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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...
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$3.99A Night at the Watermill
Jan 26 · Neon Tales
Both: Point & Click · Female Protagonist · Dark
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Point & ClickFemale ProtagonistDarkVisual NovelInteractive FictionHand-drawnAtmosphericExplorationThrillerHorror
$6.99The Bunny Graveyard
Sep 22 · Pichon Games
Both: Pixel Graphics · Horror · Puzzle
Skye and her Handy Pals are looking for a new pal to help them out on her lovely lil' garden! Think you're up for the job, partner?
ActionPixel GraphicsHorrorPsychological HorrorAction-AdventureCutePuzzleTop-DownPoint & Click2D👍 1,344
$9.99Amanda the Adventurer 2
Oct 22 · MANGLEDmaw Games
Both: Puzzle · Interactive Fiction · Point & Click
In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.
AdventurePuzzleInteractive FictionPoint & ClickHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureExploration3DColorfulFirst-Person👍 1,438
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Horror · Dark · Puzzle
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
$3.99法医探案团之碎嘴小诗
Feb 10 · 芒果互娱
Both: Interactive Fiction · Mystery · Puzzle
在《法医探案团之碎嘴小诗》中,玩家将化身被害人小诗,用独特的“逝者视角”沉浸式与法医一同寻找自己死因真相!通过“拟真尸检”和“嫌疑人的调查”、“多样的剧情选择”和“技能释放”中冲出层层迷雾,而在扑朔迷离的案情不断袭来之时,一个「糖果岛」的神秘符号,竟引出无数少女的神秘失踪与被囚禁的线索,把案件再次推向新的高潮!
RPGInteractive FictionFMVAdventureMysteryPuzzleStrategyFemale ProtagonistInvestigationLogic👍 135
$4.99Follow the meaning
Nov 22 · HiKing Mind Studio
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
AdventurePuzzlePoint & Click2DHand-drawnMysteryMultiple EndingsIndieDetectiveSurreal👍 992
$14.99Boxes: Lost Fragments
Feb 1 · Big Loop Studios
Both: Puzzle · Mystery · Point & Click
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.
PuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureCasual3DAtmosphericHidden ObjectIndieStory Rich👍 3,245
$4.99Underground Blossom
Sep 27 · Rusty Lake
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery
Underground Blossom is a new adventure game by Rusty Lake. Fulfil various tasks at every station to find the metro that will take you through each important event from Laura Vanderboom's life.
Escape RoomAdventurePuzzlePoint & ClickIndieMysterySingleplayerHorrorStory RichMultiplayer👍 6,768
$24.99ANIMAL WELL
May 9 · Billy Basso
Both: Puzzle · Pixel Graphics · Horror
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPuzzlePixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerHorror2DAtmosphericAdventure👍 22,819
$19.99Until Then
Jun 25 · Polychroma Games
Both: Pixel Graphics · Interactive Fiction · Mystery
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Visual NovelEmotionalPixel GraphicsStory RichInteractive FictionPsychological2DRomanceMysteryAdventure👍 15,742
$24.99Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
May 16 · Simogo
Both: Puzzle · Horror · Mystery
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationHorrorActionMysteryStylizedAction-AdventureIndiePsychological👍 3,110
$8.99UFO: Henfield
Jan 25 · TACS Games Ltd.
Both: Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Point & Click
A point and click puzzle adventure game set across multiple time periods. Discover and enjoy this strange and surreal story about a mysterious letter, a missing professor and a confusing mansion. With more than a hundred items, locations and objects to investigate, can you solve the mystery?
Choose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionPuzzlePoint & Click2DCuteTop-DownDetectiveFunnySurreal
$4.99Gnosis
Mar 15 · So Ro
Both: Interactive Fiction · Point & Click · Mystery
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.
Interactive FictionPoint & ClickGothicChoose Your Own AdventureAtmosphericHand-drawnMinimalistMysteryStylizedText-Based
$6.99The Silver Crow
Jul 30 · Dreamagination
Both: Point & Click · Puzzle · Pixel Graphics
Play as Conrad, the town's executioner. Investigate a mysterious death, gather clues, question suspects and solve puzzles in this classic point-and-click mystery where witchcraft and superstition conceal a far darker truth.
AdventurePoint & Click2DDetectivePuzzlePixel GraphicsInvestigationStory RichConspiracyMystery
-30%$20.99Enigma of Fear
Nov 28 · Dumativa, Cellbit
Both: Mystery · Pixel Graphics · Puzzle
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
DogsMysteryInvestigationSupernaturalDetectiveSurvival HorrorPixel GraphicsPuzzleFemale Protagonist2D👍 3,057
-60%$7.99Chronique des Silencieux
Jan 29 · Pierre Feuille Studio
Both: Mystery · Point & Click · Puzzle
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
DetectiveStory RichInvestigationMysteryPoint & ClickPuzzleSingleplayerExplorationInteractive FictionChoices Matter
$3.99Polda 5
May 1 · Zima software
Both: Interactive Fiction · Point & Click · Puzzle
Elite private detective Pankrac saves the world as an agent of the Time Police. Help him settle all the time anomalies in the history of mankind.
AdventureCasualAnimation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationInteractive FictionPoint & ClickPuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureIncrementalExploration
$19.99Little Witch in the Woods
Sep 14 · SUNNY SIDE UP
Both: Pixel Graphics · Puzzle
Little Witch in the Woods tells the story of Ellie, an apprentice witch. Explore the mystical forest, help the charming residents, and experience the daily life of the witch.
