Sanitarium
Sanitarium is perfect for horror fans who are looking for a retro game with a lot of psychological horror elements. This 1998 PC game puts players right into the madness of Sanitarium by giving them control of an unknown man who wakes up from a coma after a car accident and finds himself in a strange place with a lot of bandages on. The main character desperately asks other people if they know his name or how he got to the hospital where he woke up. He has no memory of his life before waking up. And he doesn’t know how he got there or what his name is.
Even though the player doesn’t know the main character’s name, other people who live in the hospital call him “Max.” The player guides “Max” through the sanitarium as the reality around them starts to change. This brings the player into fantastical (but macabre) worlds where they must work to find and solve the puzzle of “Max’s” past.
The House
The House and its sequel are both simple, but effective, flash games that might seem tame at first. But still manage to scare you. The player takes on the part of a character with no name or face whose only goal is to get into the house, find out what’s going on inside, and get out alive.
In both The House and The House 2, the player moves from room to room in the house, looking for signs about what happened to the people who lived there before. Even though their flash software is a bit old. The House 1 and 2 are still good at making you feel like you’re in the story and scaring you.
Sally Face
Even though the player can still walk and move left and right in this 2D side-scrolling game. Sally Face is mostly a standard point-and-click horror adventure game. In this strange story, the mystery Sal Fisher tells scary stories from his past. Sally Face is a series of short stories about a young man named Sal who tells the story of his life while he is on death row.
The player relives Sal’s memories to find out how he got into the trouble he’s in now. This also gives the player a chance to meet some scary bad guys and see some scary places. The story of the game is full of sudden twists that keep the player on their toes as they try to figure out what’s going to happen next.
Year Walk
Year Walk is about a man named Daniel Svensson as he takes part in the rsgng, also known as the year walk. This is an old and mostly out of date Swedish practice. The rsgng was a way to find out what the future held. It was a hard job that involved traveling with little to no food or water. In exchange, those who did well would be able to see a glimpse of their future. Year Walk is full of decorations that are based on Swedish folklore and the strange animals that came from it.
It’s a haunting but beautiful point-and-click adventure where the player follows Daniel on his rsgng trip by navigating through a winter forest and clicking on interesting things in the environment. As the main character, Daniel, gets closer to the church, which is his goal. It becomes clear that his rsgng journey may not have a happy finish like a fairy tale.
Five Nights At Freddy’s
Five Nights at Freddy’s, one of the most famous horror games of the last few decades, is another game with a simple point-and-click feature. The player is the nighttime security guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. And they have to keep the dangerous animatronics from hurting them until the end of their job. In one of the most intense “Red-Light, Green-Light” games ever, the player only needs to use the mouse to move through their security cams and switch screens so they can keep an eye on all of the animatronics.
Even though it has simple controls (it’s a “point” horror, not a “point-and-click” horror. Because all you have to do to play is move the mouse). FNaF led to one of the most famous horror stories in modern gaming.
I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream
The scary horror experience I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream is based on Harlan Ellison’s 1967 short story with the same name. This particular piece isn’t for people who are easily scared. As it deals with a lot of heavy topics that are common in psychological horrors.
The game takes place in a world after the end of the world. Where a machine called AM has taken over and killed everyone on Earth except for five people. These five people are the main characters of Snow Rider 3D. AM has kept them living for years so that he can torture them. There are different ways to beat AM, and for the characters to do so, they must live through the horrible situations AM has set up and get over the mistakes that killed them in the past.
Clock Tower
Clock Tower (1995) is one of the most famous horror movies ever made. Even though there hasn’t been a new movie in the series in a few years. It has still managed to stay on people’s minds. In Clock Tower, which is called “Clock Tower: The First Fear” in Japan, the main character, Jennifer Simpson, tries to settle into her new life at the Barrows Mansion with her friends Laura, Anne, and Lotte after they were all adopted.
Jennifer knows right away that something is wrong at the Barrows’ house when, late at night. She finds the bodies of her friends, who have been badly hurt. The player must use the point-and-click method to guide Jennifer and keep her safe from the infamous Scissorman by showing her the best way to escape or showing her where to hide.