- #1 Lamplight City
97% matchVery Positive89% of 879 reviews2018
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 24.5%, Point & Click 16.1%, Mystery 12.2%, Third Person 8%, Retro 7.7%
- #2 Shardlight
96% matchVery Positive90% of 807 reviews2016
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 29.8%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Mystery 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #3 The Sundew
96% matchVery Positive86% of 108 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 21.4%, Point & Click 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Mystery 8.7%
- #4 Unforeseen Incidents
95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,075 reviews2018
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 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 21.9%, Dark Humor 19.6%, Mystery 15%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #5 Whispers of a Machine
94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,021 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 25.5%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Adventure 9.1%
- #6 Old Skies
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,045 reviews2025
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 21.2%, Cinematic 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #7 Brassheart
93% matchVery Positive98% of 58 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 25.6%, Alternate History 24.5%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #8 Thimbleweed Park™
92% matchVery Positive93% of 4,236 reviews2017
Dev: Terrible Toybox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Retro 8.4%, Mystery 8%
- #9 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
91% matchVery Positive92% of 3,334 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 22.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Mystery 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #10 Slap Village: Reality Slap
91% matchVery Positive84% of 130 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 51.8% ★, Point & Click 13.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #11 Syberia: The World Before
90% matchVery Positive90% of 5,060 reviews2022
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Cinematic 17%, Mystery 14.6%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #12 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,386 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #13 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
89% matchVery Positive81% of 486 reviews2022
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 24.5%, Mystery 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #14 Aether & Iron
87% matchVery Positive85% of 581 reviews2026
Dev: Seismic Squirrel
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s floating New York City. Play as smuggler Gia Randazzo, and gather a crew to take on the city’s Barons. Explore the world, Master Tactical Turn-Based Vehicular Combat, and Roll the Dice to influence those around you.
Why similar: Alternate History 34.2%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #15 Technobabylon
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,637 reviews2015
Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 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 42.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #16 The Tragedy at Deer Creek
86% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Sparrowland
Windows
A cinematic point-and-click adventure where you step into the shoes of photographer Charlotte Gray as she explores the abandoned camp of Deer Creek and uncovers the tragedy that befell the camp and its people.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Cinematic 17%, Mystery 15.5%, Female Protagonist 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #17 Dustborn
86% matchMixed66% of 784 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thread GamesPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 32%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Story Rich 9%, Third Person 8.9%
- #18 Westerado: Double Barreled
84% matchVery Positive91% of 1,911 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 74.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Retro 4.4%, Adventure 4.4%, Indie 2.6%
- #19 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
83% matchVery Positive88% of 539 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 23.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #20 Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
84% matchVery Positive89% of 228 reviews2017
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Take a Wild Ride into Terror and Trickery to Rein in a Ghostly Secret!
Why similar: Western 36.8% ★, Point & Click 15.8%, Mystery 14%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Retro 5.9%
- #21 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
85% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
Why similar: Alternate History 15.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, RPG 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Adventure 11.2%
- #22 Tin Star
82% 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 76.7% ★, RPG 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Indie 4.8%
- #23 Chinatown Detective Agency
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 163 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 21.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Retro 10.3%
- #24 Unavowed
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,625 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.9 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 29.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 8.3%
- #25 Pendula Swing - The Complete Journey
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 65 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 29.5%, Point & Click 17.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #26 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 696 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 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%, Point & Click 17.9%, Cinematic 14%, Mystery 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #27 Born Punk
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 161 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 24.6%, Mystery 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #28 Blackwell Epiphany
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,006 reviews2014
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The last game in the Blackwell series.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.5%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #29 Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,390 reviews2019
Dev: Mografi
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 9.2 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: Cinematic 21.6%, Mystery 19.6%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #30 Rose and Locket
76% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Whistling WizardPub: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Fight through a hand-drawn Wild West afterlife in this fast-paced action platformer. Hunt the Seven Deadly Sins, uncover powerful abilities, and save your daughter's soul in a living graphic novel adventure.
