- #1 Foolish Mortals
97% matchVery Positive95% of 763 reviews2025
Dev: Inklingwood Studios
Windows · Mac
Louisiana, 1933. Thirty years ago an entire wedding suddenly & mysteriously vanished on the island of Devil's Rock, and with it went the location of the lost treasure of Bellemore Manor. To find it, you might need to die too. A cozy, story-driven, point & click adventure game of the merry & macabre.
Why similar: Narrative 30.7% ★, Supernatural 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Investigation 9.7%, Mystery 7.8%
- #2 Manus Sors
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nest Union
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mystical horror-puzzle game. A cozy grandmother's apartment hides dark family secrets. Explore rooms, solve riddles, and pay close attention - every detail matters!
Why similar: Narrative 19% ★, Investigation 14.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Supernatural 11.3%, Mystery 10.6%
- #3 Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries
96% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Outsider Games
Windows · Linux
In 1921, young French artist Jennifer Chevalier becomes embroiled in death, espionage and revolution, assisted by the ghost of Oscar Wilde. A hand-drawn Point & Click adventure with a unique comic book inventory design.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Supernatural 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 7.9%
- #4 Okinawa Journal
95% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Miga Games
Windows
A point-and-click mystery game set during the summer of 2000 in the mysterious landscapes of Okinawa. You play as Kami, a guardian angel tasked with guiding Haruki, a struggling journalist, as he delves into the baffling disappearance of a beloved actress.
Why similar: Narrative 41.1% ★, Investigation 12.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Mystery 8.1%, Supernatural 7.3%
- #5 Vessels
94% matchVery Positive95% of 125 reviews2020
Dev: Local Space Survey CorpsPub: Local Space Survey Corps, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
Why similar: Narrative 42.4% ★, Mystery 10.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Exploration 8.1%, Supernatural 7.9%
- #6 Uncle Otto's Mansion
93% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: Henano
Windows
You play as Audrey, who has just inherited a mansion from an uncle she never met. Step inside and explore the mansion to unveil the story of what happened to your uncle Otto, his butler, and this kinda creepy place. 😬
Why similar: Narrative 43.4% ★, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 14.2%, Exploration 12.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #7 Midnight Scenes: The Goodbye Note
94% matchVery Positive97% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Follow Dr. Richard P. Griffin during the scariest journey of his life. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Narrative 28.9% ★, Supernatural 16.8%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Conspiracy 10.5% ★, Mystery 7%
- #8 Ire: A Prologue
92% matchMixed62% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: ProbablyMonsters
Windows
It’s 1986, and you’re stranded in the Bermuda Triangle -- but not alone. Trapped in a terrifying loop with a monster, you’ll have to stay one step ahead to survive and uncover the truth. Ready or not, here it comes.
Why similar: Narrative 37.3% ★, Supernatural 16.8%, Psychological 8%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%, Mystery 7.7%
- #9 Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
The classic award winning adventure returns in glorious 4K with fully remastered audio. Step into the shoes of intrepid tourist George Stobbart and sharp-witted journalist Nico Collard as they unravel a deadly Mayan conspiracy steeped in ancient artifacts and dark magic.
Why similar: Narrative 37.3% ★, Investigation 13.8%, Conspiracy 10.8% ★, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Mystery 9.3%
- #10 How Was Your Day?
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mad Carnival
Windows · Mac
After her beloved dog Beans vanishes and 13-year-old Diya finds herself trapped in a nightmarish time loop, each day reveals darker secrets in the sleepy town of Lakeview. Nothing, and no one, is what it seems. Groundhog Day meets Stranger Things in this supernatural thriller set in 80s New Zealand.
Why similar: Narrative 36.2% ★, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Point & Click 7%
- #11 Sally Face - Episode One
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 29,849 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Why similar: Narrative 28.1% ★, Supernatural 14.5%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #12 ORMS
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Rhea Games
Windows · Mac
An atmospheric narrative puzzle-adventure set on a surreal Nordic island. Guide young Sam and his companion Kira through two shifting realities - switching between a world of terrifying shadows and a world of light to solve puzzles and reignite the broken lighthouse
Why similar: Narrative 42.8% ★, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Exploration 7.8%, Psychological 6.8%
- #13 Haifa
89% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Team Ashan
Windows
Haifa is a hidden object puzzle experience that tells a story about the emotional struggles of trying to maintain hopefulness in times of war. Help your characters keep their head up by finding small objects in their environment to lift their spirits, as they look for their lost friend.
