Games Like Monolith

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Sci-fi 13.9%, 2.5D 10.5%, Mystery 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the sci-fi detective atmosphere and features a strong female protagonist navigating a complex, story-rich mystery.

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Why similar: Point & Click 47%, Sci-fi 17%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Story Rich 8.8%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that offers the same deep, world-building narrative and logical puzzle-solving found in Monolith.

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the focus on archaeological mystery and a female protagonist, emphasizing narrative discovery within a unique sci-fi setting.

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Why similar: Point & Click 41.3%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Robots 18.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a desolate post-apocalyptic world, this game focuses on robot-centric storytelling and classic point-and-click exploration.

Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Why similar: Point & Click 53.2%, Sci-fi 22.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Adventure 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures a similar moody, atmospheric sci-fi aesthetic while delivering a compelling, mystery-filled narrative through point-and-click gameplay.

When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.

Why similar: Point & Click 61.2%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Mystery 6.6%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that features a gripping sci-fi plot and intricate puzzle mechanics that reward careful observation.

J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.

Why similar: Point & Click 38%, Female Protagonist 21%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Space 8.8%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a space-faring sci-fi adventure with a female lead that mirrors the solitary, mystery-solving nature of Monolith.

Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.

Why similar: Sci-fi 27.2%, Point & Click 17.3%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Robots 11.4%, Story Rich 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a robot protagonist in a dark, atmospheric sci-fi world that emphasizes puzzle-solving and narrative exploration.

A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Mystery 8.2%, Atmospheric 7%, Story Rich 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure features a strong female lead and a grim, atmospheric world that feels very similar to Monolith.

Neo Berlin 2062. Tina – a nine-year-old orphan – lives with SAM-53 – her big clumsy robot guardian –in a rooftop makeshift shelter in Neo-Berlin, a dark megalopolis controlled by corporations.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Robots 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Futuristic 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Featuring a young female protagonist and her robot companion, this game provides a charming yet thought-provoking cyberpunk adventure.

An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.8%, Adventure 11%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Hand-drawn 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a beautiful, hand-drawn art style and a focus on puzzle-solving that aligns with the aesthetic and mechanical feel of Monolith.

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Why similar: Robots 20%, Female Protagonist 16%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Futuristic 12.4%, Mystery 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a high-fidelity, atmospheric sci-fi experience that focuses on narrative discovery and exploration.

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 32.1%, 2.5D 19.8%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Story Rich 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a claustrophobic, atmospheric sci-fi experience that challenges players with logical puzzles in a hostile environment.

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 97.8%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Mystery 0.5%, Adventure 0.2%, Hand-drawn 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused point-and-click adventure with a strong female lead that excels at building an engaging, character-driven narrative.

Princess Love is set to assume the throne of a powerful galactic empire. But when conspirators try to thwart her ascension, Love and her best friend Kel become stranded on an interstellar lighthouse. Prove Love worthy of rule in this thrilling point and click adventure game.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.2%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Mystery 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi point-and-click adventure with a female protagonist that focuses on narrative choices and atmospheric exploration.

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

Why similar: 2.5D 21.6%, Point & Click 19.9%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Sci-fi 12%, Futuristic 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines sci-fi themes with detective-style investigation, perfect for fans of the mystery elements in Monolith.

Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.8%, Emotional 16.4%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Robots 13.6%, Sci-fi 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional, AI-focused adventure that explores themes of consciousness and mystery within a confined, atmospheric setting.

Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!

Why similar: Point & Click 48.1%, Sci-fi 23.5%, Story Rich 17%, Adventure 6.8%, Puzzle 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses time-travel mechanics to build a compelling sci-fi mystery that relies on point-and-click puzzle-solving.

You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This retro-styled point-and-click adventure features a female lead in a dystopian future, emphasizing story-rich decision-making.

Embark on a journey through a vast post-apocalyptic environment, full of interesting characters and engaging puzzle games in this sci-fi point-and-click adventure game.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.5%, Robots 18.5%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a post-apocalyptic world with robot characters, this game provides a classic point-and-click experience with a focus on logical puzzles.

Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Why similar: Point & Click 28.7%, Robots 17.8%, Hand-drawn 17.5%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: While wordless, its hand-drawn art style and robot-centric puzzle gameplay capture the same sense of wonder and isolation found in Monolith.

Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

Why similar: Point & Click 19%, Female Protagonist 14%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Mystery 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, atmospheric sci-fi game that focuses on exploration and discovery through a distinct, minimalist interface.

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.1%, 2.5D 25.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric point-and-click adventure features a rich, post-apocalyptic sci-fi world filled with mystery and story-driven exploration.

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 45%, Story Rich 13.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality point-and-click adventure that excels in narrative depth and character-driven mystery, much like the story-rich focus of Monolith.

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 41.9%, Story Rich 17%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that explores emotional themes through a dark and mysterious lens.

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

Why similar: Point & Click 35.5%, Female Protagonist 23%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a female protagonist in a sci-fi setting, blending point-and-click mechanics with a charming, story-rich narrative.

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Why similar: Point & Click 32.1%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Futuristic 9%

Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Emotional 14.6%, Mystery 13.8%, Story Rich 11.4%

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 32.2%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Emotional 12.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%

What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.8%, Robots 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Mystery 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art sci-fi adventure that features a robot companion and classic point-and-click puzzle mechanics.

Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Hand-drawn 11.4%

Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.5%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Emotional 12.4%, Story Rich 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%

When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?

Why similar: Point & Click 28.8%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated sci-fi point-and-click adventure that focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving in a lonely, abandoned space environment.

An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.3%, Emotional 16.7%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 9.1%

Explore a vast, mysterious castle riddled with secret rooms and challenging puzzles in this award-winning puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.2%, Mystery 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.

Why similar: Point & Click 41.2%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Story Rich 8.1%

Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.8%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Futuristic 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Hand-drawn 14%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 10%

A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.

Why similar: 2.5D 25.8%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 10.5%

The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.

Why similar: Sci-fi 20.8%, Female Protagonist 20%, Mystery 15.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Space 9.5%

Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.

Why similar: Sci-fi 30.2%, Mystery 28.1%, Point & Click 15.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Space 10.2%

Bear With Me: The Lost Robots is an all new prequel chapter featuring Amber’s brother Flint and the callous detective Ted E. Bear. Take to the gritty and bustling undergrounds of Paper City, discovering new characters and rich lore leading up to the events of the first 3 episodes of Bear With Me.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Female Protagonist 18%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Emotional 11.5%, Story Rich 10%

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: Point & Click 29.3%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Mystery 16.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%

A former combat hacker, a corporate CEO and a malfunctioning android get possessed by mysterious, otherworldly entities and must band together to save themselves and uncover the entities' origins. Talk, puzzle and explore your way through this (often humorous) cyberpunk thriller.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.9%, Female Protagonist 15%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Futuristic 10.5%, Mystery 10.3%

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.1%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Space 11.9%, Story Rich 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%

STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.4%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 12.3%, Emotional 11.3%

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

Why similar: Point & Click 28.8%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 9.9%

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Sci-fi 25.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Space 13.6%, Story Rich 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.4%, Story Rich 25.4%, Mystery 24%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 6.4%

Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure taking you on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.2%, Robots 17.5%, Emotional 17.3%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Story Rich 11.5%

The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Mystery 12%, Hand-drawn 11.1%

De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.7%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Point & Click 16.1%, Story Rich 15.2%, Space 10%

Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?

Why similar: Point & Click 28.7%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Mystery 15.7%, Futuristic 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%

A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.

Why similar: Point & Click 71.9%, Adventure 12.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Female Protagonist 5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

A short, atmospheric experience set inside a handcrafted dream. You are a small, solitary citizen drifting through augmented memories. Boot up your LonelyOS and let the robots guide you.

Why similar: Robots 24.8%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Futuristic 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Margaret Dale crosses the galaxy in search of her lost mother, determined to solve once and for all the mysteries surrounding the destruction of Latona station.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.8%, 2.5D 19.8%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Story Rich 9.6%

Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.

Why similar: Sci-fi 41.3%, Atmospheric 19.7%, Story Rich 16.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 3.8%

A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.3%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Mystery 17.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.1%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Story Rich 13%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 10.6%

MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.3%, Mystery 20.1%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Adventure 6%