Best Point and Click Adventure Games of the 2000's (2010 - 2019)

[@SgtZima]

The music is way too loud in the mix, it really distracts from what you’re saying

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Uh oh. That has been a routine problem of mine lately. Thanks for reminding me Sgt.

[@SgtZima]

@@AdventureGameHotspot No problem. It starts off fine, but as soon as the beat kicks in, it’s a little much

[@NostalgiNorden]

@@SgtZima Yeah especially when it's star wars music :P

[@DOLBECMAD]

Seconded

[@childofthe80s1981]

Thimbleweed Park is such a great game I hope they make a sequel or at least another game in a similar vein as it

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Yeah. Same game, different characters/setting would be incredible.

[@shusley]

They actually released a sort of sequel called “Delores”. Haven’t played it but I’ve heard that despite being considerably shorter it’s supposed to be really good.

[@UKCougar]

I wouldn't say it's a sequel per se. Rather it's a bit of an easter egg outing for fans, it's pretty rough 'n' ready compared to the full game.

[@0Fyrebrand0]

Thimbleweed Park was wonderful, but I absolutely hated the "it's just a video game" meta nonsense. It felt like either the devs couldn't come up with a proper conclusion, or they stopped trying, or they were trolling me the whole time. Whatever the case, it was very anticlimactic and disappointing, and it soured whatever fond memories I had of the game up to that point.

[@pedrodaone]

Yesss that would be so awesome

[@maxmustermann9115]

Here again my favs: 2010: A New Beginning 2011: Black Mirror 3 (though not as good as Part 2) 2012: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes ( very close and beyond strong year) 2013: Goodbye Deponia (again very close and incredibly strong year) 2014: Crimes&Punishment (close call, very strong year) 2015: TBOUT 2, (sorry Technobabylon, very strong competitors) 2016: Kathy Rain (very close, generally less strong year but a few amazing pearls) 2017: Thimbleweed Park (though The Sexy Brutale and Four Last things were very close) 2018: Unavowed (very strong year) 2019: Irony Curtain (very close, but weaker year in comparison) For me it`s obvious the 2010s were awesome and mostly even stronger than the mid and late 2000s.

[@jrjanowi]

I feel like the Blackwell series and/or Unavowed should have made this list

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Blackwell series is certainly deserving. 🙂

[@DanSmith-ew9ul]

This list needs the Darkside Detective and the Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark. They were so good and are definitely underrated.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

I’ve heard that a few times. I’ll give one a go and see if I like it. Thanks Dan.

[@DanSmith-ew9ul]

@@AdventureGameHotspot :)

[@ahmedabdel-hamid4995]

Blackwell Epiphany really deserved to be on the list :)

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Thanks Ahmed. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm about to give it a try 😊

[@lillith3159]

two of my favorite of the recent years are kathy rain and wispers of the machine, they are both gorgeous as hell.

[@TheSnoopoff]

Agreed. Recently everyone is hyping The Excavation of Hob's Barrow and to be hones for me it was TOO EASY! Like a graphic novel or something, no challenge whatsoever. Nice story though, but that's it for me. Kathy Rain and Whispers of the machine are so much better IMO.

[@0Fyrebrand0]

Just my opinion, but out of all the Wadjet Eye games to represent on this list, I'm surprised you went with Gemini Rue. Nothing wrong with that game, but I feel like Wadjet Eye's output has only gotten progressively better and better over the years. By the time you get to Shardlight or Technobabylon, it's a whole other league of quality -- both in the storytelling, and the puzzle design. At least that is how I feel, anyway.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

I adores Gemini Rue. With that said, I've not played enough of W E games. I'll have to put them in the queue.

