Games like The Dig®
by LucasArts
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.
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$5.99Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™
Jul 8 · LucasArts
Both: Point & Click · Classic · 1990's
The Man With The Hat Is Back In His Greatest Adventure Yet! 1939 - The eve of World War II. Nazi agents are about to get their hands on a weapon more dangerous than the atom bomb. Only Indy can stop them before they unleash the deadly secret that sank Atlantis.
Point & ClickAdventureClassic1990'sSingleplayerPixel GraphicsRetroGreat SoundtrackStory RichPuzzle👍 1,385
$9.99Lost Horizon
Sep 24 · Animation Arts
Both: Point & Click · 1990's · Retro
1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...
AdventurePoint & ClickStory RichWarStylized1990'sGreat SoundtrackRetro2DClassic👍 460
$9.99Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Jun 12 · Access Software
Both: Point & Click · Sci-fi · 1990's
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
AdventureFMVNoirPoint & ClickDetectiveComedySci-fi1990'sCyberpunkClassic👍 134
$19.99Star Trek™ : 25th Anniversary
May 7 · Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Both: Sci-fi · Point & Click · Classic
Beam aboard the USS Enterprise to join Captain Kirk and his intrepid crew in this classic adventure game. Eight original missions, each styled as episodes of an imagined fourth season of Star Trek: the Original Series, featuring the voice talents of the original actors!
AdventureSci-fiPoint & ClickSimulationClassicActionSpaceSingleplayerRetro👍 149
-75%$1.24Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice. Reloaded
Oct 14 · Buka Development
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Classic
Sequel to the amazing adventures of two Russian pop-culture legends: Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his fellow aide Petka who fearlessly beat off the alien invasion in a first franchise installment.
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$9.99Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
Feb 17 · Red Herring Labs
Both: Point & Click · Sci-fi · Puzzle
Crash-landed on a desolate, alien planet, what should've been a routine work-for-hire job for Powell has become a deadly mission to save the merchant vessel Morningstar and her crew.
AdventurePoint & ClickSci-fiIndieSpaceShortSingleplayerPuzzle👍 282
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Both: Point & Click · Puzzle · Retro
Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...
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$5.99Master of Orion 1
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: Classic · Sci-fi · 1990's
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
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$14.99Still There
Nov 20 · GhostShark
Both: Point & Click · Sci-fi · Puzzle
Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?
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$19.99J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
Sep 12 · CBE software
Both: Point & Click · Sci-fi · Puzzle
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.
AdventurePoint & ClickIndieSci-fiFemale ProtagonistSpacePuzzleSingleplayerExplorationStory Rich👍 822
$19.99Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack
Aug 23 · Warm Kitten
Both: Point & Click · 1990's
A cozy 2D Point & Click adventure featuring multiple playable characters and plenty of silliness. Oh, and there's time travel and relationship stuff going down too. And robots – lots of robots...
Point & ClickAdventureSingleplayer2DComedyTime TravelCartoonyHand-drawn1990'sDialogue Heavy👍 134
$4.99Raster Prime [REMIX]
Sep 13 · Punk Labs LLC
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Sci-fi
Your mind will short-circuit in this atmospheric pixel sci-fi puzzler with eight (8) levels of increasing difficulty. Decipher each binary sequence to travel further into the unknown, and unearth a deeper mystery that may never be fully understood.
PuzzlePoint & ClickRelaxingPixel GraphicsMinimalistAtmosphericSci-fiRetroAliensMystery
$5.99Master of Orion 2
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: Sci-fi · Classic · Retro
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
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$9.99Out There Somewhere
Mar 14 · MiniBoss
Both: Puzzle · Retro · Sci-fi
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure2DGreat SoundtrackRetroActionSci-fi👍 6,161
$11.99Machinika: Atlas
Sep 17 · Littlefield Studio
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Sci-fi
Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!
CasualPuzzleAdventurePoint & ClickHidden ObjectSci-fiFirst-PersonMysterySpace3D👍 575
$14.99OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
Apr 22 · SIGONO INC.
