Games Like Hector: Episode 1

Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!

Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Adventure 20.6%, Casual 18.6%, Dark Humor 17.4%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a quirky detective protagonist navigating a strange, unsettling town through puzzle-based investigation.

Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!

Why similar: Dark Humor 26.7%, Point & Click 21.1%, Casual 13.6%, Action 13.1%, Adventure 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the surreal detective mystery of the first game with the same focus on logic puzzles and dark atmosphere.

In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.

Why similar: Point & Click 44.4%, Adventure 44.4%, Story Rich 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern point-and-click mystery that balances a dark, noir-inspired detective plot with sharp, sarcastic humor.

From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

Why similar: Adventure 31.5%, Point & Click 26.3%, Story Rich 19.6%, Action 19.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic detective thriller offers a gritty, mature atmosphere that mirrors the dark tone of the Hector games.

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 98.2%, Adventure 1.4%, Story Rich 0.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: A compelling detective story that uses point-and-click mechanics to explore dark, mature themes in a small-town setting.

Still Life 2 also now available!

Why similar: Adventure 47.1%, Point & Click 46.9%, Story Rich 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A serious, dark detective thriller that focuses on solving gruesome crimes through point-and-click investigation.

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 40.2%, Adventure 38.5%, Story Rich 17.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich point-and-click adventure where you investigate supernatural crimes with a gritty, mature tone.

The Journey Down is a point-and-click series with an Afro-Caribbean twist. Get ready to embark on a journey of exploration, mystery and grave danger - but also a journey of warmth, friendship and love.

Why similar: Adventure 40.2%, Point & Click 38.5%, Dark Humor 21.4%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure with a strong noir aesthetic and a focus on uncovering a deep, unfolding mystery.

One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.

Why similar: Adventure 35.2%, Point & Click 33.8%, Story Rich 16.1%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that masterfully blends dark, cynical themes with sharp, witty writing.

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: Adventure 46.6%, Point & Click 38.6%, Story Rich 10.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi detective adventure focuses on investigation and complex character choices within a mature, atmospheric world.

Chapter Two 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: Adventure 36.2%, Point & Click 31.7%, Dark Humor 26.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the noir-inspired mystery with improved mechanics and a consistent, atmospheric tone.

Join Dangeresque, (Strong Bad from Homestar Runner) the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop, as he puzzles his way through 3 bite-sized roomisodes in this classic-style point n' click adventure.

Why similar: Adventure 53.4%, Point & Click 42.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, funny point-and-click adventure that captures the same episodic, cartoonish charm as the Hector series.

Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.

Why similar: Point & Click 44.9%, Adventure 37.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cult-classic detective adventure that established the template for the humor-driven point-and-click genre.

Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.

Why similar: Dark Humor 22.5%, Point & Click 21.2%, Adventure 21.1%, Story Rich 20.1%, Casual 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-driven point-and-click game that leans heavily into gore and unsettling, mature themes.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Story Rich 39.6%, Point & Click 31.9%, Adventure 21.8%, Singleplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: An incredibly deep detective RPG that features dark humor and a cynical, gritty world-view similar to Hector.

All 3 episodes available now - get the full season!

Why similar: Adventure 24.7%, Point & Click 20.2%, Gore 17.7%, Violent 16.4%, Casual 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This collection provides the complete experience of the Hector series, essential for fans of the first episode.

All 3 episodes available now - get the full season!

Why similar: Gore 24%, Violent 22.2%, Adventure 21.6%, Casual 16.5%, Action 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: The direct continuation of the Hector story, maintaining the same dark humor and detective mechanics.

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: Gore 31.5%, Point & Click 28.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Story Rich 17.4%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dark point-and-click adventure that explores disturbing themes through a unique, stylized lens.

A hilariously terrifying adventure filled with laughs, blood, insanity, and of course... hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Gore 30.9%, Violent 24.9%, Adventure 17.9%, Point & Click 10.6%, Dark Humor 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that combines gore and zombies with a comedic, irreverent tone.

The game is a dramatic point&click adventure about a criminal who is trying to atone for the sins of his past.

