- #1 Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 879 reviews2009
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.9%, Detective 24.5%, Adventure 15%, Point & Click 14.6%, Horror 3%
- #2 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 623 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.6%, Point & Click 20.5%, Detective 14.9%, Horror 9.9%, Adventure 9.8%
- #3 Mr. Ashfish's Distant Rehab
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Irreal Cube Studios
Windows
Feel the magnificence of the 90's FMV adventure games one more time!
Why similar: FMV 37.3% ★, 1990's 28.3%, Point & Click 22%, Adventure 11.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #4 A Call From Under the House
95% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Party Crasher Studios
Windows · Mac
A short point-and-click Lovecraftian adventure game where the player must investigate a house suspected of cultish activity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.9%, Point & Click 21.4%, Detective 19.9%, Adventure 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #5 The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
94% matchVery Positive94% of 968 reviews2016
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.3%, Point & Click 26.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Horror 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #6 Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
94% matchMixed44% of 205 reviews2014
Dev: Cryo InteractivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 57.6%, Point & Click 22.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Horror 8.3%
- #7 Chronicle of Innsmouth
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 248 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 64.7%, Point & Click 18.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%
- #8 The Dark Rites of Arkham
91% matchVery Positive98% of 429 reviews2026
Dev: Postmodern AdventuresPub: enComplot
Windows
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.3%, Point & Click 22.3%, Detective 18.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #9 Ophelia
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nico
Windows
Ophelia is a detective game with survival elements. After a long period of silence, your sister Ophelia unexpectedly contacts you from her remote island. Discover the riddles of the island and your past to unravel the mysteries of your sister and her island.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Detective 26.8%, Point & Click 25.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #10 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Banker's Final Debt
90% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Zojoi
Windows
This mysterious case involves the murder of Oswald Mason, found dead at home. Lestrad and Scotland Yard believe that the murder was a result of Mason disturbing a burglar. I have my doubts. The Treasury wants us to investigate the case as Mason was dealing with sensitive Treasury work at the time.
Why similar: FMV 42.7% ★, Point & Click 23.2%, Detective 18%, Adventure 15.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #11 The 11th Hour
91% matchMixed42% of 266 reviews2013
Dev: Trilobyte GamesPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
IN THE 70 DESOLATE YEARS since the horrifying murders chronicled in The 7th Guest, the town of Harley has been ominously silent.Only when journalist Robin Morales vanishes while investigating the rotting abandoned mansion of the legendary toy maker Henry Stauf, do events resurrect a malignant past.
Why similar: FMV 40.5% ★, Point & Click 23.1%, 1990's 13.8%, Adventure 12.8%, Horror 9.5%
- #12 The Children of Clay
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 3,581 reviews2025
Dev: Balazs Ronyai
Windows · Linux
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: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Detective 22.8%, Point & Click 15.6%, Horror 9.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #13 Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
89% matchVery Positive82% of 227 reviews2016
Dev: SierraPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
All Curtis wants is to live a normal, happy life, but something seems to have other plans...
Why similar: FMV 45.9% ★, 1990's 18.1%, Point & Click 14.8%, Adventure 13.2%, Horror 7.9%
- #14 Noctropolis
89% matchVery Positive82% of 121 reviews2015
Dev: Flashpoint ProductionsPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a world where comic books are real - The final issue is Evil!
Why similar: FMV 43.6% ★, Point & Click 26%, 1990's 15.8%, Adventure 14.6%
- #15 DESOLATIUM
87% matchMostly Negative28% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLUMENPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Detective 18%, Point & Click 16.9%, Thriller 9.1%, Horror 6.6%
- #16 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery
86% matchVery Positive92% of 299 reviews2016
Dev: Sierra On-LinePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Play as both Gabriel and Grace as they are dispatched to Munich to solve a series of mutilation murders thought to be the work of werewolves.
