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46 indie games in this list, released 2012–2025, from developers such as Other Tales Interactive, Santa Ragione, Stuck In Attic. Pick one to read our editorial note and jump to its store page.
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By Other Tales Interactive · Denmark
Miniatures, a point-and-click adventure, was developed and self-published by Other Tales Interactive, a studio based in Denmark. It came out in 2024 on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Nintendo Switch. As a point-and-click title, it is played by exploring scenes and interacting with them through the cursor, and its Steam listing places it in the adventure and casual categories for players looking for a relaxed pace.
By Santa Ragione · Italy
MirrorMoon EP is a space exploration game with puzzle elements, built on Mirror Moon, a 2012 prototype that began life at a game jam. It takes inspiration from Noctis IV, another Italian indie title. Santa Ragione, a Milan studio in Italy, both developed and published it in 2013. By October 2013 it had sold 8,000 copies, and it holds a Metacritic score of 73.
By Stuck In Attic · Romania
Near-Mage combines point-and-click adventure play with RPG elements. It comes from Romanian developer Stuck In Attic, which handled both development and publishing, and it was released for Windows, macOS and Linux in May 2025. On Steam it is filed under the adventure and indie categories, and it supports all three major desktop platforms from launch.
By F2House · Australia
One Dreamer is a story-driven adventure game in which some sections have players solve puzzles by writing and editing code. Critics highlighted both that unusual puzzle design and its emotionally affecting storytelling. It was made by the independent developer F2House, a team from Darwin, Australia, headed by Gareth Ffoulkes, who spent around seven years on the project before its release in 2022.
By SIGONO INC. · Taiwan
Focused on story and exploration, OPUS: Rocket of Whispers is a two-dimensional adventure set in a far future ravaged by plague. A witch teams up with a rocket builder's son to build and launch a rocket that will give the dead a burial in space. Taiwanese independent studio SIGONO made it as the second Opus game, releasing it on mobile in 2017 and on Steam for Windows and macOS in February 2018.
By SIGONO INC. · Taiwan
OPUS: The Day We Found Earth is a narrative adventure that puts exploration and storytelling ahead of challenge or combat. The experience is built around discovering its story at the player's own pace. It comes from SIGONO, an independent studio in Taiwan once called Team Signal, and debuted on mobile in 2015 before reaching Windows and Mac through Steam in 2016. It earned a Best Meaningful Play nomination at the International Mobile Gaming Awards and later received two sequels.
By Amanita Design · Czech Republic
Pilgrims is a graphic adventure made and self-published by Czech studio Amanita Design. It is classed as a point-and-click puzzle adventure with an art-game sensibility, offering relaxed, casual play rather than action. Released in October 2019 for Windows, macOS, Linux and Apple Arcade, it was among the earliest games offered through Apple Arcade and later came to Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android.
By Guillotine · Israel
Piposh is an episodic point-and-click comedy adventure that reboots a series Israeli studio Guillotine originally produced between 1999 and 2003. Players follow the misadventures of Hezi Piposh, a failed actor chasing a lead role in a film, exploring locations, picking up items, and talking with characters to move the story on. Initially planned in several parts, it was completed as a single release in 2021.
By Bithell Games · United Kingdom
Quarantine Circular is a text-driven science fiction adventure, where progress comes through reading and choosing responses rather than action. It serves as the sequel to Subsurface Circular and was developed and published by Bithell Games, a studio based in the United Kingdom. It reached Windows and macOS in the spring of 2018, and a Nintendo Switch edition arrived that December.
By BlueTwelve Studio · France
Stray is a third-person adventure in which you play a stray cat trapped in a walled city of robots, machines and mutant bacteria. You leap between ledges, climb obstacles and interact with the world, while the drone B-12 carries items and hacks devices to solve puzzles. Hostile Zurks and Sentinels must be evaded along the way. It was built in Unreal Engine 4 by BlueTwelve Studio from France and released by Annapurna Interactive in 2022.
By Tale of Tales · Belgium
Sunset is a narrative adventure in which players become Angela Burnes, a housekeeper employed in the lavish apartment of the mysterious Gabriel Ortega, in the fictional South American nation of Anchuria. While doing her daily chores she gradually learns about his life and his role in a growing revolution, and her choices shape how she engages with it. Belgian studio Tale of Tales released it in 2015 on Windows, macOS and Linux, and it was their final commercial game.
