- #1 Machinarium
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,289 reviews2009
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Why similar: Point & Click 36.9%, Hand-drawn 32.3%, Puzzle 18.7%, Steampunk 4.6% ★, Surreal 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of the genre that shares the same hand-drawn, steampunk aesthetic and intricate puzzle-solving mechanics.
- #2 Samorost 3
96% matchVery Positive94% of 5,364 reviews2016
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautiful artwork, sound and music.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.7%, Hand-drawn 37.3%, Puzzle 14.8%, Surreal 2%, Stylized 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developers as Machinarium, this game offers a similarly surreal, atmospheric, and wordless point-and-click experience.
- #3 Papetura
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,209 reviews2021
Dev: Petums
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Hand-drawn 33.2%, Puzzle 18%, Surreal 2%, Stylized 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning game crafted entirely from paper, offering a relaxing and atmospheric puzzle experience similar to the seed game.
- #4 Botanicula
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,554 reviews2012
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.7%, Hand-drawn 32.5%, Puzzle 17.8%, Surreal 2.2%, Family Friendly 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: This whimsical adventure features a vibrant, hand-drawn world filled with charming creatures and clever environmental puzzles.
- #5 Tiny Echo
94% matchVery Positive87% of 778 reviews2017
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you experience the ethereal realm and deliver messages to the spirits. Make your mark in the wordless narrative - with a Tiny Echo.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.3%, Hand-drawn 35%, Puzzle 17%, Surreal 1.6%, Cute 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: This hand-drawn, atmospheric adventure captures the same gentle, curious spirit found in the exploration of Tiny Planet.
- #6 Hidden Folks
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,433 reviews2017
Dev: Hidden Folks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 42.3%, Point & Click 32.7%, Puzzle 18.2%, Hidden Object 3.4%, Family Friendly 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the joy of searching for hidden objects within intricate, hand-drawn, and interactive environments.
- #7 AntVentor
93% matchVery Positive82% of 518 reviews2018
Dev: LoopyMood
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
AntVentor is a point & click adventure game. You find yourself in a photorealistic macroworld where you immediately manage to ruin the life of the main character, ant, and foil all his plans for making his dream come true. Can you help get everything back in order?
Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Hand-drawn 33.2%, Puzzle 19.7%, Cute 1.2%, Atmospheric 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A beautifully detailed, small-scale adventure that emphasizes clever point-and-click puzzles within a charming, natural world.
- #8 CHUCHEL
92% matchVery Positive85% of 4,624 reviews2018
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
Why similar: Point & Click 46%, Hand-drawn 32.4%, Puzzle 14.8%, Surreal 1.8%, Cute 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A hilarious and colorful point-and-click adventure that focuses on whimsical character interactions and creative puzzle solutions.
- #9 Gorogoa
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 19,841 reviews2017
Dev: Buried SignalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 39.2%, Puzzle 34%, Point & Click 23.1%, Stylized 0.8%, Atmospheric 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: An artistic and meditative puzzle game that relies on visual storytelling and clever perspective shifts to progress.
- #10 Deponia: The Complete Journey
91% matchVery Positive85% of 6,710 reviews2014
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.
Why similar: Point & Click 67.6%, Puzzle 21%, Hand-drawn 6%, Adventure 2.1%, Steampunk 1.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that features a distinct, hand-drawn style and a wealth of inventory-based puzzles.
- #11 Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
90% matchVery Positive88% of 834 reviews2021
Dev: Kiary Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
Why similar: Point & Click 59.9%, Puzzle 33.2%, Hidden Object 2.3%, Logic 2.1%, Stylized 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric puzzle game requires careful observation and interaction with 3D environments to uncover hidden secrets.
- #12 Machinika: Museum
89% matchVery Positive93% of 6,121 reviews2021
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Point & Click 59%, Puzzle 33.3%, Hidden Object 2.5%, Logic 1.7%, Atmospheric 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused game that challenges you to repair intricate mechanical objects, mirroring the repair-based gameplay of the seed.
- #13 Landlord of the Woods
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,182 reviews2021
Dev: Madison Karrh
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.8%, Hand-drawn 28.8%, Puzzle 19.8%, Surreal 2.4%, Hidden Object 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and cute point-and-click adventure that blends hidden-object mechanics with lighthearted puzzle solving.
- #14 Kathy Rain
89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,928 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 99.4%, Hand-drawn 0.3%, Puzzle 0.2%, Adventure 0%, Retro 0%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven point-and-click adventure that features a strong sense of atmosphere and classic puzzle-solving gameplay.
