60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Mystery, Story Rich, Interactive Fiction, Detective.
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Welcome to Victorville
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
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Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Conspiracy 12.3% ★, Investigation 12.3%, Detective 11.1%, Medieval 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 11%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 16.5%, Point & Click 10.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Transmission in Progress is a detective game located in a sound powered world, playing in the shoes of Inres, a forensic detective falsely accused of murder. You must tap into several different audio channels to determine the real suspect of the crimes you were falsely accused of.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Investigation 12.3%, Point & Click 10.4%, Lore-Rich 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Point & Click 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 9.8%
Unravel the mystery of the King's sudden death... Claim your right for the throne. Try to stay alive as long as possible. Will you take the risk? The story for those who are brave enough to dive in a dark story and are able to think reasonably.
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.4% ★, Detective 15.6%, Medieval 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Mystery 10.4%
A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.6%, Point & Click 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.4% ★, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25% ★, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 12.8%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Point & Click 10.9%
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Medieval 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
Why similar: Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 10.8%, Point & Click 8.6%
Infiltrate the orgiastic secret society beneath the modern-day Palace of Versailles! Will you expose their sex rituals or surrender to their pleasures? An interactive romance novel.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Romance 9.9%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.5% ★, Detective 15%, Investigation 12.3%, Point & Click 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 12.1%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Investigation 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Point & Click 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Point & Click 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Make your choices carefully, as your decisions determine how many clues you uncover before the detective, the final player character, questions you. Will your protagonists know enough to catch the murderer?
Why similar: Detective 13.2%, Point & Click 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%
A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Text-Based 11%, Story Rich 10.8%
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Point & Click 11.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
Spark romance amid secrets in a crumbling mansion! What will you sacrifice for love? Can you trust your own heart?
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Romance 9.3%, Text-Based 9.1%
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.8% ★, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.5%, Detective 16.4%, Conspiracy 12.6% ★, Choices Matter 11.6%, Mystery 11.2%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.7% ★, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 14.5%, Point & Click 10.7%, Mystery 10.2%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 15%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Point & Click 9%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.8%, Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Investigation 12.1%
Follow detective Carol Reed in this colorful mystery, made with real-life photographs. The game features a classic adventure game interface, plenty of puzzles, and a series of minigames as an integrated part of the story.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Point & Click 19.6%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Adventure 8.4%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Point & Click 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
Recover a stolen artifact and lose your heart as a secret magical agent! Can you uncover an arcane conspiracy before the clock runs out? An interactive, text-based magical romance novel.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Detective 13.8%, Text-Based 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
Why similar: Conspiracy 16.2% ★, Detective 15.4%, Point & Click 11.8%, Investigation 10.4%, Text-Based 10.1%
An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.
Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Investigation 12.4%, Point & Click 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Romance 9.7%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 15.4%, Point & Click 14.6%, Text-Based 9.9%, Mystery 9.2%
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.7%, Investigation 14.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%
See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Romance 11.4%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Detective 13%, Point & Click 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
A Master murdered. A dying wish: "Kill La." Nine suspects. One killer. All named 「La」. Valhalla hunts the truth by diving into their memories — in a world beautiful and cruel as a doll. Which 「La」 pulled the strings?
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Point & Click 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Medieval 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
Dual role as detective and fixer, commanding the perfect cover-up from your desk. Intercept calls, stay ahead of the media, gather intel, and decide the fate of everyone involved before the masses catch on. Try again and again to reshape the narrative in this choice-driven mystery. Or you are fired.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.6% ★, Detective 16.8%, Point & Click 11%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Investigation 9.3%
Overcome all obstacles by trusting in your own strength, the power of your Soul Stone, and your loyal companions. Become the legend you were born to be.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Romance 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Detective 18.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
Why similar: Conspiracy 18.4% ★, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Investigation 9.8%, Detective 9.3%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 16.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Point & Click 9.9%
Conquering of the Royal Keep is a choice-driven visual novel where a squire braves deadly trials, unravels dark mysteries, and endures each fatal loop until the secrets of the keep are finally conquered.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.4%, Conspiracy 15.1% ★, Medieval 13%, Mystery 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Point & Click 20.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Investigation 11%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.8%, Detective 21.7%, Story Rich 9%, Mystery 8.9%, RPG 7.9%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Detective 14%, Point & Click 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Text-Based 10.2%
Ranko and her friend Astrid must investigate the vanishing of a girl from their school. Learn about the secrets of St. Joachim to find her, but be cautious! A bad step may lead you towards an ugly end...
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Investigation 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Text-Based 10.9%
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.3%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Investigation 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Detective 11.6%, Mystery 10.2%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Mystery 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 14-day psychological horror adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Detective 16.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.3%, Detective 12.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Investigation 10.3%
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 12.7%, Detective 12.4%, Point & Click 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
