Games Like Tardy

Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Pixel Graphics 27.1%, Indie 20.2%

Why You'll Like It: This noir-inspired sci-fi adventure features a gritty atmosphere and pixel-art style that perfectly matches the tone of Tardy.

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: Adventure 46.2%, Pixel Graphics 30.9%, Indie 22.9%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a post-apocalyptic world of robots, this game emphasizes scavenging and terminal interaction similar to the gameplay loop in Tardy.

In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 52.1%, Adventure 47.9%

Why You'll Like It: This space-faring adventure captures the same quirky, low-fi sci-fi charm as Tardy while focusing on resource management and terminal-based decision making.

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: Adventure 72.5%, Indie 27.5%

Why You'll Like It: For those who enjoyed the sci-fi setting of Tardy, this game offers a more intense, atmospheric point-and-click experience set on a derelict spacecraft.

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: Adventure 45.6%, Pixel Graphics 34.8%, Indie 19.6%

Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk adventure features deep puzzle-solving and terminal-based hacking that will feel very familiar to fans of Tardy's gadget-fiddling mechanics.

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: Adventure 62.8%, Pixel Graphics 37.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi detective story with beautiful pixel art that balances narrative depth with clever, inventory-based puzzle solving.

VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 51%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 23.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into the retro-tech aesthetic and terminal-based exploration found in Tardy.

MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.

Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends archaeological mystery with a humorous sci-fi setting, offering a polished point-and-click experience with a distinct visual style.

Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that utilizes a time-travel mechanic to solve puzzles in a retro-futuristic setting.

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: Adventure 39.7%, Pixel Graphics 30.8%, Indie 29.5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, focused sci-fi adventure that mirrors the minimalist, pixel-art, terminal-interaction gameplay of Tardy.

When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?

Why similar: Adventure 60.2%, Indie 39.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person sci-fi adventure that focuses heavily on interacting with alien technology and solving complex environmental puzzles.

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: Adventure 55.3%, Indie 27.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi thriller that features a unique short-term memory system for puzzles, providing a satisfying mental challenge for fans of Tardy's logic puzzles.

In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.

Why similar: Adventure 40.6%, Pixel Graphics 33.1%, Indie 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: These games focus on preparation and puzzle-solving within a confined sci-fi environment, requiring the same analytical approach as Tardy.

A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

Why similar: Adventure 44%, Pixel Graphics 32.8%, Indie 23.2%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic adventure that excels in world-building and pixel-art design, offering a similar sense of discovery to Tardy.

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: Adventure 60.7%, Indie 39.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click adventure that prioritizes environmental puzzle-solving and exploration in a mysterious, isolated setting.

Mechanic 8230: Episode 1 is an adventure game in the point-and-click genre. Help the mechanic find his robot friend RO-2 and together unveil the secrets of the world destroyed by the Cataclysm.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a strong focus on robot-themed puzzles and a retro-futuristic aesthetic that aligns well with Tardy's themes.

Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.

Why similar: Adventure 37.9%, Pixel Graphics 33.9%, Indie 28.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique mystery game that uses a time-loop mechanic to encourage experimentation and logical deduction in a sci-fi setting.

Chapter 1 is now free! Relive 1980s nostalgia in this text parser driven graphic adventure game. You and your molluscan crew embark on an epic journey to find a new home world. In Chapter 1 - Intershellar, wake up from your long trip only to discover a saboteur has been at work.

Why similar: Adventure 43.4%, Pixel Graphics 30.9%, Indie 25.8%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous, retro-styled sci-fi adventure that captures the same indie spirit and point-and-click mechanics as Tardy.

Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?

Why similar: Adventure 74.2%, Indie 25.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy adventure that tasks the player with uncovering the truth behind a mysterious facility through terminal and environmental interaction.

Pants Quest is a tiny, lovingly crafted point & click adventure game about finding your way in life. And your pants. Sometimes just getting dressed & leaving the house feels like an impossible task. Follow one man's emotional journey to deal with the hurdles that life can throw at you on a bad day.

Why similar: Adventure 51%, Pixel Graphics 49%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous, bite-sized point-and-click adventure that focuses on simple, satisfying puzzle-solving in a retro style.

Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.

Why similar: Adventure 65%, Indie 35%

Why You'll Like It: This title is purely focused on the puzzle-solving aspect of adventure games, offering a polished experience for fans of Tardy's logic challenges.

Rendezvous is an adventure game set in a futuristic Indonesia. For Setyo to save his sister from sharing his own fate, he must return to the streets of Neo-Surabaya before it's too late. Is it truly possible to redeem the sins of your past?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54%, Adventure 46%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk adventure that combines pixel-art exploration with puzzle-solving, set in a dense, atmospheric sci-fi city.

Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic puzzle-adventure game that captures the feeling of 90s technology and mystery-solving in a point-and-click format.