- #15 Creaks
87% matchVery Positive95% of 5,721 reviews2020
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 57.6%, Puzzle 31.7%, Surreal 3.4%, Stylized 1.7%, Atmospheric 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: Featuring a unique, hand-painted art style, this puzzle-adventure offers a mysterious and atmospheric world to explore.
- #16 Bubumbu
85% matchVery Positive96% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: An Otter Team
Windows · Mac
Bubumbu is a short and wholesome puzzle game in which you get to help lost objects find their way back to where they belong, while exploring fully hand-drawn worlds full of quirky characters!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 40%, Point & Click 32.3%, Puzzle 21.5%, Hidden Object 2.2%, Cute 1%
Why You'll Like It: A cute, hand-drawn hidden-object game that provides a relaxing and straightforward puzzle experience.
- #17 The Guardian of Nature
84% matchVery Positive93% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Inlusio Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
«The Guardian of Nature» is a hand-drawn, size-changing adventure. Embark on a magical journey with botanist Henry, use your size-changing ability to explore nature in big and small and solve solarpunk puzzles to put nature back in order.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.2%, Hand-drawn 30.8%, Puzzle 22.5%, Family Friendly 1%, Story Rich 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie point-and-click adventure that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a stylized, atmospheric environment.
- #18 Growbot
86% matchVery Positive90% of 202 reviews2021
Dev: Wabisabi PlayPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.
Why similar: Point & Click 52.7%, Puzzle 20.9%, Hand-drawn 20.8%, Adventure 1.2%, Cute 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a beautiful, hand-drawn art style and focuses on solving puzzles to repair a space station.
- #19 Modern Tales: Age of Invention
86% matchVery Positive91% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: Orchid GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Foil the plan for world domination!
Why similar: Point & Click 60.2%, Puzzle 25.7%, Hidden Object 3.7%, Steampunk 2.6% ★, Family Friendly 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A casual adventure game that leans heavily into hidden-object and logic puzzle mechanics within a steampunk-inspired setting.
- #20 FIND KITTENS 3: Steampunk
83% matchVery Positive91% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Very Very LITTLE Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Explore this amazing steampunk world finding cute cats and paint black - white locations with colored paints.
Why similar: Puzzle 43.1%, Hand-drawn 38.9%, Family Friendly 2.9%, Hidden Object 2.9%, Story Rich 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, steampunk-themed hidden-object game that directly mirrors the aesthetic and search-based gameplay of the seed.
- #21 Pilgrims
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,009 reviews2019
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 44.9%, Point & Click 35.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, Stylized 1.4%, Family Friendly 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A playful, card-based adventure that encourages experimentation and discovery in a charming, hand-drawn world.
- #22 Unpacking
81% matchVery Positive93% of 39,045 reviews2021
Dev: Witch BeamPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
Why similar: Point & Click 49.2%, Puzzle 37.3%, Relaxing 2.6%, Cute 2.4%, Story Rich 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A meditative puzzle game that tells a story through the simple act of organizing and placing objects in a new home.
- #23 Gomo
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,879 reviews2013
Dev: Fishcow StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
How far would you go to save your best friend?For Gomo, the answer to this question is clear: To the end of the world and further, if necessary.Join him on his journey through the bizarre 2D landscapes of this dreamlike Point & Click Adventure!
Why similar: Point & Click 63.4%, Puzzle 21.2%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Adventure 1.6%, Indie 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that relies on visual cues rather than dialogue to guide the player.
- #24 Donut County
81% matchVery Positive92% of 11,545 reviews2018
Dev: Ben EspositoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
Why similar: Puzzle 80.1%, Cute 4.9%, Family Friendly 3.5%, Casual 2.7%, Story Rich 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical and relaxing physics-based puzzle game that shares the lighthearted, family-friendly tone of the seed.
- #25 Isoland
82% matchVery Positive91% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Cotton GamePub: Lilith Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The objective of the game is to explore a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Puzzle 93.6%, Adventure 4.1%, Indie 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a classic point-and-click experience with a focus on interconnected puzzles and a mysterious, hand-drawn setting.
- #26 Gnomdom
77% matchVery Positive97% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Vivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gnomdom is a point & click puzzle game where you find little gnomes stuck in various places and help them return to their home.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.1%, Hand-drawn 37.4%, Puzzle 18.5%, Logic 0.7%, Cute 0.6%
- #27 The Bridge
80% matchVery Positive87% of 4,339 reviews2013
Dev: Ty TaylorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 61.6%, Puzzle 29.9%, Surreal 3.9%, Logic 1.5%, 2D 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game that features a unique, hand-drawn art style reminiscent of M.C. Escher's work.
