Games Like The Descendant

A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.

Why similar: Adventure 83.2%, Episodic 8.6% ★, Point & Click 3.6%, Story Rich 2%, Post-apocalyptic 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like The Descendant, this is a seminal episodic adventure where every moral choice carries heavy consequences for the survivors.

From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

Why similar: Adventure 84.9%, Episodic 8.7% ★, Point & Click 3.4%, Story Rich 1.8%, Choices Matter 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similarly intense narrative-driven experience with a focus on investigation and impactful player choices.

The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.

Why similar: Adventure 89.2%, Episodic 3.8% ★, Point & Click 2.5%, Post-apocalyptic 2.1%, Story Rich 1%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a post-apocalyptic world populated by robots, this adventure game shares the same sci-fi atmosphere and puzzle-solving focus.

Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

Why similar: Adventure 78.2%, Episodic 12.3% ★, Story Rich 4.3%, Choices Matter 2.6%, Point & Click 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong episodic structure and character-driven storytelling where your decisions shape the emotional outcome of the narrative.

Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.

Why similar: Adventure 87.1%, Story Rich 6.1%, Choices Matter 5.2%, Sci-fi 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-budget sci-fi adventure that excels in branching paths and moral dilemmas within a futuristic society.

Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

Why similar: Adventure 93%, Story Rich 3.7%, Choices Matter 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic experience mirrors the tension and consequence-heavy gameplay found in The Descendant's narrative structure.

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Adventure 85.5%, Post-apocalyptic 5%, Point & Click 4.7%, Story Rich 1.9%, Sci-fi 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric adventure set in a post-apocalyptic landscape that prioritizes story-rich exploration and difficult choices.

A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.

Why similar: Adventure 95.4%, Story Rich 2.2%, Choices Matter 1.8%, Sci-fi 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines sci-fi elements with a deep, choice-based narrative that focuses on the survival and development of its protagonist.

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 84.8%, Point & Click 4.9%, Post-apocalyptic 4%, Story Rich 1.9%, Alternate History 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A compelling point-and-click adventure that uses time-travel mechanics to explore a post-apocalyptic alternate history.

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 86.7%, Point & Click 5.5%, Post-apocalyptic 5.1%, Sci-fi 1.2%, Story Rich 1%

Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click adventure excels in building a desolate, post-apocalyptic world filled with robotic lore and mystery.

Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

Why similar: Adventure 92.3%, Episodic 3.9% ★, Choices Matter 1.6%, Story Rich 1.6%, Point & Click 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy RPG that focuses on social manipulation and decision-making, mirroring the choice-based stakes of The Descendant.

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: Adventure 87.3%, Post-apocalyptic 5%, Point & Click 4.5%, Story Rich 1.3%, Choices Matter 1%

Why You'll Like It: This game flips the escape-room genre on its head with a focus on preparation and survival in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 93%, Point & Click 4.9%, Story Rich 1%, Sci-fi 0.8%, Indie 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant sci-fi point-and-click adventure that explores themes of technology and humanity in a dystopian future.

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 92.6%, Point & Click 5.2%, Sci-fi 1.1%, Story Rich 0.9%, Indie 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the gritty, atmospheric sci-fi feel of an underground facility through a classic point-and-click lens.

Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.

Why similar: Adventure 95.5%, Point & Click 3.3%, Story Rich 0.7%, Casual 0.4%, Sci-fi 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic adventure game that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving within a rich, immersive world.

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: Adventure 93.8%, Story Rich 3.7%, Choices Matter 2.2%, Indie 0.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique dialogue-driven system that makes every interaction feel vital to the unfolding supernatural mystery.

A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.

Why similar: Adventure 93.6%, Post-apocalyptic 5%, Choices Matter 1.2%, Indie 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused adventure where your moral choices directly dictate the fate of your party in a harsh, dying world.

A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Why similar: Adventure 94.6%, Point & Click 3.4%, Post-apocalyptic 1.4%, Story Rich 0.5%, Indie 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a dark, gritty post-apocalyptic narrative that matches the somber tone and survival themes of the seed game.

You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.

