Games Like The Mind of Marlo

Harold Fletcher has been grounded to his bedroom for over 30 years. Join award-winning journalist Nigel Wimble as he discovers how one man has coped with the boredom and loneliness in this one of a kind, FREE, documentary film simulator!

Why similar: Documentary 53.7% ★, Point & Click 13.1%, Narrative 7.6% ★, Indie 5.6%, Psychological 4.5%

A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.4%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Psychological 12.4%, Story Rich 12%, Drama 10.8%

Antenna Dilemma is a short and witty point&click in which you'll follow the story of C432632, a finicky grey cube that sure doesn't want to miss his favorite TV show.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.4%, Comedy 18.7%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 12.3%, Story Rich 5.4%

An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

Why similar: Documentary 58.6% ★, Point & Click 11%, Story Rich 9.4%, Walking Simulator 7.2%, Indie 5.5%

A personal, short and silly handwritten game about a little man feeling a little 'eh'.

Why similar: Comedy 48.2%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Story Rich 14%, Indie 12.2%, 2D 5.7%

Help Karambola on his quest to rescue his emotional fruit people friends from the power of dark thoughts in this short hand-drawn point-and-click puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 53.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Psychological 12.4%, Puzzle 12%, 2D 5.5%

In this free 3D adventure, explore someone's mind and discover their secrets in a surreal story about a father, son, Asian-America and more. Explore a dying father's "Memory World", and travel to familiar, supernatural spaces. By Melos, co-creator of Anodyne and Angeline Era.

Why similar: Psychological 30.2%, Story Rich 25.9%, Walking Simulator 25%, Adventure 16.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Story Rich 30%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Point & Click 19%, Indie 11.5%, Adventure 11.5%

Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.

Why similar: Point & Click 44.8%, Story Rich 15.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Psychological 12.4%, Puzzle 9%

Unforgettable You is a contemplating platformer game about love.

Why similar: Narrative 39.1% ★, Walking Simulator 15.8%, Drama 15.6%, Story Rich 15.4%, Adventure 4.9%

Dropsy is a non-traditional take on the classic point and click adventure formula starring the game’s perpetually carefree namesake clown as he explores a richly detailed world full of colorful characters and sinister secrets, doling out hugs along the way.

Why similar: Point & Click 65.5%, Adventure 17.7%, Story Rich 5.1%, Indie 4.9%, 2D 4.4%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Psychological 33.2%, Adventure 24.8%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Puzzle 17.6%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Pants Quest is a tiny, lovingly crafted point & click adventure game about finding your way in life. And your pants. Sometimes just getting dressed & leaving the house feels like an impossible task. Follow one man's emotional journey to deal with the hurdles that life can throw at you on a bad day.

Why similar: Point & Click 42.9%, Comedy 24.7%, Adventure 15.1%, Puzzle 7.9%, 2D 4.8%

"Hold Me Still" is a point-and-click puzzle mystery game where you investigate your friend's disappearance by exploring their house, collecting clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering the truth.

Why similar: Point & Click 44.6%, Adventure 16.8%, Drama 11.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, Story Rich 7.2%

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.7%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 16%, Story Rich 10.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.

Why similar: Psychological 24.7%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Story Rich 22.9%, Adventure 13%, Puzzle 9%

An experience filled with stories and music See the world through the eyes of jazz pianist, Morris. takes you through a dream-like adventure through jazz and love, and failure.

Why similar: Drama 26.4%, Story Rich 26.1%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 9.1%

THE CORRIDOR is a 20-30 minute experience about the relationship between player and game.

Why similar: Comedy 47.4%, Psychological 28.1%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%

A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.

Why similar: Point & Click 67.3%, Indie 32.7%

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Why similar: Point & Click 42.7%, Adventure 35%, Indie 14.3%, 2D 4.9%, Singleplayer 3%

A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As “The Big Event" draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.

Why similar: Point & Click 42.5%, Comedy 26.6%, Story Rich 15.1%, Puzzle 9.8%, 2D 6%

A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.

Why similar: Comedy 33.9%, Narrative 20.1% ★, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 8.9%

Projector Face is a point and click adventure game following the peculiar actions of a voiceless protagonist trying desperately to communicate. Solve puzzles and help Projector Face befriend the local kids while doing what he does best: playing movies on whatever surface he can find.

Why similar: Point & Click 49.6%, Adventure 29.2%, Indie 19%, Singleplayer 2.2%

a hand-drawn mental-health-focused game!

Why similar: Adventure 52.9%, Indie 21.7%, 2D 21.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%

The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.

Why similar: Narrative 28.3% ★, Psychological 22.5%, Drama 19.9%, Story Rich 16.5%, Walking Simulator 12.8%

A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.

Why similar: Drama 36.3%, Story Rich 30.3%, Psychological 15.1%, 2D 8.1%, Adventure 7.2%

Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.

Why similar: Indie 28%, Puzzle 27.7%, Adventure 27.1%, 2D 10.9%, Singleplayer 6.3%

Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank is a charming point-and-click adventure about tabletop gaming, mischievous friends, and spectral poultry.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.5%, Comedy 25%, Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Indie 10.2%

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.

Why similar: Comedy 30.6%, Narrative 28.7% ★, Story Rich 19.3%, Adventure 12.8%, 2D 6.1%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.2%, Psychological 16.8%, Indie 16.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 13.6%

Follow Larry's life to find the source of his lack of luck. Discover his intriguing story and solve puzzles to understand how his life plays out.

Why similar: Point & Click 56.8%, Adventure 16.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, 2D 7.6%, Indie 4.3%

Comedy Quest is a point and click adventure game by Trav Nash. Can you become the greatest comedian in three gigs?

