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Point & Click hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged Point & Click on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. Showing the 60 most reviewed of 135. How these pages are made.
This is a retro pixel-art adventure game where players investigate a murder case in a cyberpunk city. Players analyze details and interact with NPCs to uncover a conspiracy.
What players likedPlayers praise its engaging story and characters, reminiscent of classic point-and-click adventures.
The catchConstant unrelated puzzles crowd out the actual detective work you came for.
Games like Tales of the Neon Sea →
A narrative-driven point-and-click adventure game featuring puzzle-solving and exploration. It offers a steampunk atmosphere with a focus on unraveling intertwined mysteries.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful, touching story and art, reminiscent of classic adventure games.
The catchAuto-highlighted hotspots remove puzzle discovery
Games like Syberia: The World Before →
A narrative deduction game where you uncover family ties using 1990s internet research. Solve puzzles by connecting evidence to build a family tree.
What players likedPlayers praise this addictive detective game for its challenging, rewarding puzzles and comparisons to "Obra Dinn," "Hypnospace Outlaw," and "Her Story."
The catchInvestigation boils down to typing keywords and reading summaries, which turns tedious.
Games like The Roottrees are Dead →
This is a casual isometric point-and-click adventure RPG with a story-driven exploration loop. Players collect items, complete quests, and learn skills in a relaxing fantasy setting.
What players likedPlayers praise its relaxing, click-and-explore gameplay, reminiscent of pixel hunt adventures, perfect for casual enjoyment.
The catchGameplay is little more than clicking through endless fetch quests with no real depth.
Games like Hero of the Kingdom →
Morphopolis83% positive from 4,845 reviews201418% finish itDeck Verified
Puzzle adventure game about insect metamorphosis. Explore a hand-drawn world, solving puzzles as an aphid grub.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful, atmospheric exploration, comparing it to Myst or point-and-click adventures.
The catchControls are slow and wonky, clearly built for touchscreen and awkward with a mouse.
Games like Morphopolis →
CHUCHEL86% positive from 4,782 reviews201843% finish itDeck Verified
This is a point-and-click comedy adventure game focused on solving puzzles and interacting with characters to retrieve a cherry. It features whimsical animations, a unique soundtrack, and humorous gags.
What players likedPlayers praise CHUCHEL as a short, entertaining, and humorous adventure, similar to an interactive cartoon, with creative visual humor.
The catchThe humour and puzzles are pitched at small children, so adults get bored fast.
Games like CHUCHEL →
Chill Pulse96% positive from 4,781 reviews202423% finish itDeck Playable
This is a productivity app with ambient environments and integrated tools. It features a Pomodoro timer and unlockable content for focused work.
What players likedPlayers praise "Chill Pulse" as a motivating productivity tool with aesthetic appeal and helpful study features.
The catchIt eats a huge share of CPU and battery despite barely anything happening on screen.
Games like Chill Pulse →
SIMULACRA90% positive from 4,653 reviews201711% finish itDeck Verified
This is a mobile phone horror thriller where players piece together a missing person's story by exploring their phone. It features live-action footage and decryption puzzles for an immersive, realistic feel.
What players likedPlayers praise its interesting lore, memorable characters, and replayability through multiple endings and easter eggs, similar to horror mystery games with jumpscares.
The catchPuzzles feel unfulfilling and grow repetitive quickly
Games like SIMULACRA →
A visual novel about rebuilding a glider club to fly through a rare cloud formation. It focuses on youth, friendship, and overcoming obstacles.
What players likedPlayers praise this visual novel for its good characters, planes, and plot, comparing it favorably to other "chasing dream" stories.
The catchThe story drags for dozens of hours of filler before anything meaningful happens.
Games like If My Heart Had Wings →
This is a surveillance simulation game where players monitor passengers, report suspicious activity, and make difficult choices. It focuses on observation, reporting, and managing consequences in a totalitarian setting.
What players likedPlayers compare it to "Papers, Please," praising its immersive atmosphere, dystopian themes, and impactful decision-making.
The catchSaves happen at fixed points, so one wrong choice means replaying long stretches.
Games like Beholder: Conductor →
This is a sci-fi job simulator where you verify neighbors' identities to prevent doppelgangers from entering. It features observation-based gameplay with multiple modes and endings.
What players likedLike "Papers, Please," players praise its detective gameplay for being fun, brain-training, and worth the low price.
The catchDifficulty barely increases from day to day and the story stays thin.
