Incredible Point and Click Games You Need to Play

Point and Click games are an interesting genre. Point and click games focus on puzzle-solving and interactive stories. You won’t find many high-octane action sequences. Because of that, they have a slow pace, and don’t have much mainstream appeal. Despite that, the genre’s slower gameplay allows for stories to take the forefront, which is something you don’t get as often from genres like 3D platformers or twin stick shooters. I’d like to look at three of the best games in the genre, and why they’re worth playing today.

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

An adaptation of the short story of the same name, this game takes the oppressive atmosphere of the short story and gives it visuals and sound. The game is set in a post apocalyptic world where only five humans are still alive. A supercomputer named AM wipes out the rest of humanity. He only keeps the remaining five humans alive to torture them. It’s a very bleak premise. The characters are forced into twisted virtual worlds where AM preys on their greatest fears and failings. You spend the rest of the game overcoming these failures and confronting AM to shut him down.

The original author worked closely with the development team. This reached the point that he wrote the game’s script and even voiced AM. The script is based on the original short story. However, the game’s expands on the original story. It has seven different endings and different ways to overcome each person’s fears and trauma from the short story. There’s tons of replayability, and even with some puzzles having logic that’s fairly confusing to figure out, the charismatic character of AM and the psychological look into the five humans makes this game an easy recommendation.

Endacopia

Endacopia is a game that loves the surreal. You play as a young boy named Mellow who has a white circle for a head. When Mellow tries escaping a home that’s he’s essentially trapped in, he falls through a hole that takes him to a new and surreal world. The issue is that he loses parts of his body in the process! This includes his arms, his mouth, and even his eyes! You spend the rest of the game retrieving the pieces of your body and exploring this new world.

Endacopia combines digital, 2D graphics with 3D rendered objects that look plucked straight from the real world. Characters range from a bipedal cat to a man wearing a red suit over a body that looks like a peach. Every character in the game is distinct and different from each other. There’s no cohesion in the art style or character design. This means you’ll always be on your toes for whatever the game will throw at the player next. And Mellow himself has the personality of a sarcastic, witty, kid, which makes for hilarious dialogue. Endacopia is a masterclass on surrealism, and I recommend going into the game blind to get the best possible experience. You won’t regret it.

The Henry Stickmin Collection

The best parts of Henry Stickmin don’t come from succeeding, but instead from failing. Each choice to progress the story has its own series of options to pick from. Each option comes with its own fully animated and voice acted cutscene. Every human in the game is a stickman, including Henry himself. There are six different games, and as the series progresses, the stories get more complex and the fails more insane. Starting from the first game, Breaking the Bank, Henry is crushed by his own wrecking ball and ends up in the blast of his own TNT explosion setup. That’s the base level of stupidity and absurdity, and each subsequent game keeps raising the stakes.

Every human in the game is a stickman, including Henry himself. All six Henry Stickmin games have fully hand drawn graphics. As the series progresses, there’s actual camera angles, fight choreography, and conversations between characters. There are actual character arcs. At a certain point, the series turns into an interactive movie in the best way possible, with writing that’s genuinely great. It’s a blast of a time that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and if that’s up your alley, you should’ve been playing The Henry Stickmin Collection yesterday.