Games like Return of the Phantom
Looking for games like Return of the Phantom? Here are top action recommendations with a horror, drama, mystery, thriller and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father®, Realms of the Haunting or Beneath a Steel Sky.
- 87%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, atmosphere87% User Score 144 reviews
The adventure of Gabriel Knight starts with gathering materials for his new book, and ends up becoming a fight for his very soul. During his investigation he discovers that he is the heir to the title of “Schattenjäger”, or “Shadow Hunter”, which has been passed down in his family from generation to generation since times long forgotten. He must now face countless dangers in New Orleans, Africa an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father®.
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- 83%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, monetization83% User Score 282 reviews
Forged in the Beginning and protected by the Seven Seals, there lies a place where thought and creation intertwine. The center for all realms of existence, it is the balancing force between good and evil, man and spirit. A focal point for all energies, and the one element that has kept the consuming nature of darkness at bay... Until now.Features: Many unique and bizarre universes to explore. From… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Realms of the Haunting.
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- 89%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability89% User Score 355 reviews
Beneath a Steel Sky is a cyberpunk, point and click, adventure game. You assume the role of Robert Foster and embark on a quest to make the world a better place, along with your robot companion Joey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beneath a Steel Sky.
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- 93%Game Brain Scorehumor, storygrinding, atmosphere95% User Score 744 reviewsCritic Score 84%2 reviews
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case. Sam (a shamus canine) and Max (a hyperkinetic rabbity thing) are hot on the trail of a runaway carnival bigfoot across America's quirky underbelly in this deranged animated adventure! Help our frightening, furry flatfoots find the fugitive freak! Do it now! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sam & Max Hit the Road.
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- 93%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, grinding93% User Score 1,062 reviews
In Sanitarium you play an amnesiac thrust into a morbid, really creepy universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sanitarium.
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- 81%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability89% User Score 1,602 reviewsCritic Score 73%35 reviews
Paris in the spring. Shots ring out from a gallery… A robbery… a murder… and the beginning of another epic, original Broken Sword adventure. From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series. Playing as intrepid American George Stobbart and sassy French journalist Nico Collard, you find yourself on the trail of a stolen painting – and a murde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse.
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- View Game94%Game Brain Scoremusic, storygrinding, replayability94% User Score 341 reviews
There's a serial killer stalking your video store, and you just got called into work on your day off! Stock shelves, deal with customers and run for your life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rewind Or Die.
- 84%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability92% User Score 693 reviewsCritic Score 45%1 reviews
In the dead of space, something is alive. A deep space adventure by Sean Clark in collaboration with filmmaker Steven Spielberg. You've saved the Earth from Total Destruction. Now, Can you save yourself? An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth, and only NASA veteran Boston Low has the expertise to stop it. Along for the ride are award-winning journalist Maggie Rob… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dig.
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- 82%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, grinding88% User Score 1,772 reviewsCritic Score 60%2 reviews
When Rosa Blackwell's only relative dies after twenty years in a coma, she thinks the worst is over. This all changes when Joey Mallone, a sardonic ghost from the 1930s, blows into her life and tells her that she is a medium. Whether they like it or not, it is up to them to cure the supernatural ills of New York in this critically-acclaimed series of point-and-click adventure games. When three NYU… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Blackwell Legacy.
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- 84%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability84% User Score 386 reviews
Discover who — or what — is behind the mysterious accidents in a house full of secrets! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion.
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