- #1 Myst III: Exile
97% matchVery Positive93% of 530 reviews2018
Dev: Presto StudiosPub: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The story of Myst continues in this third entry of the series, originally released in 2001. Return to this strange and wondrous universe, where books become portals into worlds, and where the lessons of the past may yet hold meaning for today...
Why similar: FMV 31.8% ★, Point & Click 18.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 7.4%
- #2 The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 273 reviews2019
Dev: MojoTouch
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The famous game remastered in a new 25th Anniversary Edition! The father and mother of all 'Haunted Mansion' games. Winner of multiple gaming awards and “No. 1 Rated Game of 1994”.
Why similar: FMV 36.3% ★, Point & Click 14.4%, 1990's 12.4%, Puzzle 7.5%, Exploration 5.9%
- #3 Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
96% matchVery Positive96% of 166 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: FMV 37.4% ★, Noir 27.6%, Point & Click 13.6%, 1990's 6.6%, Adventure 5.6%
- #4 The 11th Hour
95% matchMixed42% of 268 reviews2013
Dev: Trilobyte GamesPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
IN THE 70 DESOLATE YEARS since the horrifying murders chronicled in The 7th Guest, the town of Harley has been ominously silent.Only when journalist Robin Morales vanishes while investigating the rotting abandoned mansion of the legendary toy maker Henry Stauf, do events resurrect a malignant past.
Why similar: FMV 45.2% ★, Point & Click 20.1%, 1990's 11.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #5 The Glued
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
The peg doll faces from your childhood bedroom reappear at every turn. Struggle to find a path forward through your own personal hell in this bleak visual novel with light puzzles and point-and-click elements.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Psychedelic 17.2%, Point & Click 13.7%, Gothic 12.4% ★, Puzzle 6.9%
- #6 Mr. Ashfish's Distant Rehab
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Irreal Cube Studios
Windows
Feel the magnificence of the 90's FMV adventure games one more time!
Why similar: FMV 45.9% ★, 1990's 25%, Point & Click 21%, Adventure 8%
- #7 Obsidian
93% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Science GamesPub: Call Your Vegetables
Windows · Mac · Linux
Venture into the surreal worlds of Obƨidian...if you dare. In Obƨidian, your life is in your hands, so tread carefully. Forget everything you know about existence and prepare to be flipped on your ear. Welcome to the unknown...
Why similar: FMV 37.5% ★, Psychedelic 21.4%, Point & Click 16.5%, 1990's 7.1%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #8 Green Pond Town
91% matchPositive82% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
You've received a strange letter, and inside, a chilling black and white photograph – the people in the picture are eerily faceless! A powerful intuition compels you to journey to the location in the photo: Greenwater Town...
Why similar: Noir 28.3%, Point & Click 18.6%, Abstract 15.2%, Psychedelic 12.8%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #9 Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
92% matchVery Positive87% of 92 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?
Why similar: FMV 41.7% ★, Noir 23.9%, Point & Click 11.7%, Adventure 7.6%, 1990's 6.6%
- #10 Man Without Organs
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NaviPub: MWO
Windows
“Man Without organs” is a 2D detective adventure game. The player assumes control of “Man Without organs”, whose body is hollow inside, on his journey through a ruined Hong Kong.
Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Point & Click 15.4%, Dark 11.5%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 6.6%
- #11 Dad's Monster House 2: MEDAL
89% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Remember the dad's monster house that haunted your dreams? You're back, in a way you'd never expect! A mysterious ■■ leaves you trapped in a creepy, run-down house...
Why similar: Noir 29%, Point & Click 17.3%, Abstract 16.9%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Puzzle 9%
- #12 Strange House
89% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Games4Wonders
Windows
Сity of sadness, where everyone tries to survive, in which there is no place for anyone and which is infinitely huge. It absorbs everyone who is not ready to live by his rules. Are you ready for this?
