Steam has a massive number of games available. Some of the games that are on their website for users to download and play are even free, meaning that players don't have to pay to enjoy a brand new game. With so many games on Steam already and so many more being released all the time, it can be tough to pick one to play.
Luckily, Steam has games organized by their genre and games can be sorted by their popularity, so players can look at their favorite type of games and then see which ones other players are enjoying right now in order to give them an idea of what game they should buy next. One genre of games available on Steam is "point and click" - a genre of games in which players don't actively control their characters as much as in other games and simply have to click different things around the game in order to progress through the story.
10 Game Dev Tycoon
Game Dev Tycoon is a game in which the player is no longer simply sitting at home playing video games, but is instead a game developer in the 1980s. In this game, they take on the role of a budding game developer in the 80s who is trying to produce games in their garage and they slowly move up through the world of video games as the industry becomes more and more popular.
Players are tasked with picking every element of the game and get to see it either succeed or be totally panned by critics. If the player gets enough hits, they can become a massive game studio and leave their garage.
9 Life Is Strange 2
Life is Strange 2, the sequel to the popular story-based game in which the player is tasked with making a variety of choices that impact the outcome of the game, was released in 2018. The game is similar to the first in that the player has to make decisions and choices that can change the way the game plays out.
In this game, the story follows a completely different cast of characters than the first. Brothers Sean and Daniel are on the run from the police after a tragic accident and Daniel's telekinetic powers are making their journey complicated but definitely very interesting.
8 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
As far as the point and click genre goes, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is a fairly immersive game. It's definitely on the more in-depth end of the genre, but it's still got the casual, story-based feeling of many other games in the genre.
In this game, the player controls the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes as he travels through the streets of London, finding clues and solving an incredibly intense mystery. The player gets to explore different neighborhoods and search all over for clues to solve the mystery.
7 Yes, Your Grace
Yes, Your Grace is a strategy-based RPG that is set back in the medieval times, perfect for anyone that has ever dreamed of living in a kingdom in a distant period of history. In this game, the player plays as the King of this fictional kingdom and is tasked with listening to and making decisions about the requests of the people in their kingdom.
Unfortunately, there are limited resources in the kingdom, so not everyone can have their requests granted. Granting one request for someone can have some dire consequences in the future, so choose wisely!
6 The White Door
The White Door is a point and click game developed by the team behind other popular games in the genre like Rusty Lake: Roots and Cube Escape: Paradox.
This game is a short but really fun and unique puzzle-based adventure game. The game follows a man named Robert who just woke up in a mental health facility with no memories of how he got there. The player is tasked with taking Robert through his daily routine in order to try to piece together his memories.
5 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is the first three games in the super popular Ace Attorney franchise. This game has become massively popular over the years and has been released on multiple platforms and is now even available for players on Steam!
This game features all the chapters and stories from the first three games in the Ace Attorney series. Players control lawyer Phoenix Wright as he collects evidence and builds a case against the accused before he heads to the courtroom to present his findings.
4 Papers, Please
Papers, Please is a point and click game that has relatively simple gameplay, which is totally fitting for the genre. Despite being super simple, this game is strategy based and has a pretty unique storyline.
In this game, the player controls a border patrol agent who is tasked with deciding who is and who isn't allowed into the country. The player gets to see the hopeful person, their passport and records, and descriptions of wanted criminals to help them make their decision.
3 Life Is Strange: Episode 1
Life Is Strange is an adventure game that follows Max, a high school student who realizes that she has a unique ability: she can turn back time and re-do certain events in her life if they didn't turn out the way she had expected.
This game was released in multiple chapters and players that were into it when it was new had to wait between chapters. But, players that haven't experienced the story yet or want to dive back into it are in luck because it's available on Steam.
2 AdVenture Capitalist
AdVenture Capitalist is a game that was released in 2015 but is still a popular game today. In this game, the player the player starts out with a small lemonade stand and they build their way up through the world to become a massively successful business owner and incredibly wealthy person.
And this game is one that the player doesn't even have to play. Once the player gets rich and successful, they can even hire someone to play the game for them and just grow their riches automatically without having to do a thing.
1 Ultimate Custom Night
Ultimate Custom Night is a game in the Five Nights at Freddy's series of horror games. Unlike the other games that are set in a franchise of animatronic-based restaurants that become the location of a heinous series of crimes after children start to go missing, leading the animatronics to become haunted.
Ultimate Custom Night is a unique game in the franchise in that there's not really a story. This game just features all the characters from past games and allows the players to build their own night in order to fend off these terrifying creatures. But, it became super popular with fans because of the lore reveals hidden throughout this jump scare-filled adventure.