Games Like Dinner with an Owl: Owl Observatory

Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.

Why similar: Gothic 15.3% ★, Dark Comedy 13.1%, Dark Humor 10.5%, Point & Click 9.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%

Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.8%, Dark Humor 15.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Surreal 8.7%

A dark-comedy adventure set in the desolate coastal city of Crestfallen, where Aya must confront her inner darkness, deal with a tech-bro cult and still find time to feed her cat.

Why similar: Point & Click 13.5%, Dark Comedy 13.3%, Psychedelic 11.9%, Dark Humor 11.2%, Surreal 10.3%

You are a man in a room. Something feels off. Or maybe it's on. A short existential comedy point-and-click non-adventure about the limitations and imitations of human existence – or, really, whatever you want it to be about.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.1%, Dark Humor 15.6%, Point & Click 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Surreal 11.5%

The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.

Why similar: Point & Click 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Psychedelic 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Surreal 10.1%

Rediscover true meaning of Manos. Delve into a psychological mystery where movie making mistakes the key to uncovering the true horror. The survivors are waiting for you to discover it. Jackey Raye Neyman Jones (The Original Debbie) is 'looks forward to seeing' this dark restoration.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.7%, Point & Click 15.6%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%, Surreal 9.2%

Waking up at night, the main character realizes that he cannot move. A terrible sense of panic gradually overtakes his mind, and the imagination begins to paint frightening pictures.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.7%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Psychedelic 12.3%, Surreal 11.2%, Psychological 8.2%

Raw April Day is a hand-drawn Mystery Point-And-Click game where you solve enigmatic puzzles, engage in soul-searching branching dialogue with colorful characters and piece together the clues for why your husband went missing in a surreal and mystifying Victorian complex.

Why similar: Dark Humor 14.6%, Point & Click 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Surreal 10.9%, Mystery 8.7%

"Today, I would like to tell you about one night. One night that changed my life." On a Summer Night is a short point-and-click visual novel.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.1%, Dark Humor 15%, Point & Click 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Hand-drawn 8.6%

A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.

Why similar: Gothic 30.3% ★, Point & Click 17.3%, Mystery 12.5%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Dark 6.7%

The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...

Why similar: Gothic 24.9% ★, Point & Click 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Mystery 8.1%

Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Point & Click 13.1%, Surreal 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.9%

A point-and-click adventure game taking place within a single room. Equipped with some trash and a makeshift time machine, and aided by a neurotic version of yourself from 5 years ago, you must traverse time, collect objects, solve puzzles, befriend a large zombie bee, and escape the madness.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Point & Click 16.6%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Psychedelic 8.1%

Wake up inside the nightmare world you created in this standalone, hand-drawn dark fantasy point-and-click adventure with psychological horror elements. Explore islands, solve puzzles, and make morally ambiguous choices that lead to multiple endings. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.

Why similar: Gothic 23.8% ★, Point & Click 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Mystery 9%, Horror 8.8%

TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Point & Click 13.9%, Surreal 11%, Psychedelic 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%

Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.

Why similar: Surreal 14.4%, Point & Click 13.6%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Mystery 9.7%

A 2D side-scrolling point-and-click puzzle game. A mouse awakens in a nightmare, with no memory of who he is. But one image lingers in his mind — the one he loved most. Why is she gone? Find the way out. Find her.

Why similar: Gothic 25.6% ★, Point & Click 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Surreal 11.7%

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: Dark Fantasy 14%, Surreal 13.5%, Point & Click 12.4%, Psychological 10%, Hand-drawn 9.7%

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: Dark Humor 17.1%, Point & Click 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Mystery 9.9%

Vincent the Vampire is part cathartic animated story and part point and click adventure. Talk to the locals and collect and combine items to solve puzzles as you travel through this unique world.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.5%, Point & Click 20%, Dark Humor 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, 2D 4.4%

When a mysterious package appears in his living room, Detective Walter Miles is suddenly transported to a World War II Era newspaper building. Can you solve the mystery and escape?

Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.4%, Gothic 18% ★, Dark Humor 12.8%, Psychedelic 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%

Larry is back! Discover his intriguing story and solve puzzles to understand how his life plays out.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.4%, Point & Click 15.3%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Horror 8%

音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。

Why similar: Gothic 26% ★, Point & Click 15.6%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Dark 7.8%

SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.2%, Dark Humor 16.5%, Surreal 11.7%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological 8.9%

Follow Larry's life to find the source of his lack of luck. Discover his intriguing story and solve puzzles to understand how his life plays out.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.4%, Point & Click 15.8%, Dark Humor 12%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Horror 8%

Manage an inn for travelers seeking refuge before nightfall. Interact with diverse guests, each harboring their own secrets. Your choices can forge or fracture relationships, uncovering hidden truths along the way. But beware – the real threat may be hiding among your guests.

Why similar: Gothic 29.6% ★, Dark Humor 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%

Gretel & Hansel is a delightfully twisted exploration-adventure crafted entirely by hand in watercolor. Abandoned in a cursed forest, you play as Gretel, guiding her brother home while outwitting deadly traps, unraveling sinister puzzles, and escaping the clutches of a ravenous witch.

Why similar: Point & Click 15%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Dark Humor 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Surreal 11.3%

Join Nora in this mysterious and macabre point and click adventure game. Find and collect items to solve puzzles. Talk to peculiar people and monsters alike. Explore Gruesome Grove and beyond to uncover forgotten truths and save the people of her town!

Why similar: Dark Humor 18.8%, Point & Click 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Horror 7.2%

Black Mirror is a dark adventure game that details the aftermath of the tragic death of William Gordon. Playing as his grandson Samuel players must unveil the truth behind the events of that fateful, stormy night.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.3%, Gothic 20.1% ★, Mystery 17.2%, Horror 8.7%, Adventure 6.5%

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: Hand-drawn 15.2%, Surreal 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Point & Click 11.2%

Enter the rough streets of Marquez Paz, Argentina. Explore the neighborhood and meet its peculiar inhabitants, work for "the fune" and get some cash, cave the head in of a couple of idiots and get some more cash. Get used to it, because the things you're going to see... Oh... Good heavens!...

Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.4%, Dark Humor 15.6%, Surreal 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Psychedelic 12.3%

While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.

Why similar: Gothic 30.9% ★, Point & Click 17.2%, Third Person 10.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Horror 7.6%

A point and click escape adventure where you discover the life of Professor Wilson by solving all the mysteries of his story.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.1%, Point & Click 16.8%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Horror 8.6%

Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.

Why similar: Gothic 33.6% ★, Point & Click 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Hand-drawn 8.8%

A Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure. As a London Tube driver, your routine journey derails into something ancient, forgotten, and buried beneath the tracks. Explore hidden routes, follow the journey, and unravel the secrets that refuse to stay dormant.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.7%, Point & Click 17.8%, Dark Humor 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Horror 10.2%

Help Larry find a cure for his wife and break his curse of unluckiness by solving riddles and puzzles on his adventures around the whole world.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.4%, Hand-drawn 14%, Dark Humor 12.2%, Surreal 10.5%, Horror 8.8%

You are a creative entity trapped in a mysterious box. Try to transform this strange world and defy the ominous titans to find your freedom.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.3%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychedelic 13.5%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Psychological 9%

Solve the wacky point & click puzzles filled with horror and humor. Break the witch's curse on your home as you explore five distinct regions, each hiding a sacred key to unlock the village chest.

Why similar: Dark Humor 24.1%, Dark Comedy 23.4%, Point & Click 20.8%, Funny 9.2%, Horror 8.5%

When the sun shines on the Lap of the Gods, it is blood red. And when it rains, the sky sobs. Explore a strange world populated by even stranger beings in this story-driven adventure as Marion attempts to undo a mistake on a universal level, before everything she has ever known becomes Undone.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Point & Click 12.5%, Surreal 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%

Help Cummerbund Bandersnatch in this quintessentially British point & click comedy adventure as he explores the darker side of Victorian England, oblivious to its perils. Manipulate time, talk to a host of dubious characters and solve puzzles to get Bandersnatch out of a fix before it's too late.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 25%, Time Manipulation 22.7% ★, Point & Click 15%, Mystery 9%, Funny 7.5%

The Radio is a narrative-driven escape room mystery where you must free a trapped professor from his own choose-your-own adventure radio drama. Use objects in his office like books, pictures, curious devices, and even a time-bending clock, to solve puzzles that bridge the gap between two realities.

