Games Like SEMMELWEIS

A historically grounded single-player point-and-click adventure that blends narrative-driven exploration, role-based perspective shifts, and puzzle solving into an emotional rollercoaster of contrasting storylines and moral choice.

Why similar: Point & Click 33%, Historical 29.1%, Adventure 27.1%, 3D 6.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

The legendary Phantom of the Opera has returned! As Inspector Raoul Montand, you are the only one who can pursue the Red Death into the past and prevent him from terrorizing the present in this point and click mystery.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Investigation 20.4%, Drama 15.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Historical 14.8%

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 27.3%, Drama 20.1%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 16.1%, Adventure 15.3%

LAURA BOW IS BACK, in an all new point-and-click adventure! Get ready for lots of wonderful nostalgia, in this third installment of the Laura Bow franchise, originally created by Sierra Online and designed by Roberta Williams & Bruce Balfour.

Why similar: Drama 21.3%, Point & Click 20.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Historical 14.1%, Adventure 10.8%

Metaphobia is an investigative mystery game in the style of classic 1990’s point-and-click adventures. Take control of Richard Elmstat in his journey to solve his father's murder.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Investigation 30.5%, Adventure 19.1%, Mystery 15.2%

A detective visual novel set in Victorian London. Play as a veteran detective and his young daughter, investigate scenes through point-and-click gameplay, question suspects, and make tough choices that shape the story.

Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Historical 23.5%, Drama 17%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 10.5%

Top detectives from all over the world are gathered to solve the ultimate world-threatening mystery. Examine clues and piece together deductions in this thrilling visual novel — a direct sequel to Methods: The Detective Competition.

Why similar: Investigation 34.1%, Point & Click 17.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Adventure 10.1%

On 2 August 1980 Bologna is the victim of a neo-fascist attack. Bologna 020880 is a visual novel created to commemorate the victims of the massacre and keep the memory of those terrible facts alive.

Why similar: Historical 26.5%, Drama 20.3%, Investigation 17.1%, Point & Click 14.5%, Adventure 12.9%

Rain lashes down soaking you to the bone, you take shelter in a seemingly abandoned house. Navigate through the rooms solving puzzles and trying to escape in this short point & click adventure game.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.8%, Investigation 34.4%, Adventure 18%, Mystery 10.7%, Singleplayer 2%

A point and click ghost story, set in a Victorian mortuary. A haunting story with a fully voiced cast of characters. Featuring hand painted locations and characters in 4K resolution.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Drama 22.6%, Investigation 18%, Adventure 16.6%, Mystery 6.8%

A writer has died. His daughter seeks the help of you, Ord Salamon, to find his secret last novel. During the search, questions will emerge. Did her father really kill himself? What is the secret novel all about? What is going on at the island of Fardo?

Why similar: Point & Click 44.9%, Adventure 27.1%, Drama 20.5%, Mystery 7.5%

1799. Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre in this historical murder mystery based on the novel by Catherine Lheureux. Rediscover the charm of early 2000s Point & Click games in this adventure featuring an all-star French voice cast (Martial Le Minoux, Patrick Borg…) with english subtitles.

Why similar: Investigation 24.2%, Point & Click 21%, Drama 19.4%, Historical 14.5%, Adventure 10.3%

Descend into 1801 China as an opium-addicted father who sold his daughter, now prowling a burned-out floating brothel for treasures. As you touch relics of the dead, violent memories reveal a sickening truth: the greatest monster in this tale has always been you.

Why similar: Drama 33.5%, Point & Click 24.3%, Historical 22.3%, Adventure 19%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Untangle the story of the family that has occupied Cliffhouse for so many years. Search for clues, solve puzzles, talk to guests, get summoned to a chapel, discover a luscious Japanese garden and find your way through the rainforest. There is so much to discover about the family, the land and the lore.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.9%, Adventure 22.7%, Drama 17.9%, Historical 15.7%, Mystery 8.7%

Summit of the Wolf is a poignant point-and-click narrative adventure about trauma and hope. A young girl wakes in an ethereal garden and sets out on a personal journey to the fabled Summit of the Wolf, whereupon she must uncover the tragic events that led to her arrival in this fantasy realm.

