So far it is only being considered cheating if you outright use an image search. Anything written off of the screen or googling for things you see has been considered "fair use" as you're doing the work yourself. Hence I'm all good in that regard! :D

**edit: I just found the solution using your latest screen, but will abstain for now - was just my turn and frankly I've nothing new to provide, eXcept for very very obscure/niche things I don't have the time to "moderate" for the coming week...

Specifically when the image search is by image (i.e. uploading the image or linking the image for the search engine to use), or that's how I take it anyway. Just typing text description / keywords into the image search and scrolling through the results for likely-looking screenshots is fine in my book.

The Case of the Golden Idol? - was my first thought. Then I googled the title to compare its style with the screenshot and immediately found the image this was taken from. So, yeah, it's that. ;)

Yes! Congratulations!

Next game.

Freud's Bones?

Nope. The game is available on GOG.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c :p

I'll accept this as the correct answer. Your turn. ;P

what was the game?

The Lion's Song

thanks

Drat! (≖_≖ )
Ok, I'll post something tomorrow.

New puzzle :p

Beyond a Steel Sky?