Why similar: FMV 41.3% ★, Point & Click 18.5%, 1990's 15.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Detective 10.7%
- #17 Call of Cthulhu®
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,295 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.3%, Detective 20.9%, Horror 9.1%, Adventure 6.4%, Narration 3.8%
- #18 ECHO OF FEAR: Vol.1 Night Visit
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DEVA
Windows
ECHO OF FEAR is a psychological horror game where you play as a detective who receives a box containing 6 mysterious videotapes. Each tape represents a separate story connected by a common plot. The plot is based on the Cthulhu myths by H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.8%, Detective 21.7%, 1990's 13.9%, Horror 8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #19 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
84% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.4%, FMV 31.1% ★, Detective 18.8%, Horror 5.5%, Adventure 5%
- #20 Lammana: The Looe Island Mystery
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Journey to Lammana, through the historic 'found footage' of William H Boston. Explore the cursed island off Cornwall's coast. Retrace the steps of a young man who disappeared in 1924. 'Play through' surviving footage to discover a dark mystery involving treasure, exploration and sea monsters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.9%, Point & Click 17.1%, Detective 16.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Supernatural 6.2%
- #21 The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 271 reviews2019
Dev: MojoTouch
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The famous game remastered in a new 25th Anniversary Edition! The father and mother of all 'Haunted Mansion' games. Winner of multiple gaming awards and “No. 1 Rated Game of 1994”.
Why similar: FMV 36.2% ★, Point & Click 18.5%, 1990's 17.1%, Horror 8.7%, Adventure 7.9%
- #22 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Detective 18.2%, Point & Click 17.5%, Thriller 7%, Horror 6.7%
- #23 The Darkside Detective
80% matchVery Positive94% of 5,075 reviews2017
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Point & Click 21.3%, Lovecraftian 20.4%, 1990's 8.7%, Supernatural 8.6%
- #24 Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum
81% matchMixed70% of 59 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.
Why similar: FMV 27% ★, Detective 22.6%, Point & Click 18.1%, Adventure 13.9%, 1990's 13.4%
- #25 Return to Zork
81% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Activision
Windows
Return to Zork: A mesmerizing interactive adventure of danger, intrigue and cunning.
Why similar: FMV 49.1% ★, Adventure 26.5%, Point & Click 24.4%
- #26 Life Eater
79% matchVery Positive84% of 339 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, FMV 23.7% ★, 1990's 15.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Horror 6.7%
- #27 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Curse of Chaos
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chronicle of Innsmouth: Curse of Chaos is a Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure set in 500 AD Oman. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s most enigmatic stories, including The Nameless City and Nyarlathotep, it pulls you into a chilling investigation of cosmic horror and creeping madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.7%, Point & Click 24.1%, Adventure 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, 2D 2.8%
- #28 Phantasmagoria
78% matchVery Positive87% of 516 reviews2016
Dev: SierraPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.
Why similar: FMV 44% ★, Point & Click 21%, 1990's 17.1%, Adventure 9.4%, Horror 8.3%
- #29 Forgotten Hill Mementoes
78% matchVery Positive90% of 262 reviews2018
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Get ready for a puzzling journey through the memory of Forgotten Hill, can you survive?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42%, Point & Click 34.6%, Adventure 13%, Horror 10.4%
- #30 Bad Mojo Redux
77% matchVery Positive86% of 253 reviews2014
Dev: Pulse EntertainmentPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Enter a world of perilous puzzles and bizarre perspectives--as a cockroach. What you discover may shock you. What you don't may kill you. Either way, you won't come out the same person. You may not even come out a person at all.
