- #1 Wait! Life is beautiful!
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 256 reviews2020
Dev: [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]Pub: GameNet
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
W!LiB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicide, based on personal experience. This is a story about a void in the soul, about search and loss of the life purpose in trying to save oneself and others. This is a life that can be lived your own way. For any life is beautiful... isn’t it?
Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Difficult 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Puzzle 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the full version of the seed game, expanding on the emotional weight and moral dilemmas of the prologue.
- #2 Gods Will Be Watching
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,923 reviews2014
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.
Why similar: Point & Click 13.7%, Difficult 10.9%, Thriller 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features high-stakes moral dilemmas where every choice has significant consequences for the characters involved.
- #3 STAY
96% matchMixed68% of 566 reviews2018
Dev: Appnormals Team
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
Why similar: Thriller 21.6%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Dark 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time, choice-based narrative that builds an intense emotional connection between the player and the protagonist.
- #4 The Cat Lady
95% 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 24.7%, Horror 16.6%, Dark 14.5%, Story Rich 13.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological point-and-click adventure that explores depression and trauma with a similar somber tone.
- #5 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,656 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Survival 9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click game where survival depends on making the right choices under a looming, dark threat.
- #6 This War of Mine
94% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 39.6%, Resource Management 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the heavy moral burden of survival and the emotional toll of making difficult life-or-death decisions.
- #7 Papers, Please
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,508 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Indie 9.9%, Difficult 8.8%, Story Rich 8%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes simulation that forces players to make difficult moral choices under intense pressure.
- #8 Bad Dream: Coma
92% matchVery Positive91% of 2,195 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 21.7%, Gore 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Dark 11.2%, Horror 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, choice-heavy point-and-click adventure where your actions directly influence the world around you.
- #9 Fran Bow
91% 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 26.4%, Dark 12.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, Gore 11.1%, Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological point-and-click adventure that deals with trauma and complex mental states.
- #10 Downfall
91% 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 23%, Story Rich 13.3%, Horror 12.8%, Dark 10.1%, Adventure 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that mirrors the dark, introspective atmosphere of the seed game.
- #11 Beholder
89% matchVery Positive92% of 30,197 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Point & Click 22.1%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Dark 17.8%, Story Rich 11%, Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: Puts the player in a position of moral conflict, forcing them to choose between their own survival and the lives of others.
- #12 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Story Rich 14.9%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological and dark narrative experience that focuses on the internal struggle of the protagonist.
- #13 Depression The Game
90% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.2%, Story Rich 22.5%, Horror 20.4%, Atmospheric 20.1%, Singleplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct, thematic exploration of mental health that mirrors the serious subject matter of the seed game.
- #14 Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 21,266 reviews2021
Dev: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Dive into demented and bizarre world once again and help the girl become a little happier.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.6%, Story Rich 18.8%, Point & Click 14.9%, Horror 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the intense, surreal, and emotionally heavy psychological exploration of the previous entry.
- #15 Will Die Alone
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Point & Click 29.5%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, Dark 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, text-based simulation that forces players to confront difficult life choices and their consequences.
- #16 The Flayed Man
86% matchVery Positive92% of 363 reviews2025
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.5%, Dark 14.9%, Gore 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, pixel-art point-and-click game that features multiple endings based on the player's moral choices.
- #17 Don't Escape Trilogy
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 701 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Thriller 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Horror 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of point-and-click games that focus on survival puzzles and dark, atmospheric storytelling.
- #18 The Red Strings Club
85% matchVery Positive94% of 13,842 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Point & Click 16.4%, Story Rich 15.1%, Sci-fi 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dialogue-heavy narrative game that explores morality and human nature through complex, branching choices.
- #19 Slender Threads
83% matchVery Positive91% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Gore 17.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Horror 8.7%, Dark 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological point-and-click adventure with a heavy, unsettling atmosphere and narrative depth.
- #20 Whateverland: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive86% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Caligari Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 40.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 10.9%, 2D 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure with multiple endings that rewards careful choices and exploration of dark themes.
- #21 Almost My Floor
84% matchVery Positive92% of 244 reviews2021
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Almost My Floor - point & click detective in a frightening atmosphere of sinister nightmares. Each step may end up fatal. Solve the mystery of the house #9 residents or go crazy. Labyrinth of endless floors will not let go of their victim without a fight.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Dark 17.3%, Choices Matter 14%, Horror 10.8%, Story Rich 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, point-and-click horror game that emphasizes psychological tension and difficult decision-making.
- #22 SIGNALIS
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Sci-fi 32.2%, Dark 26.6%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Puzzle 14%, Adventure 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, psychological sci-fi game that deals with themes of identity, loss, and existential dread.
- #23 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
82% 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: Choices Matter 86.2%, Story Rich 4.7%, Point & Click 3.6%, Indie 1.6%, Atmospheric 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the moral weight of surveillance and the consequences of the information you choose to act upon.
