Hidden Objects 2017 — top best games in the Hidden Objects genre

Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child - a game in the Hidden Objects genre

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 8 June 2017

Steam: 88/100

This hidden-object adventure follows Scarlett Everitt, who returns from a convent orphanage to search for her missing father. Clues lead her to a train station near...

Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt

Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 18 May 2017

Steam: 72/100

A hidden-object adventure about a Boston murder investigation that leads detective Emily Meyer to the boundary between life and death. She must solve the case of a...

Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition

Casual game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 8 March 2017

Steam: 89/100

This point-and-click adventure with hidden-object searches follows Mary, who travels with her husband and daughter, Sophia, to remote islands in search of her...

The Wisbey Mystery

Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac → 18 January 2017

Steam: 61/100

This casual hidden-object game centers on a grim manor that the residents of a small town have avoided for years. Its ruined walls conceal the unsolved murder of...

Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery

Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 9 March 2017

Steam: 76/100

This hidden-object adventure is set in a kingdom where Prince Fern vanishes shortly before his coronation. His royal protectress and teacher sets out to find him...

The House of Da Vinci

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Historical, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 22 June 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Atmospheric adventure puzzle game inspired by The Room series. The player takes on the role of an apprentice to the great Leonardo da Vinci and goes in search of...

Darkestville Castle

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 21 September 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Darkestville Castle is a colorful 2D classic quest with a side view. The game tells the story of Sid, an evil orphan demon who found refuge in the village of...

Mr. Pumpkin Adventure

Exploration, Hidden Objects, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One → 1 July 2016

Steam: 79/100

This point-and-click puzzle adventure follows Mr. Pumpkin, who has lost his memory. The player explores the surroundings and solves puzzles to help him piece...

The Secret Order 5: The Buried Kingdom

Casual game, Adventure, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 6 April 2017

Steam: 82/100

This hidden-object adventure follows explorer Sarah Pennington on a journey to the legendary Buried Kingdom. After the Griffin Order bans time travel, Sarah...

Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride

Hidden Objects, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 25 February 2014

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This point-and-click hidden-object adventure takes place in Ravenbrook, a village beside an ancient forest and the feared Abyss. The heroine returns for the wedding...

Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom

Hidden Objects, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4 → 28 April 2017

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This fantasy puzzle adventure follows an alchemist’s apprentice who returns from university to complete her training under a great master. At her family home, she...

Dark Arcana: The Carnival

Hidden Objects, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, Linux → 17 March 2017

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This adventure follows the search for a young mother who has disappeared after a mysterious carnival arrives in town. The investigation spans two worlds: the...

Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest

Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 20 July 2017

Steam: 78/100

An adventure and hidden-object game set in Brie, a tiny forest kingdom where people live alongside animals. Max returns home to help his mother save their house...

Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek

Hidden Objects, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 1 September 2011

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This hidden-object detective adventure takes place in a small town in Vermont. After a powerful storm, the heroine wakes by the roadside with no memory of recent...

Eventide: Slavic Fable

Adventure, Casual game, Fantasy, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2016

Steam: 93/100

An adventure game about finding items, inspired by ancient myths, where modernity intertwines with the world of legends. The events unfold in the Park of...

The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulcan

Casual game, Adventure, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 10 August 2017

Steam: 82/100

This hidden-object adventure follows an investigation in Italy at the end of the 1920s, where an agent of the secret Myth Seekers agency searches for a missing...

Hidden Folks

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 15 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The player tries to find all the hidden people or other objects in hand-drawn interactive pictures. There are 32 areas and more than 300 hidden objects available...

The Legacy: Forgotten Gates Collector's Edition

Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac → 4 August 2017

Steam: 92/100

This hidden-object adventure combines mini-games and puzzles with the story of Diana, a museum employee and expert on Mayan culture who is transported through a...

Darkness and Flame: Missing Memories Collector's Edition

Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac → 24 October 2017

Steam: 97/100

This hidden-object adventure takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where fantasy coexists with the spreading Darkness. Alice, a young woman with the power of...

Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 27 September 2014

Steam: 95/100

This hidden-object adventure unfolds in a fairy-tale realm, where a healer must find the missing heir to the Eagle Kingdom and save its queen, who has been accused...

Time Lock VR 1

Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 9 August 2017

Steam: 77/100

This first-person VR puzzle game follows a time agent caught in a scientific experiment that has distorted space and time. To escape, the protagonist manipulates...

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Point & Click, Comedy, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 31 May 2016

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Demetrios — The BIG Cynical Adventure is a fun visual novel with puzzles and a side view. The main character is a slob living in Paris named Björn Thonen. One...

Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 29 October 2012

Steam: 89/100

This hidden-object adventure follows a man searching for his missing fiancée in the abandoned underwater city of Eden. The former utopia, built in the Art Deco...

Endless Fables 2: Frozen Path

Adventure, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android → 16 November 2017

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Endless Fables 2: Frozen Path is a Point and Click adventure game. You play as Pamella Cavendish and your goal is to find your friend who has gone to find out the...

Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS → 11 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala — the continuation of an adventure puzzle game in the "hidden object" genre. The demonic Pastor has fled to distant mountains in...

Red Comrades 3. Return of Alaska: Reloaded

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 7 November 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Petka and Vasily Ivanovich 3. Return of Alaska: Reboot - re-release of the legendary Russian quest for modern platforms. If Petka and Vasily Ivanovich had been a...

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 28 September 2017

Steam: 82/100

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends is an adventure arcade puzzle game in the match-3 genre. Take on the role of Mary Gilbert, world-renowned botanist and keeper of the...

The Search

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Puzzle, Arcade, , Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 14 April 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 70/100

The Search is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. In the game you will travel through a mysterious world and study it through notes...

Modern Tales: Age Of Invention

First-person view, Logic, Adventure, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 26 October 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

This hidden-object adventure with puzzles is set in Paris in 1900, where invited scientists are kidnapped during the World’s Fair. Emily Patterson, daughter of one...

Under Leaves

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Hidden Objects, Music game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Xbox One → 27 April 2017

Steam: 95/100

Under Leaves is a wonderful arcade puzzle game in which you have to find many animals hidden in the thick of watercolor illustrations. In the game you can travel...

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 29 June 2017

Steam: 90/100

Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders is an arcade adventure in the hidden object genre. Dark clouds are gathering over Persia — the glorious king Badia is...

Hidden Objects

Best Games in the Hidden Objects genre of 2017 (Game released)