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
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$9.99Earth 2150 Trilogy
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Both: Sci-fi · Classic
Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it?
StrategyRTSSci-fiClassicSpaceBase BuildingMultiplayerSingleplayer👍 452
$14.99Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest (Complete Season)
Dec 1 · Pavel Kostin
Both: Point & Click · Puzzle · Sci-fi
What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.
Point & ClickAtmosphericPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventureSci-fiSpaceFunnySingleplayer👍 121
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
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Jan 12 · Pavel Kostin
Both: Sci-fi · Point & Click · Retro
What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.
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FreeCaptain Disaster in: The Dark Side of the Moon
May 21 · Dave Seaman, Mark Easton
Both: Point & Click · Sci-fi · Retro
A comedy scif-fi point & click adventure game with several odd characters (all voiced by the same person) and multiple strange inventory objects to try out! References to classic sci-fi and point & clicks abound.
Point & Click2DFunnySci-fiComedyAdventureCartoonOld SchoolRetroSingleplayer
$14.99Nauticrawl
Sep 16 · Spare Parts Oasis
Both: Sci-fi · Puzzle · Point & Click
A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.
SimulationIndieAtmosphericSci-fiPuzzleDifficultSingleplayerPoint & ClickAdventureSteampunk👍 441
$6.99Anachronox
Oct 17 · Ion Storm
Both: Sci-fi · Classic
Join Sylvester "Sly" Boots and Stiletto Anyway as they trek across six bizarre planets investigating a galaxy-crushing mystery, searching for artefacts from an extinct alien race and unlocking the secrets of a powerful, advanced technology. It's your turn. PICK YOUR POISON.
RPGCyberpunkSci-fiComedyClassicTurn-BasedSingleplayerFunnyThird PersonAdventure👍 461
$9.99Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Jun 12 · Access Software
Both: Point & Click · Classic · Sci-fi
It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?
AdventureFMVDetectiveNoirPoint & ClickClassicCyberpunkMultiple EndingsSci-fiComedy
$24.99Outer Wilds
Jun 18 · Mobius Digital
Both: Puzzle
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
ExplorationSpaceMysteryStory RichAdventureGreat SoundtrackAtmosphericPuzzleOpen WorldSingleplayer👍 89,586
$6.99Earth 2140
Nov 15 · Reality Pump Studios
Both: Sci-fi · Classic
The year is 2140. After numerous wars and several environmental disasters, only two world powers remain; the United Civilized States (»UCS«), covering the American continent, Western Europe and North Africa, and the Eurasian Dynasty (»ED«) covering the coherent landmasses of Eastern Europe and Asia.
StrategyRTSSingleplayerSci-fiClassic👍 241
$7.99Maze Of Realities: Reflection Of Light Collector's Edition
Sep 22 · Do Games Limited
Both: Point & Click · Puzzle
Where's the borderland of light and darkness? A meteorite crashes in Arizona and creates a portal to the parallel universe. Will you dare to explore foreign lands?
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May 14 · Thomas Happ Games LLC
Both: Sci-fi · Retro
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Jan 15 · URSE Games
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click
Financed by the banker, the professor builds an evil machine that causes the meteor’s energy to spin out of control, destroying the city and mutating its plants and animals. Citizens are evacuated, but rescuers fail to find and evacuate two children.
AdventureCasualHidden ObjectPuzzlePoint & ClickMysteryIndieAtmosphericFMV👍 208
$14.99Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World
Jan 20 · Cateia Games
Both: Point & Click · Sci-fi · Puzzle
Step into a hilarious, steampunk-tinged point n click space adventure! Play as Captain Brawe, Agent Luna and Danny across four colorful planets — solve clever puzzles, uncover conspiracies, and meet unforgettable characters (space pirates, secret agents, and eccentric aliens).
AdventureIndiePoint & ClickSci-fiComedyPuzzleCartoonyHand-drawnAtmosphericSingleplayer
$14.99The Way
May 20 · Puzzling Dream
Both: Sci-fi · Retro
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
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