Why similar: Violent 33.7%, Gore 33%, Adventure 24.9%, Point & Click 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, indie point-and-click adventure that focuses on mature, violent themes and mystery.

In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.6%, Adventure 36.7%, Dark Humor 11.3%, Story Rich 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure known for its cynical, sarcastic protagonist and humorous puzzle-solving.

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%, Adventure 39.5%, Story Rich 12.3%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk detective story that uses point-and-click mechanics to explore dark, mature themes in a futuristic setting.

Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.

Why similar: Adventure 46.7%, Point & Click 44.1%, Story Rich 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dark-humor point-and-click adventure that features a bizarre protagonist and unconventional puzzles.

Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Why similar: Point & Click 35.5%, Adventure 24.1%, Casual 19.7%, Story Rich 16.9%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric point-and-click puzzle game that shares the silent, environmental storytelling style of many classic adventures.

Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!

Why similar: Point & Click 48.1%, Adventure 24.6%, Story Rich 24.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Adventure 23%, Dark Humor 19.2%, Story Rich 15.4%, Casual 10.5%

Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.

Why similar: Adventure 24.5%, Story Rich 17.1%, Point & Click 15.5%, Violent 15%, Gore 11.6%

An Episodic Retro Indie Three-Act Spaghetti Western Platformer

Why similar: Gore 35.5%, Violent 32.9%, Adventure 17.8%, Action 13.9%

Get ready to have your intellect enriched, your emotions manipulated and your mayonnaise expanded; as you unveil the stories and learn from mistakes. Our lives are too short not to be enhanced with meaningful stories like this one!

Why similar: Dark Humor 47.5%, Adventure 29.9%, Story Rich 19.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Yesterday is a thrilling and dark mystery from the masters of adventure, Pendulo Studios.

Why similar: Adventure 51.4%, Point & Click 48.6%

FULL GAME NOW AVAILABLE. GO GET IT! This is the Free Survival Mode for Hellbound: a '90s style First Person Shooter, made 30 years later… but just a glimpse of the full game, go check it out!

Why similar: Gore 48.2%, Violent 32.8%, Action 16.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

Why similar: Adventure 66.1%, Singleplayer 33.9%

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: Point & Click 47.5%, Story Rich 27.7%, Adventure 24.7%

Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

Why similar: Dark Humor 53%, Adventure 29.1%, Story Rich 17.9%

The first three games of the Forgotten Hill series joined together with new contents, new locations, new puzzles and secrets revealed: let's follow Larson's First Steps in Forgotten Hill!

Why similar: Gore 41.4%, Adventure 28.4%, Point & Click 28.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%

From the creators of Cyanide & Happiness and I-Mockery, comes the first game in an all new point-and-click adventure trilogy filled with dark humor, drama, and all the weirdness you've grown to love and/or dread over the years!

Why similar: Point & Click 30%, Adventure 24.2%, Dark Humor 19.8%, Casual 16.6%, Story Rich 7.4%

While explosively stripping the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood inadvertently infects the entire Caribbean with the arch-fiend's expelled voodoo, which threatens to transform buccaneers into unruly pirate monsters.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.3%, Adventure 24.4%, Casual 21.8%, Story Rich 18.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.

Why similar: Point & Click 41.8%, Adventure 32.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Casual 8.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.

Why similar: Story Rich 31.6%, Point & Click 28.6%, Adventure 28.1%, Singleplayer 6.3%, Casual 5.4%

When every apocalypse strikes at the same time, three heroes rise to save their doomed world! Raid hundreds of dungeons, hack through waves of enemies, and defeat powerful bosses in this new take to the Hack & Slash RPG genre.

Why similar: Adventure 28.2%, Violent 25.2%, Gore 24.8%, Action 21.9%

A complete remake/remaster/rehash of the award winning Flash game: A Case of the Crabs! Play as smart-ass detective, Nick Bounty, in this hilarious point & click adventure and hunt down a nefarious counterfeit crab ringleader!

Why similar: Adventure 38.8%, Casual 28.5%, Point & Click 26%, Story Rich 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%