- #28 Little Kite
79% matchVery Positive84% of 176 reviews2017
Dev: Anate Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The game about one tragic evening for a struggling family, when emotions and tensions are simply too high to manage.
Why similar: Point & Click 96%, Adventure 2.8%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich point-and-click adventure that focuses on emotional narrative and traditional inventory-based puzzles.
- #29 BROKE PROTOCOL
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,225 reviews2024
Dev: BROKE PROTOCOL
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A fully moddable city sandbox with jobs, NPCs, apartments, garages, gangs, and more. Broke Protocol is an open-world action game focused on roleplaying and custom content. Define your goals and identity in a persistent, reactive world where you write your own story.
Why similar: Cute 59.2%, Casual 26.9%, Indie 13.9%
- #30 Love You to Bits
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alike Studio
Windows · Mac
“Love You to Bits” is a crazy cute, purely visual, puzzle-filled, point-and-click, sci-fi adventure spanning all around the universe.
Why similar: Puzzle 82%, Cute 4%, Surreal 3.3%, Relaxing 3.2%, Family Friendly 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, sci-fi point-and-click adventure that features diverse, hand-drawn levels and a focus on finding hidden pieces.
- #31 Tales of the Tiny Planet
78% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2017
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Tales of the Tiny Planet tells the story of a separated group of planet friends who want to reunite. You have to assist them against the dangers of time and space.
Why similar: Puzzle 79.8%, Family Friendly 4.1%, Cute 3.6%, Casual 2.8%, Indie 2.7%
- #32 Braveland
78% matchVery Positive81% of 3,196 reviews2014
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 68.7%, Casual 24.5%, Family Friendly 2.1%, Atmospheric 1.7%, Cute 1.5%
- #33 Murderous Pursuits
77% matchMixed64% of 2,813 reviews2018
Dev: Blazing Griffin
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #34 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
74% matchVery Positive90% of 15,333 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 86.3%, Story Rich 6.8%, Atmospheric 2.7%, Adventure 1.5%, Indie 1.4%
- #35 Evolvation
76% matchMixed68% of 950 reviews2017
Dev: Eric RutsPub: HyperReuts
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Evolvation is a casual multiplayer and fast-paced and class based space flying shooter developed by a two-man-army (Eric and Jacob) from Amsterdam. Classes are: Highspeed, Fighter, Stealth, Support and Tank. Each class has its own special ability which provides a dynamic gameplay.
Why similar: Casual 65.4%, Indie 34.6%
- #36 Prismata
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,210 reviews2018
Dev: Lunarch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.
Why similar: Puzzle 95.2%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #37 Skillshot City
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,618 reviews2017
Dev: Nik Nak Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Loot, shoot, cast and drive in this chaotic PvP Roguelite. Level up fast, draft wild skills, and create crazy combos on the fly. Explore a GTA-style battle royale with no queues or downtime as you prepare to win the final fight!
Why similar: Retro 77%, Indie 12.1%, Singleplayer 10.9%
- #38 FIND KITTENS 4: Aetherpunk
70% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Very Very LITTLE Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 1.0 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Explore of this amazing aetherpunk world finding cute cats and paint black - white locations with colored paints.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Puzzle 27.8%, Hand-drawn 26.1%, Steampunk 2.8% ★, Hidden Object 1.8%
- #39 DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
73% matchVery Positive93% of 12,692 reviews2015
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
Why similar: Puzzle 32%, Point & Click 30.3%, Indie 28.1%, Story Rich 2.9%, Atmospheric 2.4%
- #40 Stories: The Path of Destinies
72% matchVery Positive88% of 6,572 reviews2016
Dev: Spearhead Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.
Why similar: Adventure 89.3%, Story Rich 5.3%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #41 Lost in Play
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,176 reviews2022
Dev: Happy Juice GamesPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.9%, Hand-drawn 33.7%, Puzzle 21.1%, Surreal 1.6%, Family Friendly 1%
- #42 A Story About My Uncle
71% matchVery Positive92% of 29,113 reviews2014
Dev: Gone North GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
Why similar: Puzzle 45.8%, Adventure 41.6%, Atmospheric 3.6%, Story Rich 3.2%, Family Friendly 1.7%
- #43 Fortified
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,720 reviews2016
Dev: Siege Camp
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fortified is an explosive strategy shooter where players will defend the Earth against a menacing Martian invasion in the 1950s. Play as one-of-four pulp inspired heroes as they fight swarms of terrifying robots with an arsenal of Cold War era weapons and experimental technology.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Hyperdrive Massacre
75% matchMixed54% of 388 reviews2015
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.