[@SimilakChild]

Best ones i've played: 1. Space Quest 2. Bureau 13 3. Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes 4. Chinatown Detective Agency 5. Shardlight 6. Unavowed 7. Technobabylon 8. Day of the Tentacle 9. Thimbleweed Park 10. A Golden Wake

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Great list

[@MrMadshepherd]

Thimbleweed Park is the greatest point&click adventure game to come out since the good old days. Although I’m disappointed that Sam & Max season 3 didn’t get a mention. Shame you didn’t do the same “best one from each year (with honourable mentions)” format from all the previous instalments.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

With so many games being episodic and extended released it made doing a yearly list very hard. Seasons and episodes ranged over years. Plus with so many of these games being released and then officially re-released for platforms the yearly waters were VERY murky. In regards to Sam n Max, I have not played the third season. I can't explain why since I loved the first two. I have it on my to do list 🙂 I agree about TP. Thanks for sharing your opinions. I love your youtube name .

[@Dude_Slick]

"Thimbleweed Park is the greatest point&click adventure game to come out since the good old days" Try Gibbus, Bear With Me, or Deponia.

[@sybilvane4329]

@@Dude_Slick Oh yes, Gibbous is really good! And the Deponia series, too!

[@firstlast5350]

A change from the usual hack slash and shoot offerings!

[@childofthe80s1981]

I still need to play Black Mirror II, and III

[@adamclark8994]

3 is a good game that is definitely worth playing. I recommend playing the first game and the reboot on the PS4.

[@Elgrun23]

Amnesia is not a P&C, but we put it on the list because it was good. I do not follow and there are several P&C games mentioned in the comments who deserved that spot instead of a random game from a different genre.

[@indiag6361]

I agree with previous mentions of "Pillars of the Earth" as well as "Inner World" and "Inner World 2". I also never see anyone mention "Unforeseen Incidents", which is one of my all time favorite games for its playfulness and art-style.

[@diondewet8522]

Awesome list. I couldn't agree more with the selection. I personally enjoyed Fran Bow greatly too. Thimbleweed Park admitedly is my favourite of the decade.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Alright ! Thanks so much Dion. I've not played Fran Bow but it's been on my to do list. I'll put it higher in my queue. Thanks for the suggestion my friend.

[@Dornpunzel]

Yeah epic list where Amnesia is a "point and click" adventure.

[@MagusMarquillin]

I've nowhere near done the legwork to track down the decade's best, but all of these were very good and a little bit different. *Puzzlebots* - 2010 - Don't come for the story but the problem solving of controlling these little tiny robots with different abilities is fun and novel. *Back to the Future* - 2010 - OK, this isn't different really, but it's worth playing if you like the films (and gets my list up to 10 :) *Donna - Agent of Blood* - 2012 - Freeware - I really loved this moody vampire (who dresses like Trinity) against neo-fascists story. A well-rounded adventure (if you don't mind reading) though the blood drinking mechanic can get a little tedious, it's still totally worth it. *The Cat Lady* - 2012 - A Horrific yet somewhat afirming afterlife story that will keep you guessing. Really existential, and dark! *Botanicula* - 2013 - From the guys who made Machinarium, it's so zany and cute and organic with outside the box puzzles. *Blackwell Epiphany* - 2014 - It's already been mentioned, but it kept getting better until the 5th ultimate conclusion hit a home run. *Fran Bow* - 2015 - Like a morbid Alice in Wonderland, play if you like not knowing what's real and reading deep in to everything. Solid design. *Oxenfree* - 2015 I've only been through once, but it seems like there's lots of replay value, 5 teens exploring a Haunted island with a radio, you figure out what happened and what your personal path will be making telltale like conversations that seem to have some consequence. *Dropsy* - 2016 - Good choice if you feel depressed. You play a deformed squishy man(?) who nearly no one likes, but who likes making others happy, and when you do you may hug them, with your hug icon! There's also 3 cute animal companions and the story is told entirely with non verbal indicators so it doesn't mater what language you speak, if any, so long as you can interpret a few symbols. *Unavowed* - 2018, Wadjet Eye's latest: Wizards, Djinn, Elementals, Demons, New York, Cops, Dementions, History, Mythology, Player Choice, Replayability, well written intimate stories, _Oh yeah._ If you like Urban fantasy this is a instant gem, and if you don't, there's a good chance you will afterwards.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

How did I miss this post? Wow. Lots of hard work here. Thanks Magus. I missed so many of these games. Im adding them to my queue. 😊

[@MagusMarquillin]

@@AdventureGameHotspot No Worries Weird. :) Which of them have you played?

