Games Like Old Skies

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

Why similar: Point & Click 19.7%, Cinematic 19.4%, Investigation 14%, Emotional 12%, Mystery 9.9%

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 46.8%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Female Protagonist 6.2%

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 22.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

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 15.5%, Point & Click 15.4%, Investigation 15%, Futuristic 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%

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 28.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Futuristic 9.2%, Mystery 9%

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 21.2%, Cinematic 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

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 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Emotional 10.7%, Cinematic 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

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%

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 35.7% ★, Point & Click 23.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%

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 43.5%, Adventure 23.6%, Time Travel 23.4% ★, Female Protagonist 9.6%

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 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Fantasy 8.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%

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 29.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Retro 8.8%

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%

Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Investigation 19.4%, Cinematic 18.6%, Exploration 9.4%, Emotional 9.1%

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 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 32%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Adventure 9.8%, LGBTQ+ 7.3%

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 30.5%, Futuristic 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Retro 9.8%, Mystery 9.5%

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 22.6%, Point & Click 21.3%, Emotional 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Exploration 10%

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 25.9%, Investigation 25%, Mystery 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Retro 4.6%

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 16.4%, Point & Click 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Emotional 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%

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 34.4%, Emotional 30.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Story Rich 3.7%

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: Point & Click 36%, Emotional 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 5.8%

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Point & Click 16%, Emotional 11.8%, Futuristic 10.3%

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 40.8%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 10%, Linear 8.3%

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%, Investigation 15%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%, Retro 8.6%

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 50.6%, Adventure 21.2%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Story Rich 2.6%

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 20.1%, Investigation 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Exploration 8.2%

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 19.3%, Investigation 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Exploration 8.3%

🚗 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 25.1%, Cinematic 17.5%, Point & Click 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Mystery 8.3%

Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Why similar: Time Travel 29.6% ★, Exploration 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Fantasy 9.5%

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 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 13%, Retro 9.9%

Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.

Why similar: Point & Click 38%, Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Adventure 8%

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 22% ★, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Fantasy 8.7%

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 48.6%, Mystery 22.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Story Rich 5.3%

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%

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 19.9%, Point & Click 19.4%, Emotional 15.1%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%

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 25.5% ★, Exploration 10.6%, Mystery 10%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Retro 8.5%

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 27.7%, Emotional 16.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Mystery 9.8%

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 29.3% ★, Point & Click 20.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Female Protagonist 6.4%

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 31.7% ★, Emotional 25.8%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Adventure 10.2%

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 26.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Adventure 19.1%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Point & Click 8.8%

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 25.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Investigation 17.5%, Emotional 16%, Exploration 7.6%

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%

Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.

Why similar: Point & Click 44.7%, Adventure 21.6%, Time Travel 12.2% ★, Exploration 11.3%, Retro 5.1%

Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Emotional 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Exploration 8.2%

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 22.4% ★, Point & Click 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Futuristic 10.9%, Mystery 10.7%

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 52.8%, Adventure 19.2%, Fantasy 8.3%, Retro 7.8%, 2D 6%

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 21.4%, Investigation 16.4%, Futuristic 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9%

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 17.5%, Investigation 15.6%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Adventure 9.2%

Madrid, 1960: A maid named Pilar dies. You arrive in the afterlife looking like Pilar but speaking as Carolina, a police officer from the future. Possess the living and cross between worlds to uncover the truth behind a soul split between two identities in this point-and-click adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Fantasy 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

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 55.1% ★, Fantasy 17.7%, Adventure 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Story Rich 2.9%

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 21.6%, Female Protagonist 17%, 2D 7.2%, Story Rich 3.8%

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Time Travel 26.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Mystery 10%

Join Evelyn on her quest to save a mysterious island in a puzzle-based atmospheric adventure with a story that spans across 30,000 years of time. Interact with fantastic characters to learn past secrets and transform the Four Elements’ kingdoms, leading up to an epic finale with shocking reveals.

Why similar: Point & Click 23%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Emotional 19.5%, Exploration 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9%

Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Point & Click 24.7%, Time Travel 20.2% ★, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Exploration 7%

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%, Female Protagonist 13%, Adventure 11.9%, Story Rich 2.8%

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%

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 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Mystery 11.2%, Female Protagonist 6.4%

Aliya’s Ascent is a story about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions and meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld. Every choice you make matters!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Cinematic 27.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Fantasy 9.4%

A narrative adventure that combines the exploration and investigation of the enigmatic town of Düstenburg and its people, with trials that test your knowledge about the case.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Cinematic 17.1%, Investigation 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Mystery 10.2%