- #1 Lucy Dreaming
97% matchVery Positive98% of 370 reviews2022
Dev: Tall Story Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Old School 14%, Dark Humor 13.5%, Comedy 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #2 PRIM
96% matchVery Positive95% of 562 reviews2024
Dev: Common ColorsPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
PRIM is a creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humor. When her mother dies, Prim finds out she’s Death’s daughter and now has to live with her father. But the Grim Reaper has strict rules and when Prim breaks them, things take a fatal turn. Can you breathe life into her misery?
Why similar: Point & Click 30.2%, Supernatural 14.7%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Comedy 10.4%
- #3 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
95% 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 26.6%, Detective 11.9%, Old School 11.3%, Investigation 10.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #4 Flipping Death
96% matchVery Positive90% of 283 reviews2018
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
Why similar: Adventure 48.6%, Female Protagonist 39.3%, 2D 12%
- #5 Whateverland
94% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2022
Dev: Caligari Games
Windows
Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.
Why similar: Dark Humor 19.1%, Supernatural 18.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Comedy 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%
- #6 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
94% 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%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Detective 12.9%, Puzzle 9.2%, Story Rich 9%
- #7 The Darkside Detective
93% matchVery Positive94% of 5,075 reviews2017
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Supernatural 15.4%, Detective 12.5%, Comedy 11.2%, Dark Humor 10.1%
- #8 Unavowed
92% 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 27.6%, Supernatural 20.5%, Detective 9.7%, Story Rich 8.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
- #9 The Legend of Skye
91% matchVery Positive95% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Point & Pixel AdventuresPub: Point and Pixel Adventures
Windows · Linux
We will step into the shoes of a young druid who will be called upon by her tribe to undertake an important mission. After some events in her village, she will have to leave behind the safety of the forest and venture into a world full of dangers. The fate of the grove will be in her hands.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Old School 11.1%, Comedy 9.9%, Investigation 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #10 Detective From The Crypt
91% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2021
Dev: BOV
Windows · Linux
Jane wakes up in a crypt as a ghost. You are investigating the death of her family together. Seeking and researching evidences. Building an accusation based on them. You have a laboratory to research evidences. Play and get the feeling of being a true Victorian detective.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.7%, Old School 17.3%, Detective 12.4%, Investigation 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #11 Afterdream
90% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Story Rich 18.7%, Adventure 13.4%, 2D 13.3%
- #12 KAPIA
89% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: 2 FOR 2
Windows
Dive into the funky universe of KAPIA to help Stefan and Reny on their adventure to solve the mystery of dome survivors. Play as both characters and uncover the origin of crisis that divided the world.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.2%, Old School 17.1%, Comedy 16.3%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #13 Coralina: a Memory Tale
88% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.7%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Puzzle 12%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Fantasy 11%
- #14 Blackwell Deception
89% 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 38.2%, Supernatural 20.2%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Detective 9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #15 Castle of Secrets
87% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.9%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%
- #16 Utter a Name
86% matchVery Positive93% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: evilalbert
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
Why similar: Supernatural 23.2%, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #17 The Phantom Fellows
86% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: The Phantom FellowsPub: Strummer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Phantom Fellows is about two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, since one of them is already dead.
Why similar: Point & Click 16%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Comedy 12.5%, Investigation 11.6%, Old School 10.9%
- #18 Kathy Rain
85% 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 96.7%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Detective 0.6%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%, Adventure 0.4%
- #19 Detective Grimoire
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,328 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Point & Click 18.2%, Detective 13%, Comedy 10.8%, Investigation 9.3%, Supernatural 9.2%
- #20 Whispers of a Machine
83% 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 28.5%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Detective 16.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #21 Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 327 reviews2017
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lead the Police investigation in the afterlife!
Why similar: Point & Click 23.3%, Adventure 17%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Casual 11.2%
- #22 Nine Witches: Family Disruption
82% matchVery Positive91% of 308 reviews2020
Dev: IndiesruptionPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When an occult German WW2 division releases an ancient curse upon the world, a supernatural problem is going to require a supernatural solution. Take control of two playable heroes as they embark on a comedic, alternate-history adventure with a truly original story (99.9999% guaranteed).
