50 Best Point-and-Click Games for PC: Page 3 of 7

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"USE [object] WITH [object]" - a game mechanic that entertained a generation.


29) Discworld Noir

Discworld Noir gameplay video

While investigating a murder, the Discworld’s first-ever private investigator Lewton becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue, mayhem and apocalyptic horror.

“I’d prayed to them for a higher-resolution adventure.”

That this marriage of noir and Lovecraftian horror manages to preserve Terry Pratchett's beloved sense of humor without jarring is a minor miracle. So it's even more astonishing that the game itself is excellent - it may not be big on challenge, but the story is twisty-turny pulp at its best.

“My jovial attitude failed to impress them.”

28) Dream Chronicles

Dream Chronicles gameplay video

A sleeping spell has ensorcelled the town of Wish. Faye, the only one to survive the spell, must find her husband and learn how to break the spell. The lives of everyone she has ever known are at stake.

Aww.

Dream Chronicles incorporates elements of hidden object games to create a distinctive gameplay experience that never gets samey. Even better, its story has real charm and the artwork is lovely to look at. 

“So everyone’s asleep…? Time to get rich!”

27) Sanitarium

Sanitarium gameplay video

A man finds himself in a sanitarium with no memory of his past. As he uncovers what he has forgotten, he is transported to otherworldly realms that may or may not be creations of his own mind.

Cognitive behavioral therapy?

Sanitarium's isometric gameplay already distinguishes it a great deal from the competition, but it's the unnerving atmosphere and unreliable narrator that make this a real delight to play - if, like me, you enjoy being thoroughly creeped out.

…yep. Got nothing for this one.

26) Maniac Mansion

Maniac Mansion gameplay video

Driven by an alien force, mad scientist Dr. Fred Edison kidnaps outsiders to steal their brains for experiments in his family mansion. Dave Miller and two of his friends must brave the mansion to recover his girlfriend Sandy - but the mansion’s inhabitants won’t part with her easily…

The first video game to feature “new kid” as a verb.

What Maniac Mansion lacks in visual dazzle it more than makes up for in its humor and vibrant characters. One of the earliest entries in the genre, it still makes for good entertainment today.

That’s…ketchup, right?…Right?

25) Broken Age

Broken Age gameplay video

Vella is a village girl in a barren land. Shay is a lone passenger on a spacecraft. Their worlds could not be more different - and yet they are on a collision course…

“I SOLEMNLY ACCEPT THIS MISSION, THOUGH IT MAY COST ME MY LIFE.”

If Tim Schafer's return to the point-and-click genre doesn't quite match the best of his LuxasArts days, we can still appreciate Broken Age's distinctive worldbuilding, non-linear storytelling and emotional depth.

“Make like a tree and…y’know, I didn’t realize how offensive that joke was until now.”

24) Syberia

Syberia gameplay video

A lawyer sent to oversee the takeover of a French toy factory embarks on a trip across Europe to find the factory’s missing owner. On the way, she learns about the myth of Syberia, a land where the ancestors of humanity tamed ancient mammoths.

Fun fact: they later installed padding on the horns after jovial, skipping children kept accidentally goring themselves.

Syberia is a gorgeous steampunk tale filled with larger-than-life characters. Developers were still getting the hang of 3D graphics in the early 2000s, but with some excellent writing and visual design you'll feel right at home playing it today.

“This seems an appropriately jaunty tomb to desecrate.”

23) Botanicula

Botanicula gameplay video

Five plant creatures with different powers band together to save their home tree from an infestation of evil parasites.

Also known as Macro Lens: The Game.

Amanita Design's trademark weirdness rides again! Botanicula is bursting with atmosphere and personality and tells a charming tale without uttering a single word.

…and also known as Digestive Tract: The Game.

22) Beneath A Steel Sky

Beneath A Steel Sky gameplay video

In the aftermath of apocalyptic war, an economic struggle between two factions threatens to consume a bastion of human civilization - unless orphaned engineer Robert Foster and his robot companion Joey find a way to put things right.

“The protagonist. Who are you?”

In a time when post-apocalyptic narratives seem to increasingly fetishize the destruction and despair inherent to the setting, Beneath a Steel Sky seems positively outlandish for its touches of humor. But the result is a game that humanizes its setting and characters.

“Sorry, my lightsaber’s on the fritz.”

21) Riven

Riven gameplay video

A long time ago, Atrus trapped his malevolent father Gehn on a dying world. But by trickery Gehn has captured Atrus’s wife Catherine, and threatens to take her with him. Only you can find a way to rescue Catherine from the world of Riven.

The trick is to get the huts to un-pucker their mouths.

Riven took the already-excellent design of Myst and polished it to perfection with an expanded setting and a serious visual upgrade. Providing excellent puzzles alongside the joy of exploration, Riven is generally considered to be the best game in the Myst series.

A little fanservice for all you symmetry fans out there.

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