- #1 Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
97% matchVery Positive87% of 204 reviews2023
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Disturbing incidents begin happening after the arrival of a new patient at Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 20.2% ★, Narrative 14.6% ★, Supernatural 11.6%, Point & Click 8.6%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is another entry in the same episodic series, sharing the exact same supernatural atmosphere and pixel-art style.
- #2 Midnight Scenes: The Nanny
96% matchVery Positive97% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 19.3% ★, Narrative 13.9% ★, Supernatural 11.2%, Point & Click 8.4%, Hand-drawn 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A direct companion piece in the Midnight Scenes series that maintains the high-quality psychological horror and point-and-click mechanics.
- #3 Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
96% matchVery Positive95% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Episodic 19.9% ★, Narrative 14.6% ★, Supernatural 11.9%, Point & Click 8.9%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This entry continues the series' tradition of delivering compact, eerie, and narrative-driven horror experiences.
- #4 Midnight Scenes: The Highway
95% matchVery Positive89% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows · Mac
Claire Barnes is about to discover what kind of horrors lurk in the darkness of a deserted road. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.6%, Point & Click 11.7%, Conspiracy 11.6% ★, Psychological 8.5%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Another essential chapter in the Midnight Scenes collection that focuses on mystery and supernatural tension.
- #5 The Last Door - Collector's Edition
94% matchVery Positive95% of 2,465 reviews2014
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.8%, Lovecraftian 24.8%, Horror 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Story Rich 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational pixel-art horror game that perfectly captures the Lovecraftian atmosphere and point-and-click mystery found in the seed game.
- #6 The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
94% matchVery Positive94% of 989 reviews2016
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31%, Point & Click 30.8%, Horror 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Adventure 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the haunting, atmospheric narrative of the first season with refined point-and-click puzzles and supernatural themes.
- #7 The Horror Of Salazar House
93% matchVery Positive94% of 390 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Supernatural 20.2%, Point & Click 16.7%, Horror 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Mystery 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar retro pixel-art aesthetic combined with a claustrophobic, story-rich horror experience.
- #8 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,822 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Narrative 23.3% ★, Point & Click 14.7%, Supernatural 13.3%, Psychological 9.1%, Dark 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly atmospheric and dark narrative adventure that mirrors the episodic, anthology-style storytelling of the seed game.
- #9 Bad Dream: Coma
91% matchVery Positive91% of 2,222 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 19.7%, Psychological 13.9%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click horror game where your choices significantly impact the dark, ever-changing world around you.
- #10 DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
91% matchVery Positive93% of 12,888 reviews2015
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.4%, Horror 21%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Psychological 9%, Dark 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses a side-scrolling point-and-click style to tell a dark, surreal story about regret.
- #11 Nightmare Frames
90% matchVery Positive98% of 431 reviews2022
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 17.9%, Supernatural 14.4%, Thriller 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into 80s-style psychological horror and occult mystery.
- #12 Fran Bow
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,901 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Point & Click 21.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Horror 11.5%, Psychological 10.8%, Dark 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click horror adventure that excels at blending childhood innocence with disturbing, psychological imagery.
- #13 DISTRAINT 2
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,894 reviews2018
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Horror 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Story Rich 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the psychological themes and atmospheric pixel art of the first game with improved mechanics and deeper narrative beats.
- #14 Night Loops
88% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes a pixel-art style to explore themes of time loops and existential dread.
- #15 Decarnation
87% matchVery Positive87% of 1,113 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Where do you run to when your demons reside within you? Decarnation is a pixel art adventure/action puzzle game with a horrific story inspired by some of the most influential films and novels in the genre. Dive into a breathtaking thriller where nightmares and dreams intertwine…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.8%, Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Dark 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and emotional horror adventure that uses creative puzzle-solving to navigate a nightmare-like reality.
- #16 Slender Threads
85% matchVery Positive91% of 627 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.8%, Horror 10.8%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that emphasizes a slow-burn, psychological horror narrative in a mysterious, isolated town.
