- #1 Fran Bow
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,826 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Point & Click 75.8%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar dark, surreal, and dreamlike atmosphere centered around a young girl navigating a strange world.
- #2 Children of Silentown
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,485 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 71.1%, Adventure 24.2%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same eerie, hand-drawn aesthetic and puzzle-heavy gameplay focused on a young female protagonist.
- #3 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 82.8%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly surreal point-and-click experience that relies on visual storytelling and environmental puzzles just like Violett.
- #4 Goetia
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 776 reviews2016
Dev: SusheePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
Why similar: Point & Click 66.7%, Adventure 25.7%, Indie 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gothic, point-and-click adventure that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving in a mysterious, abandoned setting.
- #5 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
93% matchVery Positive94% of 2,911 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Adventure 88.3%, Indie 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric, surreal puzzle game that challenges the player with complex logic and a mysterious narrative.
- #6 Machinarium
94% 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 76.6%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic of the genre that shares the same wordless, puzzle-focused progression in a highly detailed, imaginative world.
- #7 The Rivers of Alice - Extended Version
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2015
Dev: TLR Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Rivers of Alice is a classic-style, emotional, graphic adventure set in a universe of puzzles and characters from the imagination of vetusta morla. Every time Alice falls asleep, she enters a fantasy world where the player must help her face her fears.
Why similar: Point & Click 47.2%, Adventure 41.9%, Indie 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dreamlike, artistic point-and-click adventure that mirrors the surreal and introspective journey of the seed game.
- #8 Botanicula
92% 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 79.4%, Adventure 20.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a whimsical, surreal exploration experience with creative point-and-click puzzles in a vibrant, organic world.
- #9 Creaks
91% 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: Adventure 83.6%, Indie 16.4%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric puzzle game that shares the same sense of navigating a strange, hidden environment.
- #10 Return to Mysterious Island
91% matchVery Positive84% of 456 reviews2014
Dev: Kheops StudioPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Join intrepid sailor and recent island castaway Mina as she explores the hidden secrets within the Jules Verne classic inspired Mysterious Island. Gather key articles left from the island’s previous inhabitants and combine them in unique and interesting ways to stay alive and stay hopeful for rescue.
Why similar: Point & Click 64.1%, Adventure 35.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle-adventure game that focuses on inventory management and environmental logic.
- #11 Broken Age
90% matchVery Positive84% of 8,134 reviews2014
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
Why similar: Point & Click 73.7%, Adventure 23.4%, Indie 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a charming, hand-drawn art style and a strong female protagonist navigating a whimsical, puzzle-filled world.
- #12 The Witch's House MV
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,881 reviews2018
Dev: FummyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
Why similar: Adventure 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, puzzle-heavy indie horror game that requires careful exploration and logic to survive.
- #13 Whispering Willows
89% matchVery Positive82% of 1,862 reviews2014
Dev: Night Light InteractivePub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.
Why similar: Point & Click 58.2%, Adventure 33.4%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A spooky, atmospheric adventure game featuring a young girl searching for her father in a haunted, surreal mansion.
- #14 Sally Face - Episode One
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 26,081 reviews2016
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Why similar: Point & Click 66.4%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal point-and-click adventure that explores unsettling themes through a unique, stylized lens.
- #15 Kathy Rain
87% 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%, Adventure 0.5%, Indie 0.1%
Why You'll Like It: A compelling point-and-click mystery featuring a strong female lead and a focus on investigative puzzle-solving.
- #16 Resonance
86% matchVery Positive89% of 570 reviews2012
Dev: XII GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Why similar: Point & Click 70.7%, Adventure 24.5%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click adventure with a strong narrative and intricate puzzle mechanics.
- #17 Little Kite
85% 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 49.2%, Adventure 42.7%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven point-and-click game that deals with emotional themes through a series of logical puzzles.
- #18 The Cat Lady
84% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Point & Click 66.4%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological point-and-click adventure that shares the mature, surreal tone found in many indie horror-adventures.
