- #1 THIEF'S SHELTER
97% matchVery Positive97% of 59 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: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 18.3%, Psychological 17.1%, Point & Click 16.9%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #2 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
96% matchVery Positive83% of 601 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Psychological 19.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #3 Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
96% matchVery Positive82% of 1,017 reviews2021
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Why similar: Detective 30.2%, Investigation 29.4%, Psychological 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Adventure 5.6%
- #4 Betrayal At Club Low
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 571 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.6% ★, Detective 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Point & Click 14.3%, Noir 12.5%
- #5 Minds Beneath Us
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Psychological 14.4%, Point & Click 13.4%, 2.5D 12.2%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #6 Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator
94% matchMixed62% of 215 reviews2025
Dev: ZeitglasPub: Shoreline Games
Windows · Mac
The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Point & Click 14.7%, Noir 14.2%, Psychological 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #7 Follow the meaning
92% matchVery Positive94% of 998 reviews2024
Dev: HiKing Mind StudioPub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Detective 22%, Point & Click 21.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Puzzle 7%
- #8 Interrogation Simulator
93% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Investigation 22.3%, Point & Click 20.1%, Story Rich 7.8%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #9 Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town
91% matchVery Positive89% of 555 reviews2020
Dev: imaginarylab
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...
Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Investigation 23.1%, 2.5D 17.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #10 Burden Street Station
90% matchVery Positive95% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: IODINEPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
Why similar: Detective 29.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, 2.5D 13.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #11 FREERIDE
89% matchVery Positive88% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: Flightyfelon Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Your Personality plays the game! Help strange spirits solve their Unfinished Business... or leave them to Despair. In this highly-branching narrative adventure you'll only see about 1/3 of the full story in each playthrough, but the end is whenever you want it to be.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 33.8%, Story Rich 20.2%, RPG 12.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Cute 10.5%
- #12 Jung's Labyrinth
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Jan Jileček
Windows · Mac
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Psychological 40%, Story Rich 24.5%, Atmospheric 21.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 2.8%
- #13 Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story
89% matchVery Positive90% of 106 reviews2020
Dev: Gard Interactive
Windows · Mac
Field Hospital is a text-based bureaucratic detective game about hard decisions. Decide who to treat and whom to refuse. Face consequences. Study patients’ info and read their stories. Investigate the tangled case of Dr. Taylor.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Point & Click 15%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Investigation 11.7%
- #14 Russian Psychiatric Pastoral: Prologue
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan Lysenko
Windows
Introductory demonstration version. An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 37.3%, Multiple Endings 21.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 6.7%
- #15 HOMESICKNESS
86% matchVery Positive96% of 76 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 40%, Psychological 21.3%, Story Rich 20.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Adventure 3.7%
- #16 The Case of the Golden Idol
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,351 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 31.7%, Investigation 23.3%, Point & Click 17.8%, Story Rich 7.9%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #17 Heal Hitler
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 225 reviews2021
Dev: Jon Aegis
Windows
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Detective 49.8%, Psychological 30.1%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 1.2%
- #18 Save Koch
88% matchMixed63% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: Wooden Monkeys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.
Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Story Rich 11%, Point & Click 10.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #19 CaseCracker3
82% matchVery Positive89% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: Detective 43%, Point & Click 27.2%, Puzzle 9%, 2D 7.1%, RPG 6.5%
- #20 Tangle Tower
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,076 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 33%, Point & Click 20.5%, Noir 13.4%, Investigation 8.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #21 Playing Kafka
83% matchVery Positive95% of 329 reviews2024
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Psychological 21.4%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #22 The Corruption Within
84% matchVery Positive94% of 166 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 25.5%, Psychological 20.9%, Investigation 20.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #23 Strange Antiquities
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,034 reviews2025
Dev: Bad VikingPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Investigation 17.9%, Point & Click 16.5%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #24 For Your Tranquility
82% matchMixed68% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 36.9%, Point & Click 23.8%, Investigation 13.1%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Story Rich 6%
- #25 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
81% matchVery Positive98% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Investigation 20.6%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Story Rich 8%
- #26 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Point & Click 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Investigation 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #27 Prescribe and Pray
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Nuclear Rabbits
Windows
Awaken the incompetent doctor within you! Diagnose strange patients, examine their absurd symptoms… and prescribe treatments that could change their lives… or cut them short. Your actions will have consequences.
Why similar: Detective 40.3%, Multiple Endings 22.8%, Point & Click 14.3%, Story Rich 7.4%, 2D 4.2%
- #28 Who's Lila?
78% matchVery Positive95% of 3,610 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Point & Click 20.2%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #29 The Signifier Director's Cut
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 340 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 34.2%, Multiple Endings 24.4%, Psychological 13.8%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #30 Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery
75% matchVery Positive98% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Nobody Crown
Windows
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow. Interrogate a "colorful" cast of suspects until they cough up hairballs... and the truth. Will you wrap up the case in time for an afternoon nap, and make injustice knead its last biscuit?
Why similar: Detective 37.3%, Noir 21.7%, Investigation 13.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #31 SELF
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 275 reviews2020
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?
Why similar: Psychological 41.8%, Adventure 22%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Indie 6.7%
- #32 Growing My Grandpa!
