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And by modern I mean really modern, like within the last 5 years

Have a soft spot for old point and click games, even though most of them were already outdated by the time I got to them. I got to wondering, are there any recent good point and click games? I know they had a little resurgence in the late 2000s/2010s with Telltale, but I'm wondering if there are any newer ones?

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[–] haxboar@hexbear.net 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I don't remember much about it except it was x-files themd, but I recall Thimbleweed Park being fun.

I remember Broken Age starting off strong, but I feel like they cheaped out at the end when their kickstarter funding ran out.

And it's not quite a click and point adventure, but I loved Oxenfree

[–] whisp@hexbear.net 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Neofeud and it's sequel. Strangeland, Primordia

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 1 points 12 hours ago

Came here to recommend Primordia. Beautiful and touching world

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The new Monkey Island, Return to Monkey Island or something like that.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

THERE'S A NEW MONKEY ISLAND?!? lets-fucking-go

[–] CarbonConscious@hexbear.net 7 points 20 hours ago

Yaaaa, it's good! And very fan-servicy with references to the old ones.

Along those lines too, Thimbleweed Park?? Its a newish Ron Gilbert jam, very cool/weird story with overt X-Files theming. Some pretty difficult puzzles to boot. Plus a very sweary clown.

[–] Angry_Stoat@hexbear.net 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 2 points 10 hours ago

Kentucky Route Zero doesn't get enough love

[–] Sam@hexbear.net 5 points 17 hours ago

I will second NORCO, its a sci-fi bayou adventure with some really touching moments

Spoilers for NORCO"Its alright, that you wanted to is enough."


Also I will throw in Dreams in the Witch House (2023) by Atom Brain Games, its a very entertaining point and click based on the eponymous Lovecraft story, it has some moon logic but it kind of fits with the whole "You have no clue what the hell is going on" vibe anyway. The creator is currently working on a Dunwich Horror one too.

[–] Athena5898@hexbear.net 4 points 16 hours ago

I feel like there is a whole indie scene here, but most of the point-and-click games that I know about fall into HOG Nancy Drew style detective stuff.

[–] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 6 points 18 hours ago

Unavowed was fun. Wadjet Eye actually only makes point and click adventure games and one or two others by them has been mentioned already. They can be a bit weirdly obsessed with the city of New York, but no one is perfect and the games tend to be fun.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago

Maybe the Kathy Rain games? The first one's about 10 years old but the sequel came out in 2025.

[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 21 hours ago

I play machinarium and syberia on loop and weep

[–] curmudgeonthefrog@hexbear.net 7 points 20 hours ago

The detective grimoire series is great. Newest game just came out a week ago. But i would still start with secret of the swamp

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 19 hours ago

I hear Esoteric Ebb is pretty good, though I haven't played it myself. It's supported to be some sort of cross between DnD and Disco Elysium.

[–] BigTuffAl@lemmy.zip 6 points 20 hours ago

Neofeud! The dev Silver Spook is really active on Fedi, too.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

[–] Budwig_v_1337hoven@hexbear.net 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is the most modern I played but it's eleven years old at this point. time flies

fun game tho, if you haven't.

[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Submachine has a "remastered" edition on Steam nowadays. Its very very good.

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 1 points 13 hours ago

Ohh, I played those back in the times of online flash games! I remember the name of the lighthouse keepers cat.

[–] CarbonConscious@hexbear.net 6 points 20 hours ago

I've been sitting on Harold Halibut for a while, looks like a really wild existential adventure built out of handcrafted claymation stuff (or something like that).

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

The drifter. Aussie scifi adventure. No moon logic.

[–] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 3 points 16 hours ago

seconding The Drifter; cool story, nice puzzles, full voice acting

and for a point and click it sure has satisfying controls

[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 4 points 21 hours ago

I loved Gemini Rue, but that was 15 years ago

[–] daniyeg@hexbear.net 4 points 21 hours ago

by modern do you mean the game design or just new releases? if you mean new releases you can check out Grundislav Games catalogue. the two games i have played are Lamplight City and their newest game Rosewater, which is a sequel to Lamplight City. they're solid albeit old school in their design which i personally like.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow if you're a stickler for the tropes of point and click.
Beyond that you'd have to compromise on the genre.

[–] unperson@hexbear.net 3 points 20 hours ago

Somebody on this site told me about https://store.steampowered.com/app/1603980/If_On_A_Winters_Night_Four_Travelers/

It's short, point-and-clicky, and poignant.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 3 points 21 hours ago

I think there are some on Steam but it's not really my genre. If you know how to use search filters, I bet you can find some, and finding a couple will let you look st "related games" and you should be able to get a few that way.