Games like That's not my Neighbor →
A five-act magical realist adventure game focused on narrative and atmosphere. Players explore a surreal landscape, interacting with characters and uncovering a story of debt and community.
What players likedPlayers praise its deep, magical realism narrative, comparable to Pink Floyd's "The Wall" or "Apocalypse Now."
The catchPainfully slow pacing and walls of dialogue with almost no actual gameplay.
Games like Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition →
The Supper99% 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.
Games like The Supper →
This is a '90s internet simulator where you investigate user violations on a simulated web. You'll browse websites, manage downloads, and customize your desktop.
What players likedPlayers praise "Hypnospace Outlaw" as a unique, immersive, and nostalgic exploration of a 90s-style internet, often compared to "Papers, Please" and "Serial Experiments Lain."
The catchPuzzles turn so vague that progress often means aimless clicking or looking up a guide.
Games like Hypnospace Outlaw →
A narrative puzzle adventure where players shape the landscape to guide an old man. It features a reflective, emotional feel with hand-drawn visuals.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful art, emotional story, and innovative puzzle mechanics, making it a relaxing and heartwarming journey.
The catchThe whole game is one repetitive mechanic of dragging landscape up and down.
Games like Old Man's Journey →
A point-and-click adventure game with five playable characters solving puzzles in a bizarre town. It features a neo-noir mystery with humor and exploration.
What players likedPlayers praise the game's lore and characters, reminiscent of classic adventure games.
The catchThe story falls apart in the second half and the ending gives no real payoff.
Games like Thimbleweed Park™ →
This is a 2.5D puzzle platformer with first-person hacking elements. Players control two characters whose cooperation is key to escaping a dystopian reality TV show.
What players likedPlayers praise "American Arcadia" as a polished, story-driven puzzle-platformer, often compared to "The Truman Show" and "Portal," with engaging, varied gameplay.
The catchMost of it is walking and holding a direction, with thin, tedious puzzles between.
Games like American Arcadia →
This is a meditative puzzle game where players manipulate impossible architecture to guide characters through surreal worlds. It features a heartwarming story about motherhood and exploration.
What players likedPlayers say it's like the first Monument Valley, praised for its beautiful art, relaxing atmosphere, and ingenious optical illusion puzzles.
The catchThe puzzles are too easy to be satisfying and the whole thing is very short.
Games like Monument Valley 2 →
Idol Manager88% positive from 4,070 reviews20212% finish itDeck Playable
Idol Manager is a business simulation game where you manage a pop idol agency. Its core loop involves training idols, managing their personal lives, and navigating scandals to build success.
What players likedPlayers praise its addictive difficulty and unique spin on the idol industry, similar to a simulator.
The catchA game breaking bug freezes time and ruins saves, and the devs stopped fixing it.
Games like Idol Manager →
A point-and-click adventure game with a unique hand-drawn style. Players solve puzzles and interact with characters to prevent a catastrophic future.
What players likedPlayers praise its well-thought-out new characters, designs, mechanics, and story, despite some flaws.
The catchThe story mostly mocks fans of the trilogy and ends up changing nothing.
Games like Deponia Doomsday →
HIVESWAP: ACT 192% positive from 4,047 reviews201771% finish itDeck Playable
A point-and-click adventure game with unique puzzle solutions and hand-animated 2D environments. Explore homes, uncover secrets, and play as Joey Claire in a '90s-inspired experience.
What players likedPlayers praise its cute art, well-written dialogue, and point-and-click adventure gameplay reminiscent of older games.
The catchIt ends after about an hour, playing more like a prologue than a full chapter.
Games like HIVESWAP: ACT 1 →
This is a hand-drawn point-and-click puzzle adventure where players craft items and solve puzzles to help forest creatures in a kind, magical world. Dialog is visualized through animated bubbles.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful art and character design, finding it a painterly experience despite limited gameplay.
The catchIt ends after roughly fifteen minutes and plays more like a demo than a game.
Games like Tukoni: Prologue →
McPixel84% positive from 3,939 reviews2012Deck Playable
This is a point-and-click puzzle game where players solve 100 short, timed challenges to prevent explosions using available tools. It features a fast-paced, chaotic feel with a retro aesthetic.
What players likedPlayers praise McPixel's rapid pace and unique humor, comparing its rewarding failures to Henry Stickmin games.
The catchPuzzles boil down to randomly clicking everything until a nonsensical solution triggers.
Games like McPixel →
A narrative adventure game where players investigate crime scenes, find clues, and interrogate suspects as Sherlock Holmes. It features a dark, twisting story set in Victorian London.
