark atmosphere.
- #17 Black Mirror III
86% matchVery Positive89% of 527 reviews2014
Dev: Cranberry ProductionPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Help Darren continue his search to uncover his clouded past. What do his torturous nightmares really mean? Who is the mysterious person that posted the bail to set him free? What demons lie waiting in the crypt?
Why similar: Point & Click 45.9%, Horror 27%, Adventure 23.9%, Atmospheric 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional point-and-click horror mystery with a dark, gothic atmosphere that rewards careful observation.
- #18 The Witch's House MV
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Horror 63.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 8%, Atmospheric 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic pixel-art horror game focused on exploration and escaping a nightmare environment through clever puzzles.
- #19 Mad Father
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,404 reviews2016
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
Why similar: Horror 51%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 8.9%, Atmospheric 6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, puzzle-heavy pixel-art horror game with a strong narrative focus and a sense of impending dread.
- #20 Settled
84% matchVery Positive82% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Allen Dayan
Windows
Made in Construct2, Settled is a story driven game with hints of exploration. As you progress, subtle changes appear. Memories and nightmares act as new areas, although still remaining in the confines of the house. When you reach the end, the conclusion may not be what you expected.
Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Adventure 26%, Indie 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, indie pixel-art horror game that focuses on atmospheric exploration and a sense of isolation.
- #21 HOME
82% matchVery Positive90% of 3,342 reviews2019
Dev: Fantasync
Windows · Mac
HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.
Why similar: Adventure 48.1%, Atmospheric 26.5%, Indie 18.8%, Singleplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, pixel-art horror game that relies on player choices and atmosphere to build tension.
- #22 WORLD OF HORROR
80% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Point & Click 32.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Adventure 7.6%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled cosmic horror game that captures the unsettling, surreal nature of nightmares through pixel art.
- #23 Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting [Enhanced Edition]
83% matchMixed68% of 266 reviews2015
Dev: Viperante
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Horror adventure awaits as you step into a place nobody knew existed and hunt for clues around every dark corner and in every scribbled notebook. With a twisted past, and a terrible secret just waiting to be revealed, Cold Winter Farm will leave you questioning whether what you know, is really what you know.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Horror 27.8%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: A moody, point-and-click horror adventure with a focus on investigation and atmospheric storytelling.
- #24 DISTRAINT 2
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,739 reviews2018
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.4%, Horror 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the psychological horror themes and 2D point-and-click style of its predecessor with even more atmospheric depth.
- #25 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528 reviews2025
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
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 36.8%, Horror 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Adventure 14.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #26 Shiver
81% matchVery Positive92% of 467 reviews2017
Dev: Kowai Sugoi Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Welcome to Windy Oaks National Park. A beautiful and chilling point-and-click horror adventure. On your way to visit your aging father, everything goes wrong, leaving you trapped and isolated.
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Point & Click 32%, Adventure 18.7%, Indie 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: An indie point-and-click horror game that emphasizes a tense, isolated atmosphere and simple, effective mechanics.
- #27 Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients
82% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Lost Spell
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.6%, Horror 27.6%, Adventure 23.2%, Indie 14.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that features psychological horror elements and investigation in a mysterious setting.
- #28 Don't Escape Trilogy
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 701 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.6%, Horror 26%, Adventure 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #29 The Last Door - Collector's Edition
78% matchVery Positive95% of 2,425 reviews2014
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.2%, Horror 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 3.3%
- #30 Restless Dreams
74% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Room410
Windows
Before you realize it, dreams have become a curse. Wander through a darkened room and descend into the depths of her mind. A story-driven first-person horror game that leads you into an abyss of anguish and despair. Dedicated to those who once pursued their dreams—and to those who still do.
Why similar: Horror 47.6%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 18.3%, Atmospheric 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #31 I dream of you and ice cream
77% matchVery Positive95% of 57 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 34.5%, Adventure 23.5%, Horror 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Indie 5.5%
- #32 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 623 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.4%, Horror 32.7%, Adventure 17.8%, Indie 8.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%
- #33 The White Door
75% matchVery Positive94% of 6,552 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty LakePub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 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 41.3%, Adventure 29.7%, Indie 24.3%, Atmospheric 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #34 FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,412 reviews2022
Dev: Airdorf GamesPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
Why similar: Horror 45.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Indie 13.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #35 The Uninvited: MacVenture Series
77% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2015
Dev: ZojoiPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of The Uninvited! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and survive the supernatural dangers of the haunted mansion.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.4%, Adventure 26.2%, Horror 23.7%, Indie 14.8%
- #36 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
76% matchVery Positive89% of 3,605 reviews2013
Dev: The Dreamers GuildPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!
