60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Puzzle, Mystery, Story Rich, Detective.
The real world no longer exists! I was trapped in this cursed Village made of inkblots on parchment. Every day I'm stalked by an assasin and stuck in a time loop. None of the residents remember me, although I myself have memories. I need to get out of here ASAP
Hello Again
Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.
Nirvana Noir
A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.
Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.
Why similar: Time Travel 24% ★, Time Manipulation 19.7% ★, Investigation 14.6%, Detective 9.7%, Stylized 6.9%
A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Detective 17%, Investigation 13.2%, Psychedelic 10%, Abstract 8.9%
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
Why similar: Time Travel 30.4% ★, Time Manipulation 29.6% ★, Detective 17.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Story Rich 4.8%
You're stuck in a time loop ⌛. Whenever you find a dead body, you go back to the past. The only way to escape the loop is to cheat destiny & change the future. Explore the castle and uncover its dark secrets to prevent the next killing.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 26.8% ★, Time Travel 26.1% ★, Detective 16.1%, Mystery 7.9%, Stylized 5.8%
Brás Cubas is dead, and he wants you to find out why. Explore a noir-drenched 1937 Rio de Janeiro in this time-loop murder mystery. Relive the same day, manipulate characters, and uncover secrets in a game where death is the client and time is your only weapon.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 23.9% ★, Detective 17.4%, Noir 16.4%, Investigation 13.8%, Stylized 7%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 20.9%, Noir 20.8%, Mystery 8.4%, Point & Click 7.3%
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 24.6% ★, Detective 20.9%, Investigation 16.1%, Noir 13.6%, Mystery 7.8%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Time Travel 34% ★, Detective 21%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 7.4%, Visual Novel 6.2%
This is a text-based deduction game. Your choices will change the development of events, make up different timelines, and lead to different endings. Your primary task is to sort out the cause-and-effect relationships between events from textual descriptions.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.2% ★, Time Manipulation 22.8% ★, Detective 19.5%, Investigation 10.9%, Word Game 10.2%
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Noir 23.1%, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 10.1%, Stylized 9.2%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Travel 25.7% ★, Time Manipulation 23.3% ★, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 6.4%
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Time Travel 29.8% ★, Detective 26.7%, Mystery 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Story Rich 8%
A noir narrative puzzle adventure where you manipulate time to investigate a space filled with physically identical characters. Pause, rewind, and fast-forward individual lives, connect fragmented pasts and futures, and uncover the single truth needed to avert impending tragedy.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Noir 21.9%, Time Manipulation 21.6% ★, Abstract 15.3%, Mystery 6.3%
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV adventure game experience that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.3% ★, Time Manipulation 22.5% ★, Investigation 13.5%, Point & Click 8.6%, Mystery 7.6%
Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!
Why similar: Time Travel 56.4% ★, Time Manipulation 38.5% ★, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Adventure 1%
Time backtracking secret room decryption game, analyze the character dialogue, find the key to decryption, complete the needs to leave the room. In the end all regret, go back to the past, looking for clues to make up for regret.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.3% ★, Time Manipulation 26.3% ★, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 5.7%, Mystery 5.2%
Portsmith, England. Murder in the british autumns. As Investigators of the Time Bureau; help our client move forward. A challenging detective mystery that will test your logical deduction with unique time-traveling exploration.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.8% ★, Detective 22.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 7.6%, Story Rich 6.5%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Noir 22.9%, Investigation 19.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Visual Novel 6.7%
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Time Travel 41% ★, Detective 22.2%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 7.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Investigation 19.2%, Mystery 13.2%, Point & Click 10.1%, Noir 6.6%
Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Noir 15.3%, Abstract 11.8%, Word Game 9.8%, Psychedelic 8.2%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Noir 11.5%, Investigation 11.2%
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Noir 17.8%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Investigation 20.7%, Noir 19.3%, Mystery 7.9%, Point & Click 7.3%
WHODUNNIT is a mystery visual novel following a man who must answer a burning question: who the hell did he hook up with last night?
Why similar: Detective 32.3%, Investigation 21.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Mystery 9.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 15.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
A game about Three Pigeons in a Trench Coat stuck in a time loop until they save the world. Pretty Simple.
Why similar: Time Travel 38% ★, Time Manipulation 24.1% ★, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 7%, Exploration 4.6%
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.5% ★, Detective 20.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.1%
A point and click noir mystery, set in a grim and corrupt Wonderland. Alice is Dead: Hearts and Diamonds is a complete remake of the classic Flash game trilogy, including all new art, added puzzles, expanded lore, and plenty of secrets for old and new fans alike.
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Point & Click 9.8%, Psychedelic 9.7%
Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of Brentwood in this mysterious point-and-click adventure. The unique powers you hold will lead to moral choices that directly influence the story, the fate of the town, and which of the multiple endings you unlock. Will you follow destiny or fight against it?