- #19 1954 Alcatraz
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,836 reviews2014
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
1954: Alcatraz – The cash is out there. But who will get it?Joe's doing 40 years on Alcatraz for a heist on an armored truck. The loot is still hidden out there, but only Joe knows where it is. In the streets of San Francisco, Joe's ex-accomplices and his wife are eager to find the stolen money. Who will get their hands on the dough?
Why similar: Point & Click 66.6%, Adventure 28%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy point-and-click adventure that focuses on character choices and environmental puzzles.
- #20 Syberia
83% matchVery Positive88% of 6,691 reviews2011
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
Why similar: Point & Click 65.5%, Adventure 34.5%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential point-and-click adventure that excels in building a strong, immersive atmosphere and memorable puzzles.
- #21 Our Secret Below
82% matchVery Positive88% of 120 reviews2020
Dev: DarkStone Digital
Windows
Abducted with only four hours to live… Learn about your captor, use your knowledge to escape, end the cycle.
Why similar: Point & Click 51.5%, Adventure 40.5%, Indie 8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and difficult puzzle-thriller that focuses on mystery and atmospheric tension.
- #22 The Tiny Bang Story
82% matchVery Positive87% of 6,576 reviews2011
Dev: Colibri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...
Why similar: Point & Click 98.1%, Adventure 1.6%, Indie 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, hand-drawn hidden-object and point-and-click hybrid that emphasizes whimsical puzzle-solving.
- #23 Downfall
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,627 reviews2016
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
Why similar: Point & Click 59.6%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological point-and-click adventure that shares the unsettling, surreal tone of the seed game.
- #24 Secret Files: Sam Peters
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 223 reviews2013
Dev: Animation ArtsPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster - cryptozoologists are trying to track these creatures down and research them. One also appears in the legends of the Ashanti people in Ghana. These tell of human-like creatures that lurk in the trees at night and take their victims off to their caves to suck their blood: the...
Why similar: Point & Click 67.7%, Adventure 32.3%
Why You'll Like It: A solid point-and-click adventure featuring a female protagonist and classic investigative puzzle gameplay.
- #25 Unavowed
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,539 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Point & Click 69.7%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality point-and-click adventure with a strong narrative focus and character-driven puzzles.
- #26 Deponia
78% matchVery Positive87% of 13,144 reviews2012
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.
Why similar: Point & Click 72.8%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A humorous, puzzle-dense point-and-click adventure that offers a vast world to explore and interact with.
- #27 STASIS
79% matchVery Positive82% of 2,332 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Point & Click 74.1%, Adventure 21.8%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror point-and-click game that excels at creating a claustrophobic and mysterious atmosphere.
- #28 Memento Mori
81% matchMixed66% of 205 reviews2012
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The enhanced version of Memento Mori which includes the full soundtrack.
Why similar: Point & Click 67.2%, Adventure 32.8%
Why You'll Like It: An engaging point-and-click mystery that emphasizes detective work and puzzle-solving.
- #29 Haunted
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 113 reviews2014
Dev: dtp EntertainmentPub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In this comedy of terrors, the fate of the spirit world is in your hands as you embark on a search for your long-lost sibling!
Why similar: Point & Click 61.6%, Adventure 38.4%
Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, spooky point-and-click adventure featuring a female protagonist and supernatural elements.
- #30 Cursed
77% matchVery Positive83% of 765 reviews2016
Dev: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Her future, as well as of the whole world depends on her ingenuity and bravery. The path to her fiancé is blocked by ghosts, dragons, demons and other creatures from beyond. Will she overcome her fears? Will she find her beloved? Play "Cursed" and find out!
Why similar: Point & Click 64.9%, Adventure 28.3%, Indie 6.9%
- #31 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
73% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
Why similar: Point & Click 93.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #32 100 Doors Game - Escape from School
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,124 reviews2020
Dev: Peaksel
Windows · Mac
A girl named Mia is locked inside a school. Help her escape by solving puzzles and riddles, as well as finding hidden objects along the way that open the doors of every single room she finds herself trapped in.
