12 Point-And-Click Games To Have On Your Radar In 2025

Every year, the headlines and award ceremonies are primarily dominated by big-name titles that capture the masses’ attention. But dive beneath mainstream coverage and you’ll find a bunch of genres flourishing. One of those is the good old point-and-click adventure, a genre that harkens back to some of gaming’s earliest forms of storytelling, and one that continues to prosper thanks to a diverse offering of creative experiences. As a lover of point-and-clicks, I’m always on the lookout for games to add to my Wishlist, so I’ve picked 12 titles coming in 2025 (hopefully) that you should add to yours.

Now, before we get started and people comment about the obvious omissions from this list, check out the lists for 2024 and 2023, which featured several titles that slipped to 2025, including Asylum and Rosewater, which are both locked in to launch in March.

Centum

Developer: Hack the Publisher | Publisher: Serenity Forge
Platform: PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Switch/PC | Release: March 11 | Wishlist/Demo

Centum is a unique and surreal experience where the player awakens to find themselves trapped in a prison cell. Escaping seems like the best solution, but in doing so the player will find themselves in more daunting scenarios that blur the lines between reality and illusion. The player’s choices shape the narrative, and with multiple endings to discover, no two playthroughs will be the same. This one isn’t far away, releasing on March 11, but players can check out a demo now to try before you buy.

Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy

Developer: Microids Studio Paris | Publisher: Microids
Platform: PS5/Xbox Series X|S/PC | Release: April 24 | Wishlist/Demo

Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy is a remake of Benoît Sokal’s cult-classic point-and-click adventure that laid the foundations for the Syberia series (rest in peace you good thing). First released in 1999, this remake offers a new and modern rendition that honours the original’s legacy. The story follows a young journalist who ventures to the fictional South American country of Amerzone to fulfil the wishes of a late explorer by returning the last egg of the mythical Great White Birds. Explore a truly breathtaking world full of complex and compelling characters, and solve challenging puzzles as you attempt to save the Great White Birds.

Parallel Experiment

Developer: Eleven Puzzles | Publisher: Eleven Puzzles
Platform: PC/Mobile | Release: June 5 | Wishlist

Coming on June 6, Parallel Experiment is a two-player experience where each player has one half of the puzzle. It’s the second standalone chapter in the Cryptic Killer series and follows the events of the first chapter, with detectives Old Dog and Ally on the hunt to find the Cryptic Killer. But players will need to put their brains to use, developer Eleven Puzzles recommends going old school with a pad and pen to see if they’re really on the trail of their target or walking into another trap.

Mutants Ate My Carrots

Developer: Animatic Vision | Publisher: Dionous Games
Platform: PC/Mac/Linux | Release: Q2 2025 | Wishlist/Demo

Mutants Ate My Carrots is a humorous fairy tale about a black rabbit and the disappearance of his carrots. Armed with a bad temper and skills in martial arts, the black rabbit searches the Deep Wood Forest for the culprit only to discover that the forest has a dark secret. Featuring a dual inventory system where one is used for collecting items and one for collecting skills, a story full of twists and hilarious characters and hand-drawn 2D backgrounds and animations, Mutants Ate My Carrots is one to watch out for early in 2025.

Shadows of the Afterland

Developer: Aruma Studios | Publisher: Aruma Studios
Platform: Switch/PC/Mac/Linux | Release: 2025 | Wishlist/Demo

Set in Madrid in 1960, Shadows of the Afterland from Aruma Studios sees something go wrong when a recently deceased soul crosses between the land of the living and the afterlife. This leads to the soul obtaining the memories of the yet-to-be-born police officer Carolina. As Carolina, you must explore the afterlife, befriend a former ghost agent, César, and use magical powers to discover the truth about what happened. With logical puzzles that may require you to possess the living, a pixel art style and various playable characters, Shadows of the Afterland should be on your Wishlist.

The Hand of Glory 2: Roots in the Sky

Developer & Publisher: Madit Entertainment & Daring Touch
Platform: Switch/PC/Mac/Linux | Release: 2025 | Wishlist/Demo

Five years after the events of The Hand of Glory, our former Miami detective protagonist Lars ‘Lazarus’ Bundy’ is still on the run and finds himself in Italy working for a security agency. One day, one of Bundy’s clients is murdered in cold blood, and in order to protect himself, Bundy must solve the case before the authorities. The Hand of Glory 2: Roots in the Sky will see old characters return as they venture to Rome, Japan, Palestine and India in a compelling adventure reminiscent of Broken Sword and Gabriel Knight that will see them investigate a mystery with connections to a legend about the creation of Earth.