By Coal Supper · United Kingdom
Thank Goodness You're Here! is a comic adventure in which a tiny yellow salesman wanders the fictional northern English town of Barnsworth, helping locals with odd problems. Slapping objects and people is the main way to interact, and the focus stays on surreal gags rather than a long story. It was made by Coal Supper, a two-person studio from Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, published by Panic in 2024, and it won the British Game BAFTA.
By Spooky Doorway · Ireland
The Darkside Detective is a point-and-click adventure with a detective theme, focused on investigating cases through classic adventure-game interaction. It was developed by Spooky Doorway, a studio in Ireland, and published by Akupara Games, launching on July 27, 2017 for Windows, macOS and Linux before reaching consoles. It was later followed in 2021 by a sequel titled A Fumble in the Dark.
By Powerhoof, Dave Lloyd · Australia
The Drifter is a point-and-click adventure with a pulp flavor, in which players explore scenes, interact with characters and objects, and push the story forward through classic adventure-game interaction. It was developed and published by Powerhoof, a studio from Australia, working with Dave Lloyd. The game came out for Windows, macOS and Linux in July 2025, with Nintendo Switch versions following later.
By House On Fire · Denmark
The Silent Age is a point-and-click adventure from Danish indie studio House on Fire. It follows a janitor pulled into a mission to save humanity from an apocalyptic event, using time travel and glimpsing the future that awaits if he fails. Originally released as two episodes and later sold together, it reached Windows and Mac on Steam in 2015 and was positively reviewed by critics.
By Galactic Cafe · United States
The Stanley Parable is a story-driven game in which players steer a silent protagonist named Stanley while a British narrator, voiced by Kevan Brighting, describes what he ought to do. Ignoring those directions is allowed and gets folded into the story, leading down branching paths to many endings before the game starts over. Davey Wreden and William Pugh rebuilt Wreden's Half-Life 2 mod on the Source engine as Galactic Cafe, a studio from the United States, releasing it in 2013.
By CINIC Games · Italy
The Wardrobe is a point-and-click adventure game from C.I.N.I.C. Games, a studio based in Italy, and was first released in 2017. This Steam version is the Even Better Edition, available on Windows and Mac. It belongs to the classic graphic adventure genre and holds a Metacritic score of 72. The verified facts available here give little detail about its story or specific mechanics, so this summary sticks to its genre and origins.
By Freebird Games · Canada
To the Moon is an adventure game by Canadian studio Freebird Games, designed by Kan Gao in RPG Maker XP and first released in 2011. Two doctors try to grant a dying man's final wish through artificial memories, and the player guides them through his past, exploring the story and solving puzzles to rebuild what he remembers. Mechanics are kept light, putting the weight on narrative, music and emotional themes.
By Epic Llama Games · Argentina
Unusual Findings is an adventure game that follows three young friends investigating strange events during the 1980s, a decade the game fills with synth music, video rental shops and eight-bit gaming references. Choices made along the way shape how the story develops, and the plot involves an alien conspiracy. It comes from Argentine studio Epic Llama Games and was published by ESDigital Games in 2022 on Windows, Mac and Linux.
By Theta Division · Italy
VirtuaVerse is a point-and-click adventure set in a future world with cyberpunk and science fiction themes. It was developed by Theta Division, a studio in Italy, and published by Blood Music. The game came out on May 12, 2020 on Steam and GOG for Windows and Mac, with versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One following in October 2021. It holds a Metacritic score of 75.
By Light Studio | نقش الضوء · Saudi Arabia
Wojdan is an adventure visual novel with puzzles that change the path of the story. It follows 11-year-old Jawad, his father Adel and sister Sara as they leave their village for the city to find a doctor who can cure him, only to learn the doctor has vanished. The title is an Arabic word for the soul or inner strength. It was released in 2017 by Light Studio (Naqsh Al-Daw), the Saudi team that later made Lefty.
By Deconstructeam · Spain
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative adventure from the Spanish studio Deconstructeam about fate and happiness. You mix drinks to steer conversations, shape personalities through pottery and impersonate people on the phone, all to unravel a corporate conspiracy. It is short, thoughtful and heavy on dialogue.