Games Like Papetura

Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.1%, Point & Click 14.9%, Surreal 12%, Hand-drawn 12%, Stylized 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like Papetura, this game features a surreal, hand-crafted aesthetic and wordless, atmospheric puzzle-solving.

Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

Why similar: Point & Click 14.6%, Surreal 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Stylized 8.6%, Family Friendly 8%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creative spirit as many atmospheric point-and-click games, it offers a vibrant, nature-inspired world full of charm.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Beautiful 19.2% ★, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Puzzle 15.4%, Point & Click 11.8%, Stylized 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features stunning, hand-drawn art and a unique, meditative puzzle mechanic that feels as artistic as Papetura.

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 17.2%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Surreal 12.9%, Stylized 8.1%, Puzzle 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic of the genre that shares the same focus on non-verbal storytelling and intricate, hand-drawn puzzle environments.

The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.

Why similar: Surreal 21%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Stylized 12.3%, Relaxing 10.8%, Puzzle 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a beautifully hand-drawn, atmospheric 2D world with a focus on clever, non-verbal puzzle mechanics.

Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.2%, Hand-drawn 16%, Surreal 14.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Family Friendly 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, hand-drawn adventure that relies on visual storytelling and creative puzzles rather than dialogue.

Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Stylized 13.1%, Puzzle 11.7%, Relaxing 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a world made entirely of pop-up paper, it perfectly mirrors the tactile, paper-craft aesthetic of the seed game.

LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.

Why similar: Point & Click 20%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Beautiful 13.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Puzzle 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A wordless, hand-drawn adventure that relies on atmospheric music and clever puzzles to tell its emotional story.

She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 16.4% ★, Point & Click 15.7%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Relaxing 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A poetic, hand-drawn adventure that prioritizes atmosphere and visual storytelling over complex dialogue.

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 25.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Puzzle 9.1%, Adventure 9.1%, Cute 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, hand-drawn puzzle adventure that shares the same sense of wonder and delicate, artistic design.

Paperbark is a charming game that tells a beautiful short story of a wombat, the bush and a very hot Australian Summer.

Why similar: Point & Click 15.5%, Surreal 14.3%, Stylized 13.7%, Relaxing 13.1%, Family Friendly 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique, paper-like art style and a relaxing, nature-focused narrative experience.

Guide brush strokes and solve a variety of puzzles to help an aspiring artist complete her masterpiece amid her brusque neighbor’s gaze and his pesky cat. As her painting starts to take shape, uncover an emotional tale of chance and artistry revealed behind unrelated yet familiar moments.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.1%, Hand-drawn 16%, Relaxing 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Puzzle 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures a similar artistic, painterly atmosphere and focuses on the quiet, relaxing moments of discovery.

Little Briar Rose is a very special, stained glass-styled adventure game inspired by the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.

Why similar: Point & Click 15.4%, Beautiful 12.2% ★, Hand-drawn 12%, Stylized 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a beautiful, stained-glass inspired art style that feels just as distinct and handcrafted as Papetura.

SHAPIK: The Moon Quest is a touching and atmospheric quest, the story of which unfolds in a mysterious world after a nuclear war.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.9%, Beautiful 13.7% ★, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Surreal 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A wordless, hand-drawn adventure that captures the same sense of mystery and gentle exploration.

Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.4%, Relaxing 11.2%, Cute 10.4%, Stylized 10.1%, Family Friendly 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a charming, hand-drawn aesthetic with a unique, puzzle-based exploration mechanic that feels very similar in tone.

CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!

Why similar: Point & Click 24.4%, Surreal 15.1%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Stylized 10%, Cute 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title features the same quirky, surreal, and highly stylized animation style found in the best atmospheric point-and-click games.

Milo and the Magpies is a point-and-click, hidden object game following the story of a little cat named Milo who is trying to find his way home after getting turned around by an unfortunate encounter with some pesky magpies.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.1%, Hand-drawn 23.5%, Cute 10.4%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, charming, and hand-drawn point-and-click game that focuses on exploration and gentle puzzle-solving.

My Brother Rabbit is a beautifully drawn exploration adventure and puzzle game set in a surreal world that mixes reality with a child’s imagination.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.2%, Puzzle 16.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Adventure 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hand-drawn puzzle game that relies on visual cues and a dreamlike atmosphere to guide the player.

Catie in MeowmeowLand is a classical humorous point-and-click adventure game. Help little Catie get back home from the bizarre cat world of MeowmeowLand!

