Games like Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

This is a point-and-click adventure game with a comedic cosmic horror feel. Players solve puzzles and interact with characters to progress a story involving a talking cat.

90% positive from 2,289 · 2019 · 35% finish it · Steam Deck Playable · Lowest ever $2.99 (2022-06-06)

Story Rich Point & Click PuzzleAdventureDarkIndie

Six games like Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

Mindlock - The Apartment

95% positive from 632 reviews202460% finish itDeck Playable

A hand-drawn point-and-click adventure game where players solve puzzles to escape a surreal, transforming apartment and confront the protagonist's fears. It features voiced dialogue and a blend of psychological horror and dark humor.

The catchThe main character comes across as insufferable and self-pitying throughout.

Both are tagged Point & Click, Story Rich and Puzzle.

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The Supper

99% positive from 4,398 reviews2020Deck Playable

Short adventure game. Explore, solve puzzles, and cook special meals with a mysterious voice guiding you.

What players likedPlayers praise this short point-and-click adventure for its stunning art, chill music, balanced puzzles, and a great story with a surprising twist.

The catchIt ends in under thirty minutes and the puzzles are too simple to challenge.

Both are tagged Point & Click, Story Rich and Adventure.

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Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning

81% positive from 1,028 reviews201812% finish it

This is a story-driven dark comedy game where you use persuasion to make animals scavenge for resources. You'll bargain, trade, and gamble to survive the zombie apocalypse.

What players likedPlayers praise this 2D side-scrolling adventure game for its great humor, entertaining dialogue, and cartoon art style.

The catchHeavy scripted dialogue with little actual gameplay between it

Both are tagged Point & Click, Story Rich and Adventure.

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Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

94% positive from 2,682 reviews201529% finish itDeck Verified

Tormentum is a dark point-and-click adventure game with hand-painted art and logical puzzles. It features a surreal, nightmarish atmosphere inspired by artists like Giger and Beksinski.

What players likedPlayers praise its gorgeous art, logical puzzles, and thoughtful story with branching decisions.

The catchGreat art props up trivially easy puzzles, a thin story and a letdown ending.

Both are tagged Dark, Point & Click and Puzzle.

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Yesterday

83% positive from 1,017 reviews2012

A point-and-click adventure game with a dark, somber mystery. Players investigate disappearances and a strange scar, uncovering John Yesterday's forgotten past.

The catchIt runs about four hours and the plot races past its ideas without developing them.

Both are tagged Dark, Point & Click and Puzzle.

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Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

88% positive from 3,408 reviews201210% finish itDeck Unsupported

This is a 2D point-and-click adventure game with a unique hand-drawn art style. Players solve puzzles and interact with bizarre characters in a darkly humorous story about a troubled girl.

What players likedPlayers praise its charming story, clever puzzles, and goofy humor, often comparing it to "Deponia."

The catchA long standing shaman bug can softlock progress, and it has never been patched.

Both are tagged Point & Click, Adventure and Indie.

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More about Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

What players liked

Players praise its blend of classic point-and-click adventure (like Monkey Island) with Cthulhu horror, featuring great characters, voice acting, and art.

The catch

Long stretches of dialogue drag on and the jokes rarely land.

Reviews: 90% positive from 2,289
Released: 2019
Finish it: 35% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Playable
Price: Lowest ever $2.99 (2022-06-06)
Play: Single-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 90% positive, but with 2,289 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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