Why similar: Narrative 43.9% ★, Hand-drawn 21.2%, Mystery 7.2%, Puzzle 7%, Point & Click 6.4%
- #14 Magic Сity Detective: Secret Desire Collector's Edition
88% matchNegative7% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
The Others are experiencing another trouble. Prevent the upcoming bloody conflict between the elves and vampires! Someone is trying to bring discord to the fragile world of the Others. Will they succeed? It depends on you. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Narrative 26.5% ★, Supernatural 14%, Hand-drawn 12%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 8.2%
- #15 Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
86% matchVery Positive95% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Narrative 31.2% ★, Supernatural 18.4%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Mystery 7.2%, Point & Click 7%
- #16 Intruder In Antiquonia
87% matchVery Positive90% of 118 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: Narrative 28% ★, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #17 As The Leaves Fall
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clay Crown Games
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click adventure game with a thrilling, Native American-inspired narrative. Use your wit to solve fun and challenging puzzles as you explore and interact with the townsfolk of Birchwood Hollow and the Native reservation. Secrets will be uncovered, and truths revealed, as the leaves fall.
Why similar: Narrative 28.9% ★, Supernatural 18.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Point & Click 8%
- #18 Framing Dawes
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jinx-It Games
Windows · Mac
A story-rich, dark fantasy, single-player, 2d point and click adventure, where a witch's curse means it's Groundhog Day in a forgotten wonderland. Cast spells, build a flying bathtub, talk to inanimate objects, find missing socks and much more!
Why similar: Narrative 29.6% ★, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Mystery 7.3%, Point & Click 7.1%
- #19 Midnight Scenes: The Nanny
85% matchVery Positive97% of 234 reviews2021
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Narrative 30.7% ★, Supernatural 18%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Mystery 7.4%, Point & Click 6.8%
- #20 Crimson Seer
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meridian Malice
Windows
Crimson Seer is a fantasy detective puzzle game. Investigate murder scenes frozen in time, gather clues, and deduce motive, method, and location. Use your prophetic visions to uncover sinister elven plots, ancient mysteries, and dark rituals in an underground world.
Why similar: Narrative 19% ★, Investigation 14.7%, Conspiracy 13.8% ★, Mystery 12.5%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #21 The Rise of the Golden Idol
82% matchVery Positive93% of 4,156 reviews2024
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Conspiracy 20.3% ★, Narrative 19% ★, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #22 Death at Fleming Manor
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SUPERTHUMb
Windows
"Your job is to write the death certificate." In 1959, a mysterious death awaits inside a grand British manor. Investigate eerie scenes and complete forensic documents, including death certificates and emergency reports. Stylish 1960s detective comic art. Perfect for fans of vintage whodunits.
Why similar: Narrative 25.1% ★, Conspiracy 13.1% ★, Investigation 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Mystery 9%
- #23 Miniatures
82% matchVery Positive95% of 387 reviews2024
Dev: Other Tales Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Narrative 26.2% ★, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Point & Click 7%
- #24 Grayton the Detective
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Incidental Minds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grayton the Detective is a narrative adventure game about a homeless man who once lived in wealth and comfort, now showers with a kettle, and solves petty mysteries on the streets of Cleveland. However, with the disappearance of mysterious Golden Spoon, everything may change.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Hand-drawn 19%, Investigation 15.9%, Point & Click 8.4%, Puzzle 8%
- #25 Edge on Truth
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ViGuselt
Windows · Mac
Explore the settlement, gather clues, interact with its inhabitants, and uncover a conspiracy. Your actions shape your relationships with the locals – will they help you, or deceive you? Your choices will determine whether the protagonist can escape, or if his tragic fate will repeat itself again.
Why similar: Narrative 30.2% ★, Conspiracy 14.9% ★, Investigation 13.2%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Exploration 7.5%
- #26 Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
81% matchVery Positive86% of 205 reviews2023
Dev: White Blanket GamesPub: Octavi Navarro
Windows
Disturbing incidents begin happening after the arrival of a new patient at Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Narrative 31.3% ★, Supernatural 18%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Mystery 7.4%, Point & Click 6.8%
- #27 Inkblood
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hey Bird!Pub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
You're an Inquisitor following a trail of death. A cult is at work, your predecessor has vanished, and the region teeters on the edge of chaos. Find the truth. Uphold the Inquisition. Do not fail.
Why similar: Conspiracy 17% ★, Supernatural 14.3%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 9%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #28 Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,369 reviews2024
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
Why similar: Narrative 33.6% ★, Conspiracy 15.8% ★, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 8.9%
- #29 The Pale Place
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Shore Studio
Windows
A deductive investigation game with a faded pixel art aesthetic. Set in a dreamlike, mysterious environment, the player becomes a conductor, (re)organizing and (re)positioning objects, characters, and puzzles while recovering lost fragments of their memory.
Why similar: Narrative 31.5% ★, Conspiracy 17.2% ★, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 7.5%
- #30 Trips'n'Traps - A Vicious Odyssey
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Vagabundo
Windows
Join Rat Girl on a gloriously unhinged adventure. Explore a hand-painted world filled with bizarre creatures and unforgettable characters. Solve creative puzzles, make choices that shape your journey, and discover an irreverent story full of dark humor about rebellion and identity.