Why similar: Psychedelic 16.8%, Point & Click 16.3%, Surreal 15.6%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Family Friendly 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click adventure with a highly stylized, hand-drawn look that feels both quirky and artistic.

The BAFTA award winning handmade puzzle adventure game made entirely by hand. Explore the city and use your ingenuity to piece together puzzling mechanisms and bring back power to this unique world. Three years in the making, it's handmade entirely out of paper, card, miniature lights and motors.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.8%, Cult Classic 16% ★, Puzzle 15%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The entire world is built from paper, cardboard, and miniature models, making it a perfect match for fans of Papetura's aesthetic.

Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.

Why similar: Point & Click 19%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Puzzle 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric and emotional story told through beautiful, hand-drawn environments and simple puzzle mechanics.

A short, surprising, toy-like puzzle game.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Surreal 17.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, Family Friendly 10%, Beautiful 7.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, short, and highly tactile point-and-click experience that emphasizes visual curiosity and discovery.

Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you experience the ethereal realm and deliver messages to the spirits. Make your mark in the wordless narrative - with a Tiny Echo.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.1%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Surreal 11.2%, Relaxing 8.7%, Cute 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, cute, and atmospheric point-and-click game that focuses on quiet exploration and visual storytelling.

Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Surreal 21.2%, Relaxing 13.1%, Puzzle 11.7%, Exploration 11%, Cute 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a beautiful, hand-drawn style and a focus on exploring a surreal, puzzle-filled environment.

Gnomdom is a point & click puzzle game where you find little gnomes stuck in various places and help them return to their home.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.9%, Hand-drawn 23.2%, Puzzle 11.9%, Relaxing 6.9%, Cute 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn, puzzle-heavy adventure that captures a similar sense of small-scale, magical exploration.

Message Quest is a tiny stained-glass point-n-click adventure about laziness and her herald. Imagine yourself as the main hero’s conscience, the one that must make him work when all he wants to do is sleep.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Puzzle 8.6%, Family Friendly 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, story-rich adventure with a distinct, hand-drawn art style and a focus on gentle puzzle-solving.

Classic point-and-click adventure with a magical atmosphere. Discover what happens one night Beyond the Wall of the garden. Immerse yourself into a mysterious world where fantasy meets reality with a pinch of humor. Solve puzzles, collect items, and overcome obstacles that await you on your journey.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.9%, Hand-drawn 17%, Relaxing 10.1%, Family Friendly 9.4%, Cute 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that features a charming and surreal world to explore.

AntVentor is a point & click adventure game. You find yourself in a photorealistic macroworld where you immediately manage to ruin the life of the main character, ant, and foil all his plans for making his dream come true. Can you help get everything back in order?

Why similar: Point & Click 19%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Relaxing 11%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Cute 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, highly detailed, and atmospheric adventure that focuses on the perspective of a tiny creature in a big world.

You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.3%, Surreal 18.8%, Hand-drawn 12%, Puzzle 8.6%, Stylized 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hand-drawn point-and-click game that emphasizes atmosphere and hidden-object exploration.

A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.

Why similar: Surreal 18.9%, Point & Click 16.5%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Stylized 11.7%, Story Rich 8.1%

Explore a woollen world where stuffed animals once lived in peace. Search for hidden secrets and customize your character with different animal shapes to solve puzzles. An epic adventure with two very unlikely heroes and a story narrated in rhyme.

Why similar: Story Rich 14.6%, Family Friendly 14.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Casual 9.3%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, casual adventure that features a unique, fabric-based aesthetic and a gentle, relaxing tone.

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 15.9%, Surreal 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Relaxing 8.3%, Stylized 8%

A short (and free) adventure game, where you are tasked with helping a hurt, hungry, but inventive dung beetle on its journey to find something to eat near the end of the mushroom season.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Relaxing 13%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Cute 11.5%

A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?

Why similar: Psychedelic 28.9%, Surreal 16.5%, Point & Click 13.2%, Cute 9.8%, Stylized 8.4%

URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.5%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Story Rich 7.9%, 2D 7.6%, Cute 6.7%

«The Guardian of Nature» is a hand-drawn, size-changing adventure. Embark on a magical journey with botanist Henry, use your size-changing ability to explore nature in big and small and solve solarpunk puzzles to put nature back in order.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Family Friendly 8.2%, Story Rich 6.7%

Samorost 2 tells a surreal story of a space gnome whose dog just got kidnapped by mischievous aliens. Set out on a short expedition to rescue the pup, deal with curious strangers and relax to the soothing music by Tomáš "Floex" Dvořák.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.3%, Psychedelic 15.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Stylized 8.4%

Hoa is a beautiful puzzle-platforming game that features breathtaking hand-painted art, lovely music, and a peaceful, relaxing atmosphere.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.6%, Relaxing 19.2%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Cute 11.8%, Exploration 10.2%

Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.

