- #1 The Corruption Within
97% matchVery Positive94% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Investigation 12.9%, Story Rich 9.6%, Thriller 9.3%
- #2 Abscission
96% matchVery Positive94% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.3%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Horror 11.1%, Investigation 10.6%, Mystery 9.6%
- #3 The Whisperer | Le murmureur
96% matchMixed67% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Mystery 18.6%, Point & Click 17.9%, Story Rich 15.7%, Dark 13.5%, Horror 13.4%
- #4 The Whispering Valley | La vallée qui murmure
95% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Chien d'Or
Windows · Mac
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Point & Click 26%, Mystery 16.7%, Story Rich 13.5%, Horror 13.1%, Dark 12.4%
- #5 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
94% matchVery Positive92% of 3,087 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Horror 11.3%, Dark 10.6%, Investigation 8.5%
- #6 The Dark Rites of Arkham
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 531 reviews2026
Dev: Postmodern AdventuresPub: enComplot
Windows
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.7%, Adventure 12.5%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Exploration 9.7%
- #7 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
92% matchVery Positive90% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.2%, Mystery 15.4%, Investigation 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Dark 9.8%
- #8 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.2%, Mystery 19%, Exploration 10.2%, Investigation 9%, Horror 9%
- #9 Whispers of a Machine
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,977 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 36.7%, Mystery 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 8%
- #10 Upstairs
90% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Karellen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short classic point-and-click adventure with a verb-based interface and dialogue choices, where you explore a strange building, meet unsettling characters, and slowly uncover a dark, ancient secret.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Thriller 11.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Horror 9.3%
- #11 The Lost Crown
91% matchVery Positive83% of 520 reviews2014
Dev: Darkling Room
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Embark on an eerie ghost-hunting adventure, featuring real evidence of paranormal activity, to solve the mystery of the Lost Crown. Be warned, to seek advice from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Why similar: Point & Click 39.8%, Adventure 24.8%, Horror 16.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #12 Apocalipsis
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 514 reviews2018
Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
Why similar: Point & Click 25%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Horror 11%
- #13 The Case of the Golden Idol
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,351 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.3%, Mystery 16.8%, Investigation 15.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Thriller 8.4%
- #14 Neon Hearts City
87% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.4%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Exploration 10.1%
- #15 The Apocalypse Sacrifice
86% matchVery Positive95% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: FOG GAMESPub: INDIECN
Windows
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?
Why similar: Point & Click 23.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Mystery 13%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #16 Scratches - Director's Cut
88% matchVery Positive83% of 436 reviews2011
Dev: Nucleosys
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.
Why similar: Point & Click 35%, Horror 14.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Nonlinear 7.5%
- #17 Post Mortem
89% matchMixed57% of 438 reviews2011
Dev: MC2Pub: Microids
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 39.1%, Mystery 16.9%, Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Horror 6.4%
- #18 Exiled
84% matchVery Positive90% of 246 reviews2024
Dev: John Szymanski
Windows · Mac · Linux
Charlotte is missing. Decode an ancient language, investigate a mystery, and stay away from ancient monsters in this compact puzzle thriller.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Mystery 17.7%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.4%
- #19 Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: RVL Games
Windows
Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah is a first-person, micro-adventure game that tells the story of P.I. Jim Morrison's encounters with the occult and the extraordinary. Explore your surroundings and solve puzzles in order to uncover the harrowing story of your friend's descent into insanity.
Why similar: Mystery 23.8%, Adventure 18.9%, Dark 16.6%, Story Rich 14.2%, Horror 13.4%
- #20 Bohemian Killing
85% matchMixed63% of 206 reviews2016
Dev: The MoonwallsPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.5%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 14.8%, Thriller 14.3%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #21 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
83% matchVery Positive89% of 1,277 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Point & Click 26%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
- #22 Insight
82% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Thriller 26.8%, Story Rich 25%, Dark 23.8%, Horror 21.3%, Adventure 3%
- #23 Saint Kotar
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 280 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Point & Click 22%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Dark 9.6%
- #24 The Gravedigger
81% matchVery Positive85% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Authogin
Windows
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.7%, Mystery 23.1%, Dark 15.2%, Horror 14.5%, Exploration 10.3%
- #25 The Last Case of John Morley
79% matchVery Positive84% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Mystery 26.7%, Story Rich 17.5%, Dark 17%, Exploration 15.8%, Adventure 13.1%
- #26 Bahnsen Knights
80% matchVery Positive97% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17%, Thriller 14.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Story Rich 12.3%
- #27 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
79% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Homo Narrans Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.8%, Investigation 20.5%, Choices Matter 18%, Adventure 10.1%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #28 The Last Door - Collector's Edition
78% matchVery Positive95% of 2,436 reviews2014
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
Why similar: Point & Click 49.7%, Story Rich 20.7%, Horror 17%, Adventure 8.7%, 2D 2.8%
- #29 Cursed Enigma - Priest and Prayers
77% matchMixed69% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: TheLaba
Windows
Father Giovanni, a devout priest, becomes entangled in mysteries and secrets while overseeing his local church. Explore the dark truths and menacing events behind the serene facade of the parish in the first episode of CURSED ENIGMA: Priest and Prayers
Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Horror 15%, Story Rich 12.6%, Exploration 11.1%, Adventure 10.4%
- #30 LEGIE
78% matchVery Positive89% of 201 reviews2017
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A hybrid of adventure game and classic grid-based dungeon crawler, set in the medieval Czech town of Jilemnice and its hilly surroundings.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.8%, Story Rich 19.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Dark 13.7%, Exploration 12.1%
- #31 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
81% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Dark 8.7%
- #32 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,243 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Point & Click 21.1%, Investigation 16.7%, Mystery 16.3%, Story Rich 9%, Horror 8.2%
- #33 Chronicle of Innsmouth
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2017
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
Why similar: Point & Click 63.6%, Adventure 36.4%
- #34 Castle of Secrets
75% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Serene Questworks StudiosPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Story Rich 11.4%, Horror 11%
- #35 Care
73% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: The Pocket Dimension
Windows
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Mystery 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Investigation 15.9%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 11.4%
- #36 Heaven Does Not Respond
72% matchVery Positive91% of 438 reviews2026
Dev: Rise Studios
Windows
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Horror 10.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #37 The Slaughter: Act One
76% matchVery Positive84% of 145 reviews2016
Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
Why similar: Mystery 41.2%, Point & Click 19.2%, Dark 16.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Horror 3.9%
- #38 Transient: Extended Edition
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 340 reviews2020
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Mystery 19.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Story Rich 16.1%, Dark 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
- #39 The Wild Case
74% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Specialbit Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Story Rich 11%
- #40 The Devilry Reservation
73% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Story Rich 28.4%, Dark 26.8%, Adventure 16%, Exploration 13%, 2D 10.6%
- #41 UnderDread
76% matchMixed57% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...
