Games Like The Charnel House Trilogy

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.7%, Horror 20.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Mystery 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This anthology-style narrative game perfectly captures the surreal, atmospheric, and melancholic tone of the seed game.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.9%, Psychological Horror 30.9%, Horror 20.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Female Protagonist 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a similarly unsettling, surreal world and a strong focus on psychological horror through a point-and-click interface.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Why similar: Point & Click 38.2%, Horror 24.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Mystery 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterful point-and-click horror game that excels at building dread through its pixel-art environments and folk-horror narrative.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Point & Click 26.9%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Adventure 10.3%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A seminal work in indie psychological horror that shares the dark, mature, and character-driven storytelling found in the seed game.

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 36.6%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 19.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal, dreamlike adventure game mirrors the psychological complexity and cryptic storytelling of the seed game.

There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.3%, Point & Click 27%, Horror 23.3%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team as The Cat Lady, this title offers a gritty, disturbing, and highly atmospheric narrative experience.

The little she had was taken away, but Lorelai refuses to give up, she will fight. And not even death will stop her from getting it all back...

Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Horror 24.5%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Completing the Harvester Games trilogy, this title maintains the intense psychological depth and dark, hand-drawn aesthetic that fans of the seed game will appreciate.

The last game in the Blackwell series.

Why similar: Point & Click 48.2%, Adventure 16.4%, Noir 10.7%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Mystery 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: The culmination of a beloved series, this game offers the same blend of supernatural mystery and character-focused point-and-click gameplay.

Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

Why similar: Point & Click 51.8%, Adventure 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Indie 8.8%, Mystery 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: While mechanically focused on survival, its dark atmosphere and point-and-click puzzle structure make it a strong thematic companion.

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 97.7%, Adventure 0.5%, Mystery 0.4%, Noir 0.4%, Psychological Horror 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: A compelling point-and-click mystery featuring a strong female lead and a dark, narrative-heavy investigation.

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 57.7%, Adventure 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Indie 6.2%, Female Protagonist 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sophisticated point-and-click adventure that balances complex, dark themes with a distinct, retro-futuristic aesthetic.

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: Point & Click 46.7%, Noir 30.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This noir-inspired point-and-click adventure shares the moody, atmospheric pixel-art style and gripping narrative focus.

Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.

Why similar: Point & Click 43.7%, Horror 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Adventure 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A low-fidelity, high-tension horror game that relies on atmosphere and mystery rather than jump scares.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 36.9%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Point & Click 20.2%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric horror game excels at using its environment to tell a haunting, culturally-rooted psychological story.

Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Point & Click 24.4%, Horror 22.9%, Mystery 10.1%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An episodic, surreal horror game that uses a unique art style to tell a deeply unsettling and personal story.

At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.

Why similar: Horror 25.1%, Adventure 24.5%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Indie 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror adventure that blends pixel-art aesthetics with a tense, mystery-driven plot.

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Why similar: Indie 65%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Adventure 3.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, punchy psychological horror game that uses 2D side-scrolling to deliver a dark, impactful narrative.

Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.8%, Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 22%, Adventure 10.2%, Mystery 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, point-and-click horror game set in a cursed town that emphasizes mystery and atmospheric dread.

You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Horror 25.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the themes of guilt and psychological torment with improved visuals and a more refined narrative structure.

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 47.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Mystery 9.7%, Noir 8.4%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality point-and-click adventure with a supernatural mystery and a deep, choice-driven narrative.

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 62.5%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 8.1%, Mystery 4.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes, narrative-driven point-and-click adventure that features multiple protagonists and a gripping mystery.

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

Why similar: Noir 35.6%, Point & Click 32.8%, Mystery 16%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this is a short, narrative-driven experience set on a train that focuses on dialogue and character interaction.

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 56.6%, Noir 15.5%, Adventure 15%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure that excels at world-building through its unique pixel-art style.

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 40.7%, Noir 17.5%, Adventure 17.2%, Mystery 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi noir point-and-click adventure that features a strong female protagonist and a focus on investigative narrative.

Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!

Why similar: Point & Click 45.6%, Noir 32%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Adventure 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired adventure game that combines puzzle-solving with a moody, atmospheric urban setting.

The rise and fall story of a real estate agent in 1920s Miami. Based on historical events. From Francisco González, creator of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series, Shardlight, and Lamplight City.

Why similar: Point & Click 55.9%, Adventure 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Indie 10.2%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-themed point-and-click adventure that captures the period-specific atmosphere and investigative feel of the seed game.

Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.

Why similar: Point & Click 64.7%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: While more whimsical, its focus on atmospheric world-building and point-and-click exploration makes it a great narrative adventure.

