- #1 Syberia: The World Before
97% matchVery Positive90% of 4,837 reviews2022
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Point & Click 19%, Cinematic 18.8%, Investigation 13.5%, Emotional 11.7%, Mystery 9.6%
- #2 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
96% matchVery Positive88% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 14.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Futuristic 11.7%, Conversation 9.3%
- #3 Heaven's Vault
96% matchVery Positive84% of 2,386 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Point & Click 22.6%, Mystery 14%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #4 Whispers of a Machine
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,957 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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%, Adventure 10.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Futuristic 9.1%, Mystery 9%
- #5 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
94% matchVery Positive92% of 3,008 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Emotional 10.8%, Cinematic 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #6 The Abandoned Planet
94% matchVery Positive94% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Futuristic 13.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #7 Rosewater
92% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.9%, Cinematic 18.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #8 Technobabylon
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,607 reviews2015
Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 47.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Female Protagonist 6.3%
- #9 Intruder In Antiquonia
91% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Investigation 17%, Mystery 11.1%, Exploration 7.9%
- #10 Perils of Man
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 251 reviews2015
Dev: IF GamesPub: Vertigo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
When Ana receives an unexpected gift from her missing father, she is catapulted headlong into a mystery that will take her on a journey through time. At last she must decide if a perfectly predictable world is a curse on humanity or a triumph for mankind.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.6%, Adventure 23.5%, Time Travel 23.3% ★, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #11 Elsinore
90% matchVery Positive96% of 356 reviews2019
Dev: Golden Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.6% ★, Point & Click 23.8%, Investigation 14.5%, Adventure 14%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #12 VirtuaVerse
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,098 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Futuristic 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Retro 9.8%, Mystery 9.5%
- #13 The Silent Age
89% matchVery Positive93% of 7,165 reviews2015
Dev: House On Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 36.7%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Exploration 12.7%, Narration 10.1%, Adventure 8.9%
- #14 Milkmaid of the Milky Way
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 543 reviews2017
Dev: Mattis FolkestadPub: machineboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Narration 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #15 Truberbrook / Trüberbrook
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,295 reviews2019
Dev: btfPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.8%, Adventure 21.5%, Time Travel 12.2% ★, Exploration 11.4%, Retro 5.1%
- #16 Syberia
86% matchVery Positive88% of 6,691 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 50.7%, Adventure 21%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 2.6%
- #17 Hindsight
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Team HindsightPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.2%, Point & Click 19.8%, Emotional 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Exploration 9.3%
- #18 Monolith
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 335 reviews2023
Dev: Animation Arts
Windows · Linux
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.8%, Emotional 16.7%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #19 The Longest Journey
85% matchVery Positive90% of 2,124 reviews2007
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.
Why similar: Point & Click 47.7%, Adventure 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Fantasy 8.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #20 OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
84% matchVery Positive87% of 1,650 reviews2016
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Point & Click 17.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Narration 7.6%
- #21 Inua - A Story in Ice and Time
83% matchVery Positive91% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: The Pixel HuntPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Inua is a narrative game in which three protagonists have their destinies intertwined decades apart in the same locations in the far north. Explore each era, collect ideas and manipulate their minds to change the course of history.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.4%, Mystery 20.4%, Adventure 12.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Narration 8.6%
- #22 Guard Duty
82% matchVery Positive91% of 257 reviews2019
Dev: Headware Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Time Travel 21.9% ★, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #23 Once Again
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,001 reviews2022
Dev: RB Wolf DesignPub: RB Wolf Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 61.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?
Why similar: Time Travel 31.5% ★, Emotional 26.1%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Adventure 10.1%
- #24 The Sundew
82% matchVery Positive87% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: 2054
Windows · Linux
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 24.9%, Mystery 11.1%, Retro 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #25 Best Month Ever!
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 202 reviews2022
Dev: Warsaw Film School Video Game & Film Production StudioPub: Klabater
Windows
🚗 Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter! ✅
Why similar: Emotional 25.4%, Cinematic 17.5%, Point & Click 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Mystery 8.2%
- #26 Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack
80% matchVery Positive97% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Warm Kitten
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cozy 2D Point & Click adventure featuring multiple playable characters and plenty of silliness. Oh, and there's time travel and relationship stuff going down too. And robots – lots of robots...
Why similar: Time Travel 27.4% ★, Point & Click 19.8%, Conversation 10.6%, Mystery 8.2%, Retro 6%
- #27 Neon Hearts City
79% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Point & Click 20%, Investigation 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Exploration 8.2%
- #28 The Crimson Diamond
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 648 reviews2024
Dev: Julia Minamata
Windows · Mac
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 13%, Retro 9.9%
- #29 Three Minutes To Eight
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 189 reviews2023
Dev: Chaosmonger StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.
Why similar: Time Travel 22.3% ★, Point & Click 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Futuristic 10.9%, Mystery 10.8%
- #30 Perfect Tides: Station to Station
76% matchVery Positive99% of 169 reviews2026
Dev: Three Bees
Windows · Mac
A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while attempting to find your place in the world.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.5%, Point & Click 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Emotional 13.7%, Conversation 8.6%
- #31 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
78% matchVery Positive81% of 472 reviews2022
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.4%, Mystery 17.6%, Investigation 15.6%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Adventure 9.1%
- #32 Chronoquartz
75% matchVery Positive99% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Time Travel 25.3% ★, Exploration 10.7%, Mystery 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Retro 8.5%
- #33 The Dark Eye: Memoria
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,452 reviews2013
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Memoria, players travel through different time periods, following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend.
