- #1 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
97% matchVery Positive92% of 3,259 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Horror 12.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #2 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,354 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Point & Click 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Investigation 12.9%, 1990's 10.4%, Horror 9%
- #3 Midnight Scenes: The Highway
96% matchVery Positive89% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows · Mac
Claire Barnes is about to discover what kind of horrors lurk in the darkness of a deserted road. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Demons 16.8%, Point & Click 15.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Horror 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #4 Unavowed
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,607 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 42.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Dark 8.5%
- #5 Clock Tower: Rewind
94% matchVery Positive88% of 502 reviews2024
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 14.7%, 1990's 13.8%, Investigation 13.7%, Old School 9.5%, Retro 9.3%
- #6 Children of Silentown
94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,564 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.4%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Horror 14.6%, Dark 10.3%, Stylized 7.9%
- #7 Asleep: Act 1
93% matchVery Positive94% of 564 reviews2024
Dev: Black Hole GamesPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Point & Click 12.9%, 1990's 11.1%, Investigation 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Horror 9.9%
- #8 Fran Bow
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,901 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.0 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 26.9%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Horror 16.5%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Dark 9.5%
- #9 Re:Turn 2 - Runaway
92% matchVery Positive81% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Red Ego Games
Windows
Re:Turn 2 is a 2D psychological horror adventure game. The game follows on from the events of the first game. Saki and her fiancé, Sen, are trapped on an abandoned train that is haunted by an evil spirit that takes the form of a little girl named Ayumi.
Why similar: Demons 19.3%, Point & Click 13.3%, Horror 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #10 Midnight Special
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Scared Stupid Inc
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 16%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Horror 11.6%, Retro 11.4%, Old School 10.1%
- #11 Cursed
90% matchVery Positive91% of 205 reviews2022
Dev: Disaster Squad Productions
Windows
A horrific retro point and click adventure with combat
Why similar: Point & Click 22.7%, Horror 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Investigation 10%, Stylized 9.7%
- #12 Lorelai
89% matchVery Positive91% of 1,660 reviews2019
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...
Why similar: Point & Click 16.7%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Horror 14.7%, Dark 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #13 Fear the Spotlight
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,306 reviews2024
Dev: Cozy Game PalsPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
Why similar: Female Protagonist 15.4%, Horror 14.1%, Retro 12.3%, Old School 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #14 Kathy Rain
89% 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 97.4%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Pixel Graphics 0.6%, Adventure 0.4%, Retro 0.3%
- #15 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
86% matchVery Positive95% of 622 reviews2025
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 21.8%, Female Protagonist 15%, Horror 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
- #16 The Music Machine
87% matchVery Positive87% of 614 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.
Why similar: Point & Click 15%, Horror 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Dark 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #17 Saint Kotar
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Dark 9.7%
- #18 Cursed Mansion
85% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Emperors
Windows
Rose must escape the Cursed Mansion - a demonic space that preys and feeds on fear and despair. In this horror RPG you'll solve puzzles and learn the mansion’s history. Mystery, malignant spirits, and misery everywhere. Cursed Mansion brings an eerie atmosphere which leaves one with goosebumps.
Why similar: Horror 17%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Dark 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #19 A Night at the Watermill
84% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Point & Click 20.9%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Horror 11%, Dark 10.8%
- #20 THE MUTE HOUSE
84% matchVery Positive80% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: December Blues Games
Windows
Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Old School 19.6%, 1990's 15.7%, Adventure 7.6%
- #21 DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
82% matchVery Positive94% of 167 reviews2023
Dev: COOL BEANS PRODUCTIONSPub: HYPER REAL
Windows
Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-AGENCY operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, 1990's 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 8.3%
- #22 Desktop Explorer
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,696 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Point & Click 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Investigation 14.4%, 1990's 13.7%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #23 Little Misfortune
81% matchVery Positive92% of 14,094 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Horror 14.7%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #24 Dear Brother
83% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: NGS Studios
Windows
Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Dark 14%, Adventure 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #25 The Tragedy at Deer Creek
80% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Sparrowland
Windows
A cinematic point-and-click adventure where you step into the shoes of photographer Charlotte Gray as she explores the abandoned camp of Deer Creek and uncovers the tragedy that befell the camp and its people.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Investigation 12.3%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #26 When The Devil Takes Hold
81% matchMixed67% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: NOVAK STUDIOS
Windows
When The Devil Takes Hold is a first-person psychological horror game. Step into the shoes of James Davidson, a fearless content creator whose search for views leads him to a cursed location. Explore the haunted grounds and solve puzzles to uncover the dark past.
Why similar: Demons 26%, 1990's 15.2%, Horror 14.4%, Retro 12%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #27 Stitched HD
82% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Fluffex Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A pleasantly anticipated trip back home for the holidays becomes a nightmare for Catherine as a tragic accident leaves her unconscious. After coming to her senses, she realizes that something is dreadfully wrong. She must escape the doll factory she awoke in before it's too late.