What players likedPlayers praise the engaging story and varied, intuitive puzzles, wishing its sequel maintained its quality.
The catchObscure puzzles and pixel hunting leave you stuck and reaching for a walkthrough.
Games like The Testament of Sherlock Holmes →
This is a point-and-click adventure game where players explore character backstories and solve puzzles to outwit an insane AI. It features adult themes and a dark, psychological feel.
What players likedPlayers praise its immersive storytelling and clever puzzles, reminiscent of classic cryptic point-and-click adventure games.
The catchObtuse puzzles and easy softlocks make a walkthrough close to mandatory.
Games like I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream →
Mitoza96% positive from 3,847 reviews202138% finish itDeck Playable
Surreal choice-driven exploration game. Players experience cycles of growth and decay, making decisions that impact the narrative.
What players likedPlayers praise Mitoza as a free, short, "choose your own adventure" game with an art style that offers many fun and unexpected possibilities.
The catchAmounts to picking A or B and watching animations, which gets repetitive fast.
Games like Mitoza →
This is a live-action horror game where you play as Maya, using a ghost receiver to uncover a psychopath's secret and save her friends. It blends film and gameplay for an immersive, spooky experience.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique live-action, point-and-click horror, comparing it to classic adventure and horror games.
The catchHiding from the same stalker in samey corridors gets repetitive within a few hours.
Games like At Dead Of Night →
Psychological adventure game about student life. Features hand-drawn art and multiple endings.
What players likedPlayers praise its short, deep, and artistic psychological story, often comparing it to other indie games.
The catchThe writing is shallow and spells out its message, with pretty art the only draw.
Games like Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling →
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.
Games like Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes →
A story-driven point-and-click adventure with a multi-layered narrative. Players explore a magical world, solving puzzles and experiencing a dramatic tale.
What players likedPlayers praise its enchanting story, hand-drawn art, and unique dialogue, reminiscent of classic children's fantasy literature.
The catchPuzzles run on moon logic and the hint system is too vague to unstick you.
Games like The Night of the Rabbit →
A wordless puzzle adventure where you guide a microscopic alien through obstacles. It features a serene, visually driven experience with environmental interaction.
What players likedPlayers praise its imaginative puzzle adventure and memorable experience, proving that short games can leave a lasting impression.
The catchScreens are so dark you end up clicking blindly to find what can be clicked.
Games like The Old Tree →
Hidden Folks96% positive from 3,200 reviews2017Deck Verified
This is a hidden object game with interactive, hand-drawn environments. Players find targets by interacting with the world and receive hints when needed.
What players likedPlayers praise this hidden object game as a relaxing, hand-drawn "Where's Wally" with hilarious, human-made sound effects and lively, interactive environments.
The catchBig later levels blend together, reducing the hunt to clicking every object on screen.
Games like Hidden Folks →
A remastered graphic adventure game. Players solve puzzles and interact with characters in a biker-themed story.
What players likedPlayers praise this short, stylish point-and-click puzzle game for its memorable characters, sharp dialogue, and beautiful art and animation.
The catchCrashes, often after the minefield puzzle, stop many players finishing the game.
Games like Full Throttle Remastered →
NORCO93% positive from 3,147 reviews202232% finish itDeck Verified
NORCO is a pixel art point-and-click adventure game. Players explore a surreal South Louisiana to find a missing brother, uncovering a multigenerational mystery.
What players likedPlayers praise NORCO's superb writing, unique art style, and captivating narrative, often comparing it to Kentucky Route Zero for its surrealism and regional grounding.
The catchMostly walls of text with barely any gameplay, and the story never comes together.
Games like NORCO →
A folk horror point-and-click adventure game where players solve puzzles and interact with characters to uncover a dark mystery. It features evocative pixel art and an atmospheric soundtrack.
What players likedPlayers praise its excellent voice acting, folk horror atmosphere, and intriguing Lovecraftian story, reminiscent of classic LucasArts point-and-click adventures.
The catchIt starts strong then railroads you into a forced, unsatisfying ending you cannot change.
Games like The Excavation of Hob's Barrow →
Narrative adventure game with dialogue choices and exploration. Features a Star Trek story with a focus on crew interaction and problem-solving.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a TNG-era Star Trek movie or episode, with an engaging story and meaningful choices.
The catchBugs, glitches and stutter run right through it and were never patched out.
Games like Star Trek: Resurgence →
This is a stealth puzzle game where players set traps for their neighbor. The core loop involves creating chaos and avoiding detection to increase TV show ratings.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a surprisingly entertaining, classic comedy puzzle game similar to point-and-click adventures.