Why similar: Point & Click 52.9%, Adventure 19.1%, Fantasy 8.3%, Retro 7.8%, 2D 6%
- #34 A Perfect Day
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,802 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Time Travel 23.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Emotional 14.9%, Narration 7.9%
- #35 Chinatown Detective Agency
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.2%, Investigation 22.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Exploration 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #36 The Legend of Skye
74% matchVery Positive95% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Point & Pixel AdventuresPub: Point and Pixel Adventures
Windows · Linux
We will step into the shoes of a young druid who will be called upon by her tribe to undertake an important mission. After some events in her village, she will have to leave behind the safety of the forest and venture into a world full of dangers. The fate of the grove will be in her hands.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Conversation 8.7%, Retro 8.6%
- #37 Pendula Swing - The Complete Journey
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2020
Dev: Valiant Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore a memorable 1920s fantasy world where you interact with, befriend and romance hundreds of characters with unique quests, as an already rich and famous heroine.
Why similar: Point & Click 46.1%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Narration 16.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #38 Eternal Threads
74% matchVery Positive86% of 817 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Travel 26% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Emotional 14.5%, Mystery 9.9%
- #39 Kathy Rain
73% matchVery Positive92% of 3,928 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 97.8%, Mystery 0.6%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%, Adventure 0.4%, Female Protagonist 0.4%
- #40 Complex Loop
72% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Time Travel 26.1% ★, Cinematic 18%, Point & Click 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #41 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 684 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24%, Cinematic 21.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #42 Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock
73% matchVery Positive90% of 249 reviews2009
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Venture into the Past and Outwit a Criminal Before Time Runs Out!
Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Retro 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Exploration 9.2%
- #43 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,791 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Futuristic 13.2%, Conversation 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #44 Half Past Fate
71% matchVery Positive92% of 299 reviews2020
Dev: Serenity ForgePub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.
Why similar: Adventure 34.1%, Emotional 30.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Story Rich 3.7%
- #45 Mai: Child of Ages
69% matchVery Positive91% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Chubby Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel through time and help Mai and her Grandfather uncover the mysteries of the world after the Last Great War. Explore the connections between ancient eras and dystopian futures in an adventure that blends thrilling combat with precision platforming.
Why similar: Time Travel 59.4% ★, Mystery 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 2.8%
- #46 The Roottrees are Dead
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.4%, Investigation 25.4%, Mystery 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Adventure 4.8%
- #47 Dragon Maiden: Blossoms of the Past
69% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 不兼容性工作室Pub: 2P Games
Windows
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Mystery 29.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.5%, Adventure 20.8%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, 2D 8.5%
- #48 Lamplight City
70% matchVery Positive90% of 828 reviews2018
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Retro 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #49 Perfect Tides
69% matchVery Positive97% of 311 reviews2022
Dev: Three Bees
Windows · Mac
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called island paradise.
Why similar: Point & Click 29%, Emotional 15.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Adventure 8.2%
- #50 Resonance
71% matchVery Positive89% of 570 reviews2012
Dev: XII GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 53.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Retro 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #51 A Guidebook of Babel
66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,697 reviews2023
Dev: StarryStarryPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.
Why similar: Time Travel 22.9% ★, Investigation 18.7%, Point & Click 18.1%, Emotional 14.1%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #52 Gemini Rue
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,873 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 51.8%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Adventure 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Retro 4.8%
- #53 Moebius: Empire Rising
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 331 reviews2014
Dev: Phoenix Online StudiosPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.0 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 65.6%, Adventure 24.5%, Mystery 9.8%
- #54 Time Mysteries 2: The Ancient Spectres
72% matchMixed59% of 599 reviews2014
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fulfill your destiny, become the ruler of time, and change the course of history!
Why similar: Time Travel 31.2% ★, Point & Click 27.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Fantasy 7%
- #55 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Point & Click 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Female Protagonist 6.4%
- #56 AER Memories of Old
67% matchVery Positive86% of 7,624 reviews2017
Dev: Forgotten KeyPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world.
Why similar: Exploration 40.6%, Adventure 29.1%, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Narration 5.8%, Story Rich 2.1%
- #57 Brassheart
66% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Hexy Studio
Windows · Mac
Brassheart is an adventure game set in the alternative 1920s, inspired by dieselpunk and the classics of the genre. In this world, you play as Pola, a spunky pilot. She follows the clues that may provide a way to save her father kidnapped by his own invention, a rebellious supermachine, Valkiria.
Why similar: Point & Click 50.4%, Adventure 21.5%, Female Protagonist 17%, 2D 7.3%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #58 The Day Before You Gone
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Aequalis Studio
Windows
An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!
Why similar: Time Travel 55% ★, Fantasy 17.8%, Adventure 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Story Rich 2.9%
- #59 TEMPUS
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: k148 Game Studio
Windows
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
Why similar: Point & Click 30%, Investigation 22.3%, Exploration 14.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Narration 9.1%
- #60 In Other Waters
66% matchVery Positive87% of 2,454 reviews2020
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 21.4%, Exploration 17.9%, Adventure 16.1%, Futuristic 13%, Mystery 11.2%