Why similar: Drama 28.7%, Adventure 27.4%, Point & Click 21.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.5%

A new kind of horror deduction game that allows you to investigate freely. Examine detailed scenes, collect evidence in the form of clips, and use them to reconstruct events. Connect the clues, build your own theory, and unmask the macabre truth behind a doomed expedition.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.3%, Investigation 27.1%, Adventure 26.4%, Mystery 10%, Singleplayer 2.2%

A vague invitation, a dizzy carpenter, and wooden ears everywhere...... What happened here, and is there a connection to the strange weather? The one who is about to help to find the truth is a common mushroom coming for money.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.3%, Investigation 25.5%, Adventure 20.6%, Drama 16%, Mystery 5.1%

The line, is a game with puzzles integrated into the narrative. The story takes place in a dystopian future, where the sea level rose so much that it flooded most of the planet, thus collapsing societies.

Why similar: Investigation 36.4%, Drama 27.4%, Adventure 24.7%, Mystery 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%

"Hold on!" A court battle game set in ancient China's Song Dynasty! In the government office of Lin'an County during the Song Dynasty of ancient China, many bizarre murder cases occurred! The protagonist engages in intense court battles with the county captain of Lin'an to find the real culprit!

Why similar: Drama 24.9%, Investigation 24.3%, Historical 18.5%, Mystery 11%, Adventure 10.8%

Continuing his mystery-riddled journey, Shahbaz has to cross over lands that he could not have even imagined in his dreams to fix the mother’s instrument and save his father from the treacherous vizier; from the blazing Land of Lava to the cursed Land of Water, from the land whose colors have worn off to the land of molten marbles and the

Why similar: Drama 37.1%, Point & Click 25.7%, Adventure 22.5%, Mystery 14.8%

Yesterday is a thrilling and dark mystery from the masters of adventure, Pendulo Studios.

Why similar: Point & Click 59.2%, Adventure 31.7%, Mystery 9.1%

Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.

Why similar: Investigation 33.9%, Adventure 22.9%, Point & Click 20.9%, Mystery 16.2%, 3D 3.1%

Oakhaven is a story-driven point-and-click adventure game. Cousins Daphne and Dominic are summoned by their Grand-mère to the family's historic southern manor house. Play as both characters as you explore the house and grounds, solve puzzles, complete tasks, and uncover long-buried family secrets.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Adventure 23.5%, Drama 22.2%, Historical 12.9%, Mystery 10.4%

RHEM II SE - The Cave Special Edition is an intricate pure-puzzle first person adventure game. The player explores a hidden city far beneath the earths surface. RHEM II SE features non-linear gameplay non-violent story and mind-bending puzzles.

Why similar: Point & Click 51%, Adventure 41.8%, Singleplayer 7.1%

Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.

Why similar: Investigation 31.4%, Point & Click 30.6%, Adventure 22.2%, Mystery 13.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.

Why similar: Investigation 31.3%, Point & Click 21.7%, Adventure 18.5%, Historical 13.4%, Mystery 9.5%

Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...

Why similar: Drama 25.7%, Historical 19.5%, Investigation 16.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Mystery 11.9%

A romantic adventure story developed by the popular Japanese studio ALICESOFT! That bittersweet memory in his heart, never fading away— Akihito Natsuki, forced by company circumstances to take a long leave, decides to return to his hometown.

Why similar: Drama 37.4%, Point & Click 33%, Adventure 26.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.

Why similar: Adventure 30%, Point & Click 24.1%, Investigation 19%, Historical 15.5%, Mystery 10.2%

A mystery visual novel set in a cursed castle. Explore, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the castle's dark past.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.4%, Adventure 24.7%, Investigation 22.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Mystery 8.3%

When a series of gruesome murders shake a small town after a strange aristocrat dies and his body goes missing, rumors of a supernatural monster abound. In life Sir William was known to be a cruel and evil man, rumored to be the murderer behind many unsolved crimes.

