2024's top point-and-click titles

Playing the greatest point and click games on the Switch and mobile platforms is a terrific way to take a break from shooting opponents with a controller rumbling away. You may pass the time playing detective games, solving puzzles, reading sci-fi, and more.

Not enough games available to you? Then there are yet more suggestions. For more brainteasers, why not check out some of the greatest hidden object games and puzzle games available? Or, for a somewhat different experience, pick up these city builder games for the Switch.

These are our selections for the top mobile and Switch point and click games.

Switch

- Lil' Guardsman

Lil' Guardsman is an amusing, entertaining, and well-animated adventure that we highly recommend. It resembles a simplified version of Papers, Please from Cartoon Network in which you assume control and act as the city guard, screening all incoming guests.

See our Lil' Guardsman review here for a more in-depth analysis of the game, in which you have access to a cabinet full of tools and important players on the court. Just be careful not to irritate them.

Switch

Frog Detective: The Complete Mysteries

Frog Detective is the perfect point-and-click game to play if you're looking for something simple, humorous, and soothing. All three of the Frog's adventures—in which he is recruited to assist in solving some bizarre cases—are collected into one package in the Switch game.

To find the answers to the mysteries plaguing the locals, visit a ghostly island, an enigmatic forest, and a desert town with a western motif. The gameplay is rather straightforward: as your froggy self, you explore the area looking for clues with a magnifying glass, click on them, and investigate. See our Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery review for a detailed overview.

Mobile and switch in Thimbleweed Park

The official description calls this a point-and-click game, but it's not a walking simulator. As you explore your surroundings and piece together the history of Thimbleweed Park, puzzles await you at every step.

You play as five distinct people, alternating between them to observe things from various angles and explore new regions. It's interesting that despite never having met, they are all attracted to the town. You have to find the link, however, as well as hints about the enigmatic events surrounding Thimbleweed.

Switch back to Monkey Island

Return to Monkey Island, as the title suggests, transports you back to the beloved Monkey Island series. Guybrush Threepwood is back to solve more daring riddles and let you navigate the islands using point & click.

However, something has changed; the islands' new leaders indicate that things are not going well and that crime is increasing. It's your task to avoid competing pirate crews as you attempt to discover Monkey Island's secret once again.

Lost in Play on mobile and Switch]

The charming artwork of Lost in Play, which is evocative of cartoons like Gravity Falls, wonderfully complements the whimsical tone of the game. The plot centers on a brother and sister team that is attempting to return home. There are many of allies and enemies as well as magical locations to explore along the route, including talking animals and goblins.

The game itself doesn't last long, but you may get lost in the minigames, riddles, and adventure while playing with your brother and looking for goods to sell with new people. Playing Lost In Play on the move is ideal as it's accessible on both Switch and mobile devices.

Mobile and switch in the room

At this point, The Room is a mainstay of puzzle games. Its deliciously basic gameplay involves moving a center item around using the touchscreen on the Switch and clicking objects to try to figure out how to unlock the mystery boxes.

Check out our The Room review for more information. After 10 years. In addition, there are sequels to play if one game isn't enough.

Phantom Detective – Ghost Trick

If you'd rather not be a frog than a detective, Ghost Trick could be the book for you. You have to figure out who killed you. Yes, you read correctly. After being shot, you awaken as a ghostly incorporeal investigator with a mission to identify the aggressor.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is an excellent recreation of the beloved puzzle-based game. As a ghost, you have a limited amount of time—a few hours—to figure out what went wrong. During that time, you may utilize items and even time travel to assist you locate every clue.

Mobile: Wolf Among Us

We don't understand why Telltale Games' beloved Wolf Among Us isn't available on the Switch yet, but you can play it on mobile devices via the Netflix Games service. In any case, it's an amazing adventure where you assume the character of Sheriff Bigby Wolf and is based on the Fables comic book series.

The game takes place in the 1980s in and around New York, and it features updated renditions of beloved fairytale characters that are entangled in a murder investigation. It's up to you to investigate objects and suspects as you go through various regions and crime scenes to determine exactly what happened in Fabletown.

Mobile Nowhere House

You may play the Hidden Town Escape games by Dark Dome in any sequence, even though Nowhere House is officially the third game in the series. An ancient witch formerly resided there and cursed the neighborhood, according to legend, thus anybody entering the abandoned home faces danger.

You choose to enter the aforementioned home and begin a point-and-click adventure that takes place in three different realities. You encounter folks in these other realities who are stranded within a home and must assist in their escape. Nowhere House will provide you with lots of mystery, intrigue, and riddles.

Grim Fandango – Switch Remastered

Grim Fandango Remastered updates the lighting and texturing, as well as the control method, to bring the now-decades-old adventure to contemporary platforms.

As a travel agent assisting those poor people on their last voyage, you are Manny Calavera. For four years, Grim Fandango follows him as he tries to break free from a plot that transports him into the afterlife. The characters and location of the game are influenced by Dia de los Muertos, while the game itself draws inspiration from classic cinema noir masterpieces like Casablanca.

Mobile and Switch versions of Oxenfree

As a group of pals who originally intended to throw a party on an island, Oxenfree transports you on a voyage where you investigate a ghostly fissure in spacetime itself. Watch what you choose since every choice you make might have a different outcome. It's simple to play, however, as you explore charmingly illustrated geographies and engage with things and people as you go.

You may continue your journey in the same world with the sequel, which you can read about here (see our Oxenfree II review).

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