The catchLevels repeat the same routine and getting caught forces a full redo from the start.
Games like Neighbours from Hell Compilation →
A point-and-click adventure game with a wacky, humorous tone. Players solve puzzles to reunite a fragmented consciousness and save a planet.
What players likedPlayers say it's like the first Deponia game, praising its continuation of the original's style and gameplay.
The catchPuzzles are so illogical that finishing usually means following an online walkthrough.
Games like Chaos on Deponia →
This is a point-and-click adventure game featuring puzzle-solving and a humorous, pirate-themed story. Players guide Guybrush Threepwood through a quest to become a pirate and win the heart of Elaine Marley.
What players likedPlayers praise its classic status, humor, and story, calling it one of the best click adventure games and a must-play for gamers.
The catchThe redrawn art is widely disliked and the classic look strips out the voice acting.
Games like The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition →
Third-person detective adventure adapted from the Agatha Christie novel. As Poirot you comb crime scenes, read how suspects answer, and assemble clues into deductions and a timeline.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a polished, engaging adventure game and interactive novel, faithful to the detective story.
The catchWalking, dialogue and puzzles all move slowly, turning the investigation into a chore.
Games like Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders →
Hidden Through Time is a hidden object adventure game with a hand-drawn art style. Players find scattered items using clues across historical levels, with a map editor for custom content.
What players likedPlayers praise its relaxing hidden-object gameplay, similar to other games in the genre, with endless fun from community-made maps.
The catchHints are vague or misleading and objects are often barely visible behind scenery.
Games like Hidden Through Time →
Syberia II86% positive from 3,040 reviews2011Deck Verified
This is a point-and-click adventure game focused on puzzle-solving and exploration. Players experience a surreal journey with a narrative-driven feel.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a highly recommended point-and-click adventure game and a great sequel to the first Syberia.
The catchTrial-and-error puzzles with heavy backtracking and walking
Games like Syberia II →
Tangle Tower95% positive from 2,993 reviews201959% finish itDeck Verified
A narrative adventure game with point-and-click investigation, clue gathering, and dialogue puzzles. It features a fully voiced cast and atmospheric, hand-painted environments.
What players likedPlayers praise Tangle Tower as an engaging, fully-voiced point-and-click detective game with beautiful art, reminiscent of Professor Layton.
The catchEnding and plot resolution fall flat
Games like Tangle Tower →
King's Quest90% positive from 2,992 reviews201517% finish itDeck Verified
This is an episodic adventure game featuring narrative choices, puzzle-solving, and exploration. Players experience King Graham's past through branching stories and witty dialogue.
What players likedPlayers praise King's Quest as a charming puzzle adventure with a strong story, humor, and beautiful art, reminiscent of classic adventure games.
The catchMore interactive cartoon than adventure game, heavy on cutscenes and light on puzzles.
Games like King's Quest →
This is a point-and-click adventure game featuring puzzle-solving and witty dialogue. Players guide Guybrush Threepwood through humorous challenges to defeat a zombie pirate.
What players likedIt's a masterclass sequel with improved graphics, challenging puzzles, and excellent voice acting, praised for its timeless design and developer commentary.
The catchSeveral puzzle solutions are so illogical you end up needing hints or a walkthrough.
Games like Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™ →
A narrative adventure game featuring hand-drawn art, where players experience the internal monologue of an insomniac. The core loop involves navigating thoughts and emotions to find rest.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful art, emotional storytelling, and intuitive puzzles, comparing it to the relatable experience of insomnia and dwelling on the past.
The catchPuzzles amount to shallow, tedious random clicking
Games like Insomnia: Theater in the Head →
This is a single-player comedy adventure RPG with turn-based combat and exploration. It features a prohibition-era setting with stick-figure characters and eldritch horrors.
What players likedPlayers praise its humorous writing, charming art, and challenging puzzles, comparing it favorably to West of Loathing and Kingdom of Loathing.
The catchA bloated step down from West of Loathing, with padded combat and obtuse puzzles.
Games like Shadows Over Loathing →
Samorost 287% positive from 2,880 reviews200931% finish itDeck Verified
Point-and-click adventure game. Explore surreal worlds, solve puzzles to rescue a dog. Relaxing, atmospheric.
What players likedPlayers praise Samorost 2 as a classic, quirky Amanita Design point-and-click adventure with engaging puzzles and imaginative visuals.
The catchObjects stop responding to clicks, forcing level restarts or blocking the game entirely.
