Games Like Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive

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 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Adventure 8.5%, Mystery 7%

Why You'll Like It: This collection includes the direct predecessors to the seed game, sharing its unique reverse-survival mechanics and pixel-art style.

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Choices Matter 9%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Story Rich 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival management game that forces you to make impossible moral decisions under extreme pressure.

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Survival 12.9%, Adventure 5.5%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines pixel-art aesthetics with a bleak, post-apocalyptic narrative and intense survival management.

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 34.6%, Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Story Rich 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same desperate, resource-management survival feel in a gritty, post-apocalyptic urban setting where every choice matters.

A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Why similar: Point & Click 39.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Adventure 15%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%, Story Rich 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A bleak, post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure with a strong, narrative-driven focus on survival.

The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches... and maybe survive. Or not.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.8%, Point & Click 32.5%, Survival 15.5%, 2D 5.9%, Strategy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on time-pressured survival and resource management within a bunker, mirroring the preparation-heavy gameplay of the seed.

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.5%, Point & Click 29.8%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure set in a world of robots that emphasizes deep lore and environmental storytelling.

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 50.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Story Rich 6.3%, Great Soundtrack 6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, oppressive point-and-click horror game that shares the seed's dark, psychological, and hopeless atmosphere.

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 36.5%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, pixel-art horror adventure that excels at building tension through exploration and mystery.

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 37.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality point-and-click adventure where your choices and character background significantly impact the branching narrative.

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30%, Point & Click 24.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Sci-fi 7%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric point-and-click adventure set in a unique, post-apocalyptic landscape with a strong emphasis on world-building.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.4%, Survival 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Strategy 3.3%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival management game that tasks you with keeping a family alive in a post-apocalyptic shelter, mirroring the preparation mechanics.

When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.

Why similar: Point & Click 55.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi point-and-click adventure that features a unique inventory system and a focus on mystery and character interaction.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Indie 11%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Story Rich 7%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian management game where every decision you make has heavy consequences for your family and the world around you.

A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure that focuses on survival in a world ravaged by a deadly plague.

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative point-and-click adventure with a strong emotional core and unique puzzle mechanics.

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23.3%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Sci-fi 14%, Thriller 13.7%, Story Rich 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A modern point-and-click detective game where your choices and investigations directly influence the story's outcome.

Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Why similar: Point & Click 46.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Adventure 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Story Rich 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired sci-fi point-and-click adventure that delivers a gritty, atmospheric narrative experience.

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Why similar: Point & Click 44.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Story Rich 7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, story-rich point-and-click adventure set in a dystopian future with complex puzzles and narrative depth.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.1%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Thriller 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental horror adventure that uses retro interfaces to build tension and tell a fragmented, mysterious story.

Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?

Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Story Rich 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological point-and-click adventure set in space that balances survival management with a deeply personal story.

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: Point & Click 42%, Story Rich 17.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological point-and-click horror game that explores heavy themes with a distinct, moody art style.

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Story Rich 14.8%, Mystery 14.8%, Indie 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A genre-bending mystery game that uses pixel art and diverse gameplay styles to tell a compelling, story-rich narrative.

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: Indie 73.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Story Rich 3.6%, Adventure 3.2%, Point & Click 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror point-and-click game that uses a minimalist art style to create a dense, unsettling atmosphere.

You can’t run from your dreams in this unsettling classic point-and-click horror game from award-winning indie developer scriptwelder. To find a way out, you’ll have to go even deeper into your nightmares.

Why similar: Point & Click 43.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 12.3%, Atmospheric 4%

Why You'll Like It: A series of pixel-art horror adventures that share the same developer's signature style and focus on atmospheric dread.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Story Rich 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric point-and-click adventure set in a surreal, decaying version of Louisiana that prioritizes narrative depth.

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 43.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Puzzle 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal point-and-click adventure that excels at psychological horror and unsettling atmosphere.

A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.