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

BttF, Blackwell Legacy and Unavowed. I'm interested in Fran Bowe

[@DanSmith-ew9ul]

Thanks for commenting this, I added some games to my play later list and I'm really excited to play them. I'm not sure if you've ever played the Darkside Detective and the Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark but they're super good and I would recommend them to anybody. The first one is pretty easy gameplay wise but the second one is a bit more difficult.

[@MagusMarquillin]

@@DanSmith-ew9ul I'm happy your excited - hope you like my suggestions. I played one mission of Darkside Detective - the one where a kid disappears in the attic. I liked it ok, but I'm not too drawn to games with a few rooms solving a short story and it seemed like DD was just going to be that 6 times over, so I never got round to the rest. Is there a narrative through-line to it?

[@somethingirreversib]

You totally missed a) Ken Follets "pillars of the earth". Its mindblowing story that has a style similar to Umberto Eco"s novel, the name of the rose. b) A new beginning . Beautiful german p&c

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

I’ve not played either of those. I’ll add them to steam. Thanks Tamas.

[@subjectofsaturnyervahsa7386]

The red ones go inside of the green ones; they get all twisted up if you insert them in the improper order.

[@Pop_Shepski]

It's hard to top Timbleweed. (Besides that ending)

[@Hybridtheory2007]

HELP NEEDED: I'm looking for a point-and-click shooter from the late 90s or early 2000s. The screen was stagnant while mechs/robots popped in and out of cover in a warehouse/factory setting. Possibly an outdoor setting too. Your objective was to shoot all your enemies. There was cool background music, and three distinct levels. Sound design was good, robots made robotic sounds as they moved in and out of cover. Played it sometime between the years 2000 and 2008, though it might have been a game older than that. It was a point-and-click shooter (literally, your cursor was a crosshair). It was possibly a freeware game that came from that version of Windows (maybe 98 or 2000 or XP?), or some kind of freely downloaded game. I seem to remember it having a disk but maybe I'm wrong. The game only had three levels, had no story, and was quite threadbare apart from the whole "shoot the robots" aspect, so it probably wasn't an expensive game sold in stores. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Hmmm. So it was a shooter? Was it rise of the Robots?

[@Hybridtheory2007]

@@AdventureGameHotspot no it was like a first person shooter where your cursor is the aiming reticle and you have to shoot at mechs/robots popping in and out of cover in a warehouse or factory.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

@@Hybridtheory2007 kind of like an arcade style shooter? I'll ask my buddy. He is really good with this kind of stuff

[@Hybridtheory2007]

@@AdventureGameHotspot yes arcade style! Late 90s or early 00s. Please and thank you

[@mustbewasabi]

thimbleweed park is must play for P&C fans!

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

99.886 % of it is great. 😝

[@Raes96]

Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive ... lifetime experience. i was crying.

[@AndresCiambotti]

Great list! I should add The Darkside Detective and Caren and the Tangled Tentacles... I still haven't tried Technobabylon, word is its great! Also Ghost Pirate of Voojo Island, but that one is from 2009 :P

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

I've not played those (I did play vi). I'm looking them up right now. Thanks for the suggestions Andres.

[@yonnie4416]

Thimbleweed Park loved it. Wish they would do a another. One game from way back is Amiga's Cruise for a Corpse wish they would do a remake.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

I’m not sure how they would do another with the way it ended but I’d love to see it.

[@activlinkab9077]

No The Inner World? Sad. It's goofy with a weird art style but the premise is fun and the characters are enjoyable. It's a very quiet game even for a point and click.

[@indiag6361]

Yes!! Both Innerworld I & II were wonderful.

