Create account
Cover of Slender Threads

Similar games

Games like Slender Threads

2025PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified90 % positive19.50 €

In Slender Threads you play an ordinary traveling salesman whose fate gets tangled with unseen forces in a peculiar town. This point-and-click thriller combines puzzle solving with an unsettling, mysterious atmosphere.

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
＋ Combine with my games

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

More in these topics: Puzzle games Hidden gems Indie games

In short: Games like Slender Threads

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Slender Threads special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

Similar in what way?

0 of 3

Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Not for me Exclude horror, turn-based combat, pixel art …

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

Horror Turn-based combat High difficulty Roguelike runs Shooter Pixel art Grind Survival PvP Open world Card game

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match · How is this calculated?

Show games from the same series

Best match

Rusty Lake Paradise

97 %Match

2018PC, Steam Deck playable95 % positive3.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Slender Threads: dread and tension, puzzles to figure out as well as a dark atmosphere.

An eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure on a remote island where the ten biblical plagues torment your family. Bizarre rituals, a dark atmosphere and surreal art make it classic Rusty Lake.

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

Similar games →

Rusty Lake: Roots

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click puzzle game where you grow the Vanderboom family tree across generations. Bizarre, macabre puzzles and an eerie atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

Sally Face

Dread and tension

An episodic point-and-click adventure about a boy with a prosthetic face who investigates a murder series and supernatural secrets in a gloomy apartment building. Its distinctive comic-like low-poly look, 90s atmosphere and emotional story set it apart.

Belladonna

Dread and tension

A dark gothic point-and-click adventure in which you play a reanimated corpse girl waking in an abandoned laboratory, uncovering the mystery of your own death. Long texts in the style of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein shape its eerie mood.

Isolomus

Puzzles and brain teasers

Isolomus is a short, handcrafted horror adventure played point-and-click style. You solve puzzles and make choices that shape your path through its madness.

Alpha Polaris

Dread and tension

In Alpha Polaris you explore a frozen outpost at the edge of the world, where unease builds slowly around its characters. The game leans on atmosphere and mood, drawing on Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos rather than cheap jump scares.

Phantasmagoria

Dread and tension

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

Strangeland

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click adventure set in a macabre, surreal carnival that mirrors the protagonist's psyche. Tricky puzzles and an oppressive yet hopeful story drive the experience.

Lorelai

Dread and tension

A dark, emotional psychological horror point-and-click adventure about a young woman escaping a toxic family home. Story takes center stage, supported by unsettling imagery and puzzles.

Feedback