Games Like Hope

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Beautiful 28.1% ★, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Puzzle 15.1%, Point & Click 10.9%, Stylized 5.4%

Little Briar Rose is a very special, stained glass-styled adventure game inspired by the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.

Why similar: Beautiful 20.3% ★, Point & Click 16%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Stylized 7.5%, Puzzle 6.6%

LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.

Why similar: Beautiful 20.3% ★, Point & Click 18.6%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Adventure 8.4%, Puzzle 7.6%

Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.2%, Beautiful 15.3% ★, Surreal 13.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Stylized 7.8%

SHAPIK: The Moon Quest is a touching and atmospheric quest, the story of which unfolds in a mysterious world after a nuclear war.

Why similar: Beautiful 21.7% ★, Point & Click 17.7%, Hand-drawn 12%, Surreal 10.3%, Adventure 6.9%

Enypnion is a point & click adventure that takes place in a surreal and strange world that only the mind of a small boy could create.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Surreal 16.9%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 8.9%

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: Beautiful 23.1% ★, Point & Click 15.7%, Surreal 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Puzzle 7.3%

Uproot is an indie point-and-click adventure and puzzle game. Help Ygg the mandrake reclaim his special purple leaf stolen by the Rat King.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.1%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Surreal 15.1%, Puzzle 9%, Fantasy 5.7%

A short, surprising, toy-like puzzle game.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.1%, Surreal 19.1%, Puzzle 12.8%, Beautiful 12.5% ★, Casual 7.3%

Light the torches, open the portal and become Grand Saviour of Hapland.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.9%, Surreal 19.9%, Puzzle 17.4%, Stylized 12.3%, Colorful 9.4%

A meditative puzzle game about a ruler who devoted his life to a dream of flight. Arrange and combine illustrated panels to awaken an ancient city hidden in the clouds — and uncover the secret it has kept for centuries.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.8%, Puzzle 15.8%, Point & Click 14.9%, Adventure 9.5%, Stylized 9.4%

Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.

Why similar: Beautiful 33.9% ★, Point & Click 18.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Surreal 9.9%, Stylized 6%

Journey into the forgotten world of Helix, where ancient powers awaken within you. Unlock and combine embodied abilities to unravel the mysteries of a lost civilization. Descend into a tale that will challenge your mind and soul, solving intricate puzzles as you ascend to the light of a new day.

Why similar: Beautiful 26.7% ★, Puzzle 15.1%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Stylized 8.3%

A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.

Why similar: Beautiful 17.1% ★, Point & Click 17%, Surreal 16.4%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Stylized 8%

The conquistador, who has faced many trials in his life, decided to retire and become a hermit. Just lying in his solitary cave away from people. But it seems that fate itself throws new challenges at you even in such a simple matter.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.9%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Puzzle 11.4%, Surreal 11.1%, Adventure 7.5%

Arrog is an enigmatic puzzle adventure game featuring hand-drawn art and set in a bizarre black-and-white world with color accents.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.2%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Beautiful 16.7% ★, Adventure 9.2%, Surreal 7.8%

Unravel mythical mysteries through interconnected puzzles in this atmospheric point-and-click adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, Surreal 8.2%, First-Person 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.7%

This is the prologue chapter of "When the Past was Around", an upcoming adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

Why similar: Beautiful 30.4% ★, Point & Click 14.9%, Surreal 13%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Puzzle 7.5%

illumizzle: Finding the lost light is a single-player puzzle adventure game. The main characters, Raco and Vera, live in a village in a virtual world where there is no natural light. Help them solve puzzles to finish their adventure of repairing their broken sun!

Why similar: Point & Click 28.6%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, Puzzle 15.9%, Adventure 8.9%, Casual 6%

Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you experience the ethereal realm and deliver messages to the spirits. Make your mark in the wordless narrative - with a Tiny Echo.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.7%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Puzzle 8.7%, Adventure 6.6%

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Beautiful 54.3% ★, Hand-drawn 9%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Surreal 5.6%

«The Guardian of Nature» is a hand-drawn, size-changing adventure. Embark on a magical journey with botanist Henry, use your size-changing ability to explore nature in big and small and solve solarpunk puzzles to put nature back in order.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Colorful 7.1%, Adventure 6%

Do you dare to meddle with the mad god? High Mountain Abbey is a stop-motion point-and-click puzzle game that throws you into a strange space. Navigate hand-crafted and photographed dioramas and solve trippy mechanical challenges to contain the forces of madness that have swallowed the abbey.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, First-Person 10.5%, Stylized 9.3%

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 21%, Hand-drawn 18.1%, Surreal 17.9%, Stylized 9.2%, Puzzle 7.5%

An old-school point-and-click adventure game where you search for a simple pilsner in a world full of craft beer and snobby hipsters. Can you come up against the evil Master Brewer and restore pilsner to the world?

Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Adventure 12%, Puzzle 9.8%, Story Rich 6.5%

Experience a 10 minute dive into the unknown depths of the multiverse!

Why similar: Surreal 23.3%, Point & Click 22.3%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Stylized 7.5%

God in a Closet is a short adventure game following a hunter's quest in the house of a mysterious witch. Explore and resolve puzzles to uncover its secrets.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.5%, Surreal 19.7%, Puzzle 14.7%, Point & Click 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%

Experience comic book style adventure with Aliencat in a world taken over by a totalitarian system. Find a way through dangerous situations, gather your crew and prepare a ship and escape into cosmos – an infinitive space where everything is possible. Unlock the secrets of The Waves of Distortions.

Why similar: Beautiful 27% ★, Point & Click 16.2%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Puzzle 7%, Adventure 6.4%

She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 27.3% ★, Point & Click 16.3%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Adventure 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 6.5%

You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.

Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, Point & Click 22.6%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Puzzle 10.5%, Stylized 8.9%

You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.3%, Surreal 22.7%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Puzzle 10.6%, Stylized 7.2%

Broken Shell is a cute and cozy adventure game filled with love and courage. Join Mr. and Mrs. Hermit, an adorable couple, as they navigate through a charming world filled with puzzles, challenges, and heartwarming moments on their heartfelt journey to a better life.

Why similar: Point & Click 23%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Colorful 7.2%, Adventure 7%

Dive into the enchanting world of LEAVES 3, a handcrafted adventure full of mysteries and wonders. Explore a 3D world crafted with love and imagination, solve puzzles and free the Treefruities.

Why similar: Surreal 24.9%, Point & Click 24.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Casual 6.5%

Missi is a cozy point & click game in a watercolor hand-drawn world. Solve puzzles together with a cute white mouse, using clues in sketches of past adventures. Try to trick the Mushroom Spider and the Crow King by collecting all medicinal herbs for her sick son.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.2%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Surreal 14.8%, Puzzle 8.2%, Stylized 6.5%

A hand-painted adventure puzzle game where language is magic. Explore a mysterious land, decipher ancient scripts, and solve language-based puzzles to uncover the secrets of a lost civilization.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.1%, Point & Click 24%, Puzzle 16.1%, Story Rich 7.8%, Fantasy 7.1%

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Surreal 25%, Beautiful 14.6% ★, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 8.4%

This multi-award winning adventure game explores a love story between two beautiful souls through ingenious humour, mind bending puzzles and a bizarre, hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation style.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.1%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 9.6%

Ignore the Blackbird is a handcrafted, narrative puzzle game, illustrated in layers of traditional watercolours. Designed as a thoughtful, relaxing experience, where piecing together the story is the true challenge.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Puzzle 14.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Story Rich 6.8%

Hero meets a mysterious girl in the park. Who is that girl? What is a mystery surrounding her? And what about the world they met in? There's definitely something wrong with it. So many questions! So the hero has to deal with all of it to find his love.

Why similar: Beautiful 37.8% ★, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Stylized 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Story Rich 5.8%

Morok is interactive visual novel with a northern mood

Why similar: Beautiful 27.3% ★, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Surreal 13.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 8.8%

A small point and click game about helping a dog to get back home.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Hand-drawn 20.3%, Puzzle 11.9%, Casual 7.6%, Stylized 7.2%

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 19.8%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Surreal 15.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Stylized 7.5%

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.5%, Puzzle 17.7%, Surreal 17.7%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Adventure 5.6%

A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.

Why similar: Surreal 20.8%, Point & Click 17.3%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Stylized 10%, Puzzle 7.6%

As the new owner of a book boat, you are entrusted with returning a single page of a book and embarks on a journey through a world both mysterious and familiar. By solving intricate puzzles and piecing together scattered clues, you uncover the truth of the world - and of yourself.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.7%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Stylized 9.2%, Adventure 7.1%

The conquistador, who has faced many trials in his life, decided to retire and become a hermit. Just lying in his solitary cave away from people. But it seems that fate itself throws new challenges at you even in such a simple matter.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Hand-drawn 16%, Puzzle 12%, Surreal 10.1%, Stylized 8.4%

It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Puzzle 11.9%, Surreal 9.3%, Adventure 6.9%

Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.

Why similar: Surreal 19.5%, Point & Click 18.4%, Hand-drawn 16%, Puzzle 9.1%, Fantasy 6.7%

Gnomdom is a point & click puzzle game where you find little gnomes stuck in various places and help them return to their home.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.6%, Hand-drawn 26.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Colorful 7.5%, Adventure 6.1%

Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.1%, Surreal 18.4%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Stylized 9.1%, Puzzle 8.2%

When the fate of a world hangs in the balance, an unusual hero arises! The visually impressive adventure-epic The Whispered World is now available as a Special Edition for the first time. Let the Whispered World enchant you with its many animated details and fantastic characters.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Adventure 15.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Indie 6.8%, Fantasy 6.6%

Mystic Pillars is an original blend of intriguing puzzles and an immersive storyline set in Ancient India, providing you with a unique gameplay experience.

Why similar: Beautiful 22% ★, Adventure 13.5%, Casual 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Indie 10.3%

Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Surreal 18.5%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Puzzle 8.7%, Stylized 8.4%

Pepa's Adventure: a papercut point-and-click book. The characters and backgrounds are crafted from handmade papercut art. Pepa, a paper fairy girl, lived with book fairy Lex. One day, scissor fairy Slash cut and stole his pages. Pepa embarks on an adventure to recover stolen pages.

Why similar: Point & Click 33%, Hand-drawn 25.4%, Fantasy 9.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%

Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Why similar: Point & Click 39.3%, Hand-drawn 35.4%, Puzzle 19.3%, Surreal 2.1%, Stylized 1%

A hilarious and weird hand-drawn 2D point-and-click comedy adventure game where you're Bru on a ridiculous quest to get milk for your morning coffee.

Why similar: Surreal 23%, Point & Click 18.3%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Stylized 7.7%, Puzzle 7.5%

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: Point & Click 24.8%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Surreal 17.7%, Puzzle 12.6%, Adventure 8.1%

A vague invitation, a dizzy carpenter, and wooden ears everywhere...... What happened here, and is there a connection to the strange weather? The one who is about to help to find the truth is a common mushroom coming for money.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Surreal 20.2%, Puzzle 15.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Fantasy 9.5%

A series of deaths plague a small town, but who or what caused them?

Why similar: Beautiful 30.4% ★, Point & Click 23.2%, Surreal 13%, Adventure 9.4%, Puzzle 8.2%

Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Beautiful 22.2% ★, Puzzle 14.8%, Adventure 9.3%, First-Person 5.9%