Still Life 2 also now available!

Why similar: Point & Click 47.9%, Adventure 16.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Noir 8.8%, Female Protagonist 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty crime-mystery adventure that features a dual-timeline narrative and a dark, mature tone.

Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.9%, Horror 26.5%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Mystery 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic psychological horror point-and-click game that remains a benchmark for surreal, narrative-heavy storytelling.

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 55.3%, Adventure 24.7%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click mystery that focuses on psychological intrigue and supernatural occurrences.

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: Point & Click 35.7%, Horror 27.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Mystery 9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

The third game in the Blackwell series

Why similar: Point & Click 68.7%, Adventure 17.2%, Female Protagonist 5.5%, Mystery 4.5%, Indie 4.1%

You can’t run from your dreams in this unsettling classic point-and-click horror game from award-winning indie developer scriptwelder. To find a way out, you’ll have to go even deeper into your nightmares.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.6%, Horror 30.7%, Adventure 17%, Indie 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

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 47.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Noir 11.1%, Mystery 9.3%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

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 49.8%, Adventure 15.1%, Horror 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Indie 8.5%

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 28.8%, Point & Click 25.1%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 6.3%

Let one of the most thrilling adventures of your life begin!

Why similar: Point & Click 40.8%, Horror 22.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Female Protagonist 8.8%

Enter the twisted world of Forgotten Hill in a new third dimension

Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Horror 24.4%, Adventure 17.8%, Noir 12.4%, Mystery 6.1%

Sci-fi horror anime point and click adventure game. Guide a young woman through a nightmarish space station as she tries to uncover why she's there and how she can escape.

Why similar: Point & Click 45.1%, Horror 30.1%, Adventure 23.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 is the final chapter of the psychological thriller trilogy. With point-and-click mechanics, intricate puzzles, and cinematic cutscenes, immerse yourself in a dark horror experience that redefines the genre.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.8%, Horror 27.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Mystery 7.2%

In the thrilling conclusion of the Amanda the Adventurer trilogy, follow Riley as they uncover the ultimate secrets behind Amanda, Hameln, and mysteries that have plagued Kensdale for decades.

Why similar: Horror 36.8%, Psychological Horror 29.5%, Adventure 20.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Indie 1.4%

Relive the original MacVenture Series version of The Uninvited! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and survive the supernatural dangers of the haunted mansion.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.6%, Horror 25.1%, Adventure 24.2%, Indie 10%

Board the train! Run away from a weirdo! Solve some puzzles! Make friends with some ghosts! Try not to become a ghost yourself!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.3%, Horror 38.3%, Female Protagonist 11%, Adventure 10.3%

The complete surrealist horror-comedy series! A mysterious world of zines and blood!!

Why similar: Horror 51.9%, Mystery 17.1%, Adventure 15%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Indie 1.7%

Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.6%, Horror 27.8%, Psychological Horror 23.1%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Horror 36.6%, Psychological Horror 34.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 5.2%

Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.8%, Horror 27.4%, Point & Click 23.2%, Adventure 11.2%, Mystery 9.4%

The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.

Why similar: Point & Click 48.4%, Adventure 14.8%, Noir 11.1%, Mystery 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.2%

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 42.2%, Noir 32.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 5.4%, Mystery 4.7%

Unburied secrets burn like wild steam – nothing is what it appears!

Why similar: Point & Click 50%, Adventure 18.9%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Mystery 9.2%, Horror 8.2%

Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…

Why similar: Horror 32.7%, Psychological Horror 31.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.

Why similar: Point & Click 45.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Horror 14.3%, Indie 9.9%, Mystery 6.8%

Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV. Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.1%, Adventure 22%, Noir 18.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Indie 8.4%

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Horror 19.5%, Point & Click 19.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 11.2%

A spin-off series of short stories set in the grotesque world of Forgotten Hill

Why similar: Point & Click 38.6%, Horror 23.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Indie 5.2%

Three short ghost stories. Three everyday locations turned nightmare. Tales of the Forgotten is a PSX-style horror anthology perfect for a single terrifying session. Experience jump scares, uncover multiple endings, and discover why these ghosts can't rest—all in under an hour.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.7%, Horror 30.7%, Mystery 14.9%, Adventure 7.6%, Indie 4.9%

Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.

Why similar: Point & Click 39.8%, Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Adventure 14.2%, Mystery 4.8%

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 50.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Noir 11.8%, Mystery 7.4%, Female Protagonist 7.3%

Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.2%, Horror 28.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Adventure 8.5%

The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.

Why similar: Noir 37%, Mystery 15.7%, Point & Click 14.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%