60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Story Rich, Mystery.
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Judge SIM
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Tron: Identity
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Dynamic Narration 10.6% ★, Noir 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Noir 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Investigation 16.3%, Noir 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 8.3%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Investigation 18.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Crime 8.4%
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: Investigation 21.3%, Detective 20.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Crime 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 15%, Noir 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Noir 18.4%, Investigation 17.6%, Crime 10.5%, Mystery 10.2%
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 23.6%, Investigation 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Crime 8.7%
A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Noir 18.1%, Investigation 18%, Mystery 11.8%, Crime 8.3%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Text-Based 8.7%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Investigation 18.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Mystery 7.3%
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 17.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Crime 11.1%, Noir 9.2%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Noir 12.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Dynamic Narration 9.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
A noir detective gamebook where careless reading gets you killed. A tycoon has vanished: 4 investigation paths, 780 choices, 11 endings — 85% of all runs end in death or prison. Every clue you uncover stays in your case file forever. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese. The case is yours.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Noir 17%, Investigation 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Text-Based 10.6%
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: Detective 29.2%, Investigation 23.1%, Noir 13.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Noir 19.9%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 12.9%, Crime 10.1%
[DEMO available now!] 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.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 21.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Crime 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
“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 18.8%, Detective 17.9%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Noir 12.5%, Text-Based 11.3%, Investigation 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
A detective noir, choose-your-own-adventure game with hand-drawn art, over 250k words, and an immersive soundtrack.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 15.1% ★, Detective 13.7%, Investigation 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 14.1%, Noir 12.3%
Nothing brings people together as well as a common grief or crime! Can you bravely confront a criminal puppeteer with no legal defense?
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Dynamic Narration 14.5% ★, Noir 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Investigation 8.6%
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: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 13%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Noir 15.2%, Dynamic Narration 11.9% ★, Text-Based 10.7%, Investigation 10%
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 22%, Investigation 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 11.5%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Noir 12.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Noir 18.6%, Investigation 13.2%, Crime 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Noir 15.1%, Investigation 14.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Crime 9.1%
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 11%, Text-Based 10.5%, Investigation 10.5%
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Noir 17.3%, Mystery 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Puzzle 7.8%
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 21.1%, Investigation 17.1%, Noir 11%, Mystery 10.8%, Crime 9.2%
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Crime 13%, Mystery 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Can you defeat the world's oldest mastermind in their own game? Stretch your wits and deduction skills to the maximum as you battle in Paris' craziest court. Here, only those who sacrifice everything reach the truth. What are you willing to betray to make it out alive?
Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 14.3%, Dynamic Narration 13.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.9%, Mystery 11.8%
A world where humans and beastmen coexist. A secluded hotel exclusively for beastmen deep in the mountains. An incident occurs on a night when everyone has gone to sleep... Whether you can safely return from the hotel depends on your choices.
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Mystery 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 9.9%
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: Detective 19.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Investigation 19.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Crime 11.4%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Noir 19%, Investigation 11%, Crime 10.6%, Text-Based 9.8%
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Investigation 17.2%, Crime 11.2%, Text-Based 11.2%, Mystery 10.5%
Desktop mystery: you're journalist Max Drascher, reopening Jory Michener's 2016 disappearance for a GlimmerTV documentary. Email, web searches, social feeds, phone calls. Every clue lives on your machine. Evansburg would rather you let it rest.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Text-Based 10.1%, Crime 9.2%
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Crime 9%
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 18.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Mystery 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.2%
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 21.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Crime 11.9%, Mystery 11.8%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Noir 14.1%, Text-Based 9.5%, Visual Novel 7.7%
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Noir 16.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Text-Based 8.5%
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Detective 20.7%, Investigation 9.4%, Puzzle 8.1%, Crime 6.6%
A 3D psychological detective thriller in a radical film noir style. Explore immersive environments, examine clues from every angle, and connect your evidence on a deduction board to solve a dark conspiracy. Use your pure logic to untangle the truth.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Noir 17.6%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Crime 9.1%
5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 13.8%, Text-Based 9.9%, Crime 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Crime 12.2%, Investigation 9%
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 11%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Crime 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 17.3%, Noir 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 10.9%
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 26.2%, Noir 20.4%, Investigation 20.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 6.6%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Noir 17.4%, Detective 13%, Text-Based 12.9%, Investigation 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Mystery 11.4%
Black File is a story-driven detective simulator set in Istanbul. Investigate crime scenes, inspect evidence, connect clues, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth behind a file that should have stayed closed.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Investigation 20%, Noir 15.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Crime 6.2%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 10%, Noir 9.8%
An interrogation adventure where you play as the lead detective. Exploit suspects’ weaknesses, shake their resolve, and force the truth out of them. Use the weaknesses of a cast of unique suspects to uncover the truth behind the case.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Crime 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Investigation 9.8%
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 15.7%, Detective 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Noir 16.6%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.7%
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Noir 22.3%, Investigation 19.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Mystery 7.8%
