10. Beat Cop 11bit Studios already has quite the repertoire
with titles like This War of Mine and the more recent Frostpunk. This new point and
click adventure kind of follows the same formula. Beat Cop plays with equally difficult themes,
revolving around the story of a disgraced cop on his way to redemption.
Play as Jack Kelly and experience his living hell as a suspected murderer with an annoying
boss and a horrible domestic life. Despite the darkness of its themes, Beat Cop has a
nice, living world to immerse in. Its environments seem meticulously detailed, from its clean
HUD to the streets themselves, lined with moving cars and interesting passersby.
With all that, Beat Cop is still a free game and as such, it doesn't quite close in on
the immersion because of its lack of voice acting. Still, it's Jack Kelly's life is a
life worth seeing though, with a score of 8.14.
9. The Frostrune Grimnir Media's adventure takes us far away
from the brutal reality of Beat Cop. Instead, we're taken to the mysterious world of Viking
mythology. Shipwrecked and marooned into an unknown island, you find yourself in an abandoned
settled with only ancient runes and burial mounds for the company.
Frostrune depicts its world in 2D illustrations that capture quiet isolation, and also the
burgeoning of something intensely magical. As a point and click adventure, it's a bit
slow on the uptake. It might be a little lacking for some, but worth the patient investment
for others.
It's a unique adventure that shows off its ingenuity with its puzzles, and also its creativity
with its Old Norse dialogue that takes us fully to their realized spirit world. It has
a playscore of 8.47.
8. Old School RuneScape This might be the most different of all the
games in this list, but it also happens to be one of the most well-known names in gaming.
RuneScape is a hell of a lot different than it used to be, so developer Jagex provided
fans with a much needed time capsule.
Old School Runescape is exactly the old school MMORPG you once loved, and now you can bring
it along with you wherever you go. Face the dragons, sail the seas, and take down the
monsters once more.
It's a great way for old fans to reconnect with their old 2007 selves. But, also, a great
entry point for anyone who just wants a fun and accessible RPG they can play with friends.
Combining point and click gameplay with the MMO formula, it has a playscore of 8.52.
7. The Silent Age Your days as an ordinary janitor are up as
you prepare for a different kind of cleanup in this mystery-filled point and click adventure.
The Silent Age follows the more familiar formula for the genre. Take on the role of a janitor
who finds a portal to the future and becomes the only hope for humanity's survival.
It's a sci-fi trope that's been made many times before but it homes in on the genre
with an atmosphere built on stylistic visuals and eerie soundtracks. While that’s nice
and good, what completes The Silent Age experience is still its engaging puzzles and compelling
storyline.
The game has been out for a while, and there are two episodes for you to get lost in. With
each one brimming with just the right amount of tension to make you want answers to the
many questions it raises, it rightly deserves its playscore of 8.64.
6. Beholder In our next game, virtue, not beauty, is in
the eyes of the beholder. Set within the confines of a totalitarian state, Beholder challenges
you to toe the line between compassion and conformity. You own an apartment building
and the State requires you to spy on your tenants. Bug their homes, search through their
belongings and report any kind of suspicious activity to give violators their due punishment.
With such a dark setting, there's a lot of gray moral areas to balance out. Will you
bow to the orders of government, blackmail your tenants in exchange for bailing them
out, or becoming the light that the dark world needs. As a title that's heavy, dark, and
depressing, it might not be everyone's cup of tea. With a playscore of 8.68, the choice
is yours.
5. The House of da Vinci Out of the darkness of the totalitarian state
and into the light of the renaissance. In House of Da Vinci, it looks like the renowned
renaissance man has disappeared and it's up to you find him.
What makes it all the more different from the last game is that it also sets you free
from the restrictive 2D plane. You get to roam around 16th century Florence freely in
the first-person perspective. Enter the house of your master, Da Vinci, and learn to think
like him to solve all the mechanical puzzles that lie ahead of you.
Just like the period, it's also a journey of enlightenment, its scenes packed with riddles
that feel unique and cleverly designed. While it might have some control quirks, it more
than makes up for it, getting a score of 8.72.
4. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Maybe they were right when they said Out of
all the many Five Nights at Freddy's on the mobile, the second main installment has won
over all the others by a tiny margin.
With this sequel, the old and dilapidated animatronics are out to haunt you once again.
The series is built around players taking up the security guard duties and hopefully
living to see the end of their shift. But this time, the Five Night stay has turned
into 7.
Thankfully for horror fans everywhere, it doesn't always work out and you get to meet
some of their beloved characters. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 successfully ramps up the tension.
There are a lot more rooms to keep an eye on, and their infamous robot cast members
have become a whole lot smarter.
It's a successful sequel, but it's just one of the franchise's many great hits, winning
over the rest with a playscore of 8.73.
3. Botanicula Sometimes what you're looking for in a point
and click is just a little bit of relaxation. Botanicula is here to deliver. Other than
their art style that evokes familiar images of quaint Sunday mornings, there's a lot more
to love here.
Starring a hand of tiny tree creatures, Botanicula tells the story of five friends on a journey
to rescue their home tree's last seed from evil parasites. It's an endearing tale, filled
with quirky bug personalities that are set amid bright foliage that's a total breathtaking
sight for sore eyes.
Swing from vine to vine, jump on starlike orbs, take shelter in homes, and ask a friend
for raid help. Cute and endlessly charming no matter how much you play, its playscore
of 8.74 is definitely well-deserved.
2. Gemini Rue Invite yourself into the harrowing world of
crime in this interactive graphic adventure from none other than Wadjet Eye Games.
These folks have always given us a masterclass in adventure games so it's no surprise that
they presented us with this. Gemini Rue comes complete with the film noir atmosphere, immersing
you in the dark world of intrigue, mystery, and science fiction. Just like Thimbleweed
Park, it's a tale of two characters, except it's boiled into one. find out how their stories
intertwine into a quest for galactic redemption.
It has a playscore of 8.76.
1. Thimbleweed Park Well, you can't say it isn't expected. When
you've already made titles like Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, you're bound to make it
to the top, especially if you're on the Android. Continuing on out of Lucas Arts, Thimbleweed
Park is one of the latest to come out of the Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick partnership.
Return to 1987 and dive into a neo-noir mystery that gives you more questions than answers.
The Maniac Mansion humor lives on as you guide their duo detectives through interviewing
witnesses, finding clues, and uncovering the mystery of Thimbleweed Park. It might be presented
in simple pixel visuals, but the immersion set at a record high thanks to its stellar
voice casting.
One of the best point and clicks from the veteran point and click makers, it gets a
playscore of 8.85.