- #1 Murder In Tehran's Alleys 2016
97% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: RSK EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
This is the story of the time when narcotics impair the brain; the time when a father’s hallucination becomes the dawn of his family’s demise by slicing them into pieces for a sin they have not committed; the time when revenge is the only reason to live.
Why similar: Crime 35.7%, Point & Click 29.7%, Adventure 16.6%, Mystery 14.7%, Indie 3.2%
- #2 Beyond the Invisible: Evening
96% matchMixed59% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: Graphium Studio
Windows
At the edge of the forest lies a small Woodville town. One day the town became shrouded in mist and no one could pass through. Citizens began to disappear, one by one and fear gripped the town. Unravel the mystery of the Shadows and free the town from their dreadful fears!
Why similar: Noir 36.5%, Crime 27.3%, Point & Click 24.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Mystery 3.3%
- #3 Dream Chamber
96% matchMixed60% of 62 reviews2015
Dev: Forge ReplyPub: Microids Indie
Windows · Mac
Step into the shoes of Charlie, a private detective and rich heir, for whom humor is the best weapon! In Dream Chamber, uncover the culprit in this simultaneously breathtaking and dreamlike quest.
Why similar: Point & Click 56.4%, Adventure 43.6%
- #4 The Abbey
95% matchMixed59% of 66 reviews2014
Dev: Crimson CowPub: Strategy First
Windows
Thou shalt not kill!
Why similar: Point & Click 55.4%, Adventure 44.6%
- #5 CastleAbra
94% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: CastleAbra Studios
Windows
Wizardo, Spurned by the Princess Myrna Loo, has locked her up in his magic castle. You must infiltrate CastleAbra, gain Wizardo's trust and work behind his back to prevent this unholy union! Are you a bad enough dude to rescue your beloved Princess?
Why similar: Point & Click 63.8%, Adventure 36.2%
- #6 Secret Files: Sam Peters
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 234 reviews2013
Dev: Animation ArtsPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster - cryptozoologists are trying to track these creatures down and research them. One also appears in the legends of the Ashanti people in Ghana. These tell of human-like creatures that lurk in the trees at night and take their victims off to their caves to suck their blood: the...
Why similar: Point & Click 68.6%, Adventure 31.4%
- #7 Alimardan's Mischief
93% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: RSK EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
“Ali Mardan’s Mischief’s” is a cheerful musical game directed at children that narrates the naughty behavior of a little boy who has driven everyone nuts with his shenanigans! No matter how easy or appealing naughtiness, messing up the kitchen, putting banana peels on the floor, and poking chickens with sticks might seem, it is not so...
Why similar: Point & Click 53.2%, Adventure 41%, Indie 5.8%
- #8 15 Days
92% matchMostly Negative36% of 155 reviews2015
Dev: House of TalesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A three-man activist group has set out to make the world a better place by stealing famous art pieces in the world's most renowned museums, selling them to private collectors, and donating the money to charity.
Why similar: Point & Click 59.7%, Adventure 30.1%, Indie 10.1%
- #9 Brightstone Mysteries: Paranormal Hotel (Hotel Collector's Edition)
91% matchMixed54% of 61 reviews2014
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Unravel secrets of Templars and ancient Egyptian cult in this dark adventure game!
Why similar: Point & Click 54.2%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 10.3%
- #10 The Way Of Love: Sub Zero
91% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: RSK EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
In the midst of war, when your most dearest friend is held captive, when sheer silence is your only weapon, and when the fate of war is decided by a number of top secret documents, you have to go on a risky mission - silently and calmly – just like a ghost…
Why similar: Point & Click 46.3%, Adventure 26.5%, Mystery 22.3%, Indie 4.9%
- #11 Jack Keane 2 - The Fire Within
90% matchMixed49% of 77 reviews2013
Dev: Deck 13Pub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Jack Keane is back! And his newest adventure is even more fast-paced than ever before!Five years after his last adventure with Dr. T, the hapless but incorrigible hero, Jack Keane returns to experience the greatest adventure of his life alongside the beautiful Amanda.
Why similar: Point & Click 65.5%, Adventure 34.5%
- #12 Richard & Alice
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 431 reviews2014
Dev: Owl Cave
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV. Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.3%, Crime 24.5%, Noir 22.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Mystery 10.1%
- #13 The Lands of Dream
88% matchVery Positive96% of 231 reviews2016
Dev: Jonas Kyratzes
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A cycle of adventure games set in the Lands of Dream, including The Sea Will Claim Everything.