Why similar: Gothic 25.8% ★, Time Manipulation 17.7% ★, Dark Humor 17.1%, Point & Click 14.6%, Surreal 14.4%

BATTY ZABELLA is a point-and-click adventure game with an emphasis on horror and comedy. Explore spooky environments, solve puzzles, and defend against supernatural beings.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.4%, Point & Click 17.6%, Horror 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Adventure 7.5%

Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.

Why similar: Gothic 28.4% ★, Point & Click 14.9%, Mystery 11%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Horror 8.5%

A dark themed pixel-art game of exploration, where you will have to find clues and solve puzzles to move forward in the story.

Why similar: Gothic 34.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Horror 11%, Dark 8.9%

Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

Why similar: Surreal 18.3%, Psychedelic 15.9%, Third Person 10.7%, Psychological 10.3%, Horror 9.5%

The Nobody Woods: Lucy is an adventure game set in Nobody Woods, a place on the border between life and death. Escape from those who want to take Lucy's life, explore the forest, solve puzzles, and meet new friends.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.9%, Surreal 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Horror 14.6%, Psychedelic 13.9%

Travel back to the 90s in this campy point-and-click horror adventure inspired by classic YA horror books like Fear Street and Point Horror.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.4%, Dark Humor 18.1%, Point & Click 17%, Mystery 10.7%, Horror 8.1%

'Mindlock - Sparrow Island' is an emotional story about loss, wrapped in dry humor and charming hand-drawn visuals. Explore a lonely island, uncover lost memories, and experience a standalone adventure that continues the world of 'Mindlock - The Apartment'.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.8%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Surreal 9.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%

Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.9%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Surreal 15.5%, Mystery 7.4%

Ultra-violent point & click set in Shanghai, China.

Why similar: Dark Humor 14.9%, Point & Click 13.1%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychedelic 11.9%, Mystery 9.8%

A new story in the Tales from Candleforth universe. Continue the story of Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story in this new chapter, in a point & click puzzle adventure with hand-drawn 2D graphics and an unsettling cozy horror setting.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 10.5%

This is a click game with horror theme to find hidden items. Players play exorcists and go to all kinds of gloomy and terrible scenes. Please be sure to find every suspicious place, otherwise ghosts will suddenly appear!!!

Why similar: Gothic 24.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 13%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Point & Click 11.6%, Dark Humor 11.5%

Cosmic horror meets dark comedy in this pixel art nightmare where you'll investigate techno-religious zealots and chat with a god of rot who chose to be a raccoon. Turn-based combat. Existential dread. Questionable life choices.

Why similar: Gothic 20.2% ★, Dark Comedy 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Psychedelic 12.2%, Dark Humor 12.1%

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 28%, Dark Fantasy 24.3%, Hand-drawn 12%, Adventure 7.5%, Horror 6.9%

Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!

Why similar: Dark Humor 25.4%, Surreal 19.7%, Point & Click 15.3%, Horror 9.6%, Story Rich 5.3%

Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.

Why similar: Gothic 47.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Dark 7.3%

Discover Just a Lullaby, a unique top-down shooter. Explore haunting 2D worlds, solve intricate puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets.

Why similar: Gothic 28.7% ★, Psychedelic 15.2%, Hand-drawn 14%, Surreal 12.6%, Mystery 9.9%

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: Gothic 24.3% ★, Dark Humor 19.6%, Point & Click 15.8%, Mystery 8.3%, Horror 8.1%

Capture animals, splice them together, enter them into beauty pageants!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.5%, Surreal 14.8%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Point & Click 12.9%, Horror 8.9%

Can you survive the horror of being yourself? A cute and disturbing psychological horror about identity, isolation, and the terrifying reality of being different.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18%, Surreal 16.2%, Point & Click 14.1%, Psychological 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.6%