Games Like The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

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 30.9%, Lovecraftian 20.1%, Horror 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Story Rich 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the low-fi pixelated horror aesthetic and Lovecraftian dread found in Hob's Barrow.

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 28.1%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 12%, Emotional 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly dark, narrative-driven experience with high-quality pixel art and a haunting atmosphere.

Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.4%, Female Protagonist 14%, Horror 12.9%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong, atmospheric mystery with puzzle-heavy gameplay that feels very similar to the seed game.

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 39.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Adventure 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A premier point-and-click adventure that excels in character-driven storytelling and supernatural mystery.

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 22.2%, Female Protagonist 13%, Emotional 9.7%, Investigation 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click adventure featuring a strong female protagonist and a compelling, grounded mystery.

While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Horror 12.4%, Lovecraftian 11.6%, Mystery 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a similar rural British environment, this game leans heavily into the folk horror and investigative themes.

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 19.6%, Lovecraftian 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological folk horror game that focuses on investigation and branching narrative choices.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.1%, Investigation 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 10.8%, Thriller 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptional mystery game that rewards careful observation and deduction, similar to the investigative flow of Hob's Barrow.

After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Lovecraftian 18.7%, Horror 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Dark 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines Lovecraftian themes with point-and-click mechanics and a dark, atmospheric pixel-art style.

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

Why similar: Point & Click 37.9%, Puzzle 13.3%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Horror 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A gothic, puzzle-heavy adventure that focuses on uncovering dark secrets in an isolated, decaying setting.

Claire Barnes is about to discover what kind of horrors lurk in the darkness of a deserted road. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.1%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 9.2%, Mystery 8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, supernatural horror adventure that excels at building tension through its atmospheric pixel art.

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 31.4%, Horror 15.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Dark 11%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror point-and-click that uses a unique art style to tell a disturbing and memorable story.

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: Point & Click 27%, Dark 13.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A Victorian-era detective game that emphasizes deduction and narrative over traditional inventory puzzles.

The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Thriller 10.3%, Mystery 8.8%, Investigation 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused point-and-click adventure that deals with dark family secrets and atmospheric exploration.

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 38.3%, Horror 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Adventure 10.4%, Dark 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and dark point-and-click adventure that focuses on cryptic puzzles and a deeply unsettling narrative.

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 44.7%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational narrative-driven point-and-click series that focuses on ghosts, mystery, and investigation.

Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Horror 12.2%, Female Protagonist 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror adventure that focuses on supernatural investigation and dark, pixelated environments.

Somewhere deep within the woods of Cornwall, a timeless force is stirring. Unseen beneath the ancient burial mound, known locally as Barrow Hill, a forgotten myth awakens. Use archaeology to discover that the barrow is more than just a collection of forgotten standing stones.

Why similar: Point & Click 49.3%, Horror 25.5%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on archaeological mystery and ancient, supernatural threats in rural England.

Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!

Why similar: Point & Click 23.5%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Dark 11.4%, Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully animated point-and-click game that explores Lovecraftian themes with a focus on narrative and discovery.

Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Horror 17.4%, Dark 12.2%, Mystery 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that focuses on uncovering the dark history of a small, isolated town.

The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Horror 16.6%, Puzzle 9%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused horror game that leans into Lovecraftian themes and atmospheric storytelling.

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 33.8%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Mystery 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused point-and-click adventure that emphasizes investigation and player choice in a dark, atmospheric setting.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Mystery 30.1%, Puzzle 21.2%, Atmospheric 14%, Story Rich 11.1%, Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant deduction-based mystery game that challenges the player to piece together a dark, supernatural narrative.

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 53.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Adventure 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Story Rich 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric point-and-click adventure with a focus on world-building and uncovering the history of a ruined land.

Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.4%, Horror 21.3%, Adventure 14%, Lovecraftian 12.6%, Dark 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes investigation and the discovery of ancient, hidden secrets.

