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Games Like Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past

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

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In front of you lies a classic FMV point and click adventure game. Can you stop a serial killer who is murdering his way through Vienna? Experience a week in the life of Markus Ritter, who really just wants to lie on the couch at home, but suddenly has to juggle a job, love and the supernatural.

Reviews: Very Positive — 92% — of 53 reviews
Released: 2023-11-30
Developer: Flimmersoft
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    97% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2021
    Dev: Flimmersoft
    Windows · Linux

    Play as Markus Ritter in this short full motion video game in the style of the famous 90's point-and-click adventures.

    Why similar: FMV 28.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Point & Click 11%, Detective 8%, Demons 5.7%

  2. #2 The Painscreek Killings
    96% matchVery Positive91% of 6,013 reviews2017
    Dev: EQ Studios
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

    Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Thriller 8.1%, Exploration 7.9%

  3. #3 Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
    95% matchVery Positive94% of 372 reviews2025
    Dev: hannahontrek
    Windows · Mac

    A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.

    Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Point & Click 15.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Exploration 9.4%

  4. #4 Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt
    96% matchMostly Positive72% of 327 reviews2017
    Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Lead the Police investigation in the afterlife!

    Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Puzzle 15.3%, Mystery 14.5%, Adventure 10.4%

  5. #5 Deluded I
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2021
    Dev: New IDEA Games
    Windows

    A worn out detective with his demons to fight and a homicide case to solve. Deluded is an interactive crime thriller movie with point-and-click investigation and adrenaline pumped quick time events.

    Why similar: FMV 28%, Detective 16%, Thriller 13.3%, Investigation 11.4%, Point & Click 9.7%

  6. #6 Erica
    94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,713 reviews2021
    Dev: Flavourworks
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

    Why similar: FMV 36.5%, Detective 12.4%, Point & Click 12.4%, Thriller 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

  7. #7 The Hand of Glory
    93% matchVery Positive95% of 205 reviews2020
    Dev: Madit Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    Why similar: Thriller 25.7%, Point & Click 25.6%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Atmospheric 6.6%

  8. #8 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,008 reviews2022
    Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

    Why similar: Point & Click 22.1%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Thriller 10.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Emotional 8.6%

  9. #9 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2025
    Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…

    Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Point & Click 15.5%, Thriller 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.2%

  10. #10 Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 1,785 reviews2014
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Let one of the most thrilling adventures of your life begin!

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  11. #11 Demon Hunter 3: Revelation
    90% matchVery Positive89% of 311 reviews2016
    Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Face your own supernatural past!

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  12. #12 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 100 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.

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  13. #13 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
    87% matchVery Positive98% of 435 reviews2025
    Dev: Default Cube Games
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    Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.

    Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Detective 19.4%, Mystery 16.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Puzzle 8%

  14. #14 Post Mortem
    89% matchMixed57% of 436 reviews2011
    Dev: MC2Pub: Microids
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    Why similar: Point & Click 32.1%, Detective 23.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Thriller 8.2%, Investigation 6.4%

  15. #15 Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
    86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,353 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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  16. #16 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
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    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%

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    Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Point & Click 15.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Investigation 10.1%, Exploration 8.6%

  17. #17 Detective From The Crypt
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2021
    Dev: BOV
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    Jane wakes up in a crypt as a ghost. You are investigating the death of her family together. Seeking and researching evidences. Building an accusation based on them. You have a laboratory to research evidences. Play and get the feeling of being a true Victorian detective.

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Dev: HeR Interactive, Inc.Pub: HeR Interactive
    Windows · Mac

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    You are on your first solo ghost hunt, under the watchful instructions of Bear and Jen from the O.P.G paranormal team. Use real gadgets in a real location, a house investigated by the developers on the request of three different owners. It is a case worthy of a video game, so welcome to Incubus.

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    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  23. #23 London: Echoes of the Past
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 242 reviews2025
    Dev: Stellar Artificer Games
    Windows · Mac

    A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.

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  24. #24 Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
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    Windows · Mac
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  25. #25 Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.8%, Point & Click 24.1%, Mystery 17.2%, Puzzle 15.5%, Adventure 7.4%

  26. #26 The Chrono Jotter
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 2,205 reviews2021
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    Windows
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  27. #27 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
    79% matchVery Positive81% of 472 reviews2022
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  28. #28 Enigma of Fear
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,058 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  29. #29 Intruder In Antiquonia
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
    Dev: Aruma Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  30. #30 Jessika
    80% matchMixed68% of 238 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    Why similar: FMV 36.9%, Detective 15.2%, Thriller 12%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Mystery 8.2%

  31. #31 Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows · Mac

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  33. #33 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 299 reviews2016
    Dev: Sierra On-LinePub: Activision
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%

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  34. #34 Riddles Of The Past
    77% matchVery Positive80% of 264 reviews2016
    Dev: MysteryTagPub: RunServer
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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  35. #35 YOUR HOUSE
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
    Windows · Mac

    A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

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  36. #36 Ghosts of Miami
    76% matchVery Positive88% of 65 reviews2017
    Dev: Pillow Fight
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Miami, 1986. Chelo Martínez has started a private investigation business to find missing people. Make tough decisions, solve cases, and find love: but you might not have time for all three. Ghosts of Miami features five cases, beautiful art, and the best game OST of 2017!