Why similar: FMV 48.3% ★, Adventure 17.3%, 1990's 15.8%, Point & Click 10.9%, Horror 7.7%
- #31 Das Geheimnis von Lakeshore
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: derrx_o Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D Point and Click Adventure in Pixel Art
Why similar: Point & Click 28.3%, 1990's 24.8%, Detective 21.4%, Adventure 17.5%, 2D 4%
- #32 Eldritch Archives
74% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Ol' Chums Gaming
Windows
Nightmares of awful creatures and twisted worlds have haunted you since you received a letter from a prospective client. Delving into the mystery behind this cursed page may be the only chance you have of ever sleeping again. Nobody ever said being a paranormal investigator was easy...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46%, Horror 12.4%, Thriller 9.9%, Adventure 9.6%, Supernatural 8.1%
- #33 Flesh Eating Geriatric Internet Predator
76% matchMixed43% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Let's go to the Grindhouse
Windows
You are a projectionist tasked with assembling a long lost Horror Film for it’s first screening ever. A girl obsessed with vampires ends up meeting the real horrifying thing but he's far from the sparkly man of her dreams.
Why similar: FMV 42.8% ★, Point & Click 23.8%, Adventure 15.5%, Horror 10.6%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #34 Forgotten Hill Disillusion
75% matchVery Positive88% of 213 reviews2019
Dev: FM Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Welcome to Forgotten Hill Museum, a place where the past, the present, nature, art and the unknown are exhibited!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.2%, Point & Click 21.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Horror 5.6%
- #35 Tex Murphy: Overseer
76% matchMixed55% of 64 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.
Why similar: FMV 40.5% ★, Detective 21.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Point & Click 12.8%, 1990's 11.2%
- #36 Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
75% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?
Why similar: FMV 39.3% ★, Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 14.2%, Adventure 12.9%, 1990's 8.7%
- #37 Matt Murphy: The case of the stone guest
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: David Ponce SeguraPub: Sock Films
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this pixelated adventure from Sock Films, you'll have to help Matt Murphy and his faithful friend Trey to catch, look, talk and search the underworld of Naperville.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.4%, Detective 21.5%, 1990's 20.7%, Adventure 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #38 Saint Kotar
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Lovecraftian 32.5%, Detective 22%, Point & Click 17.3%, Thriller 7.8%, Horror 7.2%
- #39 Markus Ritter - The Lost Family
72% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2021
Dev: Flimmersoft
Windows · Linux
Play as Markus Ritter in this short full motion video game in the style of the famous 90's point-and-click adventures.
Why similar: FMV 34.5% ★, 1990's 19.9%, Point & Click 18.2%, Detective 12%, Adventure 6.9%
- #40 Black Mirror
74% matchMixed49% of 690 reviews2017
Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Scotland, 1926. Following the death of his father, David Gordon visits his ancestral home for the first time in his life. A life that is soon threatened by the dark secrets that claimed the sanity of many Gordons before him. Black Mirror Castle demands an offering.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.3%, Point & Click 26.5%, Adventure 23.7%, Horror 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #41 Mystery Detective Adventure Collector's Edition
71% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: FIVE-BN GAMES
Windows
Mystical events haunt locals. Conduct your own investigation to uncover the truth. “Mystery Detective Adventure” is an adventure game in the genre of Hidden Objects, with plenty of mini-games and puzzles, unforgettable characters and complicated quests.
Why similar: FMV 30.6% ★, Point & Click 25.5%, Detective 18.3%, Adventure 15.5%, Supernatural 6.9%
- #42 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
An FMV game where YOU are a psychiatrist trying to solve a double murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Ask questions and link answers to determine their fates, and your own!
Why similar: FMV 33.9% ★, Lovecraftian 27.9%, Detective 24.7%, Horror 6.5%, Atmospheric 3.3%
- #43 The Last Door - Collector's Edition
71% matchVery Positive95% of 2,425 reviews2014
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Lovecraftian 45.6%, Point & Click 28.7%, Horror 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Adventure 6.6%
- #44 Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
71% matchVery Positive96% of 161 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: FMV 39.5% ★, Detective 21.7%, Point & Click 18.5%, Adventure 10.7%, 1990's 9.6%
- #45 CORPOREAL
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Out Interactive
Windows
Piece together a cursed family photo album in 1990s NZ. Examine haunted photographs, encounter the paranormal & uncover your dark family history.
