- #1 Lamplight City
97% 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: Alternate History 26.2%, Point & Click 17.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Third Person 8.3%, Retro 7.5%
- #2 Shardlight
96% matchVery Positive90% of 786 reviews2016
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.3%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Mystery 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #3 The Sundew
96% 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: Alternate History 21.3%, Point & Click 13.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Female Protagonist 9%, Mystery 8.9%
- #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 26.1%, Female Protagonist 14%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Adventure 8.9%
- #5 Brassheart
94% 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 26.1%, Alternate History 24.2%, Female Protagonist 16%, Adventure 10.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #6 Dustborn
94% matchMixed67% of 635 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thread GamesPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.8%, Drama 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #7 Syberia: The World Before
93% 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 18.9%, Drama 14.4%, Cinematic 13.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.8%
- #8 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
92% 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 23.3%, Drama 14%, Female Protagonist 13%, Mystery 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #9 Unforeseen Incidents
91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,038 reviews2018
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Dark Humor 23.6%, Mystery 17.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #10 Old Skies
89% matchVery Positive94% of 960 reviews2025
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Cinematic 18.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #11 Slap Village: Reality Slap
91% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2016
Dev: MonkeyToons
Windows · Mac
Set in an anachronistic Western with multitude of characters and adventures to discover, Slap Village mixes up the past and the present time within a context full of humour and mystery. Immerse yourself in this wild adventure and find out about the story of Lurditas and her inseparable friend Rasta.
Why similar: Western 51.9% ★, Point & Click 13.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Adventure 7%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #12 Technobabylon
90% 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 42.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Adventure 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #13 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
89% 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 25.1%, Mystery 17.2%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #14 Blackwell Convergence
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 640 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The third game in the Blackwell series
Why similar: Point & Click 62.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Mystery 8.8%, Indie 3.2%
- #15 Chinatown Detective Agency
87% 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 21.7%, Mystery 15.9%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #16 Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,353 reviews2019
Dev: Mografi
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
JENNY LECLUE is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet, mysteries and puzzles to solve across a vibrant, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Drama 19.4%, Mystery 16.6%, Cinematic 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #17 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
85% matchVery Positive93% of 1,368 reviews2021
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Mystery 18.4%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #18 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
83% 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: Point & Click 22.7%, Mystery 18.7%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #19 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
86% 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: Alternate History 20.3%, Point & Click 18.8%, Cinematic 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #20 Westerado: Double Barreled
84% matchVery Positive91% of 1,898 reviews2015
Dev: Ostrich Banditos
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Westerado: Double Barreled. When your family is murdered by a mysterious desperado, you set out into the world to take revenge. Take control of your own fate and that of others, all using your trusty shooting iron.
Why similar: Western 75.1% ★, Pixel Graphics 10%, Adventure 4.3%, Retro 4%, Indie 2.6%
- #21 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
82% 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: Point & Click 28.1%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Story Rich 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
- #22 Born Punk
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Insert Disk 22
Windows · Mac · Linux
A former combat hacker, a corporate CEO and a malfunctioning android get possessed by mysterious, otherworldly entities and must band together to save themselves and uncover the entities' origins. Talk, puzzle and explore your way through this (often humorous) cyberpunk thriller.
Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Mystery 14.2%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #23 NORCO
81% matchVery Positive93% of 3,013 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Mystery 19.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Retro 9.5%
- #24 Blackwell Epiphany
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 990 reviews2014
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The last game in the Blackwell series.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.8%, Female Protagonist 18%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #25 Kathy Rain
81% 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 96.4%, Mystery 0.8%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%, Adventure 0.4%
- #26 Liber Prologue
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: OLKON GAMES
Windows
Embark on an exciting journey with a group of bandits who have been having a lot of bad luck lately... Shootouts, duels, diversions and the atmosphere of the wild but beautiful west await you.
Why similar: Western 62.8% ★, Adventure 12.9%, Third Person 12.5%, Story Rich 7.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #27 Pendula Swing - The Complete Journey
80% 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: Alternate History 33.1%, Point & Click 19.9%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #28 Unavowed
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,539 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Point & Click 30%, Mystery 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 8.1%
- #29 Blackwell Unbound
79% matchVery Positive94% of 766 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 38.4%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #30 Sable
77% matchVery Positive86% of 6,173 reviews2021
Dev: ShedworksPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.2%, Choices Matter 24.8%, Story Rich 16.9%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Adventure 9.2%
- #31 The Blackwell Legacy
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,616 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 37.6%, Mystery 15.6%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #32 Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness
77% matchVery Positive93% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Set a Course for Danger and Discovery!
Why similar: Point & Click 25.8%, Mystery 20.2%, Drama 16.5%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Adventure 11.1%
- #33 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
72% matchVery Positive98% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Mystery 23.1%, Drama 14%, Story Rich 10.5%, Adventure 8%
- #34 Growbot
75% matchVery Positive90% of 202 reviews2021
Dev: Wabisabi PlayPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 34.9%, Adventure 17.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Indie 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #35 Tin Star
76% matchVery Positive95% of 306 reviews2015
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.
