- #1 Resonance
97% matchVery Positive89% of 570 reviews2012
Dev: XII GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Why similar: Point & Click 64.4%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This classic-style adventure offers a compelling mystery and inventory-based puzzles that will feel familiar to fans of the genre.
- #2 The Room
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 31,012 reviews2014
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.5%, Point & Click 38.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully captures the tactile, puzzle-centric escape room experience found in Subject 13.
- #3 Syberia
96% matchVery Positive88% of 6,691 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Why similar: Point & Click 50%, Adventure 29.5%, Puzzle 20.5%
Why You'll Like It: A landmark point-and-click adventure that shares the same focus on atmospheric storytelling and intricate environmental puzzles.
- #4 Yesterday Origins
95% matchVery Positive83% of 715 reviews2016
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 48.1%, Adventure 36.9%, Puzzle 14.9%
Why You'll Like It: A gripping mystery adventure that utilizes classic point-and-click mechanics to uncover a complex, dark story.
- #5 Primordia
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,387 reviews2012
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
Why similar: Point & Click 64.9%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 8.5%, Puzzle 6%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi point-and-click adventure features a lonely, desolate world and deep mystery-solving mechanics.
- #6 Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
94% matchVery Positive93% of 577 reviews2015
Dev: Red Herring LabsPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Crash-landed on a desolate, alien planet, what should've been a routine work-for-hire job for Powell has become a deadly mission to save the merchant vessel Morningstar and her crew.
Why similar: Point & Click 63.4%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure that perfectly captures the feeling of being stranded in a hostile, mysterious location.
- #7 Technobabylon
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,607 reviews2015
Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 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 66.1%, Adventure 25%, Indie 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy, sci-fi point-and-click game that mirrors the investigative and puzzle-solving depth of Subject 13.
- #8 Gray Matter
92% matchVery Positive89% of 727 reviews2014
Dev: WizarBox ProductionPub: Viva Media Inc
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
After a tragic accident, neurobiologist Dr. David Styles has become a recluse, rarely leaving his home, the Dread Hill House. One day, Samantha Everett, a street magician, appears at Dr. Style's doorstep just as he is seeking a new assistant.
Why similar: Point & Click 60.5%, Adventure 32.6%, Puzzle 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a strong focus on mystery and character-driven investigation within a point-and-click framework.
- #9 Meridian 157: Chapter 1
91% matchVery Positive95% of 319 reviews2020
Dev: NovaSoft Interactive Ltd.
Windows · Mac
While searching for the anomaly, you find yourself trapped inside a facility on a remote sub-Arctic island. What is this place? Who built it? Why was it left abandoned? Explore the uninhabited complex you now find yourself trapped in, but be warned: you might not be as alone as you think...
Why similar: Point & Click 39.4%, Puzzle 26%, Adventure 20%, Exploration 10.7%, Indie 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle-adventure that emphasizes exploration and uncovering the secrets of a hidden location.
- #10 Moebius: Empire Rising
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 331 reviews2014
Dev: Phoenix Online StudiosPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 52.8%, Adventure 28.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Indie 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a sophisticated mystery-solving experience with the traditional adventure game feel.
- #11 The Dig®
90% matchVery Positive92% of 1,254 reviews2009
Dev: LucasArts
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.
Why similar: Point & Click 63.8%, Adventure 24.8%, Puzzle 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi adventure where the protagonist is trapped in an alien environment, requiring logic and exploration to survive.
- #12 Facility 47
89% matchVery Positive90% of 102 reviews2020
Dev: Inertia Game Studios
Windows
Begin a journey through an isolated research facility in the freezing depths of the Antarctic, solving exciting puzzles as you go and unlocking new locations around the Facility.
Why similar: Point & Click 63.2%, Puzzle 31.4%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on escaping a remote, mysterious facility through exploration and puzzle-solving.
- #13 The Samaritan Paradox
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 265 reviews2014
Dev: Faravid InteractivePub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 52.2%, Adventure 26.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Indie 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-themed point-and-click adventure that focuses on deep investigation and logical deduction.
- #14 Unavowed
87% 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 63%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern point-and-click masterpiece that emphasizes narrative choices and environmental interaction.
