The Captain is a gorgeous, sci-fi point-and-click adventure game that blends aspects of western roleplaying games with the resource collection and crew management of strategy games. We previously covered an earlier Alpha build of The Captain on Alpha Beta Gamer, and playing through the updated demo, it’s clear that the game has come a long way since our initial review.

In The Captain, you … Read More

Lovecraft Tales is a point-and-click adventure game inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Set in a universe as unsettling as it is fascinating, Lovecraft Tales attempts to take Lovecraft’s extensive lore and weave its stories together into a singular tale of creeping madness and cosmic horror.

Lovecraft Tales recently released a second iteration of its demo, this time featuring an added map feature … Read More

LUNA – The Shadow Dust is a gorgeous 2D point and click adventure puzzle game with high quality Studio Ghibli-esque artwork and animation, in which you take control of a boy and his cute little friend, who go on a journey to bring balance to their troubled enchanted world.

The gameplay in LUNA: The Shadow Dust is reminiscent of Machinarium or Samorost, with you … Read More

Shapik: The Quest 2 is a gorgeous looking point and click adventure being created by Paul Podberezko in which you play a charming little humanoid creature who explores a planet Earth that was evacuated many years ago due to a nuclear war.

The game opens with an animated cut scene depicting a massive nuclear war which in turns sees the populous of Earth evacuate to … Read More

Massive Galaxy is an epic 2D sci-fi themed point and click adventure in which you play a space trader who makes a living travelling between planets and selling goods.

It’s still very early in development so little is known about the plot of Massive Galaxy, but the pixel art animation is superb, and it features a vast galaxy that draws inspiration from the likes … Read More

Death’s Life, a game being created by Umbu Games, is an evil point and click puzzle game that sees you playing as Death’s latest recruit and setting out devious Final Destination-esque chains of events that result in the ‘accidental’ demise of your mark.

Your goal in Death’s Life is to set up a death trap for the unsuspecting person on your death list. … Read More

Jason The Greek is a point-and-click adventure game retelling the ancient epic of Jason and the Argonauts but with a twist of modern humor and a sprinkling of Star Trek references.

You play as the titular character of Jason as he attempts to reunite with his crew following some shark-related incident on the high seas. Jason The Greek follows closely in the footsteps of the … Read More

Dexter Stardust – Adventures in Outer Space: Night of the Hollow Moon is a point-and-click adventure game that feels like a bizarre, slightly less adult, sci-fi sequel to the Leisure Suit Larry franchise.

You play as Dexter Stardust, an almost charming hula-girl salesman, as he tries to help his ex-girlfriend uncover the truth behind her brother’s sudden disappearance. Right from the get-go, it’s clear that … Read More

Anxiety: Lost Night is a point-and-click horror game originally built during the Ludum Dare 33 game jam and serves as the second game in the Anxiety series developed by Maxi & The Gang.

In Anxiety: Lost Night you play as a young woman who, after experiencing some sort of panic attack, finds her car has stalled at the side of the road. As the darkness … Read More

Pictures of a Reasonably Documented Year (or PoaRDY for short) is a creepy point and click game which won first place in the Free Knowledge Game Jam, a 2-day hackathon that centered around Free Knowledge in-game development.

The game centers around you, as the player, finding an abandoned computer. Human curiosity gets the better of you and you decide to check out the contents of … Read More

Deep Sleep is an unsettling point-and-click horror game built for the 10th Annual Casual Gameplay Design Competition. The theme for the two month-long game jam was “Escape” and in Deep Sleep you’ll find yourself trapped in a horrible nightmare, desperately trying to wake up.

Calling up classic room escape games like The Crimson Room, Deep Sleep’s disturbing atmosphere lets you know right away that … Read More

Sebastian Frank: The Vienna Prologue is a delightful point-and-click adventure game that acts a precursor to the upcoming game Sebastian Frank: The Beer Hall Putsch.

You play as the young, up-and-coming artist Sebastian Frank as he tries to make a name for himself in the glitzy and glamorous world of 1900s Vienna. Unfortunately, the competition for admission to the prestigious Vienna Academy of Fine … Read More

Memoranda is a simply gorgeous 2D point-and-click adventure that draws inspiration from the short stories of Japanese contemporary writer Haruki Murakami, in which you play a young woman named Mizuki as she struggles to remember her identity and help the other townsfolk find their lost belongings.

Memoranda has truly spectacular visuals that bring a wonderful storybook quality to each scene. The world of Memoranda feels … Read More

AdventureJam entry Being Her Darkest Friend is an excellently-orchestrated installment following A Fragment of Her, developer Chronerion’s entry in Point & Click Jam in 2014.

The game makes light of a theme so painfully relevant to many people, artists in particular. Following a dark situation that has befallen point character Selena, the story begins in what seems to be a nightmare, or another realm. … Read More

Upcoming interactive drama Herald is a point-and-click adventure with a branching story that’s dictated by player choices. As Devan Rensburg, players are the steward of a merchant ship, the HLV Herald, in a 19th century world. The game hosts a variety of characters, well-off and less fortunate than others, that make for a divided lifestyle aboard the ship.

Choosing to play by the rules will … Read More

Theropods is a charming pixel art point and click adventure where you play as a jungle woman surviving in a land of deadly dinosaurs.

You’ve been separated from your companion and must set out on a journey to save him.  It’s a fairly short game, lasting around five minutes, but features clever puzzle design, and excellent pixel art animation.  The story, animation, characters and settings … Read More

Darkside Detective is a 2D pixel art point and click adventure where you play as a ‘Darkside’ detective, who takes on mysterious, unnatural or supernatural cases, that no other will tackle.

You play Detective Francis McQueen, the only member of the criminally underfunded Darkside Division.  Your wise cracking Detective must investigate crime scenes and investigate bizarre cases that nobody else will.

Darkside Detective has a … Read More

Get lost in a dystopian world full of memory trade repression and hormone addiction. Sounds a little crazy because that’s exactly what it is. Void & Meddler is a scifi title built for #pointclickjam that creates a unique atmosphere combining photo backgrounds with pixel art assets, all bound together with a mellow, moody electronic soundtrack that brings back feelings instilled by old titles like Blade … Read More

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a wonderfully animated Lucasarts-esque point-and-click adventure that sees the not-so-brilliant Kelvin, trying to stop a mad scientist from using a time machine to drastically alter the world.

After a lifetime of research, Dr Lupin has created a time machine which rather unfortunately looks an awful lot like a portable shower – This promptly makes Lupin a laughing stock of … Read More

The Breakout is a stylish point-and-click adventure that pays homage to the captivating storytelling and characterization of the classic Point n Click games of the 1990s combined with the tense film-making style of classic movies like The Great Escape.

You play as Guy Kassel, an ex-thief whose life who joined the Air Force and rose to the ranks of Captain—only to be shot down and … Read More

Exogenesis is a point-and-click visual novel adventure game inspired by Ace Attorney and Zero Escape games. The story follows Yu Sayashi, a former wasteland “treasure hunter” on a quest to revive his dead sister.

Fitting with the visual novel style, most of the screens in Exogenesis are static, showing of some beautiful anime-style artwork.  As you progress through the game, each section is a self … Read More