50 Best Point-and-Click Games for PC: Page 2 of 7

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


39) Under a Killing Moon

Under a Killing Moon gameplay video

Divorced, unemployed and out of luck, private investigator Tex Murphy finds his luck changing when he lands a job - but with the apocalyptically-minded friends he’s about to make, his luck may not be changing for the better.

“Yeah, why’s Lincoln in the news when he’s been dead two hundred years?”

By general consensus the finest of the Tex Murphy games, Under a Killing Moon has the works: a meaty mystery, engaging characters and a great sense of humor. Even modern players could do worse than to visit this hard-boiled retro adventure.

Fun fact: this line was also a set-up for the cheesiest porno in history.

38) Toonstruck

Toonstruck gameplay video

Animator Drew Blanc is about to hit rock bottom when he is sucked into a world populated by the cartoons he created. He must find his way back - and along the way, hopefully prevent all-out war among the cartoons!

We’ve all had THAT dream.

A marvellous performance by Christopher Lloyd anchors a visual treat of a game stuffed with an all-star cast. This is a game that isn’t just fun to play, it’s fun to just sit back and watch.

“We have to write a funny description for a DOORWAY? We do NOT get paid enough.”

37) Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote gameplay video

Mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher takes on a series of five cases in her home town.

Video game archaeologists do not know why Jessica Fletcher carries a typewriter around with her.

A modern game based on a TV series that aired more than twenty years ago is bound to be a strange proposition, but Murder, She Wrote is a charming casual game that entertains in its own right even while preserving the spirit of the original.

TO DO: REMOVE CORPSE FROM GARDEN

36) Resonance

Resonance gameplay video

When a particle physicist’s secret experiment threatens to reveal the existence of a technology with catastrophic implications for the future, four characters become determined to take control of the mysterious Resonance before it can fall into the wrong hands.  

Hint: The car mirror also doubles as a shaving mirror. (Hint: that doesn’t actually help.)

This pixel-art tale of scientific hubris comes alive in the little details, like an alternative inventory that stores characters’ memories, and it marvellously pulls off the classic point-and-click trick of depicting an entire world in just a few rooms.

I also like to call this game “Symphony in Neon”.

35) The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine gameplay video

Newlyweds Victor and Alicia Neff find their dreams influenced by strange visions - visions that seem to relate to the neighbors in their new residence. To get to the bottom of this mystery, Victor will delve ever deeper into the dream-worlds of others.

I woke up with my hair like this once.

The Dream Machine's stop-motion artwork is by itself a reason to check out the game. The surreal, fantastical story contains several more.

“I know kung fu.” “Show me.”

34) Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon gameplay video

When Pilot Fenton Paddock is entrusted with finding a missing explorer, he finds himself battling with the Third Reich over the secret to an ancient source of mystical power that could alter the course of history.

And that’s what happens when you don’t dress in layers.

Lost Horizon takes joy in plundering nostalgic pulp adventure properties like Indiana Jones for its material, and that's no bad thing. The varied gameplay and spellbinding visuals don't hurt either.

I need a tan quick. I’m running for the White House.

33) Five Nights at Freddy’s

Five Nights at Freddy’s gameplay video

A night security guard at a pizzeria discovers that the animatronic characters are coming to life, and must use the facility’s security cameras to track their movements and stay alive.

NOPE.

It's difficult to overstate just how hard it is to get horror right in games. Five Nights at Freddy's gets it so right that it makes it look easy, building everything around an idiot-proof premise: that animatronics are friggin' scary.

NOPE NOPE NOPE.

32) King’s Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

King’s Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow gameplay video

Prince Alexander of Daventry sets out on a quest to search for his beloved Princess Casima, ready to brave storm and thunder, creature and legend.

The shipwreck is almost as great a tragedy as that outfit.

Another not-particularly-revolutionary game, King’s Quest VI earns its keep like its predecessors do - through quality of presentation. The Prince’s quest is a charming, well-drawn and well-acted tale entirely worth your time.

Fun fact: the word “shoppe” became “shop” when that shoppe pawned the “p” and “e” at the end of its name.

31) Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars gameplay video

After surviving a terrorist attack, American tourist George Stobbart stumbles onto a conspiracy masterminded by modern-day Templars who are determined to recover an ancient artifact from history.

“Hmm…marry, bang, or report to the police?”

Before The Da Vinci Code, there was Broken Sword. It may not be particularly revolutionary in its puzzle design, but it presents itself so well that you won't care. The music, the visuals, the voice acting and script all come together  to create a game that borrows the best elements of cinema without sacrificing player agency - no mean feat in the mid-nineties.

“And that was BEFORE football!”

30) The Blackwell Series

The Blackwell Legacy gameplay video

Rosangela Blackwell discovers that she is a medium, bearing the grave responsibility of helping ghosts stuck in the real world to move on with their afterlives. With the help of her ghost partner Joey Mallone, Rosa investigates a series of mysteries.

A legacy of mansplaining.

The premise of the Blackwell Series - a detective with a ghost for a partner - is already enough to get most of us intrigued. Even better, then, that as gaming experiences this series has it all: interesting characters, involving mysteries, atmospheric graphics, and nifty puzzles.

“I said, that sweater doesn’t go with your hair.”

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