Why similar: Casual 51.6%, Indie 38.7%, Singleplayer 9.7%
- #45 Aarik And The Ruined Kingdom
69% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Shatterproof Games
Windows · Mac
Guide Aarik through wreck and ruin in this relaxing perspective puzzle adventure where the puzzle is your environment. Using your fathers crown repair, rework and rewind to mend your broken world.
Why similar: Point & Click 51.5%, Puzzle 36.4%, Hidden Object 2.4%, Family Friendly 2%, Logic 1.9%
- #46 Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
71% matchVery Positive93% of 16,246 reviews2012
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #47 Kholat
73% matchMixed66% of 6,857 reviews2015
Dev: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
Why similar: Atmospheric 47.1%, Story Rich 16.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 10.4%, Singleplayer 9.3%
- #48 TOHU
71% matchVery Positive84% of 712 reviews2021
Dev: Fireart Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Hand-drawn 32%, Puzzle 17.9%, Surreal 2.1%, Family Friendly 1.1%
- #49 Mechanic 8230: Escape from Ilgrot
70% matchVery Positive91% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: Nudiventra
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mechanic 8230: Episode 1 is an adventure game in the point-and-click genre. Help the mechanic find his robot friend RO-2 and together unveil the secrets of the world destroyed by the Cataclysm.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.3%, Hand-drawn 34.4%, Puzzle 18.6%, Family Friendly 1.7%, Hidden Object 1.7%
- #50 Flibbius McDoogle and the Mysterious Flying Machine
67% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Unsigned Double Collective
Windows
Flibbius McDoogle and the Mysterious Flying Machine is a short adventure puzzle game. Use your wits, creativity and puzzle solving ability to help Flibbius take to the skies!
Why similar: Puzzle 61.9%, Point & Click 19.5%, Family Friendly 4.6%, Story Rich 2.8%, Cute 2.7%
- #51 The Abandoned Planet
67% matchVery Positive94% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Point & Click 61.9%, Puzzle 31.9%, Hidden Object 1.7%, Retro 1.5%, Story Rich 1.3%
- #52 Yet Another Zombie Defense
70% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Why similar: Casual 45.2%, Indie 40.7%, Singleplayer 14.1%
- #53 Dung Beetle Adventure
68% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Eight Bit Skyline
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short (and free) adventure game, where you are tasked with helping a hurt, hungry, but inventive dung beetle on its journey to find something to eat near the end of the mushroom season.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.3%, Hand-drawn 25.6%, Puzzle 24.4%, Cute 1.4%, Casual 1%
- #54 Eador. Masters of the Broken World
72% matchMixed68% of 2,793 reviews2013
Dev: Snowbird Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Why similar: Indie 67.2%, Singleplayer 32.8%
- #55 Hacknet
68% matchVery Positive94% of 25,824 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Logic 27.8%, Story Rich 22.6%, Atmospheric 19.8%, 2D 11.7%, Adventure 8.4%
- #56 Broken Lens
66% matchVery Positive93% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: Team RUN
Windows · Mac · Linux
Broken Lens is a cozy game where you will discover the story of a little robot with a sight problem. Explore manifold cute environments at your own pace and investigate to understand what happened to them.Will you be able to uncover all the secrets? 🔍
Why similar: Point & Click 45.1%, Hand-drawn 35.7%, Puzzle 13.5%, Hidden Object 2.1%, Cute 0.9%
- #57 Heartreasure: Stellar Journey
64% matchVery Positive100% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: asaha
Windows · Mac
Solve puzzles and hunt for hearts in an interactive picture book universe! Take a load off, with hand-drawn illustrations, adorable animations and gentle live-recorded piano music.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 42.1%, Puzzle 34.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Hidden Object 3.1%, Cute 1.3%
- #58 The Flame in the Flood
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 7,256 reviews2016
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.
Why similar: Adventure 39.2%, Atmospheric 35.9%, Indie 17.4%, Singleplayer 7.5%
- #59 Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,143 reviews2014
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Unburied secrets burn like wild steam – nothing is what it appears!
Why similar: Point & Click 61%, Puzzle 21%, Steampunk 9% ★, Hidden Object 5.2%, Family Friendly 1%
- #60 Submachine: Legacy
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,405 reviews2023
Dev: Mateusz Skutnik
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.3%, Hand-drawn 36.5%, Puzzle 19.8%, Steampunk 1.8% ★, Logic 0.8%