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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: Alternate History 22.1%, Crime 17.4%, Point & Click 17.3%, Detective 12.3%, Adventure 8.3%

The mask of a legendary thief has been stolen. Follow Detective Time in a point-and-click investigation using her watch to witness key moments and uncover who is behind this new wave of robberies. Observe the past. Investigate the present. Uncover the truth.

Why similar: Point & Click 23%, Detective 19.1%, Crime 18.1%, Investigation 15%, Adventure 11.3%

Still Life 2 also now available!

Why similar: Point & Click 32.6%, Crime 19.1%, Detective 15.9%, Adventure 15%, Mystery 9%

'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.8%, Detective 19.8%, Crime 19%, Adventure 16.5%, Mystery 9.1%

[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.

Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Crime 19.7%, Point & Click 18.6%, Investigation 16.5%, Mystery 8.7%

Who is hiding behind Mr. X? Still Life 2 reveals the long-awaited ending of Still Life and spells a new investigation for Agent Victoria McPherson. In Fall 2008, Victoria is sent to Maine where Ellen Dunnigan's body has just been found.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.6%, Crime 22.5%, Adventure 18.1%, Detective 13.2%, Mystery 6.9%

Investigate the life of John Doe as he resides in his lost memories in this story-driven Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that merges Your Real Life with science fiction as it explores the Dark Limits of Alternate History and The SCP Foundation.

Why similar: Alternate History 21.6%, Crime 20.9%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 12.7%, Exploration 8.3%

Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Crime 20.1%, Investigation 13.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Point & Click 9.9%

Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.4%, Detective 20%, Crime 16.5%, Investigation 9.8%, Adventure 8.8%

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: Point & Click 25.9%, Detective 22.1%, Adventure 17.2%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 9.6%

A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.

Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Detective 21.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Point & Click 13.5%, Mystery 8.4%

Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!

Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Investigation 18.6%, Point & Click 17.8%, Crime 12.1%, Adventure 10.9%

Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.

Why similar: Crime 24.5%, Detective 19.2%, Point & Click 18.2%, Investigation 10.6%, Mystery 8.4%

A first-person mystery puzzle game set in a sprawling manor of secrets. Explore, observe, and solve intricate puzzles as each new day reveals fresh clues—and deeper questions about what’s really happening at Southfield Manor.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.7%, Adventure 19%, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 10.8%, Exploration 10.4%

This is the story of the time when narcotics impair the brain; the time when a father’s hallucination becomes the dawn of his family’s demise by slicing them into pieces for a sin they have not committed; the time when revenge is the only reason to live.

Why similar: Crime 33%, Point & Click 30.8%, Adventure 22.3%, Mystery 11.6%, Indie 2.2%

Can you solve a sinister mystery in time to save your nuptials?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.9%, Adventure 19.8%, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Exploration 10.1%

The dark seas are calling... Can you undo Neptune’s deadly curse in time?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.1%, Adventure 19.3%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Exploration 10.2%

Join Dane, the intrepid investigator, as she unravels the truth and grapples with what to believe in this haunting story from imagination to reality!

Why similar: Point & Click 26.3%, Adventure 19.8%, Detective 14.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Exploration 10.5%

Uncover the truth behind the legendary fire that destroyed a university.

Why similar: Point & Click 26%, Adventure 19.4%, Detective 15%, Investigation 11.8%, Exploration 10.4%

Astrid and Greta are the best of friends, but when she goes missing during the semester break at their magical school, Astrid needs your help as a detective to find her. As you dig deeper, you’ll discover she’s not the only student to vanish in these hallowed halls.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Adventure 19.6%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 11.9%, Exploration 10.2%

Welcome to Catstown, a scenic village with beautiful views, quaint cobblestone pathways, and stunning architecture!

Why similar: Point & Click 26.1%, Adventure 19.3%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Exploration 10.2%

Travel to spooky hotel to track down a horror writer whose inventions might just be leaping off the page!

Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Adventure 19.6%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Exploration 10.7%

Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!

Why similar: Detective 31.3%, Point & Click 22.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Crime 8.8%, Mystery 8.3%

They're just beneath the surface... Can you recover an ancient underwater artifact in time?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Adventure 20.2%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 11.5%, Exploration 10.2%

1993, just after Czechoslovakia split in two. Play as reporter Marek and investigate the death of a company director in name only. In Prague, journalist Eva pursues a case of her own. Explore locations, read documents, and uncover where their cases meet in a classic 2D point-and-click mystery.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Detective 17.8%, Crime 17.7%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 7.8%

People are disappearing left and right in the Carrington Mansion. But who’s behind it, how are they doing it, and most importantly, what are they hiding?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Adventure 19.1%, Detective 14.6%, Investigation 11.9%, Exploration 10.4%

It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.

Why similar: Crime 22.9%, Detective 19.9%, Point & Click 19.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Adventure 8.3%

Can you guide a tormented gamer through a trio of terrifying challenges?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Detective 15%, Investigation 11.8%, Exploration 10.3%

Something lurks beneath the surface... Can you save yourself and your daughter in time?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.1%, Adventure 19.2%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 12%, Exploration 10.5%

Marianna, the sea witch, is investigating a mind-control mystery, but she soon discovers that she may know the culprit personally!

Why similar: Point & Click 26.4%, Adventure 19.9%, Detective 14.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Exploration 10.2%

The world’s fate hangs by a thread...