Why similar: Narrative 37.5% ★, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Investigation 11.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Atmospheric 8%
- #31 追曙
76% matchVery Positive86% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: 悄语灯
Windows
Officer Yang Fan receives a distorted radio distress call during his shift.The signal traces back to an abandoned apartment building—one linked to the records of a young girl's suicide years prior. As his investigation unfolds, he uncovers a dark secret buried so deep,no one dares speak of it.
Why similar: Narrative 36.4% ★, Supernatural 17.7%, Mystery 9.3%, Puzzle 8.2%, Exploration 8%
- #32 The Inspireist
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nabi Hamdi Mortan
Windows
Unravel the mysteries of the ocean spirit world by accompanying a recent high school graduate, Bulut, who lost all of his memories of family and friends. The Inspireist is a story-rich puzzle adventure narrative set in a recent 21st century, alternate realm Izmrr.
Why similar: Narrative 56.6% ★, Mystery 12.1%, Supernatural 7.3%, Puzzle 5.9%, Indie 4.4%
- #33 Willow's Paper House
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blooming Bats Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fairytale point-and-click adventure game that follows 13-year-old Willow as she tries to escape a living hospital made of memories while searching for her lost brother.
Why similar: Narrative 15.2% ★, Mystery 14.3%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Supernatural 10.7%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #34 THIEF'S SHELTER
75% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
Windows
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Narrative 38.1% ★, Investigation 13.3%, Puzzle 7.2%, Psychological 7.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #35 Questfarers of the Stone
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Daggerguard Studios
Windows
a Dark fantasy themed 2D hand-drawn point and click adventure, following Kabe on a quest into a corrupted part of the Stone. Solve the puzzles of this world, or be lost in it.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Point & Click 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%, Investigation 8.4%
- #36 Liar’s Line
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PexeliesPub: Aroko Game Studio
Windows
A monster is hiding behind one of the voices on the line. Identify the liar before you reveal your location. One wrong judgment, and it comes to your door. Each playthrough changes who's lying.
Why similar: Narrative 31.7% ★, Supernatural 20.3%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #37 Unstrung
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Hat StudioPub: U-tad
Windows
In Unstrung, a 2.5D narrative puzzle game, you take center stage in a visionary puppeteer’s masterpiece—a dark retelling of Hansel and Gretel. But disobedience is strictly off-script…
Why similar: Narrative 48.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Psychological 6%
- #38 Recollage
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Windspiel
Windows
Build your very own creatures from hand-painted collage parts, grant them new abilities and reshape a scrapbook world in this dark coming-of-age adventure.
Why similar: Narrative 36.7% ★, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Puzzle 6.8%, Exploration 5.8%
- #39 Wordventures: The Vampire Pirate
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PuzzleNation
Windows · Mac
On the night of the full moon, a handful of children have seemingly disappeared in the sleepy seaside town of Mistyvale Oaks. Solve word search puzzles to track down leads, uncover clues, and solve the mystery of the ghost ship in this narrative puzzle adventure game.
Why similar: Narrative 29.9% ★, Mystery 12.7%, Investigation 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Supernatural 9.2%
- #40 The Case of the Golden Idol
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Narrative 21.4% ★, Conspiracy 17.6% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #41 RatScum
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eclair Games
Windows
Fallen into the sewer, a lone rat embarks on the long journey of returning home in an estranged, crumbling apartment. Navigate forgotten corners and unfamiliar spaces, befriend unlikely allies, and slip through dangers and shadows in the cracks of a broken world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Investigation 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%
- #42 SOMBRAS: negative frames
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maboroshi ArtworksPub: Entalto Publishing
Windows
‘SOMBRAS: negative frames’ is a first person narrative game with a focus on photography and light horror elements. Follow Shiomi, a Japanese-Spanish photography student, as she is spirited away in a dark mirror of her 2000s Japanese town and must confront fragments of her own psyche.
Why similar: Narrative 32.5% ★, Supernatural 24.2%, Investigation 10.5%, Exploration 7.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #43 Heaven's Vault
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,498 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Narrative 46.4% ★, Mystery 11.6%, Puzzle 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Point & Click 7.4%
- #44 Transit
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fable Systems
Windows · Mac
Transit is a dark narrative adventure starring a sarcastic sock puppet in a world looping itself to death. Ride midnight trains through collapsing timelines, free traumatised souls, and search for your sister lost inside the loop.
