60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Choose Your Own Adventure, Mystery, Detective.
"Nancy Drew: The Missing Crowley Will" is a text-based mystery adventure set in the year 1930, where Nancy Drew locates a lost will. Make choices, solve puzzles, and guide Nancy through her very first case.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Death Becomes You - Mystery Visual Novel
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.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Detective 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Mystery 14.5%, Text-Based 13.5%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 11.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Detective 10.6%
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏，你将扮演一名高中生司空茂，在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场，并经过调查和推理解决案件，找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时，请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定，尽量维持活下去的念头...记住，你的成绩，永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Detective 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 16%, Mystery 8.8%
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Detective 13%, Mystery 12.8%
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 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Detective 10.4%, Mystery 9.1%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Detective 20.2%, Text-Based 16.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Crime 15.9%, Mystery 15.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Investigation 13.8%
Authentic Mystery ADV Alice49 Episode 0 Diamonds and Cream Puffs An adventure game to solve a mystery hidden in a mystery novel.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.9%, Mystery 23.8%, Text-Based 22.1%, Detective 16.5%, Adventure 6.3%
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 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Mystery 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 11.1%
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Historical 14.5%, Crime 13.5%, Mystery 12.3%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mystery 14.9%, Text-Based 13.1%, Investigation 9.5%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Text-Based 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Detective 17.5%, Mystery 9.3%
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 16%, Crime 10.4%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Text-Based 23.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Detective 12.8%, Crime 11.1%, Mystery 7.4%
「ナカノ人格移植研究所」は、周回型ミステリー2Dアドベンチャーゲームです。 それぞれの周回でプレイヤーが憑依する対象の登場人物を選択することで、その登場人物を主人公としてストーリーを進めながら謎を解き明かします。 プレイヤーは本ゲームの中で 4 つのパートを行き来しながらストーリーを進めます。 ノベルパートでは、クリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 探索パートでは、画面上のアイテムをクリックしながら物語を読み進めます。 移動パートでは、再度ビューでプレイヤーを操作し、船の中を探索します。 会議パートでは、他のパートで集めた手がかりを利用して他の登場人物と会話します。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Detective 16.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Mystery 12%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Historical 12.4%, Crime 11.5%
Interactive fiction starring Molly the Werezompire - a grad student who jumped into a portal, was killed by a werewolf, a zombie, and a vampire, and became a heroic werezompire! Also includes the sci-fi parody, Epiphany in Spaaace! Originally released on XBLIG.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 24.1%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Adventure 4.7%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Crime 13.1%, Text-Based 12.5%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Detective 13.1%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Historical 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Detective 14.9%, Mystery 11.3%
The Nose knows. A text based adventure game set in an ancient temple full of secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.4%, Text-Based 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Historical 15.6%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Mystery 9%
A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 21.8%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Mystery 6.3%
Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried? As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past. Start now.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Detective 23%, Crime 20.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Investigation 9.9%
DARK CITY TROUBLE NIGHTS es un videojuego de ROL narrativo con toma de decisiones. Toma el papel de Chad Simons, detective privado. Tu comportamiento decidirá el final de tu historia en Dark City, ¿podrás resolver el caso, y salir con vida?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Detective 16.2%, Crime 15.6%, Text-Based 12.5%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Crime 12.8%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Crime 12.5%
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Detective 15.2%, Mystery 11.3%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Detective 17.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Mystery 13%
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Text-Based 15.8%, Detective 15.7%, Mystery 9.1%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 13.7%, Historical 11.1%
Stuck in a dead-end town with plans that go nowhere, Jackie feels as if her life is doomed to stagnancy forever. Getting by with her friends, she is resigned to her fate in a small town- until a chance encounter with a deadly life-form sets in motion a deadly chain of events
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 14.2%, Investigation 8.3%
Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Text-Based 17.7%, Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Historical 12.5%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Text-Based 33.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Adventure 3.8%, Story Rich 2.1%
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 18.5%, Detective 18.5%, Crime 13.4%, Mystery 11.2%
It is said that the last frontier is space, but the crew of the Soviet Frigate, The Peresmeshnik, is about to discover that the sea still hides a terrifying secret. Waiting to be found.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Text-Based 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Mystery 6.4%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Mystery 16.1%, Detective 15.2%, Crime 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Historical 16.1%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
Online RPG that dies when played. Uncover the secret behind the game and its truth.
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 16.9%, Crime 15.3%, Investigation 10.8%
EXCALIMURDER is a nonlinear murder mystery game inspired by the sword in the stone legend. Explore an orphanage, meet weird people and solve logic puzzles, all in a colorful pixel art world. Bonus: Excalibur is the murder weapon.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Mystery 13.5%, Crime 12%
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: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Text-Based 17.1%, Detective 16%, Investigation 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Crime 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Mystery 13.8%
The "Kailoukan", a strange building surrounded by the sea on all sides. Inside a mansion closed underwater, the curtain rises on a tragedy.
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Detective 18%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Historical 11.5%
A puzzle-detective game set in 1990s China: play as a forensic artist, interview witnesses, drag and drop testimony and documents, sketch suspects from clues, and piece together evidence to solve mysterious crimes.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Mystery 16.4%, Investigation 12.5%
殺された花嫁が神の力によって生き返り、自分を殺した犯人を探す和風伝奇ミステリーADV。事件は幾度となく起こり、花嫁は幾度もの死を迎えながら、事件の真相に迫っていく――
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Mystery 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Adventure 6.7%
Danse Macabre: A Revolutionary AI-Powered Text RPG - Immerse Yourself in a World of Intrigue, Deceit, and MysteryEmbrace the Future of Gaming with the World's First AI-driven RPG - Available Now for FREE on Early Access!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Historical 13.4%, Detective 12.1%
In the heart of the egret left behind, red leaves will dance again this year. The story of detective assistant Sagishima Izuna and her unknown past.
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
Serial Murder x Disappearance of a female secretary Uncover the hidden truth from these two intersecting perspectives.
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
Shangri-La, an amusement park named after an ideal world In a paradise overflowing with smiles, a banquet in the name of judgment begins.
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
The year is 1999. The end of the century is a whirlwind of ominous prophecies and incidents. What is the purpose of the "Eigo-kai," an unidentified organization involved...
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
This text adventure, beautifully illustrated in pixel art, invites you to explore a medieval abbey filled with secrets. You take full control by entering commands directly on your keyboard through a flexible command parser, allowing for free and immersive interaction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Text-Based 24%, Mystery 10.7%, Adventure 4.2%
A mystery adventure where a boy travels back to Edo-period Japan and investigates grotesque murders in Yoshiwara's pleasure quarter. Using a time-loop system, players uncover the truth by replaying events and piecing together clues.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Text-Based 19.9%, Historical 16.3%, Crime 10.3%, Mystery 10.2%
"What's up with this...?" An eerie urban legend becomes a nightmare that eats away at reality.
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
A lost chihuahua and a kind policeman in town. With the image of the detective they longed to be in their hearts, the uneven duo runs the streets!
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
Embraced by illusions, I put on a mask... A mysterious series of murders intertwine in the virtual and real worlds.
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
I follow his shadow in the pale dull sky.... Eight years ago, the Kibukawa Detective Agency, another great detective.
Why similar: Detective 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 4.5%
