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2025PEGI 16PC, 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
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Rusty Lake Paradise

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2018PC, Steam Deck playable95 % positive3.99 €

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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.

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Sally Face

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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.

Happy Game

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A surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure from Amanita Design in which you wander through a little boy's nightmare. Its disturbing hand-drawn imagery sharply contrasts with the cheerful title.

The Black Mirror

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A gloomy gothic point-and-click adventure in which you play Samuel Gordon, exploring a sinister family estate to uncover the truth behind your grandfather's death and an ancient family curse.

Isolomus

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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.

Phantasmagoria

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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.

Kathy Rain

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A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in the 90s: as journalism student Kathy you investigate your grandfather's mysterious death. Moody mystery, pixel art and classic inventory puzzles shape the journey.

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