Why similar: Puzzle 19.5%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Exploration 14.1%, Relaxing 10.5%

When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

Why similar: Surreal 18%, Point & Click 15.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Relaxing 10.8%, Stylized 8.6%

Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Hand-drawn 33.2%, Puzzle 18%, Surreal 2%, Stylized 1.2%

Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Made in Ukraine.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.3%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Relaxing 10.5%, Family Friendly 10%, Puzzle 9.1%

Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.4%, Surreal 21.3%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Relaxing 10.9%, Puzzle 8.1%

This is a story of Shapik, traveling through magic forest in search of his missing sister. Explore a beautiful world, full of mystery, magic and danger and find your missing sister, solving puzzles on your way.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Flibbius McDoogle and the Mysterious Flying Machine is a short adventure puzzle game. Use your wits, creativity and puzzle solving ability to help Flibbius take to the skies!

Why similar: Family Friendly 16.2%, Relaxing 15%, Puzzle 12.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Stylized 9.9%

A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.3%, Cute 14.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Relaxing 11.4%

Cat and Ghostly Road is an atmospheric point-and-click quest in which you play as a white cat. You have to go on a dangerous journey to the world of ghosts and demons. Not all things are what they seems.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.2%, Surreal 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Puzzle 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Morphopolis is about transformation and discovery. Morphopolis takes you on a puzzle adventure through a fantastical insect world. Starting as an aphid grub, you embark on an epic journey of metamorphosis toward your spawning ground.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Puzzle 22.1%, Psychedelic 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 8%, Relaxing 6.2%

Journey into the forest, the jungle or the depths of the deep blue sea. Find chestnuts for the pigs, a caterpillar for the crocodile or a starfish one, two three. A color-filled hidden object game from the world of animals.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.3%, Relaxing 13.2%, Family Friendly 13.2%, Stylized 10.5%, Beautiful 8.6% ★

This multi-award winning adventure game explores a love story between two beautiful souls through ingenious humour, mind bending puzzles and a bizarre, hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation style.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Hand-drawn 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, Casual 10%

Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and the surreal world of Cat Museum, a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game. Solve the strange puzzles with your mischievous cat, and unveil the truth behind the mysterious museum.

Why similar: Psychedelic 21.2%, Surreal 17.2%, Point & Click 16.5%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Stylized 10.1%

Varenje is a cute colorful adventure with a number of puzzles and mini-games made by artists for anyone that considers games to be an art.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Surreal 11.8%, Family Friendly 7.9%

A Tiny Sticker Tale is a cozy miniature adventure about changing the world, using the power of stickers!

Why similar: Relaxing 21%, Family Friendly 18.5%, Puzzle 17.9%, Exploration 14.3%, Cute 12.1%

Solve puzzles and hunt for hearts in an interactive picture book universe! Take a load off, with hand-drawn illustrations, adorable animations and gentle live-recorded piano music.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 18%, Puzzle 15.3%, Cute 10.6%, Casual 9.9%, Relaxing 9.7%

A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Relaxing 18.3%, Story Rich 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Cute 10.3%

CATch the Stars is a minimalist puzzle with a pleasant and original soundtrack. Click on the right star, solve the puzzles and form constellations with a beautiful and relaxing environment. No score, no timer and no pressure.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.1%, Relaxing 12.2%, Stylized 12.1%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Family Friendly 9.7%

Experience a 10 minute dive into the unknown depths of the multiverse!

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.7%, Point & Click 17.4%, Surreal 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%, Hand-drawn 7.5%

Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.8%, Stylized 16.3%, Puzzle 14.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Dropsy is a non-traditional take on the classic point and click adventure formula starring the game’s perpetually carefree namesake clown as he explores a richly detailed world full of colorful characters and sinister secrets, doling out hugs along the way.

Why similar: Point & Click 48.5%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Surreal 9.9%, Adventure 8%, 2D 5.7%

Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Beautiful 10.3% ★, Atmospheric 8.2%, Adventure 6.8%