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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click.

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After a big earthquake in the city, ruins of an old building collapse and you end up trapped inside an abandoned house. Find a way out and unravel the mystery of inexplicable tremors, revealing ancient secrets and a mystical artifact, before the city is destroyed.

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 146 reviews
Released: 2022-07-11
Developer: Ops Game Studio
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    Dev: Fireproof Games
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    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

    Why similar: Puzzle 26.6%, Point & Click 23.4%, Mystery 16.8%, Hidden Object 14.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%

  2. #2 The Room Two
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,212 reviews2016
    Dev: Fireproof Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.

    Why similar: Puzzle 22.6%, Point & Click 21.7%, Hidden Object 19%, Mystery 16.5%, Atmospheric 7%

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    96% matchVery Positive95% of 319 reviews2020
    Dev: NovaSoft Interactive Ltd.
    Windows · Mac

    While searching for the anomaly, you find yourself trapped inside a facility on a remote sub-Arctic island. What is this place? Who built it? Why was it left abandoned? Explore the uninhabited complex you now find yourself trapped in, but be warned: you might not be as alone as you think...

    Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Hidden Object 26.3%, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 10.1%, First-Person 6.4%

  4. #4 The Room Three
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,034 reviews2018
    Dev: Fireproof Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

    Why similar: Puzzle 26.3%, Mystery 20.9%, Point & Click 19.3%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%

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    94% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2022
    Dev: Glitch Games
    Windows · Mac

    Another Tomorrow is a first-person point and click game. Trapped without your memories you’ll explore abandoned apartments, airfields, temples, and underground facilities to search for clues, solve puzzles, and unlock secrets to answer the question; who are you?

    Why similar: Point & Click 26%, First-Person 13.2%, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Mystery 10.2%

  6. #6 Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 834 reviews2021
    Dev: Kiary Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics

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    93% matchVery Positive94% of 616 reviews2024
    Dev: Creepy Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Creepy Tale is a mysterious adventure rich in riddles and eerie atmosphere. An autumn morning promised a quiet fishing trip, but events took Martin to "some other place." Find the way home, uncover loads of secrets, and save everyone that you can.

    Why similar: Lore-Rich 21%, Point & Click 15.4%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Puzzle 9.1%, Mystery 8.9%

  8. #8 TSIOQUE
    92% matchVery Positive95% of 1,875 reviews2018
    Dev: OhNoo Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Point & Click 17.8%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%, Mystery 8.6%

  9. #9 Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence
    91% matchVery Positive97% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: Ayose Trujillo & Making EnemiesPub: DevilishGames
    Windows · Mac

    Mystery of Silence is a point-and-click adventure where William, a young writer in search of inspiration, enters an abbey shrouded in silence. What William finds within those walls is not just a story to tell, but a secret that should never be discovered.

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  10. #10 Creaks
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 5,721 reviews2020
    Dev: Amanita Design
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.4%, Supernatural 16%, Puzzle 12.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%

  11. #11 Through Abandoned: The Underground City
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 978 reviews2015
    Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Puzzle 12.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%

  12. #12 LUNAR LICH/月球巫妖
    89% matchVery Positive98% of 92 reviews2021
    Dev: Unknown sol3 workerPub: 七彩绘色游戏
    Windows

    Apprentice Lumina, who had never obtained her magic wand, was trapped in a forest. The main road was blocked, and there might be other ways to reach the destination. To solve puzzles in the dark world, explore the underground world, resist ghosts and demons, and finally defeat the enemy on your own

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    86% matchVery Positive93% of 4,970 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  14. #14 Darkness Under My Bed
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 92 reviews2021
    Dev: Desert Fox
    Windows

    Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

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    87% matchVery Positive88% of 880 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  16. #16 The Room 4: Old Sins
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 17,768 reviews2021
    Dev: Fireproof Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact. The trail leads you to the attic of their home, and the discovery of an old, peculiar dollhouse. What secrets lie within these walls?

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    Windows · Mac

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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  23. #23 Kach
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    Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
    Windows · Mac

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    81% matchVery Positive90% of 242 reviews2024
    Dev: John Szymanski
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive92% of 276 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows · Linux

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    Windows

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    74% matchVery Positive99% of 117 reviews2025
    Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive87% of 91 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  37. #37 Almost My Floor
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    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,973 reviews2019
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    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Hand-drawn 8.9%

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    74% matchVery Positive88% of 121 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    72% matchVery Positive91% of 235 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    73% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Playstige Interactive
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive83% of 647 reviews2025
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    75% matchMixed58% of 499 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.

    Why similar: Hidden Object 38.6%, Point & Click 19.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%

  58. #58 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
    65% matchVery Positive97% of 365 reviews2022
    Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

    Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Hidden Object 19.6%, Mystery 13.7%, Collectathon 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%

  59. #59 Scratches - Director's Cut
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 436 reviews2011
    Dev: Nucleosys
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.

    Why similar: Point & Click 41.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 11.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%

  60. #60 DARKLIGHT
    66% matchPositive86% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: polytely games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Are you ready to investigate a mysterious occurrence at a remote lighthouse? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game.

    Why similar: Point & Click 37%, Puzzle 21.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 7.8%

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