76% matchVery Positive99% of 478 reviews2022
Dev: Yames' Games
Windows
Growing My Grandpa! is a Cronenberg-inspired point-and-click adventure game with virtual pet elements that puts a heavy emphasis on exploration and lore.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.3%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Story Rich 18.8%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Adventure 7.3%
- #33 Anxiety Puppy
74% matchVery Positive97% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: 小狗工作室Pub: Erabit
Windows
Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.
Why similar: Psychological 39.6%, Point & Click 21.3%, Cute 12.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #34 Freud Gate
77% matchVery Positive80% of 421 reviews2019
Dev: Sailors Moon StudiosPub: Sailors Moon
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Freud Gate is an interactive story game about the story of dream and redemption. Freud Gate, the "door of heart" in the game. Players will play as a spiritual mentor and help the depressed girl to find a breakthrough. The game is divided into two parts: the real world and the imaginary world.
Why similar: RPG 81.8%, Indie 18.2%
- #35 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
74% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Homo Narrans Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Point & Click 23.2%, Investigation 20.1%, Multiple Endings 6.8%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #36 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
76% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: Point & Click 46.1%, Atmospheric 12.1%, RPG 10.4%, 2D 9.7%, Adventure 8.7%
- #37 BEAST CRIMES
77% matchMixed64% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: LINK
Windows
Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Point & Click 17.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Investigation 9.6%
- #38 The Test: Reality Check
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Multiple Endings 25.5%, Story Rich 11.7%, RPG 9.2%, 2D 7.9%
- #39 Voodoo Detective
73% matchVery Positive95% of 369 reviews2022
Dev: Short Sleeve Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Point & Click 16.5%, Investigation 15.7%, Noir 15.4%, 2.5D 9.8%
- #40 Lenin - The Lion
75% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2019
Dev: Lornyon
Windows
Lenin – The Lion is a Puzzle RPG game about overcoming fears. Walk into chaos and find the claws of loneliness or carefully build your path and find the benefits of understanding and acceptance.
Why similar: Psychological 31.1%, Multiple Endings 22.4%, Story Rich 10.5%, Puzzle 8.3%, Cute 6.2%
- #41 You Can Save Everyone
73% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Caleb Draper
Windows
You Can Save Everyone is a heartfelt horror meta-puzzle game. Trapped deep within a facility with only a console to communicate with the others inside, decipher the proper methods to control the console, and - just maybe - save everyone. But be careful. The locks aren't just there for you.
Why similar: Investigation 28.3%, Point & Click 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #42 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
70% matchVery Positive88% of 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Point & Click 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Story Rich 14.5%, 2D 9.2%
- #43 The Specter's Desire
72% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Story Rich 7.5%, Investigation 7.3%
- #44 The Wild Case
73% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Specialbit Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Point & Click 19.1%, Investigation 13.2%, Noir 10.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #45 Insight
70% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Detective 49.9%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Story Rich 16.6%, Psychological 13.6%, Adventure 1.2%
- #46 Through The Fragmentation
71% matchVery Positive97% of 229 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Investigation 32.7%, Multiple Endings 27.4%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #47 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 562 reviews2025
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 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 25.8%, Psychological 24.7%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #48 Do No Harm
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 901 reviews2025
Dev: Darts Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?
Why similar: Investigation 29.5%, Point & Click 21.7%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Story Rich 13.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #49 Creepy Tale 2
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,533 reviews2021
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Experience the creepy tension of a brothers Grimm fairy tale in this puzzle adventure game. Follow the young and brave Lars as he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his sisters mind from the clutches of a mysterious evil.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Multiple Endings 23%, Story Rich 14.1%, Puzzle 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #50 STASIS: BONE TOTEM
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,604 reviews2023
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Get ready for a thrilling underwater adventure with classic point-and-click gameplay. Explore with three characters simultaneously. Featuring atmospheric isometric graphics, rendered video, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, BONE TOTEM takes you on a journey to hidden places deep below the waves...
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Investigation 21.8%, 2.5D 18.5%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #51 Nightmare Frames
68% matchVery Positive98% of 395 reviews2022
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.3%, Investigation 27.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%, 2D 9.1%
- #52 Depression The Game
72% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 35.5% ★, Psychological 26.5%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #53 Escape from Mutation Station
67% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Jay Marksman
Windows
A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Point & Click 23%, Psychological 18.7%, Investigation 9.7%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #54 The Blind Prophet
69% matchVery Positive88% of 522 reviews2020
Dev: Ars Goetia
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.9%, RPG 20%, Adventure 18.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #55 Mystery of the Malign
66% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Gameplay Supremacy
Windows
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 37.9%, Story Rich 17.9%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Puzzle 13%, Detective 11.2%
- #56 The Secret of Retropolis
68% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows
The Secret of Retropolis is a VR narrative game of a new kind, a blend of classic point-and-click adventure with immersive cinematography. Embody the witty protagonist of a film noir plot. Meet unforgettable characters. Solve puzzles. Lose yourself in the retro-futuristic atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Dynamic Narration 17.9% ★, Point & Click 17.7%, Noir 16.7%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #57 Mind Scanners
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,308 reviews2021
Dev: The Outer ZonePub: Brave At Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.1%, Multiple Endings 22.5%, Story Rich 12.1%, RPG 7.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #58 Abscission
67% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Point & Click 26.8%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Investigation 13.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #59 Rise of Insanity
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,274 reviews2018
Dev: Red Limb Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
Why similar: Story Rich 23.5%, Atmospheric 22.9%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 16.2%, Simulation 10.1%