Monkey Island
Monkey Island is an Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player series of five video games developed and published by LucasArts. The Secret of Monkey Island is the first entry in this series released by the same developers. The story follows the series protagonist named as Guybrush Threepwood as he attempts to become the ultimate pirate in the fictional Caribbean, defeat the evil and destroy their plans to win the heart of the Queen named as Elaine Marley. It offers the fictional Island is the Caribbean where the game takes place in the 17th and 18th centuries. Take on the role of the protagonist and start exploring the world to fulfill your objectives and become the ultimate pirate to dominate the world. The game uses side-scrolling to navigate the environment and includes a variety of NPCs to interact. The series contains different games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge, The Curse of Monkey Island, and more. With superb mechanics, smooth gameplay, attractive sounds, and brilliant story, Monkey Island is the wonderful video game series to play.
#1 Life is Strange
Life is Strange is a Single-player Graphic Adventure and Interactive Fiction video game by Square Enix. The game consists of five main episodes and focuses on the character of a Photography student named as Maxine Caulfield. Maxine Caulfield discovers out that she has the special ability to reverse time and any specific moment. The story takes a twist when Maxine foresees a huge Storm raging to destroy her town and that the time when she realizes that she’s the only one to prevent it from happening. Life is Strange allows the players to control the character of Maxine Caulfield and follow the narrative as it unfolds into all the storyful actions that the player character performs. Amazing trips to the past, fantastic quests, freedom to explore and the ability to manipulate environmental elements, loads of challenging puzzles and game ending based upon the actions performed by the character, Life is Strange offers a truly remarkable gameplay experience that is based on pure graphics and interactive elements. With an episodic gameplay, various character archetypes, a great story, graphic adventure nature and point-and-click puzzles, Life is Strange offers beautiful visuals and an impressively addictive gameplay to enjoy. Life is Strange is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Linux platforms.
#2 A Vampyre Story
A Vampyre Story is one of the most liked and played Point-and-Click Action-Adventure and Puzzle video game by Autumn Moon. The game is set in 1892 in an Apocalyptic Era and allows you to go against the hordes of undead (Vampires) in order to survive and to save the ones depending on you. The story follows the character of Mona De Lafitte who after being converted into a vampire starts off the journey to go back home in Paris, France in search of a normal life, but she gets kidnapped and the game tasks you to find out the truth about her disappearance. In order to find her, you’ll have to go through the Dark Castle, explore the premises, find different clues and objects, plan your further strategies, solve some challenging puzzles and find her out. The Point-and-Click element of the game allows you to interact with NPCs, Objects etc. solve the puzzles with the help of collected objects and clues and finally find Mona to conclude the game. A Vampyre Story offers an impressive game-play, brilliant visuals and a lot of other great things to discover.
#3 The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey offers a great Point-and-Click, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Puzzle experience for all the lovers of these specific genres. With amazing new characters, brilliant setting and an immersive game-play, The Longest Journey lets you be part of a multi-layered and a great story that will definitely leave you spellbound for quite some time. The game is set in the two parallel universes named as Stark and Arcadia and it allows you to be the protagonist April Ryan, a student living in Stark City who has the magical ability to move between the two universes. You as the protagonist will have to move to the Arcadia Universe where she meets with the White Dragon who tells her about the coming adventure. Soon after meeting the White Dragon, April gets attacked and suddenly shifts back to the main Stark universe. In order to find out the source of attack and who is behind it, you’ll have to move to a number of locations, interact with objects and NPCs, collect the clues and solve some challenging puzzles and finally reach to source and conclude the story. With a number of great characters, a marvelous setting, immersive game-play and stat of the art visuals, The Longest Journey is a fun game to play.
#4 realMyst: Masterpiece Edition
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition is a Point-and-Click Action-Adventure, Interactive Fiction and Graphic masterpiece. This brilliant new remake of the Original Myst takes you to on an amazing journey to visit the past and relive the memories. The game offers quite original Myst inspired setting, visuals and game-play but in a more amazing and realistic way. It allows you to explore the world around you in a real-time, select a path for yourself through the lush green forest to the Island of Myst, explore (Buildings, Forest and Surrounding Areas), interact with objects, solve mystical and quite challenging puzzles and enjoy an amazing simulation type game-play. With an amazingly silent and beautiful environment, reconstructed 3D visuals, amazingly appealing and immersive game-play, hauntingly beautiful and binding music, auto save and a lot more wonderful features, realMyst: Masterpiece Edition is one of the best Action-Adventure, Point and Click and Puzzle Simulation to enjoy. Do try it out.