Why similar: Point & Click 61.4%, Adventure 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Indie 4.2%, Sci-fi 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: An environmental, post-apocalyptic adventure that focuses on puzzle-solving and saving the world from climate disaster.

World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.9%, Survival 21.9%, Point & Click 14%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival roguelike that captures the tension of staying alive in a post-apocalyptic hotel with limited resources.

A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Mystery 10.2%, Story Rich 10%, Thriller 9.9%

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 97.9%, Pixel Graphics 0.6%, Adventure 0.4%, Mystery 0.4%, Story Rich 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click mystery that features a compelling story and a strong, retro-inspired aesthetic.

Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.8%, Point & Click 11.8%, Survival 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%

The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22%, Point & Click 21.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.8%

Lost and alone after a terrible landslide, Yandi must find his way home in this old-school point and click adventure set deep in the Sumatran jungle! Will he make it out alive?

Why similar: Point & Click 32.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Story Rich 10.5%, Thriller 9.4%, Mystery 7.8%

Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Story Rich 12%, Survival 6.9%, Adventure 6.7%

A post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world where the player must search for food, water and essential supplies to survive. Discover a world filled with colourful NPCs, quests and secrets.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Survival 10.3%, Indie 9.3%

A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.

Why similar: Point & Click 29%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Adventure 7.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%

399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Point & Click 24.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Survival 6.3%

Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!

Why similar: Point & Click 28.2%, Post-apocalyptic 27.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 8.3%, Sci-fi 8%

Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.7%, Point & Click 27.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Story Rich 9%, Adventure 6.7%

The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 51.2%, Survival 15.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%

The final chapter of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!

Why similar: Point & Click 43.1%, Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Adventure 17.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Indie 7.2%

In this final chapter of the Reversion series, you must join the Resistance to defeat the evil Sergio. Buenos Aires is in ruins, but you have a chance to reverse history. Will you have what it takes to save your city before it’s too late?

Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 5.7%

A minimal point and click adventure, designed to take the player on a short but memorable journey.

Why similar: Point & Click 42.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 10%, Sci-fi 6.8%

VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Story Rich 8%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Thriller 6.8%

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 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.9%, Story Rich 13.8%, Adventure 12.8%, Indie 8.3%

A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.4%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Rain lashes down soaking you to the bone, you take shelter in a seemingly abandoned house. Navigate through the rooms solving puzzles and trying to escape in this short point & click adventure game.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Adventure 11.7%, Mystery 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Make your way through this thrilling old school style point and click adventure game and try to solve the mysterious circumstances plaguing Bayou Island.

Why similar: Point & Click 47.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Adventure 10.6%, Mystery 6.8%, Indie 6.3%

You have exactly 60 minutes to save humanity from nuclear extinction. There are no second attempts. No manual saves. Explore a collapsing bunker, repair critical systems, and solve puzzles under pressure. Succeed or watch the world end.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.3%

Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.

Why similar: Choices Matter 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Thriller 11.5%, Adventure 10.9%

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 59.8%, Survival 28.3%, Indie 4.9%, Strategy 2.8%, Adventure 2.7%

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 36.6%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Story Rich 12.1%, Adventure 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%

In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.

Why similar: Adventure 87.2%, Post-apocalyptic 5%, Point & Click 4.6%, Story Rich 1.3%, Choices Matter 1%

W!LiB! Prologue allows you to try and live one day of Will's life in trying to save people on the legendary Suicide Bridge. Would you be able to find the right words? How many souls could you save in one day? And how would you feel if you're not good enough?..

Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Survival 9%, Sci-fi 7.3%

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: Pixel Graphics 32.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%

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 38.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 10.4%, Story Rich 9.2%, Great Soundtrack 8%

Outpost 13 is a point and click adventure strategy game where you, a monster, must escape an icy planet by strategically killing off crew members while maintaining your cover as "Fen" the crew's pet dog. Play smart and you might just make it off-world alive.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.6%, Adventure 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Indie 15.7%

In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.

Why similar: Point & Click 43.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Story Rich 6%