[@childofthe80s1981]

I own all of the Broken Sword games that have been released so far

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Best games EVER

[@childofthe80s1981]

I still need to play Amnesia the Dark Descent I own it on GOG

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

It's fun. Creepy. It's fun and creepy. Lol

[@thomascouch4864]

If you like it, try some of the custom stories and I would advise adding the Penumbra games. A Machine for Pigs (watch if you want to see) isn't the best and I would add SOMA. I'm not sure on newest haven't played it.

[@childofthe80s1981]

Kentucky Route Zero is a game that I surprisingly don't own

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

I never played any until 4 months ago. Then I went nuts. I recommend.

[@Svankmajer]

Another great video, Joshua.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Thanks a ton Andreas. I appreciate it my friend.

[@lordofedge]

Deponia.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Beautiful game

[@yonnie4416]

I would like to see Dontnod have a go at pixel point n click in the life is strange universe just to see what happens.

[@ufuksonmez4356]

primordia, the dream machine, stasis, paradigm. these are my suggestions.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Heck yeah buddu

[@drittz7840]

Great list but Amnesia is not a p&c

[@morebacon1780]

Do you want us to hear what you are saying - or is that unimportant, since you tried to hide it under a piece of Star Wars muzak?

[@willisverynice]

Primordia should be on this list.

[@Str0b0]

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth and King's Quest (2015)?

[@childofthe80s1981]

I have played the original Book of Unwritten Tales but still need to play the sequel and the spinoff

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

CC is my favorite in the series.

[@meliacleveland2921]

I need to check out this version of Broken Sword

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

You'd love it

[@KayNKonami]

I feel like sanitarum shoulda made this list

[@theafchefstable8284]

Bg music is fire 🔥 😍 👌

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Thanks man. I appreciate you.

[@erick8792]

whisper of the machine is good one you have it even in android

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll look it up

[@exapsy]

I'm sorry but ... Amnesia The Dark Descent is not a Point and Click game. I adore this game, but I'm not sure where you got that idea :P It's a Survival Horror Adventure. edit: Neither Life is Strange is. They're adventure games games, but not point and click. But still your list is interesting!

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Yeah. That has been my biggest pushback on this list. I don't know why I went off if the path. 😊 You have to help me replace it now. Haha

[@exapsy]

@@AdventureGameHotspot BTW I guess LIS could be classified as a P&C Adventure now that I think about it. The Walking Dead Telltale series is also another lovely choice that could classify as P&C Adventure, where you make your own adventure. It's an excellent series and people have shared a lot of great memories with it! Keep it up!

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

@@exapsy I enjoyed a few of those episodes

[@kinidiosodlosios6892]

Dreamfall Longest Journey ?

[@Dornpunzel]

So he just failed already at the very first game: Amnesia is no point and click adventure. It is a first person, 3D Game. Wtf dude.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Yeah but it’s so good. I had to make an exception 😊

[@UKCougar]

I agree with a lot of this but, why choose LiS: Before the Storm? The original Life Is Strange is easily the best in the series and one of the greatest games ever (IMHO etc etc).

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

The first one came pre-2010. Besides, I said that they all count as one in this list. I was attempting to avoid redundancy. 🙂

[@UKCougar]

Wow, was it really that long ago?! Gosh.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

@@LordSenile you are right. 🤯

[@maxmustermann9115]

Oh common Amnesia was amazing but it`s not PnC.

[@Dude_Slick]

B_O_U_T series was great.The Broken Swords all suck. Thimbleweed Park and Broken Age look okay. The rest of this list looks boring as all get out.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Broken Sword sucked? How can you say that?😝

[@Dude_Slick]

@@AdventureGameHotspot It's boring. And it's initials are BS.

[@kekbish104]

this dude sounds like he was handed the script at random on a public square. great job if it were true. but you just come off as someone who has trouble reading.

[@AdventureGameHotspot]

Actually, the script was in brail, written by someone who doesn't know brail. I thought I did pretty good all things considered.