Why similar: Point & Click 81.5%, Adventure 18.5%
- #33 Theatre Of The Absurd
77% matchVery Positive80% of 270 reviews2014
Dev: Gogii GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An Ancient and most sinister evil threatens the soul of an innocent young girl. Explore the remote and mysterious theatre to uncover lost horrors and find the solution. Can you outwit the beast?
Why similar: Point & Click 56.6%, Adventure 43.4%
- #34 Children of Silentown: Prologue
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,048 reviews2020
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 88.5%, Adventure 11.5%
- #35 Crystals of Time
76% matchMixed65% of 1,099 reviews2014
Dev: RVL GamesPub: exosyphen studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Help Ashley Ford find her father and solve the mystery of the Three Oak Mansion. A professional thief, Ashley has inherited this hobby from her father, who suddenly disappeared one night while he was trying to sneak into the Three Oak Mansion. You start the game in front of a big, deserted house that hides a lot of secrets.
Why similar: Point & Click 75.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 9.2%
- #36 Haunted Past: Realm of Ghosts
76% matchVery Positive82% of 188 reviews2014
Dev: Gogii GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Many years ago, Emily plummeted from an attic window to her doom. Her house now lies abandoned along with the mystery of her death. Sara has inherited this dark home, only to discover that it is not empty.
Why similar: Point & Click 52.6%, Adventure 47.4%
- #37 Maggie's Apartment
74% matchVery Positive97% of 123 reviews2017
Dev: Anatola Howard
Windows
Locked in her one-room apartment, Maggie Mallowne must uncover the mysterious celebrity conspiracies of the outside world by talking to her neighbors through her apartment walls
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #38 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
70% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Point & Click 73%, Adventure 27%
- #39 Left in the Dark: No One on Board
74% matchVery Positive83% of 779 reviews2014
Dev: Moonrise InteractivePub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.
Why similar: Point & Click 62.5%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 2.1%
- #40 Redrum: Dead Diary
75% matchMixed61% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Anarchy Enterprises
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Rose sees dead people who have been killed unjustly, with their mortal wishes left unfulfilled. Her super-practical father refuses to believe her ghostly visions and puts her in an asylum, where she falls into the clutches of the evil Dr. Sigmund Fraud.
Why similar: Adventure 46%, Point & Click 40.8%, Indie 13.2%
- #41 Gray Matter
73% matchVery Positive89% of 727 reviews2014
Dev: WizarBox ProductionPub: Viva Media Inc
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
After a tragic accident, neurobiologist Dr. David Styles has become a recluse, rarely leaving his home, the Dread Hill House. One day, Samantha Everett, a street magician, appears at Dr. Style's doorstep just as he is seeking a new assistant.
Why similar: Point & Click 67.6%, Adventure 32.4%
- #42 Stitched HD
72% matchVery Positive81% of 114 reviews2017
Dev: Fluffex Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A pleasantly anticipated trip back home for the holidays becomes a nightmare for Catherine as a tragic accident leaves her unconscious. After coming to her senses, she realizes that something is dreadfully wrong. She must escape the doll factory she awoke in before it's too late.
Why similar: Adventure 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #43 Devil's Hideout
68% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devil's Hideout is a horror point and click adventure. Lauren learns from a mystic that her young sister is still alive, with cultists staging her death. Traveling to the hospital where her sister received care, Lauren plunges headfirst into a nightmare.
Why similar: Point & Click 73.1%, Adventure 26.9%
- #44 Garden of Oblivion
71% matchVery Positive87% of 200 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 21%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 A Wolf in Autumn
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 453 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.
Why similar: Point & Click 64.3%, Adventure 28.1%, Indie 7.6%
- #46 the white chamber
67% matchVery Positive99% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows
Sci-fi horror anime point and click adventure game. Guide a young woman through a nightmarish space station as she tries to uncover why she's there and how she can escape.
Why similar: Point & Click 64%, Adventure 36%
- #47 Mountain Trap: The Manor of Memories
72% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2016
Dev: Color Brush StudioPub: RunServer
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What will you do if the vacation of your dreams doesn't go as planned? If your friend is alone in a foreign country and gets into trouble, will you have enough strength and courage to help her?