#5 Myst
Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle video game published by Cyan Worlds. It takes the players to the gameplay containing colorful scenery and puzzle elements. The game allows the player to be a stranger who uses a magical and special book to travel to the island, where he solves enigmas and travels to loads of other worlds known as “The Ages.” The player travels to the new worlds, searching for clues that help him proceed to the advanced levels.
As the game progresses, the player finds out about the backstory of all the characters in the game. It offers multiple endings of the game all based upon the actions that the player character performs. The game offers an adult-centered and entirely non-linear story, realistic characters and appearances, twisted gameplay with an ethical dilemma. It gives you the First-person perspective, beautiful visuals, plenty of room for both the character and gameplay, great stories, and exploration.
#6 Syberia
Syberia is a 2002’s Hit Single-player Point-and-Click Action and Adventure, Third-person video game by Microids. The game follows the story of Kate Walker, game Protagonist and a skilled Lawyer who tries to wrap up a deal for her client in Europe and Russia, but soon after reaching her destination, she is forced to run for her life. With amazing and realistic visual novel style, wonderful environments, brilliant characters and immersive game-play, Syberia allows you to experience the true hardships a Lawyer can go through and in her case, as the story-line suggests, you get a really good lesson out of that. Running for her life, Kate goes through a number of hardest phases of her life including the time when she receives calls on her Cell Phone from unknown numbers and a worsening relationship with her fiancé. According to the story of the game, Kate reaches to French Village named as Valadilene, where she attends the funeral of Toy Factory owner, an old lady named Anna Voralberg. After a visit to the local notary, Kate gets to know about the Old lady’s brother Hans, living in the North-East of Europe but his whereabouts are unknown. In order to transfer the ownership, Kate must find him and when she starts off her journey to find Hans, the story takes a massive turn that actually writes the fate of Kate. A drama begins that topples her life upside down. Now in order to go with the story and enjoy the game, you must get into the character of Kate and start exploring. Syberia offers a fantastic thrill filled Drama and an equally exciting game-play that makes this game one of the most amazing additions to this specific genre. If you are a fan of Action-Adventure gaming, you must play this game and raise the curtains off of the mysterious theme of the game. With all the amazing things combined, Syberia offers a unique story, a totally challenging and quite exciting game-play and beautiful 3D visuals for you to enjoy.
#7 The Dig
The Dig is an Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player video game developed and published by LucasArts. The game offers exciting gameplay and lets the player get into the role of the protagonist who is a commander named Boston Low and a member of the five-man team. According to the plot, an asteroid coming toward the earth’s direction and the player along his team must plant explosives on an asteroid to change its direction. During the mission, the team discovers an asteroid in the hollow and his team transported to a complex, a strange alien world full of advanced technology. There are a set of levels, and each level has its unique tasks and gameplay. The player uses the cursor of the mouse to point to objects, people and other parts of the environment and interact with them. Talk to NPCs, gather items and use them during gameplay. With the superb story, point and click gameplay and brilliant controls, The Dig is the best game to play and enjoy.
#8 Anna’s Quest
Anna’s Quest is an Adventure, Point and Click, Fantasy-based and Single-player video game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment for multiple platforms. The game puts you in the role of the female protagonist named as Anna. The story centers on the little girl, who has been captured by an evil witch and kept under lock. The witch has a mysterious machines and she wants to do cruel experiments with the protagonist. You must assists Anna to locate a way out and find a cure for her ailing grandma to save her life. Explore the world, interact with NPCs, and unearth the secrets behind the scenes. The game offers the similar gameplay to The Brother Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen with Sci-fi element. Manipulate the world, complete a variety of levels and earn points to progress through the game. Anna’s Quest includes core features such as Awesome Ending, Black Magic, lots of Levels, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#9 Calm Waters
Calm Waters is an Adventure, Point-and-Click and Single-player video game published and developed by Tayanna Studios. The game takes place in the beautiful world and offers the story of the protagonist named as Peter Taylor, who the wife is dead. One day, the protagonist decides to take an exciting vocation abroad. After that, he reaches to the small town, where tourist knows each other. After few days, he notices people are going missing, and all the clues point to a dark and mysterious island out to sea. The player assumes the role of the protagonist, who decides to team up with a local journalist named as Michelle to go on the dark Island to investigate the case. It offers 3D exploration gameplay where the player can interact with non-player characters and objects to find the clue and combine them to solve the tricky puzzles to reveal the secret behind the scene. The player explores the land from a third-person viewpoint, explore rooms of the hotel, and engage himself in the breath-taking gameplay experience. Calm Waters includes prominent features such as Pre-rendered Backgrounds, Challenging Puzzles, Intriguing Characters, Adventure and Mystery Gameplay, Immersive Story and more.