Why similar: Horror 20.8%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
- #28 Children of Silentown: Prologue
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Horror 19.6%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Stylized 8.4%
- #29 Log.in
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Little氷華
Windows
Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Horror 22%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Adventure 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #30 Lily's Well
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,645 reviews2022
Dev: PureIceBlue
Windows
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 16.4%, Horror 14.5%, 1990's 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #31 Castle of Secrets
78% matchMixed58% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Dark 7.9%
- #32 Evil Tonight
77% matchVery Positive87% of 550 reviews2021
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Silvia never runs from evil—she makes it her business. Eccentric yet warm-hearted, this seasoned modern exorcist has mastered the art of confronting the supernatural, turning haunted places into tangible nightmares. But on this fateful night, nothing goes as planned.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.9%, Horror 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Dark 9.9%, 2D 6.7%
- #33 Afterdream
76% matchVery Positive93% of 358 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Stylized 9.1%
- #34 Luna's Room
74% matchVery Positive100% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: DonutDroidPub: Save Games Studio
Windows
An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a classic-style graphic adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Investigation 18.6%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Horror 10.3%
- #35 Upstairs
75% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Karellen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short classic point-and-click adventure with a verb-based interface and dialogue choices, where you explore a strange building, meet unsettling characters, and slowly uncover a dark, ancient secret.
Why similar: Demons 18%, Point & Click 17%, 1990's 11.8%, Horror 10.6%, Retro 10.5%
- #36 Strangeland
75% matchVery Positive93% of 975 reviews2021
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Why similar: Point & Click 32%, Horror 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Adventure 11%
- #37 Outlying Islands
73% matchVery Positive95% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: 九指画尸Pub: 2P Games
Windows
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Point & Click 19%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #38 Goetia
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 790 reviews2016
Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Horror 12.2%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #39 Midnight Syndrome
73% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Point & Click 23.4%, Horror 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Retro 10.6%, Dark 10.2%
- #40 THIEF'S SHELTER
73% matchVery Positive95% of 61 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 17.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Demons 14.3%, Old School 11%, Dark 8.9%
- #41 Nyctophobia: Devil Unleashed
74% 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 32.1%, Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Dark 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #42 Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2
71% matchVery Positive94% of 667 reviews2021
Dev: Moonbit
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A young girl needs to find her friends, unravel a dark mystery and escape the clutches of her cursed toys.
Why similar: Horror 36.1%, Pixel Graphics 23.6%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #43 MOTHERED - A ROLE-PLAYING HORROR GAME
71% matchVery Positive93% of 430 reviews2021
Dev: ENIGMA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Point & Click 17%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 10.6%
- #44 SIMULACRA
70% matchVery Positive90% of 4,678 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.8%, Horror 24.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #45 Hazy Mind
69% matchVery Positive87% of 347 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Horror 20.7%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Stylized 8.9%
- #46 Hellkind
68% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Motamot
Windows · Mac
You awaken to whispers of an ancient cult and their unholy rite. As the veil to the dead unravels, explore, solve puzzles, and escape - before you become part of the ritual.
Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Stylized 16.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 7.9%
- #47 Whitehaven
72% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.
Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Dark 16.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, First-Person 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #48 The Witch's House MV
68% matchVery Positive95% of 4,117 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 41.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, 2D 6.5%
- #49 Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,556 reviews2017
Dev: senPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
Why similar: Horror 18.3%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 10%
- #50 Last Report
66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,443 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Point & Click 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
- #51 Curse
72% matchMixed63% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Stormlord GamesPub: Stormlord Games LLC
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
CURSE is a point-and-click horror game that throws the player into the world of paranormal investigations.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.8%, Horror 22.5%, First-Person 13.4%, Dark 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #52 My Light In The Dark
70% matchVery Positive93% of 90 reviews2019
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
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 18%, Horror 12%, Dark 10.2%, Retro 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #53 The Third Shift
66% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?
Why similar: Horror 15.8%, Point & Click 15.7%, Retro 13.1%, Investigation 12%, 1990's 10.6%
- #54 Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
66% matchVery Positive95% of 446 reviews2024
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Horror 15.3%, Retro 13.7%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #55 Obsessed : Night Shift
66% matchVery Positive90% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: arydkPub: Akhir Hayat Studio
Windows
A PSX Inspired horror game where you must work and cook at a shop late at night and the horrors that comes with it.
Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Retro 19.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, First-Person 8.9%
- #56 Small Town Terrors: Pilgrim's Hook Collector's Edition
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 147 reviews2014
Dev: Gunnar Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Save your twin brother from the sinister sea menace that overtakes everything and everyone on the troubled island of Pilgrim's Hook.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.8%, Horror 18%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Adventure 14%, Puzzle 8%
- #57 The Corruption Within
68% matchVery Positive94% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Point & Click 21%, Investigation 14.2%, Retro 10.7%, Horror 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #58 Lucid Dream Adventure
69% matchVery Positive82% of 234 reviews2018
Dev: Dali Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Point & Click 20.1%, Female Protagonist 20%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #59 Chronicle of Innsmouth
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 261 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Point & Click 55.5%, Adventure 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 16%
- #60 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,530 reviews2021
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 19.7%, 1990's 15.9%, Investigation 15.1%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%