- #1 The Painscreek Killings
97% matchVery Positive91% of 6,013 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Mystery 37.6%, Story Rich 18.7%, Adventure 16.6%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, First-Person 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for investigative mystery, requiring players to piece together evidence to solve a cold case in a deserted town.
- #2 What Remains of Edith Finch
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 49,863 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Story Rich 26.6%, Mystery 21.6%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Adventure 13.5%, First-Person 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the emotional weight of uncovering the secrets of a deceased person's life through atmospheric, first-person exploration.
- #3 Dead Secret
96% matchVery Positive82% of 591 reviews2016
Dev: Robot Invader
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
Why similar: Point & Click 22.1%, Mystery 19.2%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Indie 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person mystery game blends investigation with a tense atmosphere as you uncover the secrets of a dead man.
- #4 Kathy Rain
95% 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 97.2%, Adventure 0.8%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Mystery 0.7%, Indie 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click mystery that features a strong female protagonist investigating the truth behind her grandfather's death.
- #5 Gone Home
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 18,234 reviews2013
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.5%, Indie 19.6%, First-Person 16.7%, Story Rich 16.3%, Adventure 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Much like the seed game, this title focuses on exploring an empty space to uncover the intimate, hidden history of the people who once lived there.
- #6 The Suicide of Rachel Foster
94% matchMixed68% of 6,754 reviews2020
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
Why similar: Mystery 25.5%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Adventure 17.3%, Story Rich 14.1%, First-Person 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric walking simulator focuses on uncovering dark family secrets within a secluded, snowy hotel.
- #7 Jessika
93% matchMixed68% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Tritrie GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Why similar: Adventure 28%, Mystery 22.1%, Indie 20.8%, Female Protagonist 18%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This modern mystery game uses FMV and digital investigation to help you uncover the truth about a woman's life and death.
- #8 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
92% matchVery Positive88% of 8,931 reviews2014
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Mystery 40%, Adventure 18.1%, First-Person 17.1%, Story Rich 13.6%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person mystery game excels at environmental storytelling and investigative mechanics as you search for a missing boy.
- #9 Blackwell Epiphany
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 990 reviews2014
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The last game in the Blackwell series.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Indie 10.2%, Mystery 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: The final chapter of this series provides a deeply narrative-driven mystery experience with a compelling female lead.
- #10 Her Story
91% matchVery Positive89% of 10,228 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Point & Click 48.2%, Female Protagonist 32.9%, Story Rich 18.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, non-linear investigative experience where you must piece together a mystery by searching through a database of video clips.
- #11 The Almost Gone
90% matchVery Positive80% of 1,195 reviews2020
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Mystery 21.1%, Adventure 14.6%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This story-rich puzzle game uses beautiful, diorama-like environments to reveal the tragic history of a girl's life.
- #12 Intruder In Antiquonia
89% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Mystery 19%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that focuses on uncovering a mystery in a town where technology is forbidden.
- #13 Erica
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,713 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.9%, Female Protagonist 28.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive, choice-driven narrative that puts you in the shoes of a woman uncovering the truth about her father's past.
- #14 Firewatch
87% matchVery Positive91% of 96,852 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Mystery 27.5%, Adventure 25.8%, Story Rich 21.2%, First-Person 15.9%, Indie 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a high-quality first-person narrative experience where you investigate strange occurrences in a remote wilderness.
- #15 Paradise Killer
86% matchVery Positive93% of 4,378 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.7%, Female Protagonist 21.5%, Mystery 20.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, First-Person 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world investigation game that allows you to gather clues and interrogate suspects to solve a bizarre murder mystery.
- #16 Still Life 2
88% matchMixed44% of 564 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Who is hiding behind Mr. X? Still Life 2 reveals the long-awaited ending of Still Life and spells a new investigation for Agent Victoria McPherson. In Fall 2008, Victoria is sent to Maine where Ellen Dunnigan's body has just been found.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.1%, Adventure 25.9%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Mystery 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: This detective thriller features a female protagonist investigating a serial killer, mirroring the investigative tone of the seed game.
- #17 Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness
86% matchVery Positive93% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Set a Course for Danger and Discovery!
Why similar: Point & Click 29.9%, Adventure 25.1%, Mystery 20.3%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential female-led detective game that features complex puzzles and a deep, multi-layered mystery.
- #18 Goetia
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 776 reviews2016
Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 16.4%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Mystery 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic point-and-click adventure where you play as a ghost exploring your family's abandoned estate to uncover the truth.
- #19 Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting [Enhanced Edition]
85% matchMixed68% of 266 reviews2015
Dev: Viperante
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Horror adventure awaits as you step into a place nobody knew existed and hunt for clues around every dark corner and in every scribbled notebook. With a twisted past, and a terrible secret just waiting to be revealed, Cold Winter Farm will leave you questioning whether what you know, is really what you know.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.1%, Adventure 22.3%, Mystery 16.4%, Indie 16.3%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric point-and-click horror mystery that excels at building tension while exploring a desolate location.