Why similar: Point & Click 26%, Adventure 19.4%, Detective 15%, Investigation 11.8%, Exploration 10.4%

People in Nulver Town are turning into crystal and more appear on the streets each day! Can you find out who’s behind these strange transformations and save the town before it’s too late?

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Adventure 19.1%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 11.9%, Exploration 10.4%

A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.

Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Crime 17.9%, Point & Click 16.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 8.5%

Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

Why similar: Crime 21.3%, Detective 20.8%, Point & Click 13.6%, Investigation 11.2%, Adventure 9.5%

Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!

Why similar: Crime 20.3%, Point & Click 19.8%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 8.4%

Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.

Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Investigation 16.9%, Point & Click 13.9%, Mystery 10.6%, Crime 10.3%

Your plans to have a fun Halloween night in with your little sister quickly turn dark when she’s kidnapped by a nightmarish specter! With the line between your home and the supernatural world blurred, can you save her in time?

Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Exploration 10.2%

Can you rescue your daughter from her puppet look-alike?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.4%, Adventure 19%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 12.4%, Exploration 10.4%

Exsomnis: Fires of Pompeii is an atmospheric first-person adventure set in the ancient city of Pompeii, as Mount Vesuvius erupts and the city is thrown into chaos.

Why similar: Alternate History 26.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Detective 13.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Investigation 9.5%

It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.8%, Crime 19.8%, Detective 16.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Alternate History 10.7%

Join Leo Parker in 1917 China to unravel a mystery tied to a lost Ming empress. Part puzzle, part adventure, part graphic novel, Silk features hand-drawn art, rich storytelling, 50+ puzzles, and an intuitive hint system.

Why similar: Alternate History 25.6%, Point & Click 17.4%, Adventure 15.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Detective 8.6%

Can you save literature’s most famous story worlds from ruin?

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Adventure 19.1%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 12%, Exploration 10.4%

A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Crime 20.8%, Point & Click 18.8%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 9%

Dive into a cold case of murder and betrayal at a lighthouse!

Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Adventure 19.5%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Exploration 10.5%

Dive into a decade of secrets, mysterious characters and their inexplicable deaths - in the shadow of the darkest time in human history. Investigate crimes, decode documents, collect clues and solve riddles - one word at a time. The deeper you read, the less any of it seems to be an accident.

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Point & Click 20.4%, Crime 16%, Investigation 15.8%, Adventure 10.3%

When your world and the supernatural realm collide, can you survive?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Adventure 19.6%, Detective 15%, Investigation 11.2%, Exploration 10.4%

A detective meets a mysterious stranger in her first case!

Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Detective 18.5%, Adventure 16.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Investigation 8.8%

An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.

Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Point & Click 21.7%, Investigation 21%, Adventure 10.8%, Mystery 10.7%

A modern take on the classic adventure formula: explore, converse, and solve puzzles. Play as the young Irish writer James Joyce and his partner Nora Barnacle during their 1904 Mediterranean exile, in a port city where everyone seems to want something, and your small choices refuse to stay small.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.6%, Adventure 23.3%, Exploration 13.1%, Mystery 8.5%, 3D 8.2%

Tiptoe the thin line between curious and classified: A Noir Detective Adventure. 1957, the Atomic Age: Investigate strange cases, solve intricate mysteries, follow the evidence & question strange characters in the deserts of Area 7. As cases are solved, pieces of a deeper story are revealed.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.9%, Detective 16.5%, Alternate History 15.2%, Crime 13.4%, Investigation 12%

A 1998-set deduction game. Trawl a period internet for documents, photographs, and dead ends, then correct the official record: who really wrote, played, drew, or built it. An anthology of credit fraud, set straight one careful search at a time.

Why similar: Crime 21.1%, Detective 20.3%, Point & Click 18.8%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 8.8%

Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.

Why similar: Crime 23.2%, Detective 21.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Point & Click 14.6%, Mystery 9.2%

An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.

Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Crime 17.5%, Investigation 15.9%, Point & Click 14.9%, Mystery 9.3%

Make your choices. Find your path.

Why similar: Point & Click 26%, Adventure 19.2%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 7.2%

Walter Jones, a billionaire had planned on opening up a resort for the rich and famous, but was killed before his dream could be achieved. It's up to Detective Jack Norm to crack the case by interviewing the people on Sinking Island to get valuable clues. A game from Benoit Sokal.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.8%, Adventure 29.8%, Detective 21.6%, Mystery 10.9%

London, 1964. An ancient ruby is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the footsteps of The Raven, the legendary master thief who disappeared years before?

Why similar: Point & Click 33.3%, Adventure 27.5%, Detective 26.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

It's no ordinary town... Can you stop a mad mayor and his destructive robots?

Why similar: Point & Click 26.9%, Adventure 20.3%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13%, Exploration 11.7%

Melvyn Bromsby, a rich tycoon, is about to make a statement, when suddenly a shot rings out. Sir Bromsby collapses - a mortal wound to the heart... A baffling murder, dozens of witnesses and no suspects! You, Sherlock Holmes, must use all your skills to shed light on this mysterious case.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.4%, Adventure 30.2%, Detective 27.1%, Mystery 6.2%, Puzzle 4.1%

Love can burn like a flame. Can you uncover who's trying to destroy the Osmont family in time?

Why similar: Point & Click 27.1%, Adventure 20.7%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 12.9%, Exploration 11.4%

Four friends are pulled inside a movie where the special effects are all too real!

Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Adventure 18.9%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 12.1%, Exploration 10.1%