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Point & Click 15.2%, Psychedelic 14.4%, 1990's 12.3%, Dark 10%
- #13 Triennale Game Collection 2
88% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
The Triennale Game Collection Volume 2 is a free virtual exhibition of video games created for the 23rd International Exhibition of Triennale Milano by five of the world’s most renowned independent game designers, showcasing these artists’ experimental approach to interactivity.
Why similar: Abstract 25.3%, Point & Click 19.3%, Psychedelic 18%, FMV 16.6% ★, Exploration 8.8%
- #14 Tormentum II
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Tormentum II is a dark, surreal Point & Click adventure where nightmare worlds, grotesque creatures, and uneasy choices await. Inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński, it’s the long-awaited return to Tormentum.
Why similar: Psychedelic 17.3%, Gothic 16.4% ★, Point & Click 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Dark 9.3%
- #15 Transmorphosis
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BottleBottomGames
Windows
Transmorphosis is a single-player horror and point-and-click puzzle game. You arrive as a doctor at a remote mental hospital where no sane person has been able to stay for long. Can you use your willpower and patience to heal the patients?
Why similar: Noir 26.1%, Psychedelic 19.2%, Point & Click 18.9%, Puzzle 9.9%, Mystery 7.3%
- #16 Tex Murphy: Overseer
86% matchMixed55% of 64 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.
Why similar: FMV 43.8% ★, Noir 24.2%, Point & Click 10.8%, 1990's 8.7%, Adventure 8.2%
- #17 Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
85% matchVery Positive94% of 2,678 reviews2015
Dev: OhNoo Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.9%, Psychedelic 17%, Gothic 15.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Dark 9.9%
- #18 The Empty House - A Dementia Interactive Experience
84% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Dimitri Kozma
Windows
A surreal interactive experience exploring dementia through FMV storytelling. Navigate a fading mind, make choices that shape reality, and uncover multiple endings in this emotional and psychological descent into memory loss.
Why similar: FMV 29.6% ★, Abstract 19.5%, Psychedelic 17.4%, Exploration 6.5%, Dark 6.4%
- #19 Noctropolis
84% matchVery Positive81% of 126 reviews2015
Dev: Flashpoint ProductionsPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a world where comic books are real - The final issue is Evil!
Why similar: FMV 51.8% ★, Point & Click 24%, 1990's 14.6%, Adventure 9.6%
- #20 BlueSuburbia
83% matchPositive79% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: alienmelon
Windows
BlueSuburbia is a haunted world where you explore poems through immersive environments. Seek out dark secrets, confront your demons, and delve deeper into a dream that dances between beautiful and terrible. Explore forgotten dreamscapes and open worlds on your quest to find hope.
Why similar: Abstract 20.6%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Point & Click 15.7%, 1990's 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
- #21 GLITCH DADDY
82% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Psychedelic 21.3%, Abstract 18.1%, Puzzle 7.3%, First-Person 6.7%
- #22 恶灵退散 Go Back to Hell
82% matchVery Positive86% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: 冷笑黑妖
Windows
This is a click game with horror theme to find hidden items. Players play exorcists and go to all kinds of gloomy and terrible scenes. Please be sure to find every suspicious place, otherwise ghosts will suddenly appear!!!
Why similar: Noir 18.4%, Psychedelic 15.8%, Gothic 15.5% ★, Point & Click 12%, Abstract 10.3%
- #23 The Void
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alexander RushPub: Pint Point Game Studio
Windows
The Void - a psychological horror game A surreal dimension called the Void is filled with eerie dreams that have become reality.
Why similar: Noir 26.1%, Psychedelic 23.6%, Dark 9.4%, Psychological 9%, First-Person 7.9%
- #24 Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum
81% matchMixed70% of 59 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.
Why similar: FMV 31.6% ★, Noir 24.7%, Point & Click 16.4%, 1990's 11.3%, Adventure 9%
- #25 Your Computer Might Be At Risk
80% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Tenebris Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Computer Might Be At Risk is a first-person narrative puzzle game. Locked up in a room after a mysterious car accident, you must figure out how to escape while surviving dangerous trials.