Why similar: Point & Click 51.4%, Adventure 38.1%, Mystery 10.5%

A collection of 6 escape games that can be enjoyed in a calm atmosphere. These are classic-style escape games where you can casually enjoy exploration and puzzle solving.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.9%, Adventure 25.2%, Investigation 22.3%, Mystery 10.7%, 3D 5.7%

In Neither Dead or Alive, you awaken as a skeleton brought back to life by a young, overzealous necromancer. But something went wrong—you retained your will, your mind, and your burning desire for freedom. Trapped within the ominous castle of your creator, your journey to escape begins.

Why similar: Investigation 31.7%, Drama 27.2%, Mystery 12.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%

Lu Yan has 9 days to find the truth and bring five strangers back alive. Hours of cinematic video — surveillance, dashcam, interrogations — are the evidence you study; a punishing board demands you connect 130+ clues and 70+ deductions by hand. Stuck? Spend Intuition. 6–8 hours.

Why similar: Drama 38.5%, Investigation 28.6%, Mystery 13%, Point & Click 9.9%, Adventure 8%

An adventure game that can be played with a picture book feel, without text in the game.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.6%, Adventure 24.6%, Drama 23.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Mystery 7.8%

The Spiritual. The Supernatural. The Skeptical. All are touched upon in Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy. The player is immortalized as a profiler of sorts in this treasure hunt game - a brilliantly vivid historical rendition of the acclaimed quatrains of Nostradamus.

Why similar: Point & Click 52.6%, Adventure 35.4%, Mystery 12%

Agent Allison received an unexpected dinner invitation from the head of the Johnson dynasty, controllers of a sprawling business empire. What required her presence? The story's curtain began lifting...

Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Drama 20.2%, Investigation 16%, Adventure 12.7%, Mystery 12.2%

Yakuza Cats is a graphic adventure set in a 100% feline Tokyo. This original world mixes Ukiyo-e art with Gen Z aesthetics. It is a coming of age story that puts the player through different ethical choices while tackling themes such as identity and prejudice.

Why similar: Drama 28.8%, Investigation 24.3%, Adventure 23.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Mystery 9%

Something is terribly wrong in the toy world, and only you can help!

Why similar: Investigation 28.2%, Drama 23.3%, Point & Click 23.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 6.1%

The Fifth Bell is a premium 2D point-and-click mystery adventure set in 1994 Europe. Investigate hidden mechanisms, decode historical clues, and stop a forbidden instrument before it is awakened.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Investigation 21.7%, Adventure 21.3%, Historical 10.8%, Mystery 7.4%

This is an original orthodox detective mystery game. The player suddenly takes possession of Roran, who hopes to report to the academy. You must investigate and deduce the truth behind a series of bizarre incidents that obstruct his journey, helping him successfully reach the academy.

Why similar: Drama 30%, Investigation 29.4%, Point & Click 15.8%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 10.5%

Make your way through this thrilling old school style point and click adventure game and try to solve the mysterious circumstances plaguing Bayou Island.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.5%, Drama 32.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Mystery 8.3%, Singleplayer 3%

Moebius: Empire Rising is a contemporary adventure that merges classic point-and-click puzzle solving with Jane Jensen’s sophisticated storytelling. Travel the world using Malachi’s unique deductive powers to analyze suspects, make historical connections, and uncover the truth behind a theory of space and time the government will defend...

Why similar: Point & Click 56.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Mystery 8%

The omens of the Battle of the Gods have been many, signaling the impending fight for supremacy over all other gods of Egypt. And of course, Assil will be caught in the middle of it all again. Together with his girlfriend Thara, he will have to prevent the sinister Seth from winning the battle and subjecting Egypt to his regime...