Why similar: Western 85.7% ★, RPG 8.9%, Indie 5.3%
- #36 Welcome to Elk
75% matchVery Positive94% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: Triple ToppingPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
True stories told by real people. Welcome to Elk transforms the weird, wonderful, dark and desperate tales of the road less-traveled into an inventive, biographical adventure. This is an island like no other where drama, trauma, love and laughter hide around every corner.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.9%, Mystery 17.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Point & Click 7.7%
- #37 Ghost on the Shore
74% matchVery Positive84% of 214 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Drama 16.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Point & Click 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #38 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,264 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Mystery 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Story Rich 13%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #39 Emerald City Confidential™
76% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2009
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
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! Solve your detective's quest and unravel a conspiracy of magic and intrigue!
Why similar: Point & Click 54.8%, Adventure 23.7%, Female Protagonist 21.5%
- #40 Intruder In Antiquonia
73% 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 21.7%, Mystery 17%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Story Rich 10%, Third Person 8.1%
- #41 Dreamfall Chapters
73% matchVery Positive82% of 4,509 reviews2017
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15%, Female Protagonist 14%, Point & Click 12.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Drama 11.5%
- #42 Monolith
72% 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 33.3%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Mystery 17.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #43 Neon Hearts City
70% 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: Point & Click 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Adventure 8.9%
- #44 Blackwell Deception
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 636 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.2 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 42.5%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #45 Best Month Ever!
71% 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: Point & Click 15.6%, Drama 14.7%, Cinematic 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Mystery 10.8%
- #46 Eastward
69% matchVery Positive84% of 16,351 reviews2021
Dev: PixpilPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Story Rich 17.6%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 9%
- #47 The Hand of Glory
69% matchVery Positive95% of 205 reviews2020
Dev: Madit Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The challenge of a dangerous serial killer plummets detective Lazarus Bundy’s career into a chasm with no way out. In a desperate attempt at a comeback, Lazarus decides to secretly investigate the disappearance of Kathrin Mulzberg.
Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Mystery 17.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Third Person 11.5%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #48 Age of Grit
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: IQ Soup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Adventure across a Wild West world in a rickety, steampunk airship! Inspired by the likes of Firefly and the classic CRPGs of old. A unique setting filled with rich lore, deep stories, and adventure! Contend with outlaws, gunslingers, and bounty hunters in an epic quest for redemption and revenge!
Why similar: Western 72.7% ★, Story Rich 12.3%, RPG 5.9%, 2D 4%, Indie 3.7%
- #49 Luckslinger
71% matchVery Positive81% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Duckbridge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
In Luckslinger, luck is measurable, collectable and usable whenever you please. Contains: gunslingers, dark humor, spaghetti western, vinyl digging, graffiti spraying and jazzy hip hop beats.
Why similar: Western 69.8% ★, Adventure 8.3%, Retro 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Indie 5.6%
- #50 Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 171 reviews2019
Dev: Salix Games Ltd
Windows
London, 1888: The people of Whitechapel live under the ghastly shadow of Jack the Ripper, tempting Arthurian legends - Du Lac & Fey - back to English shores to intervene. Will they stop Jack before more blood is spilt on the cobbled streets? Victorian London awaits you...
Why similar: Drama 15.7%, Point & Click 15%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Cinematic 12%
- #51 Memento Mori 2
71% matchMixed69% of 137 reviews2014
Dev: Centauri ProductionPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 37.2%, Adventure 25.7%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, Indie 12.5%
- #52 Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony - Prologue
68% matchVery Positive84% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: Madcraft StudiosPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
A young adventurer Hugh Radcliff is in pursuit of one of the greatest mysteries of history: The Lost Colony. Deal with pirates, reveal conspiracies and make tough choices on your difficult journey for unveiling this mystery. Try the free prologue now!
Why similar: Alternate History 26.3%, Point & Click 18.5%, Mystery 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #53 Beyond a Steel Sky
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,598 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Mystery 15.8%, Third Person 12.8%, Story Rich 11%
- #54 West of Loathing
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,145 reviews2017
Dev: Asymmetric
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.
Why similar: Western 57% ★, Choices Matter 9.9%, Point & Click 8%, RPG 6.6%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #55 VirtuaVerse
67% 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 26.3%, Mystery 12%, Third Person 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Retro 9.9%
- #56 Milkmaid of the Milky Way
68% 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 25.4%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Story Rich 8.9%, Retro 8.8%
- #57 Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
66% matchVery Positive95% of 2,490 reviews2020
Dev: The Wild GentlemenPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.6%, Point & Click 24.2%, Cinematic 13.8%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #58 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,703 reviews2018
Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
Why similar: Western 46.5% ★, Story Rich 16.7%, Adventure 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%, RPG 7.8%
- #59 Little Misfortune
66% matchVery Positive92% of 13,542 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Dark Humor 21.4%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #60 Dead Horizon: Origin
67% matchVery Positive96% of 381 reviews2017
Dev: 14 Hours Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Most people never get a shot at making a difference. If you did... would you miss? -- Dead Horizon is a short and dirty point and click western themed adventure game that's also completely free.
Why similar: Western 68.9% ★, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Adventure 4.7%, Indie 3.7%