- #1 Sally Face 2
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Portable Moose
Windows · Mac · Linux
After the haunting climax of Sally Face, the sequel continues the dark adventure with a group of friends struggling to find meaning in a world broken by darkness.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Point & Click 13.4%, Detective 11.6%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #2 From Ruins – A Detective Adventure
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DigiTales Interactive
Windows
A new-gen detective adventure combining deduction gameplay with a gripping story full of twists and turns. Gather clues, establish connections, and solve a series of increasingly challenging cases. Will you uncover the feud that began at the end of the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Point & Click 16%, Detective 12.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #3 Am I Nima
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HO! Games
Windows · Mac
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Why similar: Transhumanism 27.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 12%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #4 The Cat Lady
95% matchVery Positive94% of 6,305 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 13.9%, Horror 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Detective 10.9%, Surreal 10.3%
- #5 The Mildew Children
94% matchVery Positive93% of 525 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Surreal 14.6%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Point & Click 9.2%
- #6 Deep Copy
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOON/BANE
Windows · Linux
Deep Copy is a top down point-and-click literary adventure set in a hand-painted science fiction world. Awakened with no memory, you must solve puzzles and navigate a branching story to piece together the dense, interconnected mystery at the heart of the lab.
Why similar: Transhumanism 23.3% ★, Point & Click 13.3%, Detective 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Horror 9.8%
- #7 Puzzle Agent
93% matchVery Positive89% of 2,844 reviews2010
Dev: Telltale
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Point & Click 18.1%, Puzzle 11.6%, Surreal 7.8%
- #8 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
92% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Surreal 15.8%, Side Scroller 13%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Exploration 8.3%
- #9 Loop Apartment: Visitor
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: popi
Windows
You’ve come to visit a friend you haven’t seen in years. 305 is unlocked, but no one is home. When you try to leave, the apartment building changes. Find a way out.
Why similar: Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Surreal 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #10 Castle of Secrets
91% matchMixed58% of 66 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: Side Scroller 15.6%, Point & Click 15.4%, Surreal 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Exploration 9%
- #11 SYNTAXIA
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CANCAT GamesPub: Spelkollektivet
Windows · Mac · Linux
SYNTAXIA is a dream-dark adventure game that allows you to rewrite reality itself by changing the words that describe it. Use your creativity and intuition to escape. Which path will you choose?
Why similar: Surreal 18.1%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.5%
- #12 True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
89% matchVery Positive93% of 842 reviews2018
Dev: Goblinz Enterprises LtdPub: The Digital Lounge
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.1%, Detective 12.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #13 False Testimony
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bizi Games
Windows
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Point & Click 20.1%, Detective 19.6%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 9.5%
- #14 Endless Loop
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 漫森游戏Pub: 2P Games
Windows
《轮回路》是一款中式恐怖悬疑剧情解谜游戏。为了祭奠发小,在一个阴雨连绵的日子,许静怡踏上了漫长的归乡之途。然而意想不到的是,在荒凉萧瑟的故土等待许静怡的,并非只是简单的追忆之旅,而是与本应离世的发小的惊悚重逢。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Horror 14.6%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Puzzle 11.1%, Mystery 6.7%
- #15 Grim Tales: The Time Traveler
87% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Elephant ARPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A time-traveling killer is taking out the Gray family, one by one.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Point & Click 20.2%, Detective 13.2%, Puzzle 10.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #16 凶宅 HouseHaunting
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: 炉火绘题本
Windows
《HouseHaunting》 is a horizontal puzzle solving game. You need to solve puzzles in a haunted house. There is no fixed sequence for solving puzzles. You can freely explore the room, and finally complete the task "she" gave you, satisfy "their" wishes, and finally find "your" memory and destination.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 15.3%, Point & Click 15.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #17 Cat Museum
85% matchVery Positive92% of 914 reviews2022
Dev: 751 Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and the surreal world of Cat Museum, a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game. Solve the strange puzzles with your mischievous cat, and unveil the truth behind the mysterious museum.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.9%, Surreal 17.7%, Point & Click 15.2%, Cats 11.9%, Horror 9.5%
- #18 True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,252 reviews2016
Dev: Goblinz Enterprises LtdPub: The Digital Lounge
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Detective 14.6%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 11.5%
- #19 Blue Detective: A Hotel in Scarlet
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a weird detective, you solve mysteries with your colorful sidekick. Everyone you meet in this bizarre world has a peculiar disease. A unique talent, or a mere curse? You must get to the bottom of it all. Investigate murders, search for clues and complete the puzzle.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Point & Click 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Horror 9.6%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #20 Private Psychic
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pazazz!
Windows
Private Psychic is a narrative investigation game about weird ghosts and the fear of the future.Play as Maple, a Psychic launching her own paranormal detective agency, but who is so afraid of the future that she can't predict it anymore (which is a real problem for a psychic...).