Why similar: Point & Click 83%, Indie 17%
- #48 Escape : Lia
70% matchMostly Negative32% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: PROJECT 00:01
Windows
Here's a girl named Lia -- an 8-year-old child who is accidently trapped in someone's dark basement -- in a secluded, small village. What is the hidden secret of the magician's basement? Discover suspicious items, follow clues, and solve puzzles. Will you be able to escape safely?
Why similar: Adventure 72.4%, Indie 27.6%
- #49 Virago: Herstory
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Sunday AkorPub: Honest Chronicle
Windows
Virago herstory is about a little girl called Willow who after running away from her home becomes a victim of stalking
Why similar: Adventure 92.6%, Indie 7.4%
- #50 Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,794 reviews2013
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The award-winning debut adventure game from the creators of Deponia and The Whispered World now on Steam. Accompany young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on a whacky attempt to escape from her padded cell. Experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and far beyond its brick walls.
Why similar: Point & Click 73.3%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 4.1%
- #51 Crossroad Mysteries: The Broken Deal
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: N-Tri Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Anna goes to the places of her childhood. She hopes to get cured from strange disease. This is the last chance to find out the cause of her misery. Whether she ever recover and at what price?
Why similar: Point & Click 52.9%, Adventure 37.5%, Indie 9.6%
- #52 Voodoo Whisperer Curse of a Legend
71% matchMixed57% of 103 reviews2014
Dev: Gogii GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
The entire town has been put into a deep, dark sleep by a mysterious evil force. Now young Lillian must find allies and uncover the dark secrets of voodoo in order to save her master and free her friends before it is too late.
Why similar: Point & Click 60.3%, Adventure 39.7%
- #53 The Tartarus Key
65% matchVery Positive93% of 291 reviews2023
Dev: Vertical ReachPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.
Why similar: Adventure 100%
- #54 Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance
65% matchVery Positive90% of 988 reviews2023
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
As punishment for her transgressions, Ingrid is sent to hell. As she struggles through the darkness that hungers to consume her heart, she makes her way toward redemption. Her fate is in your hands.
Why similar: Point & Click 74.5%, Adventure 25.5%
- #55 Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child
68% matchVery Positive90% of 288 reviews2017
Dev: World-LoomPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Find clues to your father's whereabouts in a Victorian mansion!
Why similar: Point & Click 57.5%, Adventure 40%, Indie 2.5%
- #56 Meridian 157: Chapter 1
66% matchVery Positive95% of 319 reviews2020
Dev: NovaSoft Interactive Ltd.
Windows · Mac
While searching for the anomaly, you find yourself trapped inside a facility on a remote sub-Arctic island. What is this place? Who built it? Why was it left abandoned? Explore the uninhabited complex you now find yourself trapped in, but be warned: you might not be as alone as you think...
Why similar: Point & Click 66.9%, Adventure 30.3%, Indie 2.7%
- #57 Return to Mysterious Island 2
69% matchMixed65% of 216 reviews2014
Dev: Kheops StudioPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Mina’s rescue from the end of the first game is cut dramatically short and she and primate pal Jep are left again on the mysterious island to fend for themselves! Mina needs to dress her wounds and keep safe against the local wildlife, but now she has the assistance of the player controlled Jep who can fit in smaller spaces, move deftly...
Why similar: Point & Click 65.1%, Adventure 34.9%
- #58 So long as there is Mercy
67% matchMixed68% of 108 reviews2022
Dev: Dominik KerschbaumerPub: MediaCube Games
Windows
Lead Spe, the game‘s protagonist, through an eerie dollhouse in an effort to find her little brother. On her way, Spe will encounter the ghost-children, who are also trapped, and can use their different abilities to solve the environmental puzzles in order to escape the house.
Why similar: Point & Click 72.5%, Adventure 24.8%, Indie 2.7%
- #59 Decay: The Mare
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,029 reviews2015
Dev: Shining Gate SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Why similar: Point & Click 65.4%, Adventure 27.7%, Indie 6.9%