- #17 Dreams in the Witch House
86% matchVery Positive91% of 457 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.9%, Point & Click 16.7%, Supernatural 14.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Horror 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful, lore-rich adaptation of Lovecraftian horror that blends point-and-click exploration with survival elements.
- #18 Forgotten Hill Mementoes
86% matchVery Positive90% of 271 reviews2018
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Get ready for a puzzling journey through the memory of Forgotten Hill, can you survive?
Why similar: Point & Click 32.7%, Lovecraftian 23%, Horror 14.1%, Mystery 12%, Puzzle 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A series of short, unsettling point-and-click horror stories that share the episodic, mystery-driven nature of the seed game.
- #19 Burnhouse Lane
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,151 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Dark 18.7%, Horror 17.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Thriller 14.2%, Puzzle 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy horror adventure from the creators of The Cat Lady that features challenging puzzles and a grim, supernatural setting.
- #20 The Cat Lady
84% matchVery Positive94% of 6,285 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Point & Click 20.8%, Horror 18.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Psychological 14.5%, Dark 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A mature, psychological horror game that uses a unique art style to explore dark themes through a point-and-click interface.
- #21 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
82% matchVery Positive88% of 6,230 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Supernatural 20.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Mystery 14.8%, Point & Click 13%, Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of visual novel and adventure game that explores supernatural urban legends through a investigative lens.
- #22 Abscission
83% matchVery Positive94% of 122 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: Point & Click 36.5%, Horror 20.6%, Mystery 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Dark 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused horror game that relies on point-and-click mechanics to uncover dark secrets in a tense, atmospheric setting.
- #23 WORLD OF HORROR
81% matchVery Positive90% of 9,835 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Point & Click 20%, Horror 18.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite horror game that uses a distinct 1-bit pixel aesthetic to deliver short, Lovecraftian-inspired mystery scenarios.
- #24 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 345 reviews2020
Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.5%, Point & Click 14.7%, Supernatural 9.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Horror 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A prologue to a larger mystery that focuses on atmosphere, point-and-click investigation, and dark, occult-themed storytelling.
- #25 Downfall
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,699 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Psychological Horror 23.6%, Horror 18%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, psychological horror game that uses a stark art style to deliver a disturbing and memorable narrative experience.
- #26 Kathy Rain
80% matchVery Positive92% of 4,001 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 97.1%, Mystery 0.7%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%, Supernatural 0.4%, Adventure 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-themed point-and-click adventure that features a dark, compelling mystery and strong narrative pacing.
- #27 Unavowed
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,607 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 31.4%, Supernatural 25.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Adventure 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality urban fantasy adventure that focuses on narrative choices and supernatural investigation in a point-and-click format.
- #28 Midnight Scenes: Among Graves
78% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
"When the graves stop whispering in your ear, it’s time for you to surrender to eternal silence". So says the Agreement, and so it must be fulfilled. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.2%, Point & Click 11%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Narrative 8.1% ★, Psychological 7.7%
- #29 Last Report
76% matchVery Positive89% of 2,443 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right?
Why similar: Supernatural 14.5%, Horror 13.7%, Point & Click 13.5%, Psychological 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%
- #30 Midnight Special
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Scared Stupid Inc
Windows
Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?
Why similar: Point & Click 20.8%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 12.4%
- #31 STASIS
79% matchVery Positive82% of 2,367 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.3%, Horror 21.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Dark 8%, Adventure 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror point-and-click adventure that excels at building tension through its isometric perspective and dark, atmospheric storytelling.
- #32 Whispering Willows
78% matchVery Positive82% of 1,881 reviews2014
Dev: Night Light InteractivePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.
Why similar: Supernatural 26.4%, Point & Click 16.5%, Horror 15%, Mystery 14.8%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural adventure game that uses puzzle-solving and ghost-related mechanics to uncover a dark family history.