Why similar: Time Travel 42.6% ★, Investigation 13.4%, Point & Click 11.5%, Time Manipulation 10.8% ★, Story Rich 9.1%
A cozy investigation game where you observe a street, pin down its residents’ secrets, and solve mysteries. Play as Madeleine, a retired granny recruited by the Granny Detective Society (basically the CIA… but with dentures), investigating a neighborhood that hides its secrets well.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 26.2% ★, Detective 20.8%, Investigation 17.3%, Word Game 10.4%, Stylized 8.7%
A point-and-click mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files to piece together a thrilling story of deception and drama. Learn about the victim and the people closest to them, and uncover their secrets to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Investigation 22.7%, Noir 15.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Point & Click 9.7%
The legendary Phantom of the Opera has returned! As Inspector Raoul Montand, you are the only one who can pursue the Red Death into the past and prevent him from terrorizing the present in this point and click mystery.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.1% ★, Detective 26.2%, Investigation 16.8%, Point & Click 12.8%, Mystery 10.1%
Silence is a luxury you don't have. Unravel a dark noir point-and-click mystery where justice and revenge blur. You have exactly 26 moves to reach the end. In this psychological duel, are you the master of your own fate, or just a pawn in someone else’s game?
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Detective 18.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Point & Click 11.1%, Mystery 9.8%
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 30.7%, Investigation 22.3%, Point & Click 14.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Adventure 7.1%
An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.7% ★, Time Manipulation 24.2% ★, Mystery 11.4%, Point & Click 8.3%, Story Rich 7.4%
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 18.4%, Noir 18.4%, Mystery 9.7%, Stylized 8.4%
A mystery detective game with RPG elements. Cursed by demonic forces, a mysterious island is trapped in a time loop. Leah Glessner, Private Investigator of the Supernatural, uses her unique gift of photographic memory to confront evil. Skill your character. Investigate. Solve the case.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Time Travel 23.3% ★, Investigation 20.4%, Mystery 9.8%, Stylized 8.5%
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Noir 23.6%, Investigation 20.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
From SCRAP, the masterminds behind the "Real Escape Game" phenomena with over 10 million attendees, comes a time-loop mystery adventure on Steam!
Why similar: Time Travel 43.1% ★, Detective 19.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Point & Click 8.7%
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.6% ★, Detective 18%, Investigation 13.6%, Word Game 10.9%, Visual Novel 7.9%
FoldLoop is a detective game that emphasizes logical reasoning. To escape the curse of endless cycles, you'll observe the sandbox from a higher dimension, analyze the rulebook, and deduce the secrets of the real world.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.3% ★, Detective 25.4%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
Crimson Silk is a political detective thriller with a mind-controlling villain. Investigate the assassination of your grandfather. Plunge into a world of complicated law and wild ESP powers. Gather clues, choose sides, jump timelines, and try not to get stuffed with lead.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 21.3% ★, Detective 19.4%, Time Travel 17.1% ★, Mystery 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Noir 17.7%, Point & Click 11.4%, Investigation 8.8%, Mystery 8%
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Investigation 22.5%, Mystery 13%, Point & Click 7.6%, Abstract 6.8%
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Why similar: Time Travel 24.9% ★, Noir 17.4%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 7.4%
Stranded at sea in an alternate timeline, you must master a complex time travel system to solve puzzles and piece together the mystery of an obsessed captain and his quest that lead him to the Greenland Sea in search of a supernatural anomaly.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.9% ★, Time Manipulation 14.5% ★, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Detective 18.6%, Abstract 10.4%, Point & Click 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Detective 22.9%, Investigation 14.3%, Point & Click 8.3%, Stylized 7.9%
A short and cozy point and click time loop mystery. Join Aster Pebble as she solves mysteries and helps those in need as she takes on her first adventure in a modern fantasy world. Overcome bureaucracy via direct action in this funny little adventure filled with intriguing oddball characters.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 19.7%, Point & Click 14.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Time Travel 13.3% ★
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Time Travel 41.2% ★, Investigation 22.6%, Mystery 10.4%, Visual Novel 7.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.5%
A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.9% ★, Detective 18.5%, Noir 17.4%, Mystery 8%, Visual Novel 7.3%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Noir 17.8%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
Embark on a thrilling detective visual novel adventure, accompanied by your quirky assistant, Olivina. Navigate through a bizarre case with unique investigation gameplay, and meet a diverse cast of characters as you unravel the story.
Why similar: Time Travel 29% ★, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 14.6%, Stylized 8%, Point & Click 7.5%
Broken Voyage is a detective-focused horror game that takes place on an whaling boat gone silent where the player will solve murders, unweave the strings behind a grander mystery, and resist the allure of a lovecraftian monster!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.3% ★, Detective 32.3%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 7.3%, Interactive Fiction 5.4%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 33.2%, Investigation 25.5%, Noir 17.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Adventure 5.1%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Noir 17.6%, Investigation 17.1%, Stylized 9.1%, Visual Novel 9%
Become Rolando the Majestic and find out how he became the most powerful wizard to ever live! Explore parallel levels using magic and time-travel in a stealth based narrative adventure in order to take vengance against the men who took everything from him as a child.
Why similar: Time Travel 45.7% ★, Noir 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Story Rich 6.1%, Investigation 5.6%
Time travel to the past as Detective Cobie Cromwell. Find clues and solve puzzles in this story rich, immersive, virtual reality escape room game. Game to be released in successive chapters, with four total planned.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.5% ★, Detective 27.8%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 8.5%, Adventure 6%
Find notes and clues that will lead to memories. Change the present by manipulating your past. You must save your childhood friend in order to escape the mansion of memories.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36% ★, Detective 24.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Story Rich 9.3%