CutePixel GraphicsDialogue HeavyMagicLife SimCasualSimulationPuzzleRPGOpen World👍 11,699
-50%$12.49Bye Sweet Carole
Oct 9 · Little Sewing Machine
Both: Horror · Female Protagonist
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
Dark FantasyHorrorSupernaturalFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericSurvival HorrorCartoonyAdventurePuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer👍 1,041
$9.9949 Keys
Nov 13 · Michele Buonanno, Veronica Wu, Fabio Porfidia
Both: Dark · Mystery · Point & Click
It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.
MedievalMagicDarkMysteryDemonsChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedPoint & ClickPuzzleLovecraftian
-20%$7.99OneShot: World Machine Edition
Sep 30 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Puzzle · Pixel Graphics
A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.
PuzzleStory RichIndiePixel GraphicsChoices MatterMultiple EndingsCuteExploration2DAdventure👍 5,353
$9.99Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past
Nov 30 · Flimmersoft
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Female Protagonist
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.
ExplorationPuzzlePoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistFirst-PersonFMVDetectiveLGBTQ+ActionRealistic
$9.99The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Apr 22 · 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Both: Interactive Fiction · Dark
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
Visual NovelHistoricalCookingMultiple EndingsInteractive FictionStory RichDarkDating SimAnimeAdventure👍 49,766
$0.99The Late Arrival
Oct 18 · Justin Wade
Both: Horror · Dark · Puzzle
Horror engine-based exploration game that takes place in an abandoned subway station that has experienced strange occurrences. The graffiti artist starts exploring an old subway station and finds more than he expected. His experiences include mysterious figures, strange sounds, and happenings.
HorrorRealisticDarkAdventurePuzzlePhysicsStrategyAtmosphericExplorationMystery
$4.99The Castle Mystery
Oct 6 · BTD Enterprises Incorporated
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Mystery
The Castle Mystery is a first-person, scavenger-like horror game. One night you receive a letter from an unknown sender. It prompts you to visit a castle and take photos of specific artifacts located within and around the building. A large sum of money is on the line. So is your life.
HorrorMultiple EndingsAtmosphericPuzzleFirst-PersonMedievalAction-AdventureMysteryThrillerDark
-60%$2.39The Sirena Expedition
Oct 26 · Giraffe Cat
Both: Horror · Female Protagonist
The Sirena Expedition is a short PSX-style horror-platformer in which you explore a mysterious underwater facility.
HorrorPlatformerUnderwaterAtmosphericSupernatural2D PlatformerRetroLinearAdventureFemale Protagonist👍 135
$24.99INDIKA
May 2 · Odd Meter
Both: Puzzle · Horror · Dark
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
SurrealPuzzleHorrorThird PersonStory RichPsychedelicDarkPsychologicalExplorationCinematic👍 7,039
$3.99Kiosk
Jan 29 · Vivi
Both: Horror · Pixel Graphics
Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.
HorrorCookingPsychological HorrorImmersive SimPixel GraphicsFirst-PersonAction-Adventure3DAtmosphericWalking Simulator👍 2,555
$2.99Encounter: A 8-Bit Noir Adventure...
Dec 20 · Defence Force
Both: Pixel Graphics · Interactive Fiction · Puzzle
Race against time to save a kidnapped teen in 2 hours! Play as a cunning PI, diving into a thrilling mystery. Type commands for retro vibes or use arrow keys to pick actions, crafting solutions to conquer obstacles in this classic-meets-modern adventure. Can you crack the case?
SingleplayerPixel GraphicsAdventureMultiple EndingsDetectiveExplorationGrid-Based MovementTypingInteractive FictionPuzzle
-15%$12.74Eternity Lost: Mystery of Aurum Collector's Edition
3 days ago · Cateia Games
Both: Mystery · Point & Click · Puzzle
Follow a mysterious girl into a hidden underground city built centuries ago by a secret order of Alchemists. Reveal a dangerous conspiracy, search for clues and items, solve puzzles and mini-games, and uncover the secrets of a forgotten world. Will you bring truth to the light?
AdventureMysteryPoint & ClickPuzzleHidden ObjectConspiracyInvestigationSteampunkVisual NovelExploration
$2.99Strange House
Nov 2 · Games4Wonders
Both: Dark · Point & Click · Puzzle
Сity of sadness, where everyone tries to survive, in which there is no place for anyone and which is infinitely huge. It absorbs everyone who is not ready to live by his rules. Are you ready for this?
Early AccessAdventureAtmosphericDarkExplorationPoint & ClickVisual NovelHand-drawnHidden ObjectPuzzle
-50%$4.99Granny: Escape Together
Dec 6 · CreepyToad
Both: Horror · Puzzle
This is a creepy co-op horror game. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house!
HorrorSurvival HorrorMultiplayerAtmosphericHidden ObjectPuzzlePvPStealthLogic3D👍 1,666
$19.99Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
Aug 7 · Mega Cat Studios
Both: Horror · Pixel Graphics
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
HorrorPixel GraphicsAdventure2DSingleplayerExplorationTime Travel1980sMultiple EndingsAction👍 10,163
$7.99Mystical Riddles: Ghostly Park Collector's Edition
Apr 30 · Do Games Limited
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery
What is the price of eternal life? Stop the atrocious ritual! Don't let evil prevail! The soul hunter will spare no one. Can you master the willpower to win?
Hidden ObjectDetectivePuzzlePoint & ClickMystery2DFirst-PersonCasualLinearStory Rich