Whirlight – No Time To Trip

Developer: imaginarylab | Publisher: imaginarylab
Platform: PC | Release: 2025 | Wishlist/Demo

From the developer of Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town comes Whirlight – No Time to Trip, an adventure that follows Hector, an eccentric inventor, and Margaret, a determined artist, as they travel through space and time meeting weird characters to put a stop to a threat that looms over Earth. Developer imaginarylab has said that classics like Sam & Max Hit the Road and Day of the Tentacle are inspirations for the game’s cartoony visuals and humorous dialogue. A demo is available for players to check out before the game’s release this year.

The Adventures of Bryan Scott

Developer: Radio Silence Studios | Publisher: Radio Silence Studios
Platform: PC/Mac | Release: December 2025 | Wishlist/Demo

Endorsed by the legendary Charles Cecil, The Adventures of Bryan Scott is an adventure game that’s heavily inspired by Cecil’s Broken Sword series, even casting George Stobbart voice actor Rolf Saxon as Bryan Scott and Hazel Ellerby, the original voice actor of Nico Collard, as Kate Williams. Bryan Scott is the son of a famous-but-now-deceased archeologist, who one day receives a package containing the diary of missing archeologist Kate Williams. As it turns out, Williams is searching for the treasure of Queen Sheba, the same treasure his father spent years looking for. It begins an adventure that sees Scott travel to the Middle East searching for Williams and to finish the work his father started. Scheduled for late 2025, so don’t be surprised if this one slips to 2026.

OVERLOOK

Developer: omidjm | Publisher: omidjm
Platform: PC | Release: Q2 2025 | Wishlist

Billed as a zen game, OVERLOOK is a different spin on the point-and-click genre, with players tasked with finding missing people and lost objects and helping people solve their problems. Where most adventure games want you to rack your brain, OVERLOOK promises meditative gameplay and simple and joyful puzzles, all backed by colourful visuals and a lofi soundtrack. Technically, it’s more of a hidden object experience, but it looks like a great palate cleanser in between bigger adventures.

Brassheart

Developer: Hexy Studio | Publisher: Hexy Studio
Platforms: PC/Mac/Linux | Release: 2025 | Wishlist/Demo

Brassheart was first added to my Steam Wishlist in 2019 and I last covered the title in 2022. So it’s been on the radar for a while, however, Hexy Studios has told me recently that Brassheart is coming in April 2025. It’s set in an alternate 1920s and follows the story of Pola, a pilot who embarks on a mission to rescue her kidnapped father who was taken by his own invention – a rebellious supermachine known as Valkiria. Accompanied by her robot buddy Pascal, Pola ventures across the world to find the pieces of the Brassheart, the only thing that can stop Valkiria. I enjoyed the demo years ago, so I’m excited to have my hands on the full game very soon.  

The Guardian of Nature

Developer: Inlusio Interactive | Publisher: Inlusio Interactive
Platforms: PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Switch/PC/Mac/Mobile | Release: 2025 | Wishlist/Demo

From the Swiss-based Inlusio Interactive, The Guardian of Nature follows a botanist named Henry who has the ability to change his size. Henry will need to use this ability to explore various areas of the forest to fix the underground flow of energy that ensures nature remains connected and continues to thrive. It’s got a truly stunning hand-drawn art style, puzzles that the devs have coined ‘solarpunk’, and it’s coming to PC, mobile, and PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo consoles, so players from all platforms can go on an adventure to the Mother Tree.

Legends of Castile

Developer: Torrenzo Entertainment | Publisher: Torrenrzo Entertainment
Platforms: PC/Mac/Linux | Release: 2025 | Wishlist/Demo

Legends of Castile is a fantasy adventure set in the historic Castile region of Spain in the 19th century that tells the story of María, a young and fearless woman with dreams to become a nun after seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary. To do so, Maria must investigate the myths and legends of Castile, solve puzzles and face off against the mythical creatures that threaten Castile and Christianity. It’s inspired by classics such as Monkey Island and Broken Sword and features hand-drawn art and a soundtrack with traditional pieces of Castilian folk music, making it one to look out for as the year unfolds.

Well there you have it, a dozen promising point-and-click adventures that have the potential to be total crackers and make for another banging year for the genre. If I’ve missed any titles that you think I should have on this list, please drop them in the comments as I’d love to hear about them.