Why similar: Narrative 40.2% ★, Atmospheric 10.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Supernatural 9.4%
- #45 Egregore
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Team EgregorePub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a first-person adventure to a mysterious café in Cairo. Adopt a new perspective and shape reality to your will as you unravel an occult conspiracy hidden in plain sight.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.9%, Mystery 15.8%, Conspiracy 15% ★, Puzzle 12.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #46 The Lies We Tell Ourselves
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Poopsy
Windows
The Lies We Tell Ourselves is an episodic first person psychological action-adventure game with introspective/horror elements and a focus on subtle storytelling and atmosphere. Explore, solve puzzles, survive and uncover truths buried deep within a castle of lies.
Why similar: Narrative 28.1% ★, Supernatural 18.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #47 The Disappearance of Emily Crowe
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nemoris Games
Windows
A first-person psychological horror built on stealth and dread. Raise your real phone to reveal what your screen can't — hidden threats, impossible paths, and the truth about a sister who vanished 15 years ago. What took Emily never left, and it remembers you.
Why similar: Narrative 33.4% ★, Supernatural 16.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Mystery 9.1%, Investigation 8.1%
- #48 Enypnion Redreamed
71% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Sinking SheepPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Enter a surreal adventure that delves deep into the subconscious mind of a young boy. Guided by a dream spirit, solve puzzles and explore a realm of eerie wonder, as you find your way back into the waking world. An illusory adventure redreamed!
Why similar: Narrative 35.6% ★, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 7.5%, Psychological 7.1%
- #49 Last Time I Saw You
69% matchVery Positive97% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Maboroshi ArtworksPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.
Why similar: Narrative 43% ★, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Supernatural 12.8%, Mystery 8.2%, Exploration 7.8%
- #50 Azrael's Tear
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Intelligent Games Ltd.Pub: SNEG
Windows
In the third millennium, chaos reigns. Your mission: find the Holy Grail and save Earth. As a high-tech Raptor, navigate the Templar's deadly labyrinth, solve puzzles, and face unique characters. Explore 70+ environments, using strategy, skill, and wits to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 34.6% ★, Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Exploration 11.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #51 oneway.exe: Module 1.0
68% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Disordered Media
Windows
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Narrative 35.6% ★, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Investigation 10.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #52 My Friends Below
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Below
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D top-down, narrative focused horror game. Play as an orphan in a calm but bleak orphanage. Use puzzle-like gameplay to avoid the dangers creeping around. Learn about the orphanage’s past and what lies beneath. Maybe you will make some new friends.
Why similar: Narrative 37.9% ★, Supernatural 15%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Mystery 10.8%, Exploration 5.5%
- #53 Ghosts and Bureaucracy
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kataigida GamesPub: LabOne48
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the ruins of an abandoned government building, collect items, learn a multitude of skills, interact with a variety of objects and enjoy individual and absurd dialogues, engage in Undertale inspired battles of persuasions with ghostly politicians and clerks and try to request a treasure.
Why similar: Narrative 37.8% ★, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #54 Lord Winklebottom Investigates
69% matchVery Positive92% of 239 reviews2022
Dev: Cave Monsters
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.
Why similar: Narrative 41.3% ★, Investigation 13%, Mystery 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #55 The Mystery of Oak Island
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Visionaire Studio UG
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Hand-drawn 15%, Mystery 13.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Point & Click 10.2%
- #56 Land of Infinite Dreams
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinite Tales Studio
Windows
Land of Infinite Dreams is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure about Princess Luna, a young girl who escapes into Lunaria — a dreamworld shaped by loss, loneliness, and imagination. She harnesses the power of moonlight to overcome challenges and confront creatures born from her fears.
Why similar: Narrative 51% ★, Atmospheric 9.6%, Mystery 9%, Exploration 7.9%, Psychological 6.2%
- #57 Field Recordings
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DuskSoft
Windows
Field Recordings is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure set in the fragments of a collapsing reality. Guided by a lonely AI from the abandoned Project Ariadne, explore isolated pockets of the world and search for survivors. Use a Field Recorder to tune into echoes and uncover what remains.
Why similar: Narrative 37.9% ★, Mystery 16.4%, Atmospheric 14%, Investigation 11.2%, Exploration 8.7%
- #58 Little Ghosthunter
67% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Cellenite
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the stories behind a family of ghosts to free them from the confines of their own house, as you search for a way to summon your best friend from the afterlife.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.9%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 10%
- #59 HOLLOW MIRE
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mowlo Games
Windows
A war hero returns to a shattered England, searching for his missing family while confronting nightmares that defy reality. A choice-driven narrative thriller with 8 unique endings.
Why similar: Narrative 34.4% ★, Supernatural 19.4%, Mystery 7.8%, Investigation 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #60 Simon the Sorcerer Origins
65% matchVery Positive87% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: Smallthing StudiosPub: ININ
Windows · Mac · Linux
Summoned to a strange magical world, Simon must complete an ancient prophecy to return home. Solve crazy puzzles, cast spells, brew odd potions and uncover the origins of a legendary saga!
Why similar: Narrative 33.8% ★, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Point & Click 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%