- #20 The Blackwell Legacy
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,616 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 38.8%, Adventure 17.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Indie 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The start of a beloved series that introduces a female protagonist dealing with supernatural mysteries and detective work.
- #21 Call of the Sea
81% matchVery Positive88% of 5,866 reviews2020
Dev: Out of the Blue GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.1%, Adventure 19.9%, Mystery 18.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, First-Person 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-adventure that follows a woman searching for her missing husband on a mysterious island.
- #22 Tacoma
82% matchVery Positive86% of 4,721 reviews2017
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.8%, Adventure 19.9%, Story Rich 16.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Indie 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes augmented reality recordings to help you piece together the events that occurred on a deserted space station.
- #23 Flipping Death
82% matchVery Positive90% of 283 reviews2018
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
Why similar: Adventure 48.8%, Indie 33%, Female Protagonist 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique adventure game that allows you to switch between the living and the dead to solve mysteries.
- #24 The Samaritan Paradox
83% 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 45.4%, Adventure 30.1%, Indie 14.4%, Mystery 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style detective adventure that features intricate puzzles and a compelling mystery plot.
- #25 Oxenfree
80% matchVery Positive91% of 12,023 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.9%, Mystery 23.3%, Story Rich 22.9%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery that relies on dialogue and exploration to uncover the dark secrets of an abandoned island.
- #26 Return of the Obra Dinn
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 33,398 reviews2018
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Mystery 46.8%, Story Rich 19.7%, Indie 14.2%, First-Person 9.7%, Adventure 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in deductive reasoning and investigative gameplay as you determine the fate of a ship's crew.
- #27 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
77% matchVery Positive98% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.5%, Mystery 23.2%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #28 Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
78% matchVery Positive94% of 372 reviews2025
Dev: hannahontrek
Windows · Mac
A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, Mystery 20.9%, Female Protagonist 16%, Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 11%
- #29 Draugen
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,109 reviews2019
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Mystery 22.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Story Rich 14.1%, First-Person 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person mystery set in 1920s Norway that focuses on a man searching for his missing sister.
- #30 Perils of Man
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 251 reviews2015
Dev: IF GamesPub: Vertigo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
When Ana receives an unexpected gift from her missing father, she is catapulted headlong into a mystery that will take her on a journey through time. At last she must decide if a perfectly predictable world is a curse on humanity or a triumph for mankind.
Why similar: Adventure 33.1%, Point & Click 32.9%, Indie 20.8%, Female Protagonist 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure featuring a female protagonist who discovers a family secret involving time-travel technology.
- #31 Shadows on the Vatican - Act II: Wrath
79% matchVery Positive82% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: Daring TouchPub: Adventure Productions
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
When Silvia is hunted by the person behind the attempted murder she was assigned to commit, she knows the only option remaining is to face the deadly conspirator openly. In the heart of the local underworld, Silvia will discover a game of power in which everyone is an expendable pawn...
Why similar: Point & Click 28.7%, Adventure 23.6%, Indie 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Mystery 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click mystery that follows a protagonist uncovering deep-seated conspiracies within the Vatican.
- #32 The Method of Hiding a Body
76% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Sea of Ghosts
Windows
A story-driven horror puzzle game where the player takes on the role of a resentful ghost, possessing others in order to search for her own corpse.
Why similar: Mystery 46.2%, Story Rich 29.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 7.3%, Female Protagonist 4.4%
- #33 The Haunting of Joni Evers
75% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Mystery 22.9%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Story Rich 14%, First-Person 13%
- #34 Shadows of the Afterland
73% matchVery Positive98% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Madrid, 1960: A maid named Pilar dies. You arrive in the afterlife looking like Pilar but speaking as Carolina, a police officer from the future. Possess the living and cross between worlds to uncover the truth behind a soul split between two identities in this point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Female Protagonist 26.7%, Adventure 20.1%, Story Rich 13.7%
- #35 Belladonna
77% 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 40.1%, Female Protagonist 26.2%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 14.4%
- #36 Castle of Secrets
74% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.3%, Female Protagonist 25.7%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 13.2%, Indie 8.4%
- #37 MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate
75% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery.
Why similar: Adventure 37%, Indie 27%, Mystery 23%, Story Rich 13%
- #38 This Bed We Made
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,983 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Mystery 31.6%, Female Protagonist 26.1%, Story Rich 16.4%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 11.3%
- #39 Brightstone Mysteries: Paranormal Hotel (Hotel Collector's Edition)
76% matchMixed54% of 56 reviews2014
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Unravel secrets of Templars and ancient Egyptian cult in this dark adventure game!