Why similar: Mystery 25.7%, Adventure 23.5%, Horror 20.8%, Exploration 14.9%, Story Rich 13.2%
- #42 The Occultist
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 286 reviews2026
Dev: DALOARPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Why similar: Investigation 35.7%, Mystery 21.1%, Story Rich 14.5%, Adventure 13.9%, Horror 13.6%
- #43 The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
71% matchVery Positive88% of 904 reviews2022
Dev: MediaCity Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.2%, Mystery 19.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Horror 10.6%
- #44 1428: Shadows over Silesia
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2022
Dev: KUBI Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Medieval Europe is in the middle of religious upheaval and many a preacher predict the imminent end of the world. Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy story with true historical events in the background. You'll be facing intricate puzzles, challenging battles and cunning stealth.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.4%, Mystery 29.5%, Story Rich 19%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 1%
- #45 Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
74% matchMixed44% of 207 reviews2014
Dev: Cryo InteractivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.
Why similar: Point & Click 56.4%, Adventure 23%, Horror 20.5%
- #46 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Point & Click 53.9%, Horror 25.3%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #47 Carnival
68% matchVery Positive100% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Beyond Booleans
Windows
Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.4%, Mystery 16.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Horror 10.2%
- #48 Caput Mortum
67% matchVery Positive96% of 359 reviews2025
Dev: WildArts GamesPub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows
Travel back to 16th-century France and delve into the mysterious depths of a seemingly abandoned alchemist's tower. Do you dare brave the horrors that beckon you below... deeper still?
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Exploration 23.6%, Dark 17.8%, Mystery 17.8%, Adventure 15.3%
- #49 Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past
69% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Flimmersoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
In front of you lies a classic FMV point and click adventure game. Can you stop a serial killer who is murdering his way through Vienna? Experience a week in the life of Markus Ritter, who really just wants to lie on the couch at home, but suddenly has to juggle a job, love and the supernatural.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.3%, Mystery 18.2%, Investigation 17.3%, Thriller 13.7%, Exploration 13.3%
- #50 Trust No One
70% matchMixed59% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Triomatica Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.4%, Investigation 17.6%, Hand-drawn 17%, Story Rich 12.4%, Exploration 10.6%
- #51 Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 341 reviews2020
Dev: The-Mark Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Mystery 18.3%, Dark 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #52 The Signifier Director's Cut
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 340 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Investigation 19%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Mystery 14.7%, Thriller 13.2%, Dark 12.4%
- #53 Tangle Tower
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,076 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 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 29.1%, Mystery 15.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Investigation 8.8%
- #54 Through The Fragmentation
68% matchVery Positive97% of 229 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.5%, Mystery 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Investigation 10.1%
- #55 Horns of Fear
69% matchVery Positive92% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: Pixoala
Windows
Horns of Fear is a third-person psychological horror game set in a mysterious mansion...
Why similar: Point & Click 18%, Mystery 14.6%, Investigation 12.9%, Horror 12%, Dark 11.1%
- #56 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,742 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.1%, Mystery 16.9%, Dark 15.4%, Story Rich 14.9%, Horror 11%
- #57 Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence
65% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: Ayose Trujillo & Making EnemiesPub: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac
Mystery of Silence is a point-and-click adventure where William, a young writer in search of inspiration, enters an abbey shrouded in silence. What William finds within those walls is not just a story to tell, but a secret that should never be discovered.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.9%, Investigation 22.7%, Dark 13.6%, Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #58 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Mystery 29.7%, Story Rich 20%, Dark 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Adventure 11%
- #59 Raisond'etre
67% matchVery Positive94% of 78 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 37.3%, Exploration 27.9%, Story Rich 23.1%, Visual Novel 4.9%, 2D 4.7%
- #60 The Thaumaturge
64% matchVery Positive83% of 5,600 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: Point & Click 21%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Story Rich 12.6%