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1993 PC 👍 88 % Very positive, 181 reviews on Steam

A classic point-and-click adventure in which writer Gabriel Knight investigates voodoo murders in New Orleans and learns he is heir to the Schattenjäger line. Strong writing, a gothic mood and tricky inventory puzzles define it.

What defines Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers:

  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Challenging difficulty

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The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

96 %

1995 PC

  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

A point-and-click mystery with live-action video in which you alternate between Gabriel and Grace while tracking werewolf murders in Munich. It delivers a moody gothic horror story and classic inventory puzzles.

Post Mortem

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click thriller set in Paris, where you play a former detective with clairvoyant visions hunting a killer tied to occult rituals. Puzzles and interrogations drive a dense conspiracy story.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Puzzles and brain teasers

An adventure game in which Sherlock Holmes and Watson investigate a case inspired by Lovecraftian mythos. You gather clues, combine objects and solve puzzles in a gloomy Victorian atmosphere.

Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet

Strong, story-driven narrative

As astronomer John Parker you travel to the 1910 New England town of Illsmouth and uncover a Lovecraftian mystery tied to a comet and ancient beings. A classic point-and-click adventure with tough puzzles, thick atmosphere and unforgiving mistakes.

The Case of the Golden Idol

Puzzles and brain teasers

You investigate twelve baffling deaths spanning centuries, gathering clues in pixel-art crime scenes and piecing together names, motives and sequences into your own theory. Pure deduction with little hand-holding makes it feel like genuine detective work.

Dracula: Resurrection

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click adventure continuing Bram Stoker's Dracula: as Jonathan Harker you search Dracula's castle for Mina, solving tricky puzzles across pre-rendered scenes.

Still Life

Strong, story-driven narrative

A grim point-and-click crime thriller where you play FBI agent Victoria and her grandfather Gustav, investigating two eerily similar murder sprees set 75 years apart. Clue-hunting and puzzles drive the experience.

Prisoner of Ice

Puzzles and brain teasers

A 1995 point-and-click adventure in which you play a US intelligence agent in 1939 Antarctica, chasing a Nazi plot and running into eerie creatures. Tricky puzzles and a blend of historical thriller and horror define it.

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