- #1 Impirical Evidence
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Match Head Studio
Windows
A comedy adventure game featuring classic inventory based puzzles. Arthur is a skeptic who dedicated his life to denying the paranormal. Murray is the electric Imp he accidentally summoned. Now Arthur must solve mysteries while bound to the very evidence of the supernatural itself.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.1%, Noir 17.1%, Mystery 10.6%, 1990's 9.5%, Detective 8.5%
- #2 Thimbleweed Park™
96% matchVery Positive93% of 4,207 reviews2017
Dev: Terrible Toybox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.9%, Adventure 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, 1990's 7.1%, Puzzle 6%
- #3 Post Mortem
96% matchMixed57% of 446 reviews2011
Dev: MC2Pub: Microids
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Why similar: Point & Click 33.4%, Noir 18.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Adventure 12.6%, Detective 12%
- #4 Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 600 reviews2023
Dev: Videlectrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Join Dangeresque, (Strong Bad from Homestar Runner) the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop, as he puzzles his way through 3 bite-sized roomisodes in this classic-style point n' click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 27%, Noir 14.3%, Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 10%, Detective 9.9%
- #5 The Legend of Skye
94% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Point & Pixel AdventuresPub: Point and Pixel Adventures
Windows · Linux
We will step into the shoes of a young druid who will be called upon by her tribe to undertake an important mission. After some events in her village, she will have to leave behind the safety of the forest and venture into a world full of dangers. The fate of the grove will be in her hands.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, 1980s 13.7%, 1990's 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Adventure 6.6%
- #6 Metaphobia
94% matchVery Positive85% of 500 reviews2020
Dev: Digital Mosaic Games
Windows
Metaphobia is an investigative mystery game in the style of classic 1990’s point-and-click adventures. Take control of Richard Elmstat in his journey to solve his father's murder.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.6%, Noir 19.9%, Mystery 19%, Adventure 12.4%, Investigation 11%
- #7 The Phantom Fellows
93% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: The Phantom FellowsPub: Strummer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Phantom Fellows is about two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, since one of them is already dead.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, 1980s 13%, Detective 10%, 1990's 9.6%, Investigation 8.4%
- #8 Das Geheimnis von Lakeshore
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: derrx_o Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 2D Point and Click Adventure in Pixel Art
Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, 1990's 14.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Detective 11%, Mystery 9.1%
- #9 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,338 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Noir 17.4%, Point & Click 15.9%, Mystery 11.4%, Detective 10.2%, 1990's 8.7%
- #10 The Fifth Bell: Frequency of Secrets
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Serhat Arslan
Windows
The Fifth Bell is a premium 2D point-and-click mystery adventure set in 1994 Europe. Investigate hidden mechanisms, decode historical clues, and stop a forbidden instrument before it is awakened.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Adventure 12.1%, 1990's 11.7%, Detective 9.6%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #11 Bent Oak Island
90% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Banefire Games
Windows
Bent Oak Island is a 1990's point and click adventure set on a mysterious island! Join twins Archer and Sam as they delve into the secrets of both the island and their own heritage, and maybe save the world!
Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, 1990's 13%, Mystery 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #12 Getting Away With Murder
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indie Remix Studios
Windows
1954. You killed a man. Now cover your tracks. Getting Away With Murder is a noir point-and-click mystery where every decision is about what you leave behind and whether anyone will find it.
Why similar: Noir 28.1%, Point & Click 26.5%, Mystery 16.8%, Detective 13.2%, Adventure 7.4%
- #13 Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)
89% matchVery Positive91% of 1,596 reviews2009
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
‘Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Remastered’ is a stunning update to the multi million-selling original. A mysterious escapade of intrigue and deceit, in which journalist Nico Collard and her adventuring companion George Stobbart must overcome powerful forces from fulfilling their evil ambitions.
Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Mystery 13.8%, 1990's 11.2%, Adventure 8%, Detective 7.7%
- #14 The Darkside Detective
88% matchVery Positive94% of 5,218 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: Point & Click 21.4%, Detective 13.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, 1980s 7.3%
- #15 Shelter from the Storm
87% matchVery Positive94% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Home Groan Games
Windows
Rain lashes down soaking you to the bone, you take shelter in a seemingly abandoned house. Navigate through the rooms solving puzzles and trying to escape in this short point & click adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Investigation 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Adventure 11.3%
- #16 The Roottrees are Dead
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,704 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Detective 17.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, 1990's 9.2%
- #17 The Blackwell Legacy
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,640 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.6%, Mystery 13.8%, Noir 12.4%, Adventure 11%, Detective 7.9%
- #18 Pants Quest
85% matchVery Positive93% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Ghost Cat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.6%, 1980s 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Adventure 9.6%, 1990's 9.1%
- #19 The Mystery of Doomsday Valley
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: True Ascension
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mind-controlled squirrels! Alien abductions! Monsters in the forest! Are the rumors true - or is it just an elaborate hoax? Help Maya Harper unravel this comedy point 'n click mystery and escape Doomsday Valley alive.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.9%, Mystery 15%, 1990's 12%, Investigation 9.4%, Comedy 8.4%
- #20 School Quest
83% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Pretty Bird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro point-and-click adventure set in a 1980s high school, where a wisecracking teen investigates a missing friend, dodges bullies, and uncovers a bizarre conspiracy lurking in the halls.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.9%, Adventure 13%, Mystery 11%, Puzzle 10.2%, 1980s 8.1%
- #21 Midnight Saturn
82% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
A grizzled private eye in a sci-fi adventure takes a murder case no one else will touch. He’s seen it all before, but nothing’s prepared him for a conspiracy that leads off-world. Something big is about to happen. Whatever it is... it goes live at midnight.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Detective 13.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Mystery 7.9%
- #22 The Shivah
82% matchVery Positive81% of 894 reviews2013
Pub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.1%, Noir 29.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Mystery 4.9%, Detective 3.3%
- #23 The Other Side of the Wall
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atropos StudiosPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Julian Reed is a 13-year old student at a New England all-boys Catholic boarding school in the early 1980s. When people begin disappearing and no one else seems to remember they ever existed, Julian investigates, with the help of a girl he has never seen, separated from him by a wall.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.1%, 1980s 21.5%, Mystery 16.1%, Adventure 13.3%, Detective 7.4%
- #24 Lucy Dreaming
81% matchVery Positive98% of 380 reviews2022
Dev: Tall Story Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Mystery 12.1%, 1980s 11.7%, 1990's 8.8%, Comedy 7.4%
- #25 Noir Storm
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diskeletton Studios
Windows
Take on the role of a private detective who, intercepted by a MOSSAD spy on the city of Buenos Aires in 1952, is drawn into a dangerous odyssey against exiles from the Third Reich and the inminent threat of a new and unprecedented weapon of mass destruction.
Why similar: Noir 21.5%, Point & Click 14.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Detective 11.6%, 1990's 7.8%
- #26 Face Noir
80% matchMixed65% of 339 reviews2013
Dev: Mad OrangePub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A moody tale that combines the intrigue and atmosphere of a Raymond Chandler novel or Humphrey Bogart film with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay, Face Noir follows private eye Jack Del Nero as he’s falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his protection.
Why similar: Noir 37.1%, Point & Click 33.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Detective 10.2%, Mystery 7%
- #27 Blackwell Deception
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 648 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.7%, Noir 13.8%, Adventure 11.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Detective 8.9%
- #28 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
76% matchVery Positive97% of 569 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.7%, Mystery 22.2%, Detective 11.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Investigation 7.3%
- #29 Still Life
78% matchVery Positive82% of 1,104 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Still Life 2 also now available!
Why similar: Point & Click 35.5%, Mystery 16%, Adventure 12.6%, Detective 12.1%, Noir 9.2%
- #30 Blackwell Unbound
78% matchVery Positive94% of 785 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Noir 12.5%, Adventure 11.9%, Detective 9.9%
- #31 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
77% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Detective 14.7%, Mystery 13.8%, Investigation 11.1%, Adventure 8.4%
- #32 The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 813 reviews
Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Detective 15.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Noir 11.7%
- #33 Dead Detective: Zombie Conspiracy
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Interactales
Windows · Mac
Step into the shoes of Margh, an undead private detective, in this hilarious and bizarre adventure that combines classic point-and-click gameplay with an elaborate “deaduction” system. Use your brain (or what’s left of it) to solve strange and unconventional mysteries in a world ruled by zombies.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Detective 16.4%, Comedy 9.6%, Investigation 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #34 Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
75% matchVery Positive87% of 635 reviews2020
Dev: Terrible Toybox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.2%, Adventure 19.1%, Detective 8.9%, Mystery 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #35 The Mystery of Oak Island
75% 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: Point & Click 29.9%, Mystery 19%, Adventure 11.6%, Detective 11.6%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #36 A Case of the Crabs: Rehash
74% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
A complete remake/remaster/rehash of the award winning Flash game: A Case of the Crabs! Play as smart-ass detective, Nick Bounty, in this hilarious point & click adventure and hunt down a nefarious counterfeit crab ringleader!