- #24 LISA: The Painful
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 14,938 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: Dark 18.1%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, Horror 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: An emotional and dark RPG that forces players to make devastating sacrifices to survive in a harsh world.
- #25 To the Moon
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 84,848 reviews2012
Dev: Freebird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 45.8%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, Indie 14%, Adventure 8.8%, Singleplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: An emotional, narrative-driven game that explores the meaning of life and memory through a poignant story.
- #26 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
79% matchVery Positive93% of 124,984 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.7%, Point & Click 24.6%, Story Rich 22.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply psychological narrative game that offers unparalleled depth in choice-based storytelling and character development.
- #27 Pathologic 2
80% matchVery Positive92% of 11,869 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: Difficult 21.8%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Survival 15.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Dark 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, high-stakes game where moral choices are constant and the pressure to save others is overwhelming.
- #28 Coffee Talk
79% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.4%, Choices Matter 24.6%, Story Rich 19.4%, Atmospheric 16%, Indie 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: While lighter in tone, it shares the core mechanic of listening to people's problems and offering support through dialogue.
- #29 Slender Threads: Prologue
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 516 reviews2021
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Point & Click 20%, Thriller 14.6%, Dark 11.1%, Gore 10.2%, Horror 9.1%
- #30 Before the Dawn: SENARA Prologue
78% matchMixed69% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: Influsion Inc.
Windows
You must attempt a life-or-death escape from the SENARA — a 6,000-ton vessel meticulously recreated from a real-world ship. This first-person survival horror prologue tells the story of a different survivor, set before the events of "SENARA: The Sacrament".
Why similar: Dark 23.8%, Survival 19.8%, Horror 16.8%, Story Rich 14.8%, Puzzle 12.9%
- #31 "LIFE" not found;
77% matchVery Positive94% of 330 reviews2022
Dev: BerCh1n
Windows
This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Story Rich 13%, Dark 11.5%, Puzzle 11%
- #32 KRAMPEN
76% matchVery Positive90% of 437 reviews2023
Dev: GMD13
Windows
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Thriller 20.1%, Point & Click 15.5%, Dark 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Horror 8.9%
- #33 BROKEN LIFE
76% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: IKKOSAMA
Windows
BROKEN LIFE is an atmospheric, fully voiced Point-and-Click Adventure set in a war-torn world. Follow Leo, a former soldier, as he returns to his hometown to uncover the fate of his family, restore his home, and confront the dark secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.8%, Dark 14.1%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #34 Locomotive 115
75% matchVery Positive93% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Bucket of Fish
Windows · Mac
It's difficult to know how many locomotives have been swallowed by the suffocating blizzards of the Widow's Run. Cursed with creeping tales of things that lurk in the dark and overshadowed by frequent casualties, it now stands as your only path forward. Will you be able to survive?
Why similar: Point & Click 15.8%, Horror 13.9%, Dark 13.3%, Resource Management 12.5%, Strategy 11.1%
- #35 Almost My Floor: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Potata Company
Windows · Linux
A Prologue to Almost My Floor, an upcoming horror-themed point'n'click adventure. Alex is a real fan of creepy stuff and horror movies, but he never expected to experience it himself just by taking the elevator back home! Can he avoid the madness and deal with the evil he's up against?
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Dark 14.1%, Horror 12%, Story Rich 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #36 Destined to Die
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 219 reviews2021
Dev: SuncatsPub: Suncats
Windows · Mac
Destined to Die is a task managing game about depression, containing over 200+ pieces of physical and digital art. What's the point in life, if all paths lead to death. Choose your actions, and learn how to live. All paths lead to death, but how long can you live?
Why similar: Dark 32.5%, Pixel Graphics 25.6%, Choices Matter 14.8%, 2D 12.9%, Casual 10.1%
- #37 Isolated Room
73% matchVery Positive95% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Black Hole Games
Windows
What to do when your days are not going well? What to do when you need to wake up and manage a troubled life, in which you need to work, eat well and still have time for yourself? Isolated Room is about that, and maybe a little more.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.3%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Resource Management 8.4%, Indie 5.3%
- #38 Little Lighthouse of Horror
72% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Codiwans
Windows
A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?
Why similar: Resource Management 24.6%, Survival 19%, Horror 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Dark 13.2%
- #39 WarriOrb: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive88% of 399 reviews2019
Dev: Not Yet
Windows · Linux
WarriOrb: Prologue is a free standalone demo for the action platformer WarriOrb, where you play as a mighty demon trapped in an unlikely body. The path ahead is not an easy one... Are you ready to do whatever it takes to regain your freedom?
