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Variations on these Games include the following:
 
* [[Adventure Game|Adventure Games]], such as by [[Sierra]], [[Lucas ArtsLucasArts]] etc. The game follows a storyline progression but the player must point and click through (with some dialog boxes) to solve problems and advance. Scripted in detail with elaborate stories, painted background graphics, and [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] side-plots. Their biggest heyday came in the '90s, followed by a bust in the wake of ''[[Doom]]''. Today dozens of excellent games are made every year.
* Room escape games - the player [[You Wake Up in a Room|awakens (usually) to find themselves trapped in a locked room]]. These games usually involve little [[Backstory]] asides from what is necessary to get the player into the room in the first place.
* Search and Mystery Games - The player must utilise their logical skills and exploration abilities to uncover a mystery, find a solution to a problem or even uncover a crime. Elements of these are often found in the more urban Adventure Games.
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* Eduanimation products which are often endorsed by schools, or otherwise sold as external "fun and learning" activities such as the ''Logical Journey of the Zoombinis''.
 
The point-and-click genre was preceded by text-based games such as [[Interactive Fiction]], and is also succeeded by [[Role -Playing Game|roleplaying]] genres such as [[MMORPG|MMORPGs]], along with [[FPS|First-Person Shooters]].
 
Tend to be ripe with [[Nightmare Fuel]]. Sometimes the game isn't scary itself but the mood can be quite unsettling.
 
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