- #1 Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
97% matchVery Positive87% of 199 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 20.9% ★, Narrative 15.2% ★, Supernatural 11.6%, Point & Click 8.3%, Psychological 7%
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 229 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 21% ★, Narrative 14.6% ★, Supernatural 10.6%, Point & Click 7.5%, Psychological 7.1%
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 229 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 21.3% ★, Narrative 15% ★, Supernatural 10.9%, Point & Click 7.9%, Psychological 7.3%
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 Positive88% of 306 reviews2020
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
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 15.4%, Conspiracy 14.3% ★, Point & Click 10.8%, Psychological 9.7%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
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 2,436 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: Lovecraftian 29.4%, Point & Click 23%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
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 974 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 36.7%, Point & Click 26.3%, Horror 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Adventure 6.5%
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 387 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 18.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 10.2%, Dark 9.6%
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 2,742 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 23.4% ★, Point & Click 13.1%, Supernatural 12.6%, Psychological 10.1%, Dark 7.9%
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 2,208 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 19.5%, Psychological 16.9%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Dark 10.2%
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 12,757 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: Indie 46.2%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Psychological 5.3%
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 395 reviews2022
Dev: Postmodern Adventures
Windows
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 15.8%, Thriller 15.1%, Supernatural 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into 80s-style psychological horror and occult mystery.
- #12 DISTRAINT 2
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,791 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 24.4%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Horror 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Story Rich 11.8%
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.
- #13 Decarnation
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,071 reviews2023
Dev: Atelier QDBPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 26.9%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Horror 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and emotional horror adventure that uses creative puzzle-solving to navigate a nightmare-like reality.
- #14 Fran Bow
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,182 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.5 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: Psychological Horror 19.9%, Point & Click 19.6%, Psychological 12.2%, Horror 11%, Dark 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click horror adventure that excels at blending childhood innocence with disturbing, psychological imagery.
- #15 Night Loops
87% matchVery Positive89% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.8%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Dark 14.1%, Horror 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes a pixel-art style to explore themes of time loops and existential dread.
- #16 Slender Threads
86% matchVery Positive91% of 607 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 22.6%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Psychological 9.4%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that emphasizes a slow-burn, psychological horror narrative in a mysterious, isolated town.
- #17 Forgotten Hill Mementoes
86% matchVery Positive90% of 267 reviews2018
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Get ready for a puzzling journey through the memory of Forgotten Hill, can you survive?
Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Lovecraftian 27.3%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 9.9%
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.
- #18 Dreams in the Witch House
85% matchVery Positive92% of 436 reviews2023
Dev: Atom Brain GamesPub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 24.1%, Point & Click 14.6%, Supernatural 13.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful, lore-rich adaptation of Lovecraftian horror that blends point-and-click exploration with survival elements.
- #19 Burnhouse Lane
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,087 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Thriller 16.2%, Horror 15.4%, Puzzle 13.6%
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 6,142 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 18.1%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Dark 10.8%
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 5,930 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 17%, Mystery 15.2%, Point & Click 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
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 113 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 33.9%, Horror 19.8%, Mystery 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Story Rich 9.2%
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 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 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 30.3%, Point & Click 17.3%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 14%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
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 341 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 19.9%, Point & Click 13.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Supernatural 9.2%, Horror 8.6%
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 1,646 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 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: Psychological Horror 23.8%, Point & Click 21.7%, Horror 16.3%, Story Rich 12%, Dark 9.7%
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 Unavowed
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,565 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 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 28.3%, Supernatural 23.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
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.
- #27 Last Report
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,212 reviews2025
Dev: Monopixel Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 13.2%, Psychological 12.8%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Point & Click 11.9%
- #28 Midnight Special
77% matchVery Positive80% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Scared Stupid IncPub: Yahaha Games
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 22.2%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Dark 15.8%, Horror 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%
- #29 Kathy Rain
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,954 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%, Mystery 0.7%, Pixel Graphics 0.6%, 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.
