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.
#1 The Last Express: Gold Edition
The Last Express: Gold Edition, developed by DotEmu is a fascinatingly addictive and quite engaging Action-Adventure, Thriller and Interactive Drama video game. The game is set in the year 1914 and takes you to the mysterious adventures of Orient Express. Being one of the best Adventure game of all time, The Last Express: Gold Edition won a lot of awards and is globally appreciated. The game tells the story of Robert Cath who on the eve of World War I starts off his journey from Paris to Constantinople. Robert Cath is an American Doctor with a mysterious past and tries to get rid of the law enforcing authorities chasing him wherever he goes. He gets on the train and receives an urgent telegram from his lifelong friend (Unnamed) and falls into the turmoil of conspiracy, romance and murder. You as the protagonist will star in the game and by following the storyline you’ll be able to solve different puzzles that will eventually help you get out of this bizarre situation. The Last Express: Gold Edition is an amazingly addictive video game and it will amalgamate your brain deep into the game-play for sure. For a great Mystery and thrill filled Adventure and Drama gaming experience, try this game and you’ll be stunned by what this twisted game has to offer.
#2 The 11th Hour
The 11th Hour is a wonderful addition to the series of The 7th Guest. This wonderful Puzzle Adventure video game will once again take you to an abandoned mansion, lock you up good and will let you escape by solving the challenging puzzles. The game allows you to be the famous Carl Denning Jr. who works a T.V to host a Mystery show named as Case Unsolved. After the sudden disappearance of your girlfriend and the producer, it is now your duty to solve the mystery and finally know about the truth. The 11th Hour takes you to the abandoned mansion and tasks you to solve some really interesting and challenging puzzles in order to know the real thing. Interaction with objects, collecting them and solving puzzles by combining them or by using them individually are the trickiest parts of the game, so you better be good at that. With a whole bunch of amazing puzzles, the creepiest setting of the game, brilliant visuals, a good story and a wonderfully immersive game-play, The 11th Hour is a great game Adventure and Puzzle video game to play and enjoy.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 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.
#6 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.
#7 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.
#8 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.
#9 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.
#10 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is one of the best games of Adventure, Film Noir and Interactive drama genre. The game is developed by Big Finish Games and takes you to a Quasi Dystopian setting of Post-World War III Era in the year 2050. You get to play as the protagonist Tex Murphy, an honest and good nature private investigator who loves to smoke cigarettes, drink a lot of bourbon” and get into trouble a lot. The story of the game kicks off with Tex’s disoriented awakening at his office in Ritz Hotel with a lot of markings and strange writings all over his body but no memory of his past. He remembers after a huge amount of struggle that Chelsea, His friend is missing since the brutal attack and is presumed dead. He sets out to investigate about what really happened to him, where is he now and to regain his lost memories. In his quest, Tex opens up a Pandora box of countless murders, double crosses and lost inventions of Nikola Tesla. You as the protagonist will have to investigate all the cases by solving various puzzles, interrogate the suspects, collect clues and evidence and find the lost and hidden inventions of Tesla. Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is a great Action-Adventure, Film Noir and an intriguing video game to play and enjoy. This wonderful game offers amazingly ultra-realistic graphics, First person 3D environment, Cyberpunk theme, multiple and Unique game endings, great stories and a lot of other exciting things. Do try it out, Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#11 Gemini Rue
Gemini Rue is a Graphic-Adventure, Interactive Drama and Cyberpunk video game developed by Wadjet Eye Games. The story of the game bases on point-and-Click Puzzles and investigations and lets you explore the game world, interact with NPCs, collect clues and objects and engage in quite exciting Gun-play. The game takes place in the Gemini Star System in 23rd century and allows you to get into the character of Azriel Odin a gangster turned Law Enforcer. You must ride in your ship and travel to Barracus in search of your brother Daniel kidnapped by Boryokudan a terrorist organization. You must also collect the clues and objects pointing in the direction of your brother’s current location. You will be required to get information from the NPCs and solve some puzzles in order to find answers to the questions you have. As Matthius Howard will be your companion throughout your journeys, you can get help from him on specific points in the game by exchanging your place with him. You must eliminate the Syndicate too and save the whole universe along with your brother. Gemini Rue is a great Graphic-Adventure and interactive Drama based video game to play and enjoy. You should totally give it a try.
#12 Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon is an Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player video game created by Animation Arts and published by Deep Silver. The game takes place in the historical-themed world in the Khembalung Valley situated in Tibet. A British soldier sent out on an adventure by the government of British to navigate the country. The governor’s son named as Richard Weston and the leader of the expedition loses lots of their men while protecting the head of the monk.
The monk gives a key to the Richard before his death and informs him that it must not be found. The game contains a variety of levels and each level offers to challenge with point and click element. Navigate each and every level to progress through the game and interact with NPCs to get objectives. Lost Horizon offers core features such as unique Handmade Graphics, Exotic Settings, Movie-like Story, Funny and Realistic Dialogues, Fast-paced Gameplay, Innovative Puzzle Designs and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#13 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.
#14 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.
#15 Tales from the Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands based on the original Borderlands is an Episodic, Interactive Drama and Graphic Action-Adventure video game developed by Telltale Games. Set in the Borderlands universe, this point and click graphic adventure video game lets you be anyone of the two main protagonists Rhys and Fiona, Explore the game world, interact with game objects, engage yourself into conversations with NPCs and make choices that will eventually effect the story and will set the course of events. Tales from the Borderlands provides with some gun-play elements too and features the same mechanics that were previously used with Borderlands and provides with procedurally generated guns and ammunition. Tales from the Borderlands have some more episodes yet to come out and will definitely amaze you with what it has to offer. For a great Adventure and interactive Drama experience, you should totally play this game.
#16 Broken Age
Broken Age, an epic Point-and-Click Adventure game is developed and published by Double Fine Productions. The story of the game revolves around the life events of two teenagers named Vella Tartine and Shay Volta. Vella’s life hangs in between life and death as she is to be sacrificed to protect her village from a giant monster Mog Chothra and Shay is an astronaut on a ship fully controlled by a computer who thinks of herself as an over protective and overconfident mother of Shay. Vella lives in a world where people believe that sacrifices can save them from Mog Chothra, but vella is not ready to die. She escapes the beasts attack and runs away. She finds a temple that is actually Shay Volta’s Ship. She wakes Shay up from stasis and with the help of Shay they make a weapon and when “Mog Chothra” re appears Vella kills the creature. The storyline of the game and graphics along with gaming environment are astounding.
#17 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.
#18 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.
#19 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.
#20 Machinarium
Machinarium is a wonderful Point and Click Puzzle and Graphic Adventure video game by Amanita Design. The basic objective of the game is to solve a series of challenging puzzles and brain teasers by the use of your intuition and puzzle solving skills. Machinarium offers a Unique Story, a challenging game-play along with best visuals. According to the storyline, your task in the game is to solve a number of challenging puzzles, go through a series of obstacles, use your wit and Point and Click skills to get out of difficult situations and enjoy immersing yourself into a gameplay in which every thing is linked by an Overworld. Machinarium offers a dialogue based gameplay and allows you to interact with the written statements in order to perform the tasks and keep on playing until you are finished with all of the exciting game levels. With an amazing two-tier hint system, walkthroughs, loads of mini games, beautiful visuals, a truly very well written storyline and exciting gameplay, Machinarium is a fun Point and Click Puzzle-platform video game to play and enjoy.