Why similar: FMV 34.2% ★, Point & Click 16.6%, Abstract 12%, Puzzle 9.3%, First-Person 9.1%
- #26 Ellingby House
78% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Jepfore Games Ltd.
Windows
Corporate collapse, financial crisis, a ransomware plague... and you have become trapped! The crumbling head office of J.R Holder & Sons will ensnare you in a mystery. Interact and navigate between rich, detailed 360° panoramas, while using items to uncover the story in Ellingby House.
Why similar: FMV 42% ★, Point & Click 24.1%, Puzzle 11%, Adventure 8.2%, Mystery 5.8%
- #27 A Very Dark Ride in the Proximity of the House of Mirrors
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fOimage - K&C NicholsonPub: self
Windows
A vewy scawy horror, adventure PCVR game played through the eyes of Eve, a little girl with a big imagination. Run, hide, swim and scream your way into her horrible nightmares while navigating through surreal worlds and creatures. Puzzles, stealth, games and fame await you. Try not to wake up!
Why similar: Abstract 22.5%, Noir 19.6%, Psychedelic 15.3%, Dark 9.5%, Exploration 7%
- #28 Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
79% matchVery Positive82% of 230 reviews2016
Dev: SierraPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
All Curtis wants is to live a normal, happy life, but something seems to have other plans...
Why similar: FMV 56.8% ★, 1990's 16.2%, Point & Click 14.2%, Adventure 9%, Puzzle 3.8%
- #29 Nirvana Noir
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feral Cat DenPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Psychedelic 20.5%, Abstract 14.5%, Point & Click 13.5%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #30 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery
77% matchVery Positive92% of 303 reviews2016
Dev: Sierra On-LinePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Play as both Gabriel and Grace as they are dispatched to Munich to solve a series of mutilation murders thought to be the work of werewolves.
Why similar: FMV 50.7% ★, Point & Click 17.6%, 1990's 13.6%, Adventure 8.4%, Mystery 6.8%
- #31 Blank Frame
76% matchVery Positive87% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: Through TunnelPub: Sumerian Games
Windows
Blank Frame is a first person surreal horror game with a look akin to early 2000's pc/ps2 games.. In the small town of Dim River, one resident, Henri, has found himself trapped inside of his own apartment, perhaps not completely by himself. The night is going to be long and peculiar.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.8%, Abstract 20.1%, Noir 18.7%, Psychological 9.5%, First-Person 7.5%
- #32 Myst: Masterpiece Edition
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,057 reviews2011
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!
Why similar: Point & Click 23.4%, FMV 16.1% ★, Adventure 12.6%, 1990's 11.8%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #33 Meaning Of Flower
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Yurii MoishPub: Meaning of Flower
Windows
Welcome to the butcher shop with a unique atmosphere. This is a point-and-click puzzle where you play as a mysterious worker. Explore interactive scenes, search for hidden puzzles and secret levels, using attention to detail. Everything is not what it seems.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.8%, Abstract 21.6%, Puzzle 15.3%, Dark 14.3%, Adventure 9.1%
- #34 Bad Mojo Redux
76% matchVery Positive85% of 259 reviews2014
Dev: Pulse EntertainmentPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Enter a world of perilous puzzles and bizarre perspectives--as a cockroach. What you discover may shock you. What you don't may kill you. Either way, you won't come out the same person. You may not even come out a person at all.
Why similar: FMV 57.1% ★, 1990's 13.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Point & Click 10%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #35 Sinking Inn
75% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Open Alpha
Windows · Mac
A small, lonely boy on a hopeful quest navigates through a dark and dreary motel. Dive into its mysterious, eerie atmosphere and find your way through the motel's strange puzzles, as it becomes increasingly clear that reality is not as it seems.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Psychedelic 19.3%, Point & Click 18.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Exploration 8%
- #36 Markus Ritter - The Lost Family
74% matchVery Positive85% of 178 reviews2021
Dev: Flimmersoft
Windows · Linux
Play as Markus Ritter in this short full motion video game in the style of the famous 90's point-and-click adventures.