- #30 Chasing Static
78% matchVery Positive87% of 504 reviews2021
Dev: Headware Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 24.7% ★, Supernatural 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9%, Thriller 8.9%, Psychological 8.1%
- #31 STASIS
79% matchVery Positive82% of 2,342 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 33.1%, Horror 20.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Dark 8.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
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 1,867 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 24.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Point & Click 14.7%, Horror 13.9%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural adventure game that uses puzzle-solving and ghost-related mechanics to uncover a dark family history.
- #33 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
75% matchVery Positive92% of 3,087 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 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 20.9%, Lovecraftian 12.9%, Horror 11.6%, Thriller 9.9%, Dark 9.7%
- #34 SIMULACRA
75% matchVery Positive90% of 4,633 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 16.3%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.9%
- #35 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 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 21.7%, Point & Click 15.5%, Mystery 12%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Thriller 9.2%
- #36 Slender Threads: Prologue
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 516 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 19.1%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Thriller 13.7%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.7%
- #37 Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
73% matchVery Positive92% of 109 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 17.3%, Aliens 13.9%, Psychological 13.5%, Hidden Object 11%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #38 The Night of the Scissors
73% matchVery Positive94% of 462 reviews2022
Dev: Tomás EsconjaureguyPub: selewi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
Why similar: Thriller 24.4%, Horror 20.6%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Mystery 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%
- #39 The Echo Paradox
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 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 21.8%, Aliens 20.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9%
- #40 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 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 35.4%, Point & Click 21.1%, Horror 15.3%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Puzzle 7%
- #41 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 117 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 30.7%, Point & Click 19.7%, Dark 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Horror 9.2%
- #42 ASYLUM
70% matchVery Positive85% of 479 reviews2025
Dev: Senscape
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 18.1%, Lovecraftian 14.9%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Mystery 9.2%
- #43 Paranormal VHS
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Why similar: Supernatural 29.2%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Horror 14.4%, Dark 13.5%, Thriller 13.1%
- #44 Insight
70% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Thriller 19.8%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #45 Don't Escape Trilogy
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 734 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Thriller 17.8%, Horror 16.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #46 Midnight Swamp
69% matchVery Positive95% of 64 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 23.4%, Dark 18.4%, Mystery 16.3%, Horror 15.8%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #47 Midnight: Submersion - Nightmare Horror Story
71% 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 17.2%, Hidden Object 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Horror 11.7%
- #48 Sally Face - Episode One
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 26,584 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Narrative 20.3% ★, Supernatural 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Point & Click 10.3%, Dark 9%
- #49 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 18.6%, Thriller 16.1%, Horror 10.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Dark 10%
- #50 Midnight Syndrome
68% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: ナツミカン
Windows
A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game
Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Horror 18.2%, Dark 15%, Mystery 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%
- #51 No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
69% matchVery Positive87% of 2,429 reviews2020
Dev: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Horror 14.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Thriller 11.6%, Dark 9.2%
- #52 The Lost Crown
71% matchVery Positive83% of 520 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 24.5%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Supernatural 15.4%, Horror 15.2%, Adventure 12.8%
- #53 Follow the meaning
66% matchVery Positive94% of 998 reviews2024
Dev: HiKing Mind StudioPub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 26.2%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Hidden Object 12.2%, Adventure 8.3%
- #54 Strangeland
67% matchVery Positive93% of 962 reviews2021
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 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 20.3%, Psychological 15.4%, Narrative 13.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 9.2%
- #55 The Room Two
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,377 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: Point & Click 18.7%, Puzzle 18.1%, Mystery 16.3%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Lovecraftian 10.1%
- #56 EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
66% matchVery Positive83% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: X1 Games
Windows
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 12.2%, Mystery 10.2%
- #57 Nightmare Zapping
66% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Maldo19
Windows
A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.
Why similar: Horror 15.5%, Point & Click 15.4%, Dark 14.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Mystery 12.5%
- #58 3 O'clock Horror
68% 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 33.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 13.1%, Mystery 9.5%, Dark 9.4%
- #59 Silent Residence
64% matchVery Positive92% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Woyboy
Windows
Experience Harry's story of battling multiple personalities and his severe case of schizophrenia. In this First-person horror game, you battle the hallucinations and illusions your mind creates. You misjudge reality and quickly lose control over yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Thriller 14.5%, Horror 13.4%, Dark 10.6%