- #15 Silence of the Sleep
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 703 reviews2014
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
Why similar: Adventure 42.6%, Puzzle 32.9%, Indie 24.5%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological adventure that leans into the dark, mysterious tone found in more intense point-and-click titles.
- #16 Another Tomorrow
86% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Glitch Games
Windows · Mac
Another Tomorrow is a first-person point and click game. Trapped without your memories you’ll explore abandoned apartments, airfields, temples, and underground facilities to search for clues, solve puzzles, and unlock secrets to answer the question; who are you?
Why similar: Point & Click 40.8%, Adventure 24%, Puzzle 20.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person point-and-click adventure that focuses on atmospheric puzzle-solving in a surreal environment.
- #17 The Fall of Lazarus
86% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
Why similar: Adventure 30.4%, Puzzle 29.4%, Exploration 23.9%, Indie 16.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi exploration game that shares the isolated, mystery-driven atmosphere of Subject 13.
- #18 Planet RIX-13
85% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2017
Dev: 9 Eyes Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Planet RIX-13 is а 2D adventure, in which you play as a space explorer engaged in searching for planets potentially suitable for life.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.5%, Adventure 23.1%, Puzzle 22.2%, Indie 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A short, focused sci-fi adventure that emphasizes exploration and survival on a mysterious planet.
- #19 Kathy Rain
84% 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 98.9%, Adventure 0.6%, Puzzle 0.2%, Indie 0.2%, Exploration 0.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven mystery adventure that features excellent point-and-click mechanics and a compelling protagonist.
- #20 The Room Two
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,212 reviews2016
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.2%, Point & Click 38.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This sequel continues the high-quality puzzle-box gameplay that makes the series a perfect companion to Subject 13.
- #21 Hotel Sowls
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 579 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Sott
Windows · Mac
Hotel Sowls is a mysterious adventure game with unique and appealing 2D graphics. As an pharmacologist, you managed to get a valuable and mysterious stone after a hard journey and you decided to take a break at the Hotel Sowls. But the next morning, someone in the hotel stole the stone!
Why similar: Adventure 34.1%, Point & Click 31.2%, Indie 20.7%, Puzzle 14%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal mystery game that uses point-and-click mechanics to explore a strange, isolated hotel.
- #22 The Subject
84% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows · Linux
You have been taken prisoner and sold to a deep space testing facility. Upon arrival, you are fitted with a device forcing you to participate in their experiment. Released into a massive complex, the dark halls wind around testing rooms and conceal pieces to puzzles. There is no option but to comply.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.2%, Adventure 25.4%, Exploration 21.4%, Indie 13%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle game that shares the theme of being trapped in a facility and forced to solve mysteries to survive.
- #23 Isoland
81% matchVery Positive91% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Adventure 42.6%, Puzzle 32.4%, Indie 25%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky, puzzle-heavy adventure game that encourages exploration of a mysterious, isolated island.
- #24 Beyond This Side
82% matchMixed60% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Glim GamesPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
A woman mysteriously disappears. The cops find nothing. Sam struggles to wrap his head around the tragedy of his lost wife.
Why similar: Adventure 48.6%, Point & Click 28.8%, Puzzle 22.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich puzzle adventure that focuses on uncovering the truth behind a mysterious disappearance.
- #25 Machinarium
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,289 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Why similar: Point & Click 51%, Puzzle 28.3%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A beautifully crafted puzzle-adventure that relies entirely on visual storytelling and clever environmental logic.
- #26 Left in the Dark: No One on Board
81% matchVery Positive83% of 779 reviews2014
Dev: Moonrise InteractivePub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.8%, Adventure 27.9%, Puzzle 24.6%, Indie 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused adventure that utilizes hidden-object and puzzle mechanics to drive the plot forward.
- #27 7th Chance
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Drewid GamesPub: Stasis Booth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.1%, Point & Click 23.6%, Exploration 20.9%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy adventure that blends interactive fiction with puzzle-solving in a mysterious setting.