Why similar: FMV 26.9% ★, 1990's 20.4%, Point & Click 14%, Thriller 12.7%, Supernatural 9.2%
- #46 Carnival
68% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
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: Lovecraftian 33.8%, Point & Click 24.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Horror 7.3%, Supernatural 7.1%
- #47 Arkham Detective
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skellyboy Studios AS
Windows
Arkham Detective is an immersive and captivating psychological thriller that unfolds within the eerie and otherworldly universe crafted by the master of cosmic horror, H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.5%, Detective 23.6%, Thriller 15.1%, Narration 8.9%, Adventure 6.1%
- #48 Desert of Vice
70% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: Karolis Dikcius
Windows · Mac
Solve your own murder in this horror text adventure with choice dependent endings. Explore an isolated desert town to figure out who murdered you - and why.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 65%, Adventure 19.8%, Horror 15.2%
- #49 Remains of Yith
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Blackmoth Entertainment
Windows
Remains of Yith is a point and click adventure puzzle game inspired by The Shadow Out of Time by H.P Lovecraft, play as Sarah as she explores a mysterious island trying to recover a lost alien artifact
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.2%, Point & Click 30.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Horror 6.9%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #50 Murderous Muses
69% matchMixed68% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.
Why similar: FMV 32.4% ★, Lovecraftian 26.4%, Detective 20.3%, Point & Click 13.3%, Adventure 5.4%
- #51 旧日重返(Mystery of the Past)
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 锁眼工作室
Windows
《Mystery of the Past》is a detective puzzle game about time loop. You will play as detective Raymond, confronting fears unknown to many. Every time the shadow of death descends upon you, you have the chance to begin anew. Death is no longer the end but a new beginning.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.2%, Point & Click 25.2%, Detective 24.7%, Adventure 6.9%, 2D 3.5%
- #52 Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 158 reviews2018
Dev: City Interactive S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A series of dark macabre murders is crisscrossing two continents and FBI agent Nicole Bonnet is called in again to investigate. The only clue, mysterious dolls dressed in 18th century costumes, are left next to the deceased. What are the motives behind the actions of an insane pitiless slayer?
Why similar: Adventure 35.3%, Point & Click 35.3%, Detective 29.4%
- #53 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,656 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.5%, Detective 24.2%, Horror 7.7%, Narration 7.4%, Realistic 7.1%
- #54 Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender
70% matchMixed59% of 44 reviews2014
Dev: MicroProse Software, Inc.Pub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%
A priceless vase is lost on a distant planet that doesn't exist! An irate colonel wants it back! And only one man is experienced enough... skilled enough... and foolish enough to retrieve it! Interstellar adventurer and bungling bachelor Rex Nebular!
Why similar: Point & Click 45%, Adventure 30%, 1990's 25%
- #55 Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game
68% matchVery Positive81% of 597 reviews2015
Dev: Turmoil Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Alpha Polaris is an oldschool adventure game focusing on slow-burning character driven horror and environmental themes. It draws inspiration from such sources as Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.5%, Lovecraftian 26.5%, Adventure 20.5%, Horror 11.8%, Atmospheric 3.3%
- #56 Home Safety Hotline
65% matchVery Positive91% of 2,710 reviews2024
Dev: Night Signal Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
Why similar: FMV 26.8% ★, Lovecraftian 21.2%, 1990's 19.6%, Point & Click 16.4%, Horror 8.2%
- #57 Curse of the Old Gods
67% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: Tim Rachor
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A mystery adventure game set in a present-day Lovecraftian universe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 55.6%, Adventure 34.4%, Horror 10.1%
- #58 Police Quest™ Collection
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 156 reviews2016
Dev: SierraPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Walk the thin, blue line in four of the most realistic crime games ever created, packed with complex storylines and real-life mysteries that only a handful of real police officers ever face - or solve.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.1%, Detective 24.7%, 1990's 20.8%, Adventure 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #59 SIMULACRA
65% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: FMV 30.1% ★, Detective 22.5%, Point & Click 17.5%, Thriller 11.2%, Horror 8.5%