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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Adventure, Story Rich, Multiple Endings.

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Join Hank and Larry, two small defenseless animals, as they manipulate their way through the zombie apocalypse. Meet various characters and get them to scavenge for you while guiding them to "safety." Make life-or-death decisions, bargain, manage inventory, trade, and gamble.

Reviews: Very Positive — 81% — of 986 reviews
Released: 2018-06-08
Developer: Entertainment Forge
Publisher: GrabTheGames
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 2.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.8 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 70%

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    97% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2024
    Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
    Windows

    Join Hank and Larry, two small defenseless animals, as they manipulate their way through the zombie apocalypse. Meet various characters and get them to scavenge for you while guiding them to "safety." Make life-or-death decisions, bargain, manage inventory, trade, and gamble.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.8%, Loot 10.7%, Zombies 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

  2. #2 Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever
    96% matchVery Positive99% of 383 reviews2021
    Dev: Denny TruongPub: 90% Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    One thousand zombies from the massacre of Hachiko High are crashing Olive's birthday party! Trapped in the Grimalkin Estate they'll have to unravel the mystery behind the zombies, all while making sure their friends are having the Purrfect Apawcalypse!

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.9%, Zombies 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%

  3. #3 Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1)
    96% matchMixed52% of 1,212 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    From the creators of Cyanide & Happiness and I-Mockery, comes the first game in an all new point-and-click adventure trilogy filled with dark humor, drama, and all the weirdness you've grown to love and/or dread over the years!

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  4. #4 Afterparty
    95% matchMixed68% of 949 reviews2020
    Dev: Night School Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.3%, Point & Click 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Comedy 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%

  5. #5 Henchman Story
    94% matchVery Positive97% of 297 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Being a bumbling supervillain's henchman is a thankless job. The spandex chafes, there's tons of late nights, and your boss rarely remembers your name. But in this narrative adventure you'll soon discover that - sometimes - even the choices of the lowliest henchman can change everything.

    Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Comedy 10.2%

  6. #6 Journey of a Roach
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 2,045 reviews2013
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  7. #7 Tourist Trap
    93% matchVery Positive96% of 83 reviews2023
    Dev: Tragico Media
    Windows

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    91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,435 reviews2026
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    Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.

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  9. #9 7Days Origins
    92% matchVery Positive86% of 342 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.

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  10. #10 Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank
    91% matchVery Positive83% of 131 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac

    Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank is a charming point-and-click adventure about tabletop gaming, mischievous friends, and spectral poultry.

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  11. #11 Survivor Dieland
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 233 reviews2021
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    You're gonna get yourself killed being out here all by your lonesome... There's monsters on this island! Besides, It's not always the beasts you should be afraid of... Beasts are easy to predict. They just want to kill and eat you. Humans are much harder... They'll pretend to be your friend first...

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  12. #12 Purrfect Apawcalypse: Patches' Infurno
    89% matchVery Positive99% of 441 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Patches is dragged to school for the first ever cat-and-dog school day! All he needs to do is get this damn collar off and wreck some havoc! Will he prove cats and dogs can get along, or will he make this the Purrfect Apawcalypse?

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    89% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
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  14. #14 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
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    Windows

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  15. #15 Death and Taxes
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    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    Windows

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    84% matchVery Positive83% of 289 reviews2018
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    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  21. #21 Do Animals Dream?
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    80% matchVery Positive85% of 1,083 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows

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    78% matchMixed61% of 1,252 reviews2018
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    71% matchVery Positive91% of 109 reviews2025
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    72% matchVery Positive85% of 4,653 reviews2020
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    73% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,464 reviews2017
    Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
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    One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.

    Why similar: Point & Click 37.8%, Choices Matter 25.7%, Story Rich 23.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%

  56. #56 Purrgatory
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,893 reviews2021
    Dev: Niv
    Windows

    A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.

    Why similar: Point & Click 37.2%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Story Rich 14.9%, Funny 14.2%, Adventure 2.6%

  57. #57 Astronarch
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,137 reviews2021
    Dev: Dale Turner
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    A fusion of roguelikes and auto-battlers like never before seen. Recruit a party of mysterious heroes, navigate deadly lands, collect an arsenal of magical items, and vanquish a new evil threatening the realm!

  58. #58 Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
    65% matchVery Positive99% of 474 reviews2021
    Dev: Skunkape Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.

    Why similar: Satire 24.6%, Point & Click 24.4%, Comedy 15.8%, Cartoony 12.4%, Story Rich 8.9%

  59. #59 The Story of The Flood
    67% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2022
    Dev: ZHANG FANPub: SHEN JIAWEI
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Gods decide to bring the flood of water upon the earth. Salvage what you think is valuable and bring it back to base. It's a psychological test of the apocalypse, also an interactive experiment about trade-offs.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Inventory Management 25%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Visual Novel 8.7%

  60. #60 Zombie Diner Simulator 🥩 💀
    64% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: Octo Games studio
    Windows

    Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!

    Why similar: Zombies 81.4%, Adventure 12.5%, Singleplayer 6.2%

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