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.3%, Point & Click 22.1%, Comedy 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #23 Goetia
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 776 reviews2016
Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.6%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Puzzle 14.9%, Supernatural 13.9%, Adventure 10.8%
- #24 Intruder In Antiquonia
81% 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 21.3%, Detective 14.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Investigation 13.3%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #25 RESTLESS SOUL
79% matchVery Positive92% of 319 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
Why similar: Comedy 33.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Funny 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%
- #26 Anna's Quest
80% matchVery Positive88% of 2,480 reviews2015
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.5%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #27 Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms
81% matchVery Positive84% of 245 reviews2018
Dev: The House of FablesPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Reconcile the twin kingdoms! As Gillian, explore two worlds and use the Magic Scrolls to discover the truth about a forgotten royal lineage.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Female Protagonist 19%, Fantasy 13%, Adventure 11.3%, Casual 8.5%
- #28 The Blackwell Legacy
79% 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 33.3%, Supernatural 22.7%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Detective 7.8%, Adventure 7.7%
- #29 The Rule Of SHE
77% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.6%, Fantasy 15.6%, Puzzle 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #30 The Sundew
78% 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: Point & Click 21.3%, Old School 19.8%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #31 Guard Duty
78% matchVery Positive91% of 257 reviews2019
Dev: Headware Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Fantasy 13.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #32 Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
75% matchVery Positive94% of 372 reviews2025
Dev: hannahontrek
Windows · Mac
A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.5%, Detective 17.7%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Investigation 9.5%
- #33 The Death of Erin Myers
77% matchVery Positive81% of 151 reviews2019
Dev: Viperante
Windows
Erin Myers is dead. But how did she die? And why did she die? Find out as you step back into her life and uncover her darkest secrets.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Female Protagonist 26.7%, Adventure 20.1%, Story Rich 13.7%
- #34 Dark Light
74% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 30.8%, Female Protagonist 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Adventure 8.1%
- #35 Born Punk
76% 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 24.2%, Comedy 18%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #36 Neon Hearts City
73% 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 19.6%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 12.7%, Old School 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #37 Nobodies: After Death
73% matchVery Positive98% of 122 reviews2023
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nobodies: After Death is a puzzling point-and-click adventure in cleaning up dirty work. After your agency takes out a target, you make the evidence disappear without a trace. Find a way to get in, get out, and leave no bodies behind.
Why similar: Point & Click 32%, Investigation 19.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Exploration 11.1%
- #38 Cleo - a pirate's tale
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 784 reviews2021
Dev: Christoph Schultz
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
Why similar: Point & Click 21%, Comedy 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Old School 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #39 Haunted
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 113 reviews2014
Dev: dtp EntertainmentPub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In this comedy of terrors, the fate of the spirit world is in your hands as you embark on a search for your long-lost sibling!
Why similar: Point & Click 41.7%, Female Protagonist 29.1%, Adventure 19.3%, Casual 9.8%
- #40 The Low Road
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: XGen Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lie, blackmail, and steal your way down The Low Road. Rookie agent Noomi Kovacs must navigate her way through the world of corporate espionage in this dark spy comedy set in the 1970s.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Detective 13.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #41 Queen's Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past
74% matchVery Positive91% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Conduct an investigation as shapeshifter!
Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Fantasy 13.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #42 Beyond the Wall
73% matchVery Positive90% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Rocking Toy
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 45.6%, Adventure 13.3%, 2D 11.4%, Puzzle 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
- #43 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
71% 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 20.9%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #44 Strangeland
71% matchVery Positive93% of 953 reviews2021
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Why similar: Point & Click 45.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Story Rich 15.9%, Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 5.6%
- #45 Rosewater
69% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Why similar: Dark Humor 25.2%, Point & Click 24%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #46 Tandem: A Tale of Shadows
71% matchVery Positive92% of 227 reviews2021
Dev: Monochrome ParisPub: Hatinh Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Tandem : A Tale of Shadows redefines the puzzle platformer genre with a unique gameplay and exceptional aesthetics. Help Emma and the teddy bear Fenton solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.9%, Investigation 17.3%, Puzzle 16.6%, Fantasy 11.5%, Colorful 9.7%
- #47 A Twisted Tale
70% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Voodoo Bembel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a humouristic point and click adventure inspired by all the masterpieces which made us stick to our computers back in the day (and therefore we played outside way too infrequently). [Chapter 1 available]
Why similar: Point & Click 37.7%, Adventure 10%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, 2D 9.3%, Colorful 8.5%
- #48 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,922 reviews2021
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.2%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Comedy 12.4%, Detective 11.8%, Investigation 8.7%
- #49 Chinatown Detective Agency
72% 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 20.9%, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #50 Brassheart
69% 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 31.6%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 9.5%, Funny 8.6%
- #51 Blackwell Convergence
70% 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 58.7%, Supernatural 16.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Adventure 11.7%
- #52 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
66% 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 21%, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #53 Thimbleweed Park™
68% matchVery Positive93% of 4,127 reviews2017
Dev: Terrible Toybox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.8 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 39.8%, Comedy 11.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #54 Mosaic of the Strange
66% matchVery Positive96% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Mark FfrenchPub: Divide The Plunder
Windows · Mac
Mosaic of the Strange is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring ENORMOUS interlocking puzzles. Help Special Agents Cullen and Brady investigate a bizarre murder, while discovering 144 real-world paranormal case files.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Supernatural 16.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #55 TSIOQUE
68% matchVery Positive95% of 1,875 reviews2018
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Puzzle 9.7%, Fantasy 9.3%
- #56 The Will of Arthur Flabbington
67% matchVery Positive96% of 179 reviews2023
Dev: Gugames
Windows · Mac · Linux
A comedy point-and-click adventure game about a dead uncle, a hidden treasure, a reluctant ghost sidekick, old people and pizza.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Dark Humor 17.9%, Comedy 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #57 Emerald City Confidential™
70% 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 42.4%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Adventure 18.1%, Detective 12.4%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #58 Corinne Cross's Dead & Breakfast
68% matchVery Positive99% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: bad chalk
Windows · Mac
A story-driven adventure game about a haunted bed & breakfast. A dead & breakfast!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 41.5%, Adventure 21.2%, Story Rich 17.6%, Funny 11.2%, 2D 8.6%
- #59 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
65% 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 21.1%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #60 Blackwell Epiphany
66% 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 37.5%, Supernatural 19%, Female Protagonist 18%, Adventure 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%