Why similar: Point & Click 64.3%, Adventure 26.1%, Indie 9.6%
- #14 Calm Waters: A Point and Click Adventure
89% matchMixed48% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Tayanna Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tourists disappearing and blood-curdling screams from a mysterious island out to sea...What secrets does this holiday paradise hold? Perhaps it's time to find out...
Why similar: Point & Click 63.6%, Adventure 29%, Indie 7.4%
- #15 Dead By Murder
87% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Bmovie gamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
“Dead By Murder”, is a murder mystery strategy game, where the user plays as a police detective and must solve a series of homicide cases.
Why similar: Noir 63.2%, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 7.8%
- #16 Getting Away With Murder
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indie Remix Studios
Windows
1954. You killed a man. Now cover your tracks. Getting Away With Murder is a noir point-and-click mystery where every decision is about what you leave behind and whether anyone will find it.
Why similar: Noir 35%, Point & Click 25.3%, Crime 18.1%, Mystery 13%, Adventure 7.2%
- #17 The Shivah
86% matchVery Positive81% of 896 reviews2013
Pub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.9%, Noir 37.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Mystery 3.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #18 Face Noir
85% matchMixed65% of 339 reviews2013
Dev: Mad OrangePub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A moody tale that combines the intrigue and atmosphere of a Raymond Chandler novel or Humphrey Bogart film with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay, Face Noir follows private eye Jack Del Nero as he’s falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his protection.
Why similar: Noir 47.1%, Point & Click 32.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Mystery 5.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #19 Déjà Vu: MacVenture Series
84% matchMixed64% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Zojoi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of Déjà Vu! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and discover a classic detective mystery adventure.
Why similar: Noir 31.1%, Point & Click 20.9%, Crime 20.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Mystery 8.5%
- #20 1954 Alcatraz
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,940 reviews2014
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
1954: Alcatraz – The cash is out there. But who will get it?Joe's doing 40 years on Alcatraz for a heist on an armored truck. The loot is still hidden out there, but only Joe knows where it is. In the streets of San Francisco, Joe's ex-accomplices and his wife are eager to find the stolen money. Who will get their hands on the dough?
Why similar: Point & Click 45%, Crime 19.5%, Adventure 17.7%, Noir 12.9%, Indie 4.9%
- #21 The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 814 reviews
Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.3%, Crime 23%, Noir 15.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 12.8%
- #22 Detective Hunt - Crownston City PD
82% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: pixepob
Windows
You are Damien Hunt, a junior detective of the Crownston City Police Department. Together with your partner, you are to investigate criminal activities around the city.
Why similar: Noir 37.6%, Crime 29.1%, Point & Click 17.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 4.3%
- #23 Still Life
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,105 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Still Life 2 also now available!
Why similar: Point & Click 36.6%, Crime 24.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Noir 12.4%
- #24 Memento Mori 2
81% matchMixed69% of 142 reviews2014
Dev: Centauri ProductionPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
An award winning adventure crime thriller with a deeply plotted storyline which takes you to atmospheric settings all around the globe, including among other locations, South Africa, Finland and the USA.
Why similar: Point & Click 47.7%, Adventure 39.8%, Indie 12.5%
- #25 Metaphobia
79% matchVery Positive85% of 501 reviews2020
Dev: Digital Mosaic Games
Windows
Metaphobia is an investigative mystery game in the style of classic 1990’s point-and-click adventures. Take control of Richard Elmstat in his journey to solve his father's murder.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Noir 28.6%, Mystery 16.9%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 4.8%
- #26 Murder Mystery Machine
80% matchMixed55% of 179 reviews2021
Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Why similar: Noir 31.4%, Crime 28.2%, Point & Click 17.8%, Mystery 9.9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #27 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
78% matchMixed69% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Noir 34.8%, Crime 26.6%, Point & Click 18.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Adventure 6%
- #28 Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 1: A Dreadly Business
79% matchVery Positive85% of 527 reviews2015
Dev: RumpusPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A classic point and click adventure game, featuring weird and wonderful characters, beautiful animation and a fantastic soundtrack. "It is quite possibly one of the finest point-and-click comedy murder mystery adventure games set in Victorian London you will play today" - Bertram Fiddle
Why similar: Point & Click 58.7%, Adventure 23.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Indie 5.1%
- #29 Emerald City Confidential™
77% matchVery Positive95% of 152 reviews2009
Dev: Wadjet Eye GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Work with the world's most cunning detective in the shadowy underbelly of the Emerald City of Oz! As Petra, you'll be lured deep into mysteries involving new foes and familiar faces; Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto included. This is Oz as you've never seen it before!