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Side Scroller 17.8%, Point & Click 16.8%, Detective 9.8%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
- #21 Discount Nightmares - The Gulch
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SongMonkey
Windows
The Gulch is a horror, puzzle, adventure! By day you’ll mine, and by night try to survive! Through a unique five senses system, you’ll explore the Gulch in ways most games never attempt. Look, touch, listen, smell, and even taste your way through a landscape of puzzles, secrets, and growing dread.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Point & Click 19.1%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, Horror 9.5%
- #22 Corpo Connections
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Polias Games
Windows
Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Point & Click 15.3%, Surreal 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #23 Rumor Reporter
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greyhaven Craft
Windows
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Point & Click 10.1%
- #24 In Stone
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hamstershoulder
Windows
A sculptor is confined in a monastery asylum.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.3%, Detective 13.7%, Surreal 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #25 Sinisomnia
79% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Dave KangPub: Fiction Roast
Windows · Mac
Sinisomnia is a psychological point-and-click horror game that traps you in a looping nightmare of uncertainty and dread. Scattered fragments, unsettling oddities, and the constant sense that something isn’t right await at every turn.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Surreal 13.6%, Point & Click 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #26 Flint's Hints
79% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Scaredy Cat Studios
Windows
Flint's Hints is an escape-room-like puzzle game where you investigate your surroundings to appease your fussy pet cat, Flint. Search for hints to figure out what he wants and how to give it to him, but be careful with what you investigate. Some things are meant to be left alone and forgotten...
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Point & Click 17.9%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #27 Puzzle Agent 2
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,162 reviews2011
Dev: Telltale
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Detective 18.6%, Surreal 16.2%, Point & Click 15.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #28 Midnight Swamp
78% matchVery Positive96% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: WildOmul
Windows
Midnight Swamp is a dark point-and-click adventure where you will dive into a world of eerie fairy tales. Play as a tourist who must find a way out of a mysterious swamp, where every corner hides a riddle.
Why similar: Surreal 17.4%, Point & Click 15%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Detective 10.3%, Horror 9.9%
- #29 Breathing Fear
80% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: LunarPixel
Windows
Breathing Fear is a non-linear 2D horror game with survival elements. Solve all the secrets of the mysterious house and try not to go crazy with horror.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.2%, Point & Click 17.1%, Detective 13.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Horror 9.6%
- #30 Mystery Case Files: Incident at Pendle Tower
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Grandma StudiosPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Pendle Tower was once a lavish high-rise hotel, but a new renovation has awakened a long-dormant secret within its foreboding halls.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Point & Click 19.1%, Detective 14.4%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 8.1%
- #31 Who's Lila?
77% matchVery Positive94% of 3,836 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Surreal 14.5%, Point & Click 13.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%
- #32 Sara - Story of a Young Thief
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Birnchen Studios GmbHPub: Birnchen Interactive GmbH
Windows
In this point & click puzzle-adventure novel, Sara has been betrayed by criminals and now must solve numerous puzzles to find her stolen money. Join her on her thrilling journey, help her decipher clues, and face the criminals!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Detective 16.4%, Point & Click 15.8%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #33 Mystery Island:Enigmatic Painting
76% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
After a difficult journey, Ada officially became a detective. This disappearance commission seemed extraordinary. During the exploration of the ancient castle, it seemed that a series of strange events also surfaced...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Point & Click 21.5%, Detective 18.5%, Puzzle 10.6%, Mystery 6.7%
- #34 Children of Silentown: Prologue
76% 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 18%, Surreal 16.6%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #35 YAMIGATARI: FOR3ST
74% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Red Ego Games
Windows
Alone in a forest that won’t let her go, Nora is being followed by an unseen entity that draws closer with every step. A 2D psychological horror with seven endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.9%, Point & Click 18.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Horror 8.9%
- #36 ELISSA :Body in the bedroom
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KANUE
Windows · Mac
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Detective 19.1%, Point & Click 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Mystery 6.1%
- #37 Neon Hearts City
74% matchVery Positive84% of 57 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: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Detective 18.6%, Point & Click 16.8%, Investigation 8.9%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #38 WILLOW RIDGE
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RAPWNED
Windows
In 1995, Detective Richard Moore turned in his badge, abandoning the only case he couldn't solve — A string of disappearances in town, culminating in the loss of his wife. Ten years later, an impossible lead drags him back. After all... Nothing stays buried forever in WILLOW RIDGE.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Point & Click 18.8%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Detective 11.2%
- #39 Heaven Does Not Respond
72% matchVery Positive90% of 565 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: Detective 15.7%, Point & Click 12.9%, Surreal 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #40 MONOPHOBIA
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DendrobiumPub: Shochiku
Windows
MONOPHOBIA is a 2.5D side-scrolling adventure focused on puzzle-solving and detective works. With light psychological horror, the story follows urban myths and the relationship between the main characters, gradually uncovering mysteries beneath everyday life.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.7%, Point & Click 19%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Puzzle 12%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #41 A Winter Haunting
73% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: ABPub: Eccentric Stylist
Windows · Mac
Everlyn Sterling, a young woman tasked by her grandmother to take care of a historic mansion, finds herself entangled in a mystery involving supernatural forces. Join her in this point-and-click style game to uncover the secrets behind this landmark!
