Uncover some great games from the popular genre
There's some quite tranquil about playing a hidden object game - whether it's the creative level designs or the play at your own pace approach that keeps us glued for days on end.
This genre is pretty popular with casual gamers and puzzle solvers, but it can also appeal to a whole host of gamers who haven't experienced these types of games before. If you love fantasy, mystery and point & click style play, hidden object games will be right up your street.
To get you started, let's dive into the wonderful hidden object genre with our top pick of Steam PC games that you need to play.
The Secret Order 7: Shadow Breach
Steam rating: Very Positive
In The Secret Order 7: Shadow Breach, you join Sarah Pennington - a member of the order of the griffins - in her biggest and most challenging adventure. The mysterious dragon clan has unearthed an item of a past long forgotten and now the mystery hidden within this relic threatens to devour the world as we know it.
You'll be tasked with stopping this monstrous incursion with your wit and the help of your fellow agents. Your investigation will take you to distant places, both in space and time, to discover the origin of this adversity.
With 42 intriguing puzzles to collect powerful artifacts, you'll prove once again that the world is safe, while the order of the griffins is on the watch. Plus, there's extra hidden content unlockable after finishing the game!
Demon Hunter 5: Ascendance
Steam rating: Very Positive
The museum curator needs your help - a tourist has gone missing, and he needs your expertise!
Demon Hunter 5: Ascendance sees you take on the role of Hector Cole, member of a long-forgotten order and a freelance Demon Hunter. As a specialist in paranormal investigations, your skills are highly sought-after by those with problems of an otherworldly nature.
One such a person is Edmund Strange, the owner and curator of The Museum of Mysticism and Monstrosity. Having exhausted all rational methods in his hopes of finding the tourist, it falls upon you to solve this mystery and banish any horrors, ghosts or monsters that plague that place.
You have bested evil before, yet as you arrive at the scene you feel a tingling sensation of being watched by someone... or something.
Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive
What secrets are hidden in the mist? It's time to find out in Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood. This critically-acclaimed, beautifully crafted casual adventure game is rich with horror, plot twists and shadowy intrigue - as you follow the trail of a demonic preacher and unravel the secrets shrouded in the mists of Ravenwood Park.
You must find out what happened to the abandoned camper covered by enormous claw marks? What lurks in the park’s shadows? Will you be able to solve the mystery?
You'll get to visit 55 stunning, hand drawn locations and graphics with many animated details, as well as experience a bonus adventure 'The Redeemed Memories' in which you'll witness the origins of Ravenwood Park, and rescue your friends from the evil dwelling within.
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive
An enchanting world of legends and magic, filled with gloomy forests, forbidden temples, and abandoned castles awaits in Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride - featuring a realm of dark secrets, where your destiny was written long before your birth.
Within the shadow of an ancient forest, on the bottom of a foggy valley, stands the lonely village of Ravenbrook. The folk there are cheerful and diligent, yet warily superstitious.
They surround the village with countless charms to keep the evil spirits at bay, for on the other side of the forest, there lies a seemingly bottomless pit, known as the Abyss. It is the place the villagers of Ravenbrook fear most...
On this night, a young woman is returning home for her twin sister’s wedding. The sisters haven’t seen each other in years. Yet the invitation was strange, almost as if someone else wrote it, other than her twin. But still she comes, ignorant of the danger that awaits...
In this thrilling story, full of intrigue and adventure, you and your fuzzy sidekick visit 38 beautiful, hand-painted locations, with 24 versatile mini-games and 14 hidden object scenes also included. Collect 30 Spirits of the Forest for your Faerie Meadow, and interact with 11 intriguing characters, all with different passions and dark secrets.
The Secret Order 8: Return to the Buried Kingdom
Steam rating: Very Positive
It's time to get to the bottom of the unexplainable events in the Buried Kingdom and save all its inhabitants in this thrilling fantasy experience with The Secret Order 8: Return to the Buried Kingdom!
Sarah Pennington returns for another thrilling adventure in the final part of the saga, in which you'll explore beautiful locations, encounter unique beasts, solve riddles, reach the finale of this epic quest, and discover the power of friendship.
The Buried Kingdom in on the verge of collapse. Maintaining the balance between peace and chaos has become almost impossible, as the dragons start to behave unpredictably. Who is behind all the magic anomalies?
My Brother Rabbit
Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive
Take part in this inspiring story of siblings who support each other in difficult times through the power of imagination in the 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rated My Brother Rabbit. Accompany them on the quest to help the flower regain its health.
You'll travel through the wondrous lands of a colorful universe where you must question everything you know about reality. Help the rabbit solve puzzles, find hidden objects, and assemble strange machinery in a world where conventional logic doesn’t apply.
Every step in the journey is accentuated by the atmospheric music created by the composer behind the scores for Layers of Fear, Kholat, Husk, and >observer_. Listen to the song “Dreams” by Emi Evans, the artists behind NieR: Automata and Dark Souls. The song is now available for free on Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Youtube.