Why similar: Point & Click 55.4%, Horror 26.9%, Adventure 16.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #37 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Solitary GamesPub: Lamina Studios
Windows
A single-player psychological horror game that will take you to the deepest and darkest secrets of the asylum.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.4%, Horror 31.4%, Indie 19.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #38 Neverending Nightmares
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,989 reviews2014
Dev: Infinitap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 61.4%, Indie 15.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #39 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,691 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Horror 46.3%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, Point & Click 12.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 4.5%
- #40 Paratopic
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,101 reviews2018
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.
Why similar: Horror 49.3%, Indie 21.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #41 Samsara Room
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,865 reviews2020
Dev: Rusty Lake
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.4%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 17.7%, Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 3.3%
- #42 Still Wakes the Deep
69% matchVery Positive88% of 10,965 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 63%, Adventure 20.9%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #43 The Room Three
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,034 reviews2018
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Point & Click 45.4%, Adventure 18.2%, Horror 16.3%, Indie 11.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #44 EW/WE
73% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Date/Time
Windows
EWWE – is just a dream. A bad dream in which you find yourself in captivity in your own room. A bad dream, which seems more like a reality sometimes.
Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Indie 38.3%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%
- #45 THIEF'S SHELTER
69% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
Windows
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Point & Click 53.1%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 12%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #46 NMNE
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself inside your dream, which turns into one continuous nightmare.
Why similar: Adventure 42.3%, Horror 35.3%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Singleplayer 6.8%
- #47 Darkness Under My Bed
71% matchVery Positive90% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Point & Click 30.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Atmospheric 7%, Indie 6.9%
- #48 Nightmare Zapping
69% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Point & Click 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 6.6%
- #49 Deep Sorrow
73% matchMixed51% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Adventure 34.5%, Horror 31.7%, Indie 25.8%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #50 Midnight Special
68% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Scared Stupid IncPub: Yahaha Games
Windows
Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?
Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Horror 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 8.3%
- #51 The Nightmare
72% matchMixed50% of 74 reviews2020
Dev: Leakage Games
Windows
The Nightmare is a first-person horror game. Dive into the nightmare and try to get rid of that nightmare...
Why similar: Horror 83%, Indie 13.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #52 The Horror Of Salazar House
70% matchVery Positive95% of 386 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Horror 26.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 9.5%
- #53 Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
67% matchVery Positive95% of 224 reviews2024
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.7%, Horror 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Adventure 13.9%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #54 Dead Dreams
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Horror 46.5%, Pixel Graphics 24.6%, Adventure 15.3%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #55 DREAM LOGIC
68% matchVery Positive90% of 382 reviews2022
Dev: Teleopsia Games
Windows
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Horror 46%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 14%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #56 Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus
67% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Vlad Circus: Curse of Asmodeus drags you into a sordid world of mirrors and shadows where the demon lurks. Dare to take on this macabre pixel-art graphic adventure of horror and madness. Solve puzzles and explore two parallel timelines.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.6%, Horror 27%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Adventure 12%, Indie 5%
- #57 VHS Collection: Goodnight Me
67% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Notick
Windows
VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a short horror game where reality blurs with nightmares over five eerie days. Experience strange events, unsettling dreams, and unravel a chilling mystery in a remote house. Can you survive the madness, or will the nightmare consume you?
Why similar: Horror 53.8%, Adventure 17.9%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 12.1%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #58 Sanitarium
68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,302 reviews2014
Dev: DotemuPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.4%, Horror 33.4%, Adventure 16.2%, Atmospheric 5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #59 Slender Threads
65% matchVery Positive91% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 35.4%, Adventure 22.5%, Horror 20.5%, Indie 16.4%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #60 HOMESICKNESS
65% matchVery Positive96% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Point & Click 49.3%, Horror 33.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Indie 3.6%