#10 Quern: Undying Thoughts
Quern: Undying Thoughts is an Adventure and Single-player video game created by Zadbox Entertainment for multiple platforms. The game takes place on the mysterious island and the storyline involves the player reaching through a huge gateway, which destructs as the player arrive. According to the plot, the player loses his memory about the past and must struggle to find a way out. There are plenty of challenging puzzles to solve that unlock more than fifty doors. The player must find a way to escape from each door and find clues to recover his memory. In the game, the player needs to clear his vision when he hears the sound of portal closing behind as the player take a step forward. The player is trapped on the strange island and must find a way to go back. He explores the world from a first-person perspective, solve tricky challenges, and uncover the mysteries of the island. The player can engage himself in beautiful scenery of the islands. With immersive gameplay, addictive graphics, and brilliant mechanics, Quern: Undying Thoughts is the best game to enjoy.
#11 Haven Moon
Haven Moon is an Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle, Point-and-Click, and Single-player video game developed and published by Francois Roussel for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the steampunk-themed environment and transports the player to the mysterious world where he has to navigate the abandoned Islands to solve mind-bending puzzles, solve secrets to find treasure. It offers the similar gameplay to Must, inspired by Jules Verne’s Universe. During the gameplay, the player needs to use his intelligence and senses to locate his way through the passage and curious machinery. It comes with a heart-pumping story, in which the player is teleported to Seleos, the planet Menra’s moon. As the story advances, the metal box opens in front of the player, and inside, the player discovers a note from Ektor Turren. The gameplay mainly focuses on observation, exploration, problem solving and listening. With the help of the story, the player needs to solve tricky puzzles that are integrated into the environment to reach the end of each adventure. Haven Moon includes prominent features such as Intuitive Controls, High-Quality Graphics, and more.
#12 Dead Synchronicity
Dead Synchronicity is an Adventure, Point-and-Click, and Single-player video game created by Fictiorama Studios and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic themed world in future and offers the episodic gameplay where the player takes on the role of the protagonist named as Michael, who an amnesiac. According to the storyline, the player wakes up in the apocalyptic new world, where lots of humans known as the Dissolved have a dangerous disease that kills them. During the gameplay, the player can explore the secret areas, struggling to work out what is going on while confused by dreams and strange visions that cloud his brain. The game introduces the dystopian, a dark blood-stained plot, and space-time distortions atmosphere. There are several objectives that the player needs to complete to save the humanity. As the game progresses, it becomes difficult to play. With addictive gameplay, superb graphics, and smooth controls, Dead Synchronicity is the best game to enjoy.
#13 Chaos on Deponia
Chaos on Deponia is an Adventure, Point-and-Click, and Single-player video game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The game starts the story of the protagonist named as Rufus as the player struggles to escape from his planet known as Deponia. It offers the similar gameplay to the previous title, and the game puts the player in charge of Rufus around the variety of detailed levels, gathering and mixing smaller objects and interacting with objects, machines to solve the tricky puzzles. It brings an exciting story, in which the player strives to leave the planet and reaches to the legendary floating city where her conscious gets divided into three parts and saved to three discs. Now, the player needs to explore the land, collect three parts of Goal and struggle to venture to the floating city and rescue the Deponia from enemies. Chaos on Deponia includes prominent features such as Hand-drawn Graphics, 2D World, beautiful cast of Characters, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#14 Tacoma
Tacoma is an Adventure, Exploration and Single-player video game published and developed by Fullbright for cross-platform. The game takes place in the space station in the future distance and puts the player in the role of the protagonist named as Amy, who equips with an Augmented Reality device. Using the device, the player can see the actions and conversation of NPCs that were part of the team. The device enables the player to either follow the character through the space station or watch non-player characters move in and out of different rooms. The ultimate job of the player is to manipulate the space station, find clues to progress and identify the code to unlock the doors. Tacoma includes prominent features such as unique Story Experience, Interactive Game World, Narrative Gameplay, a variety of Objectives, and more. With the breathtaking environment, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics, Tacoma is the incredible game to play.