60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Investigation, Crime.
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.
The Golden Girl Case
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Hired Eye
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Investigation 15.7%, Crime 14.8%, Mystery 11.3%, Point & Click 7.5%
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Investigation 17.1%, Crime 15.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Noir 8.2%
A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 19.5%, Crime 16.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Point & Click 8.2%
A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Crime 19.5%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Thriller 8.9%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Crime 19%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 11.9%, Thriller 7.2%
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%, Investigation 17.6%, Crime 17.5%, Noir 12.2%, Mystery 12.1%
A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 18.3%, Crime 17.8%, Mystery 10.9%, Point & Click 8.4%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Crime 12.1%, Thriller 6.4%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Crime 15.3%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 8.9%, Thriller 8.4%
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Why similar: Detective 36.9%, Crime 18.3%, Investigation 15.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Point & Click 4.7%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Crime 19.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Thriller 9.9%
A British detective has vanished in Kyoto. Step into Detective Bennett's shoes and uncover a mystery that reaches far beyond the Yakuza.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Crime 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Mystery 10.6%, Investigation 8.1%
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 10.2%, Crime 10.2%, Noir 9%
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Crime 17.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Crime 16%, Investigation 14%, Noir 9.4%, Mystery 9.3%
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 30.9%, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 13.6%, Crime 9.2%, Thriller 6.8%
[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 27.3%, Investigation 19.8%, Crime 19.2%, Mystery 12%, Point & Click 9.4%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Crime 19.7%, Investigation 17.3%, Noir 12.2%, Mystery 10.3%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Detective 27.9%, Crime 23.6%, Mystery 15.8%, Investigation 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 7%
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 27.9%, Crime 19.6%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 6.2%
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Crime 14.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Mystery 10%, Nonlinear 8.6%
The mask of a legendary thief has been stolen. Follow Detective Time in a point-and-click investigation using her watch to witness key moments and uncover who is behind this new wave of robberies. Observe the past. Investigate the present. Uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 18.7%, Crime 18.2%, Point & Click 12%, Mystery 9.8%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Investigation 21.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Crime 11.5%, Point & Click 8.7%
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Crime 19.4%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 10.6%, Thriller 9.4%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Crime 22.3%, Investigation 20.4%, Mystery 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Crime 17.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 9.3%, Nonlinear 8.2%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 32.4%, Crime 22.3%, Noir 12.2%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 7.3%
Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Investigation 20.4%, Crime 14.6%, Point & Click 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Investigation 15.6%, Crime 14%, Mystery 10.1%, Noir 8.9%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Crime 20.8%, Investigation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Point & Click 7.8%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 35.8%, Investigation 23.9%, Mystery 14%, Point & Click 10.3%, Puzzle 4.9%
A 1998-set deduction game. Trawl a period internet for documents, photographs, and dead ends, then correct the official record: who really wrote, played, drew, or built it. An anthology of credit fraud, set straight one careful search at a time.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Crime 19.3%, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Point & Click 8.9%
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions. Explore the evidence, scrutinize statements, and connect the dots.
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Investigation 19.9%, Crime 17.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Noir 9.4%
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 27.2%, Investigation 18.2%, Crime 16.2%, Noir 12.4%, Mystery 12.3%
Explore Silhouette: Chapter One - A First-Person, Story-Driven Mystery Adventure. Assume the role of Jim Grayson, an unwavering homicide detective hot on the trail of a disturbing serial killer with confusing motives.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Crime 20%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Thriller 8.8%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Investigation 15.5%, Crime 12.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Point & Click 9.4%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Crime 21%, Investigation 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Thriller 9.4%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Crime 15.4%, Investigation 11.5%, Noir 10%, Mystery 9.5%
Point-and-click adventure game with a thrilling, Native American-inspired narrative. Use your wit to solve fun and challenging puzzles as you explore and interact with the townsfolk of Birchwood Hollow and the Native reservation. Secrets will be uncovered, and truths revealed, as the leaves fall.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 13.9%, Crime 13.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Point & Click 9.8%
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 21.1%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 13.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Noir 9.8%
This is an original orthodox detective mystery game. The player suddenly takes possession of Roran, who hopes to report to the academy. You must investigate and deduce the truth behind a series of bizarre incidents that obstruct his journey, helping him successfully reach the academy.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Crime 17.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Point & Click 6.6%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 14.8%, Mystery 11.7%, Thriller 10.8%
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Crime 24.4%, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Noir 7.8%
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 24.1%, Investigation 14%, Crime 13.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Thriller 10%
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 21.6%, Crime 16.6%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Noir 9.8%
Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Crime 17.9%, Investigation 13.1%, Noir 11.5%, Mystery 9.4%
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: Detective 22.1%, Investigation 16.9%, Crime 13.1%, Mystery 11.3%, Thriller 7.9%
Sound Agent is a narrative puzzle game where you solve cold cases by listening. Use the sound device to rewind to crime scenes, listen to the sounds at the scene, and uncover truths hidden in plain sound.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Crime 17.7%, Mystery 13.7%, Thriller 11.7%, Puzzle 6.5%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
Why similar: Crime 19.8%, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Point & Click 9.8%
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Crime 17.5%, Investigation 14%, Noir 9.6%, Mystery 8.9%
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 33%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 15.1%, Point & Click 9.4%, Puzzle 6.5%
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 21.7%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Noir 11.2%, Mystery 10%
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 15.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Thriller 7.8%
It's 1999. You are sitting at a computer when you receive a mysterious message: “Don’t let them walk free,” along with a strange set of files. Can you piece together the truth before you run out of time?
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Crime 16.9%, Investigation 14.5%, Thriller 8.4%, Mystery 8.4%
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.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 11.6%, Crime 11%, Noir 9.2%
1954. You killed a man. Now cover your tracks. Getting Away With Murder is a noir point-and-click mystery where every decision is about what you leave behind and whether anyone will find it.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Crime 16.9%, Noir 15.6%, Mystery 14.7%, Point & Click 13.7%
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Crime 19.7%, Point & Click 17.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 6.8%
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 32.6%, Investigation 23.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Noir 9.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
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 25.5%, Crime 24.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Point & Click 9.3%
You are a detective about to enter the island where the crime of the century happened. Disturbing crimes were hidden behind power and influence. Explore, collect evidence, connect clues, and expose the truth that real monsters are never supernatural, they are people protected by power.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Crime 17.8%, Investigation 13.5%, Noir 10.7%, Thriller 8.6%