Why similar: Point & Click 50.5%, Comedy 22.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 11.5%

Moaisland is a humorous and surreal, first-person, retro-styled, point-and-click adventure game starring the mysterious Moai statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

Why similar: Point & Click 38.5%, Comedy 37.4%, Walking Simulator 15.1%, Puzzle 9%

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, Indie 31.4%, Adventure 26.2%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Step into the hilariously twisted world of Wildwood Down, a side-splitting comedy thriller. Featuring a protagonist with Down Syndrome. (Inspired by and voice acted by the Dev's childhood friend!) Perfect for fans of the P-n-C adventure genre and new comers looking for a wild heartfelt ride!

Why similar: Point & Click 35.1%, Comedy 28.3%, Story Rich 12%, Adventure 10.3%, Puzzle 7.3%

Something for Someone Else is a short atypical experience, a brief journey into the mind of a distressed game developer that feels haunted by a game he made. All in the form of a poorly hand drawn narrative platformer accompanied by the beautiful musics of Celluloid Jam.

Why similar: Adventure 56.6%, Indie 43.4%

League of Enthusiastic Losers is a reflective adventure game about experiencing yourself, looking for happiness, self-care, and not giving up contrary to what others think. Immerse yourself in a slow-flowing but true story, of the nostalgic journey to the 90s.

Why similar: Adventure 32.6%, Indie 18.8%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, 2D 13.2%

An absurd point-and-click adventure, where you help Goby, a piece of swallowed gum, in his quest to find freedom beyond the digestive system.

Why similar: Point & Click 48.5%, Comedy 17.4%, Story Rich 16.5%, Adventure 12.4%, 2D 4.8%

Poco is the story of the world's smallest clown, who is banished from the circus and finds themself in a mysterious undergrowth full of lost and broken things. Explore, meet strange creatures, solve puzzles, and help Poco return to the circus in this charming 2D/3D hybrid point-and-click adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 57.8%, Story Rich 23.1%, Puzzle 12.3%, 2D 6.8%

Help Cummerbund Bandersnatch in this quintessentially British point & click comedy adventure as he explores the darker side of Victorian England, oblivious to its perils. Manipulate time, talk to a host of dubious characters and solve puzzles to get Bandersnatch out of a fix before it's too late.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.9%, Comedy 30.8%, Story Rich 13.9%, Adventure 11.8%, 2D 4.1%

You are a man in a room. Something feels off. Or maybe it's on. A short existential comedy point-and-click non-adventure about the limitations and imitations of human existence – or, really, whatever you want it to be about.

Why similar: Point & Click 43.8%, Comedy 19.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Psychological 10.7%, 2D 6.4%

A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Psychological 24.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, Story Rich 18.9%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 11.1%

Prepare for an experience unlike anything you've seen before... TRATEL64 (spell it in all caps) is a zany comedy adventure game that's stylized like a fever dream! Watch Tratel go from 0 to 64 over the course of an afternoon (in real time that amounts to 1-2 hours).

Why similar: Adventure 28%, Comedy 23.7%, Indie 20.4%, Psychological 16.4%, Walking Simulator 11.5%

A Prologue to Whateverland, an upcoming point-n-click adventure set in a bizarrely beautiful hand-drawn world, where everyone gets what they truly deserve. Experience the beginning of the journey of Vincent, an unfortunate thief, who can either find a way out or stay trapped there forever.

Why similar: Point & Click 49%, Adventure 20.9%, Indie 15.7%, 2D 6.8%, Puzzle 5.1%

THE NORMAL THING is a story about a dog who lost his memory. Sunless forests, strange gardens, weird inhabitants... Start a little journey to retrieve your memory.

Why similar: Adventure 31.6%, Puzzle 21%, 2D 17.4%, Story Rich 14.9%, Indie 11.9%

Modify the world around you with pseudocode as you journey through blended realities and discover why Frank became a game developer in the first place.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.1%, Narrative 26.5% ★, Story Rich 15.9%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 8.3%

Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.

Why similar: Point & Click 46.5%, Comedy 27%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 9.3%, 2D 6.6%

Very funny, very short and very sweet text adventure game about Chub, Color, 23 and You.

Why similar: Comedy 55.3%, Adventure 23.5%, Puzzle 11.9%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 2.3%

Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.

Why similar: Adventure 46.5%, Indie 34.4%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.

Why similar: Narrative 39.1% ★, Story Rich 18.4%, Psychological 9.7%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Drama 8.1%

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

Why similar: Story Rich 50.6%, Indie 20.2%, Adventure 14.2%, Psychological 9%, 2D 3.3%

Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .

Why similar: Adventure 57%, Indie 43%

A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 70%, Indie 26.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Maize is a first-person adventure game about what happens when two scientists misinterpret a memo from the U.S. Government and create sentient corn. And that last sentence is pretty much the least ridiculous thing about the game.

Why similar: Comedy 26.9%, Point & Click 24.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Adventure 10%

A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Comedy 24.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 16.8%, Puzzle 5%

A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.

Why similar: Story Rich 32.5%, Drama 21.8%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 16.4%, 2D 8.1%

HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.

Why similar: Point & Click 49.9%, Story Rich 23%, Psychological 13.5%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

An independent story-based cinematic FPS game describing the drama of a student 's. Story is based on experienced emotions.

Why similar: Comedy 27.9%, Adventure 21%, Drama 18.4%, Indie 18.1%, Psychological 14.6%

An honest comedy about anxiety and feeling awkward, played through painfully relatable mini games.

Why similar: Comedy 45.2%, Indie 29.8%, Story Rich 25%

Dr. Frank's Build-A-Boyfriend is a comedy BL visual-novel mixed with point-and-click adventure elements.

Why similar: Comedy 53.8%, Indie 46.2%