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 82.5%, Adventure 17.5%

  37. #37 Goetia
    76% matchMostly Positive77% of 776 reviews2016
    Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.

    Why similar: Point & Click 41.6%, Puzzle 19.4%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Adventure 6.5%

  38. #38 The Roottrees are Dead
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
    Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

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  39. #39 SIMULACRA
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

    Why similar: FMV 32.2%, Detective 19.3%, Point & Click 13.6%, Thriller 12.6%, Mystery 6.2%

  40. #40 Mosaic of the Strange
    70% matchVery Positive96% of 153 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac

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    72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,264 reviews2019
    Dev: Nupixo Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    73% matchMostly Positive80% of 171 reviews2019
    Dev: Salix Games Ltd
    Windows

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    Windows
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    74% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2014
    Dev: Cateia Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  45. #45 The Gravedigger
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 121 reviews2024
    Dev: Authogin
    Windows

    You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

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  46. #46 Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily
    73% matchMostly Positive74% of 503 reviews2016
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  47. #47 Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
    72% matchMixed56% of 326 reviews2024
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  48. #48 Westwood Shadows
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2026
    Dev: RedSoup Studio
    Windows

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  49. #49 Kathy Rain
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 3,928 reviews2016
    Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 96.7%, Detective 1.2%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Mystery 0.6%, Adventure 0.2%

  50. #50 Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,148 reviews2023
    Dev: Microids Studio LyonPub: Microids
    Windows
    Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer.

    Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Thriller 15.2%, Point & Click 14.3%, Investigation 11.2%, Exploration 7.9%

  51. #51 Still Life
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,081 reviews2011
    Dev: Microids
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Still Life 2 also now available!

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  52. #52 The End of the Sun
    67% matchVery Positive98% of 257 reviews2025
    Dev: The End of the Sun TeamPub: The End of the Sun Forge
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You are the Ashter – a Slavic fire mage and tracker of mythical beings. Following a legendary creature, you reach a village caught in a time rift. Embark on a magical investigation – travel through time, explore the ancient land, and bond with fire to shape villagers’ fate and uncover the mystery.

    Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Thriller 13.5%, Point & Click 11.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Mystery 8.8%

  53. #53 Ghost Frequency
    68% matchMixed69% of 152 reviews2025
    Dev: PIT GAMES
    Windows

    In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.

    Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Thriller 23.6%, Investigation 21%, First-Person 8.4%, Realistic 8.4%

  54. #54 ALTER EGO
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 190 reviews2023
    Dev: Fruit Salad Torture
    Windows

    ALTER EGO is a 2D point-and-click narrative-based adventure game featuring psychological elements. Explore two levels with atmospheric environments, solve puzzles, and use your inventory items to uncover the mystery behind Reese and Winona’s relationship, and find the real culprit—if there is one.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Point & Click 18.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Thriller 13.2%, Puzzle 9.8%

  55. #55 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2024
    Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
    Windows

    Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.

    Why similar: Detective 38.8%, Point & Click 26.1%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Exploration 14.8%

  56. #56 Art of Murder - FBI Confidential
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 243 reviews2018
    Dev: City Interactive S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Become Nicole Bonnet: a young female FBI agent and accept the challenge! Who is the murderer? A psychopath or maybe a meticulous and intelligent man? To solve the mystery you have to start thinking like the felon.

    Why similar: Detective 36.4%, Point & Click 30.8%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Adventure 12.1%

  57. #57 Sorry We're Closed
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,819 reviews2024
    Dev: à la mode gamesPub: Akupara Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Sorry We're Closed is an eccentric story-driven survival horror game about demons, angels and what happens when both sides collide. A mix of classic fixed-camera exploration and arcade-style shooting where Michelle must use her Third Eye to see between worlds, uncover secrets and solve puzzles.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46%, Female Protagonist 24.5%, Puzzle 13.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Action 4.6%

  58. #58 Detective Grimoire
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,328 reviews2014
    Dev: SFB Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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: Detective 29.3%, Point & Click 21.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Puzzle 11.2%

  59. #59 Alicia Griffith – Lakeside Murder
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2016
    Dev: AgrostemmaPub: Libredia Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Help Detective Alicia to solve a mystery behind a ritual murder

    Why similar: Detective 57.6%, Point & Click 28.4%, Adventure 8.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%

  60. #60 Murderous Muses
    67% matchMixed68% of 78 reviews2023
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.

    Why similar: FMV 35.4%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Point & Click 10.5%, Mystery 6.8%

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