It’ll take a sharp mind and steady nerves to unravel the spine-chilling mystery at the heart of Green Pond Town. Explore a creepy cottage to solve eerie point-and-click puzzles. Why are the faces scratched out on all the photos? Is that blood dripping from the bathroom faucet? Use every weird object—including glass eyeballs and poisoned paintbrushes—to get to the dark bottom of it all.

What we love: The interlinked puzzles. Crack a door code to get a valve handle, use that to fill a bathtub and retrieve a spray bottle, then spritz a window to clean away a bloodstain. As moonlight streams into the room, a huge carnivorous plant sprouts from its pot. Now what?

Quick tip: Take notes—or better yet, screenshots—when you encounter clues. The code needed to unlock the box buried in the backyard? That’s in the wooded clearing, once you shed some light on the trees.

Meet the creator: CottonGame is the Shanghai-based studio behind unique adventure games like Reviver: Butterfly, Dad’s Monster House, and the Isoland series.