Why similar: Adventure 33.1%, Point & Click 32.9%, Indie 18.6%, Female Protagonist 15.4%
- #40 The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,102 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Why similar: Mystery 40.2%, Adventure 28.2%, Story Rich 19.6%, Female Protagonist 12%
- #41 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
70% matchVery Positive92% of 3,008 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 36.9%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Adventure 16.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #42 SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders
74% matchVery Positive81% of 320 reviews2010
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your husband Richard lies dead beneath the cherry blossoms of Old Japan, and the police are of no help. Step into history and uncover the truth when no one else will. Find devilishly hidden clues, explore exotic locales, and bring the killer to justice!
Why similar: Mystery 38.3%, Female Protagonist 31.9%, Adventure 29.8%
- #43 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Point & Click 32.2%, Mystery 23%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #44 Phoenix Springs
69% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Calligram Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.5%, Mystery 28.6%, Story Rich 16.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Adventure 11.7%
- #45 A Night at the Watermill
70% 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 43.7%, Female Protagonist 30.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #46 Lake Ridden
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: Midnight Hub
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Lake Ridden is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game! A cozy supernatural adventure where you unravel a mysterious past, trying to find your sister. Luckily, you are not alone...
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Indie 26%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Mystery 16.5%
- #47 Bizarre Earthquake
73% 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 49%, Point & Click 19.7%, Indie 14.4%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Mystery 7.7%
- #48 The Egyptian Prophecy: The Fate of Ramses
73% matchMixed60% of 130 reviews2014
Dev: MC2Pub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A point-and-click adventure game using 360° views, similar to Jules Verne’s Return to Mysterious Island and Dracula: The Path of the Dragon. You play the role of a young magician and help her investigate the mysteries of ancient Egypt. Can you solve the Fate of Ramses?
Why similar: Point & Click 47.7%, Adventure 37%, Female Protagonist 15.3%
- #49 The Roottrees are Dead
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.9%, Mystery 33.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #50 她杀 - The Suspected Murder
69% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: 麻辣工作室 Spicy GamesPub: INDIECN
Windows
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Mystery 23.7%, Adventure 23.7%, Story Rich 20.4%, Female Protagonist 19.6%, First-Person 12.6%
- #51 Utter a Name
67% matchVery Positive93% of 200 reviews2025
Dev: evilalbert
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
Why similar: Mystery 31.9%, Female Protagonist 27.7%, Adventure 15.9%, Story Rich 15.8%, Indie 8.7%
- #52 Return to Mysterious Island
70% matchVery Positive84% of 456 reviews2014
Dev: Kheops StudioPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Join intrepid sailor and recent island castaway Mina as she explores the hidden secrets within the Jules Verne classic inspired Mysterious Island. Gather key articles left from the island’s previous inhabitants and combine them in unique and interesting ways to stay alive and stay hopeful for rescue.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.5%, Adventure 35.9%, Female Protagonist 15%, First-Person 5.6%
- #53 Why Am I Dead At Sea
69% matchVery Positive95% of 423 reviews2015
Dev: Peltast Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder. As a ghost, you will have to possess people and use them to investigate your surroundings. But in this place no one is who they seem...and everyone has a secret.
Why similar: Mystery 31.7%, Adventure 31%, Indie 22.7%, Story Rich 14.5%
- #54 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
71% matchMixed63% of 150 reviews2014
Dev: Arberth StudiosPub: Meridian4
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches is a first-person point-and-click adventure inspired by Welsh mythology, focused on investigation, puzzles, and a dark, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.5%, Female Protagonist 27.6%, First-Person 16.3%, Story Rich 14.5%
- #55 Mind's Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten
71% matchMostly Negative30% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Anino GamesPub: Alawar Casual
Windows
Follow an enterprising journalist who smells murderous intent behind what everyone assumes was a suicide.
Why similar: Adventure 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #56 Whispers of a Machine
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,957 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 35.8%, Adventure 24%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #57 For Your Tranquility
67% matchMixed68% of 190 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.4%, Mystery 25%, Adventure 17%, Indie 15.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #58 Unavowed
65% 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 35.8%, Adventure 19%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Indie 11%
- #59 PRIM
63% matchVery Positive95% of 562 reviews2024
Dev: Common ColorsPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
PRIM is a creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humor. When her mother dies, Prim finds out she’s Death’s daughter and now has to live with her father. But the Grim Reaper has strict rules and when Prim breaks them, things take a fatal turn. Can you breathe life into her misery?
Why similar: Point & Click 59.2%, Adventure 40.8%
- #60 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,368 reviews2021
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.5%, Female Protagonist 21.7%, Mystery 20.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 11.5%