Why similar: FMV 39.4% ★, 1990's 16.4%, Point & Click 16.2%, Puzzle 6.7%, Exploration 5.6%
- #37 ELSEWHERE
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Docter
Windows
Created out of boredom by an abstract entity known as Epsilon, you find yourself in a bizarre non-Euclidean maze. You must rescue all the denizens who have become lost in the maze. Oh, and there's weird monsters too.
Why similar: Abstract 23.7%, Psychedelic 22.1%, Psychological 9.1%, Dark 6.8%, First-Person 6.4%
- #38 The Gateway Trilogy
73% matchMixed69% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Cockroach Inc.Pub: The Sleeping Machine
Windows
Gateway is an award-winning minimalist point & click puzzle adventure set in a desolate black void. The Gateway Trilogy includes remastered versions of the first two games – plus a never-before-seen third installment.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.1%, Abstract 17.8%, Psychedelic 15.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #39 The Lotus Holidays
72% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows
A stylish single player story-based game, where you win a free weekend at the "Lotus", a luxurious spa resort. But soon, things take a strange and sinister turn.
Why similar: Noir 30.5%, Psychedelic 22.5%, Abstract 16.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%
- #40 Ilamentia
74% matchMixed67% of 103 reviews2014
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Ilamentia is an experimental abstract puzzler where you must first discover the level mechanics before solving them. Delve into mysterious mind-bending levels that each have unique mechanics to explore that will test the limits of every facet of your cognitive faculties.
Why similar: Psychedelic 29.4%, Abstract 21.2%, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Exploration 9%
- #41 Return to Zork
73% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Activision
Windows
Return to Zork: A mesmerizing interactive adventure of danger, intrigue and cunning.
Why similar: FMV 61.3% ★, Point & Click 21.8%, Adventure 16.9%
- #42 Mystery Detective Adventure Collector's Edition
71% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: FIVE-BN GAMES
Windows
Mystical events haunt locals. Conduct your own investigation to uncover the truth. “Mystery Detective Adventure” is an adventure game in the genre of Hidden Objects, with plenty of mini-games and puzzles, unforgettable characters and complicated quests.
Why similar: FMV 34.8% ★, Point & Click 22.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Casual 10.1%, Adventure 9.8%
- #43 Astral Lodge
70% matchPositive98% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: James Ryan Walker
Windows
A short 2D point-and-click room escape game in the spirit of flash games of the early internet. Explore a surreal, dreamlike room, using objects and clues to interact with the environment and escape.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Abstract 19.6%, Point & Click 15.8%, Psychedelic 15%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #44 Quatros Noir
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abthoclo
Windows
Quatros Noir is a fast-paced, fallen blocks, action puzzle game. Stack your blocks in more than one dimension and clear lines along the way. Master the campaign, +20 single modes, local multiplayer and co-op mode.
Why similar: Noir 30%, Abstract 25.6%, Psychedelic 21.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Casual 5.4%
- #45 TIERRA - Mystery Point & Click Adventure
72% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: M9 Games
Windows
A mystery puzzle adventure, inspired by hidden object escape room games.
Why similar: FMV 29.3% ★, Point & Click 15.1%, Education 9.1%, Puzzle 7.3%, Exploration 6.8%
- #46 The Fellowship of Infinity
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Nicholas BochenekPub: Shadow Mechanic
Windows
Travel through mathematical structures in first-person, collecting runes to help uncover and unlock the hidden structures of the universe. Fractals, liminal spaces and encrypted messages are waiting for you.
Why similar: Abstract 24.2%, Education 15.4%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Puzzle 8.9%, Exploration 7%
- #47 BANNED TAPES
69% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: NickNickolas
Windows
VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, 1990's 17.3%, Point & Click 16.1%, Psychedelic 15.7%, Dark 8.3%
- #48 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,313 reviews2014
Dev: Big Finish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.