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Point & Click 16.4%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Exploration 9.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #42 Петя и Волк: дело об артефакте приключений
72% matchPositive79% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: LLC ANIMAVISION
Windows
An Exciting Adventure Filled with Puzzles, Mini-Games & Captivating Gameplay! Help Petya and the Wolf find their missing parents, solve mysterious secrets, and conquer the challenges of parallel worlds. Switch between characters, use their unique abilities, and overcome obstacles!
Why similar: Side Scroller 25%, Point & Click 20%, Detective 15.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 9.2%
- #43 Chimeras: Blinding Love
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Elephant ArPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Something dangerous prowls the streets... Can you find out what's targeting young men in Paris?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Point & Click 19.8%, Detective 14.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 8.3%
- #44 Desktop Explorer
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,312 reviews2026
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Point & Click 15%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Investigation 8.9%
- #45 A Spider to A Fly
71% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2023
Dev: SyineWave
Windows
90's Horror inspired Point & Click — a Dark and Emotional journey of a man looking for his missing son while facing his hidden demons. Enjoy an Atmospheric & stylized world, haunting and memorable audio, and piece together a story that will stay with you long after it ends.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Point & Click 16.1%, Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 9.5%
- #46 Discarded Memories: A Red Iron Story
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toby Davis
Windows · Linux
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Detective 21.1%, Point & Click 19.8%, Exploration 13%, Horror 9.1%
- #47 Major's Heart
70% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Point & Click 20.3%, Detective 18.5%, Puzzle 10.5%, Investigation 8.5%
- #48 It Happened Here: Streaming Lives
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Elephant ArPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Are you ready, detective? Step into a tale of mystery, intrigue, deceit, and murder!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Point & Click 17.7%, Detective 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #49 Duppy Detective Tashia
68% matchPositive96% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Spritewrench
Windows
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Detective 16.9%, Point & Click 14.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Horror 8.4%
- #50 Runway 66
68% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: NEBULA NOVA GAMES
Windows
A weaponless psychological thriller. Become trapped in the dark simulation within Gabriel’s mind after surviving a deadly plane crash. Run, hide, and piece together your memories to wake from this dystopian nightmare before Protocol 66 is activated.
Why similar: Transhumanism 24.5% ★, Detective 16.9%, Surreal 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Horror 9.1%
- #51 Chrome Shadow
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indie Eagle
Windows
A 2D pixel-art detective adventure where you investigate a brutal murder in a city drowning in corruption, secrets, and political tension. Search locations, question suspects, collect evidence, and uncover a truth that was never meant to surface.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Point & Click 15.4%, Detective 15.1%, Exploration 11.4%
- #52 Wimple and Habit
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Orcsune Productions LLC
Windows · Linux
Help Wimple and Habit, nuns in The Chapter's special investigations unit, to uncover the case of the missing janitor in this point-and-click puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.6%, Surreal 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #53 Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem
70% matchMixed54% of 1,142 reviews2019
Dev: HeR Interactive, Inc.
Windows · Mac
How Far Would You Go to Escape the Past? Step into a story filled with danger, intrigue, and complicated relationships in Midnight in Salem, the new 3D mystery adventure with detective Nancy Drew. Time is short, and you, as Nancy Drew, must solve the mystery before the clock strikes midnight.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Point & Click 19.3%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Puzzle 10.5%, Mystery 8.1%
- #54 Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill
70% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Point & Click 16.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #55 Human Upgrade Labs
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Augustinas Raginskis
Windows
You will be taking on various tests/puzzles in Human Upgrade Labs. These tests will essentially be various mini games, 30 of them, placed into several different categories, created using multiple hand painted and sometimes experimental visual styles and combined into a single story.
Why similar: Transhumanism 40.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Point & Click 11.3%, Puzzle 9%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
- #56 The Mystery of Oak Island
67% 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 20.1%, Detective 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 11%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #57 Turtle Soup World
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Xufan Studio
Windows
Turtle Soup World – lateral-thinking mystery game. Each chapter: one strange case. Explore, inspect, question NPCs, ask the host Yes/No/Both questions to find the truth. Works with local LLM or API.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Investigation 8.2%, Surreal 8%
- #58 HABROMANIA
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sydney Collings (Symphony_Sonata)Pub: Toska Studios
Windows
A dreamy Alice in Wonderland-inspired RPG that follows 19-year-old Alice as she tries to escape the surreal, cozy hellscape that is Wonderland—hopefully with her sanity intact.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Point & Click 14.6%, Surreal 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #59 Silent Love
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Weird Bunny
Windows
This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Surreal 17.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Horror 12.6%, Puzzle 9.3%