Games like Samorost 2 →
This is an analog horror telephone operator simulator where players diagnose household threats from a catalog. It features a core loop of listening to callers and providing correct advice under pressure.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique analog horror, worldbuilding, and monster lore, comparing it to a cozy 90s reading sim.
The catchThe loop of hearing a call and matching a database entry gets repetitive fast.
Games like Home Safety Hotline →
This is a point-and-click adventure game featuring puzzle-solving and narrative exploration. Players guide two characters through a globe-spanning conspiracy with a classic mystery feel.
What players likedPlayers praise Broken Sword: Director's Cut as one of the best point-and-click adventure games, comparable to classics, for its enduring story, sharp humor, and engaging mystery.
The catchThis edition cuts dialogue, animations and puzzles that the original release still has.
Games like Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009) →
Puzzle Agent89% positive from 2,821 reviews2010Deck Verified
A narrative puzzle adventure game where players solve brainteasers to uncover a town's mystery. Collect gum for hints to progress through logic puzzles and riddles.
What players likedPlayers praise its charming art style and Twin Peaks/Fargo-esque world, often comparing its puzzles to Professor Layton.
The catchPuzzle instructions leave out rules, so failures come from guessing what was meant.
Games like Puzzle Agent →
This is a classic point-and-click adventure game where players solve puzzles and uncover conspiracies. It features a narrative-driven experience with fully voiced characters and a wry sense of humor.
What players likedPlayers praise its intriguing story and clever puzzles, reminiscent of classic point-and-click adventure games.
The catchEndless dialogue and slow unskippable animations stretch every scene into a crawl.
Games like Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse →
Silence84% positive from 2,736 reviews201625% finish itDeck Verified
This is a story-driven adventure game with puzzle elements. Players control multiple characters exploring a visually rich world to save it from darkness.
What players likedPlayers praise the fabulous scenery and characters in this easy-to-play game, which is like a simulator of crying over beautiful landscapes.
The catchIt plays more like a cutscene-heavy storybook than a game, with barely any real puzzles.
Games like Silence →
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.
Games like Tormentum - Dark Sorrow →
A 2-player cooperative puzzle game where players see different halves of puzzles and must communicate to solve them. It's a tense, collaborative experience to escape a killer.
What players likedPlayers praise its cooperative puzzle-solving, comparing it to "Tick Tock: A Tale for Two" for its engaging, shared experience.
The catchIt is over in about two hours, which feels thin for the price.
Games like Unboxing the Cryptic Killer →
This is an isometric point-and-click horror adventure game. Players solve puzzles and explore an underwater base to uncover a corporate secret.
What players likedPlayers praise this atmospheric sci-fi body horror adventure for its engaging puzzles, well-written characters, and suspenseful, disturbing story.
The catchMany puzzles run on moon logic and effectively require a walkthrough to get past.
Games like STASIS: BONE TOTEM →
Birth96% positive from 2,601 reviews2023Deck Verified
Adventure game with creature construction from collected parts. Solve physics puzzles and interact with creatures in a hand-drawn city.
What players likedPlayers praise this cozy, hand-drawn puzzle game for its unique blend of cute and gruesome, often compared to Rusty Lake.
The catchThe puzzles are so simple they solve themselves, and the whole game ends in two hours.
Games like Birth →
Goodbye Deponia89% positive from 2,562 reviews201334% finish itDeck Playable
A comedic point-and-click adventure game where players solve puzzles with multiple Rufus clones to save Deponia. It features chaotic problem-solving and a quirky, self-sabotaging protagonist.
What players likedPlayers praise "Goodbye Deponia" as a top-tier point-and-click adventure, comparable to "Chaos" for its excellent puzzles, art, music, humor, and voice acting.
The catchThe humour turns racist and sexist, notably a scene casting a Black woman as a monkey.
Games like Goodbye Deponia →
Anna's Quest88% positive from 2,521 reviews201516% finish itDeck Verified
This is a hand-drawn point-and-click adventure game featuring telekinesis and dark humor. Players solve puzzles and interact with a grim fantasy world.
The catchThe voice acting grates, especially the lead, and every line is delivered slowly.
Games like Anna's Quest →
This is a narrative-driven noir adventure game featuring a complex interrogation system and detective gameplay. It offers a rich story with fully voiced characters and a unique, colorful world.
What players likedPlayers praise its engaging noir detective story, jazzy soundtrack, and humorous characters, reminiscent of classic film noir.
The catchIt plays as an on rails visual novel with almost no real detective work.
Games like Chicken Police - Paint it RED! →