Why similar: FMV 48.3% ★, Noir 31.5%, Adventure 5.4%, Mystery 4.9%, First-Person 4.4%
- #49 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Banker's Final Debt
69% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Zojoi
Windows
This mysterious case involves the murder of Oswald Mason, found dead at home. Lestrad and Scotland Yard believe that the murder was a result of Mason disturbing a burglar. I have my doubts. The Treasury wants us to investigate the case as Mason was dealing with sensitive Treasury work at the time.
Why similar: FMV 56.2% ★, Point & Click 23.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Mystery 8.9%
- #50 Shifted
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Petar KozomoraPub: Peterson Studios
Windows
Shifted is a psychological thriller game where you must search the room for anomalies, but also try to escape from the lab you've been imprisoned.
Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Abstract 18.6%, Psychedelic 17.7%, Puzzle 7.5%, Dark 7.5%
- #51 Myst IV: Revelation
70% matchMixed66% of 299 reviews2018
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
In Myst IV: Revelation, the next chapter in the greatest adventure saga of all time, you'll travel through environments pulsing with life to unearth a treacherous scheme involving two of Myst's most sinister villains.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Adventure 15.9%, Puzzle 14.2%, Casual 12.2%, First-Person 11.6%
- #52 ROUGH KUTS: Night of the Living Dead
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: ROUGH KUTS
Windows
Interactive Film: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Why similar: FMV 35% ★, Noir 25.4%, Point & Click 16.6%, Dark 7.7%, Psychological 5.9%
- #53 Twilight Gallery
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: James Ryan Walker
Windows
You wake up in the parking lot of a surreal art gallery with nowhere to go but inside. As you interact with strange exhibits, collect oddities and search for an exit, you begin to feel watched. Twilight Gallery blends handmade art and 3D to create a modern twist on classic point-and-click games.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Psychedelic 18.9%, Gothic 12.1% ★, 1990's 11.8%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #54 Doctor Arcana and The Secret of Shadowspire
67% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Monolith Graphics
Windows
Doctor Arcana's second adventure takes you to a legendary castle on a mysterious island where new puzzling challenges await and dark secrets are guarded by deadly traps. Can you complete the Trials of the Elders?
Why similar: Gothic 20.4% ★, Noir 18.5%, Point & Click 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Exploration 8%
- #55 The Curse We Made
65% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Potion Pixel
Windows · Mac
A short 70–90 minute hand-drawn cozy-gothic puzzle adventure with easy, relaxing puzzles, where color slowly returns to a cursed town as you uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Gothic 24% ★, Point & Click 22.5%, Puzzle 12.1%, Dark 11.8%, Mystery 9.3%
- #56 Haunting At Cliffhouse
68% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: Cindy Pondillo
Windows
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 26.2%, Gothic 20.2% ★, Puzzle 12.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Adventure 11.5%
- #57 Victoria Kopernik: Mother
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: cosmonomicon
Windows
Victoria Kopernik, an occult influencer, uncovers the dark history of a haunted mansion in a short horror point-and-click adventure video game.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.1%, Point & Click 21.1%, Gothic 15.9% ★, Noir 14.8%, Adventure 8.6%
- #58 I Know This Place..? (chapter II)
65% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: SameFrame
Windows
Chapter II of an extremely unusual trans-media franchise with game and short film chapters. Players influence the plot of the chapters and can leave their real-life items in the chapters. Game+Short films+visual novel. Ultra-deep meaning, nostalgic references, vibe mysticism.
Why similar: FMV 25.9% ★, Abstract 17.9%, Psychedelic 17%, 1990's 14%, First-Person 6.3%
- #59 Moaisland
65% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
Moaisland is a humorous and surreal, first-person, retro-styled, point-and-click adventure game starring the mysterious Moai statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
Why similar: Abstract 24.9%, Psychedelic 22.4%, Point & Click 12.9%, First-Person 8.5%, Puzzle 6.9%