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: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Mystery 9.3%, Investigation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle adventure that captures the feeling of uncovering an ancient, forbidden mystery in an isolated location.

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: Point & Click 18.4%, Horror 13.2%, Dark 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Emotional 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, episodic narrative game that deals with supernatural horror and mystery through a unique visual style.

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Horror 14.3%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Dark 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, interactive-fiction game that balances whimsical art with a deeply unsettling and tragic narrative.

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 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Horror 8.8%, Investigation 8.6%

A cinematic point-and-click adventure where you step into the shoes of photographer Charlotte Gray as she explores the abandoned camp of Deer Creek and uncovers the tragedy that befell the camp and its people.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Mystery 8.5%, Cinematic 8.2%

HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.

Why similar: Emotional 43%, Atmospheric 23.9%, Adventure 15.6%, Third Person 11.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, indie horror adventure that uses pixel art to create a tense, player-driven mystery.

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: Point & Click 36.7%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Mystery 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic point-and-click that excels at storytelling and building a sense of dread in a crumbling world.

In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?

Why similar: Point & Click 21.3%, Horror 17.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Retro 9.1%

An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a classic-style graphic adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Investigation 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Horror 9.9%

A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!

Why similar: Point & Click 17.7%, Lovecraftian 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Horror 11.6%

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 23.2%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dark 11.9%, Thriller 10.1%

Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!

Why similar: Point & Click 17.8%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Emotional 10%, Mystery 9.4%, Puzzle 8.6%

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 22.2%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 9.5%, Investigation 9.3%

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 10.9%, Mystery 9.6%

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 97.4%, Female Protagonist 0.7%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%, Mystery 0.4%, Adventure 0.3%

Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.

Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Point & Click 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Mystery 11%, Puzzle 10.8%

During her new adventure, Pamela Cavendish goes to a misty and mysterious Scotland where a seemingly innocent landscape of moor quickly reveals its dark nature. Spectre from the past and ghostly sounds will force her to follow the amazing legend of the Red Moon.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.4%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Horror 14%, Dark 10.3%, Adventure 9.5%

Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.5%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 10.1%, Emotional 10%

Charlotte is missing. Decode an ancient language, investigate a mystery, and stay away from ancient monsters in this compact puzzle thriller.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Horror 16.8%, Dark 11.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 10.5%

Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Point & Click 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 8.9%

Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Horror 12%, Thriller 10.2%, Investigation 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Dark 26.8%, Mystery 23.6%, Thriller 7%, Puzzle 3%

Abducted with only four hours to live… Learn about your captor, use your knowledge to escape, end the cycle.

Why similar: Thriller 16.5%, Horror 14.2%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Puzzle 12.2%, Mystery 11.8%

A short classic point-and-click adventure with a verb-based interface and dialogue choices, where you explore a strange building, meet unsettling characters, and slowly uncover a dark, ancient secret.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.5%, Horror 11.8%, Thriller 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Puzzle 8.9%

Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.

Why similar: Point & Click 30%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Adventure 10.1%

A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.1%, Horror 19.4%, Dark 9.9%, Thriller 8.2%, Mystery 7.7%

Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.

Why similar: Point & Click 39.9%, Horror 22%, Adventure 18.4%, Mystery 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.2%

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 28.5%, Female Protagonist 17%, Horror 14.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Investigation 9.2%

Save your twin brother from the sinister sea menace that overtakes everything and everyone on the troubled island of Pilgrim's Hook.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Lovecraftian 15.7%, Horror 12.1%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Puzzle 10.6%

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 28.8%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Horror 14.8%, Puzzle 11.6%, Dark 9.4%

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: Female Protagonist 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Emotional 14.8%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 12.6%

Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!

Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Mystery 8.7%

Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.7%, Horror 19%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Investigation 8.7%, Mystery 7.1%

The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.9%, Horror 21.3%, Mystery 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Adventure 13.2%

Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.

Why similar: Point & Click 23%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Cinematic 9.4%, Mystery 9.2%, Emotional 9%