- #28 no signal
75% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.1%, Puzzle 24.8%, Exploration 15.9%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 6.3%
- #29 Projector Face
79% matchVery Positive87% of 86 reviews2016
Dev: Fluik Entertainment Inc
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Projector Face is a point and click adventure game following the peculiar actions of a voiceless protagonist trying desperately to communicate. Solve puzzles and help Projector Face befriend the local kids while doing what he does best: playing movies on whatever surface he can find.
Why similar: Point & Click 46.8%, Adventure 35%, Indie 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique, indie point-and-click adventure that offers a distinct atmosphere and puzzle-solving style.
- #30 [SUBJECT]
76% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: RUDZKI
Windows
[SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.5%, Adventure 34.3%, Exploration 22.3%
- #31 Session Seven
77% matchVery Positive88% of 216 reviews2019
Dev: Session Seven Team
Windows · Linux
Session Seven is a free point & click adventure game in which you play as Ryan, an estranged father and husband who has just awoken, beaten, bruised, and alone in a locked cellar.
Why similar: Point & Click 41%, Adventure 38.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #32 In Between
78% matchVery Positive85% of 473 reviews2015
Dev: GentlymadPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In Between is set inside the mind of a man hit by a cruel twist of fate. Together you are on a journey through the protagonist's head, a world that doesn’t obey the laws of physics.
Why similar: Puzzle 52.2%, Indie 24%, Adventure 23.8%
- #33 The Artifact
78% matchMixed64% of 213 reviews2017
Dev: Colin WrenPub: Enigma Games LTD
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Woken from a hypersleep, you find yourself alone on a drifting star cruiser, light years from home. The crew has disappeared, leaving behind nothing but a few scattered records and a strange artifact that seems to hold the key to an alien civilisation.
Why similar: Indie 39.1%, Puzzle 36.2%, Adventure 24.7%
- #34 STASIS
77% matchVery Positive82% of 2,332 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Point & Click 55.9%, Adventure 18.5%, Puzzle 18.1%, Indie 7.5%
- #35 Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence
71% matchVery Positive97% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Ayose Trujillo & Making EnemiesPub: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac
Mystery of Silence is a point-and-click adventure where William, a young writer in search of inspiration, enters an abbey shrouded in silence. What William finds within those walls is not just a story to tell, but a secret that should never be discovered.
Why similar: Point & Click 64.3%, Adventure 30%, Indie 5.7%
- #36 Tested on Humans: Escape Room
74% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2021
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???
Why similar: Point & Click 50.2%, Puzzle 29.7%, Adventure 12.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #37 Interference: Dead Air
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Fear of CornPub: V Publishing
Windows
All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 The Drifter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,092 reviews2025
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Why similar: Point & Click 78.1%, Adventure 21.9%
- #39 Bizarre Earthquake
76% matchMixed58% of 499 reviews2016
Dev: Proximity Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Bizarre Earthquake is a third-person point & click adventure game. The story is about a seismologist and her assistant who try to uncover the mysteries behind a bizarre earthquake they encounter.
Why similar: Adventure 50.3%, Point & Click 26.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Indie 11.6%
- #40 Through Abandoned: The Refuge
75% matchMixed50% of 236 reviews2019
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.7%, Puzzle 21.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Indie 9.4%
- #41 Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room
73% matchVery Positive82% of 536 reviews2020
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?
Why similar: Point & Click 50.2%, Puzzle 27.1%, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 3.8%
- #42 Old Gods Rising
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 126 reviews2020
Dev: Bad Blood Studios
Windows
As the consultant for a maverick director's new film: "Old Gods Rising," Professor Tom Winston arrives at Ashgate University to find that things are not quite as they seem. Has he become the unwitting star of Kayfer’s latest project? Or, has he stumbled into something far more sinister?
Why similar: Adventure 59.8%, Indie 33.7%, Exploration 6.5%
- #43 From Beyond Prologue
72% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2018
Dev: SuckerFree Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the winter of 1910, professor Crawford Tillinghast mounted an expedition into the mountains of Europe. He went searching for a lost village shrouded in the myths and rumors of a bygone era. This is his story...
Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Adventure 31.1%, Indie 15.4%, Puzzle 14%
- #44 A SECOND BEFORE US
73% matchMixed58% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: DimleTeam
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Adventure 47.8%, Exploration 26.4%, Indie 25.8%
- #45 Darwin's Test
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Wolfalone Studio
Windows
Darwin’s Test is a first-person action and puzzle game that immerses you into a futuristic universe. You play as an amnesic patient following an experimental care protocol. Who are you ? Where are you ? So many questions to solve to discover the truth !
Why similar: Adventure 62.4%, Indie 37.6%
- #46 Through Abandoned: The Underground City
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 978 reviews2015
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.1%, Puzzle 21.9%, Adventure 16.7%, Exploration 12.4%, Indie 9%
- #47 Shadowgate
70% matchVery Positive87% of 708 reviews2014
Dev: Zojoi
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.
Why similar: Point & Click 53.8%, Puzzle 25.6%, Adventure 20.6%
- #48 Reflection
65% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: JustTomcuk
Windows
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Adventure 74.7%, Exploration 16.4%, Indie 8.9%
- #49 The Last Case of John Morley
63% matchVery Positive85% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Puzzle 39.4%, Adventure 31.1%, Exploration 25.9%, Indie 3.6%
- #50 Belladonna
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 776 reviews2015
Dev: NeckboltPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Belladonna is a gothic adventure game, twisted and dark. Take the role of a corpse girl rising from the dead in an abandoned laboratory, and unravel the mysteries concerning your own death and reanimation.
Why similar: Point & Click 63.3%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 13.5%
- #51 SECTOR ZERO
62% matchVery Positive97% of 120 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Angelovic
Windows
SECTOR ZERO is a short, physics-based dark sci-fi puzzle adventure where you play as a fragment of an ancient hive-mind entity, awakened by mining operations deep within Asteroid 2031 XT.
Why similar: Puzzle 63.1%, Adventure 36.9%
- #52 Port of Call
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,273 reviews2015
Dev: Underdog Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
Why similar: Adventure 62.7%, Indie 37.3%
- #53 ALUMNI - Escape Room Adventure
67% matchMixed68% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: M9 Games
Windows · Mac
An escape room inspired adventure. Play as a scientist transported back in time to memories of college, trying to escape the nightmare reality. Explore areas and take in your surroundings. Use all of your puzzle solving skills to make your way through Ridgeway College and return back to the present.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.5%, Puzzle 24.8%, Adventure 17.2%, Exploration 14.6%
- #54 Terraformental
61% matchVery Positive98% of 251 reviews2026
Dev: Shady Games
Windows · Mac
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Exploration 30.9%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 3.6%
- #55 Arctic Awakening
62% matchVery Positive87% of 312 reviews2025
Dev: GoldFire Studios
Windows · Mac
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.
Why similar: Point & Click 47.5%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 17.5%, Indie 15.7%
- #56 ORDER 13
61% matchVery Positive86% of 1,359 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
Why similar: Exploration 100%
- #57 Face Noir
70% matchMixed65% of 338 reviews2013
Dev: Mad OrangePub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A moody tale that combines the intrigue and atmosphere of a Raymond Chandler novel or Humphrey Bogart film with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay, Face Noir follows private eye Jack Del Nero as he’s falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his protection.
Why similar: Point & Click 63.2%, Adventure 26.8%, Indie 10.1%
- #58 A Night at the Watermill
64% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Why similar: Point & Click 64.1%, Exploration 18.2%, Adventure 17.7%
- #59 Amigdala
69% matchMixed70% of 143 reviews2016
Dev: GuidiGermano
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Gherman,a middle-aged man who has abandoned all to find what lies behind the "Philadelphia experiment".11 years after the experiment,Gherman found a document that marked the coordinates of the project's military establishment.Certainly he didn't expect to find so much...
Why similar: Adventure 63.1%, Indie 36.9%
- #60 Breached
69% matchMixed55% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: HRA INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unveil the truth in a genre-blending sci-fi mystery. Awaken from cryogenic slumber you find your shelter damaged by unknown circumstances. Scavenge your surroundings, repair the shelter and explore the ruins in hopes of uncovering – or perhaps avoiding – the uncomfortable truth of what has transpired.
Why similar: Adventure 63.1%, Indie 36.9%