Why similar: Adventure 89.4%, Point & Click 4.6%, Story Rich 2%, Choices Matter 1.4%, Alternate History 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled point-and-click adventure that explores a dystopian future through a narrative-heavy lens.

Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?

Why similar: Adventure 87.8%, Story Rich 4.3%, Post-apocalyptic 4.1%, Choices Matter 3.2%, Indie 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hand-drawn visual novel that focuses on the emotional weight of choices during a climate-driven collapse of civilization.

Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.

Why similar: Adventure 90.5%, Post-apocalyptic 4.9%, Point & Click 2.1%, Story Rich 1.2%, Choices Matter 1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes resource management and difficult moral choices in a post-apocalyptic world, closely matching the survival focus of The Descendant.

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 76.2%, Adventure 23.6%, Story Rich 0.2%, Choices Matter 0.1%, Indie 0%

Why You'll Like It: A strong point-and-click mystery that prioritizes narrative depth and character development over simple puzzles.

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 90.8%, Point & Click 4.5%, Post-apocalyptic 3.6%, Story Rich 0.8%, Indie 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a post-apocalyptic future, this game focuses on a woman searching for a cure in a world ravaged by disease.

399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.

Why similar: Adventure 79.8%, Point & Click 7.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%, Choices Matter 2.6%, Story Rich 2.4%

After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.

Why similar: Adventure 88%, Point & Click 4.5%, Post-apocalyptic 4.2%, Story Rich 1.9%, Sci-fi 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi adventure that explores themes of corporate control and survival in a dystopian city.

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 94.2%, Point & Click 4.9%, Sci-fi 0.7%, Indie 0.2%, Singleplayer 0%

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi adventure features a unique multi-character perspective and a gripping plot involving dangerous technology.

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 92.6%, Point & Click 3.7%, Post-apocalyptic 1.5%, Sci-fi 0.8%, Story Rich 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi noir adventure that offers multiple ways to solve problems, emphasizing player agency and narrative choice.

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 91.2%, Point & Click 5.7%, Sci-fi 1.5%, Story Rich 1.4%, Indie 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror adventure that captures the claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in a facility with a dark, hidden conspiracy.

Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.

Why similar: Adventure 84.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%, Story Rich 3.1%, Choices Matter 2.5%, Casual 1.1%

A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.

Why similar: Adventure 95.3%, Point & Click 4.4%, Sci-fi 0.2%, Indie 0.1%, Singleplayer 0%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic adventure game centered on preventing a global climate catastrophe, echoing the high-stakes mission of The Descendant.

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: Adventure 93.4%, Point & Click 4.1%, Story Rich 2.2%, Indie 0.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological adventure that focuses on deep storytelling and mature themes within a grim, atmospheric world.

The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.

Why similar: Adventure 94%, Point & Click 2.2%, Story Rich 2%, Choices Matter 1.1%, Sci-fi 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: An episodic adventure that balances multiple worlds and complex character choices, perfect for fans of narrative-heavy sci-fi.

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 92.5%, Point & Click 4.3%, Story Rich 1.1%, Choices Matter 1%, Sci-fi 0.8%

You are the liquidator survived the samosbor in block G-326 of the endless Gigakhrushchyovka. You have to find out what happened in this block, evacuate the residents and find a way out for yourself. But is everything as simple as it seems at first glance?

Why similar: Adventure 91.1%, Post-apocalyptic 5.9%, Story Rich 2%, Casual 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.

Why similar: Adventure 87.3%, Point & Click 4.9%, Post-apocalyptic 4.4%, Story Rich 2%, Choices Matter 1%

Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.

Why similar: Adventure 97.4%, Post-apocalyptic 2.3%, Indie 0.3%, Singleplayer 0%

You’ve made the biggest mistake in history. Now, you're the last hope. Explore the UK, Russia, Germany, Norway, Egypt, USA, Mars, and the Moon. Search for food, face creatures, travel through time, and fight to restore humanity. Survive or perish—your choices shape the future.

Why similar: Point & Click 64.5%, Story Rich 23.1%, Casual 12.4%

Nobodies: After Death is a puzzling point-and-click adventure in cleaning up dirty work. After your agency takes out a target, you make the evidence disappear without a trace. Find a way to get in, get out, and leave no bodies behind.