- #33 Chasing Static
77% matchVery Positive87% of 513 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Narrative 25.4% ★, Supernatural 15.7%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Horror 8.8%, Thriller 7.7%
- #34 Slender Threads: Prologue
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 519 reviews2021
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 12%, Thriller 10.9%, Dark 9.5%
- #35 Midnight Swamp
73% matchVery Positive96% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Hand-drawn 19%, Dark 13.7%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 12.6%
- #36 SIMULACRA
74% matchVery Positive90% of 4,678 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Thriller 13.2%, Horror 13.2%, Psychological 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #37 The Night of the Scissors
73% matchVery Positive93% of 477 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Thriller 21.3%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Mystery 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
- #38 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.3 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: Lovecraftian 18.5%, Point & Click 18.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #39 ASYLUM
71% matchVery Positive84% of 496 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.2%, Horror 14.4%, Lovecraftian 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Mystery 9.2%
- #40 UNIVERSAL WEIRDNESS
71% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows
A 2D hand-drawn puzzle adventure that spans multiple dimensions and universes. Encounter a diverse cast of characters and unravel mind-bending mysteries as you embark on unique adventures across different worlds.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.5%, Point & Click 17.1%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
- #41 Follow the meaning
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,035 reviews2024
Dev: HiKing Mind StudioPub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 25%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Adventure 7.9%
- #42 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 633 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29%, Point & Click 24.5%, Horror 17.1%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #43 Almost My Floor
72% matchVery Positive92% of 249 reviews2021
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.7%, Psychological 13.7%, Dark 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 12%
- #44 The Drifter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,811 reviews2025
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.4%, Point & Click 16.8%, Thriller 13.7%, Conspiracy 11.3% ★, Mystery 9.9%
- #45 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
71% matchVery Positive92% of 114 reviews2023
Dev: Viexi Games
Windows
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
Why similar: Supernatural 19.3%, Psychological 12.9%, Point & Click 12.4%, Aliens 12%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #46 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Point & Click 23.4%, Horror 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Dark 9.3%
- #47 Midnight Syndrome
69% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, Horror 18.9%, Dark 13.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #48 Dead Dreams
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Aiaz Marx
Windows
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Supernatural 20.4%, Thriller 13.9%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Mystery 9.8%
- #49 The Echo Paradox
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Virtuzilla
Windows
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Aliens 19.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.4%, Mystery 9.8%
- #50 Green Pond Town
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
You've received a strange letter, and inside, a chilling black and white photograph – the people in the picture are eerily faceless! A powerful intuition compels you to journey to the location in the photo: Greenwater Town...
Why similar: Point & Click 27.2%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Hand-drawn 17%, Puzzle 11.7%, Hidden Object 11.5%
- #51 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
70% matchVery Positive84% of 139 reviews2021
Dev: Midnight Games
Windows
Nightmare Horror Story an adventure game from the first face in a horror genre provides you to take a trip in a huge and dark city full of dummies. You would have a possibility to figure out in a weird atmosphere when alive people are missed and everything that had remained is the dummies.
Why similar: Thriller 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 13.6%, Mystery 13%, Dark 11.5%
- #52 Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure
69% matchVery Positive83% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: Screaming Void
Windows
NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.5%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Dark 11.7%, Adventure 11.4%
- #53 The Lost Crown
70% matchVery Positive83% of 523 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.6%, Horror 16.6%, Supernatural 16.1%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Adventure 14.2%
- #54 3 O'clock Horror
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: 3 O'clock grymlins TeamPub: Gabe Simao
Windows
This is a Lovecraftian-inspired tale of a man writing the horrors of the one night he visited his great uncle's mansion to remember what actually happened at 3 am during the visit.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 15.3%, Mystery 10%, Dark 9.5%
- #55 Mundaun
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,499 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden FieldsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.8%, Thriller 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 12.6%, Mystery 11.6%
- #56 Castle of Secrets
67% matchMixed58% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Hidden Object 12.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 12%
- #57 Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness
66% matchVery Positive89% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness puts your sanity to the test, challenging you to escape a labyrinth of nightmares and torment. Test your mind against a slow burn of puzzles, light survival mechanics, and methodical action.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.4%, Psychological 13.9%, Thriller 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Horror 9.4%
- #58 Horns of Fear
68% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Psychological 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Point & Click 14.3%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 10.2%
- #59 Strangeland
66% matchVery Positive93% of 975 reviews2021
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.6%, Psychological 14%, Narrative 13.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Horror 9.9%