Why similar: Western 53.2% ★, Cinematic 17.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #31 Intruder In Antiquonia
78% matchVery Positive90% of 118 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 18.9%, Mystery 15%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #32 Liber Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 176 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 62.1% ★, Adventure 13.2%, Third Person 13%, Story Rich 7.5%, Indie 2.5%
- #33 The Blackwell Legacy
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,644 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.2%, Mystery 15.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Adventure 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #34 Kathy Rain
75% matchVery Positive92% of 4,010 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 96.3%, Mystery 0.8%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%, Adventure 0.4%
- #35 Blackwell Unbound
76% matchVery Positive94% of 789 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%, Mystery 14.5%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #36 Monolith
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 360 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 30.4%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Mystery 15.9%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 8%
- #37 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,746 reviews2018
Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
Why similar: Western 36.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 9.4%, RPG 7.5%
- #38 Milkmaid of the Milky Way
74% matchVery Positive95% of 555 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 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Retro 10.1%, Story Rich 9%
- #39 Theropods
71% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2026
Dev: Lost TokenPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outsmart hungry dinosaurs and bloodthirsty barbarians in a wordless point-and-click adventure through a prehistoric world, with a sci-fi twist. Handcrafted with love, down to the last pixel.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.9%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Retro 8.6%
- #40 Sable
72% matchVery Positive86% of 6,495 reviews2021
Dev: ShedworksPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 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 24.3%, Choices Matter 24.1%, Story Rich 16.3%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Adventure 9.3%
- #41 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,292 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Mystery 13%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #42 Blackwell Deception
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 649 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 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 42.1%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #43 Neon Hearts City
70% matchVery Positive84% of 57 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 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #44 Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony - Prologue
72% matchVery Positive82% of 227 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 17.9%, Mystery 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #45 Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 173 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: Point & Click 15%, Cinematic 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Mystery 11.6%
- #46 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,557 reviews2021
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 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 26.1%, Mystery 18.5%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #47 The Crimson Diamond
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 697 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 20.3%, Mystery 19.8%, Retro 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #48 The Slaughter: Act One
71% matchVery Positive84% of 145 reviews2016
Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.5%, Mystery 19.6%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Retro 9%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #49 Little Misfortune
68% matchVery Positive92% of 14,190 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 21.9%, Dark Humor 19.5%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #50 Bounty Trail
69% matchMixed55% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: September Games
Windows
A short Wild West bounty hunting RPG.
Why similar: Western 69.8% ★, Choices Matter 12.3%, RPG 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, 2D 4.8%
- #51 Luckslinger
71% matchVery Positive80% of 132 reviews2015
Dev: Duckbridge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 1.6 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 68.8% ★, Retro 9.2%, Adventure 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Indie 5.6%
- #52 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
65% matchVery Positive97% of 606 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 29.4%, Mystery 27%, Story Rich 12.1%, Adventure 9.6%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #53 Lone McLonegan : A Western Adventure
69% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: Sonomio Games
Windows
Lone McLonegan is an old-school point-n-click adventure game inspired by old westerns with touches of acid humor. Help Lone become "The Most Wanted Outlaw In The Wild West" as you tackle fun puzzles and meet quirky characters.
Why similar: Point & Click 48.1%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 13%, Colorful 12.9%, 2D 10%
- #54 The Hand of Glory
68% matchVery Positive94% of 219 reviews2020
Dev: Madit Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24.4%, Mystery 17.6%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Third Person 12%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #55 West of Loathing
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,324 reviews2017
Dev: Asymmetric
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.
Why similar: Western 56% ★, Choices Matter 9.8%, RPG 7.9%, Point & Click 7.9%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #56 Emerald City Confidential™
70% matchVery Positive95% of 157 reviews2009
Dev: Wadjet Eye GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Work with the world's most cunning detective in the shadowy underbelly of the Emerald City of Oz! As Petra, you'll be lured deep into mysteries involving new foes and familiar faces; Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto included. This is Oz as you've never seen it before!
Why similar: Point & Click 54.2%, Adventure 24.4%, Female Protagonist 21.3%
- #57 Age of Grit
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 66 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 71.7% ★, Story Rich 12%, RPG 7.2%, 2D 3.9%, Indie 3.7%
- #58 Growbot
68% matchVery Positive91% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: Wabisabi PlayPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 34.3%, Adventure 17.6%, Story Rich 11%, Indie 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #59 Roadwarden
65% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, RPG 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #60 Eastward
66% matchVery Positive84% of 16,630 reviews2021
Dev: PixpilPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 18.9%, Female Protagonist 18%, Story Rich 16.5%, Atmospheric 11%, RPG 9.7%