Why similar: Adventure 92.5%, Point & Click 4.7%, Story Rich 1.7%, Casual 0.7%, Indie 0.3%

It’s 2035 in Buenos Aires, or where Buenos Aires used to be. You’ve just woken up in a hospital, and you can’t remember anything. All you know is you have to escape and find out what happened to the city. And how to save it.

Why similar: Adventure 99.7%, Point & Click 0.2%, Post-apocalyptic 0%, Casual 0%, Indie 0%

You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.

Why similar: Adventure 95%, Post-apocalyptic 4%, Casual 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.1%

On a distant edge of an unknown planet, an abandoned structure sits in silence. Constructed by an unmanned research vessel sent from Earth, the Lun Infinus station was designed to run simulations for a five year period, exploring possibilities of human colonization in the case that Earth became uninhabitable.

Why similar: Adventure 98.3%, Sci-fi 0.9%, Story Rich 0.5%, Indie 0.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.

Why similar: Adventure 93.3%, Story Rich 2.7%, Alternate History 2.2%, Sci-fi 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.1%

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 93.5%, Point & Click 4.3%, Story Rich 1.1%, Sci-fi 0.9%, Indie 0.3%

Disappearing cows, strange visitors, talking trees... What is going on here...? Is the end of the world, the cowpocalypse really here? Discover the mysteries trough this puzzle filled, 2,5D, point & click style adventure game.

Why similar: Adventure 94.3%, Point & Click 3%, Casual 1%, Story Rich 0.8%, Sci-fi 0.6%

The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

Why similar: Adventure 97.6%, Point & Click 1.3%, Story Rich 0.7%, Casual 0.2%, Indie 0.2%

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 92.5%, Point & Click 4.5%, Story Rich 1.2%, Sci-fi 0.8%, Casual 0.6%

As Jack Argyle, you are tasked with restoring communication at the underwater ex-Aegis facility known as Phorcys Station. Be careful, or risk joining the spirits trapped inside.

Why similar: Adventure 92.8%, Story Rich 2.8%, Sci-fi 2.3%, Alternate History 1.7%, Indie 0.2%

In this final chapter of the Reversion series, you must join the Resistance to defeat the evil Sergio. Buenos Aires is in ruins, but you have a chance to reverse history. Will you have what it takes to save your city before it’s too late?

Why similar: Adventure 87.2%, Point & Click 4.2%, Episodic 3.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 2.5%, Casual 0.9%

The Descent, a horror walking sim in Rockwell Mine, immerses players in miners' harsh life and unsettling mine encounters. Play as an investigator uncovering a hometown mystery.

Why similar: Casual 87%, Indie 10.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.

Why similar: Adventure 97.7%, Choices Matter 0.9%, Sci-fi 0.8%, Casual 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.1%

In Aphotic Descent, you play as a diver whose submarine crashed at the bottom of the ocean. With no other option for survival, you must make your way to a nearby underwater research facility facing terrifying creatures, all while descending deeper and deeper...

Why similar: Adventure 99.9%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Relive the Capcom classics! Get 1943 -The Battle of Midway- and game logo wallpapers free with your download!

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.

Why similar: Adventure 92.5%, Post-apocalyptic 2.8%, Story Rich 2.3%, Point & Click 1.2%, Choices Matter 1.2%

A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Why similar: Adventure 89%, Point & Click 6.5%, Story Rich 2.8%, Sci-fi 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 79.2%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%

A retro styled adventure/RPG hybrid with atmosphere like the classics. Play as warrior, sorceress, or rogue as you travel through the rich world of Norse mythology to keep it from eternal winter. Each class has different puzzle solutions, making for good replay value. Fully free, no hidden costs.

Why similar: Adventure 99.5%, Point & Click 0.4%, Story Rich 0.1%, Indie 0%, Singleplayer 0%

Outwit, Outplay, Outcast.

Why similar: Adventure 98.7%, Story Rich 1%, Indie 0.3%

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: Adventure 65.6%, Indie 20.9%, Episodic 7.2% ★, Point & Click 4%, Sci-fi 1.2%