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: Adventure 40%, Pixel Graphics 36.9%, Indie 23.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming pixel-art adventure that transitions from a fantasy setting to a sci-fi future, offering a varied and engaging puzzle experience.

Our beloved princess is missing… What happened? Discover the world of Escape Lala 2, solve mysteries, uncover secrets and bring back peace and order to the world.

Why similar: Adventure 44.7%, Indie 31.6%, Pixel Graphics 23.7%

Why You'll Like It: A pure point-and-click experience that emphasizes inventory management and environmental puzzles in a classic retro style.

Seek out and collect bunny helmets scattered across the laboratory. But wait, bunny helmets with ears? Perhaps the veil of mystery will be lifted, revealing why we're collecting these ear-topped helmets?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 57.7%, Indie 42.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky sci-fi adventure that features pixel-art graphics and classic point-and-click gameplay mechanics.

Help Larry find a cure for his wife and break his curse of unluckiness by solving riddles and puzzles on his adventures around the whole world.

Why similar: Adventure 76.9%, Indie 23.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused adventure game that rewards careful observation and logical thinking, much like the terminal puzzles in Tardy.

Can the cook save the ship?

Why similar: Adventure 57.9%, Indie 42.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game is built almost entirely around the concept of interacting with computer terminals to survive, making it a direct thematic match for Tardy.

Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics

Why similar: Adventure 88.7%, Indie 11.3%

The Last Time features the narrative depth and emotional impact of a modern adventure title, delivered with the graphical style and game mechanics of a classic point-and-click. Play as Jack Glover, a frail old man who must come out of retirement to face his demons.

Why similar: Adventure 61.6%, Indie 38.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven point-and-click adventure that uses a unique time-jumping mechanic to solve puzzles and uncover a mystery.

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 46.9%, Adventure 32%, Indie 21.1%

Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 39.8%, Adventure 37.4%, Indie 22.8%

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 51.9%, Adventure 48.1%

Margaret Dale crosses the galaxy in search of her lost mother, determined to solve once and for all the mysteries surrounding the destruction of Latona station.

Why similar: Adventure 49%, Indie 32.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%

A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...

Why similar: Adventure 100%

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: Pixel Graphics 62.3%, Adventure 37.7%

What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.

Why similar: Indie 97.1%, Pixel Graphics 1.6%, Adventure 1.3%

Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.

Why similar: Adventure 55.3%, Indie 44.7%

A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?

Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Pixel Graphics 34.4%, Indie 24.8%

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Why similar: Adventure 42%, Pixel Graphics 34.6%, Indie 23.4%

What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 42.6%, Adventure 32%, Indie 25.4%

AntVentor is a point & click adventure game. You find yourself in a photorealistic macroworld where you immediately manage to ruin the life of the main character, ant, and foil all his plans for making his dream come true. Can you help get everything back in order?

Why similar: Adventure 60.1%, Indie 39.9%

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: Pixel Graphics 51%, Adventure 49%

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 39.1%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 24.6%

Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.

Why similar: Adventure 62.5%, Indie 37.5%

From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.

Why similar: Adventure 63.1%, Indie 36.9%

An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.

Why similar: Adventure 59.3%, Indie 40.7%

In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 53.3%, Adventure 30%, Indie 16.7%

Professor Higgins weather experiment has caused the apocalypse! Help him reach his family and find a way to reverse this mistake which has earned him the name Doc Apocalypse...

Why similar: Adventure 60.1%, Indie 39.9%

Mr. Pumpkin's Adventure is a point-and-click puzzle game. The main character of this game is Mr. Pumpkin who lost his memories. During the adventure, you will help him solve all the puzzles, which will eventually unveil an evil plot.

Why similar: Adventure 66.1%, Indie 33.9%

In the world of excessive biotechnologies, an epidemic is ravaging the human race, infecting people's neuronet implants and enslaving them to the mysterious Worm. Who are you: a fighter of the infection, or a hunter of new prey?

Why similar: Adventure 61%, Indie 39%

Beglitched is a game about insecurity, in our computers and ourselves.

Why similar: Adventure 46.4%, Indie 32.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%

Explore the mysterious operating system Crossʀoad OS. Adventure through its decaying programs, solve puzzles, collect items and meet strange creatures.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 46.7%, Adventure 31.5%, Indie 21.8%

Make fantastic discoveries and dare to go into the deepest depths of the moon to solve puzzles that will allow you to go back to Earth.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.

Why similar: Adventure 56.1%, Pixel Graphics 39.2%, Indie 4.6%

Fix your downed spaceship and find your way home. Explore a lush and colourful world littered with riddles and sprinkled with memorable characters. Pan-Pan is an adventure game with environmental narrative storytelling, exploration elements and puzzle solving.

Why similar: Adventure 60.6%, Indie 39.4%

Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...

Why similar: Adventure 68.7%, Pixel Graphics 31.3%

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: Adventure 60.6%, Indie 39.4%