Why similar: Point & Click 53.6%, Adventure 46.4%

Wizardo, Spurned by the Princess Myrna Loo, has locked her up in his magic castle. You must infiltrate CastleAbra, gain Wizardo's trust and work behind his back to prevent this unholy union! Are you a bad enough dude to rescue your beloved Princess?

Why similar: Point & Click 55.7%, Adventure 44.3%

The bloody roots of the Ocampo family tree run deep and dark in this mystery point-and-click adventure. Investigate the last moments of your ancestors and put together the pieces of the family's macabre fate to find out who you really are.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Drama 22.7%, Investigation 22.2%, Adventure 20.3%, Mystery 6.2%

Young archeologist Sylvie Leroux accidentally stumbles upon an ancient secret. What she doesn't realize is that her research will put her in deadly peril.

Why similar: Point & Click 52.7%, Adventure 47.3%

Enter a dark, captivating world as the massive evil of Black Mirror Castle is reincarnated with over 100 atmospheric locations to explore and 40 different characters to interact with. Will Darren's search lead him to redemption or the hell of insanity?

Why similar: Point & Click 53.2%, Adventure 34.9%, Mystery 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Newly-crowned King of Callahach! It's been twenty years since your father saved the world by entrapping the evil Sorcerer Sanwe. Now the spell is waning. Sanwe's malevolent force will soon consume the land, and only you can stop him!

Why similar: Point & Click 52.1%, Adventure 47.9%

The remote hotel stands atop an ominous snow-peaked mountain, and death permeates every inch of the place. A crime has been committed here obviously, and the remote nature of the retreat means that the culprit is still roaming the halls. Which of the guests is capable of this? Whose past hides sinister truths and who has the most to gain?

Why similar: Point & Click 56.7%, Adventure 43.3%

Jack Keane is back! And his newest adventure is even more fast-paced than ever before!Five years after his last adventure with Dr. T, the hapless but incorrigible hero, Jack Keane returns to experience the greatest adventure of his life alongside the beautiful Amanda.

Why similar: Point & Click 57.5%, Adventure 42.5%

Inspired by the novel of Gustave Flaubert and the works of Phillippe Druillet, Salammbo: Battle for Carthage puts you in the middle of two of antiquities greatest powers. Can you deliver Salammbo's message before it's too late?

Why similar: Point & Click 50.5%, Adventure 49.5%

When one brother is taken away by the Inquisition, the other must search for answers that will set his imprisoned sibling free. You’ll be quickly immersed in an extraordinary expedition, as you explore the ravishingly beautiful and detailed locations and solve a unique combination of puzzles, mini-games, and other challenges within the...

Why similar: Adventure 50.4%, Point & Click 49.6%

Unravel one of the greatest mysteries of our time! On the 30th June 1908 an explosion with the combined energy of 2000 Hiroshima bombs rocked the region of Tunguska in Central Siberia and felled over 6,000 square km of trees. The explosion could be heard from as far as 1,000km away.

Why similar: Point & Click 57.8%, Adventure 31.3%, Mystery 10.9%

John Yesterday becomes immortal following an occult ritual. However, not everything goes to plan. He and his girlfriend Pauline must embark on an investigation to try to reproduce the immortality ritual. But his former acquaintances have other plans for him...

Why similar: Point & Click 42.1%, Adventure 38.7%, Mystery 14.7%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Explore the Nightmares of Fun World — a once-cheerful children’s park that has fallen into ruin, now twisted and corrupted by dark forces beyond understanding. What was once filled with laughter and bright colors is now drenched in shadows, echoing with distant sounds you can’t quite explain.

Why similar: Drama 53.5%, Adventure 32.4%, 3D 8.7%, Singleplayer 5.5%

Your first expedition was going great until someone awakened an Aztec goddess of nature with one thing on her mind – Revenge!

Why similar: Point & Click 24.2%, Investigation 23.5%, Drama 20.3%, Adventure 18.2%, Mystery 12.1%

A point-and-click visual novel about unlikely friendship and loss of identity

Why similar: Investigation 32.2%, Point & Click 26.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.2%