Why similar: Point & Click 23.9%, Noir 22.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Investigation 11.2%, Detective 8.4%
- #37 Whispers of a Machine
74% matchVery Positive93% of 2,006 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Noir 15.3%, Detective 13.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Mystery 10.1%
- #38 Dirty Land
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Point & Click 16.7%, 1980s 15.6%, Detective 8.6%, Investigation 7.4%
- #39 Tangle Tower
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,604 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Point & Click 21.7%, Noir 18.3%, Detective 15.9%, Mystery 11%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #40 Cross Country Case
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Cat StudioPub: Microwavebread
Windows
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Mystery 15.5%, Detective 15.1%, Investigation 10.5%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #41 Voodoo Detective
72% matchVery Positive95% of 376 reviews2022
Dev: Short Sleeve Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Point & Click 18.6%, Mystery 12%, Detective 11.7%, Investigation 8.4%
- #42 Marcella Moon: Four Are Watching
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to solve the cold case of her father's murder.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Noir 14.9%, Mystery 14.4%, Detective 11.5%, Investigation 8.6%
- #43 Crowns and Pawns: Amber Road
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
Windows
Embark on a thrilling point-and-click road adventure across Europe. Travel through mesmerizing locations, solve puzzles and survive chilling threats while following the legendary Amber Road. Will you have the wits to uncover the mystery behind the enigmatic artifact – the Sun stone?
Why similar: Point & Click 29.3%, Detective 11.3%, Investigation 11%, Puzzle 10.1%, Mystery 7.6%
- #44 Not Another Weekend
71% matchVery Positive94% of 125 reviews2021
Dev: Animatic VisionPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, 1990's 12.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Detective 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #45 Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 284 reviews2023
Dev: Tibba Games
Windows
Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.8%, 1980s 15.9%, 1990's 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Comedy 9.1%
- #46 CD-ROM
69% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: monoclelord
Windows
10 CDs, 10 passwords. Find hidden messages, text, numbers to unlock next CD to continue your steganography puzzle journey.
Why similar: Mystery 19.1%, 1990's 16.5%, Point & Click 14.7%, Detective 12.4%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #47 Doctor Gallagher's Residence
68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Don Atila Estudio
Windows
A retro-style point-and-click adventure. Step into the peculiar Gallagher Mansion to uncover its darkest secrets.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.5%, Mystery 21.8%, Adventure 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Funny 7.5%
- #48 Blackwell Epiphany
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,003 reviews2014
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The last game in the Blackwell series.
Why similar: Point & Click 42.9%, Adventure 14.7%, Noir 13.4%, Mystery 11.4%, Female Protagonist 5.6%
- #49 Detective Bass in Fish out of Water
68% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Team Grouper
Windows
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Detective 14.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Point & Click 10.3%, Comedy 9%
- #50 Heir of the Dog
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tall Story Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hilariously British point & click adventure. After drinking his uncle's secret formula, Cummerbund Bandersnatch undergoes a monstrous transformation. Solve puzzles, manipulate time and uncover the truth behind Victorian London's most secret society as you regain your humanity.
Why similar: Point & Click 32%, Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Comedy 9.4%
- #51 Emerald City Confidential™
70% matchVery Positive95% of 151 reviews2009
Dev: Wadjet Eye GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Work with the world's most cunning detective in the shadowy underbelly of the Emerald City of Oz! As Petra, you'll be lured deep into mysteries involving new foes and familiar faces; Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto included. This is Oz as you've never seen it before!
Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Noir 31.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Detective 9.5%, Female Protagonist 4.2%
- #52 Paradise Lofts
69% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: BaMa Media
Windows
PARADISE LOFTS is a slow-burning, noir, hardcore sex romp, set in the fictitious city of Paradise in 1958. A visual novel, point-and-click journey, with loads of mini-games, crazy characters, and multiple solutions to challenges. 8 - 12 hrs.
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Point & Click 22.8%, Detective 9.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Adventure 8.6%
- #53 Na Cabeça do Bicho
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Busy Boys
Windows
In the Animal's Head is an adventure and narrative game focused on exploration, with interactive dialogues and minigames.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.1%, 1980s 20.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Detective 12.6%, Mystery 10.5%
- #54 The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: MDNA Games
Windows
Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.6%, Mystery 17.3%, Detective 17.2%, Adventure 14.5%, Investigation 11.5%
- #55 Inspector Pug: The Furrious Murder Case
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wardrobe Entertainment
Windows
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Detective 19.9%, Mystery 17.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Adventure 11.2%
- #56 Spiritless Ltd.
67% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Roland WejnerPub: Rodelberg Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Do you sometimes hear scratching, scraping or rumbling noises? Then you might have a poltergeist in your home. But don’t panic. Spiritless Ltd. is here to help you and expel the ghost from your home.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.8%, Adventure 13.9%, 1990's 11.5%, Comedy 10.9%, Mystery 8.4%
- #57 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,516 reviews2021
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Mystery 12.9%, Detective 12.8%, 1990's 12.4%, Investigation 9.1%
- #58 Edgar Poe: Hidden Objects
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Uncover secrets in a mysterious mansion inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Play as a curious detective in a hidden-object adventure filled with puzzles, surprises, and a story full of twists!
Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Point & Click 20.4%, Detective 11.8%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 7.8%