Why similar: Difficult 40.5%, Story Rich 16.4%, Atmospheric 14.9%, 2D 10.2%, Adventure 7.9%
- #40 Free Will
71% matchVery Positive97% of 323 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Story Rich 18.9%, Puzzle 18%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Dark 12.8%, Horror 10.9%
- #41 One Dreamer: Prologue
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 797 reviews2020
Dev: One Dreamer CompanyPub: F2House
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Story Rich 16%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 7.3%
- #42 Choo-Choose
71% matchVery Positive85% of 411 reviews2024
Dev: Lunisky Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
So, have you ever heard of the Trolley Problem? Do you know the price of the choices you make? How far are you ready to go to act according to your values? Will you sacrifice the life of the other to hold the moral high ground?
Why similar: Point & Click 31.6%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Puzzle 13.4%, Story Rich 12.1%, 2D 7%
- #43 Disturbed
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,856 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Difficult 18.5%, Dark 17.1%, Point & Click 17.1%, Horror 13.4%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #44 The Outcast Lovers
74% matchMixed66% of 85 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?
Why similar: Point & Click 29.6%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Story Rich 13.8%, Horror 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #45 Neospace: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
You wake up in a spaceship, you realize that strange things are going on there, you try to get back to civilization. However, this is harder than you think, the encounters will drive you crazy and you will doubt yourself.
Why similar: Choices Matter 33%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 11.5%
- #46 Veritas
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Glitch Games
Windows
Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?
Why similar: Point & Click 21.9%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Difficult 11.6%, Dark 9.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #47 While We Wait Here
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.4%, Thriller 18.9%, Horror 18.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
- #48 MONOTONIA: First Contact
70% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: GDH Studio
Windows
MONOTONIA: First Contact is a prologue-format experience, free and essential to pave the challenging and definitive cycle of MONOTONY. Work, pay your bills, and survive!
Why similar: Point & Click 48.4%, Pixel Graphics 23.3%, 2D 11.1%, Adventure 10.8%, Singleplayer 6.3%
- #49 Save the Reactor
69% matchVery Positive95% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Hypnohead
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
What if you happened to be in a control room of a nuclear reactor and something went wrong? Save the Reactor gives you the opportunity to fully experience these emotions! This simulator is great for those who like to challenge themselves and aren't afraid of difficulties!
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Difficult 26.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Survival 11.1%, Sci-fi 8%
- #50 When The Past Was Around - Prologue
68% matchVery Positive94% of 682 reviews2019
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 16%
This is the prologue chapter of "When the Past was Around", an upcoming adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Why similar: Point & Click 42.3%, Puzzle 17.9%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Indie 9.6%, Adventure 9.6%
- #51 Castle Of Secrets: Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 350 reviews2022
Dev: SQ Game StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
The Castle of Secrets — a game with a deep and mysterious storyline, beautiful 3D graphics, unique gameplay and mechanics, will immerse you in a fairy tale of reality and mystery. How will this fairy tale end? It's your call.
Why similar: Point & Click 40.2%, Dark 16.4%, Puzzle 16.1%, Adventure 10%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #52 Noble's Life: Kingdom Reborn - Prologue
67% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle GriffonsPub: Concept Lab Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Experience the first months after a brutal assault on your own estate in the free prologue of a realistic simulator of a medieval noble combined with a strategy game of historical depth. Manage your town and villages and make decisions in non-linear events.
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.7%, Story Rich 22.6%, Resource Management 21.2%, Strategy 20%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #53 STAY
69% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Gleetch
Windows
Welcome to STAY, a Special Test of Attention Yield. Will you survive long enough?
Why similar: Difficult 35.6%, Survival 24.7%, Puzzle 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, 2D 5.1%
- #54 Raisond'etre
68% matchVery Positive93% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: C3 Games
Windows
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Story Rich 31.8%, Indie 10.9%, Singleplayer 8%, 2D 7.2%
- #55 nothing_matters
67% matchVery Positive83% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: Ka Hin Yuen
Windows
A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.4%, Dark 26.2%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 9.6%, 2D 8%
- #56 Let Me Die (inside)
69% matchMixed66% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: No
Windows
The characters of Let Me Die (inside) have fallen into despair head over heels, so they want to leave this world and end their lives. Your duty is to fulfil their wish. In every level, the player is expected to find a way to die, but before that, he has to complete the death wishes of the character.
Why similar: Dark 23.4%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Gore 12.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #57 Playing Kafka
64% matchVery Positive95% of 317 reviews2024
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.6%, Story Rich 17%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Adventure 11%
- #58 Japan Stigmatized Property -日本事故物件監視協会-
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 343 reviews2025
Dev: 日本事故物件監視協会
Windows · Mac
Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——
Why similar: Point & Click 27.1%, Thriller 24.8%, Dark 14.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Horror 7.4%
- #59 The Horror Of Salazar House
66% matchVery Positive95% of 386 reviews2020
Dev: Maldo19Pub: Torture Star Video
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Gore 15.3%, Dark 13.3%, Horror 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%