Why similar: Noir 42.5%, Point & Click 37.1%, Adventure 20.4%
- #30 Black Mirror II
77% matchVery Positive90% of 720 reviews2014
Dev: Cranberry ProductionPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Enter a dark, captivating world as the massive evil of Black Mirror Castle is reincarnated with over 100 atmospheric locations to explore and 40 different characters to interact with. Will Darren's search lead him to redemption or the hell of insanity?
Why similar: Point & Click 60.4%, Adventure 28.2%, Mystery 11.4%
- #31 The Moment of Silence
78% matchMixed66% of 116 reviews2015
Dev: House of TalesPub: HandyGames
Windows
The Moment of Silence is a classic point-and-click 3rd person adventure game set in New York City in 2044. Players step into the role of Peter Wright, an advertising executive currently heading up the Government's 'Freedom of Speech' campaign.
Why similar: Point & Click 57.4%, Adventure 34.4%, Indie 8.1%
- #32 SESTRY
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Industrial Miracle
Windows
A detective horror about twin sisters and the mirrors between them. Search crime scenes by flashlight, gather evidence, interrogate suspects - and survive the nights. Accusations need proof. The truth needs more. 7 endings; your choices decide who the monster is.
Why similar: Noir 34.4%, Point & Click 23%, Crime 19.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Mystery 8.8%
- #33 26 Moves: The Queen's Plot
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Danari Games
Windows
A point-and-click mystery game. Search for the truth in 26 days, playing as two different characters, in a town during 1907.
Why similar: Noir 36.4%, Point & Click 22.9%, Crime 21.7%, Mystery 12%, Adventure 5.2%
- #34 Post Mortem
76% matchMixed57% of 449 reviews2011
Dev: MC2Pub: Microids
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 41%, Noir 29.5%, Adventure 15.8%, Mystery 13.6%
- #35 Still Life 2
76% matchMixed44% of 573 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Who is hiding behind Mr. X? Still Life 2 reveals the long-awaited ending of Still Life and spells a new investigation for Agent Victoria McPherson. In Fall 2008, Victoria is sent to Maine where Ellen Dunnigan's body has just been found.
Why similar: Point & Click 43%, Crime 29.8%, Adventure 16.5%, Mystery 10.7%
- #36 Black Mirror III
73% matchVery Positive90% of 549 reviews2014
Dev: Cranberry ProductionPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Help Darren continue his search to uncover his clouded past. What do his torturous nightmares really mean? Who is the mysterious person that posted the bail to set him free? What demons lie waiting in the crypt?
Why similar: Point & Click 59%, Adventure 25.4%, Mystery 15.6%
- #37 Angels That Kill - The Final Cut
74% matchMixed45% of 33 reviews2015
Dev: Rising Sun Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Angels That Kill - The Final Cut is a dark, first person adventure game that tells the story of two men as they uncover the truth behind a murder that has shaken the city. Play through both sides of the story and discover the truth behind the murder.
Why similar: Noir 46.4%, Crime 32.2%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 4.9%
- #38 Blackwell Epiphany
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,004 reviews2014
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The last game in the Blackwell series.
Why similar: Point & Click 48.4%, Noir 19.8%, Adventure 17%, Mystery 10.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #39 A Stroke of Fate: Operation Valkyrie
74% matchMixed63% of 35 reviews2011
Dev: SPLinePub: Akella
Windows
Operation Valkyrie is a famous plan of the German Resistance to overthrow the tyrannical Nazi government. Standartenfuhrer Gerhard Mayer, a patriot who works in Reich Security Head Office learns that Gestapo has tracked down the conspirators.
Why similar: Point & Click 57.6%, Adventure 42.4%
- #40 Nick Bounty - The Goat in the Grey Fedora: Remastered
72% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
A complete modern remaster of the award winning Point & Click detective comedy adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 47.7%, Point & Click 36.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #41 Nicolas Eymerich - The Inquisitor - Book 1 : The Plague
73% matchMixed66% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: IV Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A will of steel, a heart of stone, intelligence as sharp as a knife, and wisdom as deep as oblivion. Play a remorseless character to live an original story inspired by the famous novel of Valerio Evangelisti.
Why similar: Point & Click 53.9%, Adventure 46.1%
- #42 Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
73% matchMixed60% of 235 reviews2018
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
Why similar: Noir 34.2%, Crime 24.9%, Point & Click 20.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Adventure 9.2%
- #43 Blackwell Deception
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 648 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.
Why similar: Point & Click 49.4%, Noir 21.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Mystery 11%, Indie 3.9%
- #44 Memento Mori
71% matchMixed67% of 211 reviews2012
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The enhanced version of Memento Mori which includes the full soundtrack.
Why similar: Point & Click 68.1%, Adventure 31.9%
- #45 Yesterday
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,028 reviews2012
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Yesterday is a thrilling and dark mystery from the masters of adventure, Pendulo Studios.
Why similar: Point & Click 64.5%, Adventure 24.6%, Mystery 10.9%
- #46 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 560 reviews2014
Dev: SkyGoblin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
Why similar: Noir 52.4%, Point & Click 20.2%, Crime 16.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Indie 2.5%
- #47 Ankh 3: Battle of the Gods
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 42 reviews2009
Dev: Deck 13Pub: Strategy First
Windows
The omens of the Battle of the Gods have been many, signaling the impending fight for supremacy over all other gods of Egypt. And of course, Assil will be caught in the middle of it all again. Together with his girlfriend Thara, he will have to prevent the sinister Seth from winning the battle and subjecting Egypt to his regime...
Why similar: Point & Click 61.8%, Adventure 38.2%
- #48 Sandra and Woo in the Cursed Adventure
70% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Feline Fuelled Games
Windows · Linux
One night, an evil, brilliant hacker abducts Sandra and Woo to a medieval gaming world. Go forth and hunt dragons, transform into animals, fight viruses, build rockets and do not devour squirrels! … In this humorous old-school point-and-click adventure!
Why similar: Adventure 44.6%, Point & Click 39%, Indie 16.4%
- #49 Drawn Down
69% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Hazy
Windows · Mac
A police artist is plunged into a life shattering conspiracy when his missing brother returns.
Why similar: Noir 30%, Crime 23.2%, Point & Click 17.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Mystery 9.6%
- #50 Secret Files 3
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 204 reviews2012
Dev: Animation ArtsPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The bestselling Secret Files franchise celebrates its return! The dream couple Max and Nina have announced their forthcoming wedding.
Why similar: Point & Click 68.7%, Adventure 31.3%
- #51 Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
68% matchVery Positive85% of 230 reviews2009
Dev: Animation ArtsPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The sequel to the award winning adventure hit Secret Files Tunguska. Famine in Africa, floods in Southeast Asia, economic crisis in Europe, and civil wars in South America, the world is on the brink of disaster.
Why similar: Point & Click 70.8%, Adventure 29.2%
- #52 The Blackwell Legacy
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,642 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
Why similar: Point & Click 47.5%, Noir 20.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Mystery 14.1%, Indie 3.7%
- #53 Alter Ego
69% matchMixed69% of 287 reviews2010
Dev: bitComposer GamesPub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
When a series of gruesome murders shake a small town after a strange aristocrat dies and his body goes missing, rumors of a supernatural monster abound. In life Sir William was known to be a cruel and evil man, rumored to be the murderer behind many unsolved crimes.
Why similar: Point & Click 57.3%, Adventure 29.3%, Mystery 13.5%
- #54 Moebius: Empire Rising
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 336 reviews2014
Dev: Phoenix Online StudiosPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Moebius: Empire Rising is a contemporary adventure that merges classic point-and-click puzzle solving with Jane Jensen’s sophisticated storytelling. Travel the world using Malachi’s unique deductive powers to analyze suspects, make historical connections, and uncover the truth behind a theory of space and time the government will defend...
Why similar: Point & Click 58.6%, Adventure 26.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Indie 5.6%
- #55 Secret Files: Tunguska
68% matchVery Positive84% of 501 reviews2009
Dev: Animation ArtsPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Unravel one of the greatest mysteries of our time! On the 30th June 1908 an explosion with the combined energy of 2000 Hiroshima bombs rocked the region of Tunguska in Central Siberia and felled over 6,000 square km of trees. The explosion could be heard from as far as 1,000km away.
Why similar: Point & Click 62.6%, Adventure 24.1%, Mystery 13.4%
- #56 Blackwell Unbound
67% matchVery Positive94% of 787 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.
Why similar: Point & Click 47.8%, Noir 20.3%, Adventure 15%, Mystery 12.9%, Indie 4%
- #57 Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Noir Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.
Why similar: Noir 35.3%, Crime 26.2%, Point & Click 22.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Adventure 5%
- #58 The Charnel House Trilogy
66% matchVery Positive80% of 687 reviews2015
Dev: Owl Cave
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.9%, Noir 28.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Indie 4.9%
- #59 The Dark Field
64% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: TurkiPub: FT5 Studio
Windows
After receiving a strange message, Ahmed Raked finds himself at a remote farm with nothing but his phone to guide him. What starts as a simple job slowly twists into a dark, personal mystery—one that may be rooted deep in his past. Some jobs are